binnovel Chapter 409 The Opportunity for Upgrade
Chapter 409 The Opportunity for Upgrade
Last night, the night before the people from various bases left, many people approached Li Chenglong and Yun Lan individually to sign orders with Dawn City on behalf of their respective bases. These orders included super rifles, storage capsules, super potions, as well as newly launched military equipment for sale by Dawn City, such as super anti-aircraft guns, Tyrannosaurus fighter jets, and S1 mechs.
When Nangong Yanran and Dongfang Yunbing arrived, it was already 9 PM, and they were the last to arrive. Because it involved trade orders, Ma Tiancheng, Shen Menghua, and Yun Qian were also at Li Chenglong and Yun Lan's house that night. The reason for choosing their house was that Li Chenglong's injuries had not yet healed, and besides, there weren't many people to begin with, so it didn't matter where they discussed it.
After finalizing several large orders, Ma Tiancheng and his two companions said goodbye and left. Nangong Yanran looked at Li Chenglong and said, "Lord Li, I have a favor to ask. I wonder if you can grant it?" Li Chenglong smiled and said, "You haven't even said what you're asking, so I can't just agree rashly. But please tell me. As long as I feel I can help, I will do my best to help out, given our relationship."
Hearing Li Chenglong say this, Nangong Yanran was overjoyed: "Then I'll say it, I want your blood." Upon hearing this, Li Chenglong and Yun Lan were also surprised. Yun Lan immediately said, "I remember that you new humans regain the ability to eat and drink at level 9, and at level 10 you can basically resume normal eating and drinking, no different from ordinary people. As a level 13 S-rank Radiant Angel Awakener, you shouldn't need blood anymore."
Seeing that the two had misunderstood, Nangong Yanran immediately explained, "No, no, you've misunderstood. I want Lord Li's blood not for drinking, but for research. After our New Human Empire was established, in order to absorb the new technology that the aliens gave us, we quickly established a research institute. After so much development, the research institute has also divided into many departments. One of these departments is led by me personally and is dedicated to researching the most special type of superhuman, namely the Awakened."
She paused and continued, "But we new humans are probably a bit special. Although there are many people with superpowers, there are very few awakened ones. Even among the high-ranking officials of our empire, only His Majesty the Emperor and I are awakened. According to our statistics, among the new humans who have recovered their intelligence at level 9 or above, there are fewer than 50 awakened ones in total. This number is incomparable to that of you humans."
Dongfang Yunbing continued, "The small number of Awakened Ones in the New Human Empire has caused Nangong Jie's research progress to be very slow. A few days ago, she saw your battle with that alien and discovered that because of your energy, the spiritual bodies of almost all the high-level Awakened Ones in China have been activated. This has never been seen before, so Nangong Jie wants to obtain a portion of your blood to continue her research."
Nangong Yanran assured, "Once I have research results, I will immediately share them with you through the Crystal Network. Moreover, I don't need much; 100 milliliters will be enough."
After a moment's thought, Li Chenglong agreed: "Alright, I'll give you the blood first thing tomorrow morning. I'll put it in a blood bag first, and then in a storage capsule. This way, the blood won't spoil. We also have some information about other ability users and awakened individuals that hasn't been made public. We obtained it from our friends, and I believe it will definitely be helpful to you."
With that, Li Chenglong took out two books and three thick booklets from the storage area of his spiritual energy space and handed them to Nangong Yanran and Dongfang Yunbing. The two women thanked him earnestly before putting the items away. Afterward, they chatted for a while longer before taking their leave, as they were to depart early the next morning.
After the two left, Yunlan helped Li Chenglong take a bath, and the two lay on the bed chatting. Yunlan asked with some curiosity, "I didn't expect you to actually help them. Actually, we've been good enough to the New Humans, not only selling so much new equipment, but even bringing out the S1 mech. But this time you also provided your blood, the data that Erica and Teacher Reina gave us, to help them with their research. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Li Chenglong put his left arm around Yunlan's chest and said, "I understand that principle, but our main contradiction right now is still the alien alliance that is invading Earth. And through recent battles, we can also see that the contributions made by the New Human Empire are no less than ours, and the casualties they have suffered are also greater. In the current situation, we should unite against the enemy. Moreover, I have already reported to the Supreme Commander about the sale of various military equipment, and it has been approved by the Central Committee of the People's Congress and Yanjing."
He continued, "The matter of the Awakened Ones research is not a big deal. We are already very familiar with the data. Moreover, when I fought Arales to the end and unleashed all my energy, I actually felt the power of all the Awakened Ones in China, and I also clearly received the power of you guys. In that instant, I seemed to have touched the threshold of level 13."
"Really?" Yunlan asked in surprise, "Then are you about to level up?" Li Chenglong shook his head, "I feel that my current energy and accumulated combat stats are definitely enough for me to level up, but I'm just a little bit short, maybe I'm just missing an opportunity. Once I've recovered enough, I want to have all the high-level Awakened in Dawn City fight against me. I want to make an attempt and see if I can level up."
Yunlan seemed to remember something: "Oh right, Zhao Liying and Han Xiaoling told me the day before yesterday that it was because of your final Imperial Holy Dragon Yuan Qi Slash that the spirits of all of us Awakened Ones flew out of our bodies. Then they felt that their control over spiritual energy had directly increased by a level, and they might be able to reach level 12 soon. But those Awakened Ones didn't feel anything at all. Do you think that besides helping level 10 ability users upgrade to level 11, you can also use another method to help level 11 Awakened Ones upgrade?"
"Oh?" Li Chenglong said in surprise, "That day I also felt your spirits rush into my body, and my energy also surged further. I didn't expect it could help the two of them. Once I recover, we'll try again."
On the morning of October 3rd, the representatives from those bases left one after another. After seeing off Nangong Yanran and Dongfang Yunbing, Li Chenglong, whose right arm injury had not yet healed, went to the Dawn Tower office. Yunlan, on the other hand, went to the mecha brigade's temporary base to check on the training progress.
When a superhuman or awakened individual is at or below level 10, Li Chenglong's True Dragon Eye can clearly see the character's accumulated combat stats. These stats are equivalent to experience points in a game; once they're full, the character levels up. However, once a superhuman reaches level 11, even his eyes can only see the character's four stats and other data; the combat stats disappear.
Li Chenglong also did some research on this. After reading the books given to him by Teacher Lena and Miss Erica, he personally believed that leveling up after level 11, in addition to personal potential and combat experience, also requires a certain opportunity, especially for Awakened Ones.
In the last battle with Arales, he clearly approached the level 13 threshold in the final hit, but ultimately failed to level up, so he must be missing something.
Thinking of this, Li Chenglong pressed a button on his desk. Less than five seconds later, Wang Jie knocked on the door and came in: "Section Chief, is there anything I can help you with?" Because Wang Jie joined the First Section of the Special Mission Support Section of Information Management after becoming a superhuman, and Li Chenglong was the section chief, Wang Jie usually addressed him as Section Chief when there were no outsiders present.
Li Chenglong smiled and said, "I need to go out for a bit. If anyone is looking for me, tell them to wait in my office for a while. If Yunlan comes back, just tell her I've gone to look for an opportunity, and she'll understand." With that, he left.