Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Some of these items are sold by players, and some are sold by the amusement park, but the same thing applies: cheap items are rarely good, and good items are never cheap.

After looking around, Jolyne felt a headache coming on, realizing that her nearly two thousand Paradise Coins were far from enough.

He not only needs skills to deal with ghosts, but also needs to buy an intelligence-enhancing skill to try to remember all the plots he saw in his previous life.

Given his resources, after completing all this, unless Jolyne is willing to wear some junk gear, it's practically impossible for him to assemble another complete set of equipment.

Jolyne had no choice but to sell his vial of evolution stabilizing potion, since he had his workshop and basically didn't need such potions anyway.

This item is a necessity in the park, and the price has basically stabilized at 1000 park coins per tube. As soon as Jolyne put it up, it was immediately bought.

Amusement Park Coins: 2994

There were simply too many types of equipment and skills, so Jolyne eventually gave up on searching for them himself and directly asked the Paradise to recommend skills for him through the A-level training sequence.

The skill recommended by the park caught Jolyne's eye.

Skill - Golden Light Mantra: The profound origin of heaven and earth, the root of all energies, cultivated through countless eons, to prove my divine power. Upon completion, a protective golden light will form around the body, which can be used to protect oneself or to attack enemies, and can harm ghosts and spirits.

Bonus areas: Constitution, Strength, Intelligence

Usage requirements: Constitution 8, Intelligence 7.

1500 Paradise Coins

Although he's a bit lacking in intelligence, he has free attribute points.

Moreover, this skill provides bonuses to three aspects: physique, strength, and intelligence, making it very suitable for Jolyne. The specific bonuses will only be known after using it.

Good fortune arrives, and Jolyne discovers another special ability that combines the power to see ghosts and recall past events.

Skill - Taoist Heavenly Eye: Open the Heavenly Eye between the eyebrows, give birth to divine consciousness, recall past events, see ghosts of the underworld, and break the form of monsters.

Bonus: Intelligence

Usage requirements: Intelligence 8

1300 Paradise Coins (Seller's note: This is a Taoist Heavenly Eye from a lower world; please do not use it to try and scam the real thing.)

With only 194 Paradise Coins left, Jolyne pulled out another 100 and bought five more Little Red Bottles.

Item - Low-level Recovery Potion: Can restore moderate injuries if Constitution is below 5, restore low-level injuries if Constitution is below 10, and has no effect if Constitution is above 10.

Bonus: None

Conditions of use: None

20 Park Coins/bottle

Simply allocate two free attribute points to Intelligence to meet the fusion requirements for these two skills, and the fusion will begin!

Golden light emanated from within, covering the body with a thin layer of radiance. The Heavenly Eye of the lower world had not yet developed the function of a new eye; it had only begun to form a special symbol between the eyebrows.

Memories of the past flooded my mind.

"There are too many memories."

Several minutes later, the dizziness in his mind finally subsided. Not only did he recall the anime, movies, and games he had watched in his previous life, but he also remembered the pain of studying and working, which made him feel a little uneasy.

The attribute panel has been completely redesigned!

Headshot Maniac - Curly-haired Baboon - lv1

Player ID-A-009527

Amusement Park Coins: 94

Free attribute points: 0

Strength: 8

Agility: 6

Physical fitness: 8

Intelligence: 9

Charm: 6

Luck: 1

Skill - Golden Light Mantra - lv1 (Bonus: Increases Strength by 1 and Constitution by 1 every level 2, and increases Intelligence by 1 every three levels)

(Note: When your own attribute reaches 15 points or more, upgrading the Golden Light Mantra will no longer provide attribute increases.)

Skill - Taoist Heavenly Eye - lv1 (Bonus: Increases Intelligence by 1 per level)

(Note: When Intelligence reaches 20, upgrading the Taoist Heavenly Eye will no longer grant attribute bonuses.)

Skill - Transparency - lv1 (No bonus)

Skill - Double Jump (No level, no bonus)

Skill - Karate - lv5 (No bonus, lv5 level effect - unarmed: deals higher damage when unarmed)

Skill - Street Fighting - lv5 (No bonus, lv5 level effect - useful: You can better use the tools around you to attack)

Equipment - Bloodstained Red Hood (Not Equipped)

After some purchasing and stat allocation, Jolyne's highest attribute is now Intelligence, with two points in free attributes and one point in the skill - Taoist Heavenly Eye, reaching an astonishing 9 points!

This surprised Jolyne, since two free attribute points per level was too few. It turned out that the real way to increase attributes was through skill training, equipping gear, and perfecting one's bloodline.

Some skill upgrades can bring attribute bonuses, such as Golden Light Mantra and Heavenly Eye; others cannot, such as Double Jump and Invisibility. The difference is probably whether further strengthening the skill can bring about changes in oneself.

Skills are never just a single ability. Joran's practice of the Golden Light Mantra naturally strengthens his body and increases his wisdom, but once his physical and mental abilities reach a certain level, he can no longer make further progress using only the Golden Light Mantra.

This gave Jolyne a better understanding of the composition of players' combat power, how player level determines the difficulty of world quests, and the unlocking of certain functions.

Attributes are the trunk, abilities are the branches, and skills, bloodlines, and equipment together constitute this tree called the player.

