After the settlement ended, Cyan and Nishi were sent to their private room.
The Black Widow Spider stood on Cyan's shoulder, eyes wide as she looked around at the ocean creatures swimming back and forth that she had never seen before. She jumped onto the soft carpet, ran all the way to the wall, and carefully stretched out a hand to touch it.
She had thought she would touch cold water, but what she touched was the wall. A clownfish on the other side of the wall seemed to sense her presence, turned its head to stare at her, and opened and closed its mouth, releasing a string of bubbles.
The Black Widow Spider pressed her face against the wall and watched the ocean creatures swimming on the other side with great interest.
"Gurgle gurgle…"
Cyan's stomach let out a hungry growl.
"Pfft…"
Nishi heard the funny sound, covered her mouth, and turned her head away.
"No laughing."
Cyan's face darkened slightly as she glanced at Nishi. She walked over to the Black Widow Spider and picked her up.
"Ah…"
The Black Widow Spider struggled a little, turned her head to look at Cyan, then looked back at the strange creatures swimming on the other side of the wall. She wanted to watch a little longer.
"We're going to eat. I'm hungry."
Cyan placed the Black Widow Spider on her shoulder and stroked her little head.
"Eat!"
Hearing that they were going to eat, the Black Widow Spider showed a happy smile, cupped her cheeks with both hands, and shook her little head.
"Ah! Right, Unabi!"
Nishi remembered that the chess piece Unabi had transformed into was still on her. She took it out. In a flash of light the chess piece became a chestnut Friesian horse.
"Unabi!"
The Black Widow Spider's eyes lit up when she saw Unabi.
Unabi sensed the Black Widow Spider's gaze and let out a terrified neigh.
The Black Widow Spider leaped up, landed on Unabi's head, and patted it with both hands, scaring Unabi so badly that it trembled all over. It was only one step away from performing a crazy hip-shaking dance (rearing up and kicking its hind legs) inside the private room.
"What are you afraid of? She's not going to bite you!"
Seeing Unabi scared like this, Nishi laughed with schadenfreude.
"Let's go." Cyan, who was so hungry she could barely stand it, walked to the door, turned the handle, and went out.
"Master, wait for me!"
Nishi hurriedly followed, hugging Cyan's arm. The white Douqi cloak draped over her body, paired with the qipao, greatly increased her charm.
Seeing Cyan leave, Unabi no longer cared about the Black Widow Spider on its body and quickly chased after them.
Cyan's group walking toward the living area attracted the gazes of many survivors. Facing so many strangers, even with mosaics covering their faces, the Black Widow Spider could not take it. She jumped onto Cyan in fear. This time she did not burrow into the fluff but went straight into her clothes. Her little face pressed against the small fried egg and she felt a bit of security.
Unabi looked behind itself, confirmed the Black Widow Spider was no longer on its body, and let out a sigh of relief.
Nishi tightly hugged Cyan's arm, looked at her perfect face, and said shyly with slightly flushed cheeks, "Master, do we look like a couple like this?"
"A couple?"
Cyan tilted her head and looked at Nishi in confusion. "But we're both women. Aren't couples a man and a woman?"
"It can also be a woman and a woman!"
Nishi pouted and hugged Cyan's arm even tighter, as if expressing her dissatisfaction.
"I see."
Cyan nodded in sudden understanding. While learning new knowledge, she also developed a new question. She gazed at Nishi and asked, "Scientifically speaking, a man and a woman come together for the sake of offspring. What is a woman and a woman for? You and I—will we have offspring?"
"It's not for…"
Nishi almost shouted the words, but stopped halfway. She muttered softly, "Couples stay together because they like each other, not for the sake of offspring…"
"Is it because of the attraction of hormones?"
Cyan heard Nishi's muttering. A word suddenly popped into her mind, and she said it.
"What are hormones?"
Nishi was also hearing this word for the first time.
"I don't know."
Cyan shook her head. She did not really understand what hormones were either. The word had simply appeared in her mind at that moment.
The two who had originally been discussing the topic of couples had digressed into science. Their awkward conversation ended there.
Aaaah! Master is such a block of wood!
Nishi glanced at Cyan and thought about how to take their relationship one step further. Suddenly, the things Bowsette had once done to Cyan floated into her mind.
No no no, I can't do that. Doing that will get me beaten! If it makes Master dislike me, that would be bad.
Nishi shook her head and rejected the bold idea in her heart.
The speed of the heartbeat has increased a lot…
Cyan clearly sensed that the person beside her had accelerated her heartbeat for a few seconds just now, then it dropped back down.
