Chapter 424: Sophia

【Congratulations on leveling up! Current level: lv55 (Master)】【Your Max HP +17, Attack +15, Spell Strength +18, Defense +13, Toughness +2, Dodge +30, Speed +4, Precision Correction +15, Critical Hit +2%, Charm +5.】【Player data updating. Update complete!】【Name: Yun Mu (Favorite of the Gods · God of Fear and Plague? · Sleepy Cat · Civilization Spreader · Qi Painter) 【Evil God】

Level: lv55 (Master) Race: God?

Age: 16 years old

Max HP: 220 Attack: 148 Spell Strength: 180 Defense: 70 Toughness: 25)

Dodge: 175 Speed: 50 Precision Correction: 180 Critical Hit: 52% Qi: 1856/1856 【lv1 (10): All Attributes +1】

【lv2 (100): All Attributes +5, Qi Strength recovery speed +10%】

【lv3 (1000): All Attributes +10, Qi Strength recovery speed +30%】

Equipment omitted

Traits: Cold Resistance. Omitted. Master Thief, Elegant Speech, High Heel Dancer, Shooting Mastery, Butcher, Pounce Expert, Seal Bearer, Creator (Fake) Passive Skills: Pickpocketing lv10, Lockpicking lv8, Deception lv5, Dance lv7, Spiritual Painting lv8, Blood Hunting lv7, Social Etiquette lv7, Painting Harmonization lv5, High Heels lv9, Swordsmanship lv8, Mysticism lv8, Mecha Piloting lv6, Mechanical Repair lv8, Shooting lv7, Navigation lv4, Basic Qi Training lv10, Qi Refining Method lv1, Painting Draft Substitute lv2, Cooking lv4, Alchemy lv2, Swimming lv10.

Active Skills: Cutting lv7, Evil Mark lv4, Mental Shock lv8, Pounce lv6, Claw Swipe lv4, Bite lv5, Encapsulation lv6, Dark Magic: Shadow Manipulation lv7, Construct into Reality lv6.

Status: Blessing of the Night, Ghost Sea Oath, Ice Flame Possession, Victorious Triumph Path: Scarlet lv4 (197/300), Cat lv3 (45/80), Painting lv4 (0/300), Civilization lv4 (25/300), Desire lv2 (1/30), Plague lv6 (0/1500), Writer lv1 (1/10), Death lv1 (5/10), Nuclear Fusion lv1 (Cannot be upgraded) 【Dungeon Exploration】 (On cooldown)

"Miss Yun, Miss Yun?"

In a daze, Yun Mu felt someone shaking her body. She opened her eyes and found Brenna and Lucy looking at her with some worry.

"You're awake?"

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Seeing her open her eyes, Brenna asked hurriedly.

"Uh, I don't seem to feel uncomfortable anywhere, if anything..."

It feels kind of good.

She remembered that she had previously used the skills of the Burning Ring and the Rotten Wood Staff at the same time.

At that moment, she only felt as if her thinking had been accelerated to the limit in an instant, and then the experience accumulated over the past days surged into her mind like an explosion.

Messages about skill level increases kept popping up on the Game Panel, and as the skill levels rose, her attribute values and experience points were rising in sync. "How long has it been?" Yun Mu rubbed her head, discovering that she didn't know when they had already returned to the real world.

And on the Game Panel, there were several messages she hadn't noticed.

For instance, at the moment she was thinking—

【You triggered the effect of the 【Rotten Wood Staff】's skill 【Contemplation】, entering an 【Eureka】 moment!】 "Eureka" was originally Ancient Greek; the term is also translated as "Eureka" in Chinese. Since the original word came from spoken language, it is generally translated as "Eureka."

It means: "Good! I've got it!"

The Ancient Greek Scholar Archimedes once took a bath in a tub, suddenly had an inspiration, and discovered the method to solve the buoyancy calculation problem he had long been unable to solve, so he shouted "Eureka" in surprise, and from then on discovered Archimedes' principle.

The above content is from Baidu. Wait, why does it feel like this sentence was said somewhere before?

So, she had actually entered an 【Eureka】 moment? No wonder it led to so many skill levels increasing.

But then again, Yun Mu picked up the Rotten Wood Staff and clicked on the equipment's attribute panel.

The probability of 【Contemplation】 triggering 【Eureka】 is only 0.01%, and she actually managed to run into it? Sure enough, girls who love to smile have good luck; it must be because she accumulates virtue in her daily life that she has such luck.

And just as she was thinking about these random things, Lucy and Brenna had already told her the current situation.

"I've been unconscious for three days?" Hearing what the two said, Yun Mu was somewhat surprised.

"Actually, more than three days." Lucy corrected: "After starting to contemplate, Miss Yun just stood in the Dungeon motionless, and no matter what we said, there was no response."

"Because I could see you were still thinking, I didn't stop you right away. Anyway, even without breathing, Miss Yun wouldn't have any issues."

"And after about five or six days passed by subjective feeling, because the Spirituality was exhausted, the effect of the Burning Ring disappeared. We dug away the rotten mud and pried open the tip of the Rotten Wood Staff, and after the Rotten Wood Staff left the ground, that rotten mud also disappeared along with it."

"You have been unconscious ever since then. Brenna and I brought you out of the Dungeon, and until three days later, which is now, you finally woke up."

She explained to Yun Mu as concisely as possible.

