Chapter 32 Tentacles

After returning home, Zhou Yuan dashed straight into the bathroom, stored the clothes he was wearing into his backpack slot, took a shower, and washed off the remaining blood on his body.

The unfortunate Ms Blood was suppressed by the park director, so the blood also lost its supernatural properties and would not trigger any paranormal phenomena.

Zhou Yuan meticulously cleaned his entire body, wrapped himself in a bathrobe, returned to the bedroom, lay on the bed, and summarized this mission.

"The goal of this mission was to survive three days in Fun Castle. Normally, one should actively cling to the Mobile Task Force, gain their trust, and then hang out in the base for three days.

But on the third night, the Ghost Amusement Park would open, and those external Fierce Ghosts were extremely violent and beyond the park director's control. A slight mistake would attract their attacks, and combined with the clearly hostile Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree, it would likely lead to a total wipe-out ending."

Zhou Yuan was glad she didn't just hide away. Although this seemed safer and more stable, it hid a potentially catastrophic risk.

Of course, this didn't mean that hiding made it impossible to clear the mission. The overall combat strength of the Mobile Task Force was strong, and with them drawing attention, they might survive the last one or two hours.

But the result...

Would naturally be a total wipe-out of everyone except her, and the park ultimately falling under the control of the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree, a Bad End.

And completing the mission this way wouldn't yield a high score.

The other way to clear it was like what Zhou Yuan did: taking the initiative, cooperating with the Mobile Task Force to complete the park projects, uncovering the truth behind the park's anomalies, and killing the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Tree... She also completed the "Ghost Call" mission along the way.

The difficulty and risk were high, but so was the reward.

The experience points from the two missions leveled her up to LV11, and her total Star Coins reached 9900, a significant harvest indeed.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan looked at the Fun Castle mission reward in her backpack slot—Fine Quality Item Pack.

"Time to open the box."

With a flash of light, a green ball appeared in the spot where the item pack initially was.

[Name: Advanced Palu Ball]

[Quality: Fine]

[Special Effect 1: Throw it at a weakened target for a certain chance to capture it. Note: Cannot capture Palu of excessively high levels.]

[Special Effect 2: After capturing, it will brainwash the target, making it absolutely loyal.]

[Special Effect 3: The Palu Ball has its own space and healing abilities; a wounded Palu can gradually recover health after returning to the ball.]

[Note 1: There's never a shortage of Palu in the Palu world. If you don't do it, others will.]

[Note 2: Capturing humans with a Palu Ball is considered inhumane.]

"Wow!"

Zhou Yuan sat up from the bed in one go, another good item.

"Catching Palu... Does this mean I'm on the path to becoming a Pokémon Master?"

Zhou Yuan immediately thought of the unfortunate Ms Blood suppressed in Fun Castle. If she could capture Ms Blood, she would have a super-strong and loyal enforcer.

But, unfortunately, Ms Blood's rank was very high, so an Advanced Palu Ball probably wouldn't capture her.

Though the mall did sell higher-quality Palu Balls and Poké Balls from Pokémon, they were too expensive. It wasn't worth buying given the tight Star Coins at the early stage.

After all, whether it was a Palu Ball or a Poké Ball, the capture probability wasn't 100%. If the capture failed, the ball would be wasted, equivalent to spending money for nothing—a Pokémon Master Ball had a 100% capture rate, but the price was too high, so it was not considered for now.

"The recent box openings have been pretty great, am I really turning my luck around?"

Zhou Yuan scratched his head. Bitter days were over indeed.

Then, she looked at her attribute panel.

This time, she leveled up five times in total, gaining five distributable attribute points.

Without hesitation, Zhou Yuan distributed one point to Perception and three to Charm, achieving 11 points in all six attributes, neatly satisfying her OCD.

After the satisfaction, she allocated the last attribute point to Perception—the main attribute for Shadow System Aoneng Power was Perception.

After assigning the attributes, Zhou Yuan entered the game mall to search for products suitable for her.

[Dark Matter - Mud Shadow: Fine, Shadow System players only. Can thicken shadows, turning them into swampy mud to control enemies. Price: 3000 Star Coins.]

[Dark Matter - Magic Shadow: Rare, Shadow System players only. Magic Shadow can be used for assassination, disguise, stealth, housekeeping... Positions can be swapped between the main body and Magic Shadow. Price: 7000 Star Coins.]

[Dark Matter - Shadow Eater: Perfect, Shadow System players only. Shadows gain devouring abilities that can nourish the user. Price: 30000 Star Coins.]

[Dark Matter - Tian Sha: Perfect, Shadow System players only...]

[Black Sun: Epic, Shadow System players only...]

[Return to Ruins: Legendary, Shadow System players only...]

[Dark Plane: Mythic, Shadow System players only...]

[...]

The mall was filled with countless items that could enhance Shadow System abilities, making Zhou Yuan's mouth water, wanting them all but lacking the capacity.

"Fusing new Dark Matter will grant new abilities..."

Zhou Yuan sat cross-legged on the bed, pondering.

[Mud Shadow] and [Magic Shadow] looked practical, but she desired [Shadow Eater] more. Sadly, she didn't have enough money to buy it; otherwise, it would be a killer move.

"Forget it, I'll buy these two for now."

Zhou Yuan gave up on saving more—lacking 20000 Star Coins would take forever to accumulate.

It's better to invest in strengthening oneself immediately; with enhanced strength, Star Coins would flow in abundance.

Zhou Yuan sold a human flesh sausage, making up the 10000 Star Coins needed, and unhesitatingly bought the two items.

She then raised her hand, and a blob of viscous black substance gradually coagulated in her palm.

With a slight mental command, tiny threads shot out from the Dark Matter, pouncing on the gaming chair beside her and binding it tightly, lifting it easily.

"Not bad, this small amount can lift the chair."

Zhou Yuan controlled the shadow threads to thicken, and then froze.

Once the threads thickened, they weren't threads anymore but turned into sticky black tendrils. Dozens of tendrils danced in the air, presenting a bizarre scene like the lair of some evil monstrosity.

"Tentacle play?"

Zhou Yuan sat up straight with a serious expression. This ability was surely worth buying!

After playing for a while, she retracted the dark tendrils and condensed a figure nearly identical to herself.

Position swap!

With a thought, Zhou Yuan swapped places with the figure, moving to the bedside while the magic figure sat cross-legged on the bed.

"Not bad, this essentially grants a life-saving skill."

Zhou Yuan was very pleased; she had upgraded significantly this time.

[Name: Zhou Yuan]

[Level: LV11]

[Experience: 310/600]

[Spirituality: 2300]

[Titles: None]

[Buffs: None]

[Aoneng Power: Shadow]

[Skills: Condensed Qi Fist, Soul Ignition Skill, Aircraft Piloting Skill]

[Equipment: Iron Rose·Divine Enchantment, Ghost Walker, Super Alloy Wrench, Shadow Killer Cloak]

[Backpack: Advanced Palu Ball*1, Golden Dragon Scale*2, Golden Dragon Scale*4, Evil Warding Talisman*5, Enlightened Cross*1, Human Flesh Sausage*4...]

[Attributes:

Strength: 11

Agility: 11

Constitution: 11

Intelligence: 11

Perception: 12

Charm: 11]