It was already past 8 p. m. when I came out of the library.
Touching his rumbling stomach, Ling Yi immediately looked distressed.
He got so engrossed in reading that he completely forgot the time. It's unbelievable that something like this would happen to a poor student like him.
The key issue is that he missed the school cafeteria's opening time. Touching the only twenty-five yuan left in his pocket, Ling Yi felt a little panicked.
He was used to spending money lavishly in his previous life, and he always carried at least ten or twenty thousand in his pocket, otherwise he wouldn't feel at ease.
"I don't know if the plan will even work!"
I bought two bags of bread and a bottle of mineral water from the convenience store near the school gate, and muttered to myself as I ate them.
I had a very fruitful day at the library.
Ling Yi also discovered that after his transmigration, he had gained a magical ability: he could Photographic Memory.
However, he had been thinking about all sorts of random things for the past two days and had overlooked this.
Back in his rented room, seeing that a bed, a table, and three stools already filled the room to the brim, Ling Yi's lips twitched again.
"Hopefully tomorrow's plan will work out, and the system won't be so harsh and strict, otherwise we'll have no choice but to go out of town and take a gamble."
At six o'clock the next morning, Ling Yi got up on time, washed up briefly, and rode his only means of transportation... a bicycle, heading straight for the southern outskirts of the city.
As for school, what's the point of him going if he's one in a million who's immune to all these problems?
The theoretical knowledge about cultivation taught in school was of no use to him.
Ling Yi can only rely on himself and the system.
Because technological advancements have been limited, taxis, buses, and the like have long been obsolete.
People mainly used bicycles or Demonic Beast mounts for transportation.
Ling Yi definitely couldn't afford to ride or buy Demonic Beast mount, but a bicycle was much cheaper.
Ling Yi's bicycle was a secondhand bike he bought from a flea market for thirty yuan when he was a freshman in high school.
The school is quite close to where Ling Yi lives, so he rarely uses his bicycle.
Today I need to go to the southern outskirts of the city; I can't possibly walk there.
Red City is too big, bigger than I imagined.
If you were to cycle from the north to the south of the city, it would take at least eight or nine hours, covering a straight-line distance of nearly one hundred kilometers.
Red City is divided into three parts: the area inside the city walls, the area outside the city walls, and the inner city area.
The area inside the city walls was the garrison area for the city guards, where three million city guards lived.
The outer area of the city is the largest area of Red City, mainly engaged in planting and breeding, and is the main source of food for Red City.
The area surrounding the southern part of the city is designated as aquaculture zone.
The resurgence of Spiritual Qi has not only enabled humans to cultivate, but has also affected most life forms on Blue Star. Some creatures can even cultivate instinctively and transform into Li Qiang Demonic Beast.
In other words, the "monsters" on Blue Star are of two types: one is the invading monsters that come out of the black hole, which come from different worlds and are all kinds of things.
Another type is the native "monster," a powerful creature that mutated Blue Star native Earth creatures.
But whether they are native "monsters" or invading "monsters," they are not very friendly to humans.
But whether they are native "monsters" or invasive "monsters," they are all very valuable resources for humankind.
The flesh and blood of the "monster" contain energy; consuming it can Body Strengthening and improve cultivation.
The demonic core, Demon Core, and crystal core within the "monster" are all essential resources for cultivators.
The skin, claws, horns, bones, etc. of "monsters" are also materials for alchemy, weapon crafting, talisman crafting, and array crafting.
It can be said that every part of the "strange" is a treasure.
For example, a complete Initial Tier Magical Beast is worth around ten thousand ancient coins; the higher the level of the "monster," the higher its value.
This gave rise to a special profession: Hunting, people who made a living by Hunting Demonic Beast outside the city.
There are almost no standards to becoming Hunting; even an ordinary person can become Hunting. However, once you leave the city, your life or death is irrelevant.
The Hunting are a rather loose organization, or rather, they can't really be called an organization at all; it's just a simple profession.
If Ling Yi's plan fails today, he'll probably have to become a Hunting and venture out of the city to try his luck.
In the southern outskirts of the city, where there are farms, there are naturally slaughterhouses.
Ling Yi's destination today is the slaughterhouse here.
Raising livestock on Blue Star is no easy task, because due to the resurgence of Spiritual Qi, almost all ordinary animals have undergone mutations.
Chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, dogs, rabbits, and other domestic fowl and livestock that were once incredibly weak have become difficult for ordinary people to deal with after their mutations.
But humans excel at using tools, and slaughterhouses can't possibly have workers actually fight these mutated poultry and livestock head-on.
Generally, anesthesia is administered first, and then the workers will take action, which is relatively safer.
I just don't know if these artificially bred mutant poultry and livestock are considered "strange" by the system.
This is also what Ling Yi is most worried about!
By the time Ling Yi arrived at the south of the city, it was almost noon.
Slaughterhouse jobs are easy to find. They don't require much skill or physical exertion; the processes and tools are readily available.
As long as you're brave enough, not afraid of getting dirty, and not afraid of getting tired, it's fine.
