Immediately, he seized a book, opened it while sitting in the stroller, flipping through it earnestly, as if he were seriously reading.
In the eyes of passersby and the four mothers, Xu Ran was like an ordinary baby with a new toy, his face filled with freshness.
But only Xu Ran knew that he was truly absorbing the knowledge points from it!
Moreover, the long-missed notification sounded in his mind—
[Congratulations: You have read a book from a new era, acquired new knowledge, and triggered a new skill—Reading Thousands of Books. You can improve the progress of Reading Thousands of Books; every time you finish a book seriously, the progress reaches full value and progresses to the next sequence. (Promotion Sequence: Reading Thousands of Books—High-level Comprehension—Skilled in Enlightenment—Directly Reading the Origin of the Great Dao)]
[Current Reading Thousands of Books progress: 0/10000...]
Upon hearing the notification sound.
Xu Ran raised an eyebrow slightly, a look of delight spreading across his face.
[High-level Comprehension]: Your comprehension ability greatly increases. Practicing spells, preparing potions, creating martial arts... can all yield twice the result with half the effort.
[Skilled in Enlightenment]: You will occasionally experience enlightenment.
[Directly Reading the Origin of the Great Dao]: You can directly read the Origin of the Great Dao, comprehending the most fundamental rules and Dao.
"Wow—what a marvel, a fourth magical skill, its potential is unbeatable."
"System, you are truly defying the heavens!"
High-level Comprehension alone was already terrifying.
Skilled in Enlightenment, even more so, was the cream of the crop.
As for the ability to Directly Read the Origin of the Great Dao... Xu Ran found no adjectives to describe it; achieving that, one would essentially be invincible worldwide.
"However, the difficulty of improving is also remarkably high. You need to finish reading a book for progress to increase by +1..."
"But compared to its heaven-defying nature, such difficulty is trivial, not worth mentioning!"
Xu Ran smiled knowingly, exuding a laugh akin to a Teletubby's.
"Baby, can you understand it? You're just giggling there~"
His mom bent down, rubbing her cheek against Xu Ran's tender face.
On the other side.
Several mothers bought a few fairy tale books for their children and gathered again at the checkout.
"Xiao Ran's mom, you're buying Xiao Ran such a thick book?"
Lin Qian chuckled: "There's no choice; Xiao Ran won't read fairy tales and insists on buying this kind..."
The other mothers were dumbfounded, silently sighing: "I think Xiao Ran must be a genius with high IQ."
"I think so too; he's a cut above our babies, definitely a prodigy."
After some flattery.
Lin Qian's face felt a bit warm: "Let's go to the play area and have the kids catch fish, see animals, play with sand, and toss rings."
"Okay!"
The mothers all agreed, checked out, and immediately pushed the strollers to bring the children to the play area beside the shopping plaza.
Xu Ran absolutely loved such settings!
He could try new things and trigger new skills!
Thus.
He quickly placed the book under his seat, straightened up, and watched. Spotting games that might trigger new skills, he babbled to go over.
For her beloved obedient baby, his mom naturally indulged him immensely.
"You want to feed the goldfish? Then I'll let you feed them once."
"Boss, how much for a bag of fish food?"
The chubby shopkeeper had a bold expression: "Twenty bucks!"
"Huh? A tiny bag of fish food not even as big as a palm costs twenty bucks? Is your fish food made of gold particles?"
"Alright, alright. Give me a bag."
Though expensive, she still painfully took out twenty yuan to let the little one play once.
"Don't put it in your mouth. Look, like mom, scoop a bit of fish food and toss it in!"
His mom patiently taught.
Xu Ran nodded his little head, giving his mom a pure smile, then began methodically tossing pellets of fish food into the pool.
"Should it trigger a new skill?"
He felt a bit uncertain.
But the system gave him a perfect response.
[You completed your first animal feeding in life, triggering a new skill—Animal Feeding. By diligently feeding animals, you can enhance your Animal Feeding progress. The progress reaching full value allows progression to the next sequence. (Promotion Sequence: Animal Feeding— Advanced Beast Taming—Divine Pet Cultivation—Divine Master)]
[Current Animal Feeding progress: 1/10000...]
"Awesome! Feeding goldfish can evolve to Advanced Beast Taming, and eventually to Divine Master."
"You are truly amazing!"
No doubt, this fifth new skill, too, had unmatched growth potential.
With all five skills maxed out, Xu Ran would be invincible in Body Technique + Comprehension + Divine Master...
"On the road to invincibility, I've been sprinting all the way."
"Getting closer to being a Perfect Cub."
