Chapter 43: The Final Preparations

At this moment, Zhang Jie pointed at the third item and said

"What about this one? This looks like a weapon too, and it fits our needs, doesn't it?"

"That's right. This third item is definitely an attack-type weapon. However, this is also the one that requires the most points of the three to repair."

Chu Xuan scanned the group

"If we decide to repair this last item, we won't have enough points left to exchange for other items targeting ghosts and supernatural entities."

Zhang Jie said nonchalantly, "Actually, I don't think we need to be this cautious. Who knows what kind of horror movie the next one will be?"

Li Xiao complained inwardly, *What a coincidence, I actually do know.*

*If I didn't know the next one was a twenty-person version of 'The Grudge,' why do you think I took the risk of seeking help in the real world?*

Just as Zheng Zha and the others were about to nod, they heard Chu Xuan continue

"I assume you all know Murphy's Law."

"If you hadn't brought these things back from the real world, I might still be uncertain."

"Zhang Jie, the first three rounds you experienced were all ghost-type horror movies, followed immediately by Resident Evil and Alien."

"Indeed, if we follow the current pattern, there is a high probability that the next round will be biological mutations or superhero-type horror movies."

"But I have an inexplicable intuition that keeps reminding me."

As he spoke, Chu Xuan rubbed his temples with a look of slight pain and whispered

"Mainly because since the God can control the flow of time... if that's the case, I don't know if the God determines the next horror movie at the end of the previous one, or upon entry..."

"My apologies, everyone. Alright, I've said my piece. You make the decision."

Zheng Zha and the others all looked conflicted.

But just at that moment, Zhan Lan spoke with a guilty expression

"Um, everyone, I'm sorry... my points, hehe, are all used up."

Hearing this, Zheng Zha was stunned, and Zhang Jie asked in confusion

"How can that be? What about your reward points?"

Zhan Lan pointed at the modern weapons scattered on the floor and expressed her helplessness.

Li Xiao scratched the back of his head and said awkwardly

"Alright, it was I who asked Zhan Lan to exchange for the Compression (Universal) Capsules for me."

"After all, I didn't have internal energy back then, and I needed to store a vast amount of things."

"So, the capsules from Dragon Ball were the only thing that met the requirements."

"However, the downside is obvious: one capsule can only store one type of item, and both releasing and retrieving them is very troublesome. They aren't suitable for use during intense combat and are far inferior to spatial rings or storage bags."

"Otherwise, they wouldn't be so cheap."

As he spoke, Li Xiao gave a helpless, "broke person" smile.

Zhang Jie's gaze turned strange. "Then what about your points? You should still have quite a few side-story points and reward points left, right?"

Under everyone's gaze, Li Xiao picked his nose. "I spent a portion of them as soon as I got back. I didn't expect there to be this final part!"

Zheng Zha slapped his forehead hard.

"In that case, we don't even need to think about it anymore."

"Since the Jade Ruyi can be used without repair and seems to work quite well..."

"Then let's repair this stone. I hope it really is, as Chu Xuan said, an item that can target ghosts and is purely for attack!!"

Li Xiao thought to himself, *Or it probably is.*

After all, from everything he knew, anything with "Seal" or "Imprint" in its name was an attack item.

In terms of reward points, to be honest, Zhang Jie had the most.

Next were Zheng Zha and Chu Xuan.

When the "stone" was completed by the white light scattered by the God, everyone who could read was stunned.

The six of them instinctively looked at each other.

Even Chu Xuan's expression changed strangely for a moment.

Zhang Jie and the others were even more shocked than if they had seen a Dongfeng missile.

Subsequently, following Chu Xuan's suggestion, everyone except him spent every last one of their reward points.

They exchanged for a bunch of relatively cheap basic enchantment materials.

Chu Xuan took all of Li Xiao's capsules and even took the box of zero-point bullets.

Finally, he disappeared through the doorway of his room.

Of course, he left one last sentence behind.

"Leave the matter of the psychic bullets to me!"

Watching Chu Xuan's disappearing back, Zhang Jie muttered indignantly

"Even if we received support from the state because of him, that was something you two traded your lives for!"

"Why is it that none of his reward points were touched, and he's only spending ours?"

Li Xiao thought of something and said in an ambiguous tone

"I might have a guess why. Perhaps it's to save his life!"

This left the others completely bewildered.

However, they soon understood what Li Xiao meant.

Because less than ten minutes after entering, Chu Xuan's door suddenly burst open, and a massive figure came charging out, trailing black smoke behind him.

After the God finished healing him, Arnold followed Chu Xuan back in.

He didn't spare them a single glance the entire time.

Zhang Jie, who had just been complaining, fell silent immediately.

Zhan Lan said with a mix of laughter and tears

"Well, I see. So that's it."

"I didn't expect Chu Xuan to be such an experimental maniac."

"Then again, in the God Space, any experiment one can think of can be done, no matter how dangerous."

"For someone like him, it's no exaggeration to say he's in heaven."

After saying this, Zhan Lan suddenly paused and said to the others

"Wait, I just realized, why don't we exchange for another day to return to the real world?"

"Wouldn't that allow us to bring in more of those uncertain antiques? It's only a fifty-point processing fee."

Zheng Zha and Li Xiao exchanged a look and said helplessly

"Why don't you try and see if you can still exchange for it?"

Looking at the friendly, caring eyes of the two men, Zhan Lan stood before the God and closed her eyes.

A few seconds later, she looked dejected

"Fine, as expected, there are no loopholes to exploit."

"I thought I could go back for one day every time, so that even without spatial tools, I could move things between both sides."

"But it turns out the cooldown is once per world."

Zheng Zha patted Zhang Jie on the shoulder.

"Let's go. Our training cannot stop."

"Besides, before we came back, I made sure to bring back a lot of potions."

"Since Li Xiao could learn internal energy through his own efforts, so can you."

Seeing that Zheng Zha never mentioned the "Heaven's Will" mask, Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

This had been agreed upon by the two of them before their return.

A trump card is a trump card precisely because the fewer people who know about it, the better.

Having learned from Chu Xuan's experience this time, Zheng Zha was even more convinced of this simple, unadorned truth.

The fulfilling training time passed quickly.

Unfortunately, none of the people present had even reached the threshold of internal energy.

Five days later in the God Space.

To be honest, Li Xiao felt quite honored after being invited into Chu Xuan's room.

However, half an hour later, he regretted it—and he regretted it thoroughly.

In Chu Xuan's mysterious underground laboratory, as the golden light in the air vanished, a massive power suddenly annihilated.

With a look of fanaticism, Chu Xuan held the "stone" that had been repaired five days ago and said excitedly

"It worked! It actually worked?"

"Simply incredible!"