"Whoosh!~!"
"Bang~ Bang bang~!"
"Clang~ Clang~!"
Ye Feng's figure flashed rapidly, his Glock 18's trigger pulled with swift precision, instantly killing several energy-devouring blood bats. However, some with metallic elemental arcane energy managed to escape.
"Don't panic, don't engage directly, use your arcane energy cautiously!"
"Use guns! Use grenades!"
...
At this moment, many of the explorers had also reacted and were responding.
Ye Feng nodded to Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Wu Ye Lin, then quickly charged into a swarm of energy-devouring blood bats.
"Bang bang!~ Clang!~"
"Ah~ Damn it~ My hand!"
"Splash~ Boom~ Whoosh!~"
"Dada da!~ Sizzle~"
"Ah!~ Get down!"
"Boom~ Rumble~!"
...
After a considerable while, the scene finally returned to calm.
Currently, the ground where Ye Feng and the others were was pockmarked with pits and holes, fires raged in many places, and there were large puddles of water. Numerous explorer corpses littered the ground, while the injured were cleaning up the battlefield...
"These energy-devouring blood bats are truly troublesome!"
Ye Feng, his clothes significantly torn, frowned.
The energy-devouring blood bats possessed all five major elemental attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and they coordinated their attacks. If it were an ordinary exploration team, they would likely have been wiped out in a single surprise attack upon first encounter...
Due to the surprise attack by the energy-devouring blood bats, the explorers lost all mood for admiring the moon. They quickly relit their lights and assigned personnel for guard duty.
Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying were unharmed, but some supplies had been damaged during the battle, and they were in the process of organizing them. Wu Ye Lin had gone to join the explorer guild's team.
Meanwhile, Ye Feng began his solitary stroll under the moonlight...
"The special reward, the Angelic Armor... the Angelic Blade... and the Waterlight Butterflies that inexplicably appeared in the spatial warehouse... creatures unique to the Angel City..."
"That mysterious female voice, Pi Pi... is very interested in angels..."
"Could this system have some connection with the Angel race?"
Perched on a large tree, Ye Feng sat on its thick trunk, watching two Waterlight Butterflies fluttering slowly before him, and muttered to himself.
"Big dummy~"
Suddenly, a female voice rang out in Ye Feng's mind.
"Whoa..."
Hearing the not-unfamiliar female voice, Ye Feng was genuinely startled, almost falling from the tree.
"Pi Pi?"
Ye Feng tentatively inquired.
"It's me~"
Pi Pi quickly responded, "Big dummy, what did you do? I woke up so quickly, I thought it would take a very, very long time!"
"Uh..."
Ye Feng felt a little dejected, "I'm not really sure..."
Upon hearing this, Pi Pi and Ye Feng fell silent.
"Um... Pi Pi, what's your situation?"
Ye Feng's voice held a hint of anticipation.
"Oh, I'm the system's little steward!~"
Pi Pi's voice quickly echoed in Ye Feng's mind.
"I see..."
Ye Feng frowned slightly, "Pi Pi, at Brad Base, why were you so anxious for me to save Qiao Ying?"
As he spoke, Ye Feng glanced in Qiao Ying's direction.
"Brad Base? Where is that?"
Pi Pi's voice sounded a little puzzled, "Are you referring to before I fell asleep?"
"Mhm, mhm!"
Ye Feng nodded.
"I'm not too sure... it was just a very urgent, very important feeling..."
Pi Pi's words made Ye Feng frown again.
"Pi Pi, system's little steward... Pi Pi, do you know anything about this system that's bound to me?"
After a pause, Ye Feng asked a crucial question.
"There's no relevant information in the database!~"
Pi Pi replied after a moment of silence.
Ye Feng wasn't too surprised by this. After a moment's thought, he spoke again, "Then do you know what's going on with the 'Intelligence' on my [Personal Information] panel? Why is it a question mark?"
"Hmm... I don't know!"
Pi Pi answered very directly.
"Then... then what about [Accuracy] in the [Personal Information] panel?"
"My current accuracy is definitely far beyond when I had allocated points up to 10, yet that point value hasn't changed. I've killed many monsters, including archer fish, but haven't received any accuracy points!"
After a brief pause, Ye Feng voiced a doubt that had lingered in his mind for quite some time.
"I'm not too sure~"
As Pi Pi spoke, the [Personal Information] panel's light screen appeared in Ye Feng's mind.
"I..."
Ye Feng was somewhat speechless, "You're a system's little steward, but you know nothing, you're useless!"
"You... ask something else, okay?"
Pi Pi's tone was a little weak.
"Mhm... then do you know what the situation is with this world?"
Ye Feng asked another question that interested him more.
"N-no... I don't know..."
Pi Pi seemed a little embarrassed, her voice very soft, Ye Feng could barely hear it.
Fortunately, Ye Feng hadn't expected Pi Pi to give him any answers. He shifted his attention, "Then let's upgrade the [Shop], you should be able to do that, right?"
"Mhm, mhm, yes!~"
This time, Pi Pi agreed with considerable delight.
"Ding~"
With a clear chime, Ye Feng's [Shop] upgraded from Lv5 to Lv6.
"[Shop Lv6]: Daily refresh 10 items, you can choose the categories of items to refresh yourself~"
"Choosing refresh categories yourself does not increase luck value!"
Several mechanical system voices entered Ye Feng's mind.
"Oh, that's great, the luck value is still 400 even when maxed out?!"
Looking at the luck value in the upper right corner of the [Shop], Ye Feng was quite pleased.
He had previously thought that after upgrading, maxing out the luck value would require 800 or something, in which case his recently maxed 400 luck value would have been wasted for a refresh with a major discount on items...
"I can choose refresh categories myself, but choosing categories myself means no luck value. It has its pros and cons~"
Ye Feng mused inwardly.
"Wait a minute, Pi Pi, aren't you the system's little steward? Why was that mechanical voice just now, and not you responding to me?"
Ye Feng asked with some confusion.
"Big dummy, that mechanical voice is a robot... when I was in hibernation, it was that guy responding to you... "
"Asking it and asking me is the same... but communicating with you consumes a lot of energy, so I let the robot answer you!"
Pi Pi's voice quickly responded.
"So that's how it is~"
Ye Feng began to understand. He spoke again, "Then let's absorb the survival coins in the spatial warehouse, absorb... "
"Ding~ Ding~!"
After several clear chimes, Ye Feng's system survival coin balance became 10,000.
"This way, apart from things like nuclear bombs, it should be enough to buy ordinary supplies~"
Looking at the system survival coins in his hand, Ye Feng was quite happy.
"Right, Pi Pi, what's the deal with the non-consumable rare items the system mentioned before? These require blueprints to purchase,"
"But apart from water purifiers, food preparation equipment, and other survival items, or some more peculiar items, they are rarely used!"
After a pause, Ye Feng asked another question.
...