Chapter 260: Ice Cream Evolution! [Side Activity Chapter] (May 2700 Monthly Ticket Bonus)

Taking the page Qin Chuan passed back, Yue Li slipped the page into her notebook, then her gaze quietly fixed on a corner of the page.

Behind her mask, the corner of her mouth lifted slightly, then she focused again, earnestly listening to Academician Li's lecture.

Her peripheral vision would occasionally flick to Qin Chuan, and when she saw him wearing an expression identical to the one he showed in the Dream World when puzzled, she would silently smile, quickly write out the steps of the derivation, and hand them to him.

Zheng Xiao Yu, sitting between the two, gazed up at the sky speechlessly.

You said you'd handle the cover yourself? As expected, her name isn't good.

With a 'fish' in her name, how could it not be redundant? She stared blankly at the pages being passed back and forth in front of her; when the mid-class break bell rang, Zheng Xiao Yu could no longer hold back: "Qin Chuan, let's switch seats."

"Ah… okay." Qin Chuan nodded, unable to resist glancing at Lin Yue.

Whenever he struggled to understand something, the other would timely hand over a note; the detailed derivation on it gave him a sudden sense of clarity.

Relying on the other's notes, he actually understood most of the first half of the lesson just now.

Is this the worth of the top science scholar of Yanjing City?

It's simply too strong.

After swapping seats with Zheng Xiao Yu and sitting beside Lin Yue, Qin Chuan spoke sincerely, "Thank you for your notes; they're really useful."

"You're welcome." Lin Yue spoke softly, her masked face revealing no emotion, "As long as it's useful."

After saying that, Lin Yue lowered her head to write and draw in her notebook, seemingly organizing her earlier notes.

Seeing that, Qin Chuan didn't want to disturb her, stayed quiet, flipped through the lesson's content, and meanwhile communicated with the Shui Hua in his mind.

"Shui Hua, how much of the lesson just now did you understand?"

Shui Hua stayed silent for a while, then let out a sound.

"Woof!" (I didn't understand at all, after all I'm just a dog.) "All right." Qin Chuan rubbed his forehead, "You need to try harder."

If Shui Hua could learn it, he wouldn't need to study.

Shui Hua, the road ahead is long and heavy!

Shui Hua: "…"

The class bell rang again, ending the break.

As Academician Li walked onto the podium, the classroom instantly fell silent.

After a brief review of the previous lesson's content, new knowledge points appeared one by one.

The notes in front of Qin Chuan also began to increase.

After class, other students filed out of the classroom; Qin Chuan rubbed his aching temples, glanced at Lin Yue beside him, and said, "Thank you; is there anything you need me to help with?"

Fluid mechanics is the most important knowledge of the water system; after just one lesson, he felt his understanding of dark current binding had greatly improved, and there were many ways to adjust his past ability usage.

Without Lin Yue's notes, he would have completely wasted this precious lesson.

"Then you…" Lin Yue's voice paused, "Could you push my wheelchair over here?"

"Sure." Qin Chuan nodded, stepped out from the desk, and pushed the wheelchair placed at the back of the classroom to the aisle beside Lin Yue.

Lin Yue glanced at Zheng Xiao Yu, who understood, stepped forward, embraced Yue Li sideways, and gently placed her in the wheelchair.

Watching Lin Yue hold her materials and notebook with one hand and control the wheelchair's forward motion with the other, Qin Chuan blinked, "Wait, was that what you needed my help with just now?"

"Exactly." Lin Yue tilted her head, her voice tinged with a smile.

Zheng Xiao Yu waved at Qin Chuan and hurried to catch up.

Watching the two women's receding backs, Qin Chuan gave a dazed smile.

He needed to take back his previous aloof judgment.

"Ding-ling—" the phone rang; Qin Chuan came to, glanced at the caller ID, and answered.

"There's some bad news and worse news." Long Ji's voice carried a hint of helplessness from the other end of the line: "The bad news is another B‑level dungeon has been hit."

"The total number of dungeons has already exceeded five figures; B‑level dungeons make up about ten percent. If it weren't for the sharp increase in elite players, we couldn't finish the strategy in time, let alone the fact that ominous dungeons exist inside."

"We've announced the situation of the ominous dungeons worldwide, but there are always some folks who, the more you warn them of danger, the more they want to try."

"That B‑level dungeon will descend in 46 hours; we only hope it appears near us so we can deal with it right away."

"Hopefully." Qin Chuan fell silent for a moment, "What's the worse news?"

"The Imperial Observatory still hasn't found any trace of Dalai Sai." Long Ji's voice grew grave, "He specializes in water‑system power, and seventy percent of Blue Star's surface is water, making it too easy to hide."

"We can only activate the Energy Monitoring Mode, judging his movements by fluctuations of extraordinary energy, but so far no strong‑ish suspicious fluctuations have appeared."

After hearing Long Ji finish, Qin Chuan's expression grew even more solemn.

This truly is a worse piece of news.

On the surface, Dalai Sai isn't stirring up trouble on Blue Star.

But in fact…

This guy came to Blue Star by lowering his own power level.

He's made no move; he's likely secretly recovering his strength.

Qin Chuan's eyes drooped slightly.

Ice Cream's evolution cannot wait. —

"Clang—"

A phantom forging hammer came down heavily, instantly shattering the nine Halo equipment materials.

Countless light points from the shattered materials merged and coalesced, finally forming a piece of Halo equipment resembling an ice‑crystal crown.

【Congratulations to the player for successfully crafting Halo equipment: Frigid Crown, gaining the equipment affix: Eternal Winter (Halo Level 9)】

【Eternal Winter (Halo Level 9): Each time you inflict damage on the target, you add one layer of mark; each layer increases final damage bonus by 4.5%】

This time entering the Dream World, the nine nearby S‑level secret realms had no top‑tier rewards, and with Ice Cream still lacking many resources for its epic breakthrough, Qin Chuan and Yue Li finally decided to conquer two A‑level 5‑star secret realms to gather resources.

Compared to the earlier A‑level 1‑star realms, the 5‑star secret realms drop far more resources, and the total points earned after a successful clear rose from 30,000 to 50,000.

After the conquest ended, he immediately began preparing Ice Cream's breakthrough.

This equipment stat in the attack direction gave him quite a surprise.

Each damage adds a mark, each layer of mark increases final damage, meaning Ice Cream's each strike will be stronger than the previous one.

It's just that the numbers are a bit obsessive-compulsive.

Coincidentally, after Frost Extinction rose to Moon Halo level 1, there has been no chance to further strengthen it.

"Tie Chui! Come help!"

【Eternal Winter (Moon Halo level 10): Each time damage is dealt to the opponent, add one layer of mark to them; each layer of mark increases final damage bonus by 5%】

【Frost Extinction (Moon Halo level 10): Attack increased by 105%, 30% chance to crit, attack increase effect doubled】

Hmm, comfortable.

Looking at the fully maxed equipment stats, Qin Chuan nodded in satisfaction, embedding six epic-grade resources into the advanced formation, and then embedding the Frost Crown into the evolution formation.

As the two formations overlapped, a dazzling light burst forth instantly.

Ice Cream, evolve——

(End of chapter)