Chapter 155: Chapter 145: The Post-Conclusion Harvest [The Rule period has ended]
[Congratulations on passing the trial of the eighth Apocalypse Rule]
[Your reward has been sent to your storage box]
[More products have been added to the Sublimation Store. You can view them on your personal terminal.]
[The ninth Apocalypse Rule will be announced in fifteen days]
...
Guan Tong sat in the small courtyard. As soon as the Fire Thief’s voice faded, he opened his personal terminal.
[Name: Guan Tong]
[Nickname: Station Master]
[Title: Victor]
[Psychic Power: 309 (309) (2410)]
[Sublimation Coins: 765,220]
[Comprehensive Biological Information Evaluation: Superior]
When Guan Tong saw his Psychic Power value, he was momentarily dazed.
Although he had known the content of the hidden rule for a while, seeing the result with his own eyes after the Rule period ended still felt a little unbelievable.
During the eighth Rule, he had won first place thirty-three times in total, gaining an extra 160 points to his Psychic Power limit. All of this was clearly reflected on his Terminal Panel.
Amid his joy, Guan Tong also had some hidden worries.
On one hand, he felt that some smaller foreign countries, with their official government support systems, could enable specific Ascenders to win first place many times. After the final tally, a good number of people would likely have their limits raised by the maximum of 300 points, forming a new batch of high-end combat power.
But his bigger worry was whether there might be some unknown price to pay for drastically increasing one’s Psychic Power limit this way.
Guan Tong had discovered long ago that the hidden rules didn’t explain everything clearly.
Take the first Apocalypse Rule and its hidden rule, [Plunder Sobriety]. It only said that knocking someone out would earn you a "Sober Mint Candy," but it didn’t mention that those who ate the candy would generally have a lower Psychic Power limit after awakening their abilities.
It also didn’t mention that those who knocked others out would later find the [Disorder Breaker] title in their Survival Treasure Chests.
This kind of truly "hidden price" was what Guan Tong was vaguely worried about. But for now, he put those thoughts aside and continued to check his panel.
By selling intelligence, his Sublimation Coin count had reached 760,000, comparable to the total amount of Sublimation Coins a mid-sized organization of several hundred people could mobilize.
Now, with so much just for himself, he could buy any necessary items he saw on the market, no longer forced to just window-shop due to high prices like before.
He also noticed that his personal information evaluation at the bottom of the panel had changed from "Excellent" to "Superior."
A Psychic Power limit below 80 was "Inferior," 80 or more was "Normal," and 100 was "Excellent." Now that he had broken through 300, his evaluation had risen further to the "Superior" level.
Guan Tong didn’t know if this evaluation had any specific use, or if it was simply a summary of an Ascender’s overall strength.
He temporarily closed the terminal and assessed his physical condition.
Even after his Psychic Power had surged by over a hundred points, there were no immediate changes. It was likely the same as before; the increased Psychic Power would subtly transform and strengthen his body over time.
Guan Tong opened his storage box, where all his items were listed.
[Wordless Book], [Corpse Whistle], [Basic Food Box - Bronze Level] x1, [Multi-functional Lock Opener] x2, [Small Reconnaissance Drone] x3, [Multi-functional Protective Suit], [Communication Secret Scroll] x9, [Communication Secret Scroll - Tradable] x3, [Bystander Transformation Device], [Burning Defense Shield], [Psychic Power Activation Needle]
There were also several equipped items:
[Thermoregulating Technology Underwear] (Equipped), [Multi-Terrain Marching Boots] (Equipped), [Giant Axe Warrior Hoodie] (Equipped), Storage Ring (Equipped)
There was no box reward from this Rule. The two new items he had were traded to him by Liu Yuqiang before he committed suicide.
[Burning Defense Shield]: Creates a flaming shield in front of the user that can block three attacks, provided each attack does not exceed the user’s own Psychic Power limit in power. This is a one-time use, tradable item.
[Psychic Power Activation Needle]: Upon use, increases Psychic Power recovery speed by 100% for 30 seconds. This is a one-time use, tradable item.
The effects of both items were decent. They weren’t amazing for someone like Guan Tong, but having them was better than nothing.
Next, he opened the Sublimation Store on his terminal to check out the new products.
After the seventh Rule ended, the store hadn’t added anything new, leading to all sorts of wild speculation. But when the eighth Rule was announced, everyone had a moment of realization—since everyone was creating their own challenges, there was indeed no need for new items in the store.
This time, the store had listed one new item.
[Biological Signal Detector]: Can be used to detect large biological signals within a 200-meter radius.
[Price: 30 Sublimation Coins]
[Purchase Limit: 20]
"Detecting large biological signals..."
Reading the detector’s description, Guan Tong found it a bit strange.
’Will some kind of large creature appear in the ninth Rule?’
There was too little information, so he couldn’t figure anything out. He directly spent 600 Sublimation Coins to buy the limit of 20 and stored them away for now.
After dealing with matters on the terminal, Guan Tong stretched and took out his [Wordless Book].
"With a Psychic Power limit of 309, I can definitely write on the fifth page now."