Chapter 305: Bounty Card
"Then what if I become stronger but don't help you solve your problems?"
Lin Ye casually asked.
"Then you'd better choose a more comfortable way to die."
The woman wasn't threatening Lin Ye, but stating a fact.
"Whatever, I don't have the habit of breaking contracts anyway."
Lin Ye barely managed to get up from the ground, having already mostly healed the injuries inside his body.
"You agree?"
The woman asked.
"No, I need to go back and ask my guardian."
Lin Ye still decided to go back and listen to the young girl's opinion, since this was a problem even the Tower needed help solving. "As you wish, you've already passed the basic assessment anyway. Even if you don't become a candidate, you can still come to the Tower to continue studying the next phase of courses."
The woman wasn't surprised by Lin Ye's choice.
"Is the combat guidance over?"
Having learned so much knowledge, Lin Ye planned to return to the Shelter to digest everything.
"Combat guidance means pointing out students' shortcomings through combat. What you need isn't combat guidance, but to learn more combat techniques."
The woman waved her arm, and something resembling an aura pushed Lin Ye back two steps.
"What is this technique called?"
Lin Ye could sense this aura had astonishing hardness, and it was very flexible to use, better than spiritual energy shield.
"This technique has many names - divine intent, spiritual momentum, spiritual energy burst, etc. But in the Tower, it's called the Spiritual Energy Mental Energy Mixed Protective Field. It's generally a technique only high-level spiritual energy users can master, but you can learn it after becoming a mid-level spiritual energy user. Right now, you don't have a spiritual energy core in your body, so you can't maintain stable spiritual energy output for long periods."
That field flowed over the woman's body, like wearing spiritual energy armor.
"I understand."
As soon as Lin Ye finished speaking, the woman suddenly smashed his head.
"Then see you next time."
Before losing consciousness, Lin Ye heard the woman's voice.
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Lin Ye sat by the bed, holding an open white book.
"Are you okay?"
The young girl took the white book from him;
she was reading a book with a black cover.
"I'm fine. Should I become the Tower's candidate?"
Lin Ye glanced over and saw the young girl was holding exactly that book "God's Blood and Physical Enhancement".
"Better not. The Tower's situation is very complicated. You clearing that basic combat level is just the beginning of troubles, and this beginning alone has already killed you several times."
The young girl handed the black book to Lin Ye, then took out a pineapple from beside the bed.
"Then let's talk about it later."
Lin Ye couldn't be bothered to think about the Tower's problems. After eating the pineapple with the young girl, he took the black book and returned to the Shelter.
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With the young girl's help, Lin Ye successfully brought the black book back to the Shelter.
After returning to the Shelter, Lin Ye opened the special store and exchanged for two storage boxes for nurturing Falling Materials, one special high-level spiritual energy crystal, and one random bounty package.
Lin Ye followed the young girl's advice and got two extra Falling Materials as backups. As for blueprints, he could exchange them with the Middleman.
The special high-level spiritual energy crystal could be loaded into Dark Dawn to provide it with energy.
Lin Ye opened the random bounty package, which contained only a single white card.
[Bounty Card]
[Use during any Nighttime Activity to generate a bounty task. Complete the task to receive a bounty]
[Note: Warning, please do not use bounty cards in planes far beyond the Survivors' rank]
"Not bad."
Putting away the card, Lin Ye went to the basement to check on the frozen meat covered by the Red Sea Handkerchief.
The Red Sea Handkerchief lay on the basement floor, but the frozen meat had disappeared.
"Huh?"
Lin Ye used mental energy to sense the entire Shelter but found no trace of the frozen meat.
"Little Black, did you see the frozen meat I was using for experiments?"
In the entire Shelter, only Little Black's stomach remained unexamined.
"Meow meow."
Little Black exposed its belly, rolling around at Lin Ye's feet.
"You're saying it was jumping around everywhere and finally jumped into your stomach?"
Lin Ye looked at Little Black with suspicious eyes.
"Meow meow."
Little Black rubbed against Lin Ye's calf, emitting ingratiating meowing sounds.
"Alright, don't eat my experimental materials next time. What if you get a stomachache... The Shelter's absolute safety actually doesn't include randomly jumping meat chunks... Could it have been judged as food by the system?"
Lin Ye put away the Red Sea Handkerchief, planning to study this handkerchief another time. Recently, he had too many things to research.
After putting away the black book, Lin Ye took care of various plants in the Shelter, poured some concentrated nutrient solution into the flower pot on the windowsill, then took several pets to the Rest Area.
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Lin Ye got up from the soft bed wearing pajamas, with three pets all lying on his legs.
"You're awake. The massage parlor has been booked. Would you like to eat first or go directly there?"
Xiao Bai stood by the bed, exactly the same as when Lin Ye left last time.
"Of course eat first. I've been eating lots of biscuits recently, now I want some proper food."
Lin Ye picked up Little Black and pushed it off the bed.
"I've already reserved a restaurant."
Xiao Bai picked up the Scapegoat and patted its head.
The Scapegoat stayed obediently in Xiao Bai's arms like a plush toy.
"By the way, can I bring books from the Shelter here to read? Reading is part of resting for me."
Lin Ye tried asking.
"I can submit an application for you. Is it that book 'God's Blood and Physical Enhancement'?"
The halo in Xiao Bai's eyes flickered as she asked.
"Yes."
Lin Ye took the pets into the bathroom for a shower, then changed into the refreshing and flashy outfit.
"Your book. Do you need me to process it for you?"
Xiao Bai handed the black book to Lin Ye.
"Process?"
Lin Ye didn't expect Xiao Bai to be so efficient, which reminded him of how in the past, handling one procedure at the hospital required visiting three or four departments, with some department heads only working mornings.
"I can remove the harmful parts, leaving only the normally readable content."
Xiao Bai dried the Scapegoat's body.
"Then never mind, I might need those harmful parts."
Lin Ye needed to adapt to the Red Sea and learn to use God's Blood to enhance his body.
"Understood. You can start reading now. I'll wake you when we reach the restaurant."
Xiao Bai took a folding wheelchair from the supplies cabinet, opened it, and placed it before Lin Ye.
"...Then I'll trouble you."
Lin Ye sat in the wheelchair and opened the black book, his consciousness quickly sinking into that deep sea.
Different from the Dreamrealm, here Lin Ye could consciously control his fish body, freely swimming in the deep sea.
"You can go over there. There are ruins there."
Xiao Bai suddenly appeared behind Lin Ye. She stood in the water in human form, no different from outside.