My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 7 Development

[Currently held skill points: 1 (can be used to develop the "Skill Tree")]

"It comes with a skill point, a benefit for newbies?" Ji Minghuan raised an eyebrow, then in the blink of an eye, he recalled the origin of this skill point: "Oh, no... I seem to have gotten this skill point during the Q&A session at the beginning."

Recalling today's series of experiences, he finally understood why the answer to the original question was - "This is both a dream and reality."

Under the circumstances at that time, it was almost unbelievable that he could choose the right answer.

Unfortunately, he has forgotten the specific answering process. I believe it must have involved a very rigorous logical reasoning process, rather than some simple and crude elementary school student thinking like "choose the long one from three short and one long".

He clicked on the first skill on the three branches one by one, and the introduction information of the skills popped up in front of him.

[Branch "Hidden" - Restraint Senses: Grants your restraints "vision" and "hearing." When you place the restraints against an insulating surface (such as a wall or floor), you can clearly see and hear the sounds on the other side of the barrier.]

[(Learning this skill requires 1 skill point)]

[Branch "Crazy" - Tie Belt Extension: Increases the maximum extension distance of your tie belt from 8 meters to 15 meters.]

[(Learning this skill requires 1 skill point)]

[Branch "Li" - Restraint Detection: When you use the restraint to touch the opponent (must be human or humanoid), a series of their data (attributes, abilities) will pop up in your mind.]

[(Learning this skill requires 1 skill point)]

"Choose one of three. After learning the skills in one branch, you can unlock the next skill in that branch. Many RPG role-playing games I played in the computer room before had similar mechanisms." For Ji Minghuan, this familiar skill tree system was as familiar as meeting an old friend, and it was just a matter of tears.

"If my ability really has a mind of its own, then it really knows how to please me," he thought.

It feels like a brand designer is tailoring a product based on your preferences in order to pique your interest and immerse you in it wholeheartedly.

After considering the three initial skills for a while, Ji Minghuan finally chose the [Restraint Belt Senses] move.

The reason is simple. It's obvious that this skill is suitable for situations like "peeping", "tracking", and "secret investigation", and now he needs to do these sneaky things, otherwise he will not survive.

If he couldn't find clues about the laboratory as soon as possible and get his body out of the cell, he wouldn't be able to predict what would happen tomorrow. It wouldn't be surprising even if the experimenters used his body for dissection immediately.

Press and hold the skill text, and the entire skill icon will gradually light up from dark to light, emitting a red and black luster.

[1 skill point has been consumed to successfully acquire the skill "Bound Senses" from the "Hidden" branch.]

[The next skill of the "Hidden" branch has been opened for learning.]

After turning off the TV, Ji Minghuan got up from the sofa and walked towards the stairs.

The second floor of this residential building is home to the three children's rooms, and the third floor is home to the father and mother's rooms.

Because his father had not been home for many years and his mother died in an accident, the third floor of the house was deserted most of the time. Except for hanging clothes on the balcony, they basically would not go up to the third floor to avoid being reminded of the past.

After reaching the second floor, Ji Minghuan stopped in front of his room and stretched out his right hand.

Black restraints emerged from his body and rested on the door frame like a black hand.

The next second, it was as if the restraints had grown "eyes", and the scene behind the door was clearly visible - he was clearly standing outside the door, but he could see the scene inside the room.

The bookshelves, wardrobes, and beds in the room, all the details were clearly visible, perhaps even clearer than if he were standing directly in the room and observing.

"This is really fun..." He raised an eyebrow in interest and untied the restraints from the door frame. "Just like the introduction said, put the restraints on the partition and you can see through it to see what's behind. The ability of perspective is very useful for both observation and tracking. I found a treasure with my first skill."

Then Ji Minghuan moved up to the third floor, walked to the end of the corridor, came to the rooftop of the residential building, leaned against the fence and looked towards the horizon.

It was already dark, and under the night sky, neon lights lit up one after another across the city like fallen dominoes. Looking down from the sky, it looked like a dragon of light formed by the scent of fireworks, stretching all the way to the distant mountains before dimming.

He closed his eyes and let the restraints look out to the distant horizon for him.

The closer I got, the darker the sky became, the gentler the cliffs at the horizon. The closer I got to the city, the brighter it became, with lights illuminating the streets and alleys. I listened to the chirping of cicadas in the trees and the voices of people on the brightly lit streets.