"One hundred ancient coins a day, at least fifty chickens must be killed each day, ten coins will be deducted for each chicken missed, lunch will be provided, one day's wages will be paid after one day's work."
Ling Yi looked at the supervisor in front of him; he was seriously fat.
This thing is so big, it could fit five of them inside. It's like a small mountain, it's ridiculous.
However, this fat man should not be underestimated.
Don't let his size fool you, this guy is surprisingly strong.
This guy is at least Third Tier Body Cultivation, the kind of cultivator who unlocked his Gene Lock through Zombie Crystal Core.
Among the many Body Refining, Body Cultivation is the easiest to Entry and the easiest to obtain cultivation resources.
Zombies are the most numerous and easiest to defeat among all the invading "monsters".
Therefore, Zombie Crystal Core are easy to obtain, and the price of first and second-tier Zombie Crystal Core is not too high.
This fat guy has most likely consumed a lot of strength and constitution-type crystal cores.
However, the biggest drawback of Body Cultivation is that the physique is generally not very normal.
Someone like the fat guy is actually not so bad; he's just a little overweight.
Some Body Cultivation, due to mutations that occur during genetic evolution, may develop strange appearances such as four arms, three eyes, four ears, or a body covered in scales.
Of course, this refers to Body Cultivation after consuming ordinary crystal cores.
Wealthy people usually consume Purification crystal cores, also known as modulated crystal cores.
This crystal core will eliminate unstable mutated gene fragments, so after taking it, one will not experience unconventional mutations like the one seen in the fat man before them.
However, the price of modulated crystal nuclei is extremely high, at least dozens of times that of ordinary crystal nuclei.
Ordinary people can't afford it.
After a brief training session, Ling Yi, carrying a knife, officially started his job.
The slaughterhouse workflow consists of four steps: first, anesthesia; second, incision; third, Cutting; and fourth, storage.
The third step, Cutting, requires a bit of skill and can only be done by an experienced technician or even a cultivator.
The remaining three steps are easy for the average person.
However, there are more Star Cultivation. On Ling Yi's path, apart from him, the other three are all cultivators.
Moreover, they are all Body Cultivation.
Ling Yi took the initiative to accept the second step. As for grinding monsters, it only counts as grinding if the monsters personally die at his hands.
Ling Yi held a short sword in his hand. This sword was no ordinary sword; it was Magic Weapon imbued with sharp Magic Runes.
After all, it is a mutated demon Demonic Beast. Even the lowest-level mutated Demonic Beast bred in captivity is still Demonic Beast, and ordinary swords and blades cannot even break through its defenses.
Ling Yi was a little nervous at this moment.
It's not that I'm afraid to make the cut, but I'm worried that the system will remain unresponsive as before.
"Splash!"
As the Teleport belt turned, the first mutated chicken moved upside down in front of Ling Yi.
Good heavens, this is huge! Is this a chicken? It's almost the size of Xiaoniu!
Is this a low-level Demonic Beast?
If he hadn't been anesthetized, or if he had encountered this thing in the wild, Ling Yi estimated he would have been dead in no time!
Taking a deep breath, Ling Yi grabbed his head with one hand and held the knife in the other. Following the procedure he had been taught during his supervisor's training, he plunged the knife in...
"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have gained 1 experience point!"
"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the skill book ' Infinite Dodge '!"
"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained 15 ancient coins!"
"Hahaha, it's done!" Ling Yi was overjoyed. He didn't care about anything else; as long as the system made a sound, that was enough.
Although the experience points are a bit low, okay, really low, only 1 point, as long as there are experience points, that's fine.
Ling Yi is only level 0 now, so leveling up shouldn't require many experience points, right?
Moreover, getting a skill book and 15 coins right at the start was an unexpected bonus.
Ling Yi never expected that killing monsters could drop Little Qian. To be honest, that's exactly what Ling Yi needs right now.
I couldn't wait to open my system inventory, and there it was, a rare orange skill book lying quietly inside.
Ling Yi Ling Yi tapped his mind, and the skill book information immediately appeared in his mind.
Infinite Dodge: Passive skill, with a 30% chance to dodge all attacks. Double-click to activate.
A 30% chance to dodge all attacks—that's an amazing skill!
This means dodging all attacks!
Without a second thought, Ling Yi clicked "use".
I don't seem to feel anything.
[ Monster-Slaying Level-Up System ]
[Host: Ling Yi ]
[Level: 0 (Click to upgrade)]
[Experience Points: 1]
[Constitution: 2 (Note: Constitution includes all parameters such as health, lifespan, strength, spirit, agility, and stamina!)]
[Skill: Infinite Dodge Lv1 (Passive skill, 30% chance to evade all attacks)]
[Talent Skill: Appraisal (Note: Can Appraisal the target's basic parameters!)]
[Backpack: None (Note: The backpack has unlimited capacity and can only store system items!)]
[Ancient Coins: 15]
Do skills have levels? I just don't know how to upgrade these skills. There's no proficiency indicator, and no "+" sign after it.
At level 1, there's a 30% chance to dodge all attacks. If I upgrade, will that chance increase?
If the probability reaches 100%, wouldn't that be... invincible?