The Shop Resets / Chu Dingdang's Test Subject and the Abandoned Mech

Gwen listened attentively to Eden's description and memorized it all. After Eden finished speaking, he solemnly thanked him.

"This is all I can do; I hope it helps you."

Although Eden's voice carried a hint of weariness, it remained elegant and composed, as if imbued with a certain rhythm.

Yes, it will.

Gwen nodded solemnly, then smiled slightly and said gently.

"Get some rest first, Eden. Get well soon so I can witness your prowess."

"Okay, goodnight, Gwen. Get some rest."

This time, Eden didn't think much of it, replied with a smile, and then fell silent. The light in the golden Crystal Flower also quickly became much more subdued.

"..."

Once the fluctuations of Eden's soul had subsided, Gwen gently closed the lid.

"Call..."

Gwen let out a long breath and relaxed.

Although a minor mishap occurred due to over-reliance on the characters' past Remembrance, the exchange went relatively smoothly overall, and Gwen and Eden achieved a friendly relationship.

Even if both sides have things they didn't explicitly say, this is normal for two mature adults.

Gwen doesn't believe he has the ability of that pink fat woman to quickly win Eden's heart.

The appearance of Eden also confirmed Gwen's previous conjecture that the souls nurtured by his "Spirit Awakening Scripture" are not limited to bloodlines. The golden Crystal Flower, which embodies a lot of longing, can also serve as... Holy Relic (?).

In this way...

With these thoughts in mind, Gwen returned to his bedroom and took out a specially made box. Looking at the Crystal Flower inside, which occasionally seemed to shimmer with a faint light, a sense of confidence quietly grew within him.

Even if they were resurrected, it wouldn't change Kevin's mind, but it would give Gwen a chance to change the future.

Moreover, the return of some of the most outstanding talents from the Previous Civilization to this world will also greatly benefit Gwen.

As for revealing his own "Nourish Soul with Soul" characteristic to Eden, wasn't that a bit ill-considered?

Eden, as the person involved, couldn't have been unaware of it. Rather than trying to cover it up, he should just openly admit it.

Moreover, Eden is now merely a remnant soul attached to the Crystal Flower, making it impossible for him to reveal any secrets.

When Eden is able to exist independently of his host, or even be resurrected, Gwen is confident that no one will be able to threaten him through this information.

Besides... if after spending so much time together, Eden still chooses to reveal this secret, then Gwen would be a complete failure...

Gwen placed the four Crystal Flower together, closed his eyes slightly, and began his habitual cultivation.

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Chapter 178 Shop Refresh

It wasn't that time was so tight that Gwen hadn't slept for two whole days and still couldn't rest.

On the contrary, Gwen is going to get a good night's sleep tonight.

However, before that, Gwen had some things to take care of, such as the soon-to-be-released system shop—

Today is the last day of February, and the system shop is about to refresh. Gwen is going to check what good things are worth buying, and if there are any, he'll buy them before going to sleep.

Although, based on Gwen's conversations with several Netizen, their online stores experienced delays in refreshing, giving Gwen priority in purchasing, this period was not indefinite.

Therefore, Gwen needs to check high-value items as soon as the shop refreshes to prevent "Netizen" from getting there first.

In addition to waiting for the shop to refresh at midnight, Gwen also needed to process the energy in his body—

Although Gwyn's journey to the Sea of Quantum was only narrowly safe, Gwen still gained quite a bit—

Even now, Gwen still has a portion of quantum energy that he deliberately retained in his body.

Thanks to his unexpectedly high adaptability to quantum energy, Gwen successfully utilized it during the battle in the Sea of Quantum.

However, Gwen's ambitions clearly wouldn't be limited to this—

Using the quantum energy he brought back, Gwen began to attempt to transform it, similar to how Honkai Energy Five Elements Energy that were already rooted in his body.

Although so far, none of the energies that Gwen has come into contact with have shown any signs of conflict.

However, Gwen's intuition told him that achieving a unified circulation of energy within his body might help him avoid certain troubles in the future.

However, compared to the natural Honkai Energy of Honkai energy, the conversion of quantum energy is much more complicated—

Even though it had been used by Gwen in previous battles, and even transformed into a flame form to unleash the Demon Seal Slash, it had been unable to complete its transformation within Gwen's body for a long time.

