Chapter 94

At night, He Ping lay in bed, a bit sleepless. This was certainly not his home, and this bed was completely different from his own. Although He Ping was not the type to be unable to sleep in a new bed, the events of the day had been too numerous, and he had seen many things that he could never have imagined. He had encountered a civilization entirely different from the main world and met many new faces. Today's experiences were even more tumultuous than when he was directly transported to the military realm.

Sitting up, He Ping looked around. This was the room the elders had arranged for him, which was actually a dormitory of the Saint Light Guard, a direct subordinate of the Senate. Since the city had almost no interaction with other humans outside, all the citizens were locals. Even in a military organization like the Saint Light Guard, everyone went home after work, so the dormitory was mostly empty, which was convenient for He Ping.

Thinking of the Senate, He Ping recalled what the elders had said to him in the council chamber. Although he was still a bit dazed and found it hard to believe, the abilities demonstrated by the Grand Elder forced him to try to digest all of this.

There really were prophecies in this world, and the Grand Elder was one of the few who could see them. At least in this city, the Grand Elder was the only one with this ability. Through this ability, the Grand Elder had prophesied that He Ping would arrive here today, that he did not belong to this world, and most importantly, that he would be the key to breaking the current state of humanity in this world.

"‘Savior of the World’? How ridiculous!" However, there was no trace of a smile on He Ping's face: "I can't even laugh. They say I am the key to breaking the status quo. Do they want me to fight the beasts? That's a huge joke. How can I possibly defeat such creatures?"

*Snap!*

He Ping reached out and touched a lamp-like object by the bed, which emitted a soft light, illuminating the area around the bed. Looking at this glowing object and the other items in the room that resembled electrical appliances from the main world but were completely different, He Ping's eyes showed curiosity.

Magitech science—this was the direction of civilization in this world. There was physics, mathematics, and chemistry, but the development of science was a step behind the main world. There was no electricity here, but a special resource of this world had led its civilization down a completely different path. These objects that looked like electrical appliances had mechanical structures and cables, but their core was the Seven Luminous Crystal Circuits!

The Seven Luminous Crystals were not a single type of crystal but a collective term for seven different types: the red Luminous Crystal of fire, the blue Luminous Crystal of water, the green Luminous Crystal of wind, the amber Luminous Crystal of earth, the golden Luminous Crystal of light, the black Luminous Crystal of darkness, and the silver Luminous Crystal of no attribute. These seven similar but distinct crystals contained immense power and were the primary energy source of this world.

These Seven Luminous Crystals were processed into various magitech devices. The magitech vehicle He Ping had ridden earlier was one of them. Like that vehicle, all transportation magitech devices were powered by the green Luminous Crystal of wind, which also provided these devices with many other magical functions. For example, the magitech stoves used for cooking had the red Luminous Crystal of fire as their core, while the magitech ice makers had the blue Luminous Crystal of water as their core.

The key to using magitech devices was one's attribute affinity. In this world, everyone had some degree of affinity with the four attributes of water, fire, wind, and earth, allowing them to use various magitech devices in daily life. However, affinity with the attributes of light, darkness, and no attribute was extremely rare, and only a few people in the city possessed these affinities.

Notably, magitech devices of the light and darkness attributes could not be operated by ordinary people, but no-attribute devices were different. Those with no-attribute affinity could activate many functions of no-attribute devices, while ordinary people could at least use the lighting function. The magitech lamp by the bed, the street lamps, and other lighting devices were all powered by the silver Luminous Crystal of no attribute.

Attribute affinity was an important measure of a person's strength in this world. The small amount of affinity that ordinary people had was sufficient for daily tasks like driving and lighting fires, but to further harness the magitech power within the Seven Luminous Crystals and use it for more advanced purposes, one needed a higher affinity. Most people in this world had a primary attribute, and among the four affinities, one would be higher than the others. The level of this primary attribute determined one's combat strength.

With a thought, He Ping's figure disappeared from the room and reappeared in the tower. Here, he finally saw the fitting name of the tower—“Beast Paradise”!

However, he did not linger but went straight to the special skill experience area. There, he found what he was looking for. In the additional skills section, seven new items had been added, corresponding to the seven attribute affinities. Unfortunately, he had no remaining skill points. The original ten points and the twenty points he gained from leveling up had all been allocated to weapon proficiency.

Without attribute affinity, his combat ability in this world would be significantly reduced. Even with the firearms from the main world and his physical attributes and weapon proficiency, he might be able to match the people here, but his ultimate goal was not the humans of this world but the beasts. Regardless of whether this was related to saving the world, he had already seen on the blacklist that the resource points from the beasts were far greater than those from humans!

Upgrading the system to level three required a large amount of war points, which in turn required a large amount of equipment, and the production of equipment required resource points. Gaining resource points by defeating ordinary humans was a long process. Even a notorious and highly-ranked criminal like Wolf only provided 200 points, and others were even less. Despite being called a ghost in Green Mountain City and sanctioning many people, He Ping had not gained many resource points.

It seemed like a vicious cycle. Without resource points and war points, the system could not be upgraded, which meant no additional skill points, no attribute affinity, and thus no powerful combat ability. Without powerful combat ability, he could not defeat the beasts to gain a large number of resource points, and ultimately, he could not produce equipment or upgrade the system.

Looking at the big zero in the additional skill points, He Ping sighed and muttered helplessly, "Not enough! Not nearly enough! Is there no way to increase skill points other than leveling up?"