Chapter 47

"I'll wait until you break the record again next month!"

Among them were students from ordinary backgrounds, as well as many children of wealthy families.

Especially after Song Zhi returned and signed a contract with Wen Jing, the Student Council members who were unsure of how to treat her found their direction.

Apart from those who had been subtly humiliated by her and dared not approach her, everyone she encountered now was friendly and kind.

This is the world as seen by the strong.

Wen Jing was already used to this kind of scene in the School District Planet. After a simple smile, he left the Trial Tower.

She doesn't need to do anything extra; people will automatically put a filter on her image.

*

The next morning, just as Wen Jing was about to leave, he unexpectedly received a sponsorship.

Yes, it wasn't an employment contract, but rather a friendly sponsorship offered purely because I was optimistic about her future.

The 100,000 credits were credited directly to his account. Upon checking the sponsor, Wen Jing's expression underwent a subtle change.

Pin Hao Suan Education Services Company.

... Although the recipient of the sponsorship was unexpected, it's still great to have such a windfall!

If she doesn't consider gaining Skill Points through life skills, she can focus on improving her strength and won't have to worry about not having enough money to pay her monthly loan interest.

Having already arranged to retrieve the Empowerment Stone with Dean Bai and Xie Ming yesterday, Wen Jing first went to the testing center to update his personal information before heading to the academy's treasure vault.

[User: Wen Jing]

[Identity Number: 9407691]

[Compatibility: 8%]

[Wilderness Body Rating: F]

[Student Status: Red Earth Academy - Small-Scale Wilderness Body Major - First Year - Winter Semester]

[Credits: 161]

[Class Rank: 1]

[Grade Rank: 786 (out of 11741)]

The Trial Tower added 75 credits at once, along with improved compatibility and continuous exploration of the Ancient Wilderness, propelling Wen Jing's ranking in the grade directly into the top 1,000.

Next month, she will be able to complete all the required hours for her three elective courses and graduate, which will give her another surge in Integral.

And her first grade ranking competition is also coming soon.

Wen Jing's goal... without a doubt, is to be number one!

*

Inside the academy's treasure vault, the three stood before more than a dozen identical-looking Empowerment Stone.

Dean Bai said solemnly, "Come on, touch mine, and I'll touch yours."

Wen Jing nodded solemnly. "Okay."

Watching the two patting each other's heads, Xie Ming stood speechlessly to the side. "Is this necessary?"

"That's metaphysics; you wouldn't understand."

Dean Bai retorted, then looked at Wen Jing: "Come on! The moment of truth has arrived!"

Although the Empowerment Stone are taken from the Superpower Core of those whose Genetic Collapse, after being reprocessed by the Mastermind's advanced technology, all past information has been erased. They are distinguished according to energy level, and within the same level, they all have the same appearance and energy intensity. Before using them, no one knows what the final result will be.

Having finished Wen Jing stepped forward and, based on his intuition, selected two Empowerment Stone and held them in his hand.

It feels cool to the touch and has subtle energy fluctuations.

Are you sure you want to use them all in the Ancient Wilderness? Should we take one and use it here?

After leaving the treasure vault, Dean Bai couldn't help but ask again.

'That would be a loss.'

Wen Jing thought to himself, but replied on the surface, "I still want to give it a try. My Wilderness Body is good at Digestion, so maybe I can get some extra benefits. If not, I can use it in the Material Universe next month."

"That's right!" Dean Bai realized.

The two spoke as if it were perfectly reasonable, but Xie Ming, who was standing to the side, thought of the financial report and made a face of gritted teeth. The difference this time was that he didn't say anything.

However, Wen Jing noticed something different: the college's financial situation seemed to be in dire straits.

She had sensed something when she entered the academy's treasure trove last time. It's a simple matter: if Xie Ming were truly the kind of person who couldn't stand seeing his students succeed, Dean Bai wouldn't have such a good relationship with him.

However, she quickly put these worries aside.

This is not something she, as a student, should worry about at this stage.

Ultimately, the reason people feel confused, troubled, and lost is because they are not strong enough and do not have the methods to become stronger.

But this kind of problem won't happen to Wen Jing now.

All she needs to do is keep winning.

*

After saying goodbye to the two, Wen Jing headed straight for the Ancient Wilderness Registration Center.

Standing on the platform, holding two Empowerment Stone in each hand, this was the first time she had brought items from the material universe into the Ancient Wilderness.

After taking a deep breath, her figure vanished instantly.

The next moment, a small, azure-blue insect suddenly appeared on the edge of the vine-covered flower field atop the Ancient Wilderness giant tree, flanked by two Empowerment Stone about the same size as her body.

The Gravity Silk had already wrapped around the Empowerment Stone. After confirming that it was safe, Wen Jing immediately opened the panel in his consciousness.

