Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 197 The Core Ability of the "Weird"
The word "rookie" really pierced into Star's heart.

Looking at the information presented to him on the "panel", Star could no longer hold back.

Even though he was able to control his expressions like the Joker through the Faceless Man's ability to control his own flesh and blood, Star was still a little surprised by this evaluation.

After all, whether it is "narration" or "panel", Star also knows that the information they present is a reflection of his own inner world.

But isn’t this level division a bit too magical?
Does he have such a sarcastic side?

Star prides himself on being a kind person, so how could he allow the level division of "skills" to appear in this form in his subconscious?

Isn’t this slander?
This is absolutely slander!

This must be the fault of “Between Reality and Illusion”?
Could it be that he just had this tendency?
But Star couldn't deceive himself, so he simply stopped dwelling on this word.

Anyway, after further "reconnaissance" he knew how many times he needed to practice to bring a skill to the maximum level, he would not let any of his "skills" remain at this level!
Fortunately, Star felt that his vocabulary was normal and did not include words like "small dog" and "small fish".

Otherwise, the last "skill level" he saw now would probably be even more provocative.

In addition, Star also saw a "prompt" in the personal "skill bar" panel:
[“Skill-Hypnosis” breeding progress: 34%]

This was the result of Star using the extraordinary characteristics of "psychologist" to use "psychological suggestion" on Klein's family many times.

And now, it’s a bit embarrassing to say it.

Since Miss Justice didn't mention this, Star didn't return the Beyonder characteristic of "Psychologist".

Star knew that he would need this Beyonder feature, so he told Miss Justice to wait for a while and he would hand it to her personally when he returned to Backlund.

And Miss Justice also agreed tacitly, telling Star not to worry so much, she would wait for him.

Therefore, Star doesn't have to think about returning the things for the time being.

However, he felt a little strange about Miss Zhengyi's attitude towards him, even though they felt like normal "colleagues" when they got along with each other and communicated like this offline.

but……

Is he thinking in the wrong way? Or is he feeling too good about himself?
and……

Also, are they really familiar with each other?

Although already before that it was like someone had a deep understanding of Miss Justice?

Even though I have talked to Miss Justice face to face many times?

……

But shaking his head, Star didn't dwell on this thought for too long.

Ever since he was promoted to the "Faceless Man" in the "Mysterious" realm and became a "Weird Man" who "tampered" with the path, he always felt that something was wrong with himself.

I just hope it's an illusion...

Star barely suppressed his thoughts and focused on the new functions of the "Skill Bar".

It should be said that the display of "skill seeds" also loads a progress bar for the process of "skill" learning, making Star feel more like a "player".

It’s a pity that this improved experience bar can only be used on Star’s own “skills”.

If only his role-playing progress, or digestion progress, could be so intuitive, he would feel more like he was playing a game.

And the performance progress seemed as if some creator was lazy.

There is no possibility of intuitive feedback at all, and it is difficult to have a clear estimate.

Star guessed that this could also be explained away by the fact that the underlying design of this world is crazy and unbalanced.

This will lead to an awkward situation:
Has the role-playing progress increased?
Like rising!

Have you digested it?
As if transformed!

……

This vague, ambiguous and abstract reaction made Star spit out a complaint:

Is it so difficult to create something like an "experience bar"?

Fortunately, Star has a good grasp of himself, so he can have a rough estimate of the digestion progress.

If I have to say, as someone who has already played the roles of "The Stranger" and "The Faceless Man".

As for the "Faceless Man", he "played" the role of a "senior time traveler" and had multiple aliases, so after drinking the potion, it melted in his mouth and he made some progress in digestion.

In addition, knowing that there are acting rules taught by someone, Star is not worried about this.

Just from someone’s experience, it seems that in order to further delve into the acting of this sequence, it would be best to create a different character than before?
Do you have to break through yourself like someone else?

This……

Star thought about this, sighed and said:
This is too annoying...

Of course, he didn't have any perfect ideas at first, but that's what he thought.

But when he thought about the Aurora Club, the abilities and passive role-playing qualities displayed by the "Weird", he now had some complete ideas.

Because the only remaining abilities displayed by the "Stranger" are one new ability and three abilities that change drastically after being upgraded.

In other words, two new abilities, and two enhanced abilities.

Unlike the passive role that Star feels, he has a somewhat immature and righteous character tendency.

Lingsta just wanted to complain:
Could it be that this "strange guy" was simply copied from the template of "Kamen Rider"?
Of course, it’s not entirely a copy.

After all, Star still saw something different in it, but the similarity was too high. Star immediately thought of a series of works he had written, and suspected that it was the "prototype", so he had to complain.

But the full name of this “weirdo” couldn’t be “Masked Weirdo”, right?

Although he had long speculated that a "Kamen Rider" series of stories would be more in line with the "tampering" path of Sequence 6, and would also be conducive to the role of the "strange guest".

But now that the truth has come out, Star has many thoughts:
Could it be that I already subconsciously knew that my Sequence 6 was set up like this, which gave me the urge to write down everything?

Otherwise, Star would have really written a story about this, knowing that the two mysterious and famous manipulators, Goddess and Adam, might be familiar with the Kamen Rider series.

