World-saving Plan: The Only Savior-Chapter 585 - 456 - Li Xiang’s Ordinary Life

By the time Zhang Xiaoman and Yang Yangyang finished their discussion, it was already past eight o’clock outside.

He casually ate something and then went back into the Original Realm, where he tried his luck with the lottery while taking the opportunity to do some upgrades.

Needless to say, the few lottery attempts he had all resulted in Star Dust.

But he was lucky with the upgrades.

The new anti-gravity car he bought was randomly upgraded twice, turning it into a military reconnaissance type, the kind that can go invisible.

Besides that, two skills were upgraded to purple.

[Spirit Control Technique]

Freely manipulate spiritual power, usable on oneself or others.

Usage effect: Absorb Dark Energy as well as spiritual power. freёnovelkiss.com

Absorption amount: 20% of the user’s maximum Dark Energy, 10% of the target’s spiritual power.

Duration: 60 minutes

Energy consumption: None

Usage range: 300-meter radius

Cooling time: 10 minutes

——Intellect connects to the divine, mastering the art of spirit control.

This skill was, of course, an upgrade from the Soul Snatching Skill.

Beyond those basic abilities, the major improvement was changing the fixed mana recovery amount into a percentage.

According to Zhang Xiaoman’s current Dark Energy limit, one use of the Spirit Control Technique could restore 124 points for him.

If used in conjunction with the passives from the two Star Rings, he could directly absorb up to 80% of his maximum energy limit from the target, which would be 496 points of Dark Energy.

This value was already quite impressive, especially because the percentage effect would increase alongside his energy limit in the future.

The other purple skill was somewhat of a surprise to Zhang Xiaoman.

[Thunderbolt Spell]

Utilize one’s own spiritual power to draw down Heavenly Thunder to attack a target area, with attack strength increasing with one’s spiritual power.

Usage range: (50) → 200 meters

Dark Energy Consumption: (30) → 300 points

Cooling time: (1) → None

——A mandatory skill for all starters at Lei Gong’s.

"Jin Bao’s skill also reached purple?"

Zhang Xiaoman muttered in surprise, then took another look at the consumption section.

"300 points of Dark Energy? This... Jin Bao can’t use it at all."

He thought back to when he saw Jin Bao earlier that day, where its attribute panel showed a maximum Dark Energy limit of just 112 points.

It was obvious that it wasn’t cultivating, and the additional Dark Energy was solely from natural growth.

To expect Jin Bao to fulfill the conditions to cast this skill was definitely a tall order for the dog.

"Hmm... I must figure out a way for Jin Bao to cultivate as well, otherwise this purple skill is too much of a waste."

Zhang Xiaoman began to ponder how he could get his dog to start cultivating in order to increase its Dark Energy limit.

He himself could also purchase this skill, but after looking at the price in the store, he decided it was better not to waste his points for the time being.

To cultivate Jin Bao, one simply needs to follow the way others do, by guiding and consuming Dark Energy evenly.

However, the challenge now lies in Jin Bao’s limited intelligence.

Even though Zhang Xiaoman can communicate with it simply, she can’t make it understand what it means to consume Dark Energy evenly.

"Intelligence..."

He murmured softly, his mind already made up.

The Wisdom Fruit he had previously drawn had been selected a few times during these upgrades.

And with the upgrades, that meant that the purchasing rights for it had been unlocked in the store.

Zhang Xiaoman brought up the system interface, checked the price of the Wisdom Fruit – the lowest level only cost 10 points, which was completely reasonable.

He didn’t need much, just enough to enhance Jin Bao the dog’s intelligence so it could learn how to use Dark Energy.

Well, actually, that still presented some difficulty.

But he didn’t plan to achieve it overnight; these things had to be done gradually.

...

In Qionghua City, within an ordinary residential complex.

Today was Monday, the day most workers dreaded the most.

The neighborhood was quiet, as the majority of young people had gone to work, leaving behind some elderly resting at home.

Those with good energy levels didn’t mind the progressively cooler weather outside, donning warm clothes to go out and chat or play chess with old friends.

At this moment, inside a unit of the residential building, a twenty-seven or -eight-year-old man was sitting in front of a computer, flipping through web pages with a grave expression.

"Shocking, the truth behind the air raid drills that took place in Qionghua City a few days ago turns out to be this!"

"Military enthusiasts analyze that the rumble of dull thunder across the sky is likely from the Vermilion Bird Army’s fourth-generation Phoenix Fighter jets."

"Insider uncles reveal that the world has begun to recover its Spiritual Energy, and the government is organizing physical examinations starting with the schools."

"..."

As streams of information flashed before his eyes, the man would occasionally click to read a bit more, while those particularly outlandish titles were skipped over directly.

"Heh, Spiritual Energy Recovery, organizing student physicals? Sounds like someone’s been reading too many novels, that’s an old trope from years ago. They’re still at it? I can’t even be bothered to read more."

Shaking his head, the man clicked to refresh the page, ready to see if any new posts had been made.

Just then, the door of the room was suddenly opened, and a fifty-something-year-old woman walked in.

"Li Xiang, why are you playing with the computer again? You’ve been spending less time driving recently than before. If you keep this up, how much money will you make this month?"

The woman, seeing the computer in front of the man, clearly displayed a displeased mood, her tone filled with dissatisfaction.

"Mom, didn’t I tell you? I’ve been hired by a company, all this is part of the work I’ll be doing in the future, I’m not playing around."

The woman clearly wasn’t satisfied with her son’s response and immediately walked over, saying:

"I don’t want to hear this nonsense. Look at you, you’ve been lounging at home for how long now? You’ve been saying this since last month. What’s the result? You still haven’t gone to work! Which company lets people wait at home for so long? Are you lying to me as an excuse?"

Seeing his mother’s blaming demeanor, Li Xiang felt helpless inside.

He couldn’t possibly disclose the matter of the mysterious Extraordinary Organization to her, and because of that, his ears had to endure his mother’s nagging every day.

"Mom, how many times have I told you? The company is very large, and I might not be working in the country in the future. Therefore, it’s normal to take time to prepare all kinds of paperwork and go through processes."

Li Xiang tried to persuade his mother to relax.

Yet, upon hearing him mention going abroad, a worried look appeared on her face, and she said:

"Abroad? Why does that sound so unreliable? Li Xiang, what abilities do you have that I wouldn’t know about? Why would they send you abroad to work? This isn’t some scam company, is it?"