Chapter 64: How Much Do You Have to Pay? Can You Afford It?
Chapter 64: How Much Do You Have to Pay? Can You Afford It?
After successfully killing all 10 Level 20 Demon Mages, the teams from No. 8 and No. 16 Middle Schools returned to the lobby.
At that moment, every member of both teams instantly leveled up twice.
Xu Yan's level had now reached Level 12, and at the same time, both his main mission and temporary mission were marked as completed!
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[Main Mission Completed]
[Mission: Ensure No. 8 Middle School ranks among the top three in the city during the joint training—ACHIEVED!]
Reward 1: Unlock the third stage of Tree World Advent: Tree World Harvest!
[Unlocking… Estimated completion time: 1 week]
Reward 2: Rare Jewelry Blind Box ×1
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[Temporary Mission Completed]
[Mission: Kill 10 Demon Mages—ACHIEVED!]
Reward: Unlock the second mutation skill—Animal Husbandry Skill, Psychic Skill!
[Unlocking… Estimated completion time: 1 month]
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Returning to the Hall
As the two teams reentered the hall, they were immediately confused by the chaotic atmosphere, flashing alarms, and loud sirens.
However, Xu Yan paid no attention to the commotion.
His mind was already inside the system, eagerly checking his new rewards.
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[System Reward Inspection]
Xu Yan set aside the Rare Jewelry Blind Box for later.
Right now, his focus was on the two newly unlocked abilities.
Although both skills still required time to fully unlock, the ability descriptions were now available for review.
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[Tree World Harvest - Third Stage Skill]
After using the second-stage skill, the third-stage skill activates: Tree World Harvest!
Mana Consumption: 500 MP
Effect:
Each Tree World can rapidly produce 4 fruits
Fruits can only be eaten by friendly units recognized by the host
Upon consumption:
Immunity to curses, poisons, and all negative effects
Any negated curse or poison damage is converted into healing!
Duration: 4 hours per fruit
Daily Limit: 48 fruits per day
Storage: Expires after 24 hours
Effectiveness Limitation: If a target's level exceeds the host's by 10 levels, the fruit's effects will not work.
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After reading the skill description, Xu Yan instantly knew that many types of disaster beasts were about to suffer greatly.
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"Any creature that relies on poison or curses… will be in BIG trouble."
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Not only could he nullify all negative effects, but he could directly convert those effects into healing.
The stronger the poison or curse, the more HP he would recover.
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In other words…
If a poison-based disaster beast or a curse-based disaster beast showed up,
Xu Yan wouldn't just counter them—
he would completely overpower them!
With them around, it would be like having a mobile healing fountain following him everywhere.
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Additional Benefits of Tree World Harvest
Each fruit lasts for 4 hours
With 48 fruits per day, the entire team could be permanently buffed!
This skill provided the first true healing ability in his arsenal
Xu Yan was more than satisfied with this upgrade.
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[Animal Husbandry Skill - Psychic Skill]
Usage Restriction: Requires Level 20 (Currently Locked)
Skill Effect:
Grants the ability to forcefully contract any disaster beast up to 10 levels higher than the host
Instantly maximizes favorability of the contracted beast
The contracted beast can be summoned anytime
Duration: Starts at 1 hour (increases with level)
After the contract expires, the beast returns to its original location
Contract is irreversible once made
After the first contract, level restrictions no longer apply
Maximum number of contracts: 3
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Strategic Uses of Psychic Skill
Upon reading the description, Xu Yan was thrilled.
Unlike other Summoner-type abilities,
this skill completely ignored level gaps—
it could force a contract on a creature up to 10 levels higher than himself!
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Possible Uses
1. Instant Kill Strategy
If he encountered a disaster beast he couldn't defeat, he could immediately contract it and turn it into his own fighter!
Example: If he were Level 90 and faced a Level 100 boss…
No problem! He would just contract the boss and turn it into his mount!
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The True Late-Game Power of This Skill
If used wisely, Xu Yan could contract disaster beasts with extreme growth potential.
Possible targets:
Dragon Hatchlings
Demon Lords
Stealth-based or Space-based beasts
With the right choices, Xu Yan wouldn't even need to fight himself anymore.
He could simply relax, drink tea, and watch his beasts fight for him.
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Unfortunately…
He couldn't use this ability until Level 20.
At Level 12, he still had a long way to go.
But once he hit Level 20, he would start planning his ultimate pet collection!
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Unlocking the Jewelry Blind Box
Xu Yan finally opened the Rare Jewelry Blind Box and obtained a special accessory:
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[Pain Mask]
Level Requirement: Level 10
Grade: Rare
All Attributes: +200
Special Attribute: Team Camouflage
Can disguise up to 30 friendly units
Can alter species, appearance, aura, sound, equipment, and clothing
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While Xu Yan wasn't entirely sure how useful the Pain Mask's disguise ability would be,
the +200 to all stats alone made it a valuable piece of gear.
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Only downside?
The mask's design looked a little too intimidating—and a bit ridiculous.
So, he wore it in hidden mode.
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Returning to Reality
Once Xu Yan finished examining his rewards,
his consciousness returned to the hall—
where he finally noticed the chaos surrounding him.
The siren was still blaring,
and the Education Bureau's staff and military officers had now gathered in front of them.
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Director Yang's Request
"Please hand over all protection crystals to the technical team."
Without hesitation, all eight members of the teams cooperated fully, handing over both their protection crystals and all equipment obtained during the training.
Before Xu Yan could even ask what was happening,
Director Yang continued:
"The joint training system has collapsed for unknown reasons."
"You were the last ones to leave. Did you notice anything unusual before the crash?"
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Everyone Stares at Xu Yan
At the mention of a system crash,
everyone in the two teams felt their hearts tremble.
They all looked at Xu Yan.
Even Xu Yan himself was a little nervous.
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(Did we… accidentally break the game!?)
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If the system crashed because they actually defeated the third-stage boss…
Then Xu Yan was the direct cause of the problem.
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And the potential consequences?
How much would they have to pay?
Could they even afford the compensation!?
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Xu Yan immediately put on his best poker face and denied everything.
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"I'm not responsible!"
"I didn't do it!"
"I have no idea what happened!"
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End of Chapter.