However, since his own talent “potential value” was 0 anyway, Yvonne Harris stopped worrying about whether this talent was useful or not, and clicked the question mark in the upper right corner of the system.

As he expected, a dialog box similar to a “User Notification” quickly appeared before him.

【Welcome to the Hidden Expert System.】

【Note: Once this system is bound, it cannot be returned or unbound under any circumstances.】

Yvonne Harris: …

No returns or exchanges, huh.

You didn’t even ask if I agreed to the binding, did you?

Still, he figured that even if he really had a choice, he probably wouldn’t have chosen to give it up, so he skipped over this nonsense and continued reading.

【Instructions: This system, according to the user agreement, will grant the host insight beyond causality, allowing you to discover “experts” hidden among the crowd, as well as their talents and the corresponding potential values.】

【A potential value greater than 5 means the target, following their current life trajectory, has a chance to achieve “extraordinary” or higher accomplishments. Greater than 7 means a chance for “epic” or higher achievements, and greater than 10 could mean being remembered in history. If it’s less than 1, it cannot be detected. If it’s a question mark, there are still significant variables and further observation is needed.】

【Potential value corresponds to talent, representing only the probabilistic potential, a quantified result derived from the system’s causal tree analysis, and has no direct relation to the target’s actual ability or current real-world conditions.】

【The vast majority of tasks created by this system will revolve around this logic. The trigger method is directly related to the target’s desire to realize their ambitions. Only one task can be triggered for a single target at a time, but different targets are not restricted. Once a task is triggered, the host can choose whether to complete it. Task rewards will be evaluated based on the target’s potential value, task difficulty, the host’s degree of causal involvement, and other dimensions.】

【If a task fails, there will be no direct negative impact on the host, but the same target may be unable to trigger a new task for a certain period, or even permanently.】

【Additionally, unlike talents, the system will specially customize a personalized attribute panel for the host, corresponding to learning aptitude in specific areas, to help the host quickly master more practical skills. More details will be explained after the newbie gift pack is unlocked.】

【For the user agreement, this system reserves the final right of interpretation.】

【Remember, the cycle of causality has already begun.】

【Helping others achieve is equivalent to achieving yourself.】

So the attribute panel is locked because I have no aptitude at all?

Turns out this system is pretty considerate…

But this is just too damn much!

What troubled Yvonne Harris the most was: what if he failed the newbie task?

Would it trigger a new one, or would the system forever shut its doors to him?

Honestly, he thought the former was more likely, but he really didn’t dare to gamble on such an uncertainty.

After all, there’s no benefit if you win, but if you lose, it’s a total disaster.

Figuring the damn system was finally done with its nonsense, Yvonne Harris was about to close it and seriously think about how to complete the assigned task.

But just then, at the end of the instructions, another line suddenly popped up.

【Considering that this is the host’s first time using the system and you are not yet familiar with the concept of causality, a “Proof of Causality” is gifted for trial use.】

Proof of Causality?

Slightly stunned, Yvonne Harris looked at the bottom of the attribute panel, and sure enough, there was a new icon labeled 【Item】.

【Proof of Causality (one-time item): After activation, it can temporarily reverse causality, turning the impossible into possible. But please note, all causality comes with a price, and all requests require equivalent exchange. Also, what can be requested must follow the cycle of causality; for things that are absolutely impossible or whose price cannot be repaid, causality will not respond.】

What does it mean to reverse causality?

After pondering this sentence several times, Yvonne Harris fell into deep thought.

“All causality comes with a price… So, making a request of causality will also bring an equivalent backlash?”

For example, wishing to win a million in the lottery, but after winning, immediately getting into a car accident and losing hundreds of thousands and your health?

As for the requested item needing to follow the cycle of causality, and not being able to wish for impossible things or things whose price can’t be repaid…

That’s probably like wishing to win a trillion in the lottery.

Not only is the prize pool not that big, even if everyone disappeared, you couldn’t pay back the price.

Besides that, Yvonne Harris also noticed a detail: this item can only reverse causality for a “short time.”

Although it’s unclear how short this “short time” is, it’s obviously not something you can use to achieve long-term goals.

For example, “becoming a top student through hard work,” or “winning the sales championship for two consecutive years to gain your boss’s favor and get promoted”—goals that require time to achieve—can’t be realized.

On the other hand, wishes like “getting a perfect score on a certain exam” or even “answering a specific question correctly” are much more likely to be realized… as long as the price can be paid.

But how would the already obtained score be paid back?

Would it be getting caught cheating after the exam?