Chapter 2: Extracting the Divine Gift Talent

On the way over, she even considered waiting until Yu Xunhuan downloaded the game before taking him down, thinking that once he understood the significance of this game a year later, it would break his heart. But that thought was quickly crushed; she dared not take such a risk. What if she was two minutes late and he drew a talent instead? Then it would be her who suffered the heartbreak.

Yu Xunge planned to stay in Yu Xunhuan’s room tonight.

2:22

When the clock struck this number, Yu Xunge immediately searched for “Warcraft: Rift of Fear” in the app store. Seeing the red moon icon on the app gave her a sense of peace—this time, things would definitely be different.

Yu Xunge was racing against time. She didn’t know how many people were playing this game tonight, nor how long those who soared to fame by joining the beta test early in their previous lives had played. All she knew was that every minute now was precious.

She skipped the opening animation and went straight to the character creation screen.

Perhaps due to the game's power, the default character’s face in the customization section already resembled Yu Xunge’s about eighty percent. But since she planned to stir things up in the game, that wouldn’t do. She clicked “random face” once and stopped when a look came up that didn’t resemble her much. She casually named it “Ge Wu En.”

The game’s world was set in a Western fantasy background, with different races and factions. Regardless of their opposition, these races united as an alliance when invading Blue Star.

Humans naturally could not become other races, but Yu Xunge carefully chose the character’s race because each race had unique talents. She wanted to see if she could steal the racial talents of the chosen race through the character.

She had slaughtered beings from every race, many of which were troublesome, but the one she dreaded encountering most was the Undead.

The Undead were among the few races with two racial talents.

“Undead Will” — Though you are already dead, the more desperate your situation, the stronger your willpower. When health drops below 5%, all attributes double; when health falls below 1%, those attributes double again.

“Feeding” — Consuming flesh can heal your wounds.

The first skill was almost a miraculous comeback ability. If someone dropped her health below 5% but above 1%, she would double her stats once; then if they dropped her below 1%, she would double again on top of that. So when facing an Undead, if she couldn’t quickly finish them off after dropping their health below 6%, the worst-case scenario would be encountering an enemy with quadrupled attributes.

The “Feeding” skill allowed her to recover health by eating flesh even when all healing skills and potions were on cooldown.

In her previous life, she had fallen into a weakened state countless times, feeling as if she were just waiting silently to die.

If eating flesh could restore health, how hard would she be to kill?

Choosing Undead as her race made her character’s complexion noticeably pale and gaunt.

In a battle-hardened world invading Blue Star, the heavens naturally gave Blue Star a chance to survive.

On the day of the game’s invasion, all humans gained an opportunity to draw a divine talent—something every alien race had from birth. This was done for balance and was the key to Blue Star’s rapid rise and resistance against the invasion.

Now, after creating her character, Yu Xunge naturally had this opportunity as well.

At the moment of character creation, the screen transformed into a starry sky. Although it was only the size of a phone screen, Yu Xunge felt as if she were standing beneath the vast cosmos, a tiny speck facing billions of stars.

She casually tapped.

The stars fell toward the screen like meteors, accompanied by the sound of shattering glass.

[Roleplay] (Grade A)
You can impersonate anyone. When you succeed in convincing ten thousand people that you are that person, kill them and absorb everything about them. They will then become available in your character list, and you can switch to their life at any time. No items or skills can see through this impersonation. You can remove the substitution state yourself, but after three removals, that character disappears from your list.

[Skill 1] Life is a breeze: You can store up to three substitute characters.

[Skill 2] The queen of disguise is me: You can mimic skills you have seen, but their power is only 20% of the original.

This was her divine talent in her previous life.

It was because of this skill that she was hunted by the combined forces of the Su, Han, and Liang families, and also why she managed to evade capture for so long despite their united pursuit.

Though only an A-grade skill, if used well, it could rival S-grade effects. For the powerful, it was invaluable—replacing a clan leader or even a city administrator was self-evident in its importance.

But given the chance to restart her life, she naturally wanted something better.

Yu Xunge deleted her account and recreated her character.

This was not reckless; the hardcore player who dominated last time said in an interview that during the beta test, he had deleted and recreated his account many times because he was unhappy with his talents, only settling on a good one after a long search. As a result, he had little time left to play the game.

Compared to game time, the talent that determined fate was naturally more important.

Yu Xunge repeatedly created characters and drew talents, deleting those she found unsatisfactory.

Many talents tempted her along the way.

[Broker] (Grade A)
Earn a 5% commission from both buyer and seller after introducing a trade.

[Skill 1] Free is the most expensive: When bartering, there is a 5% chance to copy an item’s skill into your character’s skill set.

[Skill 2] Make a friend: If the two parties try to bypass you to trade, using this skill causes the lower-value traded item to automatically appear in your hands.

[Ascend] (Grade A)
Enhance an item’s level once every 30 natural days.

[Dexterous Hands] (Grade A)
You can steal anything—items, attributes, even talents. But you have only one chance to steal from each person, success or failure. The secret to not getting caught is to avoid greed.

[Skill 1] This looks familiar: 10% chance to steal one item from the target; 5% chance to steal one random point of attribute.

[Skill 2] Defy Heaven and Change Fate, as long as I live, I am the Thief God: 0.05% chance to steal a talent.

Yu Xunge lingered longest on Dexterous Hands...

It was too tempting.

She hesitated not because she had scruples—the invasion made her kill daily. After all, if she could kill people, what was theft?

But this skill was truly alluring; although the odds were low, she knew of several items that could increase skill probability.

After weighing the pros and cons, Yu Xunge abandoned this skill. It was too risky and would easily provoke hostility from other players.

Moreover, this divine talent could not truly change her life.

After more than a dozen rounds of deletion and recreation, she finally saw a moon rushing toward her in the starry sky!

Along with it came a voice ringing in her mind: Greed, restraint, skilled at disguise—you are qualified to walk the world as the Thief God.

[Thief God] (S Grade)
You can steal anything in the world—items, attributes, talents, even life. Thieves reject greed, but the Thief God loves theft as if it were their own life. If a person has something you must have, you have no reason to stop. You may use this skill repeatedly on the same person, but from the second time onward, each theft costs 20% of your health.

[Skill 1] I want this, this, and this: 20% chance to steal one item or some money from the target; 10% chance to steal one point from the target’s highest attribute. (Cannot be used on beings with lower life tiers; the Thief God never bullies the weak.)

[Skill 2] The 'thief' in Thief God can also mean robber: Sorry, I stole everything you have. I apologize. Betting the name of the Thief God, steal the target’s divine talent. This skill may only be used once in the Thief God’s lifetime. (There is a chance of failure if the talent is above S grade.)

[Skill 3] Here’s my disguise!: Summon your disguise. After using this, you can temporarily change your appearance, body shape, and scent. No item or skill can detect your true identity. Disguise lasts one hour; cooldown six hours.

[Skill 4] Where did that go? (Passive): After a successful theft, the victim briefly forgets they ever owned the stolen item. They only remember after one day.

At that moment, Yu Xunge chose this talent without hesitation.

Five minutes ago: Being a thief doesn’t sound good.

Five minutes later: I want it!!!