《Start With Contracting Sprites》Chapter 65: New Source of Intelligence Points
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The piercing sunlight shined through the skylight. Su Hao raised his hand to shield himself from the rays, and then… he lost his balance and fell.
Silkworm Baby rolled down from the top of his head. Lying on the ground with its eight short legs facing upwards, it made a dissatisfied cry.
Bang!
Next to him, a figure appeared and rolled out as though he had used a rolling unique skill.
Before long, the lawn at the entrance was filled with people. Only Heavenly King Zhou stood somewhere nearby.
Su Hao glanced at the two boys who were rolling together in a ball not far away, then glanced at the girls who were sitting in an indecent manner. He peeked at them again for a second before he quickly stood up.
If he took a photo of them, it would definitely be a series of their dark histories.
After standing up, Su Hao stepped on the ground again. He didn't feel any different.
It was just that his chest was still a little tight. He couldn't understand why he had suddenly fallen flat on the ground just now.
"The New World is generally consistent with our Planet Aquamarine's gravity, climate, and composition of space. This point has already been verified through research. We, the people of the Blue Ocean Planet, can survive in the New World without any obstacles."
"But some symptoms of not acclimating to the environment will surface more or less, you'll get used to it."
"Balance problem? You'll get used to it after walking around the entrance a few more times."
Su Hao always felt that this kind of adaptation method was too simple and crude.
Only then did he have the time to look around.
The place they were situated at was a huge stadium. Through the skylight, they could see the blue sky.
What he was stepping on was a neatly trimmed lawn.
In the middle of the lawn was a concrete field exactly the opposite of the one they had just come from. They couldn't see the scene of black holes with cannon muzzles on the opposite side.
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Inside the entrance building…
The muscular man who was registering his identity smiled and greeted Zhou Weiping.
"Heavenly King Zhou, you're bringing in newbies again?"
"To the spiritual spring?"
Heavenly King Zhou nodded and exchanged a few pleasantries.
"With Heavenly King Zhou protecting them, there's definitely no need to worry about their safety. Hopefully, one or two experts can emerge from these little guys."
"Yeah, the environment now…"
Heavenly King Zhou seemed to have thought of something as he sighed imperceptibly.
...
After walking out of the building that covered the entrance, Su Hao realized that this place couldn't be called a base anymore. It was more appropriate to call it a small town.
Both sides of the road stood low-rise but particularly strong-looking houses. Although their exteriors looked rough, judging from the signs hanging outside the houses, this street was a "commercial street".
Su Hao saw "Gate-type Herb store", "Granny Chaos Noodle Restaurant", "Steam Lobster Shower Center" and other small shops that he didn't know where to start complaining about.
There were also Sprite Medical Center and Green Shade Supermarket, which he was familiar with, but they were also much more simple and crude.
A few watchtowers and city walls could be seen situated further away.
He didn't see any cars. He heard that they were related to the environment and magnetic fields of the New World. However, the streets were very spacious and were enough to accommodate a large ton of sprites.
There weren't many pedestrians, all of whom were Sprite Trainers with sprites. Some charmingly naive, soft, and cute sprites also exuded a murderous aura.
This was the New World.
...
Outside the town.
Stood a lush forest, even more lush than the primordial forest area.
The whole town was built in the forest.
Heavenly King Zhou brought them to a stop outside the town.
The Sea-Tide Frog King was not with him. The overly-large sprite was left behind in the Green Blue Base by Heavenly King Zhou.
But he summoned another water type monarch rank sprite—Tide-Calling Spring Sprite.
This sprite was completely formed by dark blue water streams. Its face was blurry, but its figure looked like an elegant woman.
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It released its monarch rank aura and led the group, scaring the wild sprites away from afar.
"Aren't you curious about what a spiritual spring is?"
Of course, Heavenly King Zhou could see that they were full of doubts as he explained, "Although the New World is similar to our Planet Aquamarine in many aspects, the concentration of spiritual force here is much higher. The number of sprites born here is also countless times more than ours."
"Apart from sprites, it is also easy for special treasures to be born in the New World, such as elemental essences, elemental hearts, and spiritual springs that can produce special spring water…"
At this point, the eyes of quite a few people lit up. They couldn't help but look around.
Silkworm Baby, which was lying on top of Su Hao's head, leaped out at once and ran towards a pretty flower.
"Gurgle, gurgle~"
Su Hao held his forehead and said, "That's… worthless."
"Gurgle?" Silkworm Baby pointed in another direction and asked.
Heavenly King Zhou smiled and shook his head, saying, "All the treasures around the town have been dug up 20 to 30 years ago. The only thing left now is the renewable spiritual spring."
"Of course, you can still occasionally encounter ordinary cultivation resources."
The little rascal couldn't contain itself any longer.
Su Hao could only look around, then point his finger in a direction for Silkworm Baby.
The light yellow figure dashed towards a patch of grass and pulled out a bright yellow flower.
"That is a… Mist Flower."
Heavenly King Zhou was a little surprised when he saw it. He couldn't help but look back at Su Hao.
It wasn't any rare treasure, but it had some value.
It could be used for training the unique skills from the illusion type.
Heavenly King Zhou remembered that Silkworm Baby had once used "Stunning". It seemed that Su Hao's achievements today were definitely not by chance.
To recognize something as unorthodox as the Dense Fog Flower that was hard to identify, it was clear that he had put in countless times more effort than ordinary people.
Su Hao agreed.
He was trying hard to get used to it when a clear and pleasant reminder sounded in his mind.
"Intelligence Points+1."
"Intelligence Points+1."
"Intelligence Points+1."
There were simply too many new things here, and all of them were related to sprites. This constantly provided him with Intelligence Points.
Su Hao tried hard to suppress his laughter.
He stared at the interface. Other than sprites, there were also other signs on the map nearby.
For example, the Fog Flower.
But very few.
"If I can explore the New World myself…"
Su Hao believed that he would get double the joy of Intelligence Points and resources.
Unfortunately…
That was impossible.
He knew it in his heart.
The journey was calm because it was near the town.
It was also because of Heavenly King Zhou's Tide-Calling Spring Sprite.
If not for the risk of being attacked by wild sprites, why would Heavenly King Zhou waste his soul power summoning the Tide-Calling Spring Sprite?
...
Silkworm Baby's… underling, Little Fire Crow, grabbed a few Mist Flowers with its claws and flapped them about.
The light yellow figure ran around, occasionally looking back at the appraiser, Su Hao.
Silkworm Baby could only sigh when it was told that they were all worthless things.
Soon, they arrived at their destination.
At the location of the spiritual spring.
There were no Sprite Trainers stationed around, but there was a solid alloy building covering the spiritual spring inside.
When Su Hao and the others arrived, they happened to see an entry-level Vine Snake. It spewed out Granule Machine Guns of its mouth, hitting the outer walls of the alloy building with a bang but it only managed to hit some of the moss covering it away.
Viney Snake tried to enter but to no avail. It circled around the building impatiently until it sensed the terror of the Tide-Calling Spring Sprite. With a whoosh, it dived into the grass and disappeared.
Heavenly King Zhou ignored the wild sprite. He took out the key and opened the door before turning around to wave,
"All of you, come on in."
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