How Am I Still Alive?
Chapter 63 - 63 51 Bees

63: Chapter 51: Bees 63: Chapter 51: Bees [The third-tier Secret Realm ‘Everlasting Abyss’ is completed.

Lu Ping’an’s overall evaluation is ‘D’.]

Looking at this evaluation, Lu Ping’an felt somewhat delicate.

It’s not that he thought it was low.

He only touched a layer and then fought a challenger.

He doubted if it was a bit inflated.

[Secret Realm Master’s Gift (Rust Knight Virtual Persona): Those who act unjustly in the name of justice shall be punished.

I look forward to your future, young boy.]

This gift made Lu Ping’an suddenly understand.

Secret Realm Masters, the virtual persona clones of deities, naturally have their own preferences since they have a personality.

However, limited by rules, they can only slightly cross some rules in the settlement part of their “subjective judgment”.

“So, it’s Mr.

Knight who improved my evaluation?

Plus the bonus for the first Secret Realm trial, the reward should be good, right?”

Among the Six Great Systems of Talent Abilities, the pure Rule System is the least and also the weakest in the early stage.

Unlike other abilities that have a significant combat power bonus in the early stages, they can construct their own ability combinations based on it.

However, in Secret Realm Exploration, it’s the most useful.

One of the main reasons why Rule System’s growth speed is astonishing is that they often gain more in Secret Realms and experience safer cultivation processes.

But obviously, there’s no love without reason in this world.

“The relationship between flowers and bees, huh…”

Secret Realms and Secret Realm Masters cannot take action.

If they want to interfere or do something, they need “bees” that can move independently.

Like in Lin Nu’s first-tier Secret Realm, it conveniently helped Lu Ping’an eliminate several malignant tumors and brought two new magic plant gene modules to expand Lin Nu’s magic plant gene library.

If Lin Nu’s subordinate Secret Realms also want to compete for internal performance, these should all be extra bonus items.

Even if flowers don’t use sweet honey to attract bees, prisoners/shopkeepers confined to a place would also have more goodwill and preferential treatment towards someone they can “talk” to, and look forward to their next visit.

The stronger the Rule System, the more information they can get and the more likely they are to get additional preferential treatment.

The “preferential treatment” given to Lu Ping’an is clearly the highest level, he can not only listen, speak, but also trade flexibly and adaptively.

[Based on the overall evaluation and the Secret Realm Master’s attitude, your Secret Realm feedback is as follows; Please choose within 1 minute, otherwise, it will be randomly assigned by the Secret Realm Master.]

[A.

Grant you additional pollutants for your body (Purification after Rust Knight).]

[B.

Rust Knight’s Random Blessing (2-tier or lower).]

[C.

Get a random Taboo item or Quasi-pollutant item (Black Iron lower level).]

[D.

Get an extra practice opportunity (Black Iron lower level).]

[E.

Unlock Shopping Store (Not available for the current evaluation).]

At this time, the difference between Rust Knight and Lady of the Forest became apparent.

Options 1 and 2 are general, Option 3 gives you taboo items or quasi-taboo items directly, rather than giving your item a “taboo enchantment”.

It seems that Lei has a quasi-taboo item, but the birth rate of taboo items has never been high.

Lu Ping’an didn’t miss out on the previous two times, not just luck, the Secret Realm definitely consumed more power to maintain the success rate.

Everyone knows it’s even worse than painstakingly clearing dungeons and doing quests only to fail.

It’s probably when you finally complete a task, and then you get a bunch of garbage or nothing at all.

Option C provides some of the Secret Realm’s collection, not to mention Rust Knight is a famous collector, at least this option guarantees the least, which is quite sincere.

As for Option D’s “extra practice” opportunity, Lu Ping’an had heard of it, appearing in the Knight’s Secret Realm at a minimal chance.

Apparently, some lucky individuals were given an “extra match” after their outstanding performance in the Secret Realm.

The specific rewards are unclear, but they are obviously several times the normal returns.

It’s said that in addition to the taboo items, there are also rare battle techniques and abilities.

Some even obtained hidden advancement opportunities.

If it was under normal circumstances, Lu Ping’an would choose Option D without hesitation.

However, if he chooses it now, not only will he expose more of his cards in public, but he will also miss the chance to get higher scores.

“I choose B.”

He could come and practice with the extra matches and forbidden items later, as his strength and rewards would be better then.

But for now, the short-term BUFF that could increase his battle achievements was what he sought.

It was the previous BUFF that allowed him to easily complete everything.

