Chapter 29 Joint Broadcast: Kang Yeon-woo – Detailed Analysis (2)

“Test start.”

A short murmur.

Then, a panel in one corner of the room lit up.

As soon as Dohyun perceived it, the next panel lit up, and as soon as he perceived that one, the next panel lit up in succession.

Next, next, next. And next.

The time between a panel lighting up, Dohyun perceiving it, and the next panel lighting up was almost simultaneous.

A sense of speed on a completely different level from what Seung-yeon had shown last time.

The light panels changed so quickly that the room itself seemed brightly illuminated.

This remained true even when moving to stage 2.

The difficulty of perceiving the glowing panels and their colors increased, and the panels turned off immediately after lighting up without any hesitation.

In an instant, he passed stage 2 and moved to stage 3.

Now, he had to recognize what the image inside the panel was to proceed to the next one.

Those watching thought the speed would slow down this time, but Dohyun maintained his pace as if mocking all their expectations.

He passed stage 3 without any slowdown.

The final result was:

“100 points······.”

A perfect score.

Kang Yeon-woo, who hadn’t even imagined a perfect score right away, blinked rapidly.

Even Khan, a pro-gamer famous for his physical skills, only scored a high of 94 points on his third attempt, but Dohyun achieved a perfect score so easily.

And on his first try.

While watching from behind, she thought the speed was insanely fast, but she never expected it to be a perfect score.

-100 points… 100 points!

-Starting from the top, is this for real?;

-A perfect score on a perfect score test!

The viewers cheered at Dohyun’s test result, achieving a perfect score on his first attempt.

This result perfectly matched their expectations.

Kang Yeon-woo, who had been momentarily dazed, collected herself and spoke.

“A perfect score, folks. This is the first time I’ve seen a perfect score on this test. Of course, perception ability isn’t everything in physical specs…. But starting at this level, can’t we expect record-breaking performances?”

-True

-For real true

-Record-breaking? -> Record-shattering

-It is record-breaking, you idiot;

-Human? No. He is a god.

-Well, neither of them are human lol lol lol lol

Even as she spoke, Kang Yeon-woo grinned widely.

She couldn’t contain her excitement.

What incredible things would he show next?

The passion that had cooled after watching many so-called ‘physical spec kings’ seemed to be boiling over.

“Shall we move on to a more interesting test next? What do you all think?”

-Let’s gooooooooooo

-Gogogogogogogogogo

-Bullet Party let’s gooooooooooo

-Bullet Party! Bullet Party! Bul! let! Par! ty!

“Some viewers guessed it. That’s right. Let’s Bullet Party!”

As Kang Yeon-woo manipulated the system, the content of the perception ability test room changed.

The panels that had densely covered the ceiling, walls, and floor disappeared, leaving a room that looked perfectly ordinary.

However, two other things changed: one was that the ordinary square room became a deep rectangle.

The other was that a table with two pistols appeared at the room’s entrance.

“Let me briefly explain Let’s Bullet Party. It’s simple. Pick up the guns, when a target appears, shoot and hit it. But you don’t need things like reloading. Aiming just needs to be roughly in the right direction.”

Since it was a game designed to test reaction speed and reflexes, it was natural to have infinite magazines, eliminating the need for reloading.

The reason for making precise aiming unnecessary was the same.

This wasn’t a test to evaluate aiming ability against opponents.

In short, the most important thing in this test was discovering the opponent and how quickly you could pull the trigger in that direction.

The test duration was 120 seconds.

Targets would continuously appear within that time, and the result was calculated based on the average time taken to hit them.

“What can you learn from this test? You can find out how exceptional your reaction speed and reflexes are. We checked perception ability, so we should also see how quickly you react to it, right folks?”

-True words added

-Info) Khan reacted to all targets in this test with an average of 120ms, i.e., within 0.12 seconds

-At that time, Khan’s presence was seriously insane

“So, who wants to go first this time?”

“I’ll go first!”

Again, the one who decided to take the test first was Seung-yeon.

Isn’t there a saying like that?

It’s better to be the first to get hit.

With the feeling of stepping onto the execution platform, Seung-yeon stood in front of the room and picked up the two pistols.

Inhale, exhale….

A light breath.

Her heart was pounding, but Seung-yeon decided to relax her mind as much as possible.

