Cutting fruit is truly such a fun game!
Yun Hexian wielded a long saber so dull it was barely different from an iron rod, pouring every ounce of his strength into "slicing" the fruit that flew out.
Yun Hexian entered the Game Space with his actual physical body, which meant every time he cut fruit, he was using his own strength. He would be exhausted to the point of collapse, only to accidentally hack right into a bomb and get a game over.
Compared to the fruit, which was hard to slice, the bombs were extremely sensitive.
A single piece of fruit was worth only ten points, so Yun Hexian had to slice at least a thousand pieces in a single run. If he hit a bomb, he died instantly; if a bomb hit the ground, it would explode, meaning he had to dodge them.
After five hours of cutting, he finally cleared the stage, and dawn was already breaking.
[Congratulations to the Host for clearing the fruit-cutting game. Reward obtained: Forbidden Artifact - Fruit Basket.]
[Forbidden Artifact - Fruit Basket: A colorful fruit basket that can expand and shrink at will. Its interior space automatically accumulates one piece of fruit every day, which tastes like the absolute finest of its kind when eaten. However, if you toss the fruit into the air, it will attract designated targets to attack the fruit above all else, resulting in an explosion with a power roughly equivalent to a hand grenade.]
Yun Hexian pondered for a moment and nodded. That works, fruit bombs and all.Yun Hexian released his Forbidden Ruins, and golden auspicious clouds poured into his body. Instantly, his energy returned. Looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, he hung the Fruit Basket from the zipper of his clothes.
Then, he tapped on Plants vs. Zombies.
The game provided a long saber that was incomparably sharp. The zombies weren't stiff at all; instead, they were quite nimble, much like the Masked Ghost, though their defense was far inferior.As soon as the Cloud Immortal Crane Forbidden Ruins was activated and Birds and Fish widened the distance, Cloud Immortal Crane stood at the courtyard gate, making it impossible for the zombies to even enter the small courtyard.
The moment he slashed toward a zombies, he would deactivate Birds and Fish, deliver a fatal blow, reactivate it, spot his next target, slash, and reactivate...
Hey, you really have to hand it to this—it was infinitely better than cutting fruit with a dull blade.
Swing the saber, swing the saber, swing the saber...
After swinging his saber for an entire night, Yun Hexian's movements had grown much more practiced and flexible. With his experience in tracking flying fruit, his eyes were sharp, his footwork agile, and his swordplay skilled.
Like a god of slaughter, he went on a frenzied rampage, killing zombies at the courtyard gate.
Inside the courtyard, four vegetables floated quietly.
When Yun Hexian's blade came down to kill the last zombie, the voice of the BKing System sounded: [Congratulations to the Host for clearing the Plants vs. Zombies game. Obtained ability - The Vegetables.]
[Ability - The Vegetables: Consume the fiery chili pepper, the detoxifying cucumber, the healing cherry tomato, and the sinful mushroom to acquire the corresponding abilities of fire, detoxification, healing, and splitting.]
Yun Hexian leaned on his saber against the courtyard door to rest.Hearing the BKing System, he furrowed his brow—the abilities were repetitive, as his Forbidden Ruins already possessed healing and detoxification powers.
Never mind, I'll give them to Pang Xin.
As for the mushroom... why was it called a sinful mushroom? Just because of the splitting ability?
Yun Hexian exited the Game Space and took out the sinful mushroom. Red umbrella, white stalk... well, it was hard to say.
"Can you really eat this mushroom?" Yun Hexian was terrified of poisoning himself to death; in his past life, he had kicked the bucket from eating Yunnan wild mushrooms!
The BKing System said, [Dear Host, please rest assured. This is merely a mimicry of an ability, not the real thing, and it doesn't even have a taste.]
"Is that so?" Yun Hexian swallowed it in one gulp.
The sinful mushroom turned into a surge of energy that entered his body, and Yun Hexian felt even more energized. In his mind, there seemed to be the phantom of a cup, half-filled with liquid.
—What on earth is this?
