My stats are higher than yours!

"?"

"What's wrong with his body? How did someone who hasn't even become a psionicist suppress the Laughter Factor? Didn't that thing drive him crazy? It didn't even show up outwardly? If I hadn't looked closely, I probably wouldn't have noticed this at all!"

The school doctor stared at him incredulously, his gaze not so much as that of someone looking at a human, but more like that of someone looking at a humanoid creature.

Then, he took out all sorts of things and examined them carefully dozens of times. After finally confirming that there was nothing wrong, he lay back in the chair and sighed, "Is this human? Is this even human?"

"Why is the activity of the Laughter Factor in his body so low? Why is he so quiet? Why hasn't he gone mad? No one is suppressing him, and no equipment is affecting his state. How is he maintaining consciousness?"

"No, that's a lethal dose of Laughing Factor! How is he still alive? How is his Laughing Factor activity so consistently low?"

The school doctor covered his face in disbelief, staring at the ceiling, and muttered to himself, "Could it be that there really are people in this world with a natural affinity for the laughter factor? People who can directly withstand the laughter factor without being affected by it? Does that make sense?"

Chapter Twenty-Four: Buying Medicine for the Score!

"So, this kid has a lethal dose of Laughter Factor in his body? Was the previous damage repaired by Laughter Factor?" Old Bi asked tentatively.

"Yes, the amount of Laughter Factor is huge. For a child like him who hasn't become a psionicist yet, it's a lethal dose. Let alone stuffing it directly into his body, even if you put it on him with equipment as a carrier, he wouldn't be able to handle it."

The school doctor became increasingly confused, unable to understand what was going on. In the end, he could only conclude that Bai Shuodong's constitution might be innately compatible with the Laughter Factor, which was why he was able to bear it.

He couldn't think of any other reason.

...

"Well..."

Bai Shuodong slowly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed. He moved around a bit and found that his body was not sore as he had imagined. Instead, he felt more relaxed than ever before and was in a very good state.

"woke up?"

Suddenly, a clear, cold voice rang out beside him. The speaker was a man in a white coat who looked like the school doctor from the infirmary.

This guy usually only sets up the infirmary and training camp with a halo effect. His own medical treatment costs are extremely high, and ordinary people can't afford them at all. You even have to ask the teacher to contact him, otherwise you might not be able to find him even if you go to the infirmary.

Therefore, Bai Shuodong had never seen him before; he had never actually seen the school doctor at the infirmary.

"Your physical condition is good, your overall recovery speed is very good, and there are no problems at the moment."

"Ah."

"However, you have something very dangerous on you right now, the Laughter Factor. Where did this come from? How did you absorb it into your body? You've never even been to the Spirit Realm, so you shouldn't have had the chance to come into contact with something like this, right?"

The school doctor stared directly at him, his gaze incredibly serious and solemn, and said, "Don't even think about denying or hiding it. Spirit Realm skills are the manifestation of one's own abilities. You have now received the ability boost from the Laughter Factor, so your Spirit Realm panel must have the passive effect of the Laughter Factor's skills. You must know about the Laughter Factor."

"Let me make this clear beforehand. I'm not asking you this to try and get anything out of you. What's crucial to you as a passive ability is just a low-level useless thing to me. I'm not some first or second-tier trash. You can speak freely without worry."

"...good."

Bai Shuodong's lips twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but think to himself: 'What do you mean I'm not a first or second-tier trash?' Most of the teachers in the school are first or second-tier, so his words were tantamount to insulting the vast majority of the teachers in the entire school.

He continued, "Before, when I went to the logistics department to pick up some things, an old man said that I had a hard life and then gave me a silver-level ornament called the Laughing Mask."

"I put it on, and I could feel that there was something inside the mask. That power was very special and made me very strong. Later, the mask shattered, and that power merged into my body, giving me the passive ability of the Maniacal Laughter Factor."

"..."

The school doctor was silent for a moment. He rested his chin on his hand, stared at Bai Shuodong, and said, "You're not lying. I can confirm that you're right. It seems that your constitution is relatively special. You actively attracted the laughing factor inside the mask, and the laughing mask shattered on its own after losing the laughing factor."

"That old man is getting more and more out of line lately. How could he let a student wear something like the Laughing Mask? That could cause trouble. Doesn't he have any sense of responsibility at all?"

"You wait, I'm going to beat him up."

As soon as he finished speaking, the school doctor disappeared, seemingly using some kind of spatial ability, and without any warning, at an alarming speed.

Is this the school doctor?

Bai Shuodong sighed inwardly, then opened the Spirit Interface panel to check his own stats. He found that his long weapon proficiency had successfully reached level 2, and his base strength attribute had also quietly increased by 0.1, which was the result of natural training.

The Spirit Interface panel is a data-driven representation of one's abilities in reality. As the body becomes stronger through training, the panel will change accordingly.

While honing skills is important, stats are the foundation of everything. Only with high stats can combat skills be maximized. Without sufficient stats, even the strongest combat skills will be ineffective, just like when fighting the headmaster.

