At this moment, Ren Zhong’s parameter status is as follows:
Brain-Machine Synchronization Rate: 49.99% (suspected).
Biological Electric Power: 1536.5 kilowatts.
Brain Reaction Index: 1000.
Physical Comprehensive Index: 1536.5.
In recent days, Lin Wang has been waiting to absorb Third Level Professionals as new blood to supplement the team, but unfortunately, he has gained nothing.
He finally paid a not-so-heavy price for his long-standing malicious actions of suppressing the Scavengers in the town.
If Ren Zhong had slowly polished himself for a month or two, or even longer, in the Third Level stage, then Lin Wang might have been able to enjoy for a while the excellent "user experience" brought by possibly the strongest Third Level Professional in history under his command.
Unfortunately, Ren only spent six days as a Third Level Professional and didn’t even have time to contribute to him before he ascended to the Fourth Level.
A few days ago, Ren Zhong was always adapting to the visual resonance during the Third Level stage in Virtual Reality and actual combat hunting in the abandoned mine pits.
His brain needed to quickly process the vast amount of augmented information provided by the tactical helmet in a very short time.
At the same time, he also needed to activate the amplifier.
His behavioral logic sequence in combat is as follows: gathering information, making predictions, compiling preset programs, executing programs, autonomous armor actions, changing the battle scenario, collecting new information...
This entire process is not an absolute linear progression because external conditions are constantly changing, and new information is generated at any time.
Ren Zhong had to keep up with the new external information at all times and quickly adjust the preset programs, otherwise, he might very likely send himself into the mouth of a Ruined Beast.
At the beginning, his Brain Reaction Index exceeded his physical capabilities and carrying power, so his brain computation could still keep up.
Since two days ago when his physical capabilities and carrying power overtook the Brain Reaction Index, if he maintains a fixed amplifier magnification, his control over the stronger armor performance would further decrease as his mind could not keep up.
The Source Star Professional System’s index grading of the three parameters is by no means arbitrary; its method of converting comprehensive weight values has its own logic.
Under normal circumstances, assuming a person’s Brain Reaction Index is 1500, then the carrying power and Physical Index they can perfectly manage is also bound to be 1500.
Gifted with extraordinary intellect and far exceeding ordinary people in quick logical thinking, Ren Zhong can utilize the amplifier’s efficiency to the extreme and also use preset programs to avoid losing control, achieving the effect of forcibly mobilizing higher power capacities.
However, his ability to withstand high latency has its limits.
He had to reduce the amplifier multiplier during training and actual combat, then gradually increase it, constantly searching for the limits of his own capabilities.
Now he had just fully adapted to the dual resonance of visual and auditory senses, exploring new perfect parameters and finding the optimal magnification.
However, the situation abruptly changed, and he reached the Fourth Level.
Although half an hour after receiving the Star Origin Injection Liquid, Ren Zhong knew that this matter was not simple, and the increase in his parameters would be astonishing, perhaps unprecedented.
He was mentally prepared, but this upgrade still came both as expected and suddenly.
Moreover, the growth hasn’t yet ended, and even Ren Zhong himself couldn’t guess where the limit lies.
He needed to organize his thoughts well, let his surging heart cool down slightly, and refocus his attention on the current most important thing.
This matter is to adapt to the resonance of the Five Senses—hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch—as quickly as possible.
On the surface, the last three seem to have no direct connection with combat, leading Second Level and Third Level professionals to often comment on Fourth Level states as nothing special, claiming that their strength relies solely on high parameters to dominate.
But the truly ascended Fourth Level Professionals couldn’t be bothered to argue with these frogs in the well; it was meaningless.
Many things, regardless of how others describe or portray them, remain just imaginative supposition for those who haven’t reached the state—itches that cannot be scratched, unaware of the true severity.
Ren Zhong never casually evaluates things he doesn’t understand.
He has confronted Fourth Level experts more than once, understanding that the Five Senses Resonance is powerful, yet he’s only uncertain about how powerful it truly is.
Now he understands fully.
The factors that ultimately decide the victory or defeat in battle are always only two core elements.
First, strength, primarily determined by armor output power and weapon configuration.
Second, information, determined by the informational support equipment system of the armor and the individual’s information analysis and integration abilities.
Smell, taste, and touch, like sight and hearing, are all channels through which humans obtain external information.
In terms of meeting the human body’s information needs, the importance of these Five Senses is actually the same.
In the process of battle, both before and after, the sense of smell can detect, for example, the stench given off by a Ruined Beast lurking beneath the soil, the scent of excessive explosive materials accumulating, the sense of moisture in the air before a rainstorm that changes the battlefield environment...