27: Chapter 27 is all thanks to the system.

Lin Wan left.

When Lu Nuonuo came back to her senses, her breathing was slightly rapid.

Looking in the direction Lin Wan had departed, she felt a bit… empty inside.

On the third hour of the second day, after Lin Wan decrypted the limit spirit-forging grass, he began eating the grass without delay.

The taste of the grass was just as delicious as roasted meat…

"It's just not as moist as the limit body-forging fruit…"

He still missed the taste of the fruit immensely.

[Spirit: 90 → 99]

After his mental power was enhanced, the number of flying swords Lin Wan could control broke through to 720, and his combat power experienced another epic surge.

"I'll never be able to repay that kindness!"

He opened the Chaotic Beast Star Sector combat power leaderboard.

[01: Lin Wan / Human Race]

[Combat Power: 34277]

[Affiliated Civilization: Blue Star Civilization]

At this moment, in the Chaotic Beast Star Sector, excluding the Chaotic Beasts in the core area, he could already be considered invincible.

"System, do you think there's something wrong with this combat power calculation?"

[Has the host finally figured it out?]

"I'm not that stupid. I didn't notice it when my base attributes were 10, but after 30 points, every single point of strength is much higher than before. However, if we convert it according to 10 attributes to 1 combat power, it's completely unreasonable."

[That's a very good question. However, Host, you must realize that this is your conversion method, but isn't everyone else using the same one? Calculating it this way, everyone is actually the same; it's just that people with higher base attributes will be stronger than those with lower base attributes at the same combat power level.]

[So when they begin their cultivation system, base attributes are converted into foundation attributes. The color of the foundation attributes represents the level of combat power, and it is also the standard for determining geniuses versus ordinary people.]

[You've seen Lu Nuonuo's template before, right? Her foundation attributes are blue. In terms of foundation attributes, blue represents the third level, which can be considered the level of a prodigy among lower-tier races.]

[White, Green, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Black, Red, Gold, Dark Gold, and Color; these ten colors correspond to foundation attributes from 10 to 100.]

"So I'm Dark Gold now? Why don't I feel anything at all…"

[The host is just belittling yourself. Actually, in terms of combat power level, even when you were at nine thousand-something, your lethality should have theoretically been able to pose a threat to Hesikeer. The gap between the two of you isn't large; it's just that your physique is inferior to his, and your fault tolerance is lower. If you fought him, you wouldn't necessarily lose.]

Lin Wan: "Didn't you insist that I couldn't win back then?"

[That was because you were holding a woman at the time, damn it! You'd have to be a ghost to win like that!]

Lin Wan: "Oh."

[Using that tone again, you dense, stubborn man!]

Lin Wan waved his hand: "Alright, can you tell me about the realm above Color?"

[Above Color is the realm of prodigies belonging to the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, divided from One-Color to Hundred-Color, corresponding to one hundred to ten thousand. Among them, One-Color is considered the threshold for stepping out of the universe, and a prodigy at the Ten-Color level is at the top monster level even in the Universe Sea, but in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds… it's hard to say.]

Lin Wan couldn't help but ask: "Is the Universe Sea bigger, or are the Myriad Heavens and Worlds bigger?"

[You've wasted your time reading novels. If we're talking about numbers, the Universe Sea can still be counted, but the Myriad Heavens and Worlds refers to the sum of all worlds. It is the concept of an infinitely expanding multiverse, and it is countless.]

"Your explanation is spot on. Looking at it this way, this cosmic will is quite capable. After being digitized, I can reach the Dark Gold level with potions and natural treasures, and I'm just one step away from Color."

[This is also the limit. Haven't you noticed you're stuck now?]

[If you want your foundation to exceed one hundred, digitization enhancements can no longer help you. You have to rely on yourself, and my help!]

"You're not wrong about that. As long as I decrypt a few more aptitudes and get them to the planetary-level limit, I should be able to push myself to 100 under stacked states, but after one hundred, it will be difficult!"

[Don't be impatient! It's only your second day; growing to this point in one day is already very impressive!]

"Can these foundation attributes be made up for later? I'll break through with my four dimensions at 100 first, and then when my aptitudes get better, I'll find natural treasures to make up for it."

[That's a very nice thought, but I'm sorry. The reason a foundation is a foundation is that every step you take affects your path ahead. If your every step itself isn't the strongest, what makes you think you can make up for it later?]

[What others can make up for are defects in their cultivation system's realm, which they can fix once they perfect it later, but you don't even have a cultivation system yet!]

[Of course, if you choose to abolish your system in the future, then you can make up for it!]

Lin Wan rolled his eyes: "Got it. I will keep my feet on the ground and not aim too high!"

[That's right! That's it!]

The system was very excited, her voice even trembling.

She was very happy to see Lin Wan being obedient and listening to advice after her lecture.

Is this what humans call training? So great…!

Lin Wan ignored the temporarily crazy system.

He began to use Target Settlement to determine Hesikeer's direction.

Right, he hadn't collected the reward for the natural treasures collection target yet.

[Target "Search for items related to cultivation, such as natural treasures" has been completed, reward has been settled…]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Armor Gene Tester]

"Armor Gene Tester? What is this again? Another aptitude test?"

Lin Wan, holding a trial-and-error mentality, materialized it.

After decrypting it, he reached his hand inside.

The interior of the instrument sensed the touch of Lin Wan's hand and began to shoot out needles, piercing into his hand.

"Looks like it's extracting my DNA?" Lin Wan expressed doubt.

Soon, Lin Wan's gene test results came out.

[Emperor Armor Gene Compatibility: 52%]

Lin Wan: "So?"

Looking at the characters on the instrument, Lin Wan could understand them; they were very close to the characters of the Blue Star Civilization.

Is it an armor instrument from a parallel world?

"I didn't expect things from TV shows to actually exist!"

"I remember that in the setting, the Emperor Armor is capable of destroying stars, right?"

"It's just that the show's portrayal is questionable…"

Lin Wan felt that this aptitude wasn't very useful to him; the S-rank bloodline he decrypted from Lu Nuonuo was even more useful.

Lin Wan had tried to improve the S-rank bloodline using the forbidden stone, but the results showed it was already at the limit.

In the Kase Civilization, S-rank was the highest bloodline and also the strongest aptitude; there was nothing higher.

As for whether it could destroy stars, no one had reached that upper limit yet.

"I don't even have armor, so the gene compatibility at most just gives me higher affinity with the five elements!"

"And the S-rank bloodline gives me extraordinary reaction speed, recovery, and physical strength, although it's also quite useless since the bonus isn't much when not cultivating, so… these two aptitudes are about the same!"

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Lin Wan felt his left and right brains start to fight; after having super strength and the System, he didn't want to use his brain anymore.

Lin Wan cursed: "It's all the system's spoiling."

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