Evolving infinitely from ground zero

After dinner at home, Lin Zichen left with Shen Qinghan for Shanhai University, the two of them waved off by both sets of parents who had proposed to drive them but were declined.

Lin Zichen felt it was a waste of their parents’ time to drive them back and forth and that it was more practical to just take a Didi.

Upon arriving at school and just entering the dorm,

his school app notified him that 300 school credits had been deposited into his account.

It was the reward for completing the Catwoman task.

The reward was originally 50 credits, but it was increased to 300 because Director He, who managed the task system, found out that the biological level of the Catwoman was not an ordinary Sixth Order, but an Ordinary Ninth Order.

Out of the 300 credits, 200 were the original reward for an Ordinary Ninth Order task.

The extra 100 credits were compensation for Lin Zichen.

“The school’s task system is really unreliable. Lucky you’re strong enough, or else that Catwoman task would have killed you.”

Seeing the credits deposit notification on Lin Zichen’s phone, Shen Qinghan couldn’t help but complain.

Lin Zichen agreed, “Indeed, we’ll have to be more careful in accepting tasks in the future.”

Shen Qinghan: “One point of caution isn’t enough, we need ninety-nine.”

Lin Zichen laughed, “Indeed.”

Then he added, “By the way, I’ll bring you along for suitable tasks in the future, let you see some action and toughen your mind.”

“Sure.”

Shen Qinghan agreed without hesitation.

If it was something Lin Zichen was up to, she supported it unconditionally.

In the times that followed,

both of them sat on the living room couch, absorbed in their phones.

Lin Zichen browsed the news for a while, but quickly accessed the school’s credit shop on the app and ordered 90 pounds of Undead Slug Meat, aiming to unlock the Undead Slug album by the next morning.

He had previously worried that buying too much Exotic Beast Meat at once might seem odd and attract unwanted attention, so he planned on ordering 10 pounds at a time, spreading out the orders over 10 instances to slowly accumulate 100 pounds.

But now he realized this was too troublesome and unnecessary.

Purchasing 100 pounds of Exotic Beast Meat wasn’t really that unusual after all, and nobody would care.

He was worrying over nothing, only adding unnecessary stress to himself.

“Do you want to eat some Exotic Beast Meat? I’ll place an order.”

Having bought the Undead Slug Meat, Lin Zichen turned to Shen Qinghan and asked.

Exotic Beast Meat was highly nutritious and helpful for evolution, and since Shen Qinghan was physically weak, he thought he should buy more for her to eat.

“Let me see.”

Without further ado, Shen Qinghan opened the credit shop on her phone, browsed for a bit and then said, “Let’s get some Violent Great Eagle Meat. Six pounds for one credit, and it will last several days in the fridge.”

She was still a bit reluctant to spend credits and picked one of the cheapest Exotic Beast Meats.

Lin Zichen: “Okay, then I’ll place the order for the Violent Great Eagle Meat.”

“No, don’t you order, I’ll do it. I still have the 90 credits you gave me,” she said, placing the order directly on the credit shop.

Lin Zichen let her do as she pleased; after all, they were like family under the same roof, and credits could be shared without worrying about whose they were.

“Ding-dong!”

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Hearing the sound, Lin Zichen immediately reached out with his senses to see who was at the door.

It was Ma Xiwei standing outside.

What was she here for?

About the Catwoman task?

With this question in mind, Lin Zichen got up from the couch to open the door.

Shen Qinghan followed.

“Creak—” The door of the dorm opened.

There stood Ma Xiwei, who politely said to the two of them, “I’m sorry to bother you so late.”

“What can I do for you?” Lin Zichen asked in a calm tone.

Ma Xiwei cut to the chase, “I’m really curious about how you completed that Catwoman task. Would you mind sharing?”

“It’s not very convenient.”

“Oh, then I won’t disturb you,” Ma Xiwei said, and turned to walk away without persisting or making an awkward situation.

Shen Qinghan hesitated for a moment before calling out to her, “Xiwei, do you… want to come in for some tea? I have tea leaves from home, roasted by my mom.”

“Some other time, I’ve still got things to do.”

Leaving behind those indifferent words, Ma Xiwei quickly disappeared at the stairway.

She lived in the dorm below, room 501, rather than with her parents at home.

She found living with them a bit annoying and preferred the freedom of living on her own.

“Xiao Chen, I think Xiwei is a nice person. We could interact with her more in the future,” Shen Qinghan suggested to Lin Zichen.

She had a good impression of Ma Xiwei and wanted to get on good terms with the aloof daughter of the dean.

