Chapter 88: System Upgrade! [2-in-1]
“Professor Luo, don’t hit the face when hitting someone! Our salaries aren’t low!”
Hearing Professor Luo Wan say this, Detective Chief Hao Ke immediately bristled and loudly retorted.
“I didn’t say anything wrong. Can’t I speak the truth?”
Professor Luo Wan was completely relaxed now and had the mood to exchange a few barbs with his old friend.
Ge Bai held Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid and Big Willow on the side, watching the two, who together were over a hundred years old, bicker.
Police Station, she really hadn’t thought about it before.
Just getting into high school and attending university had already required her to exhaust all her efforts a month ago for Ge Bai.
The detectives from Jinggang City Police Department were still very quick in their actions. In less than half an hour, the necessary records and evidence collection were basically completed.
The only problem was that they couldn’t determine the estimated stolen amount.
Several detectives pushed open the metal door that had been gnawed open by the Beaver, surrounding the doorway of the Spiritual Power Room, shining flashlights and carefully examining the metal wall inside.
After repeated confirmation, they finally believed that what was in front of them was a complete metal wall, not another layer of metal door.
So, they looked at Ge Bai with complicated expressions and reported the situation to Detective Chief Hao Ke.
Although Xiong Dong and Xiong Xia, the two brothers, didn’t succeed, whether from the perspective of convicting them and facilitating later sentencing, or from ensuring the completeness of the evidence chain, these on-scene detectives needed to understand the possible stolen amount.
But what the heck was this metal wall? They really had no way to deal with it.
“This seems to be the skill of a Golden Mud Foundation Building Beast.”
One of the detectives was fairly knowledgeable. He knocked on the metal wall in front of him, observed it carefully, and gave his guess.
He really didn’t guess wrong.
This afternoon, the special request Ge Bai made to the staff member from the Spirit Plant Research Institute while grabbing them was exactly this.
There were vents in the Spiritual Power Room, but the duct diameter wasn’t large. Ge Bai estimated that Xiong Dong and Xiong Xia, the two brothers, would still choose to break in through the door for easier transport of Spiritual Power resources, so she had asked the staff member at that time if they could use physical means to seal the doorway of the Spiritual Power Room.
And that staff member from the Spirit Plant Research Institute happened to have contracted a Golden Mud Foundation Building Beast, which led to the metal wall now in front of everyone.
Detective Chief Hao Ke swaggered over to the metal wall. At first, he really hadn’t noticed and thought it was some high-end decoration where the door was built like a wall.
He also hadn’t expected that this was really a wall.
“You little girl, your security measures are quite thorough.” Detective Chief Hao Ke looked at Ge Bai speechlessly. “So how do you get in yourself? Do you need us to help you tear down the wall?”
Ge Bai felt a bit embarrassed being stared at by everyone and scratched her head awkwardly.
With a sincere face, she said, “No need, no need. No need to tear down the wall. I can have Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid teleport people inside.”
Seeing that Ge Bai really planned to do this, everyone fell collectively silent again.
Did she know how rare and precious Space Element Pet Beasts were? This was using someone else’s Space Element Spirit Plant as a teleportation gate?
“La, la!”
Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid, however, had no awareness of being a rare and precious Space Element Spirit Plant. Hearing Ge Bai say this, it very obligingly floated to the front of the metal wall, shaking its leaves and looking at the people in front of it.
Which one to teleport? No big deal, leave it to Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid!
In the end, including Detective Chief Hao Ke, several detectives personally experienced the Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid brand teleportation gate.
Very nice, specializing in efficiency and convenience.
For the time being, Ge Bai really had no plans to tear down this metal wall.
Big Willow and Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid hung out together every day, nothing was delayed. For entering and exiting, having Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid teleport was not inconvenient at all.
After evidence collection ended, Detective Chief Hao Ke generously took over the task of communicating with the Property Management Company for Ge Bai.
“Then we’ll contact the homeowner first thing tomorrow morning and come over immediately to complete the basement repair work.”
The Property Management Company manager from Shanpan Garden had arrived early and was waiting on the side. After understanding the general situation, he sincerely apologized to Ge Bai and proactively took on the house repair work.
As for whether the Property Management Company would later apply to the federal court for Xiong Dong and Xiong Xia, the two brothers, to bear corresponding civil compensation liability after their criminal conviction, it had little to do with Ge Bai.
“Then we’ll head out first. Contact me anytime if there’s anything.”
Detective Chief Hao Ke waved his hand grandly and withdrew his team, while Professor Luo Wan was still a bit worried.
Ge Bai took the initiative to comfort Professor Luo Wan a couple of times, repeatedly guaranteeing that she would pay attention to safety and not act impulsively.
The Property Management Company manager also chimed in appropriately, promising to conduct an overnight safety hazard inspection tonight, with 24-hour uninterrupted patrols, focusing on ensuring security around Villa 16.
