Lin Ye felt an irresistible, intense impulse, an impulse that was forcing him to sit upon the divine seat and become a true deity.

Becoming a deity was a primordial urge far surpassing biological instinct, existing on a much deeper level. Lin Ye didn't even generate the thought of resisting it.

But just before he could touch the divine seat, a slender figure appeared upon it. After the figure's appearance, the divine seat, no longer vacant, quickly vanished.

"That was close. I never expected the divine seat to appear in a place like this. It's a good thing you didn't sit on it, or there would have been trouble."

Little Ye let out a sigh of relief. The connection between Lin Ye and the divine seat was too intimate; she couldn't have stopped him from sitting on it.

"...Didn't you say the system would solve all the problems?"

Lin Ye also sighed in relief. Having experienced it firsthand, he understood the consequences of sitting on the divine seat even better than Little Ye.

"The system only helps you solve problems that arise during advancement. The divine seat is connected to your spirit; it's not a 'problem,' it's a part of you. Under normal circumstances, advancing to a Mid-level Spiritual Energy User should never trigger the appearance of the divine seat. Advancing to a Controller might be more likely... no, even Controllers would find it difficult to come into contact with the divine seat."

Little Ye had never anticipated such an accident because the gap in ranks was simply too vast. It was like graduating from kindergarten and immediately receiving a diploma for the highest degree from the world's best university.

"It seems that Evil God is getting a bit impatient."

Lin Ye sighed. This time, Little Red had helped him solve the problem, but he couldn't rely on Little Red forever. Sitting on the divine seat was a choice he himself would make, so this was his own problem. His own problems should be solved by himself.

The connection between Little Red and the Abyssal Evil God was extremely close. If Little Red could solve problems triggered by the Abyssal Evil God, then naturally, the Abyssal Evil God could also prevent Little Red from helping Lin Ye solve his problems.

Perhaps this appearance of the divine seat was the Abyssal Evil God's first move to deal with Little Red. If Lin Ye did nothing and only knew to rely on Little Red, then in just two or three more moves, he might be checkmated by the opponent.

As a master of board games, this appearance of the divine seat had already put Lin Ye on high alert. Before becoming a high-level spiritual energy user, he must plan his countermeasures.

"Ordinary advancement should be fine, but advancing to a high-level spiritual energy user might be a bit troublesome, hmm... I'll help you think of a solution before that happens."

Little Ye stated very matter-of-factly.

Just hearing her say that made Lin Ye feel as if this was merely a minor issue.

As if that Abyssal Evil God wasn't such a big deal either.

"I will also search for a way to solve the problem."

The current Lin Ye couldn't completely resolve an issue involving a deity, but one day...

"Are you two done chatting? The festival parade should be over by now, right? Shouldn't we head back too?"

Mia swung her tail somewhat irritably.

"Right, then, see you next time."

Lin Ye added the three teammates as friends and scanned each of them a thousand Trade points as payment, which was the basic amount needed to unlock the advanced trading area.

Furthermore, Lin Ye didn't forget Mia's payment. Without her, the Shelter's top enforcer, Lin Ye, who could only stay inside the Building, wouldn't be able to accomplish many things.

Before leaving the room, a plump Penguin Baby stealthily slipped inside and entered the portal that appeared in the room's center together with Lin Ye.

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[Station Mission completed. Rewarding Special Metal Treasure Chest *1 based on mission difficulty.]

[Extra Mission 1 completed. Rewarding Extra Mission Treasure Chest *1.]

[Extra Mission 2 completed. Rewarding Extra Mission Treasure Chest *1.]

[Extra Mission 3 completed. Rewarding Extra Mission Treasure Chest *1.]

[Please draw today's card.]

"My turn! Draw!"

After returning to the Shelter, Lin Ye got up from the bed and drew the daily card.

This time, the card face depicted a black metal frying pan. The card dissipated, and a black frying pan about 30 centimeters in diameter appeared in the center of the Shelter.

"Huh? This time it's actually a frying pan?"

Lin Ye picked up the frying pan and placed it in the Kitchen. He planned to use this pan to make today's breakfast later.

After drawing the daily card, Lin Ye began examining the loot from this activity.

First was the red Special Metal Treasure Chest.

Opening the chest, inside was only a single emerald-green card.

[Teleportation Card]

[Can open a random portal at any location 3/3]

[Note: Essential card for running away. Use with caution if luck is bad.]

'Not bad. Just worried the other side of the portal might be an even more dangerous place...'

Putting away the Teleportation Card, Lin Ye continued opening chests.

The chest from Extra Mission 1 contained a string of dark red bracelets.

[Alienation Bracelet]

[High-level spiritual energy item. Wearing the Alienation Bracelet allows control over the direction of the body's Alienation.]

[Note: A fairly good high-level spiritual energy item, but it's of no use to you.]

"It really is useless... though it could be used to cultivate Mutation Creatures..."

Lin Ye put on the Alienation Bracelet. This spiritual energy item simply couldn't affect his body.

'Huh? It can actually input multiple Alienation plans...'

Lin Ye put away the Alienation Bracelet. He had thought of some ways to utilize this bracelet.

The chest from Extra Mission 2 also contained a card, but this card was black.

[System Mission Modification Card]

[Can modify one system mission.]

[Note: The system reserves the right of final interpretation.]

'Is it because I changed the festival parade? So it can be done this way...'

Putting away the System Mission Modification Card, Lin Ye opened the chest from Extra Mission 3.

Inside was a festival gift packaged inside a gift box.

Lin Ye opened the festival gift. Inside was a colorful card.

[Gift Card]

[Using the card allows you to obtain a suitable gift.]

[Note: Before using the card, please select a target to receive the gift.]

"...A treasure chest yields a festival gift, the festival gift yields a Gift Card, and the Gift Card can give someone else a gift. Are we nesting dolls here?"

Lin Ye put away the Gift Card speechlessly and continued checking the other loot.

[Skill Crystal: Red Flash]

[By consuming blood, increases movement speed.]

[Note: God-tier escape skill, but please escape to a safe place before your blood runs out.]

This was the red crystal that Penguin Baby had spit out while fishing earlier. It seemed to be a Skill Crystal.

Lin Ye directly used the Skill Crystal. A flood of knowledge poured into his mind, and he quickly learned this skill.

'Hmm... It's a bit like Blood Burning, but the method of burning blood is different, and there's also the way it utilizes energy. This is really...'

Lin Ye suddenly moved from the center of the room to the bed. This skill was even more useful than he had thought.

'It's just the consumption is a bit high, and you can't use blood from outside the body as a substitute. But I can learn this method of energy utilization to increase the efficiency of energy use after using Blood Burning.'

Lin Ye pondered seriously for a while before taking out a black Skill Crystal.