Chapter 140: Lin Yan's Four Numerical Values

Li Gang drove the military jeep at a high speed along the highway, exceeding 150 kilometers per hour. Yet, in his current eyes, this speed felt much the same as 50 kilometers per hour used to.

Imperceptibly, he had acquired formidable dynamic vision. This dynamic vision allowed him to capture fast-moving objects that he previously could not perceive. Consequently, speeds that once seemed dizzyingly fast now appeared significantly slower in his view.

Lin Yan glanced sideways at the hovering tracking map in front of them and asked, "Li Gang, how many uses of comprehensive repair and treatment do you currently have left?"

Li Gang replied, "27."

Lin Yan nodded, looking quite satisfied, and continued, "Good, good. From now on, you just need to maintain the number of comprehensive repair and treatment uses around 25. Whenever you get another chance, use all of them on enhancement amplification. If the gap between basic attribute values becomes too wide, then sometimes, even the strongest practical combat skills are useless."

Absolute strength overwhelms all techniques. If your baseline is too low, no matter how advanced your skills are, it is all in vain. You could strike an opponent ten times and they wouldn't feel a thing, but if they strike you back just once, you are finished.

Take Li Gang for example. Although his combat skills and practical combat experience still fell short of the battle-hardened special forces soldiers from before the apocalypse, he could now effortlessly thrash any special forces soldier, and fighting several at once posed little problem.

The reason behind this was simple: the gap in their baselines had widened immensely.

Having undergone numerous enhancements and continuously practicing the basic guidance technique to elevate himself, Li Gang was no longer an ordinary human. In the eyes of ordinary people, calling him a monster now would not be an exaggeration.

His physical fitness value stood at 500. Solely in terms of physical recovery, if he were to deeply slash his own arm with a blade, it would slowly heal within minutes, returning to normal in about ten minutes.

This terrifying recovery ability alone was already abnormal, and coupled with the fact that his body was becoming exceptionally sturdy, although he was still vulnerable to sharp blades, it now required deliberate force to cut through his skin.

Li Gang nodded to show he understood, and indeed, this was exactly what he was doing. Having already accumulated 27 opportunities for comprehensive repair and treatment, he had long since decided not to choose repair and treatment ever again, opting instead to dedicate all future chances entirely to enhancement amplification.

Lin Yan's combat power had reached 1,081, which was twice his. This left a rather sour taste in his mouth, as he had fallen too far behind. Things hadn't been like this when they first met.

After a brief silence, Li Gang made up his mind and said, "Sister Lin, I know you refused to let me see your attribute numbers because you were afraid of discouraging me. But now, your combat power value is known to the whole world. Can you let me have a clear idea of just how wide the gap between us has really become?"

Hearing this, Lin Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Let me see your stats first. After I look at them, I'll decide whether to show you mine."

Li Gang maintained the vehicle's speed at around 100 kilometers per hour and then pulled up his personal panel information.

Physical Fitness: 500
Mental Power: 305
Strength: 363
Speed: 258
Comprehensive Combat Power Value: 504
Current remaining enhancement amplification chances: 0 (enhancement chances cannot be stored), comprehensive repair and treatment chances: 27.

After glancing through it, Lin Yan fell into deep thought.

Having reviewed Li Gang's four basic numeric values, she suddenly felt that it might be better not to show her personal panel information to him after all, as she genuinely feared it would deal a heavy blow to his morale.

Sensing the strange expression on Lin Yan's face, Li Gang said, "Sister Lin, I'm not afraid of discouragement; what I fear most is being in the dark. No matter how large the gap is, I am mentally prepared."

Seeing him persist, Lin Yan hesitated for a brief moment before nodding in agreement. Since she had agreed, she didn't hesitate further and directly pulled up her personal panel information for Li Gang to see.

Perhaps it wouldn't discourage him, but instead inspire an even stronger fighting spirit. That was what Lin Yan thought to herself.

Physical Fitness: 500
Mental Power: 500
Strength: 586
Speed: 625
Comprehensive Combat Power Value: 1,081
Current remaining enhancement amplification chances: 0 (enhancement chances cannot be stored), comprehensive repair and treatment chances: 28.

As Lin Yan looked at the personal panel attributes before her—especially the comprehensive combat power value—and recalled her various stats from ten days ago, certain thoughts stirred within her mind.

Upon seeing Lin Yan's four basic attributes, Li Gang felt a shock in his heart. His hands slipped slightly, and he almost steered the jeep directly into the highway guardrail on the side.

His own four basic attributes were simply incomparable to Lin Yan's. Even his strongest attribute, physical fitness, was merely on par with hers.

Although he had mentally prepared himself for a massive gap, he never imagined it would be vastly greater than he had anticipated.