Only then did Professor Luo Wan reluctantly agree for Ge Bai to continue staying here.
The long day finally came to an end at this point.
Holding Big Willow and Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid, not forgetting to summon Little Peach.
Ge Bai brought the three little ones and threw herself onto the big bed in the bedroom.
She originally thought she would be too excited to sleep, but unexpectedly fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, to the point that she didn’t even hear clearly what the Shen Nong System said after the ding sound.
“Ding!”
“Congratulations to the host for completing the System Task: Defeat (Repel) 100 Spirit Plant Spirit Beasts below First Order / strain, 10 above First Order / strain.”
“Shen Nong 2.7 System will begin upgrading now. Estimated upgrade time: 12 hours.”
“The next System Task will be released after the system upgrade.”
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The next day, the long-cultivated biological clock made Ge Bai wake up right on time as the sun just rose.
As soon as she woke up, Big Willow also shook all its branches, using Willow Threads to affectionately rub against Ge Bai’s cheek.
“Bai Bai, you’re awake. I want to go to the Spiritual Power Room.”
Before, every morning, Ge Bai would take Big Willow to the Back Mountain to practice Meditation Art for a while.
Today, they could finally switch to the Spiritual Power Room.
So although she had only slept less than three hours last night, Big Willow, always thinking about the Spiritual Power Room, was still full of energy.
“Okay.”
Ge Bai stretched lazily and tapped Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid’s Flower Sword.
Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid was still holding Little Peach and sleeping soundly.
“La.”
Feeling someone touch it, Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid impatiently shook its Flower Sword, turned its body sideways, and covered the Flower Sword with its leaves.
Ge Bai found it amusing, crawled over, put her face next to Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid, and whispered softly.
“Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid, you still sleeping? Big Willow has already started working hard. Today you’ll fall behind Big Willow again.”
Hearing this devilish whisper, Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid jolted awake and bounced up.
“Big Willow? What is he practicing? I want to practice too!”
Don’t let its still blurry eyes fool you; it was already looking around for Big Willow’s figure.
Little Peach, originally nestled in Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid’s arms, was also thrown out by it and rolled far away on the big bed.
“Peach!”
The woken Little Peach was not pleased.
Seeing Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid’s reaction, Ge Bai laughed so hard she clutched her stomach and fell back on the bed.
Now fully awake, Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid pouted and complained to Ge Bai.
“Bai Bai! You teased me again. Big Willow just got up too! Hmph!”
Ge Bai laughed until tears came out. Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid’s desire to crush Big Willow was really not hidden at all.
Compared to Big Willow, Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid only had a slight advantage in Spiritual Power Value right now.
Seeing Ge Bai prepare a Spiritual Power Room for Big Willow, Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid had been very anxious these past two days, pestering Ge Bai to prepare a similar one for it.
Ge Bai took the opportunity to make a request: have Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid raise the proficiency of either Thousand Generations Sword or Spatial Teleportation to Profound Meaning stage, and she would prepare a Space Element Spiritual Power Room for it.
Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid reluctantly agreed.
It wasn’t Ge Bai making things hard for Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid; simply put, at this stage, honing skills should be the focus no matter how you looked at it.
Otherwise, just increasing Spiritual Power would make it a durable but unskilled fighter.
Although Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid’s two skills had high ratings, having only these two was still too few. Ge Bai was still thinking about how to cultivate some new skills for Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid.
Thinking of this, Ge Bai suddenly remembered the System.
Before going to sleep last night, she seemed to have heard the System prompt sound.
Linking to the System with Spiritual Sense, Ge Bai was surprised to find she couldn’t enter the System.
There was only one mechanical prompt sound.
“Shen Nong 2.7 System is upgrading. Upgrade end countdown: 8:21:36.”
Oh, the System had finally upgraded.
She didn’t know what benefits this upgrade would bring.
So looking at it this way, the System Task from earlier should already be completed.
Ge Bai calculated the number of times Transcendence Realm Pet Beasts had been repelled: the previous few battles, plus this time stopping Xiong Dong and Xiong Xia, the two brothers.
If including the time she personally knocked out the Spirit Devouring Rat with a stick, that made exactly ten times!
It definitely counted. Why wouldn’t knocking out the Spirit Devouring Rat with a stick count as a repel? The System didn’t specify it had to be Pet Beast Battle.
Thinking of this, Ge Bai slapped her forehead. Before, she had been too honest and hadn’t learned to exploit the System’s loopholes.
Next time, she needed to improve on that.
“Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid, Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid, quickly send me to the Spiritual Power Room.”
Seeing Ge Bai laugh for a long time and then start spacing out again, without remembering to urge Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid to Spatial Teleport it to the Spiritual Power Room, Big Willow became a bit anxious.
The plan for the day starts in the morning; it didn’t want to waste any time at all.
