Chapter 28
Study, exercise, work—no matter what a person did, if they worked hard and remained consistent, then the System would recognize their hardships, and an Initial Skill would develop.
There was a statistic that more than 70% of the population were players. It was a world where nearly everyone was awakened.
Awakening was a natural phase of life, as natural as children learning to walk and talk.
Of course, not all players were active. A majority were uninvolved in the business of players and stayed at level 1 until the day they died.
In part, this had to do with the type and grade of Initial Skills. A low-grade Skill or an incompatible Skill-type prevented the majority from being useful as players.
Not all awakenings were equal.
Consider a hundred people jogging the same distance every day.
Some people would run at a moderate pace from start to finish; others would push themselves to sprint from the middle to the end; and others still would run as hard as they could from start to finish.
Moreover, some people would maintain their level of intensity for five days a week, while others would maintain it for six- or even seven days a week.
After five years of training, there would be a division between those who worked harder and those who didn’t.
It was these differences that determined the grade of the Initial Skill.