Chapter 10: Stacking Skill
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
I can change the perspective now? Lin Yun was stunned by the question and subconsciously replied, “Change the perspective.”
The next moment, Lin Yun realized that his perspective had changed. He was overjoyed to find out that his perspective was not in mid-air. Instead, it was as if he had become the young man. He was looking at everything with the young man’s eyes.
No. Not only his vision! Lin Yun realized that he could feel the huge strength contained within this body. He could feel the strong pulses from the heartbeat, the softness of the floor padding underneath him. It was as if this entire body was his, only that he could not control it!
Lin Yun exclaimed silently, “So powerful. This change in perspective is so powerful. In other words, I can fully analyze the way how this person passes the examination.”
Just then, he heard the electronic voice:
“Skynet Six-Star Assessment.
Challenger: Long Yun
Challenge begin!”
Then, a person appeared on the ring. He had a muscular body and black hair that fell to his shoulders and looked coldly at Long Yun.
He looked exactly the same as Long Yun!
He quickly approached. Lin Yun could never see his high-speed movement if he was in the audience stands. However, everything appeared to slow down when he looked through Long Yun’s eyes. As the enemy punched with his right fist, Lin Yun even saw the air in front of his fist being decompressed. This visual prowess meant that he possessed, at the very least, Level 8 Physical Strength!
Long Yun responded with his right fist as well and the two fists collided.
“Boom!”
With an explosive sound, Long Yun was actually forced back by the impact. He quickly stabilized himself and said lightly, “As expected, my perfect form is replicated and increased in strength by 100%.”
Lin Yun was not confused when he heard that. Instead, he was completely shocked. During the Six-Star Skynet Assessment, you had to defeat a version of yourself twice as powerful as you. That was an impossible mission!
As Lin Yun thought about a solution, Long Yun suddenly moved. He rushed toward the opponent and raised his right fist again. He was met with the enemy’s right fist as well.
“Is that going to work?”
Lin Yun wondered. Suddenly, he felt a slight vibration in this body. It was as if the muscle, internal organs, and even the skeletal and nervous systems all participated in this vibration at a special frequency. Or rather, a slight pulsation. In an instant, this body’s right fist connected with the enemy’s chest.
“Bam!”
The enemy’s body was shattered. Then, an electronic voice was heard.
“Skynet Six-Star Qualification Assessment.
Challenger: Long Yun
Challenge Result: Success!”
At the same time, Lin Yun heard his favorite electronic voice as well:
“Learned Stacking Skill. Inspect now?”
Without any hesitation, Lin Yun said, “Inspect.”
“Stacking Skill (Able to evolve): Launch multiple attacks through pulsations of a special frequency from within the body.
Current Level: 1. 30% chance to launch a double attack. 20% chance to launch a triple attack. 50% chance of failure.
Skill Cooldown: 5 minutes.”
It was the secret skill that Long Yun used to launch his final punch! The fact that this skill could evolve, and that he was only a Level 1 right now, both proved that this skill had tremendous room for improvement. Lin Yun was unbelievably excited.
Just then, Lin Yun’s perspective returned to his own body. He realized that Feng Ke was staring at him. “Lin Yun, why do you have a blank stare and a drooling smile? Are you daydreaming?”
Lin Yun hurriedly played it off by laughing foolishly. “No, I was just zoning out.”
Feng Ke patted her own head and understood. “I forgot. His speed is too quick, you can’t see him at all.”
Just then, Long Yun’s voice was heard.
“Ke’er, how can you bring someone else here?”
Lin Yun raised his head and saw Long Yun stare at him with a stern expression. Hostility could be felt from him. Feng Ke replied calmly, “Auntie told me to come. She didn’t say that I can’t bring anyone with me. That’s my own freedom. Also, are we very close? Don’t call me Ke’er.”
Long Yun looked at Lin Yun contemptuously and said coldly, “An ant with Level 1 Spiritual Strength. He’s not worthy of being your friend.”
