Chapter 773: System Permissions

The crowd's clamor seemed unrelated to Lin An.

He knew how many eyes were on him at this moment.

There was hostility, admiration, jealousy, and greed...

Those who survived the agility trial would etch his name into everyone's ears once again.

Just like every global announcement before.

It didn't matter.

He only cared about whether he could earn more points.

He slowly closed the system panel, Lin An exhaled a clear breath, his gaze thoughtful.

Yet in the glances sweeping over the trial participants, there was a hint of coldness and disappointment.

Over 4000 points was exaggerated, but he was actually dissatisfied with that number.

Yes.

Even though the points he could now obtain had already broken the five-thousand mark.

Zhang Yong and the others' points—he took only 20%, leaving the rest for them unless he truly couldn't make up the amount, in which case he would take it.

But.

In his plan, he calculated that this trial could easily net him over 8000 points.

And the problem lay in two points.

First, while farming points, Lin An discovered that the hidden trait of the Crying Angel was beginning to manifest.

That was the assimilation phenomenon.

The higher the chamber number, the stronger the situation of "intruding" thoughts actually became.

According to his observations, if he kept farming, the thoughts of the point-farmer would be imperceptibly etched into the Crying Angel's impression.

And this impression would instantly explode once the angel concept reached its critical point.

This was likely a trap buried by the System.

If one truly believed they could farm points without limit, the consequence would be to plunge into hell in an instant of ecstasy.

Just like a cake on a sticky mouse trap.

Second, did every Awakened One honestly turn over their points?

More than half of the Awakened Ones, after farming points, violated their prior agreement.

Yes, even if it was 35% of the points, they were unwilling to take them out.

Lin An clearly remembered every face that refused to split points.

(Lin An! Don't go too far! You've already taken enough!)

(Lord Lin An, please, our war zone needs more Third Rank...)

(Lin An, why bother? We're all human; getting stronger benefits you too...)

(Lin An, don't think this is all your achievement! We can do this too!)

After obtaining points, human greed rapidly swelled to an uncontrollable extent.

Were it not for the remaining troops of the Huaxia Military firmly stating their bottom line, they would also stand with Lin An.

Battle would erupt when the point-farming ended.

But no one knew—not even the Huaxia Military, Zhang Yong, Fiona, or them.

Lin An's final compromise, tacitly accepting each war zone's threats or pleas, was purely because he didn't want to kill anyone anymore.

At least in this trial.

Theoretically, he and Zhang Tie alone could slaughter everyone present.

Attribute suppression, for the Extremists, was actually an advantage.

At this stage, Lin An had surpassed all Awakened Ones.

This was the massive advantage he had accumulated after enduring one ultra-high-difficulty task after another!

But at the final moment, Lin An chose to give everyone a chance, also an act of goodwill as fellow humans.

(Hand over the points, I just want my share.)

(Otherwise, you bear the consequences of life and death.)

However, aside from a few people in each war zone who struggled and then kept their promise, most war zones scoffed at it.

Some even joked, proposing to offset points with equipment out of a sense of self-proclaimed fairness.

For example, a piece of White Equipment worth ten points?

Take it if you want, otherwise drop it.

Life and death at your own risk?

They didn't believe Lin An would dare face everyone's wrath.

Only the overly arrogant Lin An would die.

("Captain Lin, in a death match, can we really retrieve the points?")

("What if they use them up beforehand!")

Worried and anxious.

Zhang Tie sighed, unable to fathom why each war zone could act contrary to their word, breaking promises over and over.

Clearly, Captain Lin had already conceded a lot...

If it weren't for Lin An, how many could survive this time? Let alone farm points far beyond their strength.

Yes, the difficulty was indeed of their own making.

But low difficulty also meant few points.

Without points, even if one survives and gets out, it's very hard to advance to the third level.

Forced promotion, unless one has voluntarily activated the gene lock, most will also die when the system activates.

He clearly remembers that the success rate of forced advancement to the third level is only a pitiful 20%...

Under this mortality rate, the number of survivors is only slightly better than in the first power trial.

Out of 1000, 200 survive—and that's only in theory.

He has seen many Awakened Ones in the power trial who didn't earn points choosing to gamble on advancement.

As a result, under the system's infusion, they directly mutated into a puddle of rotting flesh.

That way of dying is far more aggravating than dying in the trial.

"Can be taken back."

"Decisive and resolute."

Lin An was not disturbed by extraneous emotions; he simply focused his mind on the newly obtained special privilege.

It was a cluster of light, captivating the heart and soul.

"Special privilege: after use, one can obtain a system privilege once."

"The privilege's scope is limited to the trial tower, its duration is this trial, and its range is this trial."

"Explanation: Special privilege is a system rule‑level reward, obtainable only from？？, perfect‑rank trials, and warzone‑rank (natural disaster) missions."

"Depending on where it is obtained, one gains the corresponding regional privilege. For example, if obtained in real time, the privilege's scope changes to the real world."

"Note: This privilege's level is the lowest, f‑rank."

"Applicable scope:"

"1. Regional announcement: can issue one regional system announcement."

"2. Mission adjustment: can adjust missions and already obtained rewards up or down by 10%, and difficulty up or down by 10%."

"3. Transfer: can set 0‑100 people to be transferred to a designated area."

"4. Mission issuance: can issue f‑rank (ordinary) missions in place of the system, with mission rewards provided by the system."

There are many explanations, some of which are hard to understand.

But after a little thought, Lin An realized this is something similar to a broadcast privilege.

This privilege reward allows, within a limited scope, obtaining part of the system's rule‑based ability, or even altering it.

In other words, holding the privilege is equivalent to controlling part of the system's functions.

Conceptually speaking, this could be the most bug‑like existence in the Doomsday Game.

It's hard to imagine that the system would actually give out something like this.

For a moment, Lin An couldn't help but think of many things...

For example, that hamster that loves to "steal" rewards...

He never expected, nor calculated, that he would obtain this privilege.

In Lin An's thinking, his statement about recovering points in the deathmatch is purely considering that after many people earn points, besides consuming a portion for attribute exchange.

Actually, the biggest consumption is the chance to advance to the third level, which many people do not use.

The reason is simple: all the major warzones clearly know one thing.

That is, the final reward of the deathmatch is what matters most!

Third level, not allowed to participate in the deathmatch!

This means that most Awakened Ones, after earning points, will also retain the points for advancing to the third level, choosing to participate in the deathmatch with second‑level strength.

Then, at that time, many Awakened Ones will still retain a large amount of points in their hands.

Of course, when the deathmatch comes, the points will definitely be consumed heavily, and he may not be able to recover much.

But... now.

With a playful gaze, Lin An looked at the dark‑gold special privilege, like a cluster of light, and a smile curled at the corner of his mouth.