Chapter 476

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"???"

"150,000 — even if you sold me off, it wouldn't be enough!"

Yet the system seemed not to have heard Qin Bei's complaint at all.

It went on.

【Upgrading from 7-star to 8-star requires 500,000 energy points】

【Upgrading from 8-star to 9-star requires 1,000,000 energy points】

Qin Bei fell into dead silence.

1,000,000……

The energy points he had obtained so far didn't even seem to reach 100,000.

Hey, wait!

It hadn't even been three months since he got the system.

Rounding up, it was roughly 100,000 energy points.

Put that way—

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1,000,000 didn't seem like that much either.

Qin Bei did a rough calculation.

Upgrading from 1-star all the way to 9-star would take roughly 1,830,000 or so.

Rounded up, that's 2,000,000!

Looks like he'd have to pick a Kamen Rider and grind hard.

First, grind it up to 9-star.

He shook his head.

All that could wait.

The pressing matter was to upgrade 01 to 4-star first.

He took out beast cores and some medicinal herbs he had no use for.

Piled them all up before his eyes.

Qin Bei drew in a deep breath.

Then his spiritual force swept over them.

【Energy-containing substances detected. Would the host like to offer them? This offering is expected to yield 8,356 energy points.】

Thirty-four thousand — enough!

"System! Upgrade Kamen Rider Zero-One!"

Qin Bei said, suppressing his excitement.

【This upgrade requires 30,000 energy points. Would the host like to proceed?】

"Upgrade!"

【Upgrading… Upgrade successful! Congratulations to the host on obtaining 4-star Kamen Rider Zero-One!】

4-star!

Qin Bei, brimming with excitement, immediately summoned the Zero-One Driver, which materialized from his body.

On the black portions of the driver—

Golden patterns began to appear.

It carried an added air of majesty.

And looked even more dashing.

He casually took out a Progrise Key.

Inside the blue, jade-like Progrise Key—

At the very top, where the trigger sat—

A touch of gold appeared.

"Is this… the power within the Progrise Key manifesting itself?"

Qin Bei murmured to himself.

The key he'd casually pulled out was none other than the Awakening Hopper Progrise Key.

Unlike the other keys, which felt like cheap plastic—

The Awakening Hopper was like jade.

Held in the hand, it was wonderfully warm.

Like a ray of light.

And that golden portion within the key—

Was it the power of hope?

Perhaps.

He'd know in a couple of days.

Time flowed on.

Before he knew it, a day had passed.

Qin Bei sat with his eyes closed atop a boulder, cultivating.

The martial artist had broken through to Tier 4.

Then, the Beast Tamer must naturally redouble his efforts.

He also looks forward to the fourth Masked Rider.

Just as Qin Bei was striving to cultivate,

Zea suddenly lit up.

"President, the nanobugs have been successfully developed." Six.