After receiving a stern warning from Pang Fei, Baiyu finally passed the test.
There's no need to worry about this matter at the moment. Allen will handle the follow-up affairs, and Bruce's captured subordinates will be dealt with by them.
Because of the female anchor incident, his life and studies had been seriously affected during this period.
He couldn't sit quietly to read books and practice problems, which was more painful to him than being killed.
"The hot-blooded protagonist aura finally disappeared. It might as well be called the dumbing aura. The system always loves to find ways to trade IQ for power."
Baiyu recalled the frenzied melody and couldn't help but complain in his heart.
However, the rewards from the "instant mission" dispelled his desire to gripe.
After carefully checking, he found no cameras, so Baiyu comfortably took a bath and then immersed his consciousness into the scholar space.
[Main Mission] Not completed!
In other words, Bruce still had accomplices, and the true source was not him.
Baiyu secretly raised his vigilance and looked downward.
Below the mission display screen, the instant mission was shown as completed.
Next to the subject tree, an additional display panel appeared, showing the points—exactly 500 points, no more, no less.
"System, what exactly is the use of points?"
[First, they can be used to trade for lottery chances.]
[Second, they can be used to upgrade or modify spirit techniques and weapons.]
[Third, they can be used to unlock devices in the scholar space.]
[Fourth, they can be used to abandon a mission.]
A mechanical synthesized voice echoed in the space.
Baiyu looked around. It seemed that the lottery chances could only be exchanged for "ordinary" ones, which was not worth it.
Upgrading spirit techniques or weapons was also unrealistic for him.
The only spirit technique he knew was the basic Spirit-Seeking Technique, which ceased to be effective once Blood Qi exceeded 200 calories, requiring a subsequent spirit technique for further cultivation.
If they weren't alloy weapons, the others weren't worth considering.
"Abandoning missions is useless to me now, leaving only the option to unlock scholar space devices."
Baiyu knew there were many things in this space that he didn't understand.
For example, the hamster statue in the eastern corner that was as big as a husky, or the transparent glass column in the middle of the space, or the coffin-like object in the western corner.
None of these had any explanation.
Baiyu had attempted to ask the system about them before, but received no response.
He circled around and finally stopped at the hamster statue in the east corner. By touching it, he learned this was the only thing he could activate.
It just so happened to require a cost of 500 points.
"It took completing a nightmare difficulty task to earn 500 points this time, and there was a hint of cunning involved. It proves that points aren't easy to come by.
I could save it for future upgrades or enhancements of spirit techniques and weapons.
Is it worth using it this way?"
Baiyu weighed the gains and losses in his mind.
He made up his mind, touched the huge fat hamster statue, and chose to activate it.
Not big is equivalent to empty big, empty big is equivalent to not big.
Not using points is equivalent to not having them, not having them is equivalent to none.
Especially among the people he encountered now, apart from Qian Xue, who was a weakling with pay-to-win strength, everyone else could overpower him in terms of strength.
Raising his own strength is key now.
Not asking for anything else, even self-preservation would be fine.
The 500 points were consumed instantly.
The statue emitted an incredibly bright light, with misty air swirling around it, sending out waves upon waves of mysterious fluctuations.
Baiyu's expression changed.
Because he realized this thing seemed to have a connection with the extraordinary.
Cracks slowly covered the statue, sending out beams of golden light, accompanied by countless murmurs and whispers.
Baiyu only felt it was as if steel blades were scraping across his body, but there was no pain.
Instead, the murmurs and whispers contained vast knowledge, making him somewhat obsessed and intoxicated.
"There's something strange."
The next moment, Baiyu reacted and quickly cast a Purification on himself to withdraw from that state.
This thing was a bit sinister.
While the scholar space could suppress the Demon Paper obediently, it couldn't control the statue.
Baiyu retreated to the side with full alert, as if facing a great enemy.
The statue completely shattered at that moment.
The stone fragments flew and landed on the ground, quickly disappearing. A black shadow shot out from the explosion, heading straight for Baiyu.
"Ignorant mortal, dare to liberate the great Lord Cang Yan, prepare to die!"
A somewhat childish shout echoed in the space.
Baiyu waited until the black shadow approached to see clearly what it was—seemed like a hamster... a super-sized version, with a body almost comparable to that of an adult husky.
But it looked much larger.
Its limbs were short and its belly was astonishingly large.
A fluffy tail looked very cute, a veritable girl killer.
"I thought it was sealing some Evil God."
"The statue is a hamster, and it turns out to really be a hamster. Damn, it made me anticipate for so long."
Baiyu stretched out his right hand, just in time to grab the hamster's tail flying in mid-air, lifting it up like that.
"Let go of me, despicable mortal."
The hamster's short limbs flailed wildly in the air but couldn't reach Baiyu, and it screamed loudly.
A talking hamster was definitely a rare sight.
Baiyu looked it over from left to right and, after determining that it seemed to indeed be a fat hamster, asked, "Are you an Exotic Beast Species?
How much do you know?
What can you offer to dissuade me from sending you to the dissecting table?"
Three questions in a row.
The hamster was stunned for a moment, then frantically exclaimed, "Let me go. I'm really powerful!"
"It seems you haven't grasped the situation yet."
Baiyu rolled his eyes, withdrew his consciousness from the scholar space, and followed it out, still holding the hamster.
He took out the tape and rope he had previously placed in his pocket and tied the fat hamster's limbs securely.
Because he often watched works from Japan.
In terms of rope skills, Baiyu had deep insights.
Secret technique, Turtle Shell Binding!
"Now I'll give you three minutes to gather your thoughts. If you can't articulate how you're worth 500 points, you'll find your corpse on the dissecting table tomorrow, making your final contribution to my Extraordinary Biology!"
Baiyu's tone was calm.
But it was not a joking expression at all, truly frightening the stupid hamster considerably.
Looking at it this way, the fat hamster resembled the one in "Overlord" quite a bit, only smaller than the Bone King and female. Could they be a pair?
Is there really such a species?
The more he observed, the more Baiyu's heart sank to the bottom.
This thing, could it only be good for looking cute?
"I... I'm super strong!
Plus, I know many secrets!
About Demons, the Human Race, gods!"
Cang Yan also realized they were pathetically weak now, unable to even match this mortal in front of them, and quickly surrendered.
What demons? I've never heard of any.
How much do you know about the Human Race and gods?" Baiyu asked with a smile.
"I don't remember at the moment!"
Cang Yan hurriedly explained, "Some of my memories might trigger enemy perceptions or some bad events, so they've all been sealed. Once my strength reaches a certain level, I can unlock them!"
"So you mean I have to help you cultivate?"
"No, no, there's no need. I'm just in a temporary weak period. Trust me, I definitely have my own value!"
The hamster shouted again.
It was really scared out of its wits; no matter what, it needed to save its life first.