Chapter 4: Innate Baptism! The First Skill!

"Innate Baptism."

When the command was issued.

A faint red glow began to flow over the small baby’s body, with strands of icy energy traversing the tiny form, baptizing Xu Ran’s limbs and bones.

Xu Ran felt light and airy, as if he had returned to the womb for a second gestation, breaking through the limits of life in his lightness.

His eyes grew brighter, his limbs stronger, his breath more extended, his height increased slightly, his spine formed, and his brain’s computational power increased.

Life level elevated!

The sensation was so clear and distinct!

It was as if he had undergone a transformation from chrysalis to butterfly, a surge of confidence and joy from deep within his soul spread out, engulfing Xu Ran.

Xu Ran couldn’t help but dance and quickly looked at the system interface to examine his progress.

[Name]: Xu Ran

[Age]: Day 165 of infancy

[Qi Blood]: 100/1000 (Your Qi Blood is abundant)

[Spirit]: 8/100 (Normal adult rate is 10)

[Appearance]: 100/100 (Will possess Celestial Human Form in adulthood)

[Blessed Fortune]: 23 points/∞ (You will have many fortunate encounters)

[Root Bone]: None

[Divine Techniques]: None

[Achievement]: Celestial Human Form (Golden); Self-Discipline Baby (Blue);

[Innate Baptism Task]: Reach 1000 Qi Blood value to unlock the second Innate Baptism.

[Crawling Task]: Learn to crawl and perform a one-meter sprint, and you will receive a huge surprise. (After completing the crawling task, feel free to explore. Life is full of surprises!)

...

"Hmm, after Innate Baptism, the boost is immense!"

First thing to be confirmed is the life limit increased, skyrocketing from the full value of 100 to a height of 1000.

Simply put, Xu Ran’s potential has increased from just being ten times that of an average adult to a hundred times.

At full value, he could take down a hundred ordinary adults.

It’s just delightful!

"After the first Innate Baptism, my spine is formed, and I have the strength for free crawling."

"Can attempt this crawling task now..."

[Learn to crawl, and make a one-meter sprint; you will get a huge surprise.]

Translate, translate, what did the damn thing mean by a huge surprise?

Xu Ran’s curiosity was strongly piqued.

He really wanted to practice crawling immediately.

But it was already late at night.

Mom needed to sleep, and he needed rest, so he closed his eyes and fell into a sleepy haze.

...

The next day.

Xu Ran awoke early.

Had breakfast, formula + fruit puree, ate until full, then napped for a bit.

He struggled to crawl on the bed.

Mom: "What are you doing? Twisting around like a pretzel today?"

"Alright, alright, I’ll put you down. Let’s see what you’re up to."

Xu Ran sat on the bed, supporting himself with his hands on the mattress.

He had long been able to sit, but Mom didn’t let him sit for too long, as sitting too long might hurt a baby’s spine.

However, after completing the first Innate Baptism.

There was no concern anymore.

Xu Ran propped up his body; clad diaper-clad bottom in the air, starting to kneel on the ground.

Crawl!

Learned to crawl!

After a few steps, it felt great; his body was controlled more accurately, a current called a sense of joy surged through Xu Ran’s body.

He involuntarily let out a Teletubbies laugh.

Mom was stunned beside him, "Seven months, no one taught you, and you learned to crawl?"

"Come, baby, crawl a couple more steps."

Xu Ran crawled toward Mom sitting at the end of the bed.

Then turned and crawled back to the headboard, back and forth a dozen times.

He became proficient.

Crawling speed was swift.

"Wow, baby, you’re amazing, truly a little genius!"

Mom clapped beside him, providing emotional value.

Xu Ran gazed intently: "Learn to crawl and then sprint one meter; you’ll get a huge surprise. I want to see what this huge surprise is!"

Thinking so.

Xu Ran quickly crawled from the headboard to the footboard, like a staggering little tiger.

"Whew... a bit tired. Is this counted as a sprint?"

In confusion.

A prompt tone sounded.

[Congratulations, crawling task completed. You have acquired a new skill—Infant Crawl.

Training hard can advance the baby crawl progress. When progress reaches full value, you can promote to the next sequence. (Promotion Sequence: Infant Crawl—Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill—Void Wall—Wall of Space-Time...)]