She’d already hit rock bottom, so there was nowhere further to fall!

That was her mindset.

But she didn’t know.

That beneath the bottom lies an even lower bottom.

“Test start······!”

As Seung-yeon muttered softly, a target marker popped out inside the room.

Bang!

She hastily extended the gun in that direction and pulled the trigger; the target shattered, indicating a hit.

The first shot was acceptable.

Seung-yeon thought so herself, and the viewers agreed.

However, the viewers who had momentarily exclaimed ‘Oh-!’ in admiration soon burst out laughing.

Because, well, she was Seung-yeon.

“What’s with the two targets…!”

There are two guns provided in this test.

Meaning targets appear in pairs, and that overloaded Seung-yeon.

Watching Seung-yeon flailing her arms, even failing to get the direction right towards the targets, the viewers laughed hysterically.

Still, Seung-yeon persevered with the test, but she crumbled the moment the 2 minutes ended.

“Why is this so hard!”

Realizing the disgraceful spectacle she had made, Seung-yeon shouted with a bright red face.

But nothing changed.

Ahem, the test result is an average of 2000ms, hmm. So it took 2 seconds. Yes.”

-Average 2 seconds for real? lol lol lol

-Spicy! So spicy! My mouth is on fire!

-Oh, seriously lol lol lol Why is Victoria so funny lol lol lol

Kang Yeon-woo, who had been stifling laughter with Dohyun in the back, spoke with a straight face.

Because if she didn’t keep a straight face, she felt she’d laugh hysterically again.

Her laughter wasn’t because of the average 2-second record.

Records can be bad sometimes.

After all, Seung-yeon was famous for her hopeless physical specs.

The problem was that Seung-yeon’s flailing during the test was just too funny.

Kang Yeon-woo felt like rewarding herself for persuading Seung-yeon, who had initially refused to take the physical test.

The younger brother thrills viewers with his physical skills, the older sister makes viewers laugh with her physical skills.

Aren’t they the perfect siblings?

‘If I say that, Lady Victoria might cry. I better keep quiet.’

“Alright, then it’s time for the highly anticipated Kratos-nim!”

Kang Yeon-woo said, clapping her hands after calming down somewhat.

As if he’d been waiting, Dohyun picked up the guns and abruptly said, “Test start.” without any preparation.

It was an attitude devoid of any tension.

Bang!

He showed why with the result.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Targets shattered with the sound of gunfire.

To the watching viewers, that’s all it seemed.

They didn’t even see the targets in their intact state.

-Do the targets normally break like this when they appear?

-No way; He’s insane, insane;

-Yeon-woo, I think the test has an error, please fix it quickly

-No way; Is that reaction speed for real?

The viewers buzzed at the insane reaction speed Dohyun was showing.

‘My condition is good.’

Paying no mind to the viewers’ reactions, Dohyun simply focused.

Was it because he wasn’t tense?

Or was it because he eliminated the distracting sensations through device optimization?

He could feel the sensation he’d experienced when fighting the Sword Saint after a long time.

His concentration surpassing its limits.

The sensation of entering a new Zone.

‘It’s as if time has stopped.’

Ratatatatbang!

Even though they were pistols, the gunfire sounded almost like a machine gun.

Now, the targets weren’t shattering ‘as soon as they appeared’, but ‘while they were appearing’.

Kang Yeon-woo, watching from behind, was startled looking at Dohyun.

‘That is….’

If what Dohyun was showing now was what she thought it was, it would be truly amazing.

Because it was a phenomenon she’d only heard about but was seeing for the first time.

‘Let’s not jump to conclusions. It’s not too late to bring it up after observing more.’

While Kang Yeon-woo thought that and firmly closed her mouth, 120 seconds passed.

The test ended and Dohyun’s result was announced.

Faced with it, Kang Yeon-woo swallowed hard.

“An average of 60ms, a 0.06-second reaction speed.”

-0.5 Khan?

-Nah, from now on, Khan is 2 Kratos lol lol lol

-Aren’t both just insane?

-Insane person added

0.06 seconds.

This is clearly a trans-human level record, surpassing human limits.

Faced with this unbelievable record, Kang Yeon-woo felt a vague confirmation of her speculation.

“Let’s proceed quickly with the tests.”

Kang Yeon-woo declared firmly.

Various tests followed after that.

