Tang Ling took the stack of newspapers off his face.
He sat back down in the tub and went through the pages before he tossed them back on Boss Huang’s desk. Throughout the reading, he was calm.
“The newspapers…are they from Darkness Port or…?” It was the first question Tang Ling asked.
“Are you dumb? Of course, it’s the papers from all over the world. The destroyed communication network hasn’t been repaired even until now, so the traditional means of spreading news is once again picked up by men.” Boss Huang looked asquint at Tang Ling. He seemed to love watching Tang Ling from the side.
“Okay, I’ve never seen them before in Safety Sector No. 17.” Tang Ling wiped his face before revealing a grin. “Am I that famous now?”
“Hmph, most of it is because…”
“I don’t have such a father.” Tang Ling sat up in the tub again. He asked Boss Huang, “Is it almost time?”
“Almost. Aside from the bath, you still have 20 minutes to read.” Boss Huang was not mad about being interrupted.
“Can’t you include the time that I get dressed?!” Tang Ling tried to bargain.
“No way.” Boss Huang spat out of the window.
Without answering, Tang Ling wiped his body as quickly as possible, got dressed, grabbed the book and continued reading on the floor. His response surprised Boss Huang this time.
“Aren’t you curious?” The old fox could not hold back his curiosity.
“Don’t include my speaking time in the reading.” Tang Ling glanced at Boss Huang, trying to bargain his way for more benefits.
“Fine, I’ll give you extra five minutes. Hurry up and answer my question,” Boss Huang urged him.
“Why should I be curious? All I can say is that Ro Xin’s mind games failed. She believed that calling me Tang Ling out loud would attract attention, but when people saw that I look different, it would lead them to think otherwise. Who knew I was this famous? Besides, intentional parties still have their way of finding me, like you, for one. I believe you recognized me at first glance. Otherwise, why would you have gone through that much effort to bring me here?”
“And since you recognized me at first glance and I’ve already made it to day two here, what else should I be curious or worried about?” Tang Ling was straightforward with his answer.
Boss Huang squatted down and looked at him in the eyes. “You knew that I recognized you at first glance? You cunning little fox…”
“I couldn’t be sure back then because I have to say, Boss, you act like a moron sometimes. It’s not that I don’t respect you, but you really act like a moron and it misguided me because morons usually think in a different direction.” Tang Ling looked straight into Boss Huang’s eyes and his eyes revealed a tinge of joy.
“Very well said.” Boss Huang patted Tang Ling’s shoulder.
Tang Ling gasped because he felt like a ton of weight had landed on his body instantly, but he endured it with a forceful smile as he did not want to lose to this old fox.
“Why didn’t you ask me about my purpose?” Boss Huang’s sleazy smile remained on his face.
“I got food, training and even free information here. Only an idiot would ask you about your purpose! I still need to be in Darkness Port for a while, so I might as well accept your goodwill.” Tang Ling returned the sleazy grin.
Then, Ding Dong hopped in happily, humming a children’s folk song of the old civilization while chewing the piece of white jade squid in her mouth. She came to take care of the tub of bathwater. She did not do this on her own initiative, but since she was rewarded with two packs of white jade squid pieces, if she could do better, she might be able to get more from the boss.
With that thought in mind, Ding Dong entered the study space brightly. She saw her boss squatting down on the floor with one hand on Tang Ling’s shoulder while the kid was sitting down with his eyes fixed on the boss.
The two of them were showing similar sleazy smiles at each other.
Ding Dong caught a glimpse of Tang Ling’s face. The situation should have been funny, but somehow when coupled with the strange posture and the peculiar atmosphere, Ding Dong quivered unconsciously. She felt like she was looking at two foxes gazing at each other.
As quick as a rolling tangyuan, she turned around and wanted to flee.
“Where are you going?” Boss Huang and Tang Ling said in unison with an odd look on their faces.
Then, Boss Huang cleared his throat and stood up. His sleazy smile was replaced by a warm one as he told Tang Ling, “Read. Read your book. The upcoming contents should be important to you.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’ll read. Don’t forget that you gave me 5 extra minutes.” Tang Ling gave him a bashful smile like a shy boy.
Their words and thoughts were not something common people could understand.
In short, Tang Ling’s true identity was simply brushed off.
******
Boss Huang was right.
Compared to the diary about how the author experienced the old civilization and the drastic changes overnight, the upcoming contents of ‘The Purple Moon Chronicles’ were very important to Tang Ling. It was the first time he was getting to know more about the Purple Moon. He had never even gotten close to such significant knowledge in the past.
It was probably because he had spent too little time learning new knowledge in the Hope Barrier. When he started his official cultivation class and earned the right to learn about all the necessary things, the incident with the Agnes family had happened.
Fortunately, he had met Boss Huang. Otherwise, given how small Safety Sector No. 17 was, they would never have explained the Purple Moon Warriors and some secrets in detail to him.
