C2 Take a Gamble

When he woke up again, it was already five in the morning. Zhang Yunfeng was lying on the computer chair, unconscious for an entire night, his entire body was in extreme pain, and thinking back to the matter of his mouse suddenly leaking electricity, Zhang Yunfeng felt a lingering fear in his heart. He inwardly sighed at his luck, and just as he wanted to go to bed to catch up on his sleep, he suddenly heard a voice in his head.

"What is that sound?" Zhang Yunfeng was extremely surprised, just what was this thing that could speak in his mind?

"Super learning system activation complete, starting to load …"

"Loading complete, start testing the testers …"

"Tester Zhang Yunfeng, Strength: 5, Intelligence: 7, Agility: 5, Strength: 4, Available Points: 100, Accumulated Points: 100."

Zhang Yunfeng was so shocked that she couldn't speak. After a long while, she asked tentatively, "What super learning system? How did it appear in my mind? "

"The Super Learning System is the most advanced learning method in the future. It contains all sorts of skills and knowledge, and the user can exchange them based on his or her points. Once successful, the user will automatically master this skill and never forget it."

Zhang Yunfeng asked curiously, "What skills are there that can be exchanged for?"

"The skill list is loading. Please wait."

After a while, a list of extremely large amounts of skills appeared in Zhang Yunfeng's mind. There were: Life, Career, Science, Nature, Supernatural, these five big items, and within each big items, there were a large number of sub-options.

For example, life skills include national languages, national culinary skills, mechanical manipulation, home appliances maintenance, car maintenance, various types of welding, photographic memory, logical reasoning, anti-reconnaissance, fighting skills, body strengthening, housekeeping skills, girls' skills, etc.

Among the professional skills, there are legal lawyers, psychologists, enterprise management, financial operation, stock market futures, medical knowledge, antique identification, professional killers, professional criminal investigation and so on.

Among the scientific skills, there were quantum mechanics, dynamics, astronomy, metallurgy, electrical engineering, and even nuclear energy.

Among natural skills, most are knowledge of botany, zoology, meteorology, geology, geography and other natural categories.

As for the supernatural, it was hard to believe. Among them were talisman crafting, pill refining, zhenqi cultivation, wind walking, fireball techniques, lightning techniques, Japanese ninja arts, etc. These were all skills that could only be seen in novels.

After each skill, there was a price. That was to say, the user had to exchange his points for the skill he wanted to learn.

Zhang Yunfeng looked at it. If learning the culinary skills of the various nations in the world required 400 points, then it would only cost 100 points if he chose to learn Chinese cuisine.

If one wanted to learn all the languages of the world, out of 5651 languages, any single one would require 200 points.

After careful observation, Zhang Yunfeng discovered that the cheaper ones were all life skills, while the business skills were much more expensive. For example, an antique appraisal would require 8000 points to exchange for it, and a professional killer would need 14000 points.

The prices of science and nature were about the same, and the most expensive one was the supernatural. One talisman required 80,000 points, and if one wanted to learn zhenqi cultivation, that required an entire 300,000 points!

However, Zhang Yunfeng only had a hundred points that he could use.

Zhang Yunfeng could not help but ask: "Then what do you mean by accumulating points?"

The system replied, "All the points you have obtained, regardless of whether you have consumed them or not, are included in your accumulated points. Every time your accumulated points increase by ten times, the system will bestow you a skill."

Zhang Yunfeng frowned and said: "So you're saying, I have to wait until I accumulate a thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand points to get my first chance at the Lottery?"

"That's right."

Zhang Yunfeng thought back to what he saw in his Life Techniques, he anxiously checked, and realised that his Life Techniques could only be exchanged with a total of 5,000 points!

Zhang Yunfeng could not help but be disappointed, and asked: "Why is the price so high?"

The system replied, "Photographic memory is one of the top skills in one's life. Once it is exchanged, the user will have excellent memory, and after this skill is exchanged, the user's intelligence will be permanently improved by 5 points. Otherwise, the user will have extraordinary memory and photographic memory, and will also have a stronger ability to understand and think."

Zhang Yunfeng felt an itch in his heart. If he learnt this skill, would the college entrance examination still be a problem to him?

"How can I earn more points?" Zhang Yunfeng blurted out.