Even if it is polished and localized, there is still some risk, right?

If it was for acting, it all made sense.

Star considered.

But it seems that he had actually done something riskier than this before?
Break the jar and throw it away...

Oh, that's alright...

Star grinned, thought for a while and felt:
It is too early to say that this "strange guest" is "Masked Rider".

After all, the performance hasn't even started yet.

If there is a similarity, then yes, it does exist.

Because the "player's" ability of [Resurrection] was strengthened, it created an extraordinary ability that Star privately called [Open Mouth and Close Eyes].

The original "Resurrection" was to automatically block a critical hit for yourself and effectively weaken negative effects such as curse damage.

After resisting fatal damage or other heavy blows, you can also teleport a short distance to avoid being squatted and guarded at a designated location and receiving continuous damage.

But it will produce a very short stiffness similar to the "player resurrection reading bar".

And now's [resurrection], or rather [opening the mouth and closing the eyes].

When the "strange knight" Star is attacked with a fatal force, he opens his mouth and closes his eyes, and moves a certain distance in a certain direction as if he is about to fall to the ground, in exchange for damage immunity.

Yes, that extremely short period of stiffness was not only shortened, but also replaced by only requiring a single "open mouth and close eyes" action.

This……

It's better not to change this...

After Star learned the news, he had so much to complain about that he didn't know where to start.

According to the information he knew, "Opening Mouth and Closing Eyes" was designed to work with the "Stranger"'s new ability called [Potential] to expel residual damage from the body.

What the hell do you mean by expelling residual damage? You might as well say you are expelling exhaust gas!
Star expressed helplessly in his heart.

However, when "stiffened", one cannot make any movements, nor can one use extraordinary abilities. It is like one is exerting a control effect on oneself.

The "resurrection" of the "Weird Man" is really an upgrade, because he can "open his mouth and close his eyes" while being ready to counterattack like the "paper man substitute" of the "magician".

Because the "resurrection" of the "strange guest" has changed from "teleporting a short distance" to "flashing through the air for a long distance in a posture similar to that of falling to the ground."

Just like the Magician can temporarily turn the paper figure he carries into himself and swap positions with himself, the Stranger's "Resurrection" can allow him to flash a distance at a critical moment. Although it has some overlap with the effect of "Flame Jump", the good thing about it is that it is spontaneous!

Spontaneously flash when blocking a critical hit!
The direction of this passing is different from those knights who "fall to the ground means they have failed". Star can freely decide the final position to flash to.

This is the same as the "Magician's" "Paper Man Substitute" and other substitute spells.

Although other mid-sequence substitute spells may be more convenient, the biggest advantage of this "resurrection" ability is that it is spontaneous.

Prevent sneak attacks!
Prevent strong control!
So, compared to the "magician's" "paper man substitution method", the "witch's" "mirror substitution method" or "magic wand substitution method".

After this strengthening, "Resurrection" has gotten rid of many drawbacks and has also demonstrated its superiority.

Let Sta definitely not be like a certain "Master Luo" who died before he had time to use his substitute technique!

It can be said that with the help of "Between Reality and Illusion", no matter what the situation is, Star has since developed a resistance to instant death and it is impossible for him to suddenly die at a certain moment.

Although this extraordinary ability will give people a sense of déjà vu of Kamen Rider, the ability is strong enough, so why would you need a bicycle?

Of course, this extraordinary ability does have its drawbacks.

First, it will still consume a lot of spiritual energy.

But Star:
Infinite! Blue!
So, for him, it was just a matter of casting a "recovery spell".

The only thing that is worth calling a problem is that "players" will lose experience when using "resurrection", and although the situation of "monsters" is not so serious after upgrading, they still have to pay a similar price.

Just like Kamen Rider may not be able to "transform" again for a period of time after "opening his mouth and closing his eyes".

After the "Stranger" has used up one "Resurrection" chance, there is a certain probability that he will not receive any role-playing feedback within a short period of time.

That is, the digestion progress will increase very slowly.

If we continue to use the term "player", this is called "experience penalty".

Compared to the previous "experience loss" penalty for "players", Star feels that this price has both advantages and disadvantages:
Fortunately, he didn't need to calculate how many times his potion digestion progress could withstand "resurrection".

The bad thing is:

Could it be that this is intended to slow down his advancement?

You know, even though his combat power skyrocketed and he was promoted to Sequence 6 in just three months, there was no need to target him like that, right?
After all, those digestion progress were obtained by him working hard to intimidate others.

It's all his ability that enabled him to be promoted so quickly, so why should he be subject to such a restriction?
However, Star can also play the role in advance according to the subsequent sequence name, just like playing the "Stranger" in advance.

Is this also considered as circumventing this cost?
Even so, Star still doesn't want to be stuck in this sequence forever.

This means that he will still use the ability of "resurrection" with caution.

Don't let yourself get into a situation where your role-playing progress is "simple".

Lest I become a Sequence 6 for the rest of my life...

Of course, this is definitely a serious matter.

Anyway, no matter how much "experience" Star gains, he will still be able to make some progress in digesting the "strange guy's" potion.