That’s because, one night, Ma Xiwei had specifically messaged her on WeChat to correct the mission information about the cat woman, asking her to pass the correction to Lin Zichen. This act had maxed out her fondness for Ma Xiwei.

Lin Zichen nodded and said, “That’s very good. If you want, you can invite her over to our place more often; after all, she lives right downstairs.”

Having said this, the two quickly went back inside the room.

Seeing that the time was about right, they entered the training room together to exercise, one doing strength training and the other undergoing a second Tempering Skin.

After working out and taking a shower, both of them felt a bit hungry, so they went to the kitchen to cook some noodles.

They both exercised a lot every day and got hungry easily, needing to eat multiple times to replenish their energy.

Before long, the noodles were ready.

They sat opposite each other at the dining table eating noodles.

As they ate, Shen Qinghan stretched her foot under the table towards Lin Zichen and skillfully teased him with her movements.

“What are you doing?”

Lin Zichen reached out to grab Shen Qinghan’s mischievous little foot, looked up at her, and asked.

Shen Qinghan smiled with curved eyes and said, “I’m not doing much, just wanted to flirt with you a bit. I saw the female leads do this all the time to the male leads for fun in the study videos.”

“How come you’re getting naughtier and naughtier?”

“It’s not naughty, it’s called being charming. Just say whether you like it or not.”

“Well, I do like it.”

Lin Zichen released the delicate and pristine little foot he was holding and said sincerely.

Upon hearing his answer, Shen Qinghan felt a bit smug, then while continuing to tease him with her foot, she said playfully, “In the study videos, the female lead will crawl under the table to flirt with the male lead. Maybe when I’m in a good mood one day, I’ll crawl under the table to give you the experience of being the male lead.”

Lin Zichen didn’t say anything, pretending to be indifferent with a smile, yet inside he was full of anticipation.

Shen Qinghan, the increasingly mischievous girl, had won his heart.

The next morning.

After eating breakfast, Shen Qinghan went out alone to attend classes in the academic building.

Lin Zichen stayed at home, waiting for the delivery of the 90 pounds of Undead Slug Meat he had ordered the night before.

He saw on the school’s app that the Undead Slug Meat was scheduled to be delivered around 9 a.m.

So, he planned to wait until the Undead Slug’s album was opened to see what Biometric Attributes he could obtain before heading over to the research institute to study the Blood Tempering Technique script.

At 8:43 in the morning.

The 90 pounds of Undead Slug Meat was delivered.

Also delivered was the 6 pounds of Violent Great Eagle Meat that Shen Qinghan had purchased.

After putting all the Violent Great Eagle Meat into the fridge.

Lin Zichen couldn’t wait to open the box containing the Undead Slug Meat and started to devour it instantly with a thought.

[You have devoured a large amount of the life essence of “Living Dead Slugs”]

[Living Dead Slug Album: 100%]

As the text information appeared, a gravely injured slug, lying on the ground barely breathing, gradually materialized in the void.

It was severely wounded, its body sliced into countless pieces by the claws of a Ferocious Great Eagle.

It seemed beyond saving, left only to await death.

However, in less than 5 minutes.

This slug, torn to pieces, began to reassemble, its fragmented body sticking back together one by one at a speed visible to the naked eye, seamlessly healing until it was as good as new, miraculously coming back to life.

At the same time, two pieces of text information floated in the void.

[You have successfully opened the Living Dead Slug Album, gaining the Biometric Attribute — Rapid Self-Healing]

[Rapid Self-Healing: Your healing ability is greatly enhanced; as long as you don’t die on the spot and have enough energy supply, no matter the severity of the injury, you can heal yourself]

This healing ability is invincible!

Looking at the content in the prompt information, Lin Zichen was ecstatic.

He then grimaced with pain as he bit his own hand hard to test how his healing capability fared.

This bite tore a large chunk of flesh beneath his right thumb, and blood kept spurting out relentlessly.

However, under the effect of [Rapid Self-Healing].

In a matter of seconds, the bleeding stopped.

A few more seconds later, the pain dissipated too, replaced by a ticklish sensation.

Lin Zichen went into the kitchen and washed the blood off his hand to check the wound.

Then, just as he had anticipated, the wound on his hand had vanished.

It was completely healed.

There was no sign of injury to be seen.

For the sake of thoroughness, he tested it a few more times.

Each test yielded the same result; the wounds all healed as if they had never been there.

Lin Zichen felt invincible.

With this [Rapid Self-Healing], as long as he could hang onto a breath of life and had sufficient energy supply, he would be able to constantly revive himself at full health and magic.

Even if he were to castrate himself as part of practicing the invincible Sunflower Manual, he could regrow it back at any time.