Lu Zixun jogged all the way to the bathroom, adjusted the water temperature, and lay down in the bathtub.
The cat’s face was filled with contentment and comfort.
As he browsed through the items in the System Space, Lu Zixun stared at the contents, momentarily lost in thought.
When he had encountered Lin Siyin previously, he felt that his abilities were completely adequate.
But the more he learned about this world, the more Lu Zixun realized how much he still lacked.
Especially when facing Abnormal Creatures invading, humans were not able to work together in unity.
After encountering the Ye Family, Lu Zixun realized some people really couldn’t be called human.
"Gurgle gurgle gurgle."
He submerged his head underwater, and bubbles emerged on the surface.
"What a bloody mess."
Raising his head from under the water, Lu Zixun murmured as if talking in his sleep.
Wanting to protect those he cared about wasn’t as simple as just talking about it; he had to enhance his own strength.
"System, open the Mall."
"Ding—Mall upgrade complete. Now at Level 2 Mall, one additional item slot appears for products. Upgrading to Third-Level Mall requires four hundred thousand feeling value."
Looking at the feeling value even higher than the system upgrade requirement, Lu Zixun’s whiskers twitched.
Dissatisfaction in his eyes, he thought the requisite feeling value was way too high.
However, after seeing the items for sale in the Mall, he instantly understood why such a high feeling value was needed.
Heavenly Creation Pill: As the name suggests, it can transform a person’s constitution, making him/her a favorite of the world, possessing a certain level of luck.
Price: One hundred thousand feeling value.
Ice Demon: A humanoid weapon capable of employing Ice Attribute abilities above S-rank, which has immense lethality while also providing a Frost Shield to the user.
Price: Three hundred thousand feeling value.
Dream Chasing: A one-time use item that allows you to revisit memories in a dream if there’s something you can’t remember happening.
Price: Fifty thousand feeling value.
Healing Fruit: A one-time recovery item that instantly repairs any physical damage when consumed and also strengthens physique.
Price: Ten thousand feeling value.
Looking at the items in the inventory, Lu Zixun felt that the four hundred thousand feeling value needed for the Third-Level Mall wasn’t too excessive.
These items were of great use to him at the moment, it was just that some things were unaffordable.
"Purchase Healing Fruit."
Knowing the massive lethality of Abnormal Creature attacks, Lu Zixun didn’t hesitate to buy the Healing Fruit.
"Ding—Purchase successful, ten thousand feeling value deducted. Current feeling value is twenty-three thousand four hundred points."
Great, upon hearing his current feeling value, Lu Zixun immediately closed the Mall.
Out of sight, out of mind.
He was actually quite fond of the Ice Demon, but without money, his bold ideas were constrained.
Taking advantage of the bath time, Lu Zixun organized his System Backpack.
He discovered that in cash alone he had over forty million, unknowingly, he had become a multi-millionaire cat.
He had loads of cat food, and the rest was just a bunch of miscellaneous useless stuff.
The most valuable thing should be this... Crimson Entry Ticket.
Thinking about the entry level abilities needed to enter the Crimson Land, Lu Zixun’s eyes deepened by three shades.
After the system upgrade, he had a rough idea of how the feeling values he obtained were calculated.
Ordinary people could only bring him two hundred feeling value; C-rank Genetic Optimization Soldiers and Abnormal Creatures would bring about five hundred to a thousand.
B-rank and high-level Abnormal Creatures could give two thousand.
A-rank and Queen-level creatures gave four thousand.
As for further up, Lu Zixun wasn’t very clear.
This way, even without the Heavenly Eye, he could still have a rough understanding of their strength.
Hopping out of the bathtub, Lu Zixun turned on the hairdryer himself, standing in front of the mirror.
With his tail holding the hairdryer, he dried his wet fur.
At the same time, Lu Zixun also pondered a crucial question: how to enhance his strength.
His Superpower was different from superpower.
Superpower could be improved through certain practices to increase Spiritual Energy reserves and then employ powerful Superpower Techniques.
But his Superpower didn’t work like that.
To put it simply, Superpower was a kind of innate ability. If it wasn’t already strong, there was nothing to enhance.
For example, the Infinite Strength he drew at first worked against those below B-rank, but against B-rank or even A-rank, it already started to show its inadequacy.
Looking at the Superpower he possessed, with eyes three shades deeper, Lu Zixun thought the only way to rapidly improve his strength was to rely on Magnetic Field Control and Ice Ability.
These two abilities were followed by a First Stage tag, and as long as he could upgrade them to the Second Order Stage.
That would indeed represent a qualitative leap in strength for Lu Zixun.
Previously, the system seemed to have mentioned that in order to advance to the Second Order Stage, providing feeling value would allow for the upgrade, so the question was, how much feeling value was needed?
"System, if I want to promote Magnetic Field Control to the Second Order Stage, how much feeling value is needed?"
"Ding—To promote Superpower to Second Order Stage, in addition to needing feeling value, the Host must be able to proficiently control superpower; otherwise, they’ll be unable to withstand the mental shock to the cranium brought on by the Second Order Superpower."
Proficiency is required, too? Lu Zixun shook his head as he dried his fur, squinting his eyes, "What is my current proficiency in Magnetic Field Control and Ice Elemental Control?"
"Ding—Magnetic Field Control proficiency at 40%, promotion to Second Order Stage requires two hundred thousand feeling value; Ice Elemental Control proficiency at 7%, promotion to Second Order Stage requires seven hundred and eighty thousand feeling value."
Seeing the feeling value needed to promote these two Superpower to Second Order Stage, Lu Zixun took a sharp breath.
Not enough proficiency, use feeling value to make up for it?
His whiskers vibrated twice, Lu Zixun pursed his lips, "If my proficiency reaches 100%, then how much feeling value is needed?"
"Ding—With 100% proficiency, only five thousand feeling value is needed to promote. Warm reminder, please make sure the Host’s proficiency is above 80% before proceeding with promotion."
"Unsteady foundations lead to quaking mountains," he murmured.
Lu Zixun understood the system’s reminder, turned off the hairdryer, and headed out of the bathroom.
He had a rough idea about how to enhance his strength.
Now, he needed to address the problem with the Ye Family. They were at a stage where they were determined to take him out.
Being constantly targeted by the Ye Family gave Lu Zixun a lingering sense of something stuck in his throat.
Sitting on the couch, Xiong Kang, holding a cup of coffee, looked at the emergence of Lu Zixun from the bathroom.
Nodding at Xiong Kang, Lu Zixun took something from the drawer and started eating.
"Eat up quickly. Your owner will be at the airport in an hour."