Restricted fantasy invasion

Chapter 15 15. Meow-chan, super evolution!

"We're home, Meow-chan."

"Meow~"

At the door of an east-facing room on the sixth floor of an old apartment building amid the bright lights of the South District.

Yan Huan used the key to open the door, revealing a 40-square-meter small room with one bedroom and one living room.

Turning on the lights in the corridor revealed a somewhat crowded but tidy space.

On one side of the corridor near the door is the stove, and on the other side is the bathroom with separated dry and wet areas.

It was almost ten o'clock. Mainly because the bus could not go directly to the apartment, Yan Huan took the subway on the way and arrived late.

Miaojiang ran around the living room with his tail up, looking at Yan Huan's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Yan Huan packed up the luggage in her schoolbag, took out the clean clothes and hung them up, and threw the dirty shirts into the laundry basket.

I took out my phone. Ye Lan had just sent me a message asking,

"Are you home yet, Xiao Huan?"

Yan Huan smiled helplessly, looked at the dialogue box with the banana milk avatar, and typed a reply,
"Here we are, Auntie."

"Okay, then go to bed early."

"You too, Auntie."

Yan Huan put down her phone, took Miao Jiang to the bedroom, and packed the books, computer and other things she would need tomorrow into her bag.

After cleaning the house, taking a shower, drying his hair and changing into pajamas, he finally relaxed and lay down on his bed.

After doing all this, it was already past eleven o'clock.

"Crunch."

Compared with the high-end mattress in Ye Lan's home, the mattress in the rental house seems hard and not very close to the body.

Moreover, the bed frame will make noises if you lie down on it and move a little. If you do strenuous exercise, this thing will probably turn into a musical instrument.

Fortunately, the sound insulation here is good.

"No place is better than your own doghouse."

Lying on his bed, Yan Huan sighed and let his eyes go blank. He charged his phone and opened a video website.

Next to him, Meow-chan, who had just finished inspecting his new territory, walked to the edge of the bed, then jumped up and jumped onto his bed.

Yan Huan rubbed its cat head and asked,

"How is it, Meow-chan, is your new home okay?"

"Meow~"

Miao Jiang was not picky. Instead, he raised his head, held his tail erect, and looked at Yan Huan with excitement.

"Yan Huan, you are indeed the best person to fight against those modifiers."

Yan Huan blinked as she scrolled through her phone, not understanding why it suddenly said that.
"What's going on? Why are you suddenly praising me?"

"I just swallowed some of the fragments dropped by Ye Shiyu's modifier."

"Shards?"

Yan Huan became interested, put down his phone, and asked quickly,
"What's going on?"

"Remember what I told you on Friday?"

Yan Huan thought about it and said,

"The other world modifiers invaded and searched for hosts, and then you gave me the modifiers. Are you saying that the modifier rewards you gave me will increase as I solve the modifiers?"

"That's right. The way to increase the reward is to let me eat the fragments dropped by other modifiers. It's just past twelve o'clock and it will be the next week. I will know what kind of increase will be soon. Are you looking forward to it?"

Yan Huan looked at Miao Jiang, his expression did not show excitement, instead he touched his chin and thought,

"Rather than rewarding me, can you first tell me what the principle is? Why does Ye Shiyu's modifier drop fragments, and why does my modifier become stronger when you eat these fragments?"

Miao Jiang looked at Yan Huan with appreciation, then sat down gracefully, raised her hand and acted like a lucky cat, explaining,

"I said before that the solution to the modifier is to let them give up the modifier willingly. In other words, the host's strong desire to use the modifier is the pillar that supports the modifier, which is a castle in the air.

"Just now, you succeeded in making Ye Shiyu feel regretful, and made her start to reflect on the correctness of her use of the modifier. This kind of thinking is undoubtedly harmful to her desire to use the modifier. Once the castle in the air shakes due to the damage of the wish, it will fall into pieces.

"I can intervene in the modifier fragments that contain the power of another world. Through my transformation as a god, I can turn them into fertilizer for your modifier, and the effectiveness of your modifier will be enhanced!"

So, Miao-chan, you have super evolved!
Looking at the cat in front of him whose fur had become shiny black, Yan Huan felt like he was leveling up while playing the Pokémon game.

Yan Huan sat up straight, showing the anticipation of a fly rubbing its hands.

Okay, okay, let’s see what surprise Concubine Meow has brought for me.

But after all, there is still some time before twelve o'clock, and we need to wait a little. Yan Huan just thought of a question and asked,
"Wait a minute, if my modifier becomes stronger after you eat the fragments, then will their modifiers become less effective after they drop the fragments?"

"Well, unfortunately, it won't meow."

"Why? Doesn't this violate the law of conservation of energy?"

Miaojiang looked at him as if he were a fool, but still explained,

"Don't forget, their modifiers come from another world, and they work differently from mine! The effects of their modifiers are closely related to the host's desires. As long as the host's desires don't fade, they won't become weaker."