Previously, I was able to defeat Xia Yanxin not because of my superior skills and strategies, but because I had the ability to unleash extremely high values ​​at crucial moments, enabling me to instantly eliminate her. That's why I had this opportunity.

Otherwise, I would have no chance of winning, and no one else would have a chance of winning either; that's the power of numbers.

How to quickly increase stats?

Drugs!

Take a lot of drugs!

What does "steady and solid" mean? It refers to consistent application and application of medication.

Bai Shuodong opened his phone and browsed the school's online shopping platform. Various kinds of medicines came into view, including the Rongcui series medicines that had been recommended by the head of the teaching department.

The Rongcui series of potions are indeed good. They are relatively affordable, have a short cooldown, provide stable attribute boosts, and can specifically enhance the most needed attributes without boosting irrelevant ones.

For potions, unexpectedly increasing attributes is considered a side effect. For example, a warrior needs strength but doesn't need extra mental attributes. If the potion increases mental attributes as a side effect, then it's considered an increase in an ineffective attribute.

The conditions for participating in the Spirit Realm Trial are that the four basic attributes reach 20, and the basic attributes cannot exceed 20 before passing the Spirit Realm Trial and officially becoming a psionicist.

In other words...

One point of Spirit attribute is equivalent to one point of Strength attribute. For warriors, the difference between Spirit and Strength is huge, so controlling attributes is very necessary. Therefore, one must be careful when using potions.

Currently, my four basic attributes total 17.9, which is 2.1 points away from reaching 20. It will take about 19 to 20 uses of the Rongcui series of potions.

Each time I need to rest for three days, and theoretically, it will take me almost two months to reach the limit values ​​before entering the spirit world.

However, in reality, if Rongcui medicine is used repeatedly for three consecutive days, its efficacy will actually decrease, and the body will develop drug resistance and accumulate a large amount of drug toxicity.

To achieve stable improvement, you either need to undergo physical therapy to remove drug toxins, or extend the treatment time by waiting a few more days after using it twice. This will prevent the accumulation of too much drug resistance and toxins. The downside is that the treatment time will be significantly longer.

Let's spend more money on stronger medicine!

Titan ProX988

Price: 1.6w

Effects: Increases Strength attribute by 0.8-1 points and Constitution attribute by 0.4-0.5 points.

Side effects: Within three days, the muscles will experience unbearable tearing pain, which will gradually subside after a week. There are no other negative effects.

Store manager's note: This medicine can be used on animals when diluted with water.

A 16,000 investment can increase attributes by 1.2 to 1.5? And it's a rapid increase in a short period of time?

That's great!

This thing is even cheaper than Rongcui!

Rongcui costs 2,000 yuan per needle, with a price of 0.1 to 0.2, but in most cases it is 0.1, averaging around 0.106. If it weren't for the fact that the smallest number in the spirit world is 0.1, it wouldn't be marked as 0.1 to 0.2.

Such a good thing?

I'll just buy it!

Chapter Twenty-Five: Xia Yanxin, Who Never Gossips

Bai Shuodong opened the shop and found that the medicine was produced by Giant Pharmaceutical, a brand-name company known for its low price, high attribute enhancement, and lack of serious side effects.

In addition, the prices of different series of medicines used by different professions also vary.

Titan 1.6w for Warriors

Hydra 2.8w for tanks

The French aid used Huan Shen 4.6w

Fun!

Are warrior-type medicines really that cheap?

Could it be that it's too expensive and doesn't sell well?

As Bai Shuodong was laughing, he suddenly recalled his previous financial situation.

Her smile froze.

Then, he thought about the economic situation of the other warriors around him, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

It seems I really can't afford it!

The warrior class receives the lowest subsidies and faces the most intense competition. In the neighboring support class, completing the Spirit Realm Trial in the third year of high school is considered a success, while in the warrior class, failing to complete the Spirit Realm Trial in the first year is essentially a waste. That's the difference.

The root cause of this gap is very simple: the warrior class has the lowest difficulty in passing the Spirit Realm Trial and is the easiest to get a high score, thus obtaining a relatively higher-grade profession. The minimum guaranteed reward is much higher than that of other classes, so the subsidies are naturally worse.

The support class, primarily focused on mental attributes, can't learn magic (if they could, they would have gone to the magic class long ago). Passing the Spirit Realm Trial basically depends entirely on their intelligence. If they're unlucky and can't find a breakthrough, they might not even be able to pass the Spirit Realm Trial. Of course, they get a lot of subsidies, otherwise no one would come.

French-style subsidies are plentiful...

That's simply because there are too few people!

The total amount of subsidies given by the French system is the lowest, but because the requirements of the French system are high and the number of people is small, the subsidy per person is the highest.

Tanks have a higher margin for error, but because their output is lower than warriors, their average class level is lower; archers have higher output, but their margin for error is lower, and their average class level is also lower; assassins are relatively balanced, but they can't play a reckless style of play, and they require more strategy and tactics than warriors, so their average class level is also lower.

so...

Aside from the mages who spend a lot of money on in-game purchases, the warrior class is the strongest, with the highest average class level and the largest number of players, so naturally, the average subsidy given to each player is less.

As the saying goes, the capable are often rewarded.