Chapter 36

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"Requesting connection to the central system for Challenger No. 9527's support spirit... Executing program... Connection successful... Consciousness input successful... Redirecting to the central system interface... Function activation rate 60%..."

With her hands outstretched, Little Apple, floating in mid-air like a ghost, emitted a faint white light. Numerous translucent threads emerged from her brain, some connecting to Tang Cheng's head, while others penetrated the void. As a support spirit, she was now serving as a conduit, linking Tang Cheng's consciousness to the central system of the cycle world.

What? You ask why it's so complicated?

Of course, it's to make it look high-end, grand, and upscale. If it weren't made complicated, how could the existence of a support spirit be justified? Do you think such a character was designed just for show, you bastard!

As Little Apple's cold yet clear and ethereal voice sounded, Tang Cheng, though his eyes were closed, suddenly felt a flash before his eyes. He found himself standing before a massive cylindrical screen. Strangely, while he could only see the screen in front of him, he could also clearly see the things on the screens to his left, right, and behind.

Even Tang Cheng felt a bit peculiar.

On the screen, countless texts and images were scrolling like a carousel, but Tang Cheng truly focused on only five sections: Bloodline Exchange, Skill Exchange, Equipment Exchange, Item Exchange, and Body Enhancement.

From left to right, Tang Cheng first clicked on the Bloodline Exchange section, and a long list of bloodlines appeared before him, such as werewolf bloodline, vampire bloodline, Batman bloodline, Spider-Man bloodline, mage bloodline, fairy bloodline, archangel bloodline, demon bloodline, gap demon bloodline, and even divine and immortal bloodlines, making Tang Cheng's eyes dazzle.

Moreover, these bloodlines were incredibly expensive. For example, the lowest-grade E-level werewolf bloodline required 800 survival points, while an E-level vampire bloodline required 600 survival points and a cycle card. This was actually considered cheap. The more outrageous ones, like the mysterious gap demon bloodline, required 50,000 survival points and three S-level cycle cards, which was simply outrageous.

Even the divine and immortal bloodlines were roughly the same price. Why should a demon bloodline be so ridiculously expensive? This bloodline is only useful for sneaking around, moving freely, and making it hard to tell that it's actually an old woman. What else is it good for? Humph!

Tang Cheng inwardly criticized harshly, but Little Apple dutifully explained, "Exchanging bloodlines can fundamentally change the challenger, and the higher the grade of the bloodline, the greater the enhancement in combat power. Given Dad's physical attributes and abilities, I suggest exchanging for a vampire bloodline... Uh!"

Little Apple suddenly paused, as she noticed that Tang Cheng had closed the bloodline exchange page.

"Um..." Even with the computational power of ten of the most advanced computers, the support spirit couldn't understand what Tang Cheng was doing. Was he overwhelmed by the choices?

"Is Dad not choosing to exchange for a bloodline?" Little Apple asked.

"Why should I choose to exchange for a bloodline?" Tang Cheng countered.

That's a good question!

Little Apple inwardly criticized, as she didn't know how to respond. She could only say, "Because bloodlines can greatly assist the challenger. For example, after exchanging for a vampire bloodline, the body will gain regenerative abilities and vampire powers, and as an exchanged bloodline, it won't have weaknesses like fear of silver or sunlight, which would be very suitable for Dad..."

"That's not necessarily true," Tang Cheng said, his tone full of disdain. "As a perfect being, every part of my body is perfect, whether it's my bloodline, genes, or even the size of my... you know what. If I let such impurities into my body, I can't bear it!"

Little Apple was immediately flabbergasted. The bloodlines in the cycle world were different from those in reality. They had no weaknesses and could perfectly integrate with the challenger without any side effects. Even the lowest-grade bloodlines could turn a weak challenger into a high, rich, and handsome one. Many new challengers couldn't afford the high prices, yet Tang Cheng... called them impurities?!

Little Apple couldn't hold back anymore, "Who do you think you are, Dad?"

"Ha ha ha, I am, of course, the most upright and great super-pervert in the entire universe. My perfect body doesn't want to be polluted by those trash bloodlines. They're too low-class, you know." Tang Cheng said arrogantly, then added, "But speaking of which, Little Apple, as my daughter, you're really criticizing your great biological father. You have a bright future!"

"Who is your biological daughter? I'm a support spirit!!" Little Apple was utterly flustered, her teeth grinding in frustration. If she had the ability to attack, she would have cut open Tang Cheng's mouth, pulled out his tongue, and stomped on it!

Why did she have to end up with such a master? What a tragedy!

In Little Apple's view, Tang Cheng was extremely middle-schooler-like and beyond redemption. Such a narcissistic person was probably hard to find even in the entire universe. However, Tang Cheng genuinely believed this. Though he didn't know why, he knew he didn't need other bloodlines.

Forget using survival points to exchange for low-grade bloodlines; even if the cycle space offered him the most expensive divine and immortal bloodline for free, he would still need to consider it.

Skipping the bloodline exchange, Tang Cheng didn't look at the nearby skills and equipment but first clicked on the body enhancement section. Although he didn't need to exchange for a bloodline, he was well aware of his fragile body. In the beginner's scenario, just opening the super-god mode twice nearly destroyed his body. If it weren't for the bug-like repair ability of the cycle space, he probably couldn't open the super-god mode again, and his lifespan would be shortened.

With such a body, it was clearly impractical to fight in the official scenarios.

Therefore, enhancing his body was necessary, but he didn't know if it required cycle cards.

Before this, Tang Cheng had already learned from Little Apple that cycle cards were similar to survival points, and in some aspects, even more important. Besides being used for lotteries, they were also essential for exchanges in the cycle space. Most high-grade equipment, skills, and items required both survival points and cycle cards to exchange.

Of course, whether to use them for exchanges or lotteries was a matter of personal choice. If one felt lucky, lotteries were more cost-effective. If one felt unlucky... like Tang Cheng, who drew a woman's skill, it was a waste.

This was probably a form of freedom given to the challengers by the cycle world.

After learning this, Tang Cheng felt a bit regretful about his rashness, as he would have had two cycle cards. However, this feeling lasted for less than a second before it vanished.

Though he wasn't generous, he wasn't stingy either. He never regretted things that had already happened. Once something was given away, it was given away, and he didn't feel he had lost anything or that the other party had gained much... just as he wouldn't seek gratitude for helping others or demand repayment for receiving help. Everything, to him, was a matter of course.

Returning to the main topic, Tang Cheng sighed in relief after opening the enhancement section. Body enhancement didn't require cycle cards, but it did require a lot of survival points.