Reaction speed, reflexes, dynamic visual acuity, perception ability, cognitive ability….

But no test dared to surpass Dohyun’s towering prowess.

Perfect scores on tests that had them, record-shattering results on tests judged by highest records.

Faced with Dohyun revealing the trans-human level specs she had jokingly mentioned, Kang Yeon-woo had no choice but to admit it.

That her speculation was correct.

Finally, after seeing Dohyun achieve an absurd record of 97 percent in the Synchronization Rate measurement taken last, Kang Yeon-woo was convinced.

“Further tests seem meaningless. You all feel the same, right?”-True

-True

-Any more is a waste of time, for real

-I think I understand why he’s a god.

“Alright, since observation is over, let’s analyze.” Where does Kratos-nim’s god-level specs come from?”

If the tests were the siblings’ time, the analysis is Kang Yeon-woo’s time.

Dohyun and Seung-yeon listened attentively to Kang Yeon-woo’s words while sitting quietly in the prepared chairs.

Taking a deep breath, Kang Yeon-woo continued.

“I believe it comes from Kratos-nim’s trans-human level specs combined with his high Synchronization Rate. Do you all know what Synchronization Rate is?”

-Never cared about that stuff, so no;

-Is it like virtual reality adaptation?

-Wasn’t it about how well you blend in?

“Not entirely wrong. Synchronization Rate, abbreviated as Sync Rate, usually? It’s not just about how well you blend into virtual reality, but also how well you can utilize the virtual reality’s specs.”

For example, suppose there’s a character with 100 ability.

Then if a person with a 50% Sync Rate plays this character, the ability they can exert is only half of 100.

On the other hand, if a person with a 100% Sync Rate plays this character, it means they can exert all its abilities.

Kang Yeon-woo speculated that the root of Dohyun’s unbelievable abilities lay here.

“First of all, Kratos-nim basically has a high Sync Rate. 97 percent. It’s an insane figure. The average for pro-gamers is around 85 percent, and the highest was 91 percent. But Kratos-nim is 6 percent higher than that.”

And there’s one more thing.

“Moreover, when his concentration increases, this figure rises even higher, even surpassing 100 percent. It’s a very rare phenomenon called Sync Rate Overdrive. At this level, the senses themselves would go wild, wouldn’t they?”

For instance, like when Dohyun felt time had stopped for a brief moment while fighting the Sword Saint.

And like when he felt time had stopped during this Bullet Party.

Dohyun, realizing what Kang Yeon-woo was talking about, let out a gasp.

“Ah, so that was….”

“It seems Kratos-nim has some idea about this part too. Of course, as I said, it’s possible because his basic physical specs support it. That’s also why I insisted on doing the tests to the end.”

Even with a high Sync Rate leading to a high physical ability utilization coefficient, if the basic physical specs are different, it’s impossible to properly utilize even high physical abilities.

It meant that someone with inherently slow reaction speed doesn’t suddenly become fast just because they obtained a high-spec virtual body based on a high Sync Rate.

Because even if someone with ability 1 suddenly becomes someone with ability 10, whether they can handle it well is a secondary issue.

“Even without the Sync Rate, Kratos-nim’s physical specs are trans-human level. When combined with the Sync Rate, he literally becomes a god. Don’t get this part wrong, everyone.”

Sync Rate is the wings.

Dohyun’s physical specs are the tiger.

In other words, when Dohyun’s trans-human level physical specs meet his high Sync Rate, it’s like a tiger growing wings.

“If Kratos-nim were to play a character with higher abilities than the one he’s currently using in Samurai Hearts, right? Then his high Sync Rate and trans-human level physical specs would combine, and he’d truly go insane.”

Samurai Hearts features monsters related to darkness and involves wielding superhuman power to an extent, but the protagonist ultimately uses power within the human category.

But what if Dohyun played a character with power beyond that?

What if he played a character with power beyond humanity, based on his high Sync Rate and trans-human level physical specs?

“And there, I suddenly thought.”

Kang Yeon-woo said in a serious tone.

“What if Kratos-nim played the ultimate physical Psyker in Psychic Wars, ‘Blue Lightning’······.”

-He’s connecting this to Psychic Wars?

-The buildup is insane lol lol lol

-Desㅡign

-He’s playing 4D chess lol lol lol

-He sees the bus angle well lol lol lol lol lol