The Place Where Everything Begins

Jeremy had perfectly copied Xildas' whole appearance. Right now, he looked no different than the latter in the least.

'Hmm... I think there are still some differences between him and me...' Jeremy thought after looking at his new face for a while.

Then he put his hand inside the combat suit's pocket and brought out a wristwatch from within before wearing it on his left hand.

The wristwatch was obviously Xildas' spatial wristwatch...

After almost ten seconds, a corpse wearing an orange-shaded black uniform promptly appeared on the dark floor before Jeremy.

Without further delay, Jeremy started undressing Xildas' corpse to study his body.

While doing such a disgraceful act, Jeremy chanted a powerful incantation within his mind,

'For survival... for survival... for survival... for survival...'

After some minutes of flipping and studying the corpse, Jeremy had finally grasped the full details of Xildas' body and structure.

Simultaneously, Jeremy also constantly activated the [Perfect Disguise] as he scrutinized the body, causing his appearance to change continuously, albeit little by little.

Upon perfectly changing himself into Xildas, Jeremy thought with a slight frown,

'So, there are two downsides of the so-called 'perfect' disguise. Firstly, I have to know every detail of the one I want to change into. Secondly, I cannot undergo a DNA or blood test no matter what as those two things cannot be copied in the least.'

Jeremy shook his head slightly at the two flaws of [Perfect Disguise] and thought further,

'If I manage to advance it to beyond technique level... it might be possible...'

Regardless of Jeremy's wishful thinking, he knew all too well that advancing a skill or technique to the level of beyond was not easy by any chance.

Even in his past life, Jeremy had to spend a few eras of practice before he could finally advance his meditation to the level of beyond technique, aka Realm.

'Alright, I just have to avoid those in-depth recognition tests, or...'

After thinking shortly, Jeremy's eyes shifted towards the naked corpse on the ground.

'Or, I just have to keep his corpse in the spatial dimension to preserve it, and when I have to undergo the DNA or blood test, I can use his DNA and blood instead of mine.'

Then, Jeremy proceeded to keep Xildas' corpse back inside the wristwatch before keeping the latter back inside the pocket.

'This skill is still pretty helpful as it doesn't even have limited duration or cooldown after being used.'

'Like this, I can become anyone at any time I want to...'

Afterward, Jeremy continued changing his appearance into many other people he knew.

The skill of high-advance level didn't betray Jeremy's expectations in the least; at one time, he even changed himself into a certain muscular baldy with a height of almost two meters.

As for his hair?

It all fell off from Jeremy's head...

Only when he changed his appearance from a baldy into another person with hair would it grow back and become longer like a miracle.

Jeremy continued changing his appearances for quite some minutes until he felt satisfied and stopped at a middle-aged one with average facial features and 177 centimeters in height.

'I will use this appearance in the second stage. As for the name, I will go by...' Jeremy thought upon inspecting his face and body through a small mirror.

'Joe? William? Lucas? Nah... Let's go with Tom, Tommy.'

Jeremy intended to use this middle-aged-man appearance together with his new name, Tommy, to undergo the tutorial's second stage.

The reason?

It was undoubtedly to avoid the two betting cupids' observing eyes because they would surely keep their eyes on the skirmishes happening within the second stage.

So, this was the only way that Jeremy could escape those two annoying babies with wings.

'From now on until the second stage ends, I will be Tommy, an average middle-aged man.'

After finishing setting his identity, Jeremy proceeded to check another skill, Third Eye.

'Alright...'

'[Third Eye]'

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Third Eye (High Advance - Active Skill): Upon activating, your eyes will see through the veil of space itself and be able to see into a very faraway distance. [Caution: Beware of the information overload.]

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After commanding inwardly to activate the skill, Jeremy's eyes simultaneously brightened up with blue glows.

His blue eyes looked sharper as if they were trying to penetrate into the dark space itself.

At the same time, the sight before Jeremy had utterly changed as it was not pitch-black in color anymore but light grey instead.

'Is that this dimension's boundary?'

Jeremy wondered inwardly after seeing what seemed to be the boundary of this light grey space.

The boundary appeared to be a dome of which Jeremy stood in the middle of the said dome.

Surprisingly, the boundary was situated around three kilometers away from Jeremy. However, he could clearly see the barrier layer as if he stood before it.

'A skill of wonder...'

'My eyes indeed penetrate into the space and see farther than before countless of times. I think I can even see through illusion and stealth with this skill.'

'That's why those long-ranged classes feel confident in their eyes so much...'

Jeremy thought while nodding his head in appreciation at the usefulness of Third Eye skill before thinking further,

'Regarding the information overload, I don't feel anything at all for now. Maybe, my brain is too good to be overloaded?'

'Well, anything is good. So, no complaint.'

Even though the skills were very hard to level up, such a magnitude of skill as Third Eye could be a game-changer in a crucial moment of a battle. Thus, Jeremy felt very pleased with it.

After finishing testing the three skills, Jeremy proceeded with the next topic,

'Next things to test are my talents...'

'First of all, there is nothing much to do with Prodigy of Magic as it only helps me understand and comprehend magic-related stuff easier...'

'As for Sixth Sense...'

Having thought about Sixth Sense, Jeremy promptly closed his eyes to 'feel' the surroundings.

'Is this how the sixth sense, the sense of perception, works? In the past, I think I've heard from that guy about how it operates, but feeling it firsthand is very different...'

'Right now, I can see those things at tens of meters away from me even while closing my eyes.'

'Let's see... The toilet is fourteen meters to my right. The broken steel spear is nine meters in that direction.'

'It works almost like Mind Sense of Sea of Consciousness, but there are still some differences...'

After having done testing Sixth Sense, Jeremy opened his eyes and nodded his head in contentment before thinking,

'Except for Mind Sense, its mechanism also gives me the same vibes as Seventh Sense. I wonder how it will feel like to have both Sixth Sense and Seventh Sense at my arsenal...'

'Alright, the next one, the Information Falser. With this talent, I can set an entire new Status Window. As for how it works...'

Having thought until here, Jeremy commanded inwardly,

'[Information Falser]'

Simultaneously, an interface showed up before Jeremy...

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Name: (Unset)

Race: (Unset)

Class: (Unset)

Title: (Unset)

Affinities: (Unset)

Talent: (Unset)

Trait: (Unset)

Achievement: (Unset)

Mission: (Unset)

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'So, it works like this...'

Upon seeing so many 'Unsets' within the interface, Jeremy promptly got a gist of how to manage the false Status Window.

After knowing what to do, Jeremy started adjusting the vacant Status Window right away....