Published: January 30, 2025
After clearing the zombies from the entire street, Wen Yu didn’t care about the soreness in his hands. He discarded the now useless fire axe and walked towards the Exchange Stone Pillar at the street corner.
"Welcome to the exchange system."
The familiar voice echoed, but Wen Yu ignored the clear female voice and mentally communicated with the Exchange Stone Pillar: "Check points."
"Remaining points: 168."
Since parting ways with the Guardian team, Wen Yu had been frantically clearing zombies along the way and finally accumulated over 150 points before noon.
Wen Yu thought carefully and then opened the equipment exchange list to search diligently.
After a while, Wen Yu made up his mind. For protective gear, a durable weapon would definitely accelerate his evolution journey.
"Exchange for a steel knife."
"Steel Knife: F-grade equipment, made of high-quality steel, possesses strong lethality against first-level and below creatures. Consumes 50 points, proceed with exchange?"
"Yes."
Wen Yu did not rush to exit the exchange system but reopened the item exchange option.
"Exchange for a first-level attributeless magic crystal."
"First-level attributeless magic crystal: A basic magic crystal that can enhance the physical quality of first-level practitioners. Consumes 100 points, proceed with exchange?"
"Yes."
After exchanging for the two items, Wen Yu exited the Exchange Stone Pillar and grabbed the two items to examine them closely.
The steel knife didn’t require much introduction; produced by the pillar, it was undoubtedly a premium product—1.2 meters long with a sharp blade, indicating that it was a finely crafted weapon.
In fact, this kind of steel knife had accompanied Wen Yu through most battles in his previous life—cheap and durable.
Wen Yu was well aware of its weight, length, and sharpness. Although the combat style of a soul master did not favor close combat, for the time being, Wen Yu absolutely needed a solid and durable weapon.
The magic crystal was a crystal as thick as a thumb. This type of crystal could be considered the source of human advancement; it could enhance physical quality. However, this involved a problem of randomly generating skills after leveling up.
In his previous life, after becoming a first-level warrior, Wen Yu found that attributeless magic crystals cost 100 points while attribute magic crystals cost 200 points, so all enhancements were done through attributeless magic crystals.
When going through the promotion trial, he suddenly discovered that he had leveled up from first-level to second-level but had not gained any skills.
It wasn’t until later that he learned that during the enhancement process, the skills generated varied based on the ratio of magic crystals used.
If only attributeless magic crystals were used for enhancement, it would result in the most inferior upgrade without skills. This greatly impacted the growth potential of practitioners.
In this life, since Wen Yu had transitioned to the special profession of soul master, he could no longer gain skills himself, so choosing attributeless magic crystals for enhancement would have no impact on him.
Thus, he naturally upgraded using the first-level attributeless magic crystal.
Holding the magic crystal in his hand, Wen Yu calmed his rapid breathing and cleared his mind. Slowly, he felt a cool energy gradually seeping from the magic crystal into his body.
As this cool energy continued to circulate, the originally transparent attributeless magic crystal continuously shrank until it vanished.
Wen Yu opened his eyes, feeling the increase in his strength.
"Well, my physical quality has increased by about 0.5 times. Just like in my previous life, it seems there’s no change due to the special profession."
Wen Yu adapted briefly to his enhanced physical quality, picked up the steel knife, and headed towards his destination, Riverside Park.
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After recalling the location of Riverside Park, Wen Yu realized that Mudanjiang City itself wasn’t large. Riverside Park was situated in the city center and was the only park in Mudanjiang City, attracting a great deal of foot traffic.