No strange things are allowed to evolve!

"No...impossible." Snow King shook his head: "I have no enemies."

"So what's going on?"

After a moment's thought, Snow King said with certainty, "If I'm not mistaken, he must be a rebel!"

"Rebels?"

"It's complicated to explain. All you need to know is that they are the most extreme and vicious group among the evolved beings. I can't think of anyone else who would do such a thing."

Snow King explained with some lingering fear:

"It seems that when I first entered the incubator, he could tell what organization I came from and decided to assassinate me from the very beginning."

Previously, he had waited for the moment when everyone was about to leave the incubator, because everyone was most relaxed and least vigilant, making it the easiest time for him to succeed.

However, he must have acted on a whim. If he had come for me, the rebels would have sent someone stronger, not someone so weak. Otherwise, you would have been pierced just now.

“No, he might have come specifically for you.” Jiang Shu pondered, “It’s also possible that he entered this incubator with the same purpose as you, and then you happened to expose your identity, so he decided to get rid of you on a whim. In any case, he is definitely not weak.”

"But you were only level one and you were able to react and block his sneak attack..."

“My reaction stemmed from my instinctive perception of danger.” Jiang Shu shook his head. “As for that attack, it wasn’t that I blocked it; he stopped just before he was about to stab me.”

"Stop?" Snow King subconsciously retorted, "No, impossible. Rebels treat human life like dirt. They will never stop when it matters. Even if you lead him to conquer this hatchery, he will kill you first, and then kill me before I can react."

"Is that so..."

Jiang Shu didn't explain anything further, but simply recalled the scene inside the laboratory.

At that time, he carried the little gummy bear who couldn't move its own body.

So, was his positive feelings towards himself influenced by the concept of "dedication"?

Let's talk about the usefulness of charm points.

"In short, you're being watched this time, and your situation could be very dangerous from now on." The Snow King anxiously reminded him, "Make sure to add me as a friend after you get out!"

Jiang Shu was taken aback: "Is there any connection between these two things?"

"In short, it must be added!" the Snow King said solemnly.

"Okay, I got it."

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Reward Settlement

A pure white space, the boundary between the incubator and reality.

[Disaster-Level Incubator: Creative Workshop Guide Completed]

[Strategy Review: Unparalleled]

You climbed step by step from slavery to the top. Although all your subordinates are dead, no one can argue with your word anymore. The god descending the mountain has finally lost to the one ascending it.

[Note: Those who achieve a rating higher than S rank will receive a message from the hatchery and additional rewards.]

[Hidden quest completed, bonus reward received]

[Achievements Earned: 5]

【①Show a skill: Your small display of skill is already the limit for the craftsmen; they revere you as king.】

【② Worm Attack: You, with your mortal body, bravely confront a worm whose overall strength is equivalent to a level 2 evolved being, achieving a remarkable victory over the weak.】

【③ Undying War God: Your body has been operating independently for over 24 hours after separating from your soul, without experiencing any discomfort.】

[④ Good Person Card: When faced with a stunningly talented and creative artisan in your eyes, you didn't act impulsively but stayed true to yourself; you are a good person.]

【⑤ Sowing discord: By creating misunderstandings and deepening the conflict, you instigated the doctor's side and the craftsman's side to fight each other, achieving your goal without paying any price.】

[Overall comment: Are you perhaps a hypocrite, wanting to have your cake and eat it too?]

[Achievements are converted into five evolution points, which can be allocated for evolution or learning skills.]

"Green tea bitch?" Jiang Shu looked at the overall review and felt a sense of novelty.

No one has ever said that about him.

Online, people generally call him a male bodhisattva or a slacker.

Jiang Shu is no longer the immature person who would feel dissatisfied if the system's evaluation or achievement description did not meet his expectations.

Because there are real rewards for achieving these accomplishments.

Regardless of how harsh the comments are, the question is whether you want the evolution points or not?

