Life Dungeon Game

Li Le nodded, then opened his bag. "This is a spare phone that the dean asked me to prepare. I've booked a hotel and restaurants. Shall we go to the hotel now?"

“Let’s wait a bit,” He Ao glanced in the direction Zhang Yusi and the other person had left, “there are still two people who haven’t returned yet.”

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"This sword is very useful,"

The Verola once again sailed onto the same scenic lake, its old-fashioned wheels gliding across the water, creating faint ripples.

He Ao glanced out the window, opened his hand, and the Shadowless Sword appeared in his palm. "However, according to our previous agreement, I brought the person back for you, which offset most of the reward."

"That's only right. Actually, I think that bringing those young men and women back is already worth all the reward."

Li Cheng seemed to be in a good mood. He looked out the window and smiled.

"Reverse price-cutting is not advisable,"

He Ao smiled; he knew Li Cheng was trying to win him over further. "I always believe in fairness,"

The Shadowless Sword transformed into a shadow in his hand, this blurry shadow clinging to the tabletop, then slowly rising into two spheres of shadow. "I..."

There are two pieces of knowledge I can tell you as a 'final payment',”

He Ao pointed to the shadowy sphere on the left, "The first one is about 'talent,' but this knowledge is very basic and not very helpful for those at a high level to advance."

Then he pointed to the shadowy sphere on the right, "The second one is about 'angels'."

He looked up at Li Cheng and asked, "Which one do you choose?"

It's actually a simple choice: the knowledge of 'talent' benefits most people, while the knowledge of 'angel' is related to 'Kuri Cheng,' who is currently closest to an angel, and benefits only Kuri Cheng himself.

Li Cheng looked at the two small balls in front of him, and after a brief silence, said slowly, "I choose the first one."

The shadow sphere on the right, representing the knowledge of 'angels', slowly sank into the shadows on the table.

He placed his hand on the first shadow sphere, which then exploded, gradually forming a line of faint text in the sky.

The 'talents' are arranged in sequence, and their arrangement follows a periodic pattern.

This short sentence actually encapsulates the profound explorations of countless extraordinary individuals in the dungeon world during the Great Cataclysm.

Based on the information He Ao possessed, the discovery of the talent sequence periodic table may have been one of the key reasons that ultimately led to the establishment of the original Federation.

This simple rule, which can be summarized in a single sentence, signifies humanity's systematic mastery of extraordinary power.

"What...does this mean?"

Li Cheng stared blankly at the line of text.

He could vaguely sense a tightly sealed door opening in front of him, but his problem was that he couldn't even feel where the edge of the door was.

Even now, the definition of 'talent' used by the supernatural organizations in the main world is still 'a talent ability that can be randomly awakened, or acquired in ruins by taking special drugs or consuming special items.'

Some people have thought about connecting seemingly similar talents, but no one has ever connected all talents together.

The talents and abilities discovered in the main world are diverse, some completely opposite, and some entirely different.

The existence of these talents is as normal as the sun rising in the east; they are part of the world's composition, and no one has ever considered whether there are any special patterns among all talents.

At this moment, Li Cheng felt as if God had revealed the truth to him, but he only had a partial understanding of it.

"Theoretically speaking, according to our trading principles, I shouldn't tell you any more information, but out of respect for your sincerity,"

Looking at Li Cheng's eyes, which were filled with a mixture of confusion and excitement, He Ao said, "I can add some information as 'annotations' to this knowledge."

He paused and continued,

"I think you should have noticed by now that some low-level talent sequences and high-level talent sequences have a certain 'sequentiality',"

"In fact, this is a regular manifestation of the talent sequence periodic table. That is, when a talent sequence at a certain level is promoted, it can only be promoted from the talent sequence corresponding to the previous level, and can only be promoted to the talent sequence table corresponding to the next level."

"For example, if 'Bull,' who is in the E-level talent sequence, wants to be promoted to..."

"For 'Bull,' one can only advance through the corresponding F-rank talent sequence 'Angry Man,' while conversely, if 'Bull' wants to advance to the next rank, one can only do so through the corresponding D-rank talent sequence 'Thug.'"

Upon hearing He Ao's account, Li Cheng did not speak immediately; he was trying to digest the meaning behind He Ao's words.

"Of course, you probably don't understand the concept of 'promotion' yet,"

He Ao continued, "However, based on the information you have now, you should be able to understand this concept quickly, so I won't explain it in too much detail."

He spread his hands. “Let’s continue with the topic we were just discussing. After understanding the concept of ‘sequence,’ we can see that all talent sequences can be traced back to the most basic ‘F’ level talent sequence. I believe you have already noticed that the lowest level F level talent sequence, or ‘talent,’ only has nine.”

"They are respectively: student, farmer, angry man, citizen, reader, notary, listener, onlooker, hermit."

Li Cheng spoke slowly, as he knew this information by heart.

Over the years, the research institute has accumulated a considerable number of extraordinary individuals, and has a basic understanding and grasp of F-level talents.

"Yes, but the order needs to be changed; the sequence of these nine talents needs to be rearranged."

