Chapter Twenty-Five: Upgrading to Two Levels in a Row
Early in the morning on September 30th, the first day of the holiday, Qin Zheng and Qin Yu went to the station to buy tickets, got on the bus and headed towards Yunzhong County.
Along the way, Qin Yu seemed very excited and chatted non-stop with Qin Zheng. After about forty minutes, the bus arrived at the Yunzhong County Passenger Transport Station.
Seeing the familiar county town appear in front of him, Qin Zheng couldn't help but sigh. Although he had only been away for a month, a lot of things happened to Qin Zheng, which made Qin Zheng's mentality completely different from before.
Qin Yu and I took a bus to an old community. It was already past twelve o'clock. My father and mother must have already gotten off work and were cooking at home.
Qin Yu called home yesterday, so the two of them knew that given their mother's temperament, they should get off work early and prepare a sumptuous lunch at home.
Qin Zheng's home is located in a building in the middle of the community. It is on the third floor. The house is 100 square meters and has three bedrooms and one living room. Qin Zheng and his brother Qin Hao live in one room, his parents have a room, and Qin Yu has a room by himself.
Qin Zheng knocked on the door, and the familiar voice of his mother inside the door sounded: "Here we come!"
When I opened the door, I saw a middle-aged woman in her fifties standing in the door, wearing an apron. She was a little fat and had wrinkles on her face. Her smile gave people a very comfortable feeling and she looked very good.
He Ai is none other than Qin Zheng's mother, Shen Xueqin.
Seeing Qin Zheng and Qin Yu outside the door, Shen Xueqin smiled and said: "Xiao Zheng, Xiao Yu, are you back so soon? Come in quickly, are you tired?"
Before Qin Zheng could say anything, Qin Yu ran forward, hugged Shen Xueqin's arm and said coquettishly: "Mom! I miss you so much!"
Shen Xueqin smiled and said, "I miss my mother after not seeing her for a month. What will I do when I get married?"
After hearing this, Qin Yu said in disbelief: "Then I will never get married and stay with my mother all my life!"
"My Xiaoyu is so beautiful. If people who like you hear this from now on, won't they be anxious to death?"
"Mom! No way, why are you saying all this?" Qin Yu was defeated by his mother's joke.
Shen Xueqin and Qin Yu joked for a while, and after sitting down on the sofa in the living room, Shen Xueqin said to Qin Zheng: "Xiao Zheng, how are you? Are you still used to it at your Uncle Lu's house?"
"Well! Uncle Lu and Sister Yan take good care of us and treat us like family members," Qin Zheng said.
Hearing what Qin Zheng said, Shen Xueqin said happily: "Your Uncle Lu is a good man. You should be more diligent in his family and help as much as you can. Do you understand?"
Qin Zheng nodded and said, "I understand, where are mom, dad and Xiaohao?"
Shen Xueqin replied: "Your dad has gone to pick up Xiaohao. I guess he should be back by now."
As soon as Shen Xueqin finished speaking, she heard a knock on the door. Qin Yu quickly ran to open the door:
"Dad, Xiaohao."
"Xiaoyu." Qin Guozhi smiled when he saw it was Xiaoyu.
Qin Guozhi is fifty years old, about 1.75 meters tall, with dark skin and a very honest look.
Qin Guozhi is an honest man who has worked hard in the factory for thirty years. Most of his colleagues who used to work with him have gone into business or other units. Now Qin Guozhi is struggling in this factory with poor efficiency.
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"Sister! Is my brother back?" Qin Hao asked.
Qin Hao is about 1.6 meters tall and looks more like Shen Xueqin. He looks very sunny. Qin Hao has been naughty since he was a child. Whenever Qin Zheng comes home, he always pesters Qin Zheng to take him to play.
"Come in and wash your hands and eat!" Shen Xueqin said, so the five members of Qin Zheng's family started eating happily.
After dinner, the family sat in the living room and chatted.