What?

A bit odd! Did I read it wrong?

Xu Ran carefully read it three or four times.

What does the Promotion Sequence mean?

Crawling like an infant to the next sequence is the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill?

The next sequence after the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill is the Air Wall?

Are you okay?

Xu Ran was stunned!

He quickly opened the detailed description of the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill.

[Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill]: A superior lightweight skill, with a thought, it allows you to move on walls like a gecko.

[Void Wall]: When you’re in mid-air with nowhere to brace yourself, with a thought, the air beneath becomes a wall, and at Great Success, even chaotic voids can form walls.

"What an imaginative progression sequence!"

"I can’t understand it, but I’m greatly impressed."

"Coach, I want to practice this!"

Xu Ran didn’t hesitate and began practicing.

[You practiced crawling like an infant for a day, progress +100 points, current crawling progress: 100/10000...]

"If you can add 100 points of progress a day, to upgrade to the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill, it’ll take at least 100 days to reach it..."

Xu Ran nodded silently.

Simple and easy as pie!

Thus.

Over the next period.

He was crazily disciplined.

[You practiced crawling like an infant × 100 days, crawling proficiency +10000, current crawling progress: 10000/10000...]

[Current Qi Blood Value: 200/1000...]

[Congratulations, the crawling progress has reached full value, automatically upgrading to the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill.]

[Current Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill (Entry-Level): 0/10000...]

After 100 days of hard work, the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill was finally mastered.

Xu Ran’s face lit up with a smile.

He couldn’t wait to try out the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill immediately.

But he didn’t dare to show it; if his mom saw it, she might have a heart attack on the spot.

"Keep it secret! Wait until the night when it’s quiet and no one’s around to practice furtively."

Xu Ran took a deep breath. He patiently waited for the night to fall and his mom to fall asleep...

...

In the blink of an eye, it was nine o’clock in the evening.

The room was pitch dark.

His mom’s breathing gradually became steady, serene.

After sleeping for a few hours early to rejuvenate his spirit, Xu Ran suddenly opened his big round eyes in the darkness.

Turned around.

Got up.

Started demonstrating the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill. Perhaps because of his overpowering strength + light weight, the effect of the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill was almost invincible. He silently climbed down from the crib.

Using both hands and feet, like a ’flying’ gecko, he moved with the lightest of grace, doing a belly-down slide to the wall.

And the moment he touched the wall.

In Xu Ran’s eyes, what looked like a steep vertical wall to ordinary people felt like flat ground.

He gently moved his body, his small short hands, and legs moving at high speed, he smoothly climbed three meters up, his head directly hitting the ceiling.

"...What a cool Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill!"

Xu Ran was thrilled, moving on the wall as if on level ground.

Slowly.

He could climb on the wall with just one hand and foot.

Sometimes, he could transform into a ghostly baby, limbs spread apart, with his back against the wall, perched in the corner of the wall, looking down at the entire room.

If, at this moment, he suddenly let out a creepy laugh, he would probably scare his mom awake and then faint again...

Of course.

He wasn’t that filial yet; he just silently practiced the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill on the wall.

He was visibly improving, and a few minutes later, his back, like a magnet, clung to the wall, quickly sketching five loops...

Smooth.

Incredibly smooth.

A confident Xu Ran, with his increased strength, began to climb to the ceiling.

Since his hands and feet had a grip comparable to suction cups, he quickly got the hang of the technique for moving on the ceiling.

Shortly after.

A back-absorbing wall face appeared on the ceiling, with a small face facing down, sliding back and forth like a ghostly shadow.

Earth’s gravity? What’s that?

Newton? He has no control over me!

Xu Ran chuckled.

Furiously crawling on the ceiling and walls.

[You practiced the Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill diligently, proficiency +50 points, current Gecko Wall-Climbing Skill (Entry-Level): 50/10000...]

...

"What is that sound?"

Lin Qian, his mom, heard the rustling noises in a daze and slowly opened her eyes.

In the pitch darkness, she vaguely saw, seemingly, something or someone crawling back and forth on the ceiling above her head.

"Who! Who is it?!"