5 Chapter 4 - 1st World: Reality
The following day at school I decided to check out my friends and teacher's skills and found some that seem useful. My math teacher apparently knew lots about physics and chemistry.
{Physics
-Beginner Quantum Physics(LV 2)
- ???
- ???}
{Chemistry
- Beginner Chemical Reactions(LV 4)
- Simple Chemical Formulae(LV 5)
- ???}
And my art teacher apparently tried to become a doctor or a nurse at some point.
{Healing
- Simple Diagnostics(LV 5)
- Beginner Suturing(LV 3)}
However, the most interesting thing I found was that Leo and Mike each had a special ability
{Leo
Read Emotions(Simple): able to tell the actual emotions of someone, no matter how much they try to hide it}
{Mike
Mnemonic Memorization(Simple): able to perfectly recall any Mnemonic as long as they have practiced it for at least 10 minutes in total}
Before this point, I thought that abilities didn't exist in reality and that they could only be bought through the system or obtained in other worlds, but it's possible that there are some people with high-level abilities, probably none of them are of magical/mystical nature, but if a few politicians have abilities at even Advanced or Expert tier and noting that being able to always tell emotions and perfect recall with a drawback is only Simple tier, there could be some pretty strong abilities that would be almost impossible to surpass, I quickly ask the system what tier Strength in Numbers is for a frame of reference, as well as what the highest tier of abilities in this world is.
{Earth has a limit of Intermediate on its abilities with only a 0.00001% of people being born with such, however, each person born also has a .001% chance of being born with a Beginner ability and a .5% chance of getting a Simple ability. Strength in Numbers(china), is ranked at Advanced because of the number of situations it can be used in, even though there abilities possibilities are limitless, as you have the system, you are able to spend points to tier up abilities by either curbing their downsides or increasing their benefits, this includes ones you obtain and others}
Thinking about the possibilities, I quickly calm myself down, I don't even have any abilities, let alone the points it would require to upgrade them. Thinking about it, why does the system offer so many points to me and is so generous with the rewards and what I can do with them, it could give me half the rewards and no bonuses for leveling up skills and it gives it away anyways, the only thing I am doing for it is completing the missions, and noting that I can find every single universe I can think of in the reincarnation shop, it seems like its not too picky with the world either. For now, though, I don't have a reasonable answer to this question and I feel like I probably shouldn't ask the system less it takes my advice to heart.
I digress, back to the topic of new skills, it seems like none of them have any specific value towards me but I should probably at least learn the first level of them because it's basically a free 10 points, however, I am not sure how I would get suturing and diagnostics right now so I think I'll leave them alone. My adventure to try learning about skills wasn't that successful, but when I get into high school I should be able to find some teachers with better skills. I decide to try focusing on breaking through studying and equations to reach intermediate, a few weeks later and I am sitting at home, studying probability formulae, when I was studying I unlocked this skill as well and it has been a useful tool as I can level up two skills at once. Suddenly the system sends me the first message I have received ever since I unlocked my new title.
{Congradulations for leveling up Studying to Intermediate, as this is your first skill reaching Intermediate and you have unlocked the ability, Studying Maniac(Starter)}
{Studying Maniac(Starter): ability, after studying without a break for 3 hours, all studying effects shall double until the concentration is broken, and it shall be much harder for you to lose concentration once the effect starts. For best effects, set an alarm of some kind, or you could easily find yourself having no sleep or missing events
Upgrade: 10,000 to do one of the following(decrease activation time and concentration required or increase studying efficiency)}
The ability seems nice, but as it is it doesn't seem like it will have much practical use, the three hours of studying before it starts taking effect is quite a downside, I normally study for only about 4 hours, provided that I don't get interrupted, that means that I only level up skills 25% faster. which is amazing, but it would also be amazing if my sister didn't interrupt about 10 times during those 3 hours so it seems like it might have to be upgraded a bit more before being of useable.
