371: Activating 'Unparalleled Talent' grants the following abilities: Photographic Memory, Night Vision, and Theoretical Military Strategist.

After sending away the curious Feng Xiaoxia, Xu Lu suddenly laughed to himself.

The reason he suddenly released a Genre novel was certainly not because he was "just playing around," as he had just claimed.

As he had said before, this was to unlock the "Unparalleled Literary Talent" skill.

In fact, it was no surprise to Xu Lu that once his novel was published and received praise from others, his "Unparalleled Literary Talent" was indeed "activated."

At this moment, on the system panel, a new sub-branch had appeared under the "Unparalleled Literary Talent" skill.

Next to it was a label: talent of Three Measures (23,000 / 100,000).

As for how exactly the system calculated this talent value, Xu Lu didn't actually know.

In short, it was related to his written works being seen and appreciated by others.

The higher the popularity of the work, the higher his talent would obviously be, and the better the reputation of the work, the more talent he would gain.

The "the legend of the condor heroes" he had just churned out had only been published for a short while, yet it had already earned him over 20,000 in "talent."

Therefore, the "Unparalleled Literary Talent" skill had directly reached the "talent of Three Measures" level.

Consequently, Xu Lu also gained three auxiliary abilities: Photographic Memory, Night Vision, and Paper Talk.

The functions of the first two abilities go without saying.

With "Photographic Memory," Xu Lu no longer needed to rely on memory capsules.

And the "Night Vision" ability was intended to allow scholars to read even when there was no light at night.

Of course, for Xu Lu right now, this ability was a bit useless.

The last one, "Paper Talk," was the most magical; it allowed him to preliminarily utilize the power of the words written in books.

For example, writing a poem describing rain could stir the power of heaven and earth to actually cause a small, localized shower.

Or, for another example, writing an article describing someone as strong and healthy could actually cause a change in a person's physical fitness.

And the advancement of this ability naturally meant that writing the character for "rain" could immediately cause a downpour, and writing the character for "wind" could instantly whip up a gale.

Writing the character for "fly" would allow a person to soar into the sky, and writing the character for "grass" could turn a desert into an oasis...

Of course, that would require a higher talent level to achieve.

"I can feel that the two abilities 'Photographic Memory' and 'Night Vision' definitely exist, but as for the third ability, 'Paper Talk'..."

Xu Lu muttered to himself:

"Let me test if this ability really exists. Hmm, 'Paper Talk' doesn't require me to write poems or lyrics myself; copying existing ones is just as effective.

Then I'll just copy one from the poems of this world to try. Damn it, I haven't studied them, so even with Photographic Memory, it's useless; I still have to search for one!"

Xu Lu complained, then quickly opened his phone to search.

He then spread a piece of paper on his desk and wrote a short poem describing warm, sunny weather.

The moment the poem was finished, Xu Lu instantly felt the temperature in his office slowly rising, as if he were standing under the sun.

One must know that it was still late summer, the weather was quite hot, and the air conditioning in his office had been running the whole time.

To his surprise, under the effect of the "Paper Talk" ability, the power of a single poem was enough to cancel out the cooling effect of the air conditioner; it was quite magical.

Just then, the Little Assistant Zhao Ting suddenly walked in from outside and placed a document on Xu Lu's desk.

After saying something to Xu Lu, she was about to walk out when she suddenly muttered to herself:

"Why is CEO Xu's office so hot? Is the air conditioner broken?"

As she spoke, she picked up the remote control and walked over to the air conditioner to inspect it.

However, Zhao Ting discovered that the standing air conditioner was clearly blowing cold air, which left her very puzzled.

Xu Lu, of course, noticed the Little Assistant's strange behavior. He chuckled inwardly and quietly rolled up the paper on which he had just written the poem.

The next moment, the office returned to being cool.

Zhao Ting, who had been fiddling with the air conditioner for a while, thought her tinkering had worked. She nodded and placed the remote back on the table.

Seeing Our CEO Xu busy with something, she quietly walked out on her own.

"I don't know how long the supernatural effect of this short poem will last under the 'Paper Talk' ability, but it certainly can't last forever.

If I want it to last forever, my talent level must reach a higher realm. If that happens, I won't even need to buy air conditioning in the summer; a single poem will handle it!"

Xu Lu felt this ability was quite interesting.

After thinking for a moment, he searched online for a short poem describing the slight chill of autumn, changed to a new sheet of paper, and copied the poem down.

As soon as he put down his pen, Xu Lu keenly felt the temperature in the office drop accordingly.

He picked up the air conditioner remote and turned off the cooling function.

However, under the effect of "Paper Talk," the supernatural power displayed by the poem copied on the paper directly replaced the effectiveness of the air conditioner.

"This is not bad; it counts as a new energy source. Let's see how long a short poem can keep this up!"

Xu Lu muttered to himself. This time, he didn't roll up the paper but let "Paper Talk" continue to take effect.

Although the air conditioning was off, the indoor temperature remained at a fairly cool level.

It wasn't until about half an hour later that the room temperature gradually began to rise again.

Clearly, the "Paper Talk" effect brought about by the autumn chill poem had disappeared.

...

For the next period, Xu Lu continued to film the final scenes for "To Live" on set.

During the time after filming, he used the Artificial Intelligence jervis to help him dictate another Genre novel, "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils."

Because although "the legend of the condor heroes" had been published and had successfully activated the "Unparalleled Literary Talent" skill...

But its valid usage count was still only 1. He needed to use it two more times for this skill to become permanently solidified.

If it were an ordinary skill, Xu Lu might not have cared; if it were gone, so be it.

But seeing that the growth attribute of the "Unparalleled Literary Talent" skill was so high, he certainly wouldn't give it up.

Meanwhile.

The repercussions caused by "the legend of the condor heroes" on the internet were growing larger and larger.

Netizens were discussing it heatedly:

"As expected of a Genre novel written by Our CEO Xu, it's just brilliant. 'The greatest of heroes serves the country and the people.' Hiss!"

"Hahahaha, that's my favorite line too. The protagonist of this novel is quite different from the previous one.

But the character Guo Jing is indeed exactly the same as in the last one; the connection is so well done."

"I really didn't expect Our CEO Xu to write a prequel to 'The Return of the Condor Heroes,' and it's just as brilliant.

I really hope he can adapt this 'the legend of the condor heroes' into a TV series too; that would be truly wonderful..."

"It's said that some people in the literary circle are full of praise for Our CEO Xu's novel. Amazing!"

"That's for sure. If it were a Genre novel written by someone else, those people in the literary circle wouldn't be like this.

It's only because it's Our CEO Xu; with 'to live' topping the annual famous works list, he can be considered a master in the literary circle."

...

As more and more people discussed and praised it, the "talent" Xu Lu received increased day by day.

In just a few days, his talent level surged to "talent of Four Measures."

Upon achieving this step, Xu Lu unlocked another ability related to "Unparalleled Literary Talent," called "Emanating Chapters."