Qin Zheng and Qin Yu talked about their respective studies respectively. Qin Guozhi and Shen Xueqin were very happy when they heard Qin Zheng said that their studies had improved.
The next day was the National Day. Qin Zheng accompanied his brother and sister for a day of shopping in the county. The streets were very festive and the three of them had a great time.
Although Yunzhong County is only a small county, because it is close to Yuncheng, the economy has developed well in recent years, and it is not much different from most areas in Yuncheng, so the county has everything.
After two days of fun like this, Qin Zheng said goodbye to his family and took a car to Yunzhong County alone.
Shizhong County is close to Yunzhong County, but its development is average. It does not have the busy scene of Yunzhong County, but the air is pure and the scenery is pleasant. A gurgling river flows out of the mountain forest and surrounds the entire Shizhong County. It seems to be a bit extra.
Aura.
It was already noon when he arrived in Shizhong County. Qin Zheng ate some bread and water he had brought with him, asked for directions, and went straight to the place Zhao Tie mentioned.
There is only one way into the mountain, go upstream along the river, and Qin Zheng can easily find it.
Walking into the mountains and forests, the birds are singing, the flowers are fragrant, and the water is flowing by. Everything seems so harmonious and natural, which makes people feel calm.
Qin Zheng walked for about twenty minutes and was already deep into the forest.
It was obviously colder here than outside, the stones beside the river were covered with moss, and the paths were overgrown with weeds. Qin Zheng walked forward for another five minutes, and the road gradually became difficult to walk.
Qin Zheng walked up the river, but after a while, the path under his feet had reached the end, and he could only walk on the stones beside the river.
But this does not trouble Qin Zheng. Not to mention that Qin Zheng is now much stronger than ordinary people, but Qin Zheng has often played in places like this since he was a child. And since Yunzhong County began to develop in the past ten years, Yunzhong County has also
It was gradually transformed, and the green mountains and green waters of the past could no longer be seen. Qin Zheng had never been to such a place again, so he was no longer unfamiliar with the road conditions in front of him, but felt familiar with it.
Qin Zheng walked for about ten minutes, turned a corner, and suddenly a ravine appeared in front of him, as if the entire mountain was divided into two halves. The flowing water splashed and formed a five-meter-wide small pool at the foot of the mountain. The pool
It is surrounded by green grass and a peaceful scene.
Qin Zheng walked to the edge of the pool and took a look into the pool. The water was not deep and crystal clear. There were some palm-sized rocks scattered at the bottom of the pool, including dark red, cyan and other colorful stones.
It seems that the place Zhao Tie mentioned is here.
Qin Zheng stood by the pool and activated Detection on the stones at the bottom of the pool:
"Beep! A mysterious ore was discovered, energy reserve: medium."
"Beep! A mysterious ore was discovered, energy reserve: average."
"Beep! A mysterious ore was discovered, energy reserve: low."
"…………"
As a series of beeps came, Qin Zheng was pleasantly surprised to find that about seven or eight of these scattered stones contained energy. Although none had high reserves, most of them were average and two were medium.
Suppressing his excitement, Qin Zheng immediately stripped naked and jumped into the pool with a "pop" sound.
As soon as he entered the pool, he felt the water was bone-chillingly cold, which made Qin Zheng shiver.
The depth of the pool water was just above Qin Zheng's chest. Qin Zheng moved around in the water for a while. After slowly adapting to it, he plunged into the water, touched two stones at the bottom of the pool, placed them on the edge of the pool, and returned to the pool.
Touching the stone.
After going back and forth several times, all the stones from the bottom of the pool were moved to the edge of the pool. Qin Zheng came up. Regardless of his clothes, he took the stones of different colors and looked left and right. Finally, Qin Zheng faced the largest stone.
Block uses scrying:
"Beep! Fragments of meteorite from outer space, energy reserve: 50 points."
50 points of energy was quite a lot. Although it was much less than what Zhao Tie got, Qin Zheng was very satisfied! After all, he found it without spending any money or going through all the hardships.