What exactly was a Purple Moon Warrior? In simple words, Purple Moon Warriors were superhumans.
Why call them superhumans? Because they explored the potentials of human beings.
With that as a reference, the Genetic Chain Talent would be easier to explain.
As a matter of fact, Boss Huang’s personally believed that everyone in this world had a Genetic Chain Talent. The only difference was that some could sense the genetic lock that locked away one’s potential while some could not.
Those who could not sense the lock would have no way of breaking the lock and exploring their talents. They were known as normal people. The more locks one could sense, the better their talent.
According to research, a human being could theoretically sense a maximum of nine genetic locks. Therefore, if a person explored his potential to the maximum, the potential could be divided into nine different stages.
“Does that mean my Perfect Genetic Chain can sense nine genetic locks? Still, even in Boss Huang’s eyes, the Perfect Genetic Chain is just a theoretical existence.” Up until this point, Tang Ling raised his brows slightly. He once thought that many people had the Perfect Genetic Chain.
However, he came from a rural safety sector and had a Perfect Genetic Chain, so he would surely attract unwanted attention. Combined with the drama about the Horror Lullaby List and many other matters, it explained why Su Siao was so concerned about the discretion.
Nonetheless, even until now, Tang Ling barely knew Su Siao since the man never really talked about his past or his position before. Therefore, he naturally assumed that his Uncle Su Siao had limited knowledge on this topic, thus he did not feel that it was strange.
However, Boss Huang was different. He claimed himself to be the all-knowing man. From the heavens to the earth, he knew everything. If he wrote as such, it must be real.
The Perfect Genetic Chain was special!
Should I tell Boss Huang about my Perfect Genetic Chain? I don’t want to waste my Perfect Genetic Chain and I want to maximize my training efficiency…
Less than half a second of hesitation later, he discarded the thought.
Even though he was not curious about Boss Huang’s purpose, everything the boss had done so far was strange and seemingly random. His actions would raise anxiety and suspicion in one’s heart. With that, Tang Ling decided to stay put and observe.
The next paragraph in the book finally mentioned an important message: what exactly was potential?
Yeah, what exactly was human potential? You could view it as a path and the potential decided how far you could walk on the said path.
For example, although a grown man in the old civilization trained himself in every possible way, all he achieved was 1,000 kg of force per punch. The same thing went for a woman. The maximum punching force for a woman was only 800 kg. The limit proved that their paths of strength had reached the end.
However in this era, even when one achieved the same force, it did not mean that it truly was the end because the path had extended beyond the limit and one could continue forward if one could break through the blockade.
The essence of training for a Purple Moon Warrior was about breaking blockades in their path of growth and continuing further. Advancing down the path would push all the attributes and stats to their limits and it would also explore other human body potentials.
However, there was a key difference in all this: accumulation of strength. In short, different amounts of accumulation would cause different types of outcome. How different was it? The differences in limit could be interpreted as the different length of the respective paths.
Tang Ling was serious when he reached the paragraph about the potential. It was the first time he came across such a clear and understandable explanation. It also connected to the saying about the accumulation of strength back in the Hope Barrier: no one in the First Reserved Camp was in a hurry to break through to become a Purple Moon Warrior.
In the book, Boss Huang also mentioned that in order to understand the question, one must first understand the basic growth rate of a Purple Moon Warrior at different ranks.
Rank 1 Purple Moon Warrior: all basic abilities, attributes, and stats increase by 100 to 150%, excluding intellect.
According to a study, intellect should not be included in the basic attributes because it was related to the exploration of the mind.
Rank 2 Purple Moon Warrior: All basic abilities, attributes, and stats grow by 100% more from the fundamentals of a rank 1 Purple Moon Warrior. The powerful ones could reach an astonishing 150% growth.
Rank 3 Purple Moon Warrior: All basic abilities, attributes, and status grow by 80% more from the fundamentals of a rank 2 Purple Moon Warrior. The powerful ones could reach a higher percentage of growth but could not exceed 120%.
Rank 3 was a significant turning point for a Purple Moon Warrior. Only Purple Moon Warriors with talent abilities could achieve a long and steady growth regardless of how the early development was. One’s talent ability would also start to show up at rank 3.
As for the numbers, it was clear that the differences among Purple Moon Warriors were huge. Strictly speaking, rank 1 to rank 3 Purple Moon warriors were considered low-tier Purple Moon Warriors, yet the differences in combat capabilities were heaven and earth apart.
Tang Ling frowned when he read about the ranks. He finally realized that the increase in combat capabilities of each rank was similar to the increase in power from the little seed. The increased buffer from the little seed could even boost his strength to be close enough to a rank 2 Purple Moon Warrior.
Therefore, if he activated his little seed, would he be even stronger than a rank 1 Purple Moon Warrior?
Was his speculation a reasonable one?
