9: Chapter 9 Lottery! God-Level Evolution Plan
【 Current cultivation value: 304. Would you like to view the cultivation value log? 】
Huh! 304 points of cultivation value?
A look of surprise flashed across Li Yu's eyes.
He remembered very clearly that after three lottery draws, his cultivation value had bottomed out. Even after evolving the Starlight Wolf King and recovering, it was only 172 points.
Where did the extra points come from?
"View log," Li Yu said.
【 Starlight Wolf King defeated a former rival, washing away past shame. cultivation value + 20. 】
【 Starlight Wolf King felt the envy of his little companions. cultivation value + 5. 】
【 Starlight Wolf King craves opponents. How lonely it is to be invincible... cultivation value + 5. 】
【 ... 】
Li Yu: "..."
Good grief!
The Starlight Wolf King really scored big this time!
"It seems that taking the cultivation route is correct. As long as I cultivate more beast pets, as they fight and live, as long as they appreciate me, the cultivation value will only increase."
Li Yu nodded in satisfaction and immediately said: "System, give me 3 lottery draws."
Clatter, clatter...
The sound of a spinning wheel rang out.
Li Yu looked around, but nothing had changed in the surroundings. He even reached out to touch the air, but felt nothing.
Truly magical.
Ding!
【 Congratulations, host! You have obtained 1 "Low-grade Fire evolution card". 】
Fire evolution card?
With a thought from Li Yu, the space in front of him twisted. A ball of fire appeared out of thin air, compressing into a fiery red card.
【 Fire evolution card: Low-grade. Can be used on fire-type beast pets with a quality no higher than Extraordinary. Upon use, it randomly unlocks a high-quality fire evolution route. 】
It was similar to the general-purpose cards, except this one narrowed down the applicable group.
Li Yu looked at the card, but his attention was not on the card itself, but on the few small words in the description—high-quality fire evolution route.
Or rather, the words "high-quality".
Hopefully, this is also an S-rank evolution route.
...
Ding!
【 Congratulations, host, you have obtained "Better luck next time". 】
...
Only one lottery draw remained.
This time, the wheel spun for an exceptionally long time. Li Yu waited quietly, his heart pounding.
Ding!
Li Yu's heart jolted.
【 Congratulations, host, you have obtained 1 "god-tier evolution scheme". Please select the target. 】
This time, no card appeared, and no other items dropped.
"System, what is a god-tier evolution scheme?" Li Yu asked.
【 Congratulations, host. The god-tier evolution scheme covers all evolution routes for the specified monster. The host can choose one from all available evolution routes as the final evolution route. 】
Just that?
It didn't sound like anything special; it was just manual selection instead of the previous randomness.
Li Yu asked: "System, where is the card?"
【 The god-tier evolution scheme is a virtual prize and has no physical card. Remaining valid time: 3 minutes. 】
Li Yu's eyes widened: "3 minutes? System, are you even capable?"
After a brief silence.
【 Remaining valid time: 2 minutes. 】
"That's not right! System, you're cheating. It's only been a dozen seconds, and you've already taken away 1 minute of my time. That's 60 seconds!"
Li Yu protested.
He stood by the hospital bed in the quiet room, with only his own muttering, looking like a fool.
【 Remaining valid time: 1 minute. 】
Deducting again!
Li Yu opened his mouth, but held back the words he was about to say.
He was certain now—this system was conscious, not some dull robot.
If he protested again, it might really confiscate the reward.
Thinking of this, Li Yu looked around and saw a plastic bucket in the bathroom. He hurriedly filled it with some water and raised his hand to summon.
A faint blue light shot into the water, transforming into a finger-sized, entirely azure, and quite beautiful Bubble Fish.
This was his beast pet.
An ornamental beast pet with a memory of only 7 seconds.
"System, use 'god-tier evolution scheme'. The target is my beast pet—Bubble Fish."
As Li Yu's words fell, a ray of colorful light shot from between his brows and hit the Bubble Fish. The latter immediately went rigid, and then, Li Yu's vision went black.
When his consciousness returned, he found himself in endless darkness, floating, surrounded by cold, damp, and eerie surroundings.
