172: Chapter 172 SSS Talent, Actually a Newbie Village Perk?

The torrential rain poured down.

In the distance, the Jiangcheng urban area was so dark it looked pixelated.

Not even a single streetlamp was lit.

The wailing of the air defense siren drifted over from several kilometers away,

mingling with the roar of military trucks.

Su Ming squatted on the top floor of the unfinished building, looking like a stray cat sheltering from the rain.

Looking at the distant city whose 'lights he had personally turned off',

he wiped the rainwater from his face.

To be honest, causing such a massive commotion was a bit beyond his expectations.

Initially, he had only wanted to quietly charge up, harvest some mass points, and leave.

Who knew the Human Race's power grid was so fragile? He had absorbed power for less than two minutes before the main line collapsed.

"A city-wide blackout..."

Su Ming looked down at his palms, where faint blue electric arcs were still dancing at his fingertips.

Having absorbed power for less than two minutes just now, this wave had contributed one hundred and twenty thousand mass points to him!

"If this were my past life, it would definitely be classified as a Level 1 electrical accident, enough to make the national evening news."

He smacked his lips, praying that the investigation would never lead back to him.

Su Ming sat cross-legged on the concrete floor, and with a thought, called up his System panel.

[Host: Su Ming]

[Realm: Tier 4 · Gold]

[Life Form: Second Life Form (Silicon-based Fusion)]

[True Mass: 300632.9 kg (+)]

[mass points: 801300]

[Promotion Progress: Met the conditions for the Third Life Form Leap]

[Talent: SSS-Grade · Infinite Mass Evolution (Unique)]

[Core Sequences: Mass Amplification Lv2, Mass Reconstruction Lv2, Mass Devouring Lv2]

[Exchanged Sequences: Mass Engine, Mass Mastery, Mass Concealment, Mass Resonance, Inertial Drift, Mass Heavy Cannon, Kinetic Siphon, Void Realm Gravity Domain, Void Realm Affinity]

[Space: 100000 cubic meters (+)]

Eight hundred thousand!

A full eight hundred thousand mass points in balance!

Looking at this number, Su Ming's heart surged with excitement, and a sudden wave of joy—like a ruthless bandit preparing to split the loot after robbing a bank—welled up inside him.

The threshold for the Third Life Form...

Had been met!

The scene of his last promotion to the Second Life Form was still vivid in his mind.

That was the leap from a Carbon-based Mortal Body to Silicon-based Fusion,

he had been unconscious for an entire night and almost missed the College Entrance Exam the next day...

"Wait..."

Su Ming suddenly sat up straight.

A ridiculous fact suddenly struck his brain.

"Isn't the College Entrance Exam today?!"

"I just upgraded yesterday, and I'm upgrading again today. A different version of me every single day..."

Su Ming grinned and began to laugh silently.

"I'm way too badass!"

If word of this upgrade speed got out, it would absolutely fry the CPUs of those old geezers at the Federation Academy of Sciences.

"System."

A hint of madness flashed in Su Ming's eyes.

"All in. Eight hundred thousand mass points, not a single one left."

"Promote me to the Third Life Form!"

The command was issued.

However, the expected simple and brutal infusion of energy did not appear immediately.

The System was uncharacteristically quiet for a moment.

Then, lines of brilliant golden text surfaced before Su Ming's eyes.

Unlike those cold, mechanical prompts,

these words carried a solemn and majestic aura.

[Pre-promotion Notice...]

[This leap is not a conventional martial arts Realm promotion. Instead, it breaks through the upper limit of the silicon-based life form of the Origin world, detaches from this planet's silicon-based life evolution tree, and enters the celestial-level life evolution sequence.]

Su Ming's pupils contracted slightly as he continued to read downward.

[Leap Instructions:]

[1. The original Second Life Form [Silicon-based Fusion] will be thoroughly reconstructed, the atomic structure will collapse into an electron-degenerate state, and the essence of life will undergo an irreversible change;]

[2. The SSS-Grade talent rating is the upper limit of capability calibratable by this world, serving merely as a low-dimensional projection of the Origin talent. Once this leap breaks through the world's upper limit of life forms, the adaptation restrictions will be officially lifted, and this world's secular martial arts Realm evaluation System will simultaneously become invalid;]

[3. The leap process will be accompanied by a temporary loss of control over the gravitational field and the labor pains of microscopic structural remodeling, lasting approximately 120 seconds.]

[Please confirm, Host: Initiate the Third Life Form Leap immediately?]

Su Ming stared fixedly at the second instruction, reading it over and over three times, his eyes growing wider and wider.

"...Low-dimensional projection?"

"Adaptation restrictions?"

"The secular martial arts Realm evaluation System... simultaneously becomes invalid?"

His mind buzzed.

So, this world is basically just a novice village, is that it?

What martial arts Tiers 1 to 9? What F to SSS talents?

After all this time, it was all just the System trying to make him adapt to this world,

specifically creating a castrated, localized translation pack?!

Before, he had thought that obtaining an SSS-Grade unique talent

was already a god-tier start, making him a dragon and phoenix among men.

Only now did he realize that from the very beginning, he wasn't playing by this world's script.

The Peak of martial arts that others spent their entire lives bitterly cultivating and breaking their heads trying to reach,

was probably not even considered an entry-level threshold in front of his cheat.

The real him was not within the framework of this world at all.

"Damn it, then what am I waiting for?"

Su Ming cursed under his breath, and then the feeling of wild joy dispersed his shock.

He licked his dry lips and issued the command in his mind without the slightest hesitation.

"Confirm!"

"Initiate the leap immediately!"

Energy fluctuations during this period are highly susceptible to being captured by high-level detection equipment.

[System Warning: High-energy gravity and abnormal electromagnetic radiation will be released during the leap, making it extremely easy to be captured by high-level detection equipment. It is recommended that the Host choose an underground or shielded area to avoid exposure.]

Su Ming was stunned for a moment, and looked down at the top of the unfinished building he was squatting on:

"...Motherfucker, isn't it a bit too late for you to say this now?"

The System did not respond.

The fuse of the life leap had already been lit.

In an instant, a terrifying energy far exceeding any previous promotion...

exploded within Su Ming's body!

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