The old man you see with your phone is highly suspicious.

……

"Attention all tourists and international students in Japan! The Meteorological Agency detected thick black smoke rising from Sakurajima volcano today, accompanied by multiple small earthquakes. Please be careful. (Repeating...)"

In the morning, Xue's sleep quality is not very good.

He was awakened by the vibration of his phone, and when he opened it, he saw this message pushed by the National Meteorological Administration.

Japan is a godforsaken place with plenty of earthquakes and volcanoes; this is nothing more than a volcano emitting smoke.

I rubbed my head to clear my head and recalled yesterday's dream, which became clearer and clearer.

He did indeed dream of the Great Sage's past, but strangely, it was only this part.

Although the old ghost's most vivid memory was of Julia's escape, his memories also included many scenes of his early life of achieving great deeds, family reunions, and battles on the battlefield.

But the Great Sage only had this brief scene, lasting a few minutes. This scene replayed dozens of times in my dream last night, causing Xue Dinglu to suffer from a nervous breakdown.

"You're awake? Come and take a look. I've almost finished building the framework." The Great Sage looked at the listless Xue Dinglu and tapped the thing he had built.

"Good morning..." Xue Dinglu rubbed his temples. He felt like he hadn't just taken a nap, but had been subjected to a Tsukuyomi attack. He felt even weaker than Wu Wukai.

In my dream, I watched the short-haired girl die right before my eyes again and again.

Xue's Law finally understood what it meant to feel pain, understand pain, and accept pain...

After clearing his mind, he entered the consciousness space.

Xue's Law instantly dispelled his sleepiness.

A projected screen appeared in that space of consciousness, clearly displaying everything as if it were an online game interface.

Name: Xue Dalu

Inherent Protection: Geothermal Energy Protection (Level B, all consumption is halved when in direct contact with the concept of 'earth')

Inherent Noble Phantasm: Birdman Armor (B+ Rank, grants immunity to damage below B rank, reduces pain, and dispels diseases and curses below B rank)

Inherent Skills: Imperial Swordsmanship (D-rank), Holy Light (DB-rank)

Current level: Tier 1

Experience: 91%

The information from Xue's Law is listed one by one, with clear analysis and display, and you can even click to view detailed explanations.

The Great Sage looked at the system he had built and continued, "It will scan your body and space every now and then and update itself so that it will be displayed in time every time you upgrade. It will also provide corresponding feasibility and development directions when you train your body or magic. Try to continue yesterday's magic development."

After the Great Sage finished speaking, Xue Lude couldn't wait to experiment with the system. He began chanting in the Imperial language, holy light appeared in his hands, and he started trying to change the direction of the chainsaw disc.

At that moment, a new line of prompts immediately appeared on the projector.

[Holy Light Spell Development - Rotational Cutting Direction: Utilizing the heat energy of light and rotating it to generate a disc-like slash, this technique has high feasibility and is expected to be a Rank B spell upon successful development. It is recommended to primarily rely on the heat energy of light for thermal-like destruction.]

Xue's Law: "!!!"

The holy light in his hand dissipated, and he immediately picked up a straight cane, using it as a sword, and double-jumped to catch a descending dragon strike.

[Imperial Swordsmanship Modified - Rising Dragon (Rank C): A slash that utilizes the power of the entire body's muscles and the acceleration due to gravity during descent, increasing its power by over 200%. However, it has extremely long recovery and delay times; if it misses, the user will be stunned for a prolonged period. Please use with caution.]

Xue's Law: "!!!"

The old man spent one night creating this thing. Putting aside all other functions, Xue's Law felt that the function of simply displaying the experience bar was very powerful.

If he could see the experience bar when he was in school, he would have become the top student.

Xue Lude had always been troubled by the lack of clear quantification of his strength improvement, but now that the experience bar has appeared, he feels he can grind until he's exhausted.

Moreover, this thing can scan its own physical condition and the abilities it is releasing in real time, and can even provide information on the feasibility and drawbacks of further development.

The only problem is why is the armor simply called "Birdman Armor"? It shouldn't have been given a more sophisticated name, like "Barak's Preservation."

Seemingly noticing Xue's complaint, the Great Sage said, "All the displayed names are based on the names you recognize in your mind. In other words, the name you gave the Noble Phantasm is 'Birdman A'."

Xue's Law: "..."

Chapter 28: A life adrift, only regretting not having met a wise ruler.

"Then what level is displayed here..." Xue Dinglu asked.

"This is how I assigned it according to your habits. Tier 1 corresponds to Elite, Tier 2 to Hero, and Tier 3 to Legend. You can see which corresponds to which yourself. The experience bar is displayed based on how much energy you can control. It's not a rigorous setting, just for reference." The Great Sage explained the framework he had built to Xue Ding step by step.

"The rating of abilities and Noble Phantasms is also a relative concept. It mainly depends on the magnitude of your current boost. The specific calculation formula is very complicated, so I won't list it out. Anyway, you wouldn't understand it."

Xue Dinglu listened in a daze. He finally understood why the great sage said he was a self-taught person and then built such an academic system.

This thing, which is already comparable to a "system" in other stories, shows that Xue's special training with the old undead was really self-taught...

The most outrageous thing is that the Great Sage created this thing in just one night!

