Chapter 2814: Talent, You Either Have It or You Don't

The two of them moved to a tranquil tea room, with a spacious corridor and a small courtyard, plus a poetically beautiful small lake outside the courtyard, paired with the slightly cool breeze of the evening, making both space and time comfortable.

After informing the waiter delivering tea not to disturb them again, Lan Fangzhi carefully dismantled the superdimensional instrument in front of Xu Huo—what was referred to as dismantling was merely separating the ring into parts, with one half embedded with a small arc-shaped chip, and the other being a tiny activation device.

Lan Fangzhi treated the chip with great caution, but casually laid down the activation device on the other side.

“If it were a finished superdimensional instrument, the chip and the activation device would be completely embedded and inseparable, and the instrument’s condition would be very stable.” He said, “Precisely because the Lan family’s activation device technology is not mature enough, they have not yet managed to thoroughly embed this chip.”

While speaking, his left hand remained next to the chip without moving away, his eyes tightly fixed on Xu Huo, and he proactively explained, “It’s not that I’m afraid you’ll grab it, it’s just that many players have no concept of superdimensional space power and don’t understand how terrifying this power is.”

Xu Huo nodded, and of course did not reach out to touch it, understanding that this was unstable superdimensional space power. The last time he came into contact completely unknowingly was sheer luck to have survived, and now he certainly wouldn’t risk it again.

Yet, observing closely, he still marveled at the height of human wisdom that such a small chip could gather and produce superdimensional space power.

“The foundation of this type of instrument should be special minerals.” Xu Huo said, “The most unique mineral I’ve heard of is primeval stone, and primeval stone with space-time power is also one of the important materials for crafting space-time items, but among players, there has never been news about the raw materials for superdimensional instruments.”

Lan Fangzhi smiled, “Not only have many Rank-A wormhole points never been heard of after Rank-B.”

“You should know that some wormhole points don’t have tickets, those wormhole points are the real core of the game. Although categorized into Rank-A wormhole points, few people actually know how many wormhole points there truly are, or what they look like. Occasionally, there are some legends that are half true and half false, hard to determine the specifics.”

“The chip of this superdimensional instrument came accidentally, but my guess is, it likely leaked from some wormhole points as defective products.”

He paused and added, “But the earliest Lan family member who got this chip has already died under the chip, so the source cannot be traced.”

“Thanks for helping this time, retrieving the chip means whether placing it somewhere secure or continuing research, at least it won’t fall into the hands of a district like Zone 022 and become a murder weapon.”

Xu Huo didn’t pursue asking about the three blue-robed men, knowing from intuition they were internal family conflicts.

“Can you safely take back this superdimensional instrument?” He said, “Logically, such an important thing shouldn’t be easy to lose.”

Lan Fangzhi’s brow furrowed with worry, “There is indeed a reason for losing the instrument, but now it’s in my hands, whether to send it back or destroy it is up to me.”

“What channels are available for players to buy superdimensional instruments?” Xu Huo asked, “Although the chip comes from no-ticket wormhole points, many complete superdimensional instruments are available at several Rank-A wormhole points.”

“This generally requires the district government to negotiate with the Game Government.” Lan Fangzhi said, “Districts that can be armed with superdimensional instruments are usually directly controlled by the Game Government, the Game Government Base will replace district government for full district control, other districts seeking to purchase superdimensional instruments need Game Government approval.”

“For individuals, aside from theft, getting superdimensional instruments through normal channels is practically impossible.”

“Moreover, most districts can’t buy superdimensional instruments either.”

Xu Huo nodded, understanding that after traversing so many wormhole points and districts, no district government had taken out superdimensional instruments to intimidate others. Zone 022, when negotiating with him, had such a big tone, but ended up only with an unstable, semi-finished product that could only act as a restriction tool, indicating strict management.

“Perhaps the only way really is theft.” He murmured almost to himself.

Lan Fangzhi proactively commented, “It’s better not to.”

“Superdimensional instruments are more commonly used by borrowing spatial power, and it’s a very small-scale borrowing. For example, firearms, since the users are uncontrollable, the lethality is minimized.”

“With such instruments, props can be used for defense under the premise of limited lethality.”

“Moreover, if law enforcers in a district are massively equipped with such superdimensional instruments, the weapons usually have district certification and can only be used with the district’s signal drive. Taking it out of the district is equivalent to scrapping it when placed in the cargo hold.”

“Only the chip-like superdimensional instruments, like this semi-finished product, can be transferred. However, such instruments are few and can’t be supplied in large quantities.”

He finished and looked at Xu Huo, “In fact, you already stand out among the entire game, there’s no need to be obsessed with superdimensional power.”

Xu Huo took a sip of tea, feeling the breeze brushing past his fingertips, “Superdimensional space power can interfere with time power.”

Lan Fangzhi immediately understood, gently stating, “Even with temporal evolution, super players don’t dare claim to be the best in the game.” So, why be so serious?

“Are there many time evolvers at Rank-A wormhole points?” Xu Huo changed the topic.

“No-ticket wormhole points don’t yield clear information, and few Rank-A wormhole points are reachable by tickets.” Lan Fangzhi said, “Although Rank-A wormhole points have years of accumulation and leading technology, talent is something you either have or don’t.”

Xu Huo smiled, “I’ve heard typical super players don’t dare mess around at Rank-A wormhole points, evidently showing early evolving districts occupy absolute advantage.”

Otherwise, super players would flock to Rank-A wormhole points, because when it comes to resources and power, nowhere compares to Rank-A wormhole points.

Lan Fangzhi didn’t refute, clearly agreeing with the viewpoint, but he thought for a moment and added, “Rank-A wormhole points are much like other level wormhole points, sooner or later other wormhole points will evolve to the current Rank-A wormhole points’ level.”

“The mark of whether a wormhole point is mature is the degree of constraint on players.”

“Some Rank-A wormhole point players are far less free compared to players in these later evolved wormhole points.”

When technology fully covers player evolution, players must behave themselves.

Yet, he also mentioned some benefits, saying that the welfare of such wormhole points when placed in other districts is basically at a level of universal affluence, not to mention superior environmental conditions and nutrition meals tailored for players can maximize comfort for those experiencing degradation or retiring, which other districts absolutely cannot offer, and such benefits are largely provided by the Game Government Base for free.

Moreover, the degradation rate and the time and severity of degradation are much better at such wormhole points compared to other wormhole points.

Additionally, districts under such wormhole points rarely see player wars.

So, Rank-A wormhole points remain desirable sanctuaries for many players.

Having heard quite a bit, Xu Huo asked about the “Old Holy Sword Society” and the attack on Zone 022.