Before Yun Hexian could figure out what this contraption was, he absorbed the information regarding the sinful mushroom's abilities. Essentially, the splitting method was divided into two types.
The first was the superhuman clone, which required Yun Hexian to provide an ability to the clone. While the clone existed, Yun Hexian's main body could no longer use that ability. The clone would take over the body using either Yun Hexian's secondary consciousness or primary consciousness, and could only use the assigned ability. Its realm was identical to Yun Hexian's main body, and upon its death, the ability would return to the main body.
The second type was the ordinary clone, which possessed absolute loyalty and consciousness, but no special abilities. Although its physical fitness was far superior to that of an ordinary person, it was still ultimately an ordinary person.
With both types of clones, Yun Hexian could share their senses, freely choose their species, and fabricate their gender and appearance.
Yun Hexian: ...
I have a bold idea.
[Hello, System. Can the Game Space store my main body while my clone goes out to mess around, and when it dies, I just forge a new one and go mess around again?] Yun Hexian's eyes sparkled.
BKing System: [...Yes, but as a clone, it is impossible to improve your realm. In other words, your strength will remain forever stuck in the Lamp Realm.]
"The Lamp Realm?" Yun Hexian asked, puzzled.
[The spiritual power realms in this world, from low to high, are the Lamp Realm, Pool Realm, River Realm, Sea Realm, Immeasurable Realm, and Klein Realm,] the BKing System replied. [The Host is currently around the Lamp Realm (Mid).]
"I see..." Yun Hexian curled his lips. Fine, if he couldn't improve his strength, so be it—a weakling had no way to survive in this world.
Yun Hexian then took out the chili pepper and wolfed it down in three bites. A blazing wave of energy coursed through his limbs and bones before bursting forth from his body.
Scorching red flames swirled around Yun Hexian, forming a ring. With a gentle flick of his finger, the flames obediently landed in his palm, shaping themselves into a fireball before shifting back into the appearance of burning flames.Forbidden Ruins - Bursting Flames!
An aggressive offensive skill, finally!
"Ding-a-ling-ding-dong, ding-a-ling-ding-dong, you're as poor as can be..."
His phone alarm rang. Since it was time for breakfast, Yun Hexian bolted out the door, arrived at Pang Xin's house, and said, "Uncle Pang, I need to ask for a leave of absence. Today Pang Xin and I aren't going to school."
"Ah, alright!" Pang Lifeng called out from the kitchen. "You guys ran into a murderer yesterday, so nobody can say anything even if you skip today. I'll call in your absence in a bit. Hungry yet?"
"We'll eat later. Pang Xin, come with me!" Yun Hexian replied, then shouted for Pang Xin.
Pang Xin walked out in his pajamas, looking groggy and speaking in a muffled voice, "What is it, Brother Yun?"
"Let's go, go, go." Yun Hexian beckoned him over.
Pang Xin followed Yun Hexian into his house. Yang Jin, who was on his way out to school, watched this scene expressionlessly from the stairwell, secretly resolving that he must never let Brother Yun step foot into Yun Hexian's house.
Especially not while wearing pajamas!
Yun Hexian handed the cherry tomato and cucumber to Pang Xin. "Eat these."
"What are these?" Pang Xin asked, taking a bite out of the cucumber.
Trust index: up, up, up!
"Fruit that can awaken your detoxification and healing abilities. From now on, whenever you go out, just say you awakened them yourself," Yun Hexian said solemnly.
Pang Xin: "...Oh."
Brother Yun is so good to me, giving such powerful vegetables to me to eat, boo-hoo...
Pang Xin quickly devoured the two vegetables. One hand glowed green, the other white, and the light shimmered over his body before fusing into a light green hue.
"Healing, detoxification." Pang Xin scratched his head. "Why isn't it an offensive ability?"
He was a hulking, 188-centimeter-tall guy built like a double-door refrigerator, yet he was a healer—did that make any sense?
Yun Hexian looked Pang Xin up and down and nodded. It made sense, perfectly reasonable.