Chapter 100: The Awakened’s Paradise.

If the World Tree considered that 24 hours had not yet passed and upgrading was not possible, Xiao Fen would only have the path of choosing the Healing Potion.

“Are you sure you want to pay 6000 Gene Points for upgrading?”

“Confirm.”

After receiving Xiao Fen’s confirmed answer, the Light Screen went quiet for a while, then started showing new text.

“Trialist upgrade preparation in progress.”

“Trialist upgrade preparation system complete.”

“The Trialist’s physical health condition is extremely poor. Severe pain may cause life-threatening danger. Do you wish to continue?”

Xiao Fen smiled. Every time there was pain, it would cause life-threatening danger. However, one could not stop moving forward just because of the fear of pain and danger.

He decisively pressed “Continue.”

“Data is being reconstructed, please wait.”

“Data reconstruction complete.”

“Trialist Name: Xiao Fen.”

“Body Type: Standard.”

“Strength: 10, Evaluation: Low.”

“Spirit: 24, Evaluation: Excellent.”

“Constitution: 13, Evaluation: Normal.”

“Agility: 21, Evaluation: Excellent.”

“First Ability: Gene Control Ability.”

“Existing Skills: Sharp Vision, Shooting Talent, Weapon Crafting, Melee Mastery, Melee Weapon Mastery, Firearms Mastery.”

“Existing Skill Points: 6.”

“Existing Gold Points: 3.”

“Basic scan complete, switching to normal upgrade phase.”

“Please select your Attribute upgrade direction.”

Xiao Fen looked at these Attributes. A feeling of being separated by a world rushed over him. The interval in the Real World for upgrading was only a few hours, but for him, it was a time after several life-and-death experiences. The gap was so large that he actually felt a bit emotional for a moment.

After thinking for a bit, he first determined that among the 20 Attribute Points, at least 7 points should be invested in Constitution. He really didn’t want to experience the situation where his Health Value would enter a dangerous period at the drop of a hat several more times.

If considering that ring which could change Attributes, Xiao Fen wasn’t too enthusiastic about investing in Spirit or Agility. At least the experiences of the two Trial Worlds proved that his current Spirit and Agility were already sufficient in Trial Worlds below Level 2. Having too many points, aside from having some use when manufacturing weapon s, was actually a waste.

Just like Farrah had said before, killing effects could be achieved through various methods. The greatest use of a dagger still came from breaking defense. As long as the defense was broken, that was enough.

Therefore, this time, Xiao Fen planned not to invest too much in Spirit and Agility. Investing 4 points in each was a good choice. After all, there was still that ring. It was estimated that this would be sufficient even in Trial Worlds below Level 3.

Calculating this way, he could still invest 5 points in Strength.

Having made all the plans, Xiao Fen decisively carried out the Attribute distribution on the Light Screen.

“Upgrade is in progress. The Trialist must be in a lying position. During the upgrade process, as the genes twist, huge pain will be produced. Please make corresponding preparations in advance.”

Xiao Fen struggled to lie down and selected “Preparation Complete”.

A familiar yet unfamiliar sensation of pain suddenly struck. Compared to the pain of the first upgrade, this time, accompanied by the increase in Spirit, his perception was sharper, and the sensation of pain was also more real.

Xiao Fen could feel that his body cells were undergoing violent trembling. All the cells in his body seemed to be sawed open by an invisible saw, then cut apart. The cytoplasm and nuclei inside were all smashed to pieces. Even those chromosomes were taken out one by one and placed on a huge grinder to be crushed and reconstructed.

This feeling was like his entire body was being crushed in a grinder, and he seemed destined to be unable to see the light of the future.

In this process, the only good thing was that Xiao Fen’s body was already heavily injured. Now, he didn’t have more strength to roar. He didn’t even have the kind of struggle he had during the first upgrade. Collapsed on the empty ground, all Xiao Fen could do was raise his eyes to look at the bright roof, feeling all the pain, experiencing this pain.

