2: Hard work will pay off a hundredfold

Perhaps it was a similar fate that drew them together.

Zhang Qiang, from Blue Star, replaced Green in the Wizarding World and inherited Green's unfinished Wizard dream.

Green, now understanding everything, was a bit troubled.

He didn't know how his parents, far away on Blue Star, were doing, or if they could bear the pain of a parent burying their child.

“Sigh…”

“I just hope the company can be a bit more humane.”

“Follow labor laws and compensate my parents more, after all, I died from overwork at my desk in the company.”

“It’s 100% a work-related injury!”

…Shaking his head… Green recalled the grim situation he was currently facing.

The reality made Green feel a bit speechless.

“Before transmigrating, I was a corporate slave enjoying the 996 blessing.”

“Why do I still have to face the severe test of internal competition after transmigrating?!”

“Could it be that internal competition is bound to the soul, and even if I run to another world, I can’t escape its fate?”

Green couldn't help but fall into contemplation… “Whether it’s the Green of the Wizard World or the Green who transmigrated, I am just an ordinary person, nothing special.”

“If nothing unexpected happens, even with my complete nine years of compulsory education, I won’t be able to turn the tide.”

“If this continues, I estimate I’ll also be crushed by the competition.”

…However.

As a seasoned bookworm who had been following web novels since the “Thirty Years East, Thirty Years West” era, Green knew one truth.

That is — transmigrators must have a Golden Finger.

If one transmigrates and isn't immediately killed, what's the point of transmigrating?

“Deep Blue!” … “System!” … “Old Grandpa!” … “Main God!” … “Chip!” … Green experimented repeatedly in his mind, praying to all the gods and buddhas, Guanyin Bodhisattva, the Three Pure Ones, Old Ma… to give him a powerful Golden Finger.

However, an hour passed.

Begging everyone he could think of, Green had prayed to every god he could imagine, but no unusual sign appeared.

Suddenly, Green was dumbfounded, somewhat incredulous.

“This shouldn’t be,” Green muttered to himself,

“No Golden Finger? How is that possible?”

“Or should I pray to the gods of the Wizard World?”

“Scales of Truth above…”

“Bless me, Green Anglet, with good fortune in my transmigration and great success.”

“Give me a dazzling golden outfit, ah, no, give me an awesome Plus Golden Finger.”

A long while passed, and there was still no reaction. The empty meditation room was quiet. Green was so embarrassed he wanted to add his own sound effect:

“Ding!”

Unfortunately, reality does not change according to human will.

Green could only reluctantly accept reality… But no matter how frustrated Green was, he would not lose his desire to survive because of the current setback.

After all, if he really couldn't pass the five-year major exam, Green would have to fight for his life against those powerful Black Wizard Apprentices who constantly hovered on the brink of life and death!

For Green, who had never killed a chicken in either of his lives and had grown up in a peaceful environment, this was a bit too cruel.

What's more!

Green heard from a rumor from the round-faced Bigg that the death rate for Low-level Wizard Apprentices of Plant Heart Wizard Academy in the first five years after becoming a combat Wizard was as high as 80%.

While for Intermediate Wizard Apprentices becoming combat Wizards, the death rate in the first five years was less than 20%.

So, for the sake of his own life,

Green at least had to cultivate to become an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice before transitioning to a combat Wizard to be safer.

Of course, if possible, Green wanted to stay safely under the protection of the tall Wizard Tower his entire life and never go out… Now, only two 0-ring Low-level Wizardry stood in Green's way.

Feeling his full Spiritual Power and abundant magic power in his body, Green couldn't wait to cast a spell and experience the charm of extraordinary power.

Green slowly began to cast the Wizardry according to his memory — the Seed Germination Technique.

“Heed the call of the elements, --- wondrous seed, awaken…”

A green beam of magic power shot from Green's fingertip, hitting a gray seed squarely.

The seed, stimulated by the magic power, quickly sprouted two sharp, tender shoots.

The spell was successful!

…Green was overjoyed!!!

There was the joy of the wondrous Wizardry successfully blooming in his hands.

More importantly, at the moment the spell succeeded, his Golden Finger arrived.

“Do you want to gain a Hundredfold Harvest from this spellcasting experience?”

This was Green's intuition in the depths of his being… It turned out.

When Green transmigrated, his soul underwent a special mutation after being baptized by the origin of the Wizard World.

This formed his Golden Finger —

“A special soul talent!”

— “Effort will yield a Hundredfold Harvest.”

Any conscious-level learning and practice can undergo a Hundredfold Harvest, including knowledge comprehension, skill experience, rune learning, rule enlightenment… One part effort, a hundredfold return.

Once daily.

At the same time, Green's soul could adapt to and absorb the origin power of the Wizard World.

Each year, he could accumulate a ray of Origin Light, which would allow Green to enter a state of brain over-frequency once.

In this state,

The Origin Light could greatly enhance Green's brain computing and comprehension abilities, equivalent to his IQ increasing tenfold for a short period, transforming his ordinary human thinking into genius thinking… “Hundredfold Harvest.”

Green unhesitatingly used his Golden Finger quota for the day; he wanted to test the depth and cheating level of this ability.

“Boom…”

Countless inspirations and experiences intertwined in Green's mind, and Green felt as if he was continuously practicing the Seed Germination Technique in an alternate dimension.

Through repeated spellcasting, Green's understanding of this Wizardry deepened, and his spellcasting speed became faster and faster.

Finally.

It reached a limit.

Silently, Green grasped the essence of segmented spellcasting and practiced it over and over again.

Green felt a long time had passed and slowly opened his eyes.

He found that only an instant had passed in the meditation room, and the stopwatch used to record spellcasting time was still at its previous position… In Green's memory, 0-ring Wizardry spellcasting had three stages:

The first stage was skillfully chanting the complete Wizardry incantation and cooperating with gestures or spellcasting materials, with a prelude of about 5-10 seconds;

The second stage was, after long-term practice and comprehension, learning segmented spellcasting, greatly shortening the casting prelude to just 1-3 seconds;

The third stage was reaching a profound understanding of the Wizardry, allowing for rapid delineation of Wizardry runes in the mental sea and instantaneous silent casting of Wizardry… “Elements, awaken…”

Green cast the Seed Germination Technique again, performing segmented spellcasting very smoothly, taking three seconds, a huge improvement from the previous ten seconds.

To test his true level, Green mimicked the course assessment requirements.

He cast the spell three times consecutively, each time successfully, each time using segmented spellcasting, and each time taking three seconds.

At his current level, Green would definitely pass the course assessment.

The special talent of “Effort will yield a Hundredfold Harvest” was incredibly powerful.

It could be described as — terrifyingly so!

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