Since the Science Department detected the newborn Pseudo-Herrscher in the early hours of the morning, Theresa and Evan also headed to Nagazora City in the early hours. Now that the battle had ended smoothly, the two didn't spend too much time. When they returned to St. Freya Academy, it happened to be morning, the time when others normally woke up.
Theresa yawned.
"Ugh, I'm so sleepy. I'm going to confirm the battle results with the Science Department one last time. Give me your [Nitro Crystal] sword. I'll take it over to complete the final repairs. You can go back to sleep first."
"Okay."
Evan's face carried an imperceptible excitement. After nodding and handing the greatsword to Theresa, he turned around quickly and walked back to his residence with brisk steps.
Theresa felt that his pace was much faster than normal walking, but she didn't pay too much attention to it, assuming Evan was just anxious to sleep. After looking around to confirm the direction, Theresa walked towards the Science Department at an equally fast pace.
Evan knew that Raiden Mei and the others hadn't rested well when he was in a coma before. This time they would probably sleep in. No one would disturb him in the coming time, so—
Looking at the completed emergency mission on the virtual interface, Evan's heartbeat began to accelerate, faster than when he fought that immature Pseudo-Herrscher earlier.
One was a normal reaction to the massive consumption of physical energy in battle, and the other was a change due to mood.
Evan confirmed the collection of the reward.
Then, above the column that originally only had gold coins, a Crystal column appeared on the virtual interface. The number next to it increased continuously until it reached 280 before stopping. At the same time, a prompt appeared in the center of the virtual interface.
"Advanced Supply unlocked."
Six overly concise words. To be honest, Evan hoped it would be like when Friendship Supply opened, with a few more words added behind it—"First ten pulls free."
Unfortunately, it didn't.
Knowing he was being a bit greedy, Evan calmed his mood and wanted to start drawing with some nervousness.
Although when he was still a game player, Evan didn't really like single pulls and preferred to be a hamster saving crystals continuously, only drawing in large quantities when necessary. However, now that he had really entered the Honkai world, it was naturally best to become stronger sooner. Moreover, the difficulty of obtaining Crystals in reality was simply too high.
It had been several months since Evan came to the Honkai world, and only one emergency mission had appeared, earning him 280 Crystals, which was only enough for one Advanced Supply pull. Unless unexpected, the difficulty of obtaining Crystals in the future probably wouldn't decrease. Who knew when he would save up enough for a ten-pull?
It was indeed better to draw immediately.
Evan's heart beat violently. He somewhat wanted to perform some metaphysical operations like bathing and burning incense and sacrificing everything. Crystals were too hard to get, and Evan really hoped his single pull could get a four-star Stigmata or weapon.
Taking a deep breath to cast aside the messy thoughts in his mind, Evan pressed the draw button.
When the supply crate opened and he saw the light, Evan's heart skipped a beat. It was purple light—two of them.
Advanced Supply was slightly different from Friendship Supply. Besides consuming Crystals and obtaining higher-level items, another point was that two items would be obtained simultaneously. The second item couldn't be a weapon or equipment; referencing the Friendship Supply situation, it should be a gold coin item, so Evan wasn't too excited about that.
But if the first item also glowed purple, then there was a high probability it was a weapon or Stigmata!
Did I create a miracle with a single pull?!
Looking to the right first, it was unsurprisingly a gold coin item, but it reached the four-star level—a "Homu's Treasure" worth 20,000 gold coins. The income from this single gold coin item alone would allow Evan to strengthen his Stigmata and improve his strength.
And on the left, when the light converged to reveal the object within, what Evan saw was a weapon—a katana.
A black blade and a black hilt, with some red only appearing on the sheath and the end of the hilt.
"...Jizo Mitama shouldn't be a weapon in Advanced Supply, right? Moreover, this name is—[Jizo Mitama · Void]?"
Evan, who recognized its true form at first glance, was full of confusion. While he was muttering to himself, the weapon in front of him turned into a stream of black light mixed with a few streaks of red, merging into his body... no, not pouring into the body like Stigmata, but reaching somewhere deeper.
Compared to exploring the form of existence of [Jizo Mitama · Void], Evan operated the virtual interface for a while and indeed saw a weapon interface similar to the Stigmata interface. There, a single weapon stood alone. There were no enhancement or evolution buttons, and Evan couldn't see the weapon's level, only a name that seemed to carry a strange meaning.
Unlike Stigmata, [Jizo Mitama · Void], which seemed to have merged deeper into his body, couldn't be taken out in reality at all, just like those previous Stigmata, except for being displayed on the virtual interface. And unlike Stigmata, Evan, who obtained [Jizo Mitama · Void], didn't feel that he had become stronger to any degree.
It seemed the 280 Crystals were wasted. Except for the 20,000 gold coins, the effect of [Jizo Mitama · Void] couldn't be seen at all. In terms of direct effect alone, it was even inferior to a one-star Stigmata.
Evan, whose mood had experienced great ups and downs in a short time, fell into a long silence. Then he smiled bitterly. After several attempts to confirm that he completely couldn't manifest [Jizo Mitama · Void] as a weapon in reality, and completely couldn't feel his body being strengthened by the weapon's blessing, Evan closed the virtual interface. He closed his eyes and carefully recalled the feeling of that moment just now.
That feeling, different from Stigmata merging into the body, of [Jizo Mitama · Void] entering a more mysterious level.
Jizo Mitama... Mitama... Soul...
Could what it merged into be my soul?
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