Two minutes later, that huge pain abruptly receded. Although there was still a faint pain in his body, it no longer affected Xiao Fen’s normal movement.

Xiao Fen didn’t immediately select the second ability. He needed to seriously consider the direction of his second ability choice, and this required enough consideration time. Making a decision in a rush was not his habit.

He struggled to climb up and walked to a large door. He forcefully pulled open the door leaf, only to discover that this was not a door leading to the outside, but a huge Warehouse. This Warehouse was even larger than the room outside. Xiao Fen believed that even putting in a stealth bomber would be more than enough. In a corner of this Warehouse, closer to Xiao Fen, a lonely shelf was placed with messy things.

Xiao Fen thought for a moment, closed the large door, and directly exited his room. The next second, he appeared in front of Du Juan again.

Du Juan looked at the young man in front of her with interest. After a short time apart, this young man had indeed undergone a wonderful change. The original immature feeling on his face had completely vanished, replaced by a feeling of determination. Even his body looked much stronger than before.

“Looking at your appearance, it seems you added Constitution. How do you feel?”

Xiao Fen smiled and said, “It’s okay. If possible, I want to eat something. Also, I want some water.”

Du Juan shrugged, turned her head to look in the direction of the elevator, and said, “Of course, I have already prepared these things for you.”

As soon as her voice fell, the elevator door opened with a “ding”. A woman with good features but an equally dull expression pushed a dining cart in. After placing the things on the cart one by one on the large table in the middle of the basement, this woman with dazed eyes turned around and pushed the cart out of the basement.

“Don’t worry, her brainwaves were interfered with. There is no life danger. When she returns to the surface, she will wake up soon. She will immediately forget everything that happened here and know nothing.”

Looking at Xiao Fen, Du Juan seemed to know what he wanted to ask, so she directly gave an answer.

This answer made Xiao Fen stunned, and he couldn’t help but ask, “Can you understand what I am thinking?”

Du Juan chuckled and said, “Perceiving other people’s brainwaves and instantly reading the meaning, only those Level 4 and above Wave Ability controllers can do that. If a single Ability can reach Level 4, such a person is mostly already a mature Awakened. And I, I am just a lowly Trialist.”

Xiao Fen opened the Mineral Water and took a big gulp, asking, “Can you tell me? What exactly do Awakened do?”

Du Juan became serious, looked at Xiao Fen, and asked, “Do you believe in Paradise?”

Xiao Fen frowned slightly. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe it. When Du Juan asked the question, he had already thought of Farrah. Farrah was the gatekeeper of Hell. If there was Hell, naturally there would be Paradise.

What he felt puzzled about was that there seemed to be no relationship between Paradise and Awakened.

“Maybe there is. I’m not sure. Do Awakened all live in Paradise?”

“The vast majority. Trialists stay in the Real World for trials. Apart from necessary personnel, the vast majority of Awakened are in the Paradise created by Yggdrasil, fighting each other and training day after day, and then facing even more terrifying opponents.”

“Even more terrifying opponents?”

“Apocalyptic Disaster, a Disaster that can destroy all living beings in this World. This is the opponent of Awakened. They must transfer these Disasters to other Worlds to ensure that our World remains safe.”

This news didn’t shock Xiao Fen as much as he thought it would. It should be said that after two consecutive trials, especially the trial just conducted, Xiao Fen had already had a premonition about the mission of Awakened. So, he finally just said “Oh” regarding Du Juan’s statement, and then asked, “Then, where is Hell?”

“There have been many Apocalyptic Disasters in Human history. These Apocalyptic Disasters were all transferred by Awakened and turned into different Lands of Calamity, collectively referred to as Hell. On the roads leading to these Hells, there is a gate called the Tribunal. The Hell Watchdog is there, preventing people from rashly intruding into these Worlds, and also preventing any surviving creatures in Hell from coming to the Real World.”