Chapter 1668: Idea of Strengthening

However... it's still useless...

The time left for me is too little....

Facing the exchange light curtain of the Apocalypse Net, Lin An silently sighed.

Although he understood this point, it wasn't of little help to him. But for his current situation, it still wasn't meaningful.

Exchange equipment, use the rules inherent in the equipment to fight those Fifth Stage beings, then use my own strength to battle.

Seems feasible... but equipment is really too expensive...

He reluctantly closed the equipment exchange list.

Lin An silently looked at his mere twenty points, his eyes filled with complexity.

If he had ten thousand points to exchange for equipment, he would now have the confidence to rush out and kill those Star-Destroying Level beings.

If he had two thousand points, he would also have the confidence to rush out, slowly hunting those Fifth Stage beings to build up a snowball, reenacting the script of the Alien Species world.

Even giving him one thousand points to exchange for space‑rule‑type equipment would work.

As long as it lets him get close and break through the Fifth Stage rule restrictions, his strength is enough to kill anyone!

Anyway, his level is low, so the reward for killing is extremely high; just by killing Fourth Stage beings he can start a snowball.

But the problem is, he can currently only come up with at most a hundred points.

As for exchanging rule origins...

Looking at the third item's rule exchange, Lin An had even less hope.

The list for exchanging rule origins is better than that for points.

Compared to the fragment exchange in the Honor Shop, here one can directly exchange for a designated rule, and one exchange yields an entire line.

Unlike randomly drawing fragments, you wouldn't get a complete line without drawing hundreds of times.

But similarly, not only is the price horrifyingly high, a set of the Electromagnetic Acceleration Rule he has already mastered costs a thousand points, and the time needed to digest the rule is also something he cannot currently 'afford'.

"Compared to the rule fragments exchanged for points, the rules exchanged via the Apocalypse Net are more complete, and there's no need to consider what path to take."

"Idiot‑proof upgrading, after exchanging for the rules it also comes with the relevant usage instructions."

Opening the Electromagnetic Acceleration path, Lin An looked thoughtfully at the explanation below.

"Electromagnetic Acceleration (Initial Usage Method of Electromagnetic Rule)"

"After exchange, one automatically masters 【Magnetic Field Acceleration】, 【Cellular Potential Acceleration】, 【Overload】, 【Kinetic Conversion (Weak)】."

Looking at the complete path explanation, Lin An, besides being somewhat surprised by the system's 'thoughtfulness', felt more a hint of eeriness.

Very convenient, very simple.

Compared to his own figuring out of rule usage, directly exchanging for this path is undoubtedly less troublesome and less laborious.

Besides the high price, there seem to be no drawbacks.

Any Fifth Stage being, if they have enough points, can rely on the exchange function to master the Electromagnetic Rule. Of course, with the price too high and too many branches, very few Fifth Stage beings would exchange for this path.

But in Lin An's view, he always felt something was off.

Especially after he opened the few lowest‑priced energy rules, his doubts grew stronger.

"Cramming‑style education..."

"They're all a template."

"When everyone learns the same path, all Fifth Stage beings end up like they were carved from the same mold..."

Thinking of those Fifth Stage beings outside, Lin An vaguely thought that perhaps the Fifth Stage under the Star‑Destroying Level beings are those who, after the Star‑Destroying Level exchanged rules, shared them out. This causes most Fifth Stage beings' mastered power to be almost the same.

Moreover, those Fifth Stage beings unanimously chose the most conventional, also the cheapest energy path...

"But..."

"Why..."

"Is it because the Rule System Fifth Stage has a deeper connection with civilization?"

"Spiritual energy is the power most easily understood by the Awakened Ones. The upgraded version of spiritual‑energy rules is also the easiest to master."

"For the development of their entire race, they can only choose the most conventional, simplest path to become stronger?"

"Mass‑producing Fifth Stage beings is the only way to survive?"

Raising his hand, a ball of continuously compressing and rotating electromagnetic light instantly appeared in Lin An's right palm.

Although his understanding of the Electromagnetic Rule is low, since he began to grasp it he has constantly tried to self‑understand and ponder its various uses.

Taking his own self‑figured electromagnetic compression as an example, after fusing the time rule of the Eternal Body into electromagnetism, he could even simulate a black hole, the effect of gravity.

This is obviously not present in the exchange path.

He doesn't know whether his self‑figured ability or the system‑endowed ability is stronger, but in Lin An's view, his self‑figured ability's effect would at least be special.

In his understanding, electromagnetic force is the foundation of other rules.

Just as Chu An said, electromagnetic force can ultimately evolve into various forces.

Mastering the Four Great Forces allows one to simulate various rules.

But within the path provided by the system, electromagnetic force is just electromagnetic force, the effect is a single rigid path, utterly inflexible.

This is obviously wrong.

"Forget it..."

"I don't want to think about these anymore... these are all matters for later consideration."

His thoughts were in disarray.

Due to taking in too much information in a short time, Lin An felt that any bit of new information could make him think of too much, too much.

If he had time to slowly study these, it would undoubtedly be of great help to his future path.

But for now, he can only first figure out how he himself can survive.

Equipment won't work, attributes won't work, rules won't work...

He felt a slight irritation; Lin An could only place his hopes on his own permission at this time.

"D-rank permission can be exchanged for an optimal enhancement path..."

He looked at his only rule.

Lin An hesitated for a moment, but still decisively chose to exchange it away.

He could feel that this permission would definitely be useful after his Fifth Stage, just like the other functions he had seen at the beginning, each of which had a permission requirement.

If he kept it, he could synthesize a higher-level permission.

But now, he had no other choice.

The restriction would end soon; he had to boost his combat power in the shortest time possible.

Otherwise, even if these Fifth Stages were wary of him, once it came time for Lin An to act, he wouldn't even be able to defeat a single Fifth Stage...

Lin An could tell with his toes what kind of trouble he would face.

At best, he would be controlled by Hei Di and the others; at worst, everyone would rush to kill him, sparking a great war!

"We must buy time, buy time until we crack the Black Lock..."

With that thought.

As Lin An dragged his permission into the system's exchange function, the light curtain suddenly changed, and the system's prompt sounded instantly.

"Beep, permission consumption successful."

"Based on the player's current points and abilities, the optimal combat power enhancement has been generated!"

Generated based on my ability and points?

What will it be? Twenty points, what can it do?

Having braced for the worst, knowing his points were too low, Lin An took a deep breath and nervously looked.

A few seconds later, Lin An's heart jolted; looking at the plan the system gave, his eyes filled with surprise.

This is...

Completely different from what he had imagined.

Looking at the three options, Lin An's pupils suddenly contracted.

For a moment, he felt that the permission he had spent was truly worth it!

Damn!

You can still do this!