Apocalypse: Everyone Levels Up, I Return to the Time Before the Server Opened-Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Mysterious Potion! Demon Inheritance!

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As the two were chatting, Ji Yun’s stomach suddenly let out a rumble. Her cheeks flushed red.

Ye Qiu, seeming to understand, pulled out two cups of instant noodles from his backpack — old altar sauerkraut flavor.

“I spent a whole day and night in the Inner Secret Realm without eating much. I’m a bit hungry. You don’t mind if I eat something here, right?” Ye Qiu smiled.

“N-no, I don’t mind!” Ji Yun quickly said, her voice as soft as a mosquito’s.

Truthfully, she was starving too. Over the past day and night, the villagers had been in a state of tense waiting.

Those near the plaza gathered around Village Chief Xu to hear any news from the Inner Secret Realm. In the rush, most had barely eaten.

“Here, you should try some too. It’s a specialty from our civilization,” Ye Qiu said, handing her a cup.

Ji Yun stared, surprised, before shyly accepting it and studying it carefully.

As an alchemist, she’d seen many strange items, but nothing like this light, jar-like object.

She glanced at Ye Qiu and imitated his movements, peeling off the lid. Inside was a curled-up block of dry noodles and several small packets of seasonings.

“Do you have any hot drinking water at home?” Ye Qiu asked.

“Yes!” Ji Yun quickly went into the back room and returned with a clay pot filled with hot water. “We use hot water during alchemy. It’s safe to drink,” she explained.

Ye Qiu poured the hot water into the noodle cups after adding the seasoning packets, covered them, and weighed them down.

Ji Yun watched wide-eyed. “Wait... you just soak the noodle cake with hot water? Won’t it turn into noodle soup?”

Ye Qiu smiled sadly. “After today, it’ll be hard to eat these again.”

In his previous life, when the game descended into reality, Earth’s civilization collapsed.

All industrial equipment was crushed and destroyed during the merging. Even with blueprints and engineers, survival came first.

There was no time, no environment, no chance to rebuild industry.

Over time, Earth’s civilization faded from memory, and in just a few years, it was completely assimilated into the Trial City.

After three to five minutes, Ye Qiu came back to his senses. “Alright, it’s ready.”

He lifted the lid, releasing a burst of steam carrying a rich, savory aroma that filled the room.

Ye Qiu was used to it, but Ji Yun’s eyes widened.

It smells heavenly!

Unable to resist, she swallowed hard.

To someone eating it for the first time, instant noodles were a delicacy.

Slurp, slurp~

Ye Qiu ate heartily with a plastic fork. Ji Yun, following suit, nibbled carefully and lady-like. Soon, her forehead glistened with a sheen of fragrant sweat.

It’s delicious! Even better than the food mother makes!

While stealing glances at Ye Qiu, Ji Yun grew even more curious about him and about the “Earth civilization” he spoke of.

After they finished eating, Ji Yun begged Ye Qiu to tell her more stories about Earth.

Ye Qiu spoke until his mouth went dry, but Ji Yun still wasn’t satisfied.

Finally, urged by Ye Qiu, she reluctantly returned to the back to continue refining medicine.

Around three hours later, the shopowner, her mother, returned, carrying something in her hand.

As soon as she entered, she handed it to Ye Qiu with a smile. “Good disciple, it’s been successfully crafted.” frёewebnoѵēl.com

“Oh?” Ye Qiu looked curious.

Though her tone was calm, her face showed exhaustion, and her eyes gleamed with relief.

[Mysterious Potion (Legendary Grade): After drinking, increases all four basic stats by 100. Has a small chance of inheriting an Outer Demon bloodline and receiving their legacy. If successful, favorability with all demons +50. Made from demon blood containing racial heritage, racial fire seeds, and racial transmission — extremely precious.]

“What the hell?!” Ye Qiu was stunned, mouth agape, speechless.

There is actually a chance to inherit an Outer Demon bloodline?!!

Too unbelievable!

In his past life, rumors of “bloodlines” and “inheritances” were rampant among players. Indeed, a few players managed to inherit the bloodline of a single monster, but usually it was incomplete and practically useless.

Yet now, this “Mysterious Potion” offered a shot at inheriting an entire race’s bloodline and guaranteed receiving their inheritance if successful!

It was completely on another level!

Of course, it was just a “small chance,” and likely very, very low. Otherwise, it wouldn’t just be a “Legendary-grade” potion.

“It’s just a shame,” the shopowner sighed, “we have too little demon blood. If we had several million drops, the success rate would rise to over 90%!”

“Uhh...” Ye Qiu smiled bitterly.

If he had millions of demon blood drops, he would have long since consumed them himself to ascend to a god-like level! Why bother refining a potion?

After all, one drop permanently increased four basic attributes by 100!

Millions of drops would make him an Ancient God-level being already!

“And, Master, what’s the success chance of this potion now?” Ye Qiu asked.

“One in ten thousand,” she replied.

Ye Qiu brightened. “That’s not too bad!”

She added, “One in ten thousand... of one in ten thousand.”

Ye Qiu: “...”

Damn it! Why couldn’t she just say it all at once?! I was happy for nothing!

If it was truly one in ten thousand, Ye Qiu could consider buffing his luck stat to give it a shot.

But one in a hundred million? Basically zero chance!

Still, Ye Qiu wasn’t too disappointed.

Even without inheriting the bloodline, just the basic effect alone — boosting all four basic stats by 100 — was already a massive gain!

After carefully storing the Mysterious Potion, Ye Qiu said his goodbyes and left the pharmacy.

He was heading to meet Ning Qianjun at their old meeting place — beneath Tiger Mountain.

Apparently, the meeting was requested by other players.

Ye Qiu was curious.

The Ning family, where Ning Qianjun belonged, held a certain status even in the real world.

Though Ning Qianjun seemed refined and gentle on the surface, deep down he was fiercely proud and rebellious.

For him to willingly follow others’ request?

Ye Qiu was very interested to find out.

At the same time, he also planned to find a way to increase the success rate of using the Mysterious Potion!