The System Is One Year Ahead Of Schedule, But It’S Not The End Of The World Yet!

Chapter 15: Time Stop!

As Chen Mo opened the SSS Level gift package, the system prompt immediately followed.

[System Prompt: Gift package opened successfully. Congratulations on obtaining the SSS Level Superpower - 'Space-Time Confinement'!]

[Space-Time Confinement]: When activating this Superpower, you will be able to imprison the space-time in a certain area. Within this area, time will stop, and only you and the targets you approve of can move freely. The consumption rate of Exotic Ability when activating this Superpower is influenced by your Exotic Ability level. The larger the area of confinement, the longer the time of confinement, the more units within the confinement, and the stronger the units are compared to you, the faster your Exotic Ability will be consumed.

[Host's current Exotic Ability level]: Zeroth level

[Host's current Exotic Ability points]: 65 points

Upon seeing the information in the system prompt, Chen Mo was speechless.

He wondered if this system was really an end-of-the-world survival system.

Could it be that Goldfinger from the neighboring anime world retired and found a new job?

The rewards from this system, first invisibility, then X-ray vision, and now time stop. Chen Mo seriously suspected that this system had previously worked part-time in the anime world.

All these abilities are the classic abilities in the anime world.

After making a sarcastic comment, Chen Mo shifted his attention back to the ability itself.

Regardless of how common this ability is in other contexts, it doesn't change the fact that this ability is extremely powerful.

Space-Time Confinement, where only oneself can move in the entire world, what's the difference between that and invincibility?

It is definitely a top-tier ability.

Reaching the level of SSS is also understandable.

However, the skills previously obtained only required the consumption of mental power to activate, but now the Superpower requires the use of Exotic Ability points.

Chen Mo didn't understand what these Exotic Ability points were.

He immediately asked the system, "System, what do Exotic Ability level and Exotic Ability points mean?"

[System Prompt: The system store has books that introduce Exotic Ability. The host can choose and purchase them to read.]

"Do I have to spend money on this?"

Chen Mo immediately opened the system store and took a look.

Fortunately, the items were not expensive. The basic explanatory books were priced at only 10 survival points.

Chen Mo immediately bought the book and started reading its contents.

Soon, Chen Mo understood what Exotic Ability points were all about.

Exotic Ability points, in simple terms, are similar to internal energy in the martial arts world, spiritual energy in the Immortal Cultivation World, Qi in the Dragon Ball world, chakra in the Naruto world, and Nen in the Hunter world. It is a pure special energy substance.

Within the human body, there is originally a certain amount of Exotic Ability points, but the quantity is very small. Under normal circumstances, the amount of Exotic Ability points in a human body ranges from 1 to 5.

This special energy is unconsciously applied in daily life.

For example, a father can lift a car to save his child in an extreme situation, but afterwards, he immediately feels exhausted and cannot move the car even a bit, no matter how hard he tries. This is because he unconsciously used the Exotic Ability points in his body to strengthen himself.

There are many similar events where people, in a state of forgetfulness, use Exotic Ability points to surpass their physical limits.

However, most people are unaware that they are using Exotic Ability points and simply think that they have tapped into unknown potential within their bodies.

Chen Mo currently has 65 Exotic Ability points mainly because he completed the fusion of the werewolf bloodline and strengthened his own attributes to reach this level.

When the attribute reaches 2 points, the corresponding Exotic Ability quantity is 5 points. When it reaches 3 points, the Exotic Ability quantity will increase by an additional 10 points. When the attribute reaches 4 points, the Exotic Ability quantity will increase by an additional 15 points.

Chen Mo currently has 2 points in physique, 2 points in strength, 4 points in agility, and 2 points in mental power.

Therefore, the Exotic Ability quantity for Chen Mo is 5+5+30+5, totaling 45 points. And the werewolf bloodline can increase the Exotic Ability quantity by an additional 20 points.

At this point, Chen Mo's total Exotic Ability quantity is as high as 65 points.

However, this is still considered a relatively low-level Metahuman strength.

Only when the Exotic Ability quantity reaches 100 points, will the Metahuman's rank break through to Rank One.

The higher the Metahuman's rank, the stronger their control over the Exotic Ability quantity, and naturally, their combat power becomes more abnormal.

Normal Metahumans only awaken Superpower abilities after reaching Rank One.

Although Chen Mo is currently at Rank Zero, because he awakened extraordinary Superpower abilities through the system's gift package in advance, he can already control and use the Exotic Ability quantity within his body.

Previously, Chen Mo felt that the power within his body, named Inner Power, was the Exotic Ability quantity.

After roughly understanding what the Exotic Ability quantity is, Chen Mo looked through the cultivation methods for the Exotic Ability quantity.

The results of the introduction were mostly answers that involved tempering oneself to enhance overall attributes and increase the Exotic Ability quantity.

Does this mean there are no shortcuts? Do I have to train like crazy?

Upon careful consideration, Chen Mo felt that something was not right. According to the system's introduction, the apocalypse broke out half a year later, and the system arrived a year later. All the information he encountered now was information detected by the system after the arrival of the system a year later.

That means these so-called Rank Five Demonic Beings, Rank Nine Corpse Kings, and Rank Nine Beast Kings have already completed their rank advancements to Transcendent Level within the small half-year period after the apocalypse broke out.

This kind of growth speed obviously cannot be achieved solely through training.

After reading the entire book, Chen Mo got the answer. It turns out that besides regular training, the Exotic Ability quantity can also be strengthened through external means.

However, although there are many methods to strengthen it, many of them have significant side effects.

Following the established path of cultivation is the most reliable way to improve.

Of course, even if Chen Mo doesn't work hard to train his body, his way of improvement is still very reliable because he can rely on the system to increase his attributes. As long as he earns enough survival points, he can increase his attributes as much as he wants.

Putting away the books about the Exotic Ability quantity, Chen Mo decided to try out the newly acquired Space-Time Confinement Superpower ability.

Following the introspection method he just learned from the book, he focused on sensing the Exotic Ability quantity within his body and indeed sensed its existence.

Almost all of the Exotic Ability quantity's presence converged in the lower abdomen.

As Chen Mo's thoughts moved, the Exotic Ability quantity began to surge out from the lower abdomen and instantly entered his brain domain. At this moment, his brain domain contained an Origin Core that existed between reality and illusion, which was the key to unleashing the Exotic Ability power.

In the instant the Exotic Ability quantity entered the Origin Core, the contained Exotic Ability was immediately triggered.

In an instant, the space-time within a ten-meter radius of Chen Mo was confined.

However, at this moment, there were no visible changes in the surroundings, so the effect of confinement could not be seen.

Chen Mo immediately picked up a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the cap, and poured it downwards. However, he found that even though the bottle cap was unscrewed, the water inside the bottle remained sealed as if not a drop had spilled out.

Only when Chen Mo sucked on the bottle mouth could he suck out the water inside.

"Is this Space-Time Confinement feeling so amazing?"

Although Space-Time Confinement is fun, the consumption is also astonishing.

(End of this chapter)