“Alright.”
Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid wasn’t petty. Internal competition was one thing, but it absolutely couldn’t delay Big Willow’s training.
It understood this clearly.
With one Spatial Teleportation, Big Willow disappeared from the bedroom.
With one tree and one orchid handling their own training issues, Ge Bai finally got up leisurely.
She picked up the puffed-up Little Peach from the bed, soothed it a couple of times, sent it back to the Spiritual Consciousness Space, and didn’t forget to send a mental message to Big Willow.
“We’ll go to School later. Today is the Final Exam. When you’re done training and bored, come back to the Spiritual Consciousness Space by yourself.”
Yes, leaving the enclosed Spiritual Power Room wasn’t only possible by having Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid do Spatial Teleportation.
Big Willow could also directly return to Ge Bai’s Spiritual Consciousness Space.
Ge Bai felt that ever since contracting Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid, her understanding and application of Space had become more adept.
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Leaving Big Willow at the Villa, Ge Bai took Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid out the door.
Little Orchid dangled on Ge Bai’s ponytail, looking just like a hair accessory.
The Final Exam started at ten in the morning, and the exam location was still at Chongming District Kilometer Junior High.
When Ge Bai arrived at School, it was already 9:30. She was still dawdling, planning to enter the Exam Room right on time.
Who knew, He Le Yao was carrying a small bag, leaning at the School doorway waiting for her.
“Ge Bai! Why are you only coming now?”
He Le Yao’s eyes were sharp. Seeing Ge Bai still dawdling, she rushed over and immediately linked arms with Ge Bai.
From the last time Ge Bai returned to School to fill out volunteer forms and climbed over the wall to leave, after so long, this was their first meeting.
“I know you’ve been super busy lately and haven’t had time to message you often.”
“Have you been on the Spirit Planter Forum? Your posts are getting hotter one after another lately. I’ve already applied to become the moderator for the Weeping Ancient Willow subsection.”
“The Spirit Planter Forum rules are too rigid. One person can only moderate one subsection, but I really like Thousand Generations Spring Sword Orchid too!”
“Bai Bai, when you have time later, can you call them out for me to see? Just one look!”
“Where did you buy that hair tie? Little Orchid style? So pretty, quick give me the link.”
……
As soon as He Le Yao saw Ge Bai, she started talking non-stop, and Ge Bai couldn’t get a word in.
Little Orchid dangling on Ge Bai’s ponytail quietly used its leaves to cover its Flower Sword.
This woman was so noisy, chattering away.
Ge Bai finally found an opportunity to ask He Le Yao.
“Have you contracted a Spirit Plant? What is it?”
“Sunflower.”
He Le Yao deftly drew the Summoning Array and called out her contracted Spirit Plant.
An orange-gradient Sunflower appeared in front of He Le Yao. Once its body solidified, He Le Yao caught it with one hand and brought Light Encounter close to Ge Bai’s face.
“Pretty, right? It’s a mutated color Sunflower, called Light Encounter.”
“Yang.”
The little flower looked thin and light but seemed very spirited.
Ge Bai wanted to use Spiritual Sense to communicate with the System to check the Sunflower’s attributes, but then remembered the System was upgrading.
No big deal though. He Le Yao herself acted as the introducer, chattering clearly about her Light Encounter’s situation to Ge Bai.
“Although it doesn’t have much Attack Power, our buff effects are still very good. It would be even better later if it can evolve the Multiplication skill upon upgrading.”
The Multiplication skill He Le Yao mentioned was something many single-body flower-type Spirit Plants dreamed of in evolution.
Flower-type Spirit Plants with Multiplication not only had their own Spiritual Power multiplied but could also replicate their own flowers, independently multiplying into patches, with all skill effects increasing geometrically.
But He Le Yao was just saying it casually. Although the probability of Multiplication appearing on single-body flower-type Spirit Plants was relatively high, this was a conclusion from big data statistics compared to other types of Spirit Plants.
It didn’t mean that most single-body flower-type Spirit Plants like Sunflower could evolve Multiplication.
On the contrary, any contracted Spirit Plant evolving Multiplication would cause quite a stir in a small circle.
“Yeah, if Sunflower multiplies, it should be pretty powerful.”
Ge Bai knew the probability was low but still cooperatively agreed with He Le Yao. These things were unpredictable.
The two walked and chatted until they reached the Exam Room doorway.
“Ge Bai!”
Just as the two were about to enter the Exam Room, a male voice came from the corridor corner.
As soon as she heard the voice, Ge Bai frowned. Without looking up, she could tell it was Jiang Yan.
She really didn’t want to deal with him.
Ge Bai glanced at him and walked straight into the Exam Room.
“Let’s battle again after the exam.”
Jiang Yan took two steps forward and shouted at Ge Bai’s back.
