101: Chapter 101 Su Xiaoqi's entry levels up to level four!

First-floor carriage.

The vibrations from the large bed were transmitted down through the metal structure of the levitation pod, causing the LED tubes on the ceiling to sway slightly.

Jiang Yanxue rested her blade across her lap, crossed her arms, and looked up at the ceiling.

"It's starting again."

Shen Wanbing pressed her hand against her necklace and remained silent.

Qin Hongye poked the cotton swab deeper into the gun barrel.

With an energy bar in her mouth, Blood Rose glanced upward and muttered in a low voice,

"This... is even more intense than when I used to play with people back at the camp."

Jiang Yanxue kicked the leg of her chair. "Shut up."

Shen Wanxing curled up in the corner of the sofa, covering her ears with both hands, her face bright red, pretending she didn't exist.

Forty minutes later.

A system notification rang out in Chen Chen's mind.

[Ding! A drastic change in Beauty's Karmic Relationship has been detected!]

[Su Xiaoqi's Bond Progress has broken through! Current Level: Lv.4 (12%)!]

[Golden Trait [Gluttonous Feast · Energy Feedback] evolved to Lv.4!]

[Conversion efficiency increased to 12%! Feedback attributes can be precisely designated!]

Immediately following—

[Forbidden Domain Dual Cultivation · Qi and Blood Mutual Nourishment triggered!]

[Detected that the host's constitution (117) far exceeds Beauty Su Xiaoqi's constitution (51); one-way transfer activated.]

[Su Xiaoqi obtained constitution +3! Current constitution: 54!]

[Feedback Check: None of Su Xiaoqi's current attributes are higher than the host's; feedback not triggered.]

[Remaining daily attempts: 2/3.]

Su Xiaoqi lay on the bed, her entire body as limp as melted butter.

But her body was changing.

Muscle fibers were reorganizing, bone density was climbing, and a layer of pale gold energy ripples swept across the surface of her skin.

Her constitution jumped from 51 to 54.

To an ordinary person, it might not seem like much.

But for Su Xiaoqi, these five points of constitution directly raised the base capacity limit of her Gluttony Evolution.

She could eat more, burst with more power, and last longer.

Chen Chen rolled over and scooped Su Xiaoqi out from the pile of pillows.

The little girl's eyes were red, and there were traces of blood on her bitten lips, but she curled into his arms and rubbed against his chest, letting out a tiny whimper.

"Does it still hurt?"

Su Xiaoqi shook her head and buried her face deeper.

After a long while, a muffled, nasal voice came from his chest,

"Brother Chen Chen... will I be able to eat my fill every day from now on?"

"Every day."

"Then... can I come up every night too?"

Chen Chen ruffled her pigtails.

"Depends on your performance."

Su Xiaoqi looked up, her large eyes sparkling, her tear stains not yet dry.

"Then I'll perform better! I'll eat a lot and kill lots of monsters!"

Chen Chen pulled the blanket up to cover her.

There were two attempts left for Forbidden Domain Dual Cultivation.

The full quota of three for tonight had been refreshed, and one had just been used on Su Xiaoqi.

There were still two left.

He threw back the covers and sat up.

Su Xiaoqi held onto his arm, refusing to let go. "Where are you going, Brother?"

"Going downstairs for a bit."

"Are you coming back up?"

"I am."

Only then did Su Xiaoqi let go, shrinking back into the blanket, revealing only half her head and two sparkling, large eyes.

Chen Chen went downstairs.

In the first-floor carriage, six gazes of varying temperatures shot toward him simultaneously.

Shen Wanbing turned her chair, the blue light on her necklace flashing twice.

Jiang Yanxue held her blade.

Blood Rose chewed on her energy bar.

Qin Hongye still had the cotton swab in her hand.

Shen Wanxing buried her face behind a cushion, showing only a pair of light amber eyes.

Chen Chen scanned the room, his gaze finally landing on Shen Wanbing.

"What is your Mental Power now?"

Shen Wanbing's fingers paused for a beat on her necklace.

"Seventy-nine."

Chen Chen's Spirit attribute was eighty-one.

Two points short.

Not yet enough to trigger the feedback condition.

He shifted his gaze to Blood Rose.

Blood Rose stopped chewing her energy bar.

"And you? What is your Charm Value?"

Blood Rose froze for two seconds before opening her panel. "One hundred and twenty-three."

Chen Chen—one hundred and eighty.

Also not enough.

He went through everyone's attribute panels in his mind.

Of the six women currently on the train, the only one with an attribute exceeding his was Shen Wanxing's Luck Value.

The feedback efficiency for the remaining two Forbidden Domain Dual Cultivation attempts would be highest if used on Shen Wanxing.

But Shen Wanxing had already been put through the wringer three times today.

Chen Chen looked toward the corner of the sofa.

Shen Wanxing's face shrank back a bit further behind the cushion.

"...I really can't do it anymore today," her voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

"I didn't say I was looking for you."

Half of Shen Wanxing's head poked out again.

Chen Chen pulled a handful of energy bars from his storage ring and placed them on the folding table.

"Everyone, get some rest early. Tomorrow at the Rusted Waste City will be a tough battle."

Having said that, he turned and went up to the second floor.

At the foot of the stairs, Jiang Yanxue's voice drifted from behind him.

"Aren't you curious about my attributes?"

Chen Chen didn't stop.

"Which of your attributes is higher than mine?"

Jiang Yanxue opened her mouth and scanned her own panel.

constitution? He had one hundred and seventeen.

Spirit? Eighty-one.

agility? Fifty-eight.

Her highest attribute was agility, at forty-seven.

It was eleven points lower.

"...Goodnight."

Chen Chen went upstairs.

Su Xiaoqi was still awake, huddled in the blanket waiting for him.

Seeing him return, her two hands reached out from the blanket, her arms circling his waist.

"Brother."

"Sleep."

"Mm..."

Su Xiaoqi pressed her face against his chest, listening to a heartbeat that far exceeded the frequency of a normal person's, and her breathing soon became even.

Chen Chen closed his eyes, his hand resting on Su Xiaoqi's waist.

His mind was still turning.

Rusted Waste City, Underground Automated Factory.

Over twenty Tier 2 Crypt Aberrations, plus one quasi-Tier 3.

117 points in constitution, 58 points in agility, 81 points in Spirit.

Qin Hongye's gauss rifle would handle long-range targeting.

Su Xiaoqi would act as the melee demolisher once she was full.

Shen Wanbing would provide full-time Radar guidance.

Jiang Yanxue and Blood Rose would be responsible for clearing the perimeter.

It was enough.

He rolled over, pulling Su Xiaoqi and the blanket into his arms.

The little girl's body was two degrees hotter than before; the metabolic enhancement from her increased constitution was continuing to generate heat.

The wasteland outside the window was pitch black, and in the distance, the green fluorescence from the Rusted Waste City flickered.

On the system panel, an unread message appeared at the bottom of his friend list.

Sender: Jiang Jiuyou.

The content was just a single line of coordinate numbers.

—The entrance to the next map.

Chen Chen looked at it for two seconds and then closed the panel.

No rush.

Let's take down the wasteland city first.