Worse still, if he could bring in a high-level "audience" to provide feedback on his performance, Star's "weirdo" performance would eventually be completed.

This does not take into account the fact that he is the creator of this world's "Kamen Rider" ("Masked Stranger").

Therefore, Star will still use "Resurrection" when necessary.

The price of this "resurrection" is that it is unlikely that Star will appear:
This year he becomes Sequence 5, the number one person below demigod, and next year he becomes demigod, and the year after that he becomes an angel.

But will things really develop in this way?
After all, Star has found another way to properly use the Stranger's "resurrection" ability!

After setting up the spiritual environment required for the ceremony, Star made the "space between reality and illusion" appear and sealed the room.

As the star-shaped light that even obscured the crimson moonlight from the window emerged, he chanted in ancient Hermetic language:

"An outlier from a distant time and space;"

"You are the boundary between illusion and reality;"

"You are the endless possibility of tampering with everything."

“I pray to you;”

“I beg you to give me strength;”

"Give me the power to complete the tampering spell."

No spiritual materials were used.

Because Starta does not need spiritual materials, he can directly use his own spirituality to replace it.

Then, Star took out a brand-new talisman carved on a bronze piece that represented the "complex dot pattern of isomorphic fractals" between the "virtual and the real", and smiled with satisfaction.

At this time, because his inner guess was confirmed, he breathed a sigh of relief:

Sure enough, after possessing the ability of the "Stranger" called [Potential], there is no risk in using the "Resurrection Talisman" produced "Between Reality and Illusion".

The mechanism of action of the "Resurrection Spell" has not changed, and it will still cause Star's own spirituality to be severely hit and suffer mental damage.

However, with the extraordinary ability of [Potential] and the dual enhancement of mental and physical resistance by the "Weird", Star also has a certain degree of ability to withstand it.

It will not cause you to become unstable due to mental damage when using the "Resurrection Spell" to resist damage.

Because the description of this extraordinary ability [Potential] is exactly:

The "Weird" possesses potential that is difficult to assess, which is enough to inspire his resilience in various situations and reach his own limits with "awakening" and "belief".

When he is knocked down, do you think you have succeeded? No, be careful, this moment is the perfect time for him to bounce back and transform to the extreme.

Simply put, this means that the "Weird" can be knocked down temporarily, but as long as he can catch his breath, he can continue to fight.

In gamified terms, this is a recovery skill, and as long as there is one drop of blood left, the "Stranger" can recover and fight again.

It's like a replica of the "Reply" ability.

In other words, from now on, various recovery methods such as "recovering blood by breathing", "recovering blood by drinking a sip of water or eating a piece of bread", and "recovering blood by sleeping" are no longer impossible.

Even the "stranger" could spit on the wound and it would make him recover.

This is also an ability that makes the "Weird" stronger and stronger.

Under the effect of [Potential], after the "Stranger" is injured, his reaction ability is improved to a level that is difficult to be affected by the mental level, and his physical fitness in all aspects will also be enhanced to a certain extent.

It can be said that being injured is when the "Weird" is at his strongest.

The so-called "wandering around the map with low health" refers to this kind of people.

This also makes Star want to complain:

How about changing the name of "Stranger" to "Kamen Rider", and [Potential] would be a replica of Kamen Rider's "the power of idealism that explodes at the critical moment", right?
Based on the feedback from making the talisman "Between Reality and Illusion", Star finally understood why the "Soul Protection Talisman" could be passively activated.

It turns out that the "Soul Protection Talisman" has unconsciously incorporated the power of [Potential].

[Potential] will also be triggered by the effect of the "Resurrection Spell". Naturally, the negative effect of the "Resurrection" Spell is not a big problem for Star.

The only pity is that the "resurrection" spell needs to be actively activated with a set spell, otherwise Star will never have to worry about death again.

Otherwise, Star prepared a large number of "resurrection spells" and bronze pieces.

Wouldn't that mean he was already invincible? Would he still need to use [Resurrection] to prevent sneak attacks?

Of course, there is also a question here. If one risks staying in the "Weird" sequence for a lifetime, can [Resurrection] allow the person with this skill to "revive" infinitely?
First of all, spirituality is a big issue.

The amount of spiritual energy required for "resurrection" is not a small amount. Even with the total amount of spiritual energy that Sta had been promoted to Sequence 6, it can only be used a few times.

Even if he used the "Recovery Spell" to restore his spirituality, there would be a brief gap that could give someone the opportunity to use his "Resurrection Armor" again.

Secondly, there is a limit to the amount of fatal attacks that "resurrection" can withstand within a period of time.

If the "experience penalty" of the "strange guest" reaches the upper limit, "resurrection" will most likely be difficult to take effect again.

It would only make people see the weird scene of him "opening his mouth, closing his eyes and falling to the ground repeatedly".

Finally he died.

Death in a double sense.

Therefore, Star would not rely on the extraordinary ability of "resurrection" and the corresponding talisman to think that no fatal attack could hurt him and that he could travel around anywhere.

After all, in the extraordinary world, what is most lacking is surprises!
A "master of secret dolls" named Luo has taught Star this truth with his life!

(End of this chapter)