Chapter 84
Chapter 84: The Advance of Li Xiaosheng
“Only 30 rounds of grenades were equipped, which isn’t many indeed.”
Although the weapon was strong, it was useless without ammunition.
He did want to try Sublimation, but just as he expected—
The resistance of the Level 7 item’s Sublimation appeared once again, but Ye Qiyan clearly perceived that he could ignore this resistance and force the Sublimation. However, the Stamina and Mental Power required would reach a new limit.
Unless he performed a self Sublimation once more?
Should he give it a try?
Ye Qiyan pressed his hand against his chest.
After thinking for a moment, he put it back down.
“Forget it, why make things so exhausting?”
With a thud, he threw himself back onto the bed, tossing all the messy matters to the back of his mind.
He had stayed on the mountain against the wind and snow for so long.
Right now, he just wanted to slack off.
As for other matters, they could wait until later.
Eating shaved ice and chewing the White Forest Fruit pulp, he casually opened the chat interface and began lurking.
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Level 3 Resource Platform
Li Xiaosheng stood silently outside his Train.
He watched several strong men operate a machine to continuously collect wood in the forest, then transport it back into the ordinary carriages which now numbered six sections.
His memory went back to a few hours ago, the scene right after he joined a guild in the City of a Thousand Stars.
No rest, no trust.
Upon learning that he was a Resource Radar, the people from that guild brought several veteran Train assistants to forcefully board his Train, and told him to leave the station quickly.
Even now, Li Xiaosheng couldn’t forget that person’s eyes filled with disgust.
As if he were as detestable as a stink bug exuding a foul odor all over his body.
Those strong men carrying the wood were also whispering to each other.
“Brothers, this Train Captain… why does he feel a bit, uh…”
“A bit sickening, right? I felt it too. I really want to go up and punch him; just looking at him annoys me.”
“Shh, keep it down, don’t let him hear. He’s a Train Captain after all, much more noble than us.”
“Tch, what’s the use? After I work for a dozen years or so, I’ll definitely be able to save up enough money for a locomotive and become a Train Captain!”
“Ahem, stop talking, he’s looking over.”
In those sweeping gazes, they were filled with disgust.
He had heard it all.
After eating the heart of the Bloodline Baron, his body was no longer that of an ordinary person. All his senses had increased even in broad daylight.
“A bunch of natives, how dare they look down on me!”
Li Xiaosheng’s eyes were completely bloodshot.
Ever since entering that City of a Thousand Stars, his protagonist dream had been shattered ruthlessly.
Resource Radar had become the most ordinary and worthless one among Talents.
The guild he joined wasn’t any good either, forcing him out to collect basic resources right after joining. And those assistants, while called assistants, who couldn’t see that disgust from the bottom of their hearts?
He refused to accept this.
“How much longer are you guys going to move things?”
Walking up to one of them, Li Xiaosheng asked coldly.
That assistant took two steps back in disgust.
As a human instinct, when facing Li Xiaosheng who had betrayed his human identity, that sense of disgust would not subside no matter what.
“Almost done, almost done. We’ll stay outside here for the duration of three stations, and then we can go back to the city to rest for a while. My lord, is there anything else? If not, I’ll continue working.”
The assistant hurriedly distanced himself a bit more.
Standing in place, Li Xiaosheng raised his hand.
“You forced me into this.”
Bats appeared out of thin air.
“Kill them!”
“Where did these bats come from?”
“Help, help!”
“Run back to the Train!”
The Train’s doors closed tightly.
Li Xiaosheng watched the miserable appearance of these assistants with amusement, feeling an inexplicable exhilaration in his heart.
When they turned into corpses, Li Xiaosheng walked up to them, leaned over, opened his fangs-filled mouth, and bit into these bodies that still retained some warmth.
He was not eating human flesh, but converting thralls.
The assistants stood up once again, their eyes hollow and lifeless, completely becoming toys under Li Xiaosheng’s Control.
Li Xiaosheng smiled triumphantly, continuously manipulating these corpses to perform various actions.
“Want to Control me? Not a chance! I, Li Xiaosheng, am the protagonist of this world!”
Joining the guild was already a set fact, and being utilized to collect basic resources could not be changed either.
But that didn’t mean he would choose to stagnate.
He still had the Alliance.
Long before arriving at the City of a Thousand Stars, they had already agreed to all head to the same place, met each other on the first day, and all joined the same guild as him to become members of it.
As the saying goes, a dike of a thousand miles collapses in an ant nest. As the new batch of Train Captains, their Train upgrade items were blocked off by those earlier Train Captains.
Either work for them in exchange for things needed for upgrades, or keep climbing upward until that guild is under his Control!
This was his ambition.
As for whether he had the ability to do so, that was another matter.
“People who want to ascend to higher levels cannot possibly not support me. Right, and that Ye Qiyan—humph, that shortsighted fellow actually took out such a powerful racial conversion item to sell, which ended up fulfilling me. It’s not out of the question to give him a chance.”
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Berthing Countdown [2:11:43]
“Huu~”
The “shortsighted” Ye Qiyan was leisurely browsing the Trading Platform at the moment to see if any items worth purchasing had appeared.
“Sweeping robot? It’s not even as fast as Wall-E at working.”
“Bluetooth earphones? I don’t even have a cell phone, what would I need Bluetooth earphones for.”
“Huh? A beehive? Can this thing even be put up for sale?”
He curiously clicked on the description.
[Beehive (Level 2)]
[Produces 30 bee larvae daily, needs to be placed near flowers, can produce honey]
“Honey…”
Thinking of that sweet taste, he looked at the price again.
Not expensive, only 3 Train Coins.
“Bought.”
The transaction was successful. He came to the planting carriage, looked at the growing White Forest Fruit Tree, and chose to place it on the thickest trunk.
The beehive landed on it, and soon bees flew out from it to collect nectar from the flowers in the carriage.
“Quite large.”
Rubbing his chin, Ye Qiyan stepped closer and reached out to touch it.
“It seems… I can Sublimate it?”
Reciting the word Sublimation silently in his heart, an intangible force wrapped around the beehive and the bees outside simultaneously.
[Mental Power: 118 → 108]
[Beehive → Large Beehive (Level 3)]
The appearance of the bees underwent slight changes, while the size of the beehive itself directly doubled.
“Did it Sublimate as a whole? Hmm… the potential isn’t exhausted, then let’s continue.”
He silently recited it a second time in his heart.
[Mental Power: 108 → 94]
[Large Beehive → Single-Head Beedrill’s Nest (Level 4)]
The potential was still not exhausted, and Ye Qiyan habitually continued the Sublimation.
But right at this moment, an inexplicable feeling surged into his heart, as if some good thing was about to happen.
[Mental Power: 94 → 61]
[Single-Head Beedrill’s Nest → Beedrill’s Nest (Level 6)]
Jumped from Level 4 to Level Li Xiaosheng
That feeling, what was it?