Swish...
There was the sound of flowing water.
Li Yu turned with difficulty and saw the Bubble Fish wrapped in a glowing ball of water, swaying on its own. From its body, dozens of glowing threads radiated, extending in the same direction.
"This is..."
【 Welcome to the Evolution Abyss. Please select the required evolution route before your mental energy is exhausted. 】
The system's voice rang out coldly. At the same time, Li Yu felt his mental energy being consumed bit by bit.
There was no time to think.
Li Yu looked back at the Bubble Fish, then thrashed his limbs, swimming as if in water, floating upward along the threads.
He could feel that something was watching him. A feeling of chills running down his back made him subconsciously speed up.
There was something in the darkness!
Many things!
He suppressed the unease in his heart and increased his speed. Soon, balls of light appeared before him, connected to the threads.
There were a dozen of them.
1. Elemental Evolution - Tidal Fish (Excellent): A void fish in the tides, capable of invoking tidal power, low intelligence, outstanding combat power;
2. Atavistic Evolution - Giant Helmet Fish (Excellent): Activates ancient genes, evolves into an amphibious crawling fish, huge size, skilled in ramming;
3. Elemental Evolution - Explosive Ice Fish (Extraordinary): Mutated by absorbing a large amount of cold air, the Bubbles it spits have impressive explosive effects;
4...
Li Yu swept his gaze over them. There were a dozen or so, covering various evolution methods, from Excellent to Extraordinary, with some slightly lesser ones being Excellent, and other threads extending even higher.
But all the evolution routes were ones he had never heard of in the original host's memories.
Could it be that these were all undiscovered evolution routes?
Li Yu was surprised.
Feeling his mental energy being consumed, Li Yu knew he had no time to daze off and had to make a choice as soon as possible.
He looked at the evolution for 【Explosive Ice Fish】, reached out, but suddenly paused just before touching it.
god-tier evolution scheme!
It's a scheme, not a route... In other words, it doesn't necessarily refer to just one route?
It could also be a series of them!
Li Yu gritted his teeth, kicked his legs, and continued to float upward.
There was more above!
He continued to float upward, like a drowning person lunging toward the surface of the water. The sound of swishing water echoed all around him, surrounding him.
It was the things in the darkness!
They had set their sights on Li Yu, circling him. They were closer, but seemed to be wary of something and hesitated to approach.
Even so, the sense of oppression made Li Yu so nervous that his limbs were almost cramping. He held his breath and, using all his strength, swam upward bit by bit.
Soon, he saw seven or eight more balls of light.
Elemental Evolution - Weak Water Ying Fish...
Physical Evolution - Giant Bone Fish...
Pass!
Li Yu gritted his teeth and continued to swim upward.
The consumption of mental energy was directly reflected in his body. His limbs grew heavier and heavier, and his movements became slower and slower, but Li Yu's altitude continued to rise.
One level, two levels, three levels...
As Li Yu swam upward, the things surrounding him in the darkness increased, and their state became more and more anxious. A few times, the "swishing" sound of water almost slammed into him.
But before they could get close, the movement would vanish, and a faint, mournful scream would ring out, like a ghost being tortured.
Gradually, the balls of light Li Yu saw became fewer and fewer.
From the initial dozen, to seven or eight, then to four or five...
But with each level higher, the balls of light that appeared were brighter. By the time only 2 or 3 remained, the light was like the moon on the sixteenth day of the lunar month, sparkling brightly.
Still not enough!
Li Yu saw it—at a higher point, the threads led to only one ball of light.
Golden.
Like the sun!
But he had reached his limit...
Li Yu felt as if he were soaked in ice water, his limbs stiff, his whole body freezing. The cold ignored his skin, drilling into his limbs and bones, freezing him until he almost fainted.
Suddenly, he bit down on his tongue.
The fishy, sweet taste of blood, accompanied by piercing pain, gave Li Yu a jolt of mental energy, and his body seemed to heat up.
Taking advantage of this momentum, he lunged upward.
Suddenly, a ray of golden light shot from the sun-like ball of light, hitting Li Yu's eyes squarely.
"Ah!!!"