"There is only one way to earn points, and that is to make full use of the skills you have learned and create a certain amount of results. The result will be determined by the system and the user will receive a certain amount of points."

"For example, if you exchanged your photographic memory for a skill and used it to obtain a good score in the most influential exam or competition, the system would give you a certain amount of points as a reward."

Zhang Yunfeng asked with extreme awkwardness: "Then I only have 100 points right now, can I only exchange it for those low level life skills? "Also, if I use 50 points to learn how to repair my home appliances, would I have to continuously repair my TV to earn points?"

"That's right." The system agreed, "These 100 points are the initial points gifted by the system. From now on, you have to earn the points by yourself. If the user continues for 30 days, the system will gift you 100 points again."

Zhang Yunfeng said somewhat gloomily: "Right now, I only have these hundred points, I am unable to exchange for any practical skills."

The system said, "It is recommended that you learn simple life skills and use them to earn points. Just like you said earlier, you are not recommended to learn the maintenance of color TV, because the producers of color TV in this era all provide a relatively complete after-sales service with a relatively low skill utilization rate. It is recommended that you learn electric welding, gas welding and argon welding."

Zhang Yunfeng wanted to cry, but no tears came out. "If I want to learn this, I don't even need to go to high school. Wouldn't it be better to go straight to Lanxiang Technical School?"

After saying that, Zhang Yunfeng suddenly saw that behind every skill's price tag, there was a "Let's gamble" option. He asked, "What does it mean to gamble?"

The system replied, "A bet is to use 1% of the points to make a roulette. If you win, you will get the skill, and the odds of winning are 1/1000th of the time."

Zhang Yunfeng's eyes lit up, and asked: "Then I can bet with fifty points, and exchange it for a photographic memory?"

"That's right."

"I bet!"

To Zhang Yunfeng, the only thing he needed the most right now was the skill to quickly improve his learning. Only by doing this would he be able to achieve good results in four months. This way, it would be the greatest comfort to his parents, and it would be the dream of university that the two of them had placed on him.

"Please confirm. Would you like to bet 50 Points on a photographic memory skill?"

"I'm sure!" Zhang Yunfeng unhesitatingly blurted out.

If he didn't gamble, he didn't know that he would only be able to earn 5,000 points every few years.

"Let the bet begin, please pay attention to the wheel. There are a total of 1000 slots on the wheel, of which 999 are losses and only one says' Victory '. When the wheel is completely still, the needle will point to the end result of the gamble."

After the system notification, the gigantic wheel started to spin at top speed, taking a full 20 seconds to slow down. Zhang Yunfeng broke out in a cold sweat, a thousandth of a chance was too slim, on the wheel, there was only a green grid with the word "Winning" written on it, and the word "Winning" flashing past the pointer again and again.

He flew past …

It flashed by again …

The speed of the roulette had already slowed down to a very slow speed, and that word 'win' had just flashed past the needle.

After a moment, the wheel stopped, and Zhang Yunfeng's heart ached with pain, he had lost!

There were still fifty points left to bet!

Zhang Yunfeng was not interested in any of the skills that could be exchanged with fifty points. Thinking about everything in order to take the college entrance examination, he steeled his heart and said, "I'll make another gamble on your photographic memory!"

After confirming with the system, the wheel started spinning again.

Flipping the word "win" again and again, Zhang Yunfeng's heart had already reached his throat.

Victory! Victory! Victory!

Every time the needle and the "win" word coincided, Zhang Yunfeng would extremely hope that the pointer would stop at this moment. However, the speed of the pointer was extremely uniform, which was why this kind of suffering was getting worse and worse.

It was about to stop! At this time, there were around seventy to eighty slots left before the winner!

Fifty more! Forty!

Ten! Five!

Zhang Yunfeng clenched his fists tightly, he did not even dare to breathe out, and stared at the spinning wheel, begging in his heart: "Move forward a little, do not go past it!"

3, 2, 1!

When the needle passed before the word 'win', it had basically lost its speed. However, the last bit of inertia caused the pointer to shift a little bit. It was already entering the word 'lose'!

Suddenly, the roulette seemed to have lost all of its power. In an instant, the roulette retreated another millimeter.

"Congratulations, you have succeeded in placing a bet on the photographic memory. Now, you have mastered the photographic memory. At the same time, your intelligence has increased by 5 points, reaching 12 points.