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Chapter 186 - 181 Combat Power System

Chapter 186: Chapter 181 Combat Power System

"Power... power system levels?"

Xiao Yi pondered for a moment and roughly understood the meaning of the term.

To put it simply, it was about the combat power system.

He hadn’t expected that there was actually a combat power system; Xiao Yi had thought that this aspect had always been haphazard.

However, Xiao Yi found this topic quite interesting, so he listened attentively for once.

He heard Eve explain:

"First, you need to have a basic framework concept, Xiao Yi, as you know, there are different levels to everyone’s abilities and skills."

Xiao Yi nodded. Although he didn’t quite understand what "levels" meant, he wouldn’t admit that.

Eve continued:

"That’s just how we categorize them for convenience, but in fact, power levels have concrete concepts, not just a few letters for summarization. However, I think it’s better to explain using the levels you’re familiar with."

"First of all, each level has countless branches, which give rise to numerous abilities. But despite the variety, these abilities can fundamentally be grouped into three levels."

"The lowest level is called Superpower, specifically, special abilities triggered by certain human actions, such as enhanced physicality, elemental control, summoning, etc. These are weak superpowers, ranging from C to A level."

"S level, on the other hand, represents strong superpowers. Mostly these involve conceptual abilities, such as time, causality, and so on, but they tend to be quite singular and targeted, which means their weaknesses are also evident and can be countered once understood."

"The superpower level is the limit for most humans, the upper bound of each person’s Talent, and the most common... Are you listening to me?"

"...Ah?" Xiao Yi was momentarily startled and nodded vigorously, "Of course, I’m listening."

Of course, that was a lie; Xiao Yi had just noticed that Eve’s eyelashes were quite long and couldn’t help but count them, which is why he got distracted.

However, after being reminded by Eve, Xiao Yi also felt he should no longer get distracted, especially since Eve was earnestly explaining things to him.

So Xiao Yi slapped his cheeks, vowing not to be distracted again.

Eve sighed and continued:

"Please pay attention; this is an important topic. Let’s continue. The next higher level is called Reality, which, as the name implies, can interfere with reality."

"There are also distinctions within the reality level, with two different standings. Xiao Yi, I’ve heard that you’ve encountered entities called Gods in the previous Analog Horror, right?"

At that question, Xiao Yi immediately remembered the Wolf God, who possessed Divinity.

"Yes, indeed I have, but... you’ve heard? From whom?"

Xiao Yi wondered how many people could know about that incident; could someone be spying through satellites?

"Ah... that," Eve said with a touch of helplessness, "I’m currently under certain restrictions and don’t have the authority to look into the previous Analog Horror events, so I can only rely on what others tell me. As for who, don’t worry about it, you wouldn’t know them anyway."

Eve was still under punishment in seclusion, but she had been granted special permission to be here because of the Empty Way of Dependent Dharma matter.

Dealing with the Empty Way of Dependent Dharma didn’t require knowledge of the past Analog Horrors, so she didn’t have full access to that information.

Now, Eve was only handling a personal matter, which meant she could only privately inquire about previous events, and how much others chose to share with her was based on their discretion.

So, Eve’s knowledge was only fragments at best.

Eve continued:

"In any case, that existence is formally called a Human Thought God and is only able to exercise its ability to rewrite reality through the thoughts and emotions of humans, belonging to the Lower Reality Realm, also known as Harassment Reality. This means the ability to rewrite reality comes at a cost.

"SS level is Harassment Reality, but unlike Human Thought Gods whose cost is the wide range of human emotions, SS level has varying costs, and their range of reality alteration varies in scale—it’s generally not as comprehensive as Human Thought Gods.

"For instance, the kind you encountered requires the sacrifice of human lives but can only obtain enhanced physical strength without limits; certainly not as good as Human Thought Gods. There’s also one that can alter the earth with mere faith, and that ability seems to be able to self-advance to achieve true omnipotence. That one, actually, is more formidable than Human Thought Gods."

It was indeed necessary for Eve to block the live broadcast, otherwise someone’s trump card would be exposed to the whole world.

"And then, above that is the Upper Reality Realm, which is Complete Reality. Aside from potential restrictions in the scope of alteration, there’s no cost and one can alter reality at will, the so-called 3S level. Xiao Yi, you should be quite familiar with this, so I won’t elaborate further."

"...?" Xiao Yi was puzzled as to why he should be familiar with it, but he was too lazy to ask.

"The highest level is called Rules, which is... the ability to establish rules. From this level onward, we’re talking about realms you would struggle to oppose... even be totally unable to face."

Eve’s tone grew heavier as she asked:

"Rules also come in two standings. Xiao Yi, have you previously encountered entities that could establish rules?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi thought for a moment and then realized Eve was referring to the Fake Gods.

In fact, after dealing with the Fake God, Xiao Yi had reflected that without others’ help and a bit of luck, it was indeed impossible for him alone to counter a Fake God.

He had barely managed to defeat it with the help of others.

If the enemy Eve mentioned was like the Fake Gods, then it indeed posed a tricky challenge for Xiao Yi.

"That existence’s formal designation is Commander," Eve explained. "Granted the power to establish rules with the corresponding authority by an entity similar to me, following our commands to enact rules."

"Commanders belong to the Lower Rule Realm’s Attached Order Rule, nearly equivalent to the first level of the Reality Realm, where a price must be paid to establish rules, also known as 4S level. Generally, Commanders can only enact rules as instructed, but they inherently have the authority to do so; they’re just lacking the necessary cost."

"Based on their Origin, their costs vary. For example, the Commander you encountered had the Origin of crazy Divinity, thus the cost to establish rules was insanity."

"Then, in the entire system, the strongest entities, the highest level of the Rule Realm, are named Absolute Rules. Almost congruent with the highest level of the Reality Realm, they are entities that can establish rules at will, or rather they are the absolute rules themselves."

"The threat you are about to face—Dependent Dharma Empty Way—is an Absolute Rule!"