This game is so weird!

With the end of the competition and the announcement of server shutdown, players still in the game gradually returned to their bases to prepare to log off and rest.

The five-day event left many of the competing players physically and mentally exhausted.

Walking through the dispersed crowd, Li Ang approached the veteran driver group and the muscular five-man group and struck up a conversation with them.

"Congratulations on winning this prize, Night Rain and a Few Cups."

"plz follow me."

"We need to confirm some information with you regarding the virtual reality experience in the prize. Also, here is the key you will need for the experience; please copy and save it."

After confirming Ye Yuji's identity, Li Ang notified the university student team to book his round-trip tickets and gave Ye Yu the contact person's information, instructing him to depart on time the next day.

After watching the last person left, Ye Yu, happily entered the hibernation pod after a few drinks, the base finally quieted down.

"Funny face, activate level two martial law at the base."

"Beep! Level 2 martial law in effect. Security monitoring activated. Automatic electric shock function for moving objects activated."

The disappearance of players may bring peace, but it also signifies an increase in danger; the desolate alien planet harbors dangers unknown to anyone.

Once the base activated its security measures, Li Ang felt a little relieved. He opened the biological cultivation module on the control terminal on his desk and browsed the list of organisms that could currently be produced in the biological cultivation room.

Besides the expensive labor carriers that need to be purchased, there are also many ordinary animals that can be licensed for free on the workshop website.

Upon seeing this page recently, Li Ang immediately decided to choose one of the prizes as a competition reward.

While these common animals are natural organisms collected from known planets by the Imperial Science Department and provided free of charge for scholars to conduct ecological and biological research, there are also quite a few unexpectedly adorable species.

Although the Scar Star Base currently lacks the capability for modification and development, and also lacks advanced resources for expanding special abilities, it can still cultivate a basic organism.

It doesn't even require computing power as an aid.

Take, for example, the one in front of Li Ang.

A large, yellow-skinned squirrel.

With its slightly rounded yet agile body, fine yellow fur, long tail, and pointed ears, it's not much different from Pikachu, Earth's number one IP, except that it doesn't generate electricity.

They're all yellow-haired rats!

[Zeus Starfield - Silver Star - Thunder Squirrel]

Description: A common squirrel on Silver Planet, it has a fast movement ability, likes tomato sauce and apples, and is popular among the people of Silver Planet because of its cuteness.

Click "Cultivate," and a virtual biological culture chamber will appear on your desktop.

Inside the incubation chamber is a 3D image of the Thunder Squirrel, surrounded by a bunch of existing material phantoms from the base.

Due to the performance limitations of the biological cultivation room that comes with the pioneering base, only three additional materials can be added for enhancement.

According to reports, such crude enhancements are unlikely to endow organisms with special abilities; they usually only optimize existing physical qualities such as speed, endurance, and lifespan, or even just alter their coat color.

Only by further establishing research studios and configuring professional biochemical culture chambers on the basis of research studios can we consume a large amount of energy and enhancement materials to simulate the results and develop special capabilities.

However, Li Ang is not pursuing special abilities and strength now; he just wants to add some ingredients to increase uniqueness.

As the first limited-edition AI companion in the entire server, even if we can't actually give players a beautiful and wealthy woman, we can't be too perfunctory.

"Should we add some silver to see if it turns silvery, or add some gold to see if it becomes more valuable? Maybe it'll even produce little gold beans?"

"Eh, what's this...?"

Just as Li Ang was hesitating about whether to throw in some gold nuggets, a cube on the table caught his attention.

All the other mineral projections remained motionless, except for the yellow light shimmering inside this cube.

"A yellow crystal found along with the gold?"

Looking at the unusual crystal on the table, Li Ang fell into deep thought.

He has had this crystal for many days now, and he has tried to study its function more than once, hoping to discover some different value.

This was the first time he had ever heard of a stone containing stable energy.

However, no results were found, neither in the analyzer nor in online encyclopedias.

Li Ang didn't want to ask Z for advice on this, partly because he always felt that Z wasn't a good person and subconsciously didn't want to tell him everything.

"Forget it! They picked it up anyway, might as well see what use it is."

After hesitating for a moment, Li Ang decisively picked up the crystal and threw it into the incubation chamber, then added two units of gold to fill three enhancement slots.

You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.

In this cosmic age, there must be a reason why gold is so valuable. Since we've already started, we should do our best!

I've decided on you!

With this in mind, Li Ang clicked the confirm button.

Meanwhile, in the biological cultivation room on the first floor.

The green culture medium began to boil, and two pieces of gold rolled in from the feed inlet at the top of the culture chamber, turning the entire culture medium into a dazzling gold, as if liquid gold were tumbling inside a glass jar.

Just then, yellow crystals also fell out of the feed inlet, and the hard crystals dissolved into the water the moment they came into contact with the culture medium.

After a second or two of preparation, the entire culture chamber emitted a dazzling golden light, yet it was miraculously confined within the glass chamber, reflecting the surrounding glass in a golden hue.

The video surveillance was interrupted in an instant.

Seeing that the monitoring screen that popped up after the cultivation began was not working properly, Li Ang hurriedly ran down the stairs and rushed into the cultivation room.

Upon entering the cultivation room, the golden light became even more dazzling, almost to the point of being as difficult to look directly at as the sun.

"this……"

Li Ang was completely stunned. He had read the operating instructions and watched two or three practical videos on the Empire Forum, but he had no idea that this would happen.

Shouldn't they be cultivated instantly, just like players?

"Stop blowing it up! With all that material, at least give me a Pikachu!"

"Something that looks similar is fine too..."

Li Ang stared blankly at the incubation chamber, muttering to himself.

"Bang!!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the glass on the surface of the incubation chamber shattered.

Strangely, not a single drop of the culture medium that should have flowed out with the broken glass reached the ground.

The entire culture medium gradually condensed inside the ruptured chamber, transforming into an unusually plump yellow squirrel with pointed, erect ears, a lightning bolt-shaped tail, and two brown stripes adorning its waist.

???

It's really turned into Pikachu!?

The creature before him was neither the lightning squirrel from the template nor the golden squirrel that Li Ang had imagined.

Looking at the sleeping creature before him—a creature that looked like Pikachu, smelled like Pikachu, and even felt like Pikachu—Li Ang's expression was indescribable.

Is it the effect of the crystal or the magic of gold? I've never heard of gold having the effect of granting wishes... This is truly a limited edition; at least until I find a second yellow crystal, I won't be able to replicate a second one.

Should we still give it to Ye Yu...?

How about giving him a dyed husky?