Chapter 54

Time slowly passed, Dahuai closed his eyes, seemingly trying hard to sense the current state of Zhuochuan's soul.

After a full half hour, he finally spoke, "Master, your soul is indeed too weak right now."

As he spoke, Dahuai opened his eyes, looking utterly incredulous.

Zhuochuan replied with a bad temper, "I know that, continue."

"Alright, I'll give you a set of data. Your soul's three major attributes: Courage 6 points, Wisdom 4 points, Resilience 5 points. All three are pitiful."

Dahuai shook his little head, looking disappointed.

(You have no right to be disappointed. I wasn't your original master, you know.) Zhuochuan couldn't help but comment. He had been praised by many before, and his confidence had risen, but it was quickly knocked down by this newly emerged guy, making him relive the difficult times when he first arrived in this new world.

"Is this thing really accurate? A person's will, wisdom, and courage are vague concepts. How can they be measured with numbers? What's the principle?" Zhuochuan immediately countered.

"How could it not be accurate?" Seeing Zhuochuan actually question its authority in this area, Dahuai immediately threw away its previous fear of him and jumped back onto the wall shelf, looking at Zhuochuan levelly and retaliating.

"Do you think I just made up some numbers to fool you? Let me tell you, the real principle is extremely complex and would take three days and three nights to explain. But let me tell you, it was because of this numerical measurement method that you were able to break through your bottlenecks one by one and advance to become a B-level upper citizen. There are only 50,000 upper citizens in total."

"Other upper citizens never advanced as smoothly as you did. It took you 120 years to advance from a regular reserve citizen to a citizen, and when everyone thought you would stay at that level for life, it took you another 120 years to advance to the B-level upper citizen. The fastest anyone else has ever advanced from a Z-level citizen to a B-level upper citizen took 230 years."

Dahuai spoke about its glorious history without holding back, to the point where Zhuochuan found it too verbose.

"Alright, alright, you're very capable. But does that mean others don't have this numerical method and can only make vague guesses?" Zhuochuan asked, wanting to understand the first value Dahuai had shown, to find more comparative advantages for his future.

"Reserve citizens certainly don't have the means. They can only use some well-known paid soul attribute software available online, input their daily experiences and performances, and get a very vague prediction related to their soul attributes. It can't be expressed in numbers, only in vague terms like 'poor courage' or 'adequate wisdom.' Of course, citizens have some new methods, but they are not very accurate and often require many failures before they can find their bottlenecks and weaknesses."

"I'm different. After all, I was created from a fragment of your soul, and it took that self-proclaimed God of Wisdom 100 years to create me. I have extremely precise attribute prediction capabilities," Dahuai said, somewhat proudly.

"What was my highest attribute before?" Zhuochuan asked again.

"Do you really want to know?" Dahuai rolled its black eyes. As it spent more time with Zhuochuan, it had cleverly discovered that its once terrifying master, after soul reincarnation, had a new personality that was as gentle as a rabbit, making it forget its original fear from time to time.

"Go on, I've been looked down upon enough before," Zhuochuan ignored its actions.

"Courage 100, Wisdom 92, Resilience 100. Even among all upper citizens, his wisdom was slightly lower, but the other two were at full value," Dahuai said, a trace of awe appearing on its face.

"Such a big difference?!" Zhuochuan wasn't new to this world and was well aware of the basics of soul attributes. The difference of just a few dozen points might seem small, but to illustrate with a modern example, in a Three Kingdoms game, any character with an attribute of 100 is a historical figure with extremely high ability and significant contributions.

And those with only a few points are nameless soldiers and starving farmers in the Three Kingdoms.

Of course, Zhuochuan believed the real difference was even greater, with a single point possibly being the difference between heaven and earth.

And Dahuai's next words made him understand even more what each point truly meant.

"The total soul power of each person is determined by the product of these three major attributes, the degree of physical enhancement, and some special skills they have mastered. To become the lowest level citizen, you need all three attributes to break 10. But among the 150-year soul growth period of reserve citizens, only one in a thousand can meet this seemingly simple requirement," Dahuai explained.

"Alright, then with my current soul attributes of Courage 6, Wisdom 4, and Resilience 5, how do you think I should improve in the future?" Zhuochuan asked.

"Of course, you should first break through the 10-point barrier in Courage. Once an attribute breaks 10, it can bring significant changes and greatly alter your status in society. Then, with savings, you can address your weaknesses," Dahuai said with experience.

"How can I improve my Courage?" Although Zhuochuan had some ideas, he naturally wanted to hear the professional opinion first.

However, instead of a professional opinion, Zhuochuan saw a little leg stretching out towards him, flexing and extending.

"What do you mean by this?" Zhuochuan was confused. Could it be asking for money?

His guess was spot on.

"Ah, Master, you didn't need me, Dahuai, to do such things before. You always had soul crystals prepared in advance," Dahuai said with a helpless and innocent look.

"Remember, I'm not charging for guidance. To predict the method for breaking through your Courage attribute, I need to consume soul crystals. I need to create a virtual environment in my mind, using that soul fragment to simulate your personality and attributes comprehensively, and then repeatedly calculate various scenarios."

"How much?" Zhuochuan believed the other party wouldn't deliberately deceive him, but he guessed it wouldn't be a small amount.

"Roughly 10,000 low-grade soul crystals. After all, your current soul attributes are so weak, and the simulation is quite easy. The scenarios don't need to be too complex."

"What, 10,000?!" Although Zhuochuan's mental strength had increased, and 10,000 low-grade crystals were a small amount compared to the large burden he still carried, he was currently penniless.

"Come on, Master, are you really so poor that you're surprised by such a small amount of crystals? I remember that although you spent most of your wealth on the soul time-space experiment, you still had some fixed assets that could be sold."

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