Chapter 148: Chapter 138: Boiling World
ID: Lin Yu
Life Value: 107
Strength Value: 112
Agility: 136
Spiritual Power: 567
Space: 0
Overall Strength: 922
Lin Yuâs stats were impressive. Although he hadnât made it onto the leaderboards yet, Tang Mo estimated he was right on the cusp.
Stats like these were indeed worthy of Lin Shourongâs high regard, especially that exceptionally high spiritual power.
Tang Mo had read in a research institute paper that an attribute superpower userâs specialized attribute value was typically two to three times higher than their other attribute values.
In other words, a Power Attribute Superpower Userâs Strength Attribute Value would be about twice their other attribute values.
If it reached three times, they would be considered outstanding among Power Attribute Superpower Users. Even if their other stats were lower, their potential would absolutely surpass others.
Tang Moâs own Spirit Attribute Value was five times her other attribute values, and so was Lin Yuâs.
At that moment, Lin Yu was also observing Tang Mo.
In the past, everyone who learned of his attribute stats had invariably shown expressions of shock, envy, or even jealousy.
But Tang Moâs face was as calm as a placid lake.
He couldnât tell if this girl he knew nothing about was truly so powerful that she looked down on his stats, or if she simply possessed emotional control far beyond her years.
In contrast to Tang Moâs serene expression, the curiosity and suspicion on Lin Yuâs face were undisguised.
The Lin Yu of now was simple and pure, bearing no resemblance whatsoever to the cold, gloomy man Tang Mo would later come to know of.
âWhat on earth did he go through later on?â
Lin Yu didnât linger for long. Having gotten what he came for, he quickly took the items and left.
Jingjing was truly exhausted and still hadnât woken up.
Tang Mo sat on her bed with no intention of getting up, leisurely browsing through the latest papers published by the research institute.
BEEP...
The screen of Tang Moâs watch went black in an instant, emitting a warning sound. Accompanying the sound was a steady red light in the top-left corner.
This sudden change startled Tang Mo, and she hurriedly pressed the back button.
It didnât work.
She pressed the power button.
That didnât work either.
âWhat is going on?â
ăMeanwhile, at S Base...ă
"Lord, the watches are out of control! This isnât a program we set up. We never designed a function for a warning sound or a persistent red light!"
"If you didnât set it up, donât tell me the watches can update their own software!"
Qin Lingâs voice was ice-cold and tinged with fury.
The ID Watch had been distributed across all of Huaxia, holding the entire continentâs big data and its very lifeline.
How could he not be furious when these researchers were telling him the watches were now out of control?
The researchers stood in a line, not daring to breathe. Each of them wished they could bury their heads in the ground.
In truth, if they werenât worried about their own necks, they really wanted to say that it seemed like the watches *had* updated their own software...
Qin Ling sat on a leather sofa, his elbows on his knees, staring at the ID Watch on his wrist. Its red light was still on, and it wouldnât boot up properly.
The warning sound stopped after three minutes, but even after three hours of intensive research, the team hadnât found any solution to the red light and black screen problem.
Now that facilities like satellite signal towers were no longer maintained, cell phones had been completely abandoned by the new era.
If the ID Watches were also paralyzed, the entirety of Huaxia would plunge into an even deeper darkness. No one would be able to perform even the most basic communication.
In that instant, the first person Qin Ling thought of was his girlfriend, who was off frolicking somewhere unknown.
His fingers slowly tightened.
"What are you standing around for? Get the hell over there and fix it for me!"
Fortunately, the researchersâ nightmare didnât last long. An hour later, the ID Watchâs red light automatically disappeared, and the watch restarted on its own. Everything seemed to have returned to normal.
"This watch..."
At this moment, everyone in Huaxia was closely monitoring the situation with their watches.
Sharp-eyed people immediately noticed that the rebooted watches were very different from before.
Both the page layout and the content had many subtle new additions, as if it had undergone a comprehensive upgrade.
"Oh, so it was just an upgrade. No wonder."
The survivors throughout Huaxia, Tang Mo included, all assumed the incident with the watches was due to an upgrade initiated by the baseâs research institute.
Only Qin Lingâs expression grew darker the more he scrolled through the watchâs more refined and comprehensive pages and information.
âThis watch... it really did upgrade itself.â
In the most prominent spot on the main screen, there was a small mail icon. In the top-right corner of the icon was a red number 1.
This indicated a new message, and everyone subconsciously tapped on the mail icon.
The email opened.
We interrupt with an important announcement: One of the Five Beads, the Spirit Power Pearl, has appeared in the world. Once all Five Beads are gathered, the Huaxia Continent will unlock the Hell Mode adventure Chapter. The person who gathers all Five Beads will receive immense energy, becoming the Chosen One to help all of Huaxia overcome this crisis.
P.S. The land where each bead appears contains a large quantity of High-level, Intermediate, and Basic Level Crystal Stones to help the people of Huaxia increase their Overall Strength for the challenges ahead.
Good luck.
These three short lines sent the entire world into an uproar. Everyone read them over and over for a long, long time.
They understood every word, but when read together, it felt as if something was wrong with their reading comprehension.
However, from the term "people of Huaxia," everyone already understood that the source of this email was not as simple as S Base.
Yet they were unwilling to easily believe that the world had turned into a fantasy novel. Everyone rubbed their eyes and pinched themselves, trying to wake up faster.
"Is it aliens?" Tang Mo murmured.
"Itâs like a game." Tang Mo had also played games in college; everything now felt like she was inside one.
But since she had already experienced something as unbelievable as rebirth, there was nothing she couldnât accept.
She, of all people, understood the contents of that email the best.
âThe Five Beads... that must be referring to the pearl beneath the quicksand, the one Sand Town has been after.â
âIf this one here is the Spirit Power Pearl, then the other four must be the Life Force, Agility, Strength, and Space Pearls.â
âAs for the High-level, Intermediate, and Basic Crystal Stones, thatâs even easier to understand. They correspond to the Blood Red Crystal Stone, Light Blue Crystal Stone, and White Crystal Stone that I obtained.â
However, as for what the email said would happen after collecting the Five Beads, that was something she couldnât clearly figure out right now.
âCollect all Five Beads?â
Tang Mo wasnât that confident in herself.
She had only been able to retrieve the Spirit Power Pearl because Jingjing was a Spirit Attribute growth-type mutant beast, which allowed it to go down and trigger it successfully.
As for the other four pearls, she didnât have several more Jingjings lying around.
âPerhaps a Divine Beast like Jingjing is the key to triggering the pearls?â