Xu Ran gleefully scattered a bag of fish food slowly.
[Current Animal Feeding progress: 3/10000...]
The fish food quickly ran out.
His mom squatted beside him: "Baby. Do you want to keep feeding?"
Xu Ran shook his head; he already had a plan—to buy a two-yuan loaf of bread in the future and feed it in the small lake downstairs.
Twenty yuan could boost so much progress!
Seeing Xu Ran's interest wane quickly.
Lin Qian smiled: "Let's wait for the other babies then."
Xu Ran nodded, returned to the stroller, and quietly waited as the other children fed the fish.
During the waiting period.
He saw ring toss, arrow throwing, playhouse simulation, children's simulation school...
"To unlock new abilities, I must try them all!"
After waiting for over ten minutes, the other children were done playing.
Four mothers brought their children to the ring toss and arrow throwing area.
Xu Ran was eager to try.
Ring toss!
Ten dollars for ten rings.
Xu Ran tried to hook the nearest item. Unfortunately, the system didn't react. After several tries, he realized it wouldn't trigger anything!
Didn't have that potential, you know?
...
"Let's try arrow throwing... higher chance of unlocking new skills there."
Arrow throwing is like buying five arrows for ten dollars, then standing over a meter away and throwing them in.
Failed three times, succeeded once.
As soon as he succeeded, a notification sounded in his mind.
[You made a perfect arrow throw, triggering a new skill—Throwing Mastery (Promotion Sequence: Throwing Mastery—Xu's Flying Knife—Divine Weapon Toss—Three-Body Water Drop)]
[Current Throwing Mastery progress: 1/10000...]
"That's quite impressive!"
Xu Ran instinctively leaned back in awe and respect.
He immediately checked the promotion sequence for Throwing Mastery.
[Xu's Flying Knife]: An unpredictable flying knife technique, hitting unerringly, even from a hundred steps away, to take down enemies!
[Divine Weapon Toss]: Infuse your inner power into a divine weapon, then throw it out, taking down enemies within a kilometer!
[Three-Body Water Drop]: Can casually release a droplet to destroy a planet.
"Great! I just need a long-range damage skill like this!"
Xu Ran was filled with delight.
"If I grind enough for Xu's Flying Knife, combined with Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill + Mysterious Footwork + Lightweight Grass Flying Technique, even if a formidable kidnapping gang shows up, I won't be completely defenseless."
"Sometimes I feel like I might encounter a super gang... But I shouldn't be that unlucky, should I?"
Xu Ran felt more confident but wasn't entirely sure.
Kidnapping can be a small or big issue.
If it's an ordinary person committing the crime, it's easy to handle.
If it's a strong gang, it might be more challenging to handle, but not impossible.
But if it's Resentful God followers capturing genius children for experiments...
Thinking of this, Xu Ran instinctively shivered.
"I must discipline myself quickly. Grind for Xu's Flying Knife as fast as possible!"
Xu Ran nodded slightly.
"Baby, all the arrows are gone, want to play more?"
Mom squatted nearby and whispered softly.
Xu Ran was reluctant but considering ten dollars for only five arrows, he found it expensive.
After all, to hit 10,000 points, if he did it all at the vendor's stall, it would be a huge loss.
He focused on the arrow tube, suddenly walked over and picked it up.
The vendor sweated nervously: "Hey, hey, hey, little friend, what are you doing? You can't take my livelihood!"
Seeing this.
Mom quickly took the arrow tube back, returning it to the vendor: "Sorry, my child is a bit unusual."
The vendor laughed heartily: "Unusual indeed, it's the first time I've met a child who tries to take my business away..."
"Should I say he'll definitely achieve greatness in the future? Or that he's extraordinary?"
Witnessing this.
The other moms were shocked, never expected a one-year-old baby to have such odd ideas.
Mom: "..."
"Oh, mommy understands, baby, you want to buy this toy, right?"
Xu Ran looked up, nodding while gazing at mom with bright black eyes.
"Mommy, buy it!"
Mom clapped her hands.
"No problem, mom will buy one for you online!"
Upon hearing this.
Xu Ran showed a satisfied smile, now he could grind progress at home.
And next... they played with the playhouse simulation, and the children's school simulation, Xu Ran didn't want to play, just accompanied the other kids.
As expected, these didn't trigger any new skills.
After playing with three little children.
A few moms pushed strollers out.
Mom looked around and spotted something fun: "Baby, want to learn origami?"
Upon hearing this.
Xu Ran raised his eyebrows slightly, straightened his body.
Origami? Could origami trigger new skills? Anyway, trying doesn't lose anything!
"Okay! Paper!"