Qi Xu was already used to it. It was just like taking classes at the cram school back in the day. Sure enough, Mother Heaven would never let down a good baby who went to tutoring classes to survive and was willing to study hard!
Hard work finally paid off!
Since she hadn't heard the rules broadcast for the third level yet, Qi Xu didn't think about anything else. First, she quickly familiarized herself with all the structures of her new body: walking, running, jumping, attacking, defending...
The monster she had transformed into turned out to be an ability monster. The dense compound eyes all over its body could shoot out burning light attacks. Qi Xu practiced this for a long time, as it was her trump card to guarantee her survival.
She didn't stop until she had completely pierced through a massive reef in front of her. She sighed in relief and rested to recover the energy inside her body.
The first time she became a monster, Qi Xu had been at a loss for a long time and couldn't adapt no matter what. The difference in physical structure between a human and a monster was simply too huge.
Now... having played this dozens of times, Qi Xu knew exactly what to do. Her efficiency was top-notch.
After making sure she was fully accustomed to her body, Qi Xu moved side to side to check her surroundings. This place looked like an underwater reef, with a massive shipwreck in the middle.
The sunken ship faintly emitted gold and red glows. It was very tempting, as if there was something good on it. Wait, there actually were good things?
Qi Xu hesitated for a moment before slowly squirming over. Although her current body had many little feet, they didn't seem very useful; walking wasn't even as fast as squirming.
With a twist of her body, contracting her rear and arching forward, she zipped forward several meters in a flash.
So much so that when she passed a huge rock, she suddenly saw another sea monster and gave it a fright.
It looked a lot like a turtle, with short limbs and a shell on its back. The moment they met, the sea turtle was startled.
It immediately tried to turn around and run away, but unfortunately, its limbs were uncoordinated. It twisted awkwardly, tripped over itself, and fell flat on its back with all four legs in the air. Then, an inexplicable blush appeared on its green face...
Qi Xu quickly squirmed over. With a forceful flick of her little tail, she smoothly helped the sea turtle flip back over. She hadn't expected her chubby body to be so agile.
%#&%?
What Qi Xu wanted to say was, Who are you? But she couldn't even recognize the sound that came out of her mouth. She understood then: communication between players was not allowed. The game rules probably had a specific setting for this.
However, judging from this sea monster's clumsy movements, it was definitely not Dongfang Yuan or Battle Wolf 004.
All the team members had been to the cram school for tutoring and knew exactly what the first thing to do upon turning into a monster was. Having been in here for so long, there was no reason to be so stupid as to not even have adapted to the body yet.
So, to sum up, this thing was most likely Xie Shaoning. He cared so much about his pride that he even blushed when he fell.
Qi Xu tried hard to express that she was also a player. She even raised her little claw, wanting to shake hands to show friendliness.
This guy's big shell looked quite sturdy. If there was a battle, he would be perfect for standing in the front to tank damage.
But Xie Shaoning just awkwardly crawled away at a super slow speed. Qi Xu couldn't be bothered to chase after him. Cooperating with stupid people was too exhausting. It was better to go ahead and look for treasures or search for Baby Yuan and Old Four.
Struggling to swim above the glowing shipwreck, Qi Xu encountered another monster. It was a fish monster, super beautiful, a red long-tailed fish with a translucent tail, like a fairy in the sea, and its movement speed was extremely fast.
This monster was obviously much smarter. The moment they met, it turned around and bolted, swimming incredibly fast. Qi Xu couldn't catch up even if she tried.
She couldn't help but look down at her own body... It was a bit ugly, sure, but not to the point where someone would want to run away just by seeing it, right?
Qi Xu continued to explore the shipwreck, and soon her expression turned from curious to excited...
The ship was truly full of good things. She found three Weapon Enhancement Stones, which she had been looking for all along, just lying under an abandoned wooden board.
When she picked them up and prepared to stuff them into her backpack, she realized that the backpack was disabled.
However, she could carry them all on her back, and they wouldn't fall off at all. This must also be a special game setting.
Qi Xu immediately put all 6 Weapon Enhancement Stones from the corner onto her back. It was a little heavy, but... Qi Xu wished there were even more and that it was even heavier.
Once she got out of the treasure map realm, she could take Ying Luo and Ying Huan to find the little goblin to enhance their attributes again!
Qi Xu continued squirming forward, heading wherever the light was brightest.
But soon she encountered a giant crab. This giant crab didn't hide when it saw her; instead, it raised its big pincers and tried to charge over to attack.
Qi Xu's eyes lit up, and she directly stretched out her chubby little claw to make a 1 gesture!
The giant crab stopped. %#&%?
Qi Xu nodded. %#&x!
Instantly, the fat maggot and the crab shared a big hug!
Qi Xu hadn't expected to find Dongfang Yuan so smoothly. The image of the crab charging forward with raised pincers was just too similar to Sister Yuan charging forward with her long blade... They were practically identical.
Dongfang Yuan turned around to show Qi Xu the items on her back. Qi Xu curiously leaned in and was completely stunned.
They were all Weapon Enhancement Stones, and she had two more than what Qi Xu had on her back!
What kind of bonus treasure map was this? The Weapon Enhancement Stones they had searched for so long without success were actually so abundant in this dungeon.
The fat maggot and the crab excitedly %#&x-ed for a good while before continuing forward.
They searched the entire cruise ship top to bottom. Unfortunately, they encountered quite a few more Weapon Enhancement Stones but simply couldn't carry any more away.
Just then, a goofy looking giant octopus ran over and used its many tentacles to form the number 4.
Perfect, the team members were all gathered!
Battle Wolf 004 had also encountered several monsters, as the shipwreck was only so big. However, seeing these two swaggering around searching for monsters and communicating so tacitly was a first.
There was no need to doubt it; it had to be the highly skilled and bold Whirlwind Boss and Sister Yuan.
Battle Wolf 004 was carrying only one good item. He directly used his tentacles to hand the item over for the two sisters to take a good look.
Qi Xu and Dongfang Yuan were instantly amazed. It was an unheard-of Ability Awakening Stone!
According to the item description, this thing didn't require players to enter the color realm. They could directly absorb the stone's energy to transform into ability users. This large chunk of Ability Awakening Stone was enough for 10 people to successfully awaken...
That was absolutely overpowered and completely defied common sense.
After all, the color fragments painstakingly collected might not even guarantee a successful ability awakening after entering. Yet absorbing the energy of a single stone could turn someone into an ability user? Are you kidding me? Then what was the point of risking my life in the color realm before?
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