In the small apartment building, Room 902.
Zeng Mo put Little Black and Little White back into her room, then sat down on the sofa and said,
"Let's draw some cards."
In an instant, a massive card draw screen that only he could see appeared before his eyes.
It looked like the interface of some kind of card-drawing game. At the bottom, a line of small text was visible.
[Card Draw Reminder: Each draw costs 10 Survival Points. From common to premium, there are six card grades: white, green, blue, purple, orange, and gold.] [Pity System: A guaranteed blue card every 10 draws, a guaranteed purple card every 50 draws, a guaranteed orange card every 100 draws, and a guaranteed gold card every 1,000 draws.] [Total Draws: 0]
"Draw ten cards."
Zeng Mo didn't give it another thought and went straight to the card draw.
In an instant, the numbers on the screen began spinning rapidly. A white light flashed, followed by a green light, as the cards spun and rose into the air.
"Wow, there's a gold card in the pool. Guess I won't have to draw ten times before I get something gold!"
Gold cards were guaranteed every thousand draws. Getting one on the first ten was an incredible stroke of luck.
Just as Zeng Mo was thinking this, a notification appeared in his mind.
[Congratulations, host! You drew 3 white cards: Mountain Sparrow Youngling Card. They have been stored in your inventory.]
[Congratulations, host! You drew 3 white cards: Little Rice Seedling Card.]
[Congratulations, host! You drew 2 white cards: Small Open-Air Altar Card.]
"Seriously? They're all useless cards?"
Zeng Mo looked crestfallen and quickly opened his inventory. Three cards sat inside.
[Mountain Sparrow Youngling Card: Place it in the Divine Realm to obtain a mountain sparrow youngling. It can absorb divine energy from the air and reproduce healthily in the Divine Realm.]
[Little Rice Seedling Card: Scatter it in the Divine Realm to obtain one acre of rice seedlings. It can absorb divine energy and reproduce in the Divine Realm.]
[Small Open-Air Altar Card: Place it in the Divine Realm to expand it. It creates a small open-air altar that absorbs divine energy.]
"Looks like these three white cards are meant for the Divine Realm."
He had known what the eight white cards were for, but Zeng Mo still felt a little disappointed.
The cards had been far too white.
He had only just gained complete ownership of an egg, and before he could even build up enough followers to establish a Divine Realm, he could only leave the cards sitting in his inventory.
Still, at least these white cards only took up one inventory slot.
[Congratulations, host! You drew 1 green card: Axe Card. Divine Fireworks Skill.]
[Congratulations, host! You drew 1 blue card: Talent Card. Three-Eyed Spirit Transformation.]
The accompanying notifications rang out, and Zeng Mo's spirits lifted. He quickly turned his attention to the inventory slot holding the green card.
[Divine Fireworks Skill: Green grade. Absorbs the divine energy in the air and fires a firework projectile with astonishing force.]
[Spirit Transformation: Low-grade. Consumes 10 faith points or a certain amount of mental energy to transform a believer's species.]
[Reminder: First, the host can use the Three-Eyed Spirit Transformation Talent Card to instantly learn this skill.]
[Second, after learning the skill, consuming the same Talent Card will increase its proficiency.]
[Third, the host can also place the Talent Card's skill crystal in the Divine Realm. There is a certain chance that followers will comprehend the skill.]
"Sweet, a Divine Fireworks skill."
"Just from the name, I can tell it's an offensive skill."
"It's a shame I've only absorbed a tiny amount of divine energy from the Star Beast egg. I can use it to try the skill out, but I won't be able to test its full power."
"Looks like I can only leave it for later."
Zeng Mo's lips curled into a grin. His gaze shifted to the blue card, and a hopeful warmth stirred in his heart.
He had actually gotten something gold with just ten draws, and now there was even something useful.
Immediately, Zeng Mo hurried to draw the next batch of cards.
"Congratulations, host! You learned Spirit Transformation."
He'd played plenty of games before. The ability to turn a group of followers into powerful war beasts had always made him yearn for it.
He hadn't expected to get the skill just like that.
"I'll have to find a chance to test it out."
Zeng Mo turned his eyes to Little Black and Little White, who were lying on the sand. His expression grew serious as he tried the skill on them.
