First-time decryption free? A counter-decryption system!

The system's shouts fell silent.

It seems to be a fight against evil!

Lin Wan wanted to say something sarcastic...

But when he thought that he was the culprit, his remaining conscience resurfaced, and he softened.

"Never mind, let's see how useful she is first!"

As he spoke, he focused his attention on the talent [Target Settlement].

[Deciphering the Target: Target Settlement Talent]

[Required Decryption Points: 100,000]

[Has it been deciphered?]

"Yes."

[Current decoding point: ???]

[Decoding conditions met!]

[Ding! The talent is now yours to control. Decoding time has been greatly reduced. The current decoding time is 24 hours. Please wait patiently.]

Lin Wan frowned.

Even with all that cheating, it still takes him this long to decipher.

"No wonder you're ranked over 30,000th among all the geniuses, the gap is too big!"

System: [Don't give me a dog... *sobs*]

"Tsk... silk!"

"However, judging from the response, it seems to be showing initial results, but we don't know when things will return to normal..."

Lin Wan sighed.

The system was so overjoyed that it was oblivious to the world around it.

Without this source of information, he will have to rely on himself to learn about the world step by step.

"If decoding points can be used for decoding, then it should speed up the decoding time, right..."

"Also, is time frozen in this trial space?"

"If time could be frozen, could I exploit a bug to survive the time needed for decoding in this space?"

These all need to be tested one by one.

"Decoding system, speed up decoding time."

After Lin Wan issued the order.

[Ding! Do you wish to consume 50,000 decoding points to speed up the decoding time?]

"Yes."

[Ding! Acceleration successful. Current decoding time required: 12 hours.]

"It really works."

Lin Wan's smile became incredibly radiant.

"Keep accelerating."

[Ding! Do you wish to consume 100,000 decoding points to accelerate decoding time?]

"Yes."

[Ding! Acceleration successful. Current decoding time required: 6 hours.]

"Keep going, keep going."

【Ding! ...]

"Yes, continue, keep accelerating until the decryption is complete."

【…】

It took no more than a minute.

[Ding! Target settlement talent deciphered successfully]

The original source code has been successfully obtained.

[The restrictions related to the target's settlement talent have been removed. The host currently has no daily limit on the use of talents.]

"That's cheating!"

For a fleeting moment, Lin Wan felt somewhat fortunate that the rich girl had bought her jade pendant.

Otherwise, if he had done what he told the system and foolishly used his first free decryption to decipher that galaxy-level inheritance, he probably would have developed to galaxy-level combat power based on the inheritance, but it would have been incredibly difficult to develop rapidly thereafter.

After all, given the system's previous configuration, the settings were not very reliable, and the development was too slow.

Deciphering requires physical contact, and deciphering points that don't belong to you are needed in large quantities. Furthermore, deciphering also requires a significant amount of time.

This is simply a money pit; it's safe to say that any system that requires the law of conservation of energy has been completely ruined.

The person ranked over 30,000th is really hairless.

On the contrary, now that Lin Wan has helped her level up and made her feel good for so long, she should thank herself instead!

However, accelerating the decoding process also takes time, and the interval between each acceleration becomes longer. It takes about 17 and a half minutes to accelerate in about a year, and only 210 minutes, or three and a half hours, in ten years.

But it's still a significant speed increase.

"It's time to start testing the second idea!"

"Heading to the Trial Grounds!"

As Lin Wan finished speaking, her figure disappeared into the space.

……

Chaotic Beast Starfield!

Lin Wan felt her feet sink as she stepped onto the soft sand.

A strange smell filled my nostrils, a primal scent that permeated the planet.

"Hey! The smell here is really different from Earth. On the contrary, I've never felt so refreshed..."

The fresh air in the Chaotic Beast Starfield, with its high oxygen content, was vastly different from the polluted air on Earth, almost overwhelming him.

It took me a while to get used to the environment here.

He quickly looked around.

This is a vast wilderness.

