Fang You pondered that he had only taken a bath, and it hadn't taken long, but how had so many creature entries been recorded all of a sudden?
The completeness of the recordings was quite high.
Previously, Old Brother Hei Dao had collided with malevolent creatures during his repeated eradications of them and had recorded a lot of information.
The initial malevolent creature 'Knocker' that left a deep impression on him had an information completeness of only 33%, still appearing as a dark silhouette.
The construction site malevolent creature had a higher completeness, with an image.
Although looking at this image might make one unable to eat for a day... This was probably the decline of sanity.
Mother Snake was similar, but over these days, only six malevolent creatures had been recorded in total, a drop in the ocean compared to the countless empty slots on the entire creature compendium.
And at this moment, Fang You counted...
"Hint: ..."
"Hint: ..."
"Hint: Three-star malevolent creature 'Flesh and Blood Giant' recorded, current malevolent creature information completeness is 40%."
Fang You's mouth twitched.
Seven new creature entries appearing out of nowhere was one thing, but what the heck was a three-star malevolent creature!
Were there three-star malevolent creatures in Bai Jiang City? Was it still not too late for him to pack up and run?
Fang You opened 'Malevolent Creature Tracking' and looked around. It was fine, nothing was happening nearby.
He scrolled up the game log again and after a moment, fell silent.
"It's An Jian You. I see, all the malevolent creatures she saw were recorded into the compendium."
"Speaking of which, a small malevolent creature was also recorded yesterday, but I overlooked it amidst a lot of information."
Fang You fell into thought.
Thinking about it, perhaps he had been narrow-minded. An Jian You's role wasn't just that of a worker; she was a veritable compendium collector!
Perhaps through An Jian You's perspective, he would see a different landscape?
An Jian You was not a special apostle and could not be dispatched, so she naturally didn't have the perspective entry during dispatch. However, the brand-new upgraded version had a 'Vision Synchronization' option under the 'Communication' branch.
He hadn't tried it, so Fang You didn't know if the apostle was aware during vision synchronization. Old Brother Hei Dao always wore a mask, looking like a cold malevolent creature killer, making his thoughts difficult to decipher.
He hadn't tried it on An Jian You yet.
Well, he couldn't just spy carelessly. He was an upright person, a person of noble sentiment, how could he do something like spying? At most, it would be necessary observation during long-range support.
When An Jian You fully learned Gui Yu and was ready for her official debut, he would switch his vision to hers and take a look.
The reason for doing so was mainly to ensure An Jian You's safety.
As a savior and mentor, he cared for his juniors like this.
Plan complete.
The next day,
After some basic training, Fang You went out.
It was his first time going out after staying home for so many days.
Recalling a week ago, the outside was still "full of malevolent creatures." These monsters that ordinary people would die from touching had made him determined to stay firmly at home.
But now...
Fang You glanced at the game panel information and clenched his fists. Power surged within him.
With increased strength came increased courage. He now had the guts to face... well, to go out.
This trip, he mainly wanted to purchase some daily necessities and some incense and candles. Otherwise, if he wanted to perform a ritual bath for the next ten Fate draws, he wouldn't have any incense.
He was devout and solemn when it came to drawing cards; Fang You was serious about it.
Besides that, he also wanted to scout a suitable location to serve as the entrance and exit for the Spark Base.
This place, first of all, should not be in a crowded area. Otherwise, if there were many Fate Apostles later, and some who dressed even more strangely than Old Brother Hei Dao, coming and going all day, it would look like a cult gathering.
But it also shouldn't be too far from the city, as it would be inconvenient to travel.
Ideally, there should be a sufficiently large house as cover.
Although...
He thought a lot about the above, and the plan was beautiful, but all of this ignored a prerequisite—Fang You had no money.
He had no money in every sense of the word.
The malevolent crystals needed to open the base entrance cost a full 50! He was far from that, and in reality...
Fang You took out his phone and scanned the QR code to pay.
With a beep, "Transaction successful, your balance remaining is..."
It was gone. He truly had no money left.
He was already poor, and during this time, for the great cause of saving the world, he had to painfully stop updating his poorly written novel... He was now so poor that he only had poverty left.
Life was not easy; the savior sighed.
The malevolent crystals were also far from enough. He would consider this problem later.
Fang You shook his head, glanced at the game, and in the mission dispatch module, the last malevolent creature in the map around him had been dealt with by Old Brother Hei Dao yesterday.
But this morning, a small malevolent creature had appeared in the South City area.
A one-star malevolent creature.
Fang You felt a stir of eagerness.
"No, I already said I'd wait until Palm Lightning was mastered before officially debuting. I'll endure for a couple more days."
He was currently proficient in Basic Swordplay, skilled in Malevolent Creature Tracking, and skilled in Palm Lightning. It wasn't stable enough, as he didn't have Old Brother Hei Dao's composure under pressure and rich experience.
Fang You glanced at the map again and then opened 'Malevolent Creature Tracking' to scan his surroundings.
There were no gray-black spots or foul winds.
Very good! No problem!
He cautiously took many turns, like a thief, and entered an alleyway with no people or surveillance, rubbing his hands.
He extended his hand and pressed it to the ground.
Palm Lightning!
Zzzt—
Lightning arcs emerged from his fingertips, rapidly converging and instantly covering his entire palm. As he squatted and touched the ground, Palm Lightning erupted completely, a mass of dazzling blue lightning crackling and striking the dusty ground of the alley.
It had a great sense of impact!
It was very real!
Fang You nodded slightly as he looked at the scorched ground and the few small stones that had cracked.
He had been practicing Palm Lightning at home before, and it wasn't satisfying without hitting something. Today, he was satisfied... No, he was practicing hitting something mainly to familiarize himself and prepare for facing malevolent creatures himself later.
"Skilled-level Palm Lightning has a very fast activation speed, about one second, one second more. The most important thing is that you can move while condensing, and it won't be easily interrupted."
The beginner level was not like that. The prelude was long, and he had to maintain a relatively specific posture. A slight carelessness would lead to the failure of the spell.
What would change at the master level?
The diligent Old Brother Hei Dao was either on missions or training, the novice An Jian You was also about to debut, and Fang You himself had made up his mind. After going out to buy things, he would settle down and train.
He trained his physique, adapted to his body, practiced blade slashes from time to time, then rested and recovered, and then used skill training cards to improve Palm Lightning.
Rumble—!
Thunder roared on the mountaintop. In a special state, with inexhaustible stamina, Fang You unleashed Palm Lightning again and again against the lightning.
Crackling~!
Crackling~!
Once in the morning!
Once in the afternoon!
Once before sleeping!
Looking at Palm Lightning leveling up from Skilled to Master on the panel, Fang You smiled sincerely. Then his body twitched, his legs pushed off, his eyes closed, and he fell into a deep sleep.