I Have Infinite Skill Points

Amidst the total network lockdown, the fervor surrounding the Star Martial Competition gradually cooled. The enthusiasm for gossip among the citizens of Suzhou City rarely lasted long.

For the students of Class One, Grade Three at the Star Martial Arts Campus, the current topic of discussion was where to go for the National Day holiday.

That's right, National Day! November 1st.

Two hundred years ago, the last emperor of Jade Country issued his final sacred decree: to rally the entire world against the Demon Clan's invasion. Following this declaration, he announced his abdication and personally handed the Jade Seal, a symbol of supreme imperial power, to the six Cabinet Ministers of that time.

From that moment, Jade Country completed its transition from an absolute monarchy to a democratic republic. Representatives elected from across the nation supervised the government and appointed capable individuals to key positions. The people truly became the masters of their country.

Therefore, every year on November 1st, Jade Country celebrated its National Day with a seven-day mega holiday, comparable to the New Year's Spring Festival.

Students, in particular, had a unique obsession with holidays. It might be more accurate to call it a students' holiday rather than a public one. For a large segment of the working class, holidays without income were even more exhausting than workdays—so what was the point?

"Lanzi!" Before school ended, Xu Xiangwen approached Wang Lan. "How do you plan to spend the seven days of National Day?"

Me? Wang Lan was pondering just that.

Wang Lan was born in the Year of the Dragon, but sometimes he felt he should have been born in the Year of the Rat—specifically, a hamster. A strong sense of crisis was embedded in his character, a kind of phobia about food shortages and empty granaries.

In his previous life, only when he saw at least a five-figure balance in his bank account could he sleep peacefully. Otherwise, he would be anxious, always worrying about what to do if a day came when he needed money but had none.

When it came to work plans, he liked to have everything for the next three months arranged clearly and well in advance.

In this life, he didn't lack money. His study plan had always been fully booked. If not for that damned system, Wang Lan might have taken advantage of the long holiday for a spontaneous trip.

But... with this system, my skill points are insufficient, my level is insufficient, and this fear of insufficient strength is erupting all over again. It hasn't even been ten days since I reaped rewards from the Star Martial Competition, and I feel like I'm wasting my life like a salted fish. This holiday, why not find something to do? I should check if the Tianjian Bureau has any short-term tasks. The rewards might be small, but it's still something. In terms of strength, I consider myself a master at the Star Shine Stage. If all else fails, there's still the Phoenix form, right? Strength isn't an issue.

"Hey? Aren't you going to say something?" Xu Xiangwen urged impatiently, having waited for a while without an answer from Wang Lan.

"For now... I don't have any solid plans. What's up?"

"Xinyu said a new Universal Amusement Park has opened in Modu City, right? It's reportedly the largest amusement park in the country right now. A few of us are thinking of going. Wanna come have some fun?"

"During National Day? And at the newly opened Universal Amusement Park? Are you guys going to have fun or to be turned into dumpling filling? Won't you get crushed to death?"

"Nonsense! In this day and age, money paves the way; without money, you hit red lights everywhere. If it's crowded, can't we just use the VIP entrance?"

"People who go to the Universal Amusement Park at that time are usually wealthy. I'm afraid even the VIP line will be congested."

"Then we'll go VVIP!" Jiang Xinyu's voice rang out coldly. "You're a grown man, why the dilly-dallying? Are you going or not? Just say it."

"Not going!" Wang Lan simply shook his head.

This answer almost made Xu Xiangwen stumble. Lanzi, you're a true man! Jiang Xinyu herself invited you, and you rejected her so bluntly?

"Why not?"

"Compared to going out... I prefer studying." A naive and gentle smile appeared on Wang Lan's face.

This made Xu Xiangwen stare in amazement, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs-up. "Bro, you're solid!"

"If you're not going, forget it. I'll take Xincheng instead."

"Right! I have an apartment in Modu City. I'll send you the address and the passcode later; you can stay there. Don't waste money on some ridiculously expensive hotel," Wang Lan said with a sincere look on his face.

"Why should you care?" Jiang Xinyu rolled her eyes and stopped paying attention to Wang Lan.

"What's with her?" Wang Lan, completely clueless the whole time, turned and asked Xu Xiangwen.

"Nothing... nothing... Lanzi, as long as you're happy."

When school let out, perhaps due to the upcoming holiday, the students leaving the campus were in exceptionally high spirits. All their discussions revolved around where to go and what to do for fun.

Kids these days, they just don't understand the importance of prioritizing their studies. Playing? That's just a waste of youth. Wang Lan looked down on such an attitude.

After returning home and ordering takeout, Wang Lan sat on his bed, scrolling through his phone. He logged into the Tianjian Bureau's internal network page, searching for tasks he could accept.

In fact, there was an ongoing task in Wang Lan's system. That task had appeared after Wang Qianfeng ordered him to get into one of the top four Star Martial Academies. Clearly, it was a long-term task.

The Tianjian Bureau's records showed quite a few tasks, but they were all marked as completed. Scrolling through the task list from top to bottom, he saw that every task was either already taken or completed.

Is the Tianjian Bureau's efficiency really this high?

Wang Lan clicked on one of these completed tasks. Hmm, Lige.

The next one, Lige.

The one after that, still freaking Lige.

After flipping through seven or eight tasks, he finally found one that wasn't Lige, but the very next one was Lige again.

Flaunting task completion like this... wouldn't he get beaten up by his colleagues?

