Chapter 13: Is This the Exchange List of the First Generation?

To survive in the Main God Space, one must remember two principles:

When poor, unlock and counterattack.

When rich, maximize enhancements.

The former refers to gene locks, the orthodox path—versatile and akin to a cheat tool unique to the "Infinite Multiverse" system. The latter pertains to the vast enhancement exchange list provided by the Main God.

“Look at my physical qualities…”

Within the Main God's fundamental attribute enhancements, human individual qualities are divided into six categories.

These are not the typical MMORPG attributes like strength, agility, or constitution, but rather muscle tissue strength, immune function strength, neural response speed, cellular vitality strength, mental strength, and intelligence.

The stronger the muscle tissue, the greater the strength and body toughness, even running speed—an amalgamation of strength, constitution, and agility in typical games.

Immune function strength refers to an individual's immune system, their resistance to diseases, viruses, and even substances like narcotics. If one’s immune strength is high enough, threats like viral infections—the biggest danger in films like Resident Evil—can essentially be ignored.

Neural response speed is the individual’s reaction capability: faster muscle reflexes and sharper dynamic and static vision. At very high levels, one could even track the trajectory of a bullet. This attribute is also somewhat linked to muscle strength.

No matter how fast the reflexes, without sufficient strength, evasion is impossible.

Conversely, even with great strength, without adequate reaction speed, one is merely a clumsy giant, unable to control oneself.

Cellular vitality strength measures bodily recovery ability; the higher it is, the quicker the healing, enabling extreme tactics that trade injury for survival.

The remaining attributes—mental strength and intelligence—are more abstract.

Mental strength determines whether one can become a psychic. This can be forcibly enhanced through attribute upgrades but ideally suits reincarnators with innate talent—it’s cheaper and more compatible.

A fourth-tier psychic’s power can, to some extent, forcibly suppress others’ inner demons.

What?

You ask why Zhan Lan resembles a humanoid QQ from Central Continent?

Ahem, different fate, different destiny.

Someone else, a master locksmith and psychic, has reached the Saint level!

As for intelligence…

It doesn’t mean IQ but refers to memory capacity and thinking speed.

If one hopes to rely solely on intelligence attribute upgrades to become a sage in the reincarnation world, Qian Gu can only say that’s wishful thinking; after all, the definition of a "sage" lies not in raw IQ but in the mode of thinking.

Modes of thinking can’t be acquired simply by boosting intelligence points; they must be innate from birth or mutated, or at least cultivated from a young age.

As for Chu Xuan, the scripted-type sage—his thinking mode is beyond description.

Qian Gu pulled up his personal stats, showing a very standard profile: all six attributes at 100 except for intelligence, mental strength, and neural response speed, which are above average.

Intelligence 150, mental strength 180, neural response speed 130.

He had broken through the mental threshold at the end of Resident Evil 1’s storyline, increasing his mental strength by 20 and neural response speed by 30. So his baseline, or innate attributes, mainly excelled in intelligence and mental strength.

About one and a half times the average person.

“Reason for crossing over?”

Qian Gu touched his chest, feeling his heartbeat and the motionless energy there, pondering.

“Next up, the exchange list.”

[Spider-Man Gene Mutation Bloodline: Rating 83, suitable for high-agility horror scenarios. Skill: Spider silk, usable in any situation. Requires one B-level horror side quest; reward: 2000 points.]

The first thing that caught his eye was this Spider-Man gene mutation bloodline.

Hmm…

A B-level bloodline, lacking spider sense. From Qian Gu’s understanding, it grants a second-tier level of physical quality, paired with the spider silk skill, allowing free roaming in a modern urban jungle.

But!

“No spider sense? That’s a big loss.”

“Infinite Multiverse” is not Marvel next door. Even with the same names, the powers and origins are fundamentally different.

Without the godlike spider sense skill, a mere silk-spitting humanoid spider is too common.

For example...

[Web Shooter: Can spray high-strength spider silk webs up to 100 meters, automatically decomposing after one hour. Costs 500 reward points.]

Exactly.

Under the Spider-Man gene mutation bloodline, the “recommended” item is a web shooter—the device developed by Spider-Man without self-silk-spitting ability. It’s cheap, only 500 points.

If you just want the spider silk skill, there’s no need to waste points here—just buy the web shooter.

Though it has a limited ammo capacity, its small size means a large storage, which is sufficient.

[Advanced Qi Gong Enhancement: Rating 87, suitable for close-combat horror scenes. Skill: Advanced internal energy flow route, greatly enhancing internal energy and temporarily boosting physical qualities. Requires one B-level horror side quest; reward: 2500 points; prerequisite: Intermediate Qi Gong Enhancement.]

[Advanced Werewolf Mutation Bloodline: Rating 88, suitable for most horror scenarios. Skill: Werewolf transformation, enabling heteromorphic change, greatly boosting physical qualities, body toughness, and regenerative ability for a short time. As a mutation bloodline, the user is not controlled by the werewolf instinct. Requires one B-level horror side quest; reward: 2700 points; prerequisite: Basic Werewolf Bloodline.]

Another classic!

But…

“Hss—”

Qian Gu rubbed his chin, examining the advanced werewolf mutation bloodline and its prerequisites, then slowly exhaled: “Alright, first bug discovered.”

Basic werewolf mutation requires a D-level horror side quest.

Intermediate requires a C-level side quest, with the basic as a prerequisite.

Advanced requires a B-level side quest, also with the basic as a prerequisite.

Damn!

The intermediate werewolf mutation becomes a joke: advanced upgrades don’t need the intermediate prerequisite, only the basic, saving a C-level horror side quest!

“Let’s continue.”

He scrolled through the list quickly.

Thanks to his intelligence of 150 and mental strength of 160, Qian Gu read rapidly and found some interesting points.

For example, in the A-level exchanges, there is a top-tier Qi Gong enhancement requiring advanced Qi Gong as a prerequisite. It maximizes internal energy and greatly boosts all-around physical qualities for a short time.

Moreover, the internal energy line features several variant routes at the C-level, such as Yin, Yang, Cooperation, Poisonous variations, each granting different attributes to internal energy, enhancing its strength.

Yes, there are many martial arts supplements.

But!

None of this mattered much because Qian Gu had no interest in internal energy. His detoxification of internal energy was very successful; he could recommend it to others, but personally declined.

What truly excited him was what came next.

[Wizard’s Hand: Zero-cost minor trick. A floating spectral hand appears at a point within your casting range that you designate. The spectral hand persists until the spell ends or you dismiss it with an action. If the hand moves more than 30 feet from you, or you cast the spell again, the existing hand disappears. Costs 100 reward points; a magical network contact enhancement.]