I Am Genie-Chapter 29: Trash-tier Talent?

Leo suddenly opened his eyes, his head now buzzing like it had been hit with a hammer. The experience of several days in the world of consciousness compressed into one moment was more than his brain could handle. The time he was unconscious was precisely when his brain was breaking down the massive amount of information to absorb it.

"Why am I so dizzy? My movement seems a bit off. And what time is it anyway?"

Seeing the familiar space before him, he understood he’d been brought home. Who brought him back wasn’t important, what mattered was how long he’d been out.

A familiar face suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking his view. Michael grabbed his head and stuck his face close, looking at him like he was studying some strange object.

Leo kicked Michael away. Being stared at like that made him extremely uncomfortable.

"What are you looking at me for?"

"To study you, what else? Three days ago you were glowing like a little sun, almost blinded me."

As he spoke, Michael pointed at his eyes and gestured wildly, exaggerating the event countless times. Just listening, you’d think his eyes were seriously injured. But his current appearance didn’t look like there was anything wrong with them.

"So it was only three days? Pretty fast. And you, stop hamming it up like that, clearly nothing’s wrong with you."

Hearing the tone that seemed to understand his situation quite well, Michael felt very surprised. Unconsciousness, in theory, was an unexpected factor, so why did Leo seem like he knew beforehand?

"What exactly happened to you? A successful awakening?"

Though he was sure it was successful, Michael also wanted to hear the confirmation and get some more useful information. He had asked the system before, but the system only replied that it was successful. Everything else, he couldn’t get an answer.

"Of course. Heaven helps those who help themselves."

Saying this, Leo didn’t feel there was anything wrong or superstitious about it. Remembering years ago, he was nothing, not even a peasant, and didn’t even know how to read or write even a single word.

Because he followed a revolutionary ideal, he fought hard all the way to the capital. Though he didn’t know the result, their ideals clearly shook an era, leading to an unpredictable future.

In this world, he trained diligently, never forgetting the dream he strove for. The heavens clearly did not let him down, though he lost half his lifespan, he achieved something unprecedented in all of history. Moreover, he gained the recognition of a god. That power gave him even more strength for the future.

Michael detected a significant, unpredictable note about ’heaven’ in Leo’s words. But he didn’t show much surprise because the system had already explained it to him long ago. This world had mystical things existing, so not having a ’heaven’ would truly be strange.

"What’s the talent like?"

Raphael suddenly appeared at this moment, he was also very curious to see what kind of talent it was. Based on the commotion Leo created back then, he felt it was possible it was a nine-star talent like his own.

Seeing the person suddenly appear, Leo thought about how to say it. This matter wasn’t simply about telling the two of them; it was about shaping a part of his future. If enemies learned he had formed a contract with a god, they would definitely spare no expense to kill him before he matured.

Suddenly thinking of the system for grading cultivation talent in this world, Leo had a not-bad idea. Although this one star was a bit special, wasn’t it still just one star, a trash-tier talent?

"Words won’t make it clear. Let me show you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a small speck of light, like a star in the sky, flew out from above Leo’s head. The star shone and then enveloped his entire body, his form consequently enlarged, his height reaching nearly two meters.

"Just one star? That low? He must have formed a contract with some creature. A talent that low must just be an ordinary animal, not an energy monster."

Raphael muttered, his gaze fixed intently. His heart held indescribable emotions, unsure whether to be happy or sad.

Suddenly his eyes seemed to clear, the corner of his mouth curling up slightly, full of satisfaction as if this was a good thing.

"One star is good, one star is very good. With this talent, don’t even think about running. I only need one hand to easily catch you again."

Upon saying this, he finally felt his mood relax without lacking anything. But suddenly remembering what Michael had said, his face quickly darkened again.

"Kid, did Leo really pay half his lifespan?"

Seeing this gloomy face, Michael immediately felt the situation was not good. But thinking it over, there was no danger, so he boldly answered.

"He yelled it himself, ah. True or false, ask him in a bit."

This matter of half his lifespan, Michael had already asked the system clearly about it. Over the past few days, he had also mentally prepared himself to pay the price. What’s the problem with trading half a lifespan? If Leo really was the chosen one, then within thirty years he probably would have become very strong already. But for some reason, he suddenly had a feeling something was off.

’System, is it really only paying half a lifespan to awaken?’

[Based on Leo’s situation, this is the correct answer.]

’What about me?’

The more he asked, the more Michael felt his premonition wasn’t wrong at all. It seemed misfortune was about to surround him.

[According to me, there are two cases. One, lose half your lifespan. Two, the remaining lifespan you have will be equal to Leo’s.] 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Hearing this, Michael felt nothing was wrong. Equal to Leo, isn’t that more than enough? But he still wanted to hear the explanation.

’Why? I mean the second case.’

[According to system analysis, perhaps the will of this world does not want people like you to be lazy and enjoy themselves. Therefore, it will shorten your and Leo’s lifespans to a degree where success is only possible in a non-lazy situation.]

Michael nodded slightly, feeling it was very reasonable and justified. He, as an uninvited guest like this, then why would the ’host’ here allow him to laze around and indulge without doing anything? Surely this world also wants him to exert some effort. Tiring, it will definitely be tiring, but he will have a corresponding reward.