[Perfect Presence].
*[Perfect Presence] has reached Level 12!!!*
A new understanding of [Flow State].
[Flow State - Advanced] has reached Level 289!!
It was a great feeling, and in particular, Bob was now experiencing some significant new benefits. For one thing, earlier, there had been a kind of lag or resistance as he travelled through the Dream World, but he found that, thanks to his [Perfect Presence] Ability, he was now able to move around almost effortlessly during his Deep Dive, the rippling grasses now becoming smooth as silk as he moved through them, and the Current no longer drags, everything has become clearer, and smoother.
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At the same time, there were, like most great abilities, usage limits, and Bob found that he could only maintain this [Perfect Presence] State for around 10 minutes at Level 12, after which it would require rest in order to use again.
Still, acquiring this Ability had other immediate as well as long lasting benefits, including increased perception and flexibility in real life situations, as well as the potential to enter a kind of quasi-[Flow State] where he would become aware of - and have greater capacity to process and optimally act on - an increasing number of factors and variables in any given moment.
The quasi-[Flow State] effect of [Perfect Presence also had the added benefit of also deepening and expanding his understanding of [Flow State] itself, upgrading it to an Advanced level, and naturally raising the ceiling of its effects when or if would come into effect.
With this new insight and ability unlocked, it was now time to consider the next puzzle of the RLSSD…
After all. Despite this breakthrough, it seemed that Bob still had not yet unlocked the Divine Inspiration of this RLSSD?!
That, alongside a strange feeling of both curiosity and also… a feeling of a threshold into the unknown, that was waiting to be crossed…
It was both exhilarating, and yet, terrifying.
Humans had always been curious, and sometimes this had led to discovery, but other times, disaster, when they had unleashed, or encountered forces beyond their ability to understand or control.
Was Bob biting off more than he could chew? Were some things best left alone - better off left respected as unknown…?!?!
Bob was under no delusions that he was different, or special. Respect was absolutely paramount, and he would be very careful, to do the right things, to do the research, and to weigh up the consequences…
He would need to ask Gigachad, perhaps Old Man Li too, and others that he trusted, for advice and instructions as to how to proceed.
In the end though… he knew.
After all the preparations were done, and the conversations had come about…
As always… there was only one way to find out… (!!!)