Chapter 468: Chapter 283: Second Evolution, Birth of the Four Bee Lords
The night is deep, but people are still restless. The sound of waves rustling comes from Tokyo Bay, and the city’s neon lights soar like dragons.
The café is empty, the radio still playing a piece of jazz; the attic upstairs is silent, with a girl in a kimono sleeping at the moment, the cold moonlight piercing through the paper window and casting on her pale face.
On the wooden rooftop of the attic, a young man sits quietly with his legs crossed.
Xia Pingzhou gazes into the distance at the brightly lit Rainbow Bridge, where vehicles move in an endless stream, forming a long river of light.
He let out a sigh of relief, thinking that his mentor should come to talk with him later. Today is the day "Paradise" opens, and soon he will see Kong Youling there. Thinking of this improved his mood considerably, so he took out his phone and glanced at the message he received.
[Hacker: I have resolved most of the locators and eavesdropping devices on Chiba, but I can’t guarantee there’s nothing left on him, so just in case, the captain and I will stay in the mountains for a few days and arrive in Tokyo tomorrow.]
[Hacker: You and the young miss be careful, don’t get caught. It’s best to avoid surveillance when you go out.]
[Xia Pingzhou: Received.]
Every time Xia Pingzhou takes action, he wears a face mask, and either slicks back his hair or ties a perfunctory small bun like Li Qingping, changing his appearance completely;
Ayase Origami is much simpler, she can use paper to disguise and create a face mask.
The only problem, of course, is that she always likes to wear her eternally unchanging kimono, making her too recognizable on the street, so Xia Pingzhou has been encouraging her these days to occasionally wear other clothes when she goes out.
Ayase Origami was silent for a while, just tilting her head and staring at him. Her eyes seemed to ask, "You want to see?"
At that time, Xia Pingzhou nodded and said calmly, "I want to see you go out." So Ayase Origami gladly accepted it. It seems she never considered safety issues, only caring about some strange things.
In that case, the safety issues between the two could only be considered by Ji Minghuan. He always felt that although he was only twelve, he was being both a father and a mother.
Especially the family around the first unit were the same, not much different, just like Ayase Origami, none of them really took their own safety seriously.
Although Su Zimai lacked self-awareness, at least he showed a strong will to survive, which is why the nickname "Diaper Demon" was born;
Gu Zhuo Case and Gu Qiye were different; their self-destructive tendencies were strong. Ji Minghuan felt that if given half a month without supervision, they would be found dead when they got home.
Xia Pingzhou yawned, smacking his lips, bringing up the skill tree panel of the second unit. As the night wind blew, he wiped away his drowsy tears, looking at the branches of the skill tree.
Finally, his gaze landed on the unattained skill above branch two.
[Skill Name: Chess Species Second Evolution.]
[Skill Branch: Courage.]
[Learning Condition: You need to have consumed a total of "10" skill points in other branches before being allowed to learn this skill.]
[Note: The learning condition for this skill has been met.]
[Tip: Learning this skill requires consuming "2" skill points, will you learn it immediately?]
"What will it evolve into this time?"
Xia Pingzhou thought as he raised his finger and pressed the confirm button, which then caused the character panel to burst into a blinding light.
[2 skill points have been consumed, and the skill "Chess Species Second Evolution" under the branch "Courage" has been successfully acquired (comprehensively evolving all your chess species into "Diamond Body," with increased attack and defense power).]
[The next skill under the branch "Courage" is now open for learning.]
At that moment, the body of the Queen’s Statue suddenly underwent a dramatic transformation. The elements composing her limbs shifted from noble silver-white to a hue of deep blue with a hint of emerald green.
Simultaneously, the two daggers in her hands also switched to more advanced materials.
The Queen’s Statue lowered her gaze, looking at the diamond-studded gauntlets.
Xia Pingzhou slightly raised his eyebrows, summoned all the chess species on the Black and White Ring Road in one go.
Looking around, sweeping his gaze across them, he could see that whether it was soldiers, cannons, kings, knights, or bishops, they were all coated with a layer of lavish, eye-catching diamond.
"Very good, it looks like those flashy, premium soldiers in online games," he nodded approvingly. "They look like they have high stats, at least the aura is right."
[Tip: Branch two "Courage" has developed to the end of the branch.]
[Branch two (Courage): Chess Species Evolution (acquired) → Chess Species Second Evolution (acquired) → Final Evolution (requires consuming 11/15 skill points in other branches before being allowed to learn this skill) (Learning this skill requires consuming "2" skill points) (End of the branch)]
"The next evolution is the ultimate form?" Xia Pingzhou thought, "But once the superpower inhibitor on the body is removed, the statue should be able to evolve to an even higher level, right."
He shook his head, dismissing the jumbled thoughts. "No, no, no, if the inhibitor is actually removed, why would I need to control the statue? I could just use the restraint belt to devour the Earth whole."
Xia Pingzhou retracted the diamond army, leaving only the Queen’s Statue by his side, as the black and white streams of light slowly converged back into his body.