Chapter 55: Season Demon King (Third Update, Seeking Monthly Votes!)

Whether netizens' guesses are reliable or not, they don't hinder Qin Chuan's mood being unprecedentedly good.

Having obtained one of the nine golden talents, he already possesses an unparalleled advantage.

And this advantage isn't due to luck; it comes from his golden finger.

Recalling carefully the three talent effects of the sundial needle, Qin Chuan's heart grew ever more delighted.

The first effect: within a kilometer radius, all resources are exposed, greatly increasing his resource acquisition efficiency, akin to a human radar.

The second effect: the range directly increases from one kilometer to ten thousand meters, the only limitation likely being that it can be used only once per entry into the Dream World.

But entering the Dream World once, Qin Chuan finding it difficult to obtain all resources within a ten-thousand-meter radius makes this limitation seem almost nonexistent.

At least at this stage, there is completely no limitation for Qin Chuan.

As for this third effect…

Nowadays, the price of low-grade resources has dropped considerably, but each still costs two to three hundred thousand; three low-grade resources approach a million, and most importantly, they are available but priceless.

He glanced at it, and Qin Chuan couldn't help but pat his own head.

And this, among players, is still considered fast.

One step fast, every step fast.

Anyone with a bit of sense wouldn't sell resources at this stage; basically, it's all barter.

The last ten minutes were too urgent, he was somewhat overwhelmed, forgetting to use the stored experience gems and experience fruits to upgrade Shui Hua, and also forgetting to modify the carried skill.

Locking onto other players can be used to find people.

【Item Carried: 0/1】 【View】

Under such extremely scarce resource conditions, with the sundial needle's third talent effect, Qin Chuan's resource gathering effect will be greatly enhanced.

【Current Supernatural Value: 664】

【Current Active Skill: Dark Current Bind】

【Current Passive Skill: Water Master】

They, at the Juvenile Stage, cannot beat the Growth Tier; they can rely only on ranking rewards.

Think about it, to obtain the three low-grade resources needed for Shui Hua's advancement, he spent a full week: first using Time Stop to battle the Shadow Leopard, then cooperating with Yue Li to kill the Scorchflame Wolf, and finally waiting another full five days, relying on ranking settlement to gather the last resource.

Already in the leading echelon, he will continue to widen the gap with others.

Imagine how hard it is for weaker players to obtain a single low-grade resource.

Taking a deep breath, telling himself to stay low-key and absolutely not reveal his golden talent, Qin Chuan forced himself to calm down, then opened the real-world panel.

Otherwise, he could only rely on money power.

Their strength is inherently weak, so their rankings won't be high either; thus they must collect fragments, unable to get even one low-grade resource in a week, let alone having their contracted spirit beast break through to the Growth Tier, which would take several months.

Locking onto spirit beasts, Qin Chuan temporarily can't think of an application scenario.

But locking onto resources, Qin Chuan is very familiar with that.

Upon reaching the Official Tier, he could have carried an additional active skill.

Fortunately, there's nothing urgent today.

Qin Chuan's expression eased.

Since things have come to this, let's go to class first.

Because his wandering thoughts just now wasted some time, Qin Chuan bought baozi and soy milk from a breakfast shop to go, and walked lightly to school while eating.

All along the way it was exceptionally peaceful, with no mutated animals suddenly appearing.

This is not because the animal mutation phenomenon has ended, but because animal mutation has entered the next stage.

Two days ago, animals that had not yet mutated seemed to have been eliminated by this animal-centric evolution, no longer showing mutation phenomena.

And those animals that have already mutated are continually growing stronger at an astonishing speed.

Humans have purged a large part of them, but when their strength eventually runs out, many mutated animals still manage to escape into remote areas like deep mountains and old forests where few people go.

Contrary to earlier guesses, the mutated animals did not develop in the direction of spirit beasts.

Although their intelligence has increased, they seem to have suffered some negative influence, making their personalities extraordinarily cruel and ferocious, even animals that were once considered gentle.

They lack supernatural control over attributes, but their bodies possess extremely high strength, defense, and supernatural resistance.

More importantly, their forms do not match any known spirit beast species.

Therefore, the Yanhuang State uniformly defines these creatures as demon beasts, distinguishing them from spirit beasts, and grades demon beasts' strength according to the correspondence between spirit beast tiers and strength.

Human cities have temporarily regained safety, but the danger is merely hidden, not truly eliminated.

Entering the classroom, Xiao Pang quickly came over.

"Qin Chuan, how many rewards did you get from the weekly settlement?" he said excitedly, his mood quite good, "I ranked in the top thousand on the Spirit Beast list, obtaining two low-grade resource fragments; if I can keep this up, accumulating five times would let me craft a random low-grade resource!"

"Later, low-grade resources will become more abundant; they probably won't remain as priceless as they are now. When the price drops further, below a hundred thousand, my parents have promised to spend money to buy the remaining two low-grade resources for me." He counted on his fingers, his face full of anticipation.

"Just need a little over a month, and my spirit beast will be able to advance!"

"Before the college entrance exam, I can become an Official Tier beastmaster!" He couldn't help but chuckle foolishly, "I don't know what kind of talent I will obtain!"

Qin Chuan fell silent for a moment, turned his head to look at Xiao Pang immersed in his own fantasy, his expression somewhat complex.

Originally he had wanted to share his breakthrough joy with Xiao Pang, but now that thought suddenly vanished.

In the end, he said nothing, merely patting Xiao Pang's shoulder, "My rewards aren't few either; let's work hard together!"

The daytime liberal arts class ended quickly, and by evening, students from the four classes gathered in the multimedia lecture hall for the Supernatural Theory class.

The professor of Supernatural Theory had already entered the second unit, which is also the part Qin Chuan is most interested in—the study of the water system.

When the previous Lightning System course ended, Zhou Zixiu organized a small quiz; Qin Chuan's score placed him in the top fifty among the four classes, which, compared to his earlier liberal arts class ranking, is already quite a bit of progress.

Because of Supernatural Theory, he is even more interested.

And interest is the best teacher.

As the class bell rang, Zhou Zixiu stepped into the classroom on the beat of the bell.

「Students, turn to page 34 of your textbook. Today we will discuss an important physical concept for water systems—hydraulics. This part of the knowledge…」

His steady voice echoed in the classroom, while beneath the podium came the rustling of note-taking.

The power of knowledge is irresistible; thus, when an hour-long class ends, the students still feel somewhat unsatisfied.

Qin Chuan checked his notebook, making sure nothing was missing, then packed his bag, dragged Xiao Pang to the big playground, preparing for the class of the Season Demon King.

This is the nickname that everyone secretly gave Ji Huai after six days of lessons.

(End of chapter)