I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 602, page 2.1-76: The Crown: The Treasure of a Lost Dynasty
With a loud 'bang', accompanied by the tremor of the ground, Bertias slightly raised his eyes and saw half of a house that had been reduced to ruins not far away.

A gentle breeze blew against his face, and he smelled the sulfurous odor in the air, his lips twitching slightly.

Bertias: "..." Even without asking, he knew what had happened.

"Cough cough," Dao Lin coughed as he crawled out of the rubble. His clothes were slightly tattered, and his fair skin was covered in scratches. His handsome face was a little dirty, and he sighed helplessly, his expression serious.

"How is it?" Beltias took out a handkerchief and handed it to Daolin, asking casually.

Dao Lin took the handkerchief, casually wiped his face to remove the dirt, and slowly said, "I guess you could say it's a success."

He glanced at Dao Lin with his blue-gray eyes and said, "But your expression doesn't say that."

"I don't know if it's just my imagination..." Dao Lin murmured, lowering his eyes, lost in thought.

Bertias frowned, staring intently at the pensive Daolin. He suddenly turned to look at the other people who were looking at them, and spoke words of reassurance to them as he walked.

After pondering for a long time, Daolin finally relaxed his brow. He decided not to tell Bertias yet, so as not to disturb his thoughts.

“You’ve made quite a commotion,” Bertias said slowly, looking at Daolin sitting quietly on the ruins.

"Because I accidentally set the gunpowder I had just prepared on fire. I was planning to test it from a distance, but in a moment of carelessness..." Daolin didn't finish his sentence, but Bertias already knew what had happened. At the same time, she wondered why Daolin only had a scratch.

Everyone knows that Dao Lin is terrible at close combat; he's even ranked second to last on the martial arts list, which shows he's truly at the bottom of the class. Under such circumstances, he should be about as good as an ordinary person, yet he actually survived the power of the black powder he concocted, suffering only minor scratches.

This forced Bertias to consider the defensive capabilities of Daolin itself.

Generally, players are divided into two groups: the first group enters from the wrecked ship, and the second group enters through the passage after the September dungeon. The former is an accident and does not restrict abilities, while the latter requires a constitution of A or higher to enter; otherwise, the body will be crushed by the pressure the moment it gets close.

Bertias knew very well that Daolin was among the first batch of players to enter, which made his physique somewhat intriguing. Generally, overly intelligent people don't have good physiques, and while Daolin fit this description, it was clearly just an illusion.

Everyone has fallen into a misconception that weak fighting ability equals poor physical fitness, but that's not actually the case. It's an unequal formula. Poor physical fitness might equal weak fighting ability, but weak fighting ability absolutely does not equal poor physical fitness; it could simply mean that the person hasn't been training properly.

Dao Lin's reaction to danger was not bad; on the contrary, he was particularly sensitive and could easily detect danger. This alone was enough to prove that he had a strong physique, which included, but was not limited to, the body's own defense capabilities and the five senses.

His physical strength is also stronger than that of ordinary people, even surpassing that of ordinary crown princes.

All of the above is sufficient to prove that Dao Lin's physique is definitely above A.

Although Daolin himself said he had no memory of the past, and that the name 'Daolin' was just something he came up with on the spot, his instincts had never forgotten it.

Perhaps he himself did not realize that he would subconsciously analyze and study the nature and combination of the objects he saw, just like an instinct that he had become so proficient in it.

Before losing his memory, Daolin was definitely an outstanding researcher, Bertias was quite certain of that.

Although his memories of interstellar travel were becoming increasingly hazy, there was one thing he hadn't forgotten. After the wrecked ship disappeared, he unexpectedly discovered that Gu Shurong, the Federation's top biological scientist, was also on the wrecked ship and had vanished along with it.

Those people in the Federation did a good job of concealing the truth, but unfortunately, he still managed to extract information from them. Gu Shurong is an adult, while Dao Lin is a teenager; it's highly unlikely that anyone would connect the two, especially since the former is a PhD second only to Nalan Xu in his research field.

Some people might even think that linking them together is simply wishful thinking.

but……

Intelligent people are generally physically weak because humans only have so many talent points. Once someone surpasses others in certain aspects, they will inevitably be weakened in other aspects. This is almost an immutable law.

In particular, brain development = intelligence level and physique = physical fitness, and these two are absolutely mutually exclusive.

The most famous example is Dr. Nalan Xu, the first person to develop the interstellar brain. No one knows how much her brain has been developed, but her physique is limited to the worst level, F. It is rumored that she can break bones even if she falls while walking. She is like a fragile porcelain doll, and she will die if she is not careful.

Next is Li Zhen, the eldest son of the imperial prime minister who had a brief but brilliant career. He also developed his brain to an extremely terrifying degree. Although no one knows the exact number, we know from the fact that he only lived to 35 out of his 500-year lifespan that he was killed by the 'rules' because he was too smart.

Next up are the twins Mingjin and Mingxi, whom everyone knows. Both their physical constitution and mental strength reached 3S at birth, almost breaking the limits of human ability. Unfortunately, they will not live past 32 years old and will die in a few months.

Those who defy the norm cannot survive. It's a miracle that Nalan Xu has been able to live on. He probably used some method to avoid death, but it must have been a difficult time for him.

Under these circumstances, Gu Shurong's stats were practically blessed by the heavens, with all his abilities reaching S-rank or higher, breaking the boundary between brain development and physical constitution. If this were a novel, he would definitely be the male protagonist and a winner in life.

The fact that she was both intelligent and physically strong made Bertias connect Daolin and Gu Shurong, because no one else could combine the excellent stats of both.

Adding to Dao Lin's past actions and instincts, the equation Dao Lin = Gu Shurong is basically 100% certain, with no room for surprise.

Once this equation is confirmed, Dao Lin's predicament is no longer surprising. The rules apply equally to everyone, so Gu Shurong, who broke the boundaries, also got into trouble, which led to Dao Lin's appearance.

This rule is like preventing humanity from evolving further, and it only applies to humans.

People of different races, such as Mu Yegui and Ling Tong, are calculated according to the rules of their race. No matter how much their values ​​exceed those of humans, it will not matter, because they are not human to begin with. As long as they do not break the limits of their own race's abilities, they will never be in trouble.

To put it another way, Nalan Xu, Li Zhen, Gu Shurong, Ming Jinmingxi and others who were able to break the limits of human ability were unparalleled geniuses that no human could catch up with in a lifetime. They were born to be admired, but unfortunately, only Nalan Xu is still alive and well.

Because Ming Jin and Ming Xi will die a few months later; Gu Shurong was already dead from the moment Daolin appeared; Li Zhen has long become history, the kind that appears in the imperial textbooks.

Nalan Xu: He constantly faces the danger of his mental energy exploding, teetering on the edge of death every day, and is not far from dying.

Li Zhen: The original body died.

Gu Shurong: Deceased, renamed Daolin, no memory.

Mingjin and Mingxi died a few months later.

[Evaluation: Total annihilation.]
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