I am the one running the game

Chapter 676: The Tenth Level of the Talent Tree, the Approaching Curse

"152 points of talent. Apart from the 31 points of talent provided by the Cheng family, the other families only provided 121 points..."

Lu Xingshi discovered that the number was actually not that large, but after another calculation, there seemed to be only a few wealthy families in the entire Lower Town District. Even if they came out in full force, the number would be about the same if divided equally.

For Lu Xingshi, this is not much.

It takes eleven points to max out the sixth level, fifteen points to the seventh level, twenty-eight points to the eighth level, thirty-nine points to the ninth level, and forty-nine points to the tenth level.

This consumes one hundred and forty-two points.

As a result, Lu Xingshi now only has ten talent points left.

The eleventh level is different. This time there is only one talent, called Source of the Cloud River, which requires a full one hundred talent points.

Lu Xingshi can be sure that this is definitely the key to the qualitative change of the dew drops.

Unfortunately, he only had ten points left and was unable to activate this talent.

During this period, he acquired a lot of talents, among which the water vapor series was only available at the eighth level, called water vapor mastery, and its effect was similar to the enhanced specialization.

"Unfortunately, these skills are not maxed out."

Lu Xingshi took a look at things like production enhancement, purification dew, etc., and found that they had all been improved, but there was no qualitative change.

I guess I can only wait until the twelfth-level talent tree is opened before I can upgrade.

“This is really a huge consumption.”

"One hundred and fifty talent points, gone in a snap."

This is not the problem. The real problem is that he doesn't even know where the top of the talent tree is, nor does he know how many levels there are.

Not to mention the special eleventh floor, the tenth floor alone requires forty-nine points. If you continue to upgrade, I'm afraid you will have to kill people all the way.

"Besides killing professionals, the only thing left is the foreign demon world."

"But the problem is that the rewards for the foreign demon world are also very low. First pass, repair, and clearance, one copy only gives three points, and the difficulty doesn't match."

Lu Xingshi looked worried.

Why does he always encounter such things? The Tiangang Disha Daoguo in the fairy world is also such a big eater. Now this talent tree has an even bigger appetite than the Tiangang Disha Daoguo.

Before, we were living in the Five Turbidities and Evil Times, so we didn’t have to worry too much about merit. Even if we encountered big projects or committed serious crimes, we could still gain a lot of merit at one time.

"Wait, a big project?" Lu Xingshi narrowed his eyes.

"But can it be considered a big project to kill those uneducated royal relatives of the Daliang Dynasty?" Lu Xingshi had never killed anyone before, so he didn't know whether there would be any extra gains from the royal relatives.

But when I think about the fact that the royal relative who entered the city at that time was only level six, he was not even up to the standard.

While Lu Xingshi was refining all the materials for the Dew Pearl, he was thinking about where to find a big project.

As he was thinking, he suddenly became alert, as if someone was approaching.

Suddenly he collected the dew drops and summoned a giant Kun made of water vapor.

"Sure enough, he is hiding here!" A cold voice came along with the sword energy that tore the house apart.

Lu Xingshi did not face the challenge head-on, but instead dodged the sword very decisively.

Then, a middle-aged man in black walked out. The sword in his hand must be of epic quality at least in Lu Xingshi's opinion.

"Level 40?" Lu Xingshi realized the other party's level.

There is a threshold at level five and a chasm at level ten.

Moreover, Lu Xingshi noticed one thing, that is, this person seemed to be different from the professionals from wealthy families, and his attributes were not one-third different from his own.

"Reconnaissance skills? Ha, it seems that you already know the gap between you and me." The middle-aged man looked at Lu Xingshi with contempt: "If that's the case, why don't you kneel down and commit suicide."

"You should be from a noble family. You are indeed stronger than the wealthy families, but you are also more mentally ill than them." Lu Xingshi said speechlessly.

Just because there is no difference in attributes doesn’t mean he can’t win.

Lu Xingshi also understood one thing at this time, that is, class seems to be not just a difference in origin, but also has some differences similar to game templates.

If the wealthy family is an ordinary template, then the aristocratic family is an elite template.

He couldn't help but think of the advanced task when he was at level ten. Perhaps the watershed was here.

The middle-aged swordsman had a murderous look in his eyes: "Humph, since you don't want to commit suicide, then..."

Before he could finish his words, while the other party was still posing to show off, he was bombarded by Lu Xingshi's Kun Ji Jutsu, and was caught off guard and severely injured by Lu Xingshi.

Lu Xingshi could understand someone wanting to show off, but it was the first time he saw someone showing off without any guard at all.

"You...how dare you attack me!" The middle-aged man endured the severe pain, his expression filled with anger and shock. He didn't expect that a mere peasant would actually dare to attack him, a man from a noble family. It was simply unbelievable.

