The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 265 - 181: The