The summer evening breeze gently caressed his cheeks, and the black restraints twisted in the wind like a small snake, as if sensing the world in a unique way. After a long moment, the boy slowly opened his eyes and retracted the restraints. "Its senses are far more acute than mine in all respects, especially when it comes to seeing in the dark. It's especially adaptable, even clearer than in the light. It's like having expensive night vision goggles. This has hidden value: if there's a power outage in a shopping mall, and everyone's vision is instantly plunged into darkness, I can rely on the restraints to restore my vision and take preemptive action," Ji Minghuan muttered to himself. "This skill is really worth learning."

He lay on the railing of the rooftop, enjoying the breeze while checking the "Character Skill Tree" interface.

[Branch 1 (Hidden): Binding Sense (Learned) → Binding Mantra (Learning this skill requires 1 skill point) → Unknown (Unlocked after learning the previous skill) → Unknown]

Ji Minghuan raised his hand and clicked on the newly unlocked branch skill, and its text introduction popped up in front of him.

[Band Mantra: After using the band to tie up the opponent, you can force them to speak their mind.]

"This looks quite useful," he muttered. "If only we could capture the experimenters in that institute, we could just find anyone and force them to reveal the location of the lab."

As he was thinking, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the welfare home.

Because the welfare home was quite far from the Guyimai neighborhood, even from this high vantage point, only a vague, rough outline could be seen. A light seemed to be on in the library's attic; perhaps another child had been punished by the director. Ji Minghuan couldn't help but grin. Every time the nurses locked them up in the attic, they would return to the ground floor to cut off the power. Otherwise, no one would be afraid to spend the night there.

"I'll use this body to go back to the orphanage and look for clues later. For now, I'll leave it at that. I just got this body, so it's best to pretend to be an ordinary high school student and not arouse suspicion from those around me."

"It's better to plan ahead: wait until I have a second 'game character' before I start. That way, even if one of my characters gets captured or destroyed, I can still use the other character to continue."

"Anyway, let's wait and see. Acting too quickly could easily alert the enemy. Furthermore...more importantly, we still don't know if any of the mentor's accomplices are hiding in the orphanage. Since we don't know their details yet, it would be very troublesome if they targeted us."

His thoughts fell to this point, and Ji Minghuan withdrew his gaze from the scenery on the horizon.

After leaving the rooftop, he went down the stairs and returned to the second floor. He walked to the second door from left to right in the corridor, slowly turned the doorknob, and pushed the door open.

It feels so comfortable to be back in my room.

As the saying goes, a nest of gold or silver is not as good as your own thatched nest. As I recall, "Gu Wenyu" loved to stay in his room, doing all sorts of random things—sometimes supporting his favorite psychic on a psychic fan site, engaging in heated debates with other netizens, and sometimes quietly building models at home, oblivious to the world.

However, ever since he awakened his superpowers a month ago, his condition has been out of control: basically every day after school, he would stay in his room to practice how to control the restraints, as if he was possessed. He ignored his friends and only spent every day with the restraints, as if he was secretly raising a bunch of little black snakes.

In contrast, Ji Minghuan lacks this ascetic spirit.

He positioned himself as a player, and his special ability allowed him to look at the world from a player's perspective, just like a person in a higher-dimensional world controlling a 2D character on an electronic screen, and every step he took was as utilitarian and efficient as possible. So, he simply lay down on the bed and continued to look through the system panel, raised his hand and clicked the [Property Panel] option at the top of the panel.

[Character name: Gu Wenyu]

[Character type: Superpower]

[Current Nickname: None (Not well-known in the real world, not yet prominent)]

[Character age: 17 years old]

【Character Gender: Male】

[Character Attributes: Strength (determines physical fitness): C-level; Speed ​​(determines nerve reaction): C-level; Spirit (determines mental strength): C-level]

【Overall rating: C】

[Currently held event cards: 0]

[Current attribute points: 0 point]

"They are all C-level... trash data." Ji Minghuan glanced at the three attributes and made an evaluation.

He currently doesn't know how high the upper limit of this world's attributes is, but the most urgent thing is to fully understand the functions of the system panel first, so he closed the attribute panel and clicked on the most conspicuous [Character Exclusive Training System].

About the "Character-Specific Training System":

When creating a character, choosing different growth themes will lead to different exclusive development systems. Each character in the game will have a unique "character development system," and the development systems of any character will never be repeated.

The exclusive development system for the game character "Gu Wenyu" (who has selected the "Gray Character" route) is as follows.

(End of this chapter)