Humble Tower Residence
"Big Sister Meili, I'm here~!"
Walking into the Humble Tower Residence, Nishi happily greeted Zhou Meili.
"Welcome, Little Ling, Cyan."
Zhou Meili smiled and greeted Cyan and Nishi.
"What would you like to eat?"
"Mm, I want this, and this…"
Cyan looked at the menu and ordered frantically. She also ordered a few vegetable dishes for Unabi waiting outside the Humble Tower Residence. After ordering, she urged, "Big Sister Meili, please bring the dishes quickly."
"Mm, I'll have him cook faster~!" Zhou Meili said with a smile.
After the food was served, Cyan, who had already been starving beyond endurance, swept across the food on the table like a whirlwind.
Holding the Black Widow Spider who was taking small bites of food, Nishi was stunned by Cyan's wild way of eating. She looked at the food, opened her mouth wide, and only managed to bite off a small portion.
The scalding soup burned her so much that she stuck out her tongue. Tears welled up at the corners of her wine-red eyes. It was really too hot.
However, food this delicious was something she could not bear to spit out even if it burned her.
This was the first time she had ever eaten something so delicious.
What a cute little one~!
When Zhou Meili brought the dishes to the table, she noticed the Black Widow Spider sticking out her tongue from being burned by the hot soup. The existence of this little thing overturned her stereotypical impression of spiders. Beautiful and adorable, with a delicate little body that made one want to hold her in one's arms.
After the meal, Cyan paid the bill and left the Humble Tower Residence, walking toward the trading area while discussing how to allocate the attribute points.
Including the attribute points obtained from the hidden mission, Cyan had a total of 6 attribute points. Considering the Random Summon skill, she put all the attribute points into Spirit.
This way, her Spirit, including the bonus from the Magic Mithril Ring, reached 340 points. Even if she used two summons that cost 50 Spirit upper limit each, she would still have 240 Spirit left to use.
The following are Cyan's attributes. The numbers in parentheses are the bare attributes plus equipment attributes.
STR: 36 (21+2+2+2+4+2+1+1+1)
AGI: 37 (26+2+1+4+2+1+1)
CON: 25 (13+2+2+4+1+1+1+1)
INT: 19 (10+4+1+1+2+1)
SPI: 32 (20+2+4+1+2+1+1+1)
PER: 18 (12+4+1+1)
CHA: 15 (12+3)
Nishi had 4 attribute points. She distributed them evenly between Strength and Agility.
The following are Nishi's attributes. The numbers in parentheses are the bare attributes plus equipment attributes.
STR: 21 (13+3+2+1+2)
AGI: 29 (19+3+1+2+3+1)
CON: 12 (8+2+2)
INT: 6
SPI: 9
PER: 7
CHA: 9
The Black Widow Spider's 3 attribute points—the little one scratched her ears and cheeks thinking for a long time, then added 2 points to Constitution and 1 point to Intelligence.
This was the result of Cyan letting her decide for herself. As for why she added 1 point to Intelligence, it was probably because she felt she did not seem very smart.
On the way to the trading area, they passed a building called the "Witch's House." Dozens of survivors had gathered in front of it.
"What kind of mission is Miss Witch going to post? I'm so looking forward to it!"
"I think what you're looking forward to is the buff cards, right?"
"As if you're not here for the buff cards either."
"Why hasn't the door opened yet?! We've already waited half an hour! In a little while I'm going to be teleported out of the Survival Space!"
"Who knows when the witch will open the door. I heard the witches of the Witch's House have eccentric temperaments and unpredictable moods. Even opening the door for business is like this."
…
Listening to the survivors discussing noisily in front of the Witch's House, Nishi looked at Cyan and asked, "Master, should we go take a look? Maybe we can meet the witches who make buff cards~!"
"Mm… fine."
Cyan felt there was nothing wrong with going to take a look, so she walked over.
After a short wait, the survivor who had said he had waited half an hour earlier let out an unwilling cry and was teleported out of the Survival Space.
"Creak!"
The door of the Witch's House opened. A chilly aura rushed toward them. Even though there was no wind, all the survivors felt a strange, bone-chilling cold wind brushing against their bodies.
After a brief pause, everyone surged into the Witch's House as if the play button had been pressed.
"Unabi, wait for me here."
Cyan stroked Unabi's mane.
Unabi nodded and stood in place watching Cyan and Nishi walk into the Witch's House.
Walking into the Witch's House, two witches sat on the carpet in the center of the room.