Soon, it was midnight. Gwen, who had set an alarm through the Chat System, opened his eyes, a hint of helplessness on his face.

After several hours of work, the conversion of quantum energy was still making no progress.

"Perhaps we can find some time to ask Kevin if he has any ideas."

If I remember correctly, in the PV, when he fought Bianca, he released ice-attribute quantum energy...

Having made his decision, Gwen temporarily put aside the energy conversion process within his body and opened the system shop.

Even though Gwen had some extra small expenses after meeting Seele, thanks to Gwen hoarding tendencies over the past few years, and the commission from the spending of Netizen... mainly from the spending of the second Netizen who hadn't yet been linked to him, Gwen's points balance was already over 270,000.

Gwen glanced at his balance, which had increased by several points, and Gwen, feeling quite satisfied, skillfully began to select high-end items for the month.

The next moment, the dense white items disappeared, replaced by four selected high-end items: one gold and three purple.

"!"

Gwyn, who had only glanced at it out of habit and hadn't held out much hope, suddenly felt Gwen breath.

The power of golden items has been proven in "The Spirit Awakening Scripture," and even a fragment of it has greatly benefited Gwen.

Gwyn glanced subconsciously at his 250,000+ points, praying that he could afford the price of the golden item, and clicked on the Gwen golden light—

"Cascade Light Source - the remnant of the Absolut scientists who attempted to create a new Ultimate Lifeform using Cascade Ray, modeled after the technology of the Land of Light. It was abandoned after the attempt failed due to excessive energy intensity and other reasons."

Price: 250,000 points.

Upon seeing the name, Gwen felt a strange sense of familiarity, but after reading the description, he instantly understood its origin—

In Sakamoto's suit battle against Ultraman Galaxy Fight, the Absolut clan releases energy through a device similar to the Plasma Spark Tower of the Land of Light.

Moreover, judging from the description, this seems to be more than just ordinary energy; it is a light source made by imitating the special light energy of a newborn in the Land of Light.

However, upon seeing the price, Gwen's expression twisted in shock—

Damn it, you're setting the price based on my wallet, aren't you?

Why don't you set the price at 270,000?

A discarded light source after a failed experiment, selling it to me for 250,000 points.

Don't you have a conscience, Tongzi?

After a moment of silence, Gwen hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided not to click to buy directly.

Although it seems very tempting, once used successfully, one has the opportunity to become the Ultimate Lifeform of the Absolut race - it should be noted that even with the reasons for the suit fighting power to serve the plot and the factor of tearing up the card pad, Tartarus's record is still quite impressive.

However, even Tregear exclaimed that the energy intensity was too high, and Gwen could not be sure that he could succeed at something that even the scientists of the Absolut clan had failed to achieve.

Besides, aren't there three high-value items waiting to be purchased here?

Gwen didn't want to grit his teeth and buy this light source that made him seriously suspect was after his points, only to find that he couldn't use it, and then discover that the purple items were also very valuable to him, but he didn't have enough points to buy them.

Clicking on the first purple item, what catches the eye is a semi-transparent sky-blue cube, with what seems to be shimmering light inside.

"A Rubik's Cube for the Demented?"

Upon seeing that familiar shape, Gwen knew the item's value even without reading its description, and indeed, his Gwen came true.

"Mind Cube - a special material that can be used to create ship girls by inputting it into a construction machine. It is mainly used to make the keel of ships and to give them a mind. Ship girls are born from Mind Cube. However, even with a construction machine, there is still a possibility of construction failure."

Price: 2000 points.

Almost instinctively, Gwen was about to click to buy.

However, considering the light source that could almost drain him dry, and then thinking about the two purple items he hadn't even seen yet, Gwen restrained himself, only adding them to his high-priority purchase list.

It wasn't that Gwen was uncontrollably lusting after ship girls, but rather the possibility they represented.

Although there is a chance of failure, and judging from the description, it seems that the failure rate is even higher without a so-called construction machine.

But is it possible that by building a warship named "Kallen Caslana" using the Mind Cube, Kallen's soul could be attracted there, thus achieving her resurrection?

