[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces":3,"chapter-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-279":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Dragon of a Thousand Faces",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2269925,4431,"Chapter 279: The Hidden One","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-279",279,"\u003Cp>【Overlooking Vision (Primordial Stone-tier Racial Talent): When you quietly go about your business, you see far more than outsiders realize.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primordial Stone-tier racial talents are seen by most as garbage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are often “animal”-level talents, even regarded by many as incomplete evolutionary byproducts, offering little more than a slight enhancement over the original animal’s abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most obvious examples are the Pig-man Dimon’s binge-eating to restore health and stamina, and the Ox-man from the earlier project team, with his multi-stomach food storage. Many “nobles” even ignore these low-tier racial talents, viewing them as an embarrassment of incomplete evolution, never using them in their entire lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, since these talents have been passed down through bloodlines and become victorious genes in the struggle for survival, it is precisely because they are simple, crude, and effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low-tier racial talents do not mean inferior; they may even conceal absolute racial advantages, possessing unique possibilities impossible for other species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My ‘Overlooking Vision’ lets me see all directions—except for a small patch behind my spine, I can observe everything, and it has evolved once already.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few know that as a herbivore, the ox possesses a remarkably useful talent: even when lowering its head to graze, its specialized eye structure grants it nearly a 330% panoramic field of view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ox’s eyesight is very poor, especially its stereoscopic vision, which is unusually weak, making it seem sluggish at times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in most cases of ambush or stealthy approach, it detects them—thanks to this unique eye structure, it has virtually no blind spots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li En’s Black Eagle” gazed at Wu Gu, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young slave before him was hard to age, as his beastification was pronounced—his head clearly bore the features of an Ox-man, which also seemed to be the prerequisite for awakening the “Panoramic Vision” talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his claim of evolution was impressive indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【No Whole Ox (Bronze-tier Racial Talent): You don’t just see far—you see in detail, even perceive the essence. You instinctively sense the lifeblood, weaknesses, and flow of qi in living beings.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t just a panoramic camera—it’s a recorder, with zoom and light X-ray capabilities,” Li En was slightly surprised; such a useful talent was ranked so low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This may be the advantage of “Atavists.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ox that always appears calm and unbothered is, in fact, because it knows danger is far off—and when danger truly comes, it runs faster than anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Gu always appears cold and composed because, as a simple, earnest Ox-man, he possesses exceptionally sharp eyes that can perceive everything around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grand Magus Zhu Lian is actually a gambling addict.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, this was not a big issue; in fact, it was a topic of amusement among mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grand mage or important figure with a minor quirk seems more human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But he never bets large, and I can tell—even when the gambling frenzy peaks, he remains perfectly calm, his skin showing no flush, his micro-expressions almost bored.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a top gladiator, Wu Gu has fought many times, and each time, while the audience watched him, he—with his Panoramic Vision—watched them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And while all the gamblers sank into Kuangre  and ecstatic frenzy, Grand Magus Zhu Lian’s calmness naturally became his focal point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But he always converses with unfamiliar gamblers, almost always exchanging betting slips with them—half of those exchanges are with a very tall Dog-man, who genuinely invests himself in the gladiatorial fights and gambling.”\u003C\u002Fp>",574,"2026-06-19T21:45:42.084Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","cd9b3869d3105ac206626cef3363b1a5ce33b0b69264f56bd7da672e0559b696","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-280","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-278",362,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-cover.jpg"]