If possible, Jiang Shu wouldn't even mind if the system used achievements to scold him a hundred or eighty times, allowing him to undergo a perfect transformation from a mechanic-obsessed monster to a true numerical monster.

If Jiang Shu's stats were ten times higher before entering the [Creative Workshop], then after the Great Wilderness Heart eliminated the restrictions and negative effects of the Hatchery, he could crush everything just by using basic attacks and unleashing his full power, even without any skills.

It's possible to get through to the incubator within an hour, so why go through all this trouble?

Aside from that mysterious, ambiguous white-bearded doll, he didn't think anyone could stop him; it was just a real shame.

Basic rewards are being distributed based on the difficulty and level range of the incubation facility.

【①Experience Points】

[Base Experience Points: 80]

[Death-type increase 100%: 160]

[Primordial Spiritual Root Increased by 100%: 320]

[Does not possess experience-boosting items or skills]

Final experience points awarded: 320

[Experience points are being synchronized...]

【等级1（100/100）】——【等级2（200/200）】——【等级3（20/400）】

[Gain 2+3 evolution points and 2+3 spirit root points from leveling up]

【②: Evolution Points】

[Note: Only rewards from dead hatcheries include evolution points]

[Disaster Level: 4 points]

【③: Spiritual Root Points】

[Note: Only rewards from Nightmare and higher-level Death-type Hatcheries include Spirit Root Points]

[Disaster Level: 3 points]

The current number of points available for allocation is:

Evolution Points: 14

[Spiritual Root Points: 8]

"Does the experience points required to level up double each time?"

This is only a disaster-level incubation site. Once they emerge, their level will be similar to that of the Snow King and the others. In addition, the most important evolution points and spiritual root points will also be distributed according to the difficulty of the incubation site.

It seems that if I want to level up quickly, I need to enter a more challenging incubator.

The known threats include: the time bomb that Yunfu Temple could explode at any moment; the mysterious white-bearded doll who is definitely not an NPC from the Hatchery and possesses a "Confusion" level that is not below his own "Dedication" level; the trouble that the white-bearded doll mentioned might come knocking on his door; and the little gummy bears that may be eyeing him and that rebel organization.

Among them, the gap between him and the Whitebeard doll is too great. He doesn't even know the other party's background, so he doesn't need to consider his threat in the short term.

The same logic applies to the troubles he talks about.

In short, even if an earthquake is coming soon, it will be a small tremor where you don't need to run, and a large tremor where you can't run. There's no need to rush, and rushing won't help.

Snow Queen said she would help with Hard Gum and the Rebels.

Although logically speaking, this had nothing to do with Jiang Shu, and the bear candy was targeting Xue Wang, there was no turning back now.

The Snow Queen's identity doesn't seem simple. Anyway, I was originally looking for a backer to rely on, so saving the Snow Queen might not be a bad thing. In any case, if I really get into a certain circle in the future, my stance will be the same as the people in that circle. Their enemies will also treat me as an enemy. It's just that the time point has been brought forward a bit. There's no difference.

So there's no need to worry too much about the rebels.

So the most pressing issue is actually the weasel at Yunfu Temple.

The Big-Headed Doll has demonstrated through its actions that if its actions betray those influenced by "dedication" or touch upon areas that are absolutely inviolable, the goodwill will disappear, and "dedication" will lose its effect.

Therefore, one has to consider whether the female weasel will turn her love into hatred after learning the truth, given her past kindness.

Although, given the current situation, she might be able to put up a fight against that weasel after adding some points, she still has a husband who is the abbot, and he seems to be much stronger than her.

Moreover, with such a thriving incense offering at Yunfu Temple and a large number of monks, it's highly unlikely that two weasels could have gone in and out for so long without being discovered. They might have had other accomplices in the temple.

The good news is that I now have the confidence to investigate, instead of running away like I did yesterday after hearing about their evil magic of scalding people to death with millet porridge.

"If all else fails, just come back and level up again. As long as you conquer a slightly higher-level Calamity Death-type Hatchery and get more than 380 experience points, you can successfully level up to level four and then get four more evolution points and spirit root points."