"Has it been so long?" Yun Mu scratched her cheek, feeling a bit embarrassed. From her subjective feeling, it actually hadn't been that long.

Maybe, perhaps just about half an hour?

"Sorry for making you worry." She said.

"Well, I'm fine..." Lucy's face flushed slightly, and she looked away, saying: "It's just that someone was worried to death, couldn't sleep at night, and even came to ask me if we should have..."

"Miss Lucy—" Brenna raised her little fist and pounded her shoulder, somewhat shy and angry.

"Right, there's one more thing, I almost forgot." Lucy suddenly thought of something at this moment: "Yesterday, someone from the Federation came, saying they wanted to hold an award ceremony to thank those who made outstanding contributions during the disaster. They specifically came to invite you to attend... The time is in half a month."

"Award ceremony?"

A question mark slowly appeared above Yun Mu's head. She didn't know what these guys in the Federation were trying to pull.

"I'm not going to attend that award ceremony. According to the original plan, I intend to leave the Federation in a few days." She said.

The Federation was quite fun at first. Although the upper-level councilors were corrupt and the bottom-level citizens lived hard lives, to be honest, what did that have to do with her?

As for now, perhaps the future of the Federation will be brighter, but there's nothing to see in a city that has been razed to the ground. So their tour in the Federation is about over.

However, Yun Mu suddenly had a second thought. The award ceremony should have a very high level of attention, right?

She had no interest in becoming famous, but if she could increase the points of certain Paths, or get some other titles, going to attend it wouldn't be a big deal.

It's just saying a few words in front of the Federation's citizens anyway.

Hmm... what a bother.

Should she attend or not?

Click—

Just as Yun Mu was struggling with the decision, the door to the room was suddenly pushed open.

"Is Miss Yun awake!? I think I just heard her voice!"

Lita, with her chestnut short hair braided into a side ponytail that added a touch of vitality, appeared outside the room door wearing a light gray apron.

And behind her followed Elena and Iliyasi.

"Lita?" Yun Mu first called the young girl's name, then looked at her with some curiosity: "What is this outfit..."

"Ah, you mean this?" Lita was stunned for a moment, then slightly lifted the hem of her apron.

"I've been learning cooking from Elena recently~ After a while, I will definitely make Miss Yun look at me with new eyes!"

"Huh?" This time it was Yun Mu's turn to be somewhat puzzled.

"Aren't you able to cook?" she said.

She highly approved of Master Edward's Cooking, and if one were to compare him to Elena, Yun Mu felt the older man was still a cut above.

Therefore, as Edward's daughter, why would Lita go to Elena to learn Cooking?

"Well, about that," Lita stuck out her tongue, looking a bit embarrassed: "Actually, saying I could cook was a lie; that time I treated Miss Yun to a meal was my first time practicing~"

Beside her, Elena added, "Miss Lita's theoretical experience is very rich, it's just that her hands-on ability is slightly... well."

"I, I have been working hard lately!" Hearing Elena's words, Lita's face turned red instantly.

"There's no need to..." Yun Mu wanted to say that Lita could just practice more on her own, as there didn't seem to be any need to learn from Elena, but before she could finish, she was interrupted by Lita.

"That... how should I put it? Although there was nothing wrong with what Dad said about letting Miss Yun take care of me at the time, I really am still a bit unwilling to accept it." Lita lowered her head, looking somewhat awkward, her two fingers twisting together behind her back.

There were some things she had hidden in her heart for a long time, but she had never said them out loud.

And after experiencing this Federation crisis, she had finally thought many things through clearly.

"I am clearly the older one, yet it seems I have to rely on you for help with everything. If possible, I don't want to always be standing behind Miss Yun."

"Do you remember when we first met a few months ago? Back then, you weren't even a Transcendental yet!"

Seemingly holding a "nothing to lose" attitude, Lita gradually poured out the thoughts in her heart.

"At that time, I was always interacting with Miss Yun with the mindset of an older sister, but in the end, it became harder and harder to say that out loud..."

"O-of course, I don't have any strange desire to compete or control or anything, it's just, it's just..."

"Every time I see your backs blocking the way in front, I get a strange feeling of being left behind, as if our worlds have never intersected, as if we are just familiar strangers."

At first, she loathed her own weakness and trained desperately, finally breaking through to the Second-tier Elite level before arriving at the Federation.

But before she could even feel joy, the strength of Yun Mu and Brenna, as well as the enemies they faced, made Lita doubt her reason for holding a sword.

Perhaps one day she would be able to break through to the Master level, but by then, what level would Miss Yun's back have reached?

She dared not think; she tossed and turned, unable to sleep, yet had no way out.

If one day in the future, the bond between the two faded, and all that remained was the sentiment from when Lita and Edward took care of Yun Mu, then when that sentiment was also exhausted, what would be left?

"Even if I can't catch up to Miss Yun's back, I still want to do something for you, so, so..."

"So that's why you wanted to learn as quickly as possible?" Yun Mu had completely understood her meaning.

"In that case..."

Recalling the bits and pieces since she transmigrated, it seemed that from the very beginning, Lita's figure had been there helping her throughout.

It was laughable that she had only just realized Lita's thoughts now.

However, it was not yet too late.

【Partner Recruitment Ticket】

Yun Mu took this item used for recruiting companions out from the space within the Divine Blood Pendant and said to Lita with great sincerity:

"Become my Partner, Lita!"

(End of chapter)