On the right side of the room was a huge magic cauldron. Something unknown was boiling inside it, bubbling and gurgling. Pungent, unpleasant smoke drifted out. On the left side of the room were many bottles and jars. Inside them one could see materials from various creatures—dragon horns, tiger heads, an entire wyvern that had been shrunk and pickled inside a jar…
All kinds of strangely shaped internal organs and bones made one's heart turn cold and one's back shiver.
"Welcome, everyone, to the Witch's House. I am Circe." The witch said her name with a strange smile.
"I am Medea."
The other witch stated her name coldly.
"I believe you have all come here for the cards. The mission is very simple. Bring materials we have never seen before, and we will make them into cards…"
Circe paused with her strange smile, then continued, "You can also spend Survival Points as a crafting fee and ask us to make cards. Of course, you must provide the materials yourselves."
[The witch of the Witch's House, Circe, has posted a special mission: Bring materials that Circe and Medea have never seen before to the Witch's House.]
[Accept?]
[Yes or No.]
Cyan thought for a moment and accepted the special mission. Since this special mission had no time limit and did not have to be completed in the next Survival Game, whenever she had materials she could come find the two witches to turn in the mission.
After leaving the Witch's House, Cyan and Nishi headed to the trading area.
Before entering the trading area, Cyan had Unabi transform back into a chess piece and put it away.
Nishi found an empty spot and waved. "Master, over here!"
Jade Thumb Ring, Dong Zhuo's Special Bombs, and a Crescent Blade.
This Crescent Blade was something Nishi had drawn from a card. Cyan's luck was not that good. Out of so many cards she had only drawn a useless Jade Thumb Ring.
[Crescent Blade] [Type: Weapon] [Attributes: Attack 25~43, STR +1, AGI +1.] [Skill: Drag Blade. Consumes 5 Spirit. Begins charging. The next attack's damage increases by 10% every second, up to a maximum of 10 seconds of charging. Charging for 5 seconds stuns the enemy for 1 second. Charging for 10 seconds stuns the enemy for 1.5 seconds. Cooldown: 15 minutes.] [Equip Requirements: STR 15, CON 10.] [Remark: There was no Crescent Blade in history!]
Dong Zhuo's Special Bombs were bought in a package by a survivor for 500 Survival Points each.
The Jade Thumb Ring sold for 3000 Survival Points. The Crescent Blade was bought by a social person with a dragon tattoo on his arm for 7000 Survival Points.
When holding the Crescent Blade, the social person's hands trembled. Holding the Crescent Blade was like holding an object of faith!
These three items sold for a total of 15000 Survival Points. Then they spent 3500 Survival Points to buy a piece of equipment.
[Tomboy Leather Shorts] [Type: Lower Garment] [Attributes: CON +1, reduces damage taken by 5%, increases movement speed by 5%.] [Equip Requirements: Female only] [Remark: Eek! You're so naughty!]
Cyan spent some Survival Points to change the color of these pink leather shorts to black. After putting them on, her snow-white slender long legs were revealed, making Nishi want nothing more than to hug them and lick them a couple of times.
The only downside was that after changing into the leather shorts, paired with the combat boots on her feet, the look was a bit mismatched. Changing the appearance of the combat boots required spending 100 Survival Points.
Cyan felt it was fine.
Nishi really could not stand it and strongly suggested that Cyan spend 100 Survival Points to change the appearance of the combat boots into black thigh-high boots.
Feeling a cool breeze on her lower body, Cyan subconsciously tightened the wolf-pelt coat on her body. The Black Widow Spider had already hidden inside her clothes when they arrived at the crowded place. Half of her little face and one delicate little ear were exposed. Sensing the movement of the clothes, she poked her head out to look.
[Extreme Speed (Active) – Skill Level: LV5] Consumes 10 Spirit. Increases attack speed and movement speed by 20%. Lasts 20 seconds. LV5 Effect: During the skill duration, attack power increases by 10%.
Nishi spent 3000 Survival Points and 3 skill points to upgrade Extreme Speed to LV5. Extreme Speed upgraded to LV5 gained a special effect that increased attack power during the skill duration.
"So after a skill is upgraded to LV5, it can also have this kind of effect."
Cyan looked at the skill attributes Nishi showed her and thought of her own skills. Wanting to upgrade all of her skills to LV5 was something she probably would not be able to do even by the time she left the Survival Space.
"The skill consumption doubled!"
Nishi, whose Spirit was already low to begin with, looked at the skill consumption that had increased by 5 points, put on a crying face, and regretted upgrading the skill.