Chapter 5: The S-Class Flame Controller

Lin Yu glanced at the attribute panel in his mind.

[Magic Power: 6500]
[Strength: 79]
[Constitution: 47]
[Speed: 35]
[Spirit: 115]
[Talent: S-Class Flame Mastery: Evolving...]
[Flame Unlock Form: Blazing Flame, Dragon’s Fire (Unlocking...)]

“An S-Class flame master, with the Dragon’s Fire form, should be able to contend with the strongest evolvers from my previous life,” Lin Yu thought, a fierce battle spirit surging within him.

In his past life, even after awakening to an S-Class talent, he barely made it into the ranks of top-tier evolvers. The gap to the strongest evolvers was still vast.

Now, it was different. He had evolved into an S-Class talent with Dragon’s Fire, far stronger than before.

An S-Class flame master! This was no longer a basic elemental talent but a pinnacle among special talents.

“The zombie rain is about to fall!” Lin Yu looked up at the sky. The red evolution rain was thinning.

Once the rain ceased, dimensional rifts would open across the sky, dropping countless zombie airdrops.

At that moment, zombies would run rampant, and the true evolution era would slowly unfold.

Survival of the fittest.

The weak would be eliminated!

“First, I need to get some food. Awakening drained too much energy,” Lin Yu said, dressing quickly and heading toward the mountain foot.

His highest priority was to reunite with his sister as soon as possible.

But since hordes of zombies would soon descend, he couldn’t move recklessly.

“I wonder what talent my sister will awaken,” Lin Yu mused, dialing her number as he ran.

“Brother~” The call connected instantly, and Lin Xiaoyou’s slightly anxious voice came through.

Lin Yu’s heart tightened.

“Brother, do you know something? Is the world about to change? I feel like something big is going to happen.”

Hearing this, Lin Yu’s mood grew heavy.

“Silly girl, don’t worry. Brother’s here,” he soothed quietly.

“In just over twenty minutes, countless zombies will fall from the sky worldwide!”

“Zombies!” Lin Xiaoyou screamed, her voice trembling. “Are they the zombies I know about?”

“Yes, the kind from the movie ‘Resident Evil 56,’ maybe even more terrifying than in the films. But don’t be afraid…”

On the other side, an eerie silence fell.

But the hurried, shaky breathing told Lin Yu that his silly sister was likely scared out of her wits.

After a long time of comforting, Lin Xiaoyou finally accepted the truth.

Yet, her pale lips, ashen face, and trembling hand gripping the phone betrayed her fear and helplessness.

But she had to be strong. She had to wait for her brother; they had to survive together.

“Silly girl, just stay alone in your dorm. Don’t go out. No matter what you see or hear, don’t open the door. The supplies you have will last over a month. Brother will come to you as soon as possible…” Lin Yu instructed again.

Lin Xiaoyou’s school was decent; the dorms were double rooms with bathrooms.

Her other roommate rarely stayed in the dorm since the second semester of freshman year, mostly lodging off-campus.

“By the way, silly girl, what talent did you awaken?”

“Talent? What’s that?” Lin Xiaoyou sounded puzzled.

Lin Yu was stunned.

Could it be that his silly sister hadn’t awakened any talent?

“Did anything happen to you after being rained on?” he asked cautiously.

“Brother, that red rain hurt so much—I only lasted twenty minutes before returning to the dorm. Then, a stat panel popped up in my mind.”

“I ate all seven fruits like you told me, and I feel so much stronger, like there’s some power inside me…”

Lin Xiaoyou babbled on, recounting everything that had happened to her.

Listening to his sister, Lin Yu fell silent for a moment.

[Magic Power: 1000]
[Strength: 203 + 20.3]
[Constitution: 5]
[Speed: 5]
[Spirit: 5]
[Golden Power Rune: Strength attribute permanently +10%]

This was Lin Xiaoyou’s current attribute panel. Lin Yu pondered as he ran.

Her panel differed somewhat from his.

No talent, but a golden power rune.

It seemed the golden fruit was a strength fruit, and this attribute boost was absurd.

The golden fruit directly added 200 points and a permanent 10% increase; her strength soared to 223.3 points.

Terrifyingly powerful!

“In the early stages, this is like a humanoid female Tyrannosaurus!” Lin Yu marveled.

Her strength attribute was more than triple his own.

However, Lin Yu had awakened a talent. If he overlaid flame power onto his fists, the strength of his punches would multiply.

Using flame attacks would also increase damage—that was the power of talent.

In his past life, F-Class flame mastery increased his strength damage by 0.5 times; now, with S-Class flame, it doubled.

As for the Dragon’s Fire form?

Lin Yu estimated it would multiply damage at least three times.

In other words, although his base strength was 79 points, that was just the base value representing normal attack damage.

If he used his S-Class flame talent to cast a fireball spell,

the fireball’s damage would double, going from 79 to 158, making total attack damage 237.

So, base stats equated to normal attack damage.

Awakened talents multiplied normal attack damage. Using talents consumed magic power.

The greater the magic power, the stronger the talent’s effect.

Magic power was like inner strength; skills were like martial arts moves.

A century of practice in the “Dragon-Subduing Palm” was obviously stronger than twenty years of practice.

“Brother, why aren’t you saying anything? Am I weak without awakening a talent?” Lin Xiaoyou felt a bit down after hearing about talent’s power and hearing no reply.

“What nonsense are you thinking? Do you know what your 223 strength means?” Lin Yu quickly comforted her.

“An average adult male’s strength is 5 points; a full-power punch is about 100 kilograms of force.”

“Do the math—your 225 strength is insanely powerful!”

Still, Lin Yu considered a problem.

Pure strength increase without constitution to support it might not unleash its full potential.

After all, great strength requires a strong physique.

He hadn’t seen a golden fruit before and didn’t know the specifics, so he told Xiaoyou to try it herself.

Listening to Lin Yu, Lin Xiaoyou’s mouth opened slightly, eyes wide.

This simple math problem took her less than three seconds to solve.

“Brother, you mean… I can punch with over four tons of force? Even a kid wouldn’t fall for that!”

“If you don’t believe me, try it!” Lin Yu twitched at the corner of his mouth.

The attribute boost from the golden fruit was truly terrifying; he had never heard of such rumors in his past life.

But without awakening a talent, facing an S-Class talent user would be no match.

Moreover, as evolution continued, the gap would only widen.

Low-tier evolvers with powerful talents could easily suppress high-tier ordinary people.

“No, wait!” Lin Yu suddenly caught an anomaly as he recalled Lin Xiaoyou’s attribute panel.

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