132. Lucky Opening
Actually... Li Aozi thought that even if there were truly capable [Mediums] in Tianhuan, they would likely be from noble families. It would be difficult for him to hire one.
Li Aozi planned to learn specialized professional knowledge in his own way, find Nomi's body, and then locate the [Plunderer] who took the other half of Nomi's soul to reclaim it.
Compared to aimless soul summoning, having the soul would lower the skill requirement for a [Medium]. Someone like Snow or even Agent Yavanna could handle it.
Li Aozi glanced at the panel. Due to completing five tier-crossing battles, his template had been upgraded to a [Senior Combat NPC], enjoying a 10% health cap increase and a 15% damage rate.
Looking further down, the mission rewards from "Remember Them" were especially abundant, providing enough experience to level his main profession to level 40, despite the experience penalty for teaming up with the moldy one.
[Main Profession [Mutant] has been upgraded to lv.40]
[Based on your specialization, you gain the following benefits: Charisma +15]
His base [Charisma] instantly reached 65 points. With an additional 3 points from jewelry equipment, the main attribute remained [Charisma], keeping the effect of [Perpetual • Love Hunt] active, at 130% effectiveness.
The final [Charisma] actual yield result was 88.4 points.
This value was already at the top of the Gamma-tier level. Even the professor's main attribute [Intelligence] was more than twenty points lower than his [Charisma].
Upon reaching 100 points, [Mutant] would undergo a qualitative change.
[Total level has reached the promotion standard]
With the main profession at level 40, Li Aozi checked the requirements for advancing to Beta-tier:
[Tier promotion requirement: Achieve three perfect mutations]
This was relatively easy. The completion of the "Remember Them" mission directly gave Li Aozi four perfect mutation reset options. He just had to wait for the mutations to occur.
After this series of operations, Li Aozi had enough experience left over after leaving some for resets. He didn't rush to allocate it to his secondary profession [Biochemist] as he also needed to nurture [Artisan].
Once again, he was short on experience.
However, considering Li Aozi's calculations, he would soon face a problem:
The 60-level profession advancement.
The [Resonator] inheritance he intended to advance to wasn't on the Azure Star. In fact, the Azure Star didn't have a path for levels beyond 60.
[It seems I need to go to space sooner.]
With [Blood of Immortality], Li Aozi wasn't worried about his lifespan as long as he rested frequently to avoid a short lifespan. Genetic overload and damage could also be repaired.
However, the downside of [Blood of Immortality] soon became apparent. Li Aozi quickly grew bored, unable to wake from dormancy unless in a life-threatening situation.
But there was no danger now.
Li Aozi figured that only Law IV and Law III agents might come after him. Considering he defeated the Beta-tier professor, Law III and Law IV would probably send several Beta-tiers to kill him.
In the worst-case scenario, they'd deploy professional troops. Surely, they wouldn't bring a mecha?
Unless Frost-Plated wanted to start a war?
Not entirely impossible, given Law IV's vindictive nature. Li Aozi decided to prepare for the worst.
From Frost-Plated's attempt to catch up with the full-speed armored train Youth, it would take at least an hour. This was enough time for [Blood of Immortality] to repair 30% of his [Genetic Overload] effect.
As long as he could use Omega Energy and move, Li Aozi could fight.
Boredom during recovery was demoralizing, but Qiu Ran kept chatting with him, sharing many delicate emotions typical of girls, often talking about family anecdotes. Thinking about soon returning home put Qiu Ran in a good mood, often making her laugh halfway through her stories.
"When I go back and make a lot of money, I also want to try going to university and then buy a D2000 floating car—hey, are you even listening?"
Qiu Ran seemed to notice that Li Aozi was listening, giving him a sidelong glance:
"Do you want to keep listening? Forget it, just rest well."
She wiped the sweat off Li Aozi's face with a towel, then turned to leave, advising:
"I'll go give Ms. Celia a hand. You rest well!"
Saying this, Qiu Ran opened the ward door, closed it gently, and looked up to see Ms. Celia recording information on various instrument panels.
"Ms. Celia? Can I help with anything?"
"Oh, it's Miss Qiu Ran." Celia smiled and said, "I was about to say, we're about to enter the underground soon, but there's a new wave of beast tide that might attack us, and I need to operate the weapon system to counterattack."
"That's a tough job," Qiu Ran said with concern, "How can I help?"
"Could you take some gasoline to the young guards at the back of the train? This way, if mutant beasts get close, they can light fires to drive them away."
She pointed to two gasoline barrels stacked nearby:
"Two barrels should be enough. The mutant beasts usually can't keep up."
"No problem." Qiu Ran patted her barely noticeable biceps and chuckled: "Leave it to me."
"Thanks a lot."
Qiu Ran picked up the two heavy gasoline barrels and headed to the back carriages.
She passed through the first-class carriage, the infirmary, and the sleeper compartment, and just as she was about to open the hard-seat carriage door, she suddenly stopped.
For some reason, she felt a mysterious sense of foreboding warning her.
'Don't open the door!'
"Am I just too tired?"
Qiu Ran wiped her sweat, indeed feeling a bit palpitated, having not eaten since the attack on the Abyss Humanitarian Relief six hours ago.
There didn't seem to be any noise inside, indicating that the argument between the outsiders and Frost-Plated people had ended.
It made no sense to her why the lower-class people, who were all oppressed by Frost-Plated, would argue or even fight over such matters. Wasn't life the most precious thing?
Being alive means you can earn money, eat delicious food, bask in the artificial sun's light to tan beautifully, and meet interesting people to make friends with.
In short, living is the best. As long as you are alive, you can always prove your worth.
Qiu Ran thought:
"Looks like I'm afraid of dying too."
So, let's help out a bit more.
Qiu Ran took out her water bottle, drank some water to suppress her palpitations, and unlocked the hard-seat carriage door.
Click—
The sliding door opened to the side, and Qiu Ran bent down, picked up the two heavy gasoline barrels, took a deep breath, and looked up.
Just as she looked up, she saw a bolt-action rifle aimed at her face, and the black muzzle slowly lit up with flames.
Bang!
The gasoline barrels fell to the ground, slowly leaking thick liquid, filling the air with a pungent smell.