Chapter 20 Return to reality

A golden light flashed, and when Jolyne opened her eyes again, she was back in the apartment. The room was still messy, and the blood on the floor had not yet completely congealed.

Jolyne found his phone; it was a little past 2 a.m., which relieved him.

"I was away for seven hours, which is roughly a 24:1 time ratio."

Not sleepy at all, Jolyne needed to tidy up the room quickly. By the time she finished thoroughly cleaning the floor with soapy water, it was already past three o'clock.

Now an even more serious problem lies before Jolyne.

The floor collapsed!

Jolyne gently peeled back the broken pieces, silently praying that it wasn't too bad. He had neither the money to pay for the damage nor the desire to be evicted by the landlord.

Unfortunately, it was an old-fashioned two-story apartment and not very sturdy.

Even with Jolyne's all-out Euler, the floor still couldn't hold up.

After Jolyne removed the rubble from the upper level, the building completely collapsed, and the rubble fell down to the ground floor, forming a hole the size of a basketball.

Jolyne peered inside. The warm yellow decor was inviting, and pebbles lay scattered around the table. Luckily, they didn't wake anyone; otherwise, if someone had shouted in the middle of the night, the landlord would definitely have come knocking.

There is still hope for a remedy.

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As the alarm rang, instead of staying in bed, a pair of delicate white hands emerged from under the covers and turned it off.

The lit screen showed no messages from others, and it remained so, no longer evoking any emotional response.

Shiina Mahiru got up and went into the bathroom. After washing up, she changed out of her pajamas, put on her school uniform, and returned to the living room. Only then did she notice the pebbles on the floor.

"what is this?"

Looking up at the ceiling, Shiina Mahiru was shocked to discover that there was a hole in it.

Just as Shiina Mahiru was feeling lost, there was a knock on the door.

Dong dong dong

Upon opening the door, Shiina Mahiru saw exaggerated muscles and tilted her head slightly to see the person standing in front of her.

“I am the resident upstairs from you. Due to some special reasons, as you can see, there is a hole in the floor.”

"I hope you won't tell the landlord. I will handle it promptly and provide compensation."

Jolyne breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was a petite and beautiful girl who had come out.

If you speak harshly and have a cold expression, she won't dare tell the landlord about it.

Once I've repaired the floor, all traces will be covered up, and no one will ever find out.

"Okay, Jolyne."

Facing Jolyne's feigned ferocity, Shiina Mahiru showed no fear. Instead, she called out Jolyne's name and confidently stepped out from behind the door.

"you know me?"

After saying that, Jolyne noticed the girl's school uniform; she was a student at Soubu University.

Then there's no problem. Since she's heard of my reputation, Jolyne, she'll probably choose to keep it a secret.

"Xu Lun, I am your class monitor."

Shiina Mahiru was somewhat frustrated. She wasn't exactly unknown at school, but Jolyne didn't seem to remember who she was at all.

"Monitor?"

When she encountered someone she knew in some sense, Jolyne could no longer pretend to be fierce.

Using her intelligence of 9 points, Jolyne vaguely remembered that she had indeed appeared in the class, but as for her name...

"Shiina Mahiru?"

"Even though you used a question, I'm still glad you remembered me."

A cryptic glint flashed in Shiina Mahiru's caramel-colored eyes as she spoke, "I'll keep your secret."

She glanced at the time again; it was only seven o'clock.

"Would you like to stay for breakfast? I just cooked some porridge."

"Uh, no thanks."

This guy is way too kind. He just broke Shiina Mahiru's ceiling and didn't even recognize her as the class president, yet he still invited her to dinner.

Jolyne refused.

It wasn't because he was embarrassed that he didn't recognize her as his class monitor, but because he knew that Shiina Mahiru definitely hadn't made his share, and given his appetite, he probably wouldn't have been able to get enough to eat even if he stayed.

Although Jolyne recalled the plots he had seen in his previous life, he had not seen or watched everything.

For example, he used to love One Piece, but after the fight against Doflamingo, he couldn't watch it anymore and mostly watched short videos and edited clips.

Later on, I became a beast of burden in society, and I didn't have time to watch many new anime series.

Jolyne still remembered the name Shiina Mahiru, because his friend kept preaching about "how Shiina Mahiru is," so he knew a little about Shiina Mahiru herself, but he hadn't watched much of the story.

Like an angel, Shiina Mahiru is gentle, but due to her family background, she is actually a lonely person who longs for genuine emotions.

(Her parents married out of family interests and had a child, Shiina Mahiru, by accident, but she was not accepted by either of her parents.)

-

Jolyne walked to school, stopping to find something to eat along the way.

Out of curiosity, I activated my third eye, intending to observe the so-called evil spirit tide during the day.

As Jolyne's third eye opened, a pupil-shaped symbol gradually appeared between his eyebrows.

The world before my eyes had changed drastically; black fog condensed and lingered above the city, filled with an ominous atmosphere.

As for evil spirits, they can be described using lyrics from Pokémon songs.

Whether in fire, water, grass, or forest

The girl's skirt in the soil and clouds

They're everywhere, and their appearance is truly horrific. Even Satan would take some back to Hell to enrich the biodiversity of the land.

He casually crushed a human-centipede-shaped evil spirit with a golden light spell. The creature kept hovering in front of him, constantly muttering, "Can you see me? Can you see me?"