The system's energy has not been used much during this period and has been accumulated to 65%. Qin Zheng did not hesitate and issued a prompt to the system with a stone:
"Ingest!"
I saw a flash of white light in my hand, and the stone Qin Zheng was holding dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye, slowly turning into a pile of powder. At this time, Qin Zheng's system energy exceeded 100%, reaching 115%.
"Beep! The upgrade requirements have been met. Do you want to upgrade?"
"yes!"
A familiar feeling emerged from Qin Zheng's body again. Qin Zheng was upgraded from level 3 to level 4. Qin Zheng did not stop moving. After absorbing all the remaining meteorite fragments, he was upgraded to level 5, with 45% energy left.
After reaching level 5, the system will issue a prompt:
"Beep! Do you want to consume 30% of the energy for secondary strengthening?"
Qin Zheng thought for a while, there was no one around now, and he was not afraid of anyone seeing his vision when he was strengthening, so he chose yes.
"Beep! Consume 30% of the energy for secondary strengthening, and the strengthening begins!"
Immediately, Qin Zheng felt a burst of heartbreaking pain throughout his body. The muscles and bones in his body seemed to be breaking bit by bit and then healing bit by bit. The pain made Qin Zheng roll on the ground, and he let out suppressed screams of pain.
Qin Zheng's mind went blank at this moment, with only one thought left: Persevere, persevere!
The strengthening lasted for five minutes, but Qin Zheng felt as if a century had passed. A terrifying 150 points of energy were consumed during the strengthening. If it had not been upgraded to level 4, Qin Zheng must have been in a coma at this moment.
Qin Zheng lay on the grass, and after nearly 10 minutes, he slowly got up from the ground. He felt that his body seemed a little greasy. Qin Zheng reached out and touched it, and a thin layer of black tissue appeared on his hand, which smelled fishy.
Qin Zheng couldn't help but frowned. Fortunately, he was not wearing anything now, otherwise it would have been really difficult, so Qin Zheng went down to the pool and took a good bath.
Ten minutes later, Qin Zheng went ashore and put on his clothes. He felt refreshed and couldn't help but roar.
The sound spread into the mountain forest, and echoes echoed in the depths, causing birds to flap their wings and fly away into the distance.
Qin Zheng calmed down his excitement and called up his personal attributes to check:
Occupation: Thief
Level:5
Points: 100
Life:190
Energy value: 220
Strength:21
Agility:28
Constitution: 19
Spirit:22
Comprehension:10
Equipment: None
Skill: Stealing (Elementary)
Looking at his attributes, he is almost twice as powerful as when he was at level 3. Even if he encounters Li Qiang and others again, he will be able to do it with ease. Even if he fights for strength, he is much stronger than them, not to mention that he has already reached 28 points.
speed.
Qin Zheng looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late, so he walked back along the way he came. Qin Zheng's agility had reached 28 points at this time, and his speed was many times faster than when he came. He walked out of the forest in a short while.
It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when Qin Zheng returned to Shizhong County, just in time to catch the last bus. Qin Zheng immediately bought a ticket and got on the bus, sat on his seat, and let out a sigh of relief.
The bus started soon and slowly drove away from Shizhong County. Looking at the Shizhong County Passenger Transport Station that was gradually getting smaller, Qin Zheng couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
This time, I really came to the right place. He was promoted to two levels in a row and strengthened for the second time! If it weren't for Zhao Tie's prompt, Qin Zheng would not have found this place, nor would he have been promoted to two levels in a row.
Qin Zheng was secretly grateful to Zhao Tie at this time, secretly saying that if he had the ability in the future, he would definitely repay Zhao Tie. Without him, Qin Zheng would not have been able to reach level 5 so quickly, and he would also have received a second enhancement.
, although Qin Zheng didn't know how dangerous it was for him to upgrade two levels in a row this time.
This is a key step for Qin Zheng to take on the road to becoming a strong man!