"So, even if a lot of fragments fall, the effects of those modifiers won't be weakened at all, right?"

"That's right, meow."

"That's okay."

Yan Huan lay down again in silence, but Miao Jiang meowed and pushed him with her paw pads, saying,

"Don't lose heart, meow. The fact that a lot of fragments have dropped means that the host has become very skeptical about using the modifier. It won't be long before they voluntarily give up the modifier!"

makes sense.

In general, it has only been two days since the start of the project, and the first weekend has not even passed yet, but Miaojiang has received the first fragment. This can be said to be a promising progress.

No wonder it praised Yan Huan as the chosen one who could solve the problem of the modifier.

However, Yan Huan didn't care about these nonsense. He was very interested in the enhanced rewards.

I originally planned to watch some videos and then go to bed, after all, I have to get up early for school tomorrow. But now I am in the mood, so I decided to wait until after midnight to watch the rewards before going to bed.

While watching the video and petting the cat, time quickly reached twelve o'clock.

Seeing the clock on his phone jump to twelve o'clock, he sat up and looked at Miao Jiang who was also sitting up beside him and said expectantly,

"The time has come. Come, let me see you."

"Meow~"

Miaojiang meowed, and a stream of illusory golden light suddenly came out of his mouth.

The stream of light expanded in front of Yan Huan, gradually forming lines of illusory words.

[Change in modifier level: 1 → 2]

[The prize pool level has been changed to 2, which means you will randomly unlock more powerful rewards]

[Modifier evolution times +1, random attribute fragment +1]

[Please choose your preferred evolution path from the following two branches]

what's the situation?
Can this modifier also choose the evolution path?

Yan Huan raised his eyebrows and continued reading.

[Evolutionary route 1: wholesale]

[The number of rewards you receive each week will increase by one, but two of the three rewards will come from a lower-level reward pool.]

[Evolution Route 2: Devil’s Contract]

[Of the three choices each week, one reward will come from a lower-level pool, and one reward will come from a higher-level pool. When you choose a higher-level reward, a limited-time minor curse will be attached.]

Yan Huan blinked, then pinched Miao Jiang's fat face and asked with a dark face,

"No, you can gamble on this? What the hell is the prize pool? What the hell is this evolutionary route?"

"After the creation of the modifier, I can no longer directly interfere with the effect, meow! No matter what form it takes, it will be helpful to you anyway, Kouya!"

After failing to get an answer from Miao Jiang, Yan Huan had to turn his attention back to the two options in front of him.

Obviously, the three rewards he got on Friday were all from the level one prize pool.

Two pieces of junk, one quite useful.

Therefore, the items in the level one prize pool should be of varying quality, and if you really choose from them, you will probably be able to pick the best from the worst.

The main reason was that he didn't have a clear idea of ​​the rewards for level 2 or higher, and couldn't make an immediate judgment. But even if the level was very high, it shouldn't be too outrageous, and there wouldn't be anything superhuman or Doctor Strange.

After all, Miaojiang's original intention was to maintain the rational operation of the world line. These rewards were to help him complete the task and live a better life after the end, rather than to cultivate another native.

After thinking about this clearly, Yan Huan actually had a better idea in his mind.

He decided to try some dessert before dinner.

So, he did not choose the evolutionary route first, but looked at the [Random Attribute Fragments] above.

As the name suggests, no further explanation is needed.

So, let’s start gambling!

[Charm Fragment-Increase your attractiveness to others of the same kind]

[Young man, this world is all about appearance.]

[Reproduction Fragments - Increase your reproduction-related abilities a little bit]

[There was once a gentleman who used it as an excuse]

[Physical Strength Fragment - Increase your physical strength slightly]

[Well, maybe the effect will come faster if you stop staying up late]

Yan Huan pursed her lips and decided to choose the first one.

The third one goes without saying, if you can persist in practicing and get something, you don’t need to waste modifiers.

As for the second one.
How should I put it? In today's situation where you have to walk a tightrope against modifiers and if you fail you will unlock the restricted defeat CG, using this thing is a bit like working at your own expense.

The first and second ones are somewhat similar, but Charm Fragments are more suitable in terms of versatility.

The golden light transformed from the charm fragments gradually disappeared and poured into Yan Huan's body. He picked up the front camera and took a look, and found that there was no significant change.

a little
Yan Huan recalled the description of the charm fragment just now.

Isn't this too little?!

This is so little that it hardly seems to have any effect!
Yan Huan shook his head and finally set his sights on choosing the heavyweight evolutionary route.

He eventually chose the latter.

He didn't know what the high-level rewards would be, but the low-level rewards made him very nervous. It seemed useless to get more, so he decided to take a gamble.

Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle.

"Buzz!"

As Yan Huan made his choice, the golden light surged rapidly, and eventually three golden light balls of different sizes emerged from Miaojiang's body.

From left to right, the sizes increase, corresponding to the level of the prize pool they come from.

As for the last one, which was slightly bigger, there was some black mist attached to its body.