An image surfaced in Wang Lan's mind: the figure he had seen in the mall, a face so handsome one might feel an urge to slash it twice, and those proud, untamed eyes that screamed, "I am number one in the world."

Such a douchebag is destined to die alone.

Wang Lan humphed disdainfully. It was a mystery where Wang Lan himself found the audacity to think such a thing.

With no missions available on the Tianjian Bureau's list, Wang Lan switched to the official website of the Star Martial Hall.

Jade Country had two million Star Martial Warriors. These were divided into several major groups: about five hundred thousand who enlisted in the military; approximately six hundred thousand young Star Martial Warriors from various colleges across the country; and about seven hundred thousand in the Pioneering Legions, diligently developing the wilderness nationwide.

Young Star Martial Warrior students naturally relied on the national education system for support. Meanwhile, Star Martial Warriors in the military were cultivated and promoted by the armed forces. As for the Pioneering Legions, those needing to raise their Cultivation Level and acquire sustenance could only hunt Exotic Beasts in the vast, boundless Different Dimensional Spaces to earn Soul Beads.

But what about the remaining Star Martial Warriors who were neither soldiers nor participated in pioneering? The nation did not leave them without options. The Star Martial Hall would issue missions, and completing these missions earned points. With those points, one could exchange for Soul Beads from the Star Martial Hall.

The nation implemented this series of regulations to ensure Star Martial Warriors fought to their maximum potential and realized their own value. What if a Star Martial Warrior couldn't endure the military's harshness, refused the hardships of pioneering, and was unwilling to complete tasks from the Star Martial Hall, preferring to live solely on Star Martial Warrior benefits? Sorry, the state didn't support idlers.

Such idlers had essentially renounced their status as Star Martial Warriors, integrating into mainstream society to become ordinary people.

Upon entering the mission acquisition page, the first thing that popped up was a guide on how to accept tasks.

Accepting a task wasn't something just anyone could do. First, you had to be a Star Martial Warrior. Second, you had to spend points to accept corresponding tasks. Moreover, you could only take on tasks that matched the level of your Star Martial Badge.

This was also why the Star Martial Badge needed an annual audit: to ensure strength and badge level were aligned.

Only the very first task acceptance was free of charge, and this was a one-time opportunity.

Thus, a friendly reminder: for your first task, don't choose something too difficult; it's best to pick one you can ensure completing. Otherwise, if the task failed, you would never be able to accept tasks again.

After reading the guide once, Wang Lan had practically memorized the key points of the nearly twenty-thousand-word document.

He clicked on the mission page, searching seriously and devoutly for a task he could be sure to complete.

SWISH—

In an instant! Probably... not even a second had passed.

The dozen or so available tasks that had just refreshed were all instantly marked as 'taken'.

Wang Lan swore he hadn't even managed to read the full name of the first task.

What's the point of this 'friendly reminder' then? 'Be cautious when taking on tasks, make sure you can complete them.' Cautious my ass! Wang Lan internally ranted.

Wang Lan refreshed the page again.

In less than three seconds, all tasks were taken once more. This time, Wang Lan did manage to read an entire task name, but that was all. A summary? Heh...

Snatching red envelopes isn't even this fast! Are these people snatching tasks all bots? Has some scalper company already extended its greedy claws to Star Martial Warriors? Wang Lan seriously suspected.

Wang Lan was undeterred and refreshed again.

He clicked. Damn, it's already taken?

My hand speed, honed over forty years of being single across two lifetimes, still can't beat them? This is unscientific!

He refreshed again, his finger a blur, not even looking at what the mission was, just trying to grab anything.

"Task acquisition successful!" The webpage even thoughtfully displayed a cute fireworks animation to celebrate.

Damn it!

Indeed, rules were rigid, but people were adaptable. To get a mission, one had to be quick and strike first. Wang Lan, feeling as if he'd grasped some profound life philosophy, calmly opened the task description.

"Investigate Red Maple Forest Park: The Mystery of the Time Tunnel."

A time tunnel? That sounds kind of interesting. Wang Lan stroked his chin, carefully reading the details.

Time and Space Tunnels were not rare in this world; Different Dimensional Spaces were one type of Time and Space Tunnel. Many people believed that since Different Dimensional Spaces appeared on Sky Blue Star, they must exist within Sky Blue Star itself.

But this claim was unscientific. Scientifically speaking, a spatial rift is essentially a wormhole visible to the naked eye. Stepping through such a rift into a Different Dimensional Space could transport a person to a planet millions, or even billions, of light-years away.

Of course, this was just a possibility. Different Dimensional Spaces weren't random spatial transports like wormholes. For instance, it was difficult to explain why almost every Different Dimensional Space contained Exotic Beasts, and why all these Exotic Beasts possessed Soul Beads.

Every year, there were people who accidentally entered Time and Space Tunnels. By taking one wrong step, they could traverse thousands of miles, finding themselves transported from the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere.

Even ancient great emperors who traversed star systems, upon witnessing such a feat, would have to remark with admiration, "Fellow Daoist, your cultivation is truly profound to achieve such instantaneous travel across vast distances! Would you dare to dismount and engage in battle?"

But Time Tunnels were different; they presented a problem with the flow of time. Although one might remain in the same physical location, the passage of time would be incongruent. Such situations were extremely rare, so much so that Wang Lan wasn't even sure if one had ever truly occurred.