"Evolution can fully extract and Digestion the power from the Empowerment Stone, but it limits... 20 Skill Points!" she said 'rich and powerful'.

The panel is not responding, which means that 20 Skill Points cannot be used to evolve this ability.

Although it's just a trial run, it seems a bit too expensive to not even cover 20 Skill Points. Is this system like those pay-to-win online games, where they read her inventory and quietly raise the price if they find she has too many Skill Points?

"Limited to 40 Skill Points."

"60! Is 60 alright?"

The history of evolving Digestion abilities by eating lizard meat was repeated. Wen Jing like he had entered an auction house, gritting his teeth and raising the price by double.

finally--

"100 points! Still can't evolve it? I'd rather gamble on blind boxes!"

[The direction of evolution has been determined...]

[Evolve by consuming points...]

[305→205]

With a full hundred Skill Points invested, Wen Jing felt that the panel's blurring effect lasted much longer this time.

However, she was prepared; hundreds of Gravity Silk were stuck to both of the Empowerment Stone, which she was sitting on.

[Evolution complete]

[Digestion V]

[Gained Trait: Complete Empowerment Stone Digestion]

Although she heard the familiar notification tone, Wen Jing was not in a good mood at the moment. She felt that she had been tricked by capital!

I just hope it's worth the price.

"Click!"

The next moment, the little insect opened its mouthparts and bit down hard on the Empowerment Stone beneath it.

Chapter 47

With a series of crisp cracking sounds, Wen Jing swallowed both Empowerment Stone.

The Empowerment Stone may look hard, but it's actually not that hard. After all, even a human body can use it, let alone in the higher-dimensional Ancient Wilderness.

Under Wen Jing's first-class mouth opening, it only felt like eating potato chips.

As the Empowerment Stone beneath her shrank, her body grew larger and larger, eventually reaching about three times the size of an ant.

Although a notification sounded on the panel during the process of consuming the stones, she didn't check it carefully until she had finished eating both of the two Empowerment Stone in front of her.

[Gained Trait: Wind Blade]

[Gained Property: Isolation Layer]

I gained two superpowers!

Her idea was correct; the reason why the Empowerment Stone was a 'blind box' for others in the past was because it could not be fully absorbed.

Moreover, Wen Jing's gains were not limited to two superpowers; all her attributes also increased from their original levels.

Life: 37

Strength: 37

Speed: 17

Spirit: 27

Two F-grade Empowerment Stone increased all of her attributes by ten points.

It was worth it.

Although it cost a full 100 Skill Points, the Digestion ability is applicable to all Empowerment Stone, so even without gaining any special abilities, the increase in attribute points alone is worthwhile.

Dean Bai stated that the boost gained from Empowerment Stone will not be reduced based on the number of times they are used.

Ten attribute points nowadays are much more valuable than ten points were initially.

After all, once she consumes a certain amount of nectar, lizards, and the latest Emerald Crystal Rice Grain, the attribute points she gains will significantly decrease. Moreover, even if she doesn't mind eating them repeatedly, the Fluorescent Flower Field is one thing, but the lizard farm's production can't keep up.

After several such incidents, the number of Vine Lizard has decreased significantly.

She was afraid that if she kept eating, she would drive the lizards in the vine-covered area to extinction.

Wen Jing turned to examine his two newly acquired superpowers—

No need for familiarity or enlightenment; a surge of energy emanated from the small, azure-blue insect on the giant tree.

"Whoosh!"

The next instant, the air compressed and condensed out of thin air, and an invisible Wind Blade was born, slashing at the tree trunk in front of them, leaving a clean horizontal cut.

Wen Jing climbed to the edge of the ditch, stretched out his foot to probe, and was pleased to find that the mark was 'deeply embedded'.

She knew how tough the bark of the giant tree was; a full-force wind Wind Blade that could achieve this effect was comparable to her current melee attack damage.

It seems that what Dean Bai said about metaphysics worked. She was originally somewhat interested in the combat skills of this Trial Tower, but now that she has obtained the Wind Blade ability, it has completely made up for her lack of ranged attack skills.

The only drawback is that achieving this level of attack intensity requires a significant amount of energy.

She limited her energy output again, releasing an even smaller, ordinary Wind Blade, this time leaving only a barely perceptible mark on the tree bark.

This ability essentially generates kinetic energy by compressing air; the lower the energy consumption, the lower the damage efficiency.

A single full-power release would consume one-third of Wen Jing's current energy.

It's important to understand that this improvement in the various attributes of her Wilderness Body is like raising the height of a bucket; the energy within her body has increased by almost half compared to its original level.

Therefore, this move should be used strategically, as a surprise attack.

Next is another ability called the Isolation Layer.

Compared to Wind Blade, this ability seems much inferior.