Although in the original story, Otto used his own life to prove that "the world does not allow containers to collect dissipated consciousness," the appearance of Eden seems to have broken this.

Both are forces from outside the world, and it only costs two thousand points, so why not give it a try?

Failure would only result in a loss of two thousand points, but success... would eliminate Otto, that big problem!

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Chapter 179 Chu Dingdang's Experimental Subjects and Discarded Machine

However, while this Mind Cube has a certain probability of solving most of the problems Gwen currently faces, aside from the Finality, there are still many uncertainties, such as the unknown probability of failure, and whether the lucky ones will acknowledge this resurrection if it succeeds...

Therefore, although he had basically decided to buy the Mind Cube, Gwen did not rush to pay. Instead, he silently closed the details page and turned his attention to the second purple item.

With a thought, Gwen clicked on the second purple item, which revealed to him a syringe.

It doesn't have a very strong sense of identity, at least not strong enough for Gwen to recognize it at a glance. Fortunately, there is a brief introduction later.

However, from the moment he saw that name, Gwen's eyes widened involuntarily—

"T-Virus Stock Solution (Special Modified Version) - A product of genetic engineering technology by a bespectacled man who wishes to remain anonymous. It can unlock the first-level Gene Lock after use, but it is eliminated because of its high energy requirements, which increase the probability of problems and energy input. It also does not have many of the excellent characteristics of the T T-Virus Stock Solution and has a low cost-performance ratio."

Price: 2000 points

"The bespectacled man who declined to give his name..."

"System, you didn't steal this from that expressionless Colonel Chu, did you?"

Seeing the combination of the bespectacled man, the Gene Lock, and the T-Virus Stock Solution, Gwen instantly thought of someone and mentally scoffed, but that was all he could do—just scoff.

After all, his system doesn't possess any artificial intelligence.

As for the store's customer service... they're all about money for every question, Gwen doesn't have any points for that right now.

However, while complaining that the system might be stealing things from other worlds to sell for him, Gwen was also seriously considering whether to buy the tampered T-Virus Stock Solution—

The classic method has flaws, so it's not expensive. If used successfully, it can unlock your Gene Lock.

According to what Gwen knew from his previous life, people from other universes who entered that worldview could also unlock their Gene Lock. If it was a certain Alice system, it would be guaranteed to be at least Tier 4. Therefore, by deduction, people from other universes should also be able to unlock their Gene Lock after obtaining the relevant items.

As for the Gene Lock... it seems to be a double-edged sword for Gwen at the moment. Obtaining it might increase his combat power to a certain extent, and the third-tier simulated thinking should be very useful, but the fourth-tier Inner Demon make Gwen hesitate.

However, the subtle improvements in the fourth tier and the subsequent tremendous leaps in development, even the potential to reach single-faceted and multi-faceted levels, were indeed quite attractive to Gwen, and it would be a real pity to give up directly.

Moreover, the problems mentioned in the description made Gwen even more hesitant—

Within the Main God Space, with the God's healing abilities, the process of unlocking the Gene Lock is completely safe. However, for Gwen, who does not receive God's healing, he obviously has to bear the risk of genetic collapse during the normal Gene Lock.

"What a painful choice..."

Gwen stared at the potion with a furrowed brow, now even more conflicted than before—

Success means gaining the possibility of entering the single or even multiple levels, but it also means facing problems such as genetic collapse, and having to confront the Inner Demon that are destined to be faced.

"Forget it, instead of getting hung up on this, let's check the quality of the last purple item first, and then make a decision."

After hesitating for a moment and failing to reach a conclusion, Gwen decided to temporarily put aside his dilemma and instead looked at the last purple item that was refreshed this month.

Upon seeing the image of the third purple item, Gwen was momentarily stunned—

It wasn't something strangely shaped or something Gwen couldn't recognize at all.

On the contrary, Gwen recognized the image as a robot and even knew its name.

But that's precisely why Gwen was stunned—

"Discarded Machine - At the beginning of creation, the Supreme God Autan created a robot warrior modeled after the sun. After his teammates died in the Mystic Ice Illusory Realm, his consciousness left behind, along with the core energy ball that served as the energy source. Only this hard shell remained, floating in the magma."

Price: 7000 points