The sky was a dark purple, with two moons hanging in the air, one large and one small.

In the distance, rolling hills stretch out, sparsely covered with low shrubs that sway gently in the breeze.

[You have entered the trial grounds; the real-time map is now unlocked.]

[Trial time countdown: 71:59:45]

The voice from the heavens rang out, its tone still cold and icy.

He opened the map.

A region with a radius of ten kilometers appeared in my mind, and my location was marked with a green dot.

【Chaotic Beast Starfield - Edge Wasteland】

[Hazard Level: E+]

Suitable combat strength: 2-20

[Advice: You little punk, stay put and don't get cocky]

Lin Wan's lips twitched.

This cosmic will think it's incredibly funny.

However, he listened to advice and did not act immediately. Instead, he squatted down and began to analyze the situation calmly.

The idea that time is forbidden in the trial space has already been proven true.

As for what happens next...

First, the trial requires you to survive for three days.

Three days is neither a long nor a short time.

But since all intelligent life in the universe has participated in this trial, it means...

He's not the only one here.

To be precise, he wasn't the only human.

Not only Earth,

Trialers from other civilizations in the universe have also landed in some corner of this star system.

Secondly, the talent [Target Settlement] has been upgraded to an unlimited version.

What does it mean?

That means he can farm rewards like crazy.

Set a goal, achieve it, and get a reward.

Set it up again, complete it again, and then get it.

In theory, as long as he sets his goals quickly enough and completes them simply enough, he can acquire a massive amount of resources in a short period of time.

Then the decryption system copies and pastes the data, achieving resource freedom.

But the problem is...

The difficulty of the objective is linked to the size of the reward.

If he sets a goal that is too easy...

The reward will probably be something like congratulations on getting 1 pair of black stockings.

It won't be that bad, but it'll be pretty much the same.

After all, S-level talents, no matter how strong, can never be too overpowered.

Therefore, a balance needs to be found between ease of completion and high rewards.

"Um…"

"The difficulty of the task should be determined by my current state."

"Then I should choose the current Survival difficulty for my permanent missions..."

He acted on his ideas immediately and began setting goals one by one.

Objective: [Successfully set a permanent objective: Survive for half an hour (Difficulty 1 star)]

[Successfully set permanent objective: Survive for one hour (Difficulty 1.5 stars)]

[Successfully set permanent objective: Survive for two hours (Difficulty: 2 stars)]

【...】

Lin Wan immediately completed all the daily goals.

A total of 25 time-based targets were set.

If it weren't for the fact that the content of the target cannot be repeated within a day, he could have maxed out his talent.

The highest time objective is: [Survive for one day (Difficulty 7 stars)]

The highest difficulty level is ten stars.

If it exceeds ten stars, it means that he is currently unable to complete it.

In other words, with his current combat strength, it would be extremely difficult for him to survive a day in this trial ground.

"Not finished yet, continue with the settings!"

Objective: [Successfully set a permanent objective: Escape a ferocious beast's pursuit (difficulty unknown)]

[Set a permanent objective: Kill a ferocious beast (difficulty unknown)]

[Set a permanent objective: Find items related to cultivation, such as rare and precious materials (Difficulty: 7 stars)]

[Set a permanent objective: Solve the water problem (Difficulty: 2 stars)]

[Set a permanent objective: Solve the food problem (Difficulty: 3 stars)]

Lin Wan discovered a pattern: the difficulty level is only displayed when the target has clear information; if the target information is incomplete, the difficulty level will not be displayed.

For example, when killing a ferocious beast, the difficulty level will not be displayed if its strength is unknown, but the difficulty level will be displayed for rare and precious materials or items useful for cultivation.

That makes perfect sense.

"So, is my talent causality... or is it a detection-type ability, capable of detecting the impact of the area I'm in on me?"

"Could this talent be used as a process of elimination?"

To verify this idea, Lin Wan started the experiment again.

[Goal: I need to find Ye Fan (Yellow Hair) within these three days (Difficulty: 10 stars)]