Xiao Jinsheng was pleasantly surprised to discover that upon leveling up her mental energy, the terminal would send her gifts. She quickly tapped the star map mail to claim them, and indeed, small wooden boxes filled with items appeared before her. This time, however, there were three boxes. Two boxes contained gifts for her mental energy level-up, and one box held crucial items for the two-star and three-star tasks that were issued after her level-up.
The two-star permanent item was a **Star Stone Detector**. It could detect star stones within a twenty-meter radius centered around her. This item was also crucial for task-takers to find star stones in the west of the Misty Continent.
The three-star permanent item was a **Mist Dispersion Lamp**. It could move to disperse mist within a ten-meter radius centered around her. This item was mainly for task-takers to navigate in the west of the Misty Continent; it could not disperse the toxic mist, but it was still an important item to prevent fog from obscuring vision, making it impossible to see fog corpses until they were practically face-to-face.
Of course, the Mist Dispersion Lamp was mostly used by female task-takers. Some beast-husbands, due to their enhanced abilities, experienced less severe vision obstruction in the west of the Misty Continent. For example, Que Zelian, aided by his cloud ability, could see up to one hundred meters in the west of the Misty Continent.
Xiao Jinsheng, like someone opening blind boxes, put down the two items and then looked at the level-up gifts sent by the terminal. Both boxes opened to reveal soft, pliable films, palm-sized, with screens similar to mobile phones, capable of flipping up and down to display various icons.
"What are these?" Xiao Jinsheng asked curiously. Fortunately, this time, the terminal provided instructions. When a female's mental energy leveled up, the terminal would send equipment contained in these soft films. They were categorized into five main types: speed, defense, weapon, strength, and spatial. Equipment star levels ranged from 1 to 12 stars. Once a female received an equipment film, she could choose one category to open the box. If she chose 'weapon,' she would successfully open a weapon. The type and star level of the weapon depended on her luck.
"Alright, alright, so I get to draw blind boxes with these too," Xiao Jinsheng conceded. She only had two films, meaning she could only choose two categories to open. Xiao Jinsheng began to ponder which two categories to choose. After all, she had no prior experience with equipment from the Misty Continent.
"Do you have any suggestions?" Xiao Jinsheng asked Que Zelian.
"Which one do you want?" Que Zelian inquired.
"I wish I could have one of each category," Xiao Jinsheng sighed.
Hearing this, Que Zelian chuckled. "Then you'll need to absorb more star stones to raise your star level. Once your mental energy reaches five stars, you'll have all five types of equipment."
"Ahem, I'll try my best," Xiao Jinsheng's mind once again flashed back to last night's scene. Fearing Que Zelian would notice something amiss, she quickly changed the subject. "Speed can help me escape quickly, defense makes me more resilient, strength boosts my combat power, I need weapons too, and of course, I prefer spatial."
Since the star level was random, if her luck was bad, the spatial item she opened wouldn't be very large. But even a one-square-meter portable space was something she had dreamed of having when reading novels. Moreover, Xiao Jinsheng understood that no one in the Misty Continent currently had spatial abilities.
"Then choose weapon and spatial," Que Zelian suggested. He explained, "Speed, defense, and strength are all percentage increases based on your own strength, and they're one-time increases. If you want to enhance these three points, you can choose to do so when your strength is greater. Besides, absorbing star stones will inherently boost your physique, and with training, the effects will double."
"The smallest spatial item can open up to one square meter. You can hide life-saving items and conveniently carry your important supplies with you."
"Weapons are custom-made by the terminal for females. Regardless of which one you open, you'll be able to use it."
"Then I'll choose these two," Xiao Jinsheng said, excited. She rubbed her hands on Que Zelian's abdomen, causing him to look at her in confusion. "Aren't you opening blind boxes? Are you going to continue last night's activities?" At the same time, he was even more puzzled. Xiao Jinsheng wouldn't think two star-level boxes weren't enough, and since her mental energy was right at the threshold of 4 stars, she might be thinking of continuing for another round to break through to 4-star strength, right?
"Um... it's daytime now," Que Zelian reminded her with a chuckle.
"I just want to wipe my hands on your clothes to open the blind boxes. What's with that expression?" Xiao Jinsheng rolled her eyes at him. Her mind was entirely focused on opening blind boxes, so she didn't notice Que Zelian's peculiar reaction.
For the first category, she chose spatial. As the soft film transformed into light and disappeared, a vast space appeared in her mental sea.
"How was the outcome?" Que Zelian asked curiously.
"Guess," Xiao Jinsheng said, keeping him in suspense.
Seeing her trying hard to suppress the corners of her mouth, Que Zelian smiled and, guessing high based on Xiao Jinsheng's mental energy, asked, "6-star space?"
"12-star," Xiao Jinsheng said, elegantly curving her lips. With that, she raised her hand, admiring her fingernails. "Ah, this is the life of a lucky one!"
The space that the terminal could open ranged from 1 to 12 stars, with each star level having a maximum space area. The highest, 12-star, directly gifted Xiao Jinsheng four interconnected spaces with lakes, rivers, and mountains. The only drawback was that the four mountains were just mountains, without a single tree or blade of grass. Yet, these mountains were distributed in four colors according to spring, summer, autumn, and winter, located in four directions. One of the mountains was entirely covered in snow. The very center of the space contained a crescent-shaped lake. The plains between the crescent lake and the four mountains also had no grass, not even a single pebble.
"It's so empty," Xiao Jinsheng fell into thought. However, she quickly appeased her lucky self. It was already good to have such a large personal space. At worst, she would find the missing resources herself and plant greenery within it. Thinking about planting herself, Xiao Jinsheng simultaneously clicked on the terminal's explanation for the space. When she saw that if she wanted to plant crops in this space, it wouldn't be by mental control as she had imagined, but by physically tilling each hole with a hoe, her world instantly crashed.
Fortunately, she then saw the next point. As the owner of the space, she could enter and exit it freely. Similarly, beast-husbands who had a terminal marriage or contract totem with her could also enter the space through her granted permission. Xiao Jinsheng's eyes lit up as she looked at Que Zelian. "Do you like cultivating flowers and plants?"
Que Zelian: ... He suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Mo Jiao, he really likes cultivating flowers and plants," Que Zelian's thoughts shifted, not answering for himself.
"Oh~ I see," Xiao Jinsheng smiled mysteriously at him. She didn't say anything more, a plan already forming in her mind. Anyway, each star map task had a seven-day cooldown. These seven days were idle time. These men constantly wanted to divorce her, which meant they had too little work to do. In her words, they would all be sent into her space to plant trees on her mountains. However, Xiao Jinsheng still needed to figure out how to implement this plan.
She set aside the issue of spatial planting and went to open her second blind box. This time, she chose 'weapon.' The soft film turned into light and dissipated, and a small silver handgun appeared in Xiao Jinsheng's hand. Her first action was to pull up the accompanying instructions from the terminal.
"10-star weapon!" She turned and excitedly pulled Que Zelian's hand, shaking it. "Que Zelian, I told you I was the lucky one!"