'Isn't the average human's stats supposed to be 1.0 for each individual one? And that's for a strong, healthy adult male. If I recall correctly, the world record for a stat in any section was 1.8, so this means this 15 year old girl has surpassed the world record for the strength, agility, and vitality that has stood strong since the beginning of time in my previous world? And what's this Mind stat?'
Lucian was very intrigued upon seeing Sofia's stats and couldn't wait any longer to find out what his own were. The very idea that such a young girl could possess those terrifying figures gave him some hope. Perhaps his own stats could be quite abnormal for his own age?
'AI, Scan my own physique.' He commanded.
A few seconds passed just like it did with the young girl; only the time required before Lucian received a reply was shorter than the girl's.
[Scan complete!]
[Name: Lucian Verdan. Age: 12. Sex: Male. Vitality: 0.7, Agility: 0.6, Strength: 0.5, Mind: 0.1 Status: Curious, Hungry. In a state of slight dehydration and starvation.]
The same mental image appeared in Lucian's mind, this time of himself. But there was one thing Lucian noticed immediately. The scan of his body indicated that while he was starving and a little thirsty, other than that there was nothing wrong with it. No injuries of any kind, with any that may have been there from beatings from Roderic and associates having already healed.
'No foreign bodies?' He questioned.
But there was also no detection of anything inside his body that shouldn't be there naturally either.
This was concerning to Lucian, as the AI implant should have definitely come up on the scan. He knew this for a fact, as he had performed countless tens of thousands of self scans and external scans before; his job as a scientist required him to, and every time his AI implant showed up in the scan.
'What could this mean? The AI implant is a material object, subject to the same laws of mass preservation as everything else in this universe? It can't just not be there or not exist, especially when I confirmed its existence inside my mind already!' Lucian was quite baffled.
He thought to himself, thinking how fascinating a discovery this was. If this were his previous world, this would at least warrant him a whole new research project with millions in extra funding!
Lucian's lips gradually formed to create a mesmerising smile, creeping out the other students who were nearby to him. In a world like this one where there was little to no technology at all, having something as advanced as his AI implant to help him was akin to holding the future of this world's scientific advancements all in his mind.
If he wanted, Lucian could probably speed up this world's development by centuries! If the Laws of physics and math were mostly the same, that was. However, the excitement soon wore off, as some realisations soon dawned upon him. Mainly, the fact that his own stats seemed so pitiful compared to that young girl Sofia.
'How did the Original Lucian allow himself to become this weak…' He was almost speechless when looking at the abysmal stats of his predecessor. He didn't know what to think, other than 'weak'.
The difference between himself and that Sofia girl should just be an anomaly. But just to make sure, he decided to collect the stats and information of a few more students who sat around him.
[Scan complete!]
[Name: Unknown. Age: 14. Sex: Male. Vitality: 1.6, Agility: 2.0, Strength: 1.8, Mind: 0. Status: Body is in peak state.]
[Scan complete!]
[Name: Unknown. Age: 16. Sex: Female. Vitality: 2.0, Agility: 1.9, Strength: 1.9, Mind: 0. Status: Body is in peak state.]
After half a minute, Lucian had scanned two more students and obtained their data in his mind, scanning their bodies and displaying their stats. But what he found left him even more dissatisfied with his own data.
'Not as absurd as Sofia's stats, but their stats are still definitely abnormal compared to my previous world. The people here are definitely stronger. And these are all only children; I have yet to scan an adult. My predecessor seems to be the only outlier, though… Even the weakest of students here has stats slightly above 1.0… I'm starting to feel embarrassed for this kid.' He wondered to himself internally.
As for why their names were unknown but Sofia's showed up, it's simply because Lucien had heard her name be spoken, and in turn that meant he knew her name. As for the other students, he didn't know anything about them. Either his memories still weren't fully integrated, or the original Lucien was just as clueless.
Lucian continued scanning the cafeteria. There wasn't a single adult present except for the cook who was serving and handing out the food to the students, but even he had an overall physique above 1. He didn't seem like he went through the same training these kids did either. In fact, he didn't seem like he went through any training at all, yet he still held such stats.
The rest were all students around the same age, between 14-16 years old. But Sofia's stats remained the highest he had scanned out of the lot, and she gave him the greatest sense of danger.
As a scientist, Lucian knew what high stats meant — Vitality represented the body's ability to heal, defend, and resist outside forces. Most common are viruses and infections, but also physical injuries like stab wounds and burns.
Agility represented the body's reflexes and speed, measuring how fast they were and how well they were able to control their hand eye coordination, as well as maintain control over their bodies at speed.
Strength was the most straightforward — it measured both the capacity to hold weight under stress, but also to exert force. It wasn't necessarily about muscle mass but about muscle density.
But it wasn't just that simple. Stats weren't a simple case of 1+1 = 2. A person with all round stats of 1.0 across the board could lift 100kg, run 100m in 13 seconds, and had a general good resistance to viral infections, penetrations to the skin, and a good recovery time.
But a person with all round stats of 2.0 could theoretically lift up to 550kg, run 100m in 7 seconds, be able to resist most common viruses and infections, and have triple the recovery time from wounds as someone with 1.0 in vitality.
While these figures were all estimations and would require the person to exert their entire potential to pull off, they still gave a good representation of what was possible with certain levels of stats. To put this into perspective, a big portion of the students gathered in this cafeteria were faster in a 100m sprint than the fastest human in history from his previous world and could lift more weight than most bodybuilders.