Having made up his mind, Jiang Shu decided to check the hidden rewards.

Just then, the system reminded him that he hadn't added any points yet, and then he suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Upgrade... requires prerequisites?"

Level 1 can be achieved simply by completing the trial, but starting from Level 2, stringent numerical requirements must be met.

Aside from miscellaneous skills, the five stats—strength, speed, physical strength, intelligence, and charm—must reach a certain average level before an upgrade can be performed.

Level 2, average value 2, total value 10.

Level 3, average value 6, total value 30.

To reach level four, the average value needs to be 12, and the total value needs to reach 60.

Although the average difference in the middle is only +2, +4, +6 and so on, when added together, it is not a small number.

If we continue calculating like this, by level six, the average value will be 30, and the total value will be 150.

Jiang Shu finally understood why the average value of level six evolvers in the six-dimensional chart was over 30. It turned out that this was not because level six evolvers had high overall quality, but because only those with such high overall quality could advance to level six.

Jiang Shu was able to advance to level three smoothly because his charm value reached an astonishing 27, which, combined with the other four values, totaled 35 points, exceeding the required conditions.

However, 35 points is only a little over half of the total value required for Level 4, which is far from enough.

Fortunately, Jiang Shu still has 14 evolution points left to allocate. Except for intelligence, all his base values ​​are four times that of an ordinary person. No matter how he adds them, there will be a fourfold increase, which is equivalent to 56 evolution points. He can allocate them as needed.

However, other evolved beings may be different.

Without such a high increase, they are likely to face a situation where they have enough experience points but not enough evolution points. In order to level up as soon as possible, they will mostly allocate their points to projects with higher base values, resulting in a serious imbalance.

If you want balanced development and want to stack all the values ​​to be roughly the same, you may have to stack projects with relatively low base values ​​without any gains or losses.

All I can say is that the thought of someone who already has enough experience points still having to painstakingly earn evolution points in the underground hatchery to stack up their stats makes Jiang Shu want to laugh.

After realizing that the so-called harsh conditions would not be an obstacle for him, Jiang Shu felt relieved.

But he doesn't want to allocate points so quickly right now.

He planned to wait until he had scouted out the situation at Yunfu Temple before allocating points or acquiring new skills as needed.

If you rush to allocate resources now and then find that the improvements you made are useless, you'll have to wait until the next settlement to improve other abilities.

It's like playing a game where you focus on stacking attack power against a boss with extremely high physical resistance but zero magic resistance, instead of stacking penetration or magic power. That's obviously not a wise move.

Besides, perhaps the Snow King can also offer some advice.

Just like Yao Lao in Xiao Yan's ring, Jiang Shu wanted to contact other evolved beings in order to obtain his own personal grandpa and avoid detours, right?

Before entering the incubator, they randomly added points based on intuition, and after leaving the incubator, they still relied on intuition to figure things out on their own.

Wouldn't that have been a waste of time?

So he turned the page.

[Hidden Reward]

[You killed the Creative Craftswoman and fulfilled her wish, exceeding the mission requirements. After the evaluation rewards were stacked, the original hidden reward was changed, and a higher-level reward is now being issued.]

[Gained the Cataclysmic Skill: Undead Puppet Technique]

[Necromantic Puppetry: Creates loyal puppet warriors by seizing the souls of the dead]

[Note: Puppet warriors cannot be upgraded, but they will be endowed with unique abilities, and their power will increase as the caster's power increases.]

"Necromantic puppetry..." Jiang Shu paused, then pondered, "What does this have to do with the technology of making dolls...?"

Upon opening the skill tree, Jiang Shu discovered that the Undead Puppet Technique's attribute was Wisdom, making it a high-level skill that only evolved individuals with a certain purity of Wisdom Spiritual Root could use.

Of course, this is not a problem for him. As a possessor of the Primordial Spiritual Root, he can learn all the skills on the skill tree!