However, Li Gang quickly calmed down. Upon careful reflection, he realized this was entirely reasonable. After all, during the period right after he obtained the fragmentary basic guidance technique, most of his day was spent practicing the basic combat techniques, saber arts, and firearm usage taught to him by Lin Yan. In the meantime, he also learned a series of practical wilderness survival skills used by the military, which delayed his practice of the basic guidance technique.

The gap between him and Lin Yan had gradually widened during those very moments. During that same timeframe, Lin Yan had dedicated almost the entirety of her time to researching the basic guidance technique.

With this realization, the shock in Li Gang's heart slowly receded.

According to the combat power values on the Top 100 Leaderboard established by the divine entity, his combat power of 504 meant he should undoubtedly rank in the upper-middle tier among the remaining 9,000-plus chosen ones.

If he hadn't chosen to spend so many enhancement amplification opportunities on comprehensive repair and treatment instead, he felt he would have had a very real chance of making it onto the Top 100 Leaderboard.

Watching Li Gang drive in silence beside her, Lin Yan wondered what thoughts were currently swirling in his mind.

After a moment of thought, she suddenly spoke up, "Li Gang, I'll give you a free piece of insight I discovered."

Li Gang asked, "What is it?"

Lin Yan said, "It's about some observations regarding the comprehensive combat power value. Actually, as early as ten days ago, my comprehensive combat power value had already reached over 900. But over these past ten days, even though my basic attributes had improved significantly, my comprehensive combat power value only reached 1,081. This rate of increase simply doesn't make sense."

Li Gang instantly caught on and asked, "Sister Lin, are you saying that the improvement in the four basic attributes has a diminishing effect on the growth of your comprehensive combat power value?"

Lin Yan nodded and replied, "That's precisely what I wanted to tell you. To be exact, once the comprehensive combat power value exceeds 1,000 points, the impact of improving the four basic attributes on the growth of the combat power value drops sharply."

Hearing this, Li Gang thought of something. A wave of shock washed over him, and his expression shifted slightly. "I remember that Huang Feng, who ranks first on the Top 100 Leaderboard, has a comprehensive combat power value of over 1,800 points. If the growth effect of the four basic attributes drops drastically after surpassing 1,000 points, how on earth did he manage to attain a combat power value exceeding 1,800? Just what level have his four basic attributes reached? Could it be that they have all broken through the 1,000-point barrier?"

If things truly were as Lin Yan described—that after hitting 1,000 points, the boost to combat power from the four basic attributes became minimal—then to still possess a combat power value of 1,800 meant his four basic attributes must be unimaginably high.

The crucial point was that this was after the divine entity had already imposed a penalty of deducting 10 percent of Huang Feng's total numerical values. Without this penalty, had his combat power already broken past 2,000 points?

A person like Huang Feng possessed a strength that was nothing short of miraculous.

Shaking her head, Lin Yan responded, "It might not necessarily be because of the four basic attributes. The level of one's combat power is related to many different aspects. When the game first started, my comprehensive combat power value was already very high, which should be related to my background as a former special forces soldier.

"Countless life-and-death struggles, willpower, combat experience, and the number of kills should all serve to elevate the comprehensive combat power value. According to my hypothesis, especially after killing powerful chosen ones, the combat power value should immediately increase by a significant margin.

"Perhaps Huang Feng has already killed more than one chosen one, or perhaps he has already obtained the Power volume of the fragmentary basic guidance technique, gathered all four guidance techniques, and acquired a complete basic guidance technique for his cultivation."

At first, Li Gang was startled, but then a hint of joy appeared on his face. After all, Huang Feng was a citizen of China and a military serviceman of China. The stronger and more formidable he was, the greater the chance of China ultimately winning this game.

Compared to a foreigner winning this life-and-death hunting game, deep down, he much preferred the ultimate victor and reward recipient to be someone from China.

However, deep in his heart, he hoped even more that the final winner of the game would be Lin Yan.

Li Gang continued, "Regardless of the reason behind Huang Feng's terrifyingly high combat power value, it is ultimately a good thing—especially since he leads the second-place contestant by nearly 200 points. That is already a massive advantage."

As the saying goes, if you take the lead by a single step, you stay ahead at every step. Barring any major accidents, Huang Feng's growth would be unstoppable, and in the final showdown, he would undoubtedly secure a place for himself.

Lin Yan nodded in agreement.

Recalling a series of events concerning Huang Feng in her mind, she thought to herself, "Brother Huang Feng's advantage is indeed huge right now, but the divine entity always manages to come up with new twists. Every time the divine entity makes a move, the Top 100 Leaderboard might undergo a drastic shuffle, because this game has only just begun."

On the highway, the military jeep sped relentlessly toward the direction of PE City.