I might have gotten better abilities if I leveled up other skills first, but Studying Maniac is going to be very helpful for me when upgraded, especially because the system rewards me a lot for leveling up skills currently, eventually when I reach higher tiers, the points will be negligible, but until then, the effects of it will be quite powerful. Not to mention, this is a great world to learn these things anyway, in other worlds there might be monsters and magic and I might not have the opportunity to learn about quantum physics. When I reach high school I will have the opportunity to learn more science and language skills, but for now, I shall attempt to level up all of my skills to beginner. However, I should be able to use the PSSAs(Pennsylvania System of School Assessment), as an excuse to use my new ability for Biology. I have a single week till the test start, so I should have the time to rank up Ecology to Beginner tier, I lock myself in my room every night and study till 12, when the night of the test arrives I finally rank it up to Beginner. I quickly try to focus on Equations to see if I can get it to Intermediate, but it is just too difficult to pass that barrier.
The following day is the first day of the PSSA, for the first week we have 3 days of math and for the second week, we have 3 days of science. Mrs. A takes all of our devices, which doesn't really affect me because I haven't used my devices a lot since I have gotten the system, in fact since I got the system I have gotten a reputation that the only thing I really care about is studying, I mean, they are not entirely wrong, but I do still care about my friends, afterward, she hands out all the test papers and reads the rules and instructions to us, and then sets us loose to finish our tests, I find the questions excessively easy, and none of the equations really are any problem for me, it took me about 35 minutes out of the 2 and 1/2 hours allocated to the tests, if I had to guess what I got, I am guessing I got around 96-98% because even if I know all of the subjects and how to do the questions, it would be a miracle if I made no mistakes in my math.
Authors Notes(because the real author's notes have my math in it, if you really want to you can check my math, just like the MC, I am good at math, but I am not perfect)
Author: I would like to thank the apparently 21 people who have currently saved this book as well as everyone else willing to read this book, this is my second book ever and my first book with(hopefully), a romantic plot/subplot. I hope you enjoy.
ML: There better be the romantic plot/subplot!!!
Author: There will be... eventually, I am currently practicing and researching writing romance soooo, It will come whenever I feel comfortable with it. Honestly, at this point, I still have no idea when the romance will start or what the next world will be, if you are here purely for the romance, then you should probably wait until you have like 20-30 chapters stacked up because I am guessing that it will have started by then.
Status
Skills:
Mathematics(☆)
-Beginner Equations(LV 10)
-Beginner Geometry(LV 2)
-Simple Number Theory(LV 9)
-Simple Probability(LV 4)
Biology(☆)
-Simple Cell Theory(LV 6)
-Beginner Ecology(LV 1)
-Simple Anatomy(LV 5)
Language Arts(☆)
-Beginner English(LV 7)
Technology & Engineering(☆)
-Beginner Mechanical Engineering(LV 2)
-Simple Electrical Engineering(LV 9)
Life Skills(☆)
-Beginner Cleaning(LV 1)
-Simple Cooking(LV 5)
-Simple Organization(LV 7)
-Intermediate Studying(LV 1)
Entertainment Skills(☆)
-Beginner Role-Playing(LV 2)
Martial Arts(☆)
-Starter Karate(LV 5)
Items:
Hormone Implant(+1 to any stat, can change chosen stat but will take 1 hour for the change to take effect
Upgrade: 5,000 points for an additional +4 bonus)
Status Viewer(able to see skills of up to Simple tier for their level, and able to see Beginner skills, also able to see abilities that are within the Simple tier.
Upgrade: 1,500 points for an additional tier in both effects)
Abilities:
Studying Maniac(Starter): After studying without a break for 3 hours, all studying effects shall double until the concentration is broken, and it shall be much harder for you to lose concentration once the effect starts. For best effects, set an alarm of some kind, or you could easily find yourself having no sleep or missing events
Upgrade: 10,000 to do one of the following(decrease activation time and concentration required or increase studying efficiency)
