Chapter 33: Advancing to Two Stars

In his previous life, Xu Feng had fought for survival on Earth for ten years. He had grown to deeply hate how the Planet’s Will treated Earth’s Chosen like slaves, and he felt completely disgusted by Earth’s Will inside.

In this life, he had long decided that when he became strong enough, he would break free. He even wanted to destroy Earth’s Will and save all the Earth’s Chosen who were suffering at the bottom like him.

But after hearing Suyi’s words, Xu Feng wavered. It felt like those words were aimed directly at him. But how could Suyi know what Xu Feng was thinking? How could she know that Xu Feng had been reborn?

“I have seen the tragic battles between a Planetary Will and the living beings on the planet during evolution many times. These tragedies only happen on young planets. Such conflicts hurt both the Planetary Will and the species living on the planet; there are no winners,” Suyi said, shaking her head with a sigh and closing her eyes slightly as if lost in memories.

After a long time, Suyi spoke again. “This is a beautiful planet. I regret your invasion and hope to contribute a little to this planet’s survival.”

Xu Feng was slightly startled. Why did Suyi’s tone suddenly sound so formal? Then he smiled. This was the unique way the neutral races spoke when they were about to give out a quest.

“I have a quest here, young warrior. Can you help me complete it? I will give you a satisfying reward,” Suyi said calmly.

Sure enough, Xu Feng nodded and said, “Yes, we are willing.”

But Suyi shook her head at Xu Feng’s answer. “This quest can only be taken by one person. It is a solo quest.”

Xu Feng paused and glanced at Wang Ying.

Wang Ying also seemed unsure. She had been standing quietly beside Xu Feng, but then she suddenly smiled and said, “Xu Feng, you take it.”

Xu Feng nodded and said, “I am willing to complete the quest you give.”

No matter who gave the quest, there would be some danger. But compared to Wandering Merchants, the quests from kind races like the Spirit Tribe were usually less dangerous and within the ability of the person who accepted it.

“Alright, I have given you the quest. I will stay here for a while, so you have plenty of time to complete it,” Suyi said, then slowly closed her eyes and turned back into a tree.

Xu Feng bowed to Suyi and then took Wang Ying back to the Resort.

“Xu Feng, what quest did that Spirit Tribe give you?” Wang Ying asked curiously.

Xu Feng was silent for a moment. “Go into the Resort Lake and retrieve something.”

“What?” Wang Ying was so frightened she jumped. “I thought kind races didn’t give overly dangerous quests. How could they give such a risky one?”

After all, the Resort Lake was now full of Fish Monsters. Most might only have One-Star Strength or less, but there were so many of them. There were definitely plenty with One-Star Strength, and maybe even some with Two-Star Strength.

Right now, Xu Feng and Wang Ying only dared to search for chests and hunt small groups of Fish Monsters by the lake. They didn’t dare go into the water. Going into the water now would be like asking for death.

“How many Insect Crystals did we get today?” Xu Feng looked up and asked.

“Seventeen,” Wang Ying said, checking her Virtual Backpack.

“Wang Ying, give me all seventeen Insect Crystals. You can have everything else,” Xu Feng said.

They had been busy all day, opening over a hundred chests and getting many good items. Although most were just everyday materials, there were some really good things. Even if they weren’t worth much now, in a while, when Three-Star classes opened up, their value would shoot up.

“Xu Feng, what are you saying? You saved my life, and most of those Insect Crystals came from you killing those charging monsters. I wouldn’t mind if you took them all,” Wang Ying said anxiously.

“We are companions. We should share the spoils equally. No need to say more. I just want the Insect Crystals. With this many, it should be enough to raise my average attributes to the next stage,” Xu Feng said, shaking his head.

“What, how? Can you advance a stage already?” Wang Ying asked in surprise.

“Let’s give it a try,” Xu Feng nodded.

“Alright, take them all,” Wang Ying said, placing all seventeen Insect Crystals on the table. Each one shone with a pure white light, brighter than diamonds.

Xu Feng sat cross-legged on the sofa, clutching Insect Crystals tightly in both hands. A pile of over ten Insect Crystals lay beside him.

Soon, streams of energy from the Insect Crystals flowed into his body through his hands. His body trembled slightly as sharp, needle-like sensations darted around inside him.

One, two, three…

Soon, all seventeen Insect Crystals were gone. By then, Xu Feng’s forehead was covered in sweat, his clothes were soaked through, and his body twitched uncontrollably.

“Xu, Xu Feng, are you okay?” Wang Ying asked worriedly.

Xu Feng opened his eyes and chuckled.

In his previous life, Xu Feng had always dreamed of having a pile of Insect Crystals beside him, absorbing them one by one. It was like when he was a kid and loved eating sunflower seeds—he would crack a big pile and then eat them all at once.

But unfortunately, he had never achieved that dream. Each time, most of the Insect Crystals were taken by others, and he was left with one or two at most. And those one or two had to be saved to buy equipment, weapons, food, water…

“Haha, this is, this is really great,” Xu Feng laughed out loud, tears streaming from his eyes.

All of Xu Feng’s attributes were at F-grade now, but that was only because of his talent boosting them by one stage. His actual strength was only G-grade.

And now, his Free Attribute Points had reached fifty-six.

“Haha, add, add, add~” Xu Feng chanted in his mind.

His Strength quickly reached E-grade. Boom~

Xu Feng felt his body jolt as a huge wave of heat surged from his limbs and throughout his body. This heat was so strong, even more powerful than the energy from absorbing the Insect Crystals.

Then his Agility reached E-grade. His body shook violently again, and sweat suddenly gushed from his pores.

Constitution, Spirit, Perception—each reached E-grade one after another in quick succession.

Pfft~

Xu Feng’s body convulsed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.