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Chapter 177 Starting from Zero
Chapter 177 Starting from Zero
Ye Pianran stood in the space, looking at the world before her, her face full of astonishment.
How did that happen?
Before my eyes, the once vibrant and colorful spiritual realm now appears as if it had been swept away by a fierce wind, leaving behind a scene of utter devastation. The once beautiful flowers on the trees have all withered, leaving only bare branches; the flowers on the ground have also withered, their branches turning yellow and unable to lift their heads; even the spiritual energy that once floated in the air like white mist has vanished without a trace.
Ye Pianran felt uneasy about this. She hurriedly ran to the edge of the spiritual spring and saw that the water had only become shallower, but it still existed. She breathed a sigh of relief.
Does 666 expend such a huge amount of energy from the space just to possess her body once? She fell into a coma after 666 took over her body, but what about 666? What happened to her after she fell into a coma?
"666? 666, are you there? Come out quickly, I have a lot to ask you!" Ye Pianran turned around and shouted loudly into the space.
Chunyu Yang followed her around, accompanying her as they searched the space twice, but they still couldn't find the lively little red bird from before.
"666, are you there?"
The calls echoed through the space. Ye Pianran's throat was hoarse as she gazed at the vast "sky," suddenly feeling lost and helpless.
These days, she has gotten used to random thoughts popping into her head from time to time, and she has gotten used to talking to 666 "to herself" when no one is around. The flowers and trees in the space have withered, the grass has died, and the water has dried up, but it doesn't matter. But without 666, she feels like a piece of her body is missing, and she is no longer complete.
"Tang Li, come here." Suddenly, Chunyu Yang's voice came from ahead. Ye Pianran composed herself and walked towards him.
Chunyu Yang stood beneath the peach tree, now only bare branches, looking up at it. When Ye Pianran approached, he pointed to the tree and said:
"Look there, there seems to be something there."
Ye Pianran followed his gaze and indeed saw a red sphere about the size of a fist at the top of the tree.
"What is that?" she asked, puzzled.
Chunyu Yang used his lightness skill to leap up the tree. He quickly reached the top, grasped the red sphere in his hand, and said to her:
"It's an egg."
Egg? Ye Pianran was stunned.
Chunyu Yang jumped down from the tree and opened his palm. The egg lay obediently in his palm, its body entirely red, a color very similar to 666's fur.
Ye Pianran's heart skipped a beat, and she carefully took the egg. The egg was warm to the touch, and there seemed to be a faint heartbeat coming from inside, indicating that it was not an inanimate object.
"This... could it be 666?" Ye Pianran said. As if in response to her question, after she voiced her doubts, a dark golden pattern suddenly flashed across the egg's body.
It really is it! Ye Pianran was both surprised and delighted. She looked up at Chunyu Yang, her eyes glistening with tears.
Chunyu Yang held her trembling hand to prevent the egg from rolling to the ground due to her excitement.
“It’s still here, you can rest assured,” Chunyu Yang said softly.
“It must have exhausted its energy and fallen into a deep sleep.” Ye Pianran was very depressed and said with self-blame, “It’s all my fault. If I had been more determined to learn martial arts earlier and become stronger sooner, it wouldn’t have had to sacrifice itself to save me.”
“You’ve already started learning martial arts, it’s not too late. There are countless martial arts techniques in the world, and you have to find the right one to achieve anything,” Chunyu Yang comforted him. “If you feel guilty, how about we get up earlier and practice harder for a couple more hours in the future?”
"That would be perfect, but it would be hard on the Third Prince," Ye Pianran said.
“There’s no need for formalities between us.” Chunyu Yang squeezed her hand. “666’s energy is entirely supported by the spiritual energy of the space. It said that the rewards for tasks we complete together are more generous than usual. From today onwards, I will work with you to help it and the space recover as soon as possible.”
"Mm!" Ye Pianran nodded vigorously. She then opened the character panel to check her attributes. Unsurprisingly, she saw that her experience points, skill proficiency, morality, and other values had all been cleared. Fortunately, she had only been using this system for a short time, so the clearing of the values wasn't too painful. It was just starting from zero again.
Yes, starting from scratch.
Wait a minute!
Ye Pianran suddenly remembered that when she went to Aunt Meng's Fangcao Garden to take Ye Yanqi's pulse, she raised Aunt Meng's favorability to the maximum. The system had reminded her that there would be a reward after the character's favorability reached the maximum value, but she did not enter the space to claim it at that time!
No matter how much spiritual energy, experience points, and good/evil points the reward contains, even if it's just a drop in the ocean, it's still a glimmer of hope for her!
Thinking of this, Ye Pianran immediately clicked on the icon that indicated her mailbox, and sure enough, she saw a reward message from the system in her inbox.
Without hesitation, she opened the message and chose to claim the reward. In an instant, a burst of white light appeared before their eyes, and the usually calm and collected system notification sounded incredibly pleasant to Ye Pianran and Chunyu Yang's ears.
[The favorability rating with Aunt Meng, a character related to the "Marquis Anshi's Mansion" map, has reached 100 points. One Heart of Loyalty has been earned. The task is rated "Excellent," and the reward is 1000 experience points, 500 spiritual energy, and 30 good/evil points.]
This was a reward without any items, but the reward amount given by the system made Ye Pianran extremely excited!
As the reward was received, a gentle breeze suddenly rose in the space, and a light rain fell unexpectedly from the "sky," nourishing the flowers, plants, and trees on the "ground," and also enveloping Ye Pianran and Chunyu Yang.
Chunyu Yang immediately took off his outer robe and covered Ye Pianran's head with it, and together they looked ahead.
Bathed in this drizzle, the withered and desolate plants are now turning from yellow to emerald green at a speed visible to the naked eye. The listless, drooping flower branches shake themselves and stand up again, and the branches of the withered flowering trees are sprouting little green buds.
The rain didn't last long, but after it stopped, the white mist that Ye Pianran was familiar with reappeared in the space. Although the mist was so thin that it seemed to dissipate with a gust of wind, it made Ye Pianran feel extremely gratified.
Suddenly, she felt the egg in her palm move slightly, followed by a crisp sound, like ice cracking. She quickly looked down and saw that the red egg in her hand had split open in the middle, the crack slowly spreading outwards, becoming more numerous and wider—
Finally, with a "pop," a small head popped out of the eggshell. It blinked its pair of dark, bright, jewel-like eyes, looked at Ye Pianran, and let out a clear chirp:
"Chirp~! Chirp chirp!!"
This is exactly what is meant by "a withered tree can bloom again in spring" and "a dead end can be turned into a new life"!