Authority: Second Chance

Yaoyao nodded. For top-tier Chosen like them, this was not much of a secret.

The Chosen were mysterious only to ordinary Reincarnators.

"More precisely, it isn’t an ability. It’s an authority."

"Authority?"

Jin Yue’an did not understand.

Yaoyao then explained.

Compared to other Reincarnators directly recruited by the Space, the Chosen possessed talents the Space needed. Thus, each of them actually held certain authorities that ordinary Reincarnators did not possess.

As she spoke, Yaoyao made no effort to hide the arrogance in her eyes. That was what made the Chosen most exceptional.

This group was like the "Celestial Dragons" among Reincarnators. Not only could they create Special Items that ordinary Reincarnators simply could not make, such as Scapegoat Dolls, Slave Shackles, and Directional Anchors;

even their mission difficulty was lower than that of ordinary Reincarnators.

When Reincarnators with the same strength rating were sent into the same mission world, the Chosen would often be assigned to the more advantageous faction.

For example, when sent to the Demon Slayer World, most Chosen would be assigned to Muzan’s faction. When sent to the One Piece world, most Chosen would be assigned to factions such as Marine Headquarters or powerful branch bases.

This was a natural form of preferential treatment, and also authority!

However, Bai Cangshu recalled the Space’s prompt after he had obtained the Origin Substance. Whether it was the hint when he first obtained it that handing it over to the Space would earn him an extraordinarily generous reward,

or the Origin Substance’s panel description, which emphasized the dangerous consequence that using it would alert the Primordial Dragon Court and the Life Court.

What the Space wanted most was probably for him to hand over the Origin Substance. It would reward him with S-rank Singularity *2 and any Tier 3 Authority *1.

This authority was probably the authority of the Chosen that Yaoyao was speaking of.

"Every Chosen possesses a talent similar to some function of the Space. Once we become strong enough, we can even enhance or make up for that part of the Space’s capabilities. Therefore, we also possess special authorities in certain fields."

"For example, sensing information about specific mission worlds, sensing information about certain Reincarnators, making a certain degree of changes to missions…"

"Some Chosen in our gathering can even directly alter Reincarnator information. That is authority. That is true endowment!"

Yaoyao lowered her eyelids, her arrogance naturally revealing itself.

"Then what authority can you give me?"

In a good mood, Bai Cangshu did not interrupt her. He directly asked for it.

Yaoyao recalled that great one’s arrangements and realized that, in front of Mercenary Tao, she probably had nothing to be proud of.

That great one had said that Mercenary Tao was a type even more noble than the Chosen. Therefore, granting him an authority and allowing him to become Chosen would be a good thing for them.

Yaoyao traced her hand through the air. Golden radiance appeared and condensed into words.

"That great one said that if all you wanted was to fulfill that card’s requirements, the most basic level of authority would be enough. But as an investment in you, whom he thinks highly of, he is willing to grant you the authority of Second Chance."

"This is a Tier 3 Authority, equivalent to the level we Chosen reach after strengthening our talents to Tier 3."

In the air, golden radiance gathered into the words "Second Chance," gleaming brilliantly.

Bai Cangshu truly only needed a most basic authority. As long as one was Chosen, they could probably fulfill the requirement of Tarot: The World Reversed (XXI).

Yet the other party had proactively offered something of a higher tier. This made Bai Cangshu realize that Azure Sky’s Little Garden Plan definitely contained an enormous secret he did not yet understand.

He simply did not believe that Aizen and that mysterious King of Destiny would be kind enough to specifically give him such good things. The only explanation was that, in order to prevent Azure Sky from successfully completing the plan, they had judged that they had to offer something of this level.

The Little Garden World was a special world that condensed all kinds of worldviews and top-tier monsters from mythological lineages. In a world like that, there was too much Azure Sky could scheme for, and its value was too great.

Bai Cangshu was willing to use himself as a bargaining chip to make those three parties pay a little more.

Second Chance

Authority · Tier 3 (Cannot be upgraded)

Effect: You possess the authority to negate a previous choice and choose again. (Can only be used within the scope of the Space’s authority.)

Bai Cangshu carefully examined the dense description. This authority to choose again could only take effect on choices made by the Space.

In other words, if Bai Cangshu encountered some problem or choice in the real world, he could not use this authority to gain a second chance. This was merely an authority of the Space, not power over the world.

But within the Space, the results this authority could produce were terrifying.

For example, if Bai Cangshu activated a Scarlet Drop Card and chose to draw an item, then found the result unsatisfactory after the draw, he could use his authority to redraw;

or when he chose to extract a Bloodline Item and failed due to the exceedingly low probability, Bai Cangshu had the authority to overturn that draw by the Space and draw again.

There were many such examples. From activating Drop Cards to the results of goddess refinement and Spirit Awakening bloodlines, all of them could be reset by this authority!

You have lost the item: Surtur's Marrow

You have obtained the authority: Second Chance

With a light toss from Bai Cangshu, the marrow spun through the air and landed in the hands of the woman in the cheongsam. She curiously looked at the Bloodline Item in her hand, which burned endlessly like flames.

She did not understand why this thing was worth so much. Logically speaking, even after fusion, the monarchs of the Dragon Raja World should not have reached the quality of a World’s Rare Treasure.

Moreover, this was a trial-type Bloodline Item with powerful negative effects, making it even less valuable.

Why had that great one been willing to trade a Tier 3 Authority for Mercenary Tao? The number of freely tradable Tier 3 Authorities probably did not exceed ten in the entire gathering.

Could it really be purely to invest in Mercenary Tao?!

Bai Cangshu realized that Yaoyao was obviously not as clever as Kurushi, but foolish people had their advantages too.

At the very least, this trip had not only completed the transaction, but also provided him with quite a bit of information about the Chosen.

"Thank you, Miss Yaoyao. Please give that King my regards. Tell him that I will remember this investment of his~"

Yaoyao hesitated before nodding. She had never dealt with Mercenary Tao before and only knew that he was a cruel and cunning Fierce Beast. Yet during this meeting, aside from his Avatar’s strange face, he had actually been quite approachable!

Could the rumors have been wrong?

She said that she would report the results of this meeting to that great one, then teleported away with the marrow.

Bai Cangshu immediately dismissed A Single Thought of Silk and the others. He first grabbed the golden radiance.

Special Reincarnator EX051, do you accept the authority: Second Chance?

"Yes."

Special Reincarnator EX051, you have obtained the authority: Second Chance

Almost the instant he obtained this authority, the Tarot Sequence card in his hand, its face pitch-black, began to react intensely.

It was a special resonance. The Sequence that had once absorbed Bai Cangshu’s blood yet remained unopened for so long began reacting at this moment.

Special Reincarnator EX051, please begin the trial in any mission world.