[Skill: Ventriloquism. Literally meaning]

【There is a person in the capital who is good at ventriloquism. 】

[Ability: Unfettered Vitality. The recovery speed of your physical strength, energy and other indicators will be enhanced to a certain extent, but your appetite will also increase significantly.]

【The greater the ability, the greater the appetite. 】

[Ability: Learning Conqueror. When you do something related to learning, you will gain a level for every half an hour of concentration, up to 10 levels. After you stop concentrating for 10 minutes, the level will be reset to zero. Each level increases learning efficiency by 15%, and when the level is full, you will also gain a significant intelligence bonus.]

[I will conquer all the unknown until I turn into dry bones. ]

[Curse: When you are not concentrating, you will inevitably feel a slight drowsiness, which lasts for 5 days]

Looking at the words bursting out of the third golden ball, Yan Huan couldn't help but marvel at it.

Although as expected, the abilities given are not earth-shattering, but the effect of the level 3 prize pool is indeed not simple.

When fully stacked, it is equivalent to 250% of the original learning efficiency, and also provides a significant intelligence bonus. It can be fully stacked in five hours.

And slightly sleepy
It doesn't sound insurmountable.

Yan Huan nodded repeatedly as he looked at the rewards in front of him. He decided to choose the Learning Conqueror that came with a curse.

In terms of life, this ability can greatly improve his learning efficiency, which is very helpful for future development.

As for solving the modifier, this ability can also save him time in completing related homework, so that he can focus more time and energy on the modifier.

All in all, this is a very useful bonus.

The golden ball of light suddenly burst out, and the golden light and black mist in it poured into Yan Huan's body.

Yan Huan blinked. Before she could experience the effect of learning Conqueror, the feeling of sleepiness came over her.

He felt his eyelids getting a little heavier. If he continued to relax and not force himself to stay awake, he would probably squint in a while.

Yan Huanyuan calls it the "anti-insomnia magic weapon."

After yawning, Yan Huan, having done all this, could finally go to sleep and rest.

But it's like staying up late to watch a BO3 e-sports match, and the team you support still loses 1:2 after trying their best.

The game was exciting, but it was a bit disappointing.

He set an alarm to get up early for school tomorrow morning, turned off the bedside lamp, and then hugged Miaojiang beside him.

"Meow~"

Miaojiang lay obediently on his chest with her hands in her pockets. Yan Huan also pulled up the quilt to cover it and himself, so that only its cat head with big green eyes was exposed in the darkness, staring at him.

"Nyan, I thought you were going to stand up completely, sweep away everything, and be yourself again. But after the super evolution, it feels like the effect is still far from that of other modifiers."

Yan Huan narrowed his eyes, sighed, and said so.

Bai Yi's indifference, Ye Shiyu's hypnosis, and the blonde's unknown superpowers.
Thinking about it does give me a bit of a headache.

"Meow?"

However, Meow-chan just tilted her head.

Looking at Yan Huan lying there, Miao Jiang suddenly spoke to him in his mind,
"Yan Huan, do you really think that those modifiers came here to help the host realize his wish?"

".I know that they came here to invade and destroy the world line. But those modifiers are so powerful, it would probably be a piece of cake to help them realize their wishes, right? Even if those desires might be a little dirty."

Miao Jiang shook her head at Yan Huan and said very seriously,

"I have always called those things modifiers, rather than cheat codes, plug-ins, or systems, because they are not cheating tools that have only benefits and no harm. On the contrary, they are cancers that will destroy the host itself."

In the darkness, its clear blue eyes stared at Yan Huan in front of it, emphasizing every word,
"Using those modifiers will come at a heavy price, Yan Huan."

"."

Yan Huan touched Miao Jiang's warm body and said thoughtfully.

"Don't tell me that the so-called price is divine punishment, the cycle of fate, moral torture, etc. I don't believe in these."

"No, Yan Huan, the price I'm talking about is something real. Even though I don't know what the price is exactly now, I know that there must be one."

Looking at Miaojiang in the darkness, Yan Huan blinked, then let out a long breath and closed his eyes completely.

Then he smiled and said,

"Well, no matter what, I feel more balanced after listening to it."

"Meow~"

Miaojiang lay obediently in his arms and hummed.

The bedroom became quiet, and it seemed like it was the beginning of sleep.

However, the next moment, Yan Huan suddenly thought of something, and quickly opened his eyes and looked at Miao Jiang in front of him.
"So, there is a cost for using your modifier? Even if it's not as severe as theirs."

"Meow~"

Miao-chan looked up at him, as if to say, "I'm a cat, how can I speak human language?"

"Is there or not?"

"Meow~"

Miaojiang blinked her eyes in a cute way, she is simply the cutest kitten in the world.

But Yan Huan could tell at a glance that this guy was complaining to him for saying that it was not as good as those modifiers, so he stopped talking.

Yan Huan pinched its fat face with a dark look on his face and shook it.
"Nyan-chan!"

"No, no! Stop pinching my face, meow!"

(End of this chapter)