After sending the researchers back to the residential district, Xu Zhi did not linger long. Replenishing her [Moth] Attribute Cores allowed her to return to her old habit of casually crunching down two Cores a day once she felt her energy had been digested. Not long after entering the Second Ring, she vaguely sensed that she had once again touched the threshold of leveling up.
Going by Zhong Lingfan's system of levels, Xu Zhi felt she was at least level six or seven now. But she could not tell exactly which level, since her extraordinary path differed somewhat from that of other extraordinary beings. These rules might not even apply to her.
What puzzled her, however, was that although her extraordinary level had steadily risen, her [Evolution] had not stirred in the slightest.
When leaving the Fourth Branch, she had asked the Narrator whether Midnight could be used to find a way into the city center. The Narrator's answer consisted of only three words.
[I don't know.]
Seeing those three words, Xu Zhi nearly had a heart attack. Fortunately, the Narrator immediately explained.
[Midnight is too dangerous and mysterious. I cannot foresee what may appear within it, so naturally I cannot say with absolute certainty that you will find a way there.]
[But anything is possible inside.]
In other words, there might be a way, but she might not encounter it. It depended on luck.
Xu Zhi was not particularly pessimistic about matters of "luck." After all, her luck had always been rather good lately.
"Since anything can happen there, could Midnight directly solve the problem of my Cup Attribute Path?" Xu Zhi seized on the key point in the Narrator's words.
[Not recommended!]
[Strongly not recommended!]
[Absolutely do not do that!]
The Narrator's reaction at the time had been