“I’m happy about it. You have nothing to do with this!” Feng Ke suddenly held Lin Yun’s hand and said to the black-haired teen, “What I hate most about you is your pretentiousness.”
Lin Yun didn’t know why, but he was happy to hear Feng Ke scolding Long Yun.
Feng Ke blinked at Lin Yun and smiled. “The show is over. I hate this guy’s face. Let’s log off.” Then, she disappeared.
“Kid!” Long Yun looked down at Lin Yun from the ring without any expressions. “Stay away from Ke’er. Ants like you will never understand our world.” As he said that, he quickly disappeared.
Lin Yun was angered by Long Yun’s contempt. He looked at the empty ring and said silently, “Even though you are powerful now, I’ll make you understand who’s actually the ant one day!”
During the entire night, Lin Yun practiced the Stacking Skill in the Skynet.
“Bam!”
Lin Yun used the Stacking Skill and punched the testing machine in front of him. Instantly, the number “480” appeared.
He realized that, just as the introduction, this Stacking Skill multiplied his attacks. With his attribute of 24 Physical Attack, he seemed to possess 240 KG of force in each of his punches. Then, the “480” value just now meant that he activated the Double Attack.
Even though there was a 50% chance of failure, the successful activation could turn the entire battle around.
“Oh right, since I can watch the Skynet Star Qualification Assessments, I wonder if there are any Assessment Guides on the Skynet for the different levels?” Lin Yun was inspired. If such guides existed, wouldn’t the assessments become much easier? Hence, he entered the keyword “Skynet Star Qualification Assessment” and searched for it on the Skynet.
“Search prohibited. Censored word contained in the search query.” A Skynet notification voice was heard.
Lin Yun sighed. If it was really so easy, wouldn’t the Skynet Assessments lose their difficulty?
Suddenly, he heard the familiar electronic voice.
“Censorship avoided. Searching. Please wait…”
What’s going on? Lin Yun wondered. Since it was censored, how could he avoid it? Suddenly, he noticed that the electronic voices sounded different.
Even though they were both electronic and emotionless, the latter was a female voice, whereas the former was a male voice.
Lin Yun tried to remember the past few instances. It seemed as if the reminders of powerful abilities such as “Digitization” and “changing perspectives” all came from the female electronic voice. On the other hand, Skynet’s system notification voice was always male. The Skynet had both male and female voices? Could it be that he accidentally triggered the second Skynet system?
Lin Yun could not figure it out, so he gave up trying to make sense of the situation. Just then, the female electronic voice was heard again.
“Components incomplete, unable to access all internal information… Search results are as follows:
Skynet Qualification Assessment: Two-Star Assessment Information…”
Lin Yun was most concerned with the content of the Two-Star Qualification Assessment. He was soon stunned by the difficulty of the Two-Star Assessment.
“Skynet Two-Star Qualification Assessment.
Mission Scenario: Happily Rush Forward.
Mission Requirements: Within 90 seconds, run across a 300-meter long track and press the red button on the opposite side. There are gravity, temperature, wind, spiritual, and other kinds of traps along the way.
Hint: Traps can sometimes be your helper as well.”
After a long while, Lin Yun exited the Skynet and sighed deeply. Judging by the information provided, the difficulty of the Skynet Two-Star Qualification Assessment was much higher than the One-Star Assessment. For instance, the gravity traps meant that the gravitational force across the entire track was uneven. There were some places with greater gravitational force than others. If he was not careful, he would fall down easily. Furthermore, the gravitational distribution would be randomly refreshed with every new challenge. There were no patterns to seek.
Lin Yun stretched lazily and prepared to sleep. Then, he suddenly remembered the arrogant Long Yun and punched his fist subconsciously.
“Bam!”
With a loud noise, Lin Yun actually activated the Stacking Skill with that punch!
Lin Yun was stunned. He did not expect that a skill he learned under digitization in the Skynet would be transferable and usable in real life!