Chapter 5: The Water of Life
“Madman, you’ve... gotten so much stronger.”
In the rest area, Yang Wu and Luo Feng sat chatting after removing their armor. Yang Wu’s gaze toward Luo Feng was filled with complex emotions.
He clearly remembered that not long ago, Luo Feng’s strength had just broken through eight hundred kilograms. Only a few days had passed, yet...
In pure strength alone, Luo Feng had already surpassed him.
And it wasn’t just strength that had increased—his speed had also improved noticeably.
Thinking of Luo Feng’s age now, Yang Wu felt a surge of admiration.
Incredible.
“With your strength, you’ll definitely pass the Quasi-Warrior assessment. Congratulations in advance, madman,” Yang Wu said, patting Luo Feng on the shoulder with a hint of envy.
Luo Feng smiled faintly. “Brother Yang, you’ll succeed too. When the time comes, we’ll take the warrior assessment together and become warriors together.”
“Alright!” Yang Wu laughed heartily.
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“Bai, how did I do on this mission? How many power lollipops can I get?”
After Yang Wu left to train alone, Luo Feng eagerly asked in his mind.
“Do you only want power lollipops?” Bai Chen asked in confusion.
“Of course not... if there’s something better, ahem,” Luo Feng replied shyly with a smile.
Bai Chen chuckled. Despite still being a big boy, Luo Feng was not only rather adorable but even shy. Too bad he couldn’t record this moment; it would be priceless to show Luo Feng later... heh heh heh.
“I’m in a good mood today, and your performance was indeed good... hmm, I’ll reward you with five more power lollipops, or you can choose to exchange them for five redemption points,” Bai Chen said with a smile.
Bai Chen had “stolen” only thirty-two special energy points from this mission. According to the usual 90-10 split, Luo Feng would only get three power lollipops. But Bai Chen was feeling generous and gave him a bigger share.
“What are redemption points?” Luo Feng’s curiosity was piqued.
“Just as you think. You can exchange any items from me,” Bai Chen explained. After some thought, he created a simple redemption store and allowed Luo Feng to browse it mentally.
With a thought, Luo Feng opened the redemption store and saw that the items were divided into many levels.
From lowest to highest: one-star, two-star... all the way up to fifteen-star.
However, Luo Feng noticed that only one to ten stars were lit up; beyond ten stars, everything was dim.
Curious, Luo Feng asked, “Is there some restriction on items above ten stars?”
“Oh, no, I was just too lazy to set them up,” a lazy voice echoed from deep within his mind, leaving Luo Feng with a wry expression.
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What made Luo Feng even more unable to hold back his laughter was when he, full of curiosity, clicked on the ten-star page—
[1. Miniature Universe (Redemption Price: Don’t bother, you can’t afford it)]
[2. Mystic Death Gaze (Redemption Price: Same as above)]
[3. To be added later]
?
Luo Feng couldn’t help but suspect that Bai Chen was deliberately teasing him.
Yet knowing Bai Chen’s character, he realized this was likely Bai’s dark sense of humor and not a trick.
“Even a universe can be redeemed?” Luo Feng’s heart trembled. At this moment, he realized how great his opportunity really was.
And this [Mystic Death Gaze]... Luo Feng clicked to check the details.
[Mystic Death Gaze]: The ability to see the death line where all things end. Whoever you glare at dies. It kills from the perspective of rules, a causality power. (More details to be added later)
...Luo Feng was speechless but couldn’t help admiring the immense power of this ability.
However, he was still too weak to grasp the true meaning, only sensing its strength.
“I’ll just look at what I can afford,” Luo Feng shook his head and stopped browsing the higher-tier items.
After all, what awaited him were just “To be added later” and “You can’t afford this” messages.
Luo Feng then opened the one-star redemption list and searched for the item he wanted most at the moment.
[Water of Life (Redemption Price: 300 points – Special 90% Discount Sale Version)]
Effect: Perfectly heals severed limbs, serious injuries, and other wounds of ordinary humans below warrior level.
...
“300 redemption points? So cheap...” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up when he saw the price of the limb regeneration potion. He was both surprised and deeply touched.
The original price was 3,000 redemption points, but now it was discounted to just 300. Clearly, Bai Chen had done this intentionally.
Luo Feng silently appreciated Bai’s kindness.
Yes, he shouldn’t have doubted him earlier...
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“Luo Feng must be feeling really moved now,” Bai Chen thought with a mischievous grin.
Inside the void space, Bai Chen lounged on a soft sofa, sipping an unknown beverage, legs crossed, watching a 16K ultra-HD TV playing anime. From this, he drew inspiration and ideas for creating items, all while indulging in his own dark amusement.
On Earth, the limb regeneration potion was very rare and sold openly at 30 billion Huaxia currency per dose. Though it probably wasn’t truly worth that much, Luo Feng had paid 12 billion Huaxia currency for one at the War God Palace auction in the original story.
For Bai Chen, however, producing this item was cheap.
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The essence of the Water of Life was just a low concentration of basic life energy. Moreover, Bai Chen’s version was a beggar’s edition that only healed ordinary humans, far less potent than Earth’s version that could heal planetary-level warriors.
Bai Chen’s creation ability consumed special energy based on “difficulty,” not value.
For example, creating a weapon that can kill an ordinary person and creating something that can erase the very concept of a person’s existence both result in death, but the latter is billions of times more difficult because it involves concepts and rules.
As for why the originally costly Water of Life, which required 300 energy points, was sold at 300 points and marked with a 90% discount... ahem. Well...
At first, the Water of Life did require 300 points, which justified Bai’s pricing; he never intended to profit from Luo Feng on this.
Later, Bai Chen suddenly realized Luo Hua was just an ordinary person, and using a high-concentration Water of Life to heal him was wasteful.
Thus, the 3-point energy version for ordinary people was born.
But 3 points was too cheap, cheap enough that Luo Feng could redeem it now, which would cause a problem:
What if a disabled youth from a poor family suddenly miraculously recovered?
Wouldn’t others become curious? Wouldn’t they pry?
This was the main reason Bai Chen didn’t want to attract unnecessary trouble while Luo Feng was still weak. Although trouble might never arise, better safe than sorry.
Another reason was having the Water of Life as a goal would motivate Luo Feng to keep progressing, which was beneficial for both of them.
Once Luo Feng grew stronger and no longer worried about the complications of the Water of Life, the 300-point price would be meaningless.
At that point, Bai Chen could just give it to Luo Feng for free.
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“Ah, this is comfortable~” Bai Chen took a big sip of his drink, looking quite content.
Sofa, TV, and drink... how did these things appear in the void space?
It was another of Bai Chen’s spontaneous ideas: since he could create items, why not create things he could use inside the void space?
For example, this drink was a special beverage that affected the soul, allowing Bai Chen, now a soul entity, to enjoy its flavor.
The sofa and TV were similar. The anime was created based on Bai Chen’s own memories, along with many novels, movies, games, and so on. With these things, Bai Chen gained inspiration for creating various objects and no longer felt so lonely.
Moreover, these items were easy to create and consumed very little energy.