Time: [9:29:27]
After a period of rest, his stamina and mental energy had fully recovered.
The 1×1 level 8 Safety Box had behaved exactly as Ye Qiyan expected.
After undergoing Ascension and reaching level 9, its storage grid had become 2×2.
This also gave him a rough idea of how much Ascension from level 8 to level 9 cost.
200 points.
It hovered around that number.
Honestly, this was a little less than Ye Qiyan had imagined.
"Come to think of it, this is already my third day traveling through the Wasteland."
The sun rose.
Ye Qiyan lay on a chair by the fishing pool in the Water Storage Carriage, enjoying the sunlight streaming down from overhead.
He crushed the drink carton in his hand and casually tossed it aside. The tiny bear cub beside him nervously put it into the trash can split off from Gluttony.
"Oh, right. I almost forgot about you."
He lifted the bear cub by the scruff and held it in front of him.
Smiling, he poked its belly with a finger.
"Want to get stronger?"
The bear cub did not understand human speech. It only knew that the human before it was very frightening, and that he was its master.
It gave a soft cry and hugged Ye Qiyan's finger as if trying to please him.
"Pretty cute."
Ye Qiyan casually took out the [Blizzard Crystal] that had undergone Ascension.
The moment it appeared, its icy chill sent the surrounding temperature plummeting.
A thin sheet of ice instantly formed over the water's surface.
After the crystal appeared, the Little Bear named [Frostsky White Bear] shivered from the cold, perhaps because it was too young.
Yet its black, beady eyes made no attempt to hide its instinctive craving.
"Come to think of it, you'd already