He Ao continued, “They are Talent Sequence 1: Farmer, Talent Sequence 2: Student, Talent Sequence 3: Reader, Talent Sequence 4: Citizen, Talent Sequence 5: Angry Man, Talent Sequence 6: Hermit, Talent Sequence 7: Spectator, Talent Sequence 8: Notary, and Talent Sequence 9: Listener.”

The order of these nine basic talent sequences is mainly derived from the 'diary' that He Ao obtained from Viana, which contained a 'talent sequence periodic table'.

However, the diary only explicitly recorded six people: student, farmer, citizen, reader, angry man, and listener. He did not know the specific numbers of the remaining three: notary, onlooker, and hermit.

However, he encountered the talent sequences 'Spectator' and 'Hermit' in other places.

'Spectator' is the talent sequence that Roy used in the 'Roy' instance. Its corresponding E-rank and D-rank talent sequences are 'Mercenary' and 'Assassin', respectively.

'Hermit' is the starting talent sequence for Jayce in the recently concluded Jayce raid.

The onlooker is 7, while the hermit is 6.

Knowing the order of 'spectators' and 'hermits', even though He Ao had never met the 'notary', he could deduce that it was '8'.

Therefore, in fact, it wasn't until the end of Jess's instance that Heo fully deduced the order of the nine F-rank talent sequences.

However, He Ao did not show any other expression on his face. He continued to say to Li Cheng, "These nine talent sequences are the foundation of all talent sequences."

"Rank F has nine talent sequences..."

At this moment, Li Cheng gradually realized what was going on, and he asked softly, "So, are the subsequent levels also nine talent sequences? This matches the information we've gathered..."

"Different?" He Ao looked at him and smiled. "The talent sequences are not..."

Instead of a one-to-one correspondence, the talent sequences expand from bottom to top in a tree-like pattern. Rank F has only 9 talent sequences, but Rank E has 27, and Rank D also has 27.

"What about C-level?"

Li Cheng subconsciously pressed for an answer.

This time, He Ao did not answer.

"Sorry, I got excited."

Li Cheng also realized that his behavior just now was somewhat impulsive. 'Hao Yi' only mentioned level D, which proved that the 'information' of their transaction only went up to level D. He had overstepped his bounds.

For the first time, this usually composed research institute director appeared flustered in front of He Ao. He took two long, deep breaths and said, "Sorry, this is a lot of information, I need to process it."

"Please."

He Ao slightly raised his right hand, making a gesture of "please feel free," and then turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window.

After thinking for about ten minutes, Li Cheng finally came to his senses. He looked at He Ao and said somewhat incoherently,

"Mr. Hao Yi, please allow me to express my gratitude to you on behalf of all the extraordinary individuals. The information you provided is extremely important, akin to primitive people lighting a fire in the darkness for the first time."

"Without you, we don't know how many detours we would have taken to figure out these rules. The world of the extraordinary would be a completely different era before and after today."

"I am merely standing on the shoulders of giants,"

He shrugged, and the train disappeared into the void. "These patterns are not what I summarized."

The stars are constantly moving across the sky, and ripe apples will always fall to the ground.

A simple formula can summarize the laws of gravity in the low-speed macroscopic universe.

It took humanity thousands of years from establishing the first city-state to discovering the formula for universal gravitation.

Of course, God telling the ancient slave owners the formula for universal gravitation wouldn't have any effect.

Knowledge that transcends its time can only exert its proper effect in the hands of those who can understand it.

Fortunately, the patterns in the periodic table of talent sequences are far simpler than the formula for universal gravitation, and Li Cheng is not an ancient slave owner, but a scientific researcher with accumulated knowledge and wisdom.

“You’re being modest,” Li Cheng said, his hands trembling slightly. “I can almost see the times changing in our hands. In any case, your help to this world is unparalleled. The knowledge you’ve given me is far more important than what I’ve done for you.”

He could hardly believe that Hao Yi had told him this knowledge, which could almost change the world, just because of such a small matter as forging the 'Shadowless Sword'.

Excitement almost filled his mind; he couldn't wait to dive into the laboratory and study the cyclical patterns of the talent sequence.

"In my eyes, what you have done for me is equal to what I have given you."

He smiled calmly. The Verola emerged from the void and landed beside a secluded street. He gently raised his hand, and the car door beside him slowly opened. "Good luck to this world."

"May good luck be with this world."

Li Cheng took a deep breath. "Mr. Hao Yi, the research institute will always be your friend."

He slowly got up and walked towards the car door.

Just as he stepped out of the car, He Ao called out to him, "Dean Li, your 'young man'..."

"It seems he's come up with something interesting; you could talk to him about it."

Young man?

Li Cheng was taken aback. He turned around and saw that the doors of the Verola had already closed, and it had once again entered the void.

Is it He Ao?

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"Minister He, shall we go?"

Below the hotel in downtown Ellen City, He Ao stood at the hotel entrance, looking at Zhang Yusi and Yuan Guo in front of him.

Both of them bought tickets to return to Middle-earth tonight. After going through so much, they really should go back and rest.

He Ao did not buy a plane ticket back.

His previous plan for Ruodan to be jointly governed by three extraordinary organizations has not yet been implemented, and he will not leave Ruodan in the short term until this matter is on the right track.

"Go back home, your families must miss you very much."

He Ao smiled and waved to the two of them.