[Lady of the Forest’s Life Dominance Blessing (Black Iron Rank): Significantly increases the affinity between the blessed person and magic plants, increasing their control.

Note: This blessing will dissipate after a day, but its effects will be greatly amplified, equivalent to a silver tier blessing.]

What seemed like simple content was actually a substantial short-term improvement, a qualitative upgrade.

Lu Ping’an had learned that a silver blessing was approximately equal to a 3rd or 4th-tier boost.

More importantly, it was targeted at what he needed most: “Magic Plant Affinity,” which was necessary for rookie Gardener Lu Ping’an…

Even if he didn’t know it himself, the Lady of the Forest’s Virtual Persona could supplement it for him.

“The core professional skill of a 3rd-tier Gardener, ‘Magic Plant Affinity,’ makes magic plants obedient to you instead of acting according to their instincts.”

This third-tier skill actually involved the Gardener’s true core power— the Power of Life.

If not for the help from this transcendent core skill, it would have been impossible for two 2-tier magic plants to be born so easily.

The normal failure rate for “grafting” started at 95%, and mutated magic plants were virtually 99% useless or harmful.

Without the “control” provided by the Magic Plant Affinity, the timing of the “time bomb” wouldn’t have been so well controlled, and the “poison vine monsters” wouldn’t have obediently targeted their enemies.

Most likely, they would have wrapped around Xue En not far away.

Lu Ping’an, by relying on his “birth father’s” natural affinity, could only keep the magic plants from attacking him, and that was only if they weren’t extremely hostile.

Most people still preferred long-term BUFFs, as even the worst ones provided a stable increase in power, with the cost borne by the deity.

Divine short-term BUFFs, on the other hand, could cause the essence of long-term BUFFs to explode within a day or even a few hours, greatly enhancing one’s abilities.

Especially when one’s foundation was low, an over-tiered core skill or an extra characteristic could cause one’s combat power to explode instantly.

Yet, nobody could guarantee that the BUFF he received would be short-term and exactly what he needed.

“Judging from the attitude expressed in the inherited message, I believe Mr.

Knight will give me a nice BUFF.”

Even Lu Ping’an didn’t know what he needed to steadily improve his trial achievements.

But he believed that the Rust Knight, the Lord of the Secret Realm, would know better than him what he was lacking.

[Ding!

Congratulations, Host has received a Black-iron level blessing, Rust Knight’s Heroic Spirit-Blessing (Black-iron tier)]

[Rust Knight’s Heroic Spirit-Blessing (Black-iron tier): When the blessed person practices in Rust Knight-related secret realms, they will receive the aid of a Heroic Spirit soul fragment, with combat-related professional skill boosts of 5 to 15 levels.

Note: This blessing will only be activated within the secret realm and will dissipate after a day, but the effects will be greatly amplified, equivalent to a silver tier blessing.]

[Heroic Spirit randomization is complete.

The determined Heroic Spirit is ‘Battle Axe Hero Koen’, with its bonus attribute being two-handed battleaxe combat skills +5 to 15 levels.]

After taking a look, Lu Ping’an was taken aback.

Were they suggesting that he was too slow at opening the cans and had given him a can opener?

“…I hope this isn’t foreshadowing that there will still be lots of cans to open later.

I won’t be that unlucky, right?”

Large weapons like war hammers and two-handed battle axes were masters at opening cans.

And compared to the higher strength and Physique requirements of a war hammer, the bladed two-handed battle axe was more suitable for newcomers like Lu Ping’an.

“15 levels of skills?

Doesn’t that mean I can experience the joy of 2-tier battle professions in advance?”

However, he had a headache afterward.

While he now had the axe techniques, he didn’t have an axe.

So, should he go buy one now?

Where could he find a store in these wild mountains?

Borrow one?

Everyone was an examinee, and no one would lend to him.

Even teachers wouldn’t favor him by helping.

And when Lu Ping’an just stepped out of the Secret Realm, he found that he was still too young—the generous Mr.

Knight had already prepared for it.

At the entrance to the Secret Realm, a heavily bandaged man lay tied up, surrounded by onlookers.

Underneath him, a slightly familiar two-handed battleaxe was placed on the ground, attracting no attention.

“Excuse me, brother, can I buy this axe from you?

It seems like you can’t use it either.

Um, why are you all looking at me like that?

If you don’t want to sell it, renting it will do— just say something.”

From then on, a rumor circulated: a certain man not only loved killing people but would definitely pursue vicious cruelty as well.