"Spirit transformation."
"Spirit transformation failed. The host cannot transform his own pets or intelligent species."
A notification rang out.
"Damn, that's a stupid restriction."
"Looks like I'll have to find some other creatures outside to test it on."
Zeng Mo smacked his lips and stood up to go cook. Suddenly, a wave of dizziness hit him. He slumped back onto the sofa and felt as if his mental energy had dropped by a third, as though he'd stayed up half the night.
"I must have just used up a lot of mental energy."
"It looks like even if I don't spend faith, using a skill that consumes mental energy has its limits. With my current mental energy, I can use it at most three times a day. I'll need to rest properly afterward. Otherwise, if I exceed three uses, I'll be out cold for a while."
He put the card pouch away, then lay on the sofa for a while. Feeling that he'd recovered somewhat, he got up, rummaged in the old house for something to eat, and hurried out, planning to find Yu Lin in the classroom.
[Warning! Warning! The host has approached the boundary of the safe zone and is about to enter an area containing many dangerous divine relics. Please quickly return to the safe zone!]
Zeng Mo heard the notification in his mind. Before him stood a shattered wall covered in moss. He rested his hand behind his back and leisurely headed toward the ruins.
At the same time,
he kept glancing around, as if searching for something.
He walked for more than ten minutes.
As Zeng Mo drew closer and closer to the ruins ahead, unease stirred in his heart.
"Isn't there supposed to be some kind of relic guardian?"
"Why haven't I run into any of those strange creatures after walking for half a day? Where the hell have all those weird creatures gone?"
[Congratulations, Host Zeng Mo. You have safely walked through a dangerous area containing numerous divine relics. You received 1,000 Survival Points.]
Zeng Mo stepped out of the ruins, and the system notification immediately rang out in his mind.
"Sure enough, the first 10 Survival Points were just a warm-up."
Zeng Mo muttered under his breath, then quickly stopped at the edge of the ruins. A solemn notification rang out in his mind.
[Warning: The host is about to enter the territory of a three-eyed spirit clan deity, as well as their true clan's territory. If discovered, the consequences will be disastrous.]
"Mulan Lihua is a three-eyed spirit clan deity. She must have made the flying vessel stop here last night."
"I don't know what her original race was, though. She may have been from some intelligent species."
After storing the rice seedlings, Zeng Mo took the elevator to the thirteenth floor. He stared at the shattered wall and fell into thought.
"Knock, knock."
The door opened.
A beautiful woman with long, slender legs stepped out before him. She wore a black, formfitting dress and high heels. The dress clung to her shapely figure, its sheer white lace sleeves accentuating her delicate arms and the fiery curves of her body, making her look impossibly alluring.
[Warning! Warning! The host has been discovered by a three-eyed spirit clan deity. Please flee at once.]
Wasn't this the woman who had shared a dorm room with Yu Lin at Goldsea University, one of its renowned campus beauties?
Why had she been classified as an intelligent species?
And why had she become Yu Lin's race?
The beautiful woman looked at Zeng Mo, her large eyes narrowing slightly as she studied him. Then she spoke in a clear, flirtatious voice.
"Brother Mo, so you're the mysterious expert Yu Lin told me about."
Zeng Mo stepped out of the elevator, his face full of confusion.
"What mysterious expert?"
"Mulan Lihua told me this morning that our department's dorm room would be getting a mysterious expert joining us at noon. I never expected it to be you."
The beautiful woman smiled sweetly. Her long hair fell over her shoulders, and her delicate figure swayed as she moved. The faint fragrance of her perfume drifted toward him, making it hard to resist drawing closer.
She was naturally beautiful, and her charm was overwhelming. Zeng Mo swallowed, then explained awkwardly, "She and I knew each other from before. I was just messing around then, so don't take it seriously."
"It's fine. I'm not a professional either." The beautiful woman smiled and pointed to the left. "Room 1314 is Mulan Lihua's empty room. She's my roommate. I'm in the workroom next door. I need to go back to campus this afternoon to pick up some things, so I can't show you around."
"Okay."
Zeng Mo nodded, then watched the beautiful, elegant woman walk to the elevator and leave. After staring for a moment, he turned and went inside.
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