In one night, those students rushing to finish their papers probably didn't even finish writing the abstracts and background information.

Is this your academic teaching method? It's truly impressive...

No wonder the old man mocked Xue's unorthodox methods from the very beginning; it wasn't that he looked down on him, but rather that Xue's methods were actually unorthodox in the past.

He felt like a primary school student struggling with addition and subtraction within 100, when the old man handed him a computer.

This computer is even a supercomputer!

This is already a dimensional reduction attack on Xue's Law, a superhuman at the elementary school level.

"This comprehensive system is enough for you to use up to level 4 and above. By then, you should have the ideas and ability to modify this system yourself, and I won't need to worry about it anymore." The Great Sage really broke down the contents of this system as if he were taking care of a child, and then explained it to Xue Dinglu.

Even though he didn't teach Xue Lude any new knowledge, magic, or languages ​​from other worlds, this simple system was enough to sustain Xue Lude for a long time.

This was just the old man's work done in one night...

Let's stop contacting each other, old ghost. I'm afraid the old man who sells cheats will misunderstand.

At this moment, Xue Dinglu felt his knees buckle, and he immediately wanted to blurt out, "I've wandered for half my life, only regretting that I haven't served a wise ruler. If you don't abandon me..."

He was enjoying his practice of the Divine Art when suddenly an old man appeared and said to him, "Young man, want to buy a cheat?"

So there's only one answer!

A small investment doesn't count as a real investment!

Just as Xue was getting excited, the Great Sage stroked his beard slightly, then pointed to Xue's phone and said, "Are there still any fairy tales like Ultraman? I'd like to watch some more."

"Hmm?" Xue Dinglu wondered why such a brilliant person as the Great Sage would actually enjoy watching tokusatsu dramas.

However, he would naturally grant this small request, so he immediately downloaded the entire series on his phone and handed it to the Great Sage in the consciousness space.

He began to familiarize himself with the mechanics of the new system, while the Great Sage quickly started reading the plot after getting his phone.

Xue Dinglu glanced at it briefly.

Ultraman Leo

Oh no! The Jeep is still chasing me!

……

I don't know which one he finished watching, but the old man didn't continue watching.

Instead, he stared blankly at the screen, his eyes unfocused. For some reason, Xue Dinglu finally found a second kind of emotion in this mysterious old man.

It is called sentimentality.

Even Xue Luding, who had been practicing the dragon climbing technique non-stop, stopped exercising. Looking at the old man's expression, Xue Luding seemed to empathize with him.

He thought of the dream he had last night, repeating the image of the girl being penetrated dozens of times.

If the old man's surname is Uchiha, he's definitely a kaleidoscope.

The boy who survived was named Joshua, who is now the old man with gray hair and beard.

What happens next? Did the old man escape through the portal? How did he become the academic old scholar he is today? And what about the overwhelming swarm of insects? What is his homeland like?

Xue's law is unknown; he only saw this one scene in his dream.

Seeing the old man's sad expression, Xue Dinglu stopped training and said, "Let's go on a trip, just to show you my world."

"Hmm." The old man didn't say much and silently returned the phone to Xue Dinglu.

Xue Dinglu opened his phone and saw the content of this episode.

In "Ultraman Jack," Hideki Go dies in the sunset.

Xue's Law: "..."

Oh no, this might have triggered the old man's PTSD.

He was very familiar with this situation. The old undead was more prone to PTSD than this great sage, but the old undead was also easily distracted and was easily fooled by Xue's Law into thinking about other things.

But the great sage is clearly the more introverted and meticulous type; this old man's PTSD is not easy to appease.

After leaving the hotel, Xue Daolu prepared to go on a pilgrimage to the holy land of Kamen Rider.

To be honest, it's really unreasonable that Xue Daolu did nothing all day in Chiba Prefecture except spend his time with the old man at the hotel experiencing the cheat's functions.

Throughout the journey, the old man showed no interest in his surroundings, remaining silent and unresponsive, as if he were dead.

"Old man, let me tell you my story," Xue Dinglu said slowly to the Great Sage on the tram.

"Hmm, what story?" The great sage finally reacted.

"A story of saving the world."

There weren't many people on the tram at this time of day; it wasn't rush hour or a holiday.

Furthermore, Chiba is more like the countryside outside of Tokyo than the city center. There were only a few people on the entire train, and they were all drowsy in the afternoon sun.

There were also two girls who seemed to be traveling together. When they noticed Xue Daolu looking at them, they smiled and waved. Xue Daolu simply smiled and nodded in return.

As he looked out the window at the vast field of sunflowers and the windmill slowly turning, he began to tell the great sage his story.

They encountered the old undead, and eventually joined forces to kill the Lich King.

Looking back from the outcome, he actually acted quite impulsively. At the time, he didn't care about the consequences; he was just too hot-blooded and impulsive.

Organ failure? Undead transformation? Or some other cost? There was no time to think about it. Time was too short and the task was too heavy. Just go for it. Trust your instincts and go all in.

Looking back now, I still feel a bit scared, but if I had another chance, I probably would still rush in recklessly.

For no other reason than that if he rushed in recklessly, he might only regret it for a short time, but if he ran away, Xue Dinglu felt that he would regret it for the rest of his life.