"You are so bold, no wonder you dare to massacre the wealthy. Today you must..." He still didn't finish his words, not because he was interrupted by Lu Xingshi, but because Lu Xingshi killed him.

"This world is really... stupid." Lu Xingshi felt that he was bullying others. He had a normal IQ, but was facing a group of stupid noobs who were strong... To be honest, it was the first time he saw someone put these three words together.

The feeling he gave was a contradictory feeling of being both strong and weak.

"You're here to kill me, why shouldn't I do anything..."

"It's obviously your own brain that's the problem. It has nothing to do with me."

Lu Xingshi found it very difficult at first, but after getting along with this group of idiots, the difficulty was reduced a lot.

They kept repeating the same few words over and over again, and were sure that he would not dare to take action. They wanted to rely on their status to make him accept his death. If they relied on their strength to suppress Lu Xingshi, then Lu Xingshi would accept it, after all, the other party was stronger than him.

If all else fails, you can rely on reason or justice. As long as you can convince Lu Xingshi, he will accept it. After all, the other party is right and makes sense.

But they think that they are of noble birth and that you, a peasant, must die.

What the hell kind of reason is this?
"No, if I continue in this crappy world, I think my IQ will be dragged down to the same level."

"I must beat all these people to death!"

Lu Xingshi never mentioned his origin and lineage. If we really had to compare, who in this world could be nobler than him?
Species is the world, profession is the system, and part-time job is the way of heaven. Any name you pick out can beat these guys.

Lu Xingshi felt that this world was very depressing, and he had a depressing feeling that he wanted to smash the whole world to pieces.

"That's not right. I think there's something wrong with my mentality." Lu Xingshi suddenly realized why he felt so depressed.

Aren’t they just a bunch of mentally retarded enemies and the lower class people who have been oppressed and have no chance to turn over? It’s not like Lu Xingshi hasn’t seen it before. The Five Turbidities and Evil Worlds were much more terrifying than this, but he didn’t have this feeling.

"It's a curse." Lu Xingshi immediately locked onto the suspect on himself: "As my strength increases, the curse of the identity of the Son of Destiny also begins to show."

"It's not necessarily that they are mentally retarded, but they have become mentally retarded because of my aura as the protagonist."

"Otherwise, how could you still have such thoughts when so many people have died?"

Lu Xingshi took a deep breath. This feeling of oppression should be a warning to him from his identity as the son of destiny.

He must get rid of the curse as soon as possible, otherwise the curse will erupt when he reaches a certain limit.

The outcome is predictable.

"No wonder this identity has the suffix 'Cripple'. It's probably not that no protagonists have been born in these years, but that the protagonists died because of the curse after rapidly developing to a certain level. In the end, the child of destiny died and came back to life many times, and that's why he became crippled."

Lu Xingshi speculated that the identity of the child of destiny was most likely similar to inheritance. After the death of the previous generation, it was randomly passed on to a person as the new generation.

Until the child of destiny completely disappears under the curse and can no longer be passed on.

"There shouldn't be any big problems in the short term. It will just be a little depressing at most." Lu Xingshi turned on the console and directly modified his senses.

This feeling was not his, but that of the little man in the game. The little man in the game felt uncomfortable and transmitted it to Lu Xingshi at the same time.

Lu Xingshi accepted this feeling, and because of the immersive experience, he assumed that it was his own feeling, but after he noticed it, he reacted.

After the modification was completed, I felt refreshed.

"But this is like taking painkillers for cancer. It only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. No, it's not even a symptom treatment. It can only be considered as deceiving yourself."

The curse still exists and has not disappeared.

"After a while, until I adapt to the new world..." It has only been a few days since Lu Xingshi traveled through time.

When he gets stronger and has enough data, he can import the data of the three graduated accounts into this small account. Curse? Even if the curser meets him, he can kill the other party.

Why should we grow step by step when we can cheat?

"With my current protagonist halo, I have good luck, reduced intelligence, and the experience pack effect."

Otherwise, every time a strong enough enemy comes, they will come one by one like the Calabash Brothers saving his grandfather, and a strong man will just come and kill him.

As for the siege, we have to wait until Lu Xingshi is strong enough.

This is the effect of the experience pack. Those who are slightly stronger than him can be killed by him one by one, and those who are weaker than him and can be mowed down come in groups.

At first glance, it seems like a good thing, but if combined with a curse, the faster you grow, the sooner you die.

Fortunately, he met a person like Lu Xingshi who was fearless and had a good background, otherwise he would have died.

"Since the people from the noble families have shown up, it means I should change the map."

"Given the effects of their reduced intelligence, they will probably just repeat the same tricks as the wealthy families in the lower city."

Lu Xingshi directly used the essence of corruption that was dropped by this level 40 swordsman, and his level was directly raised to 40 levels.

"First, refine the dew beads, and then go to the central city." Lu Xingshi would not fight an unprepared battle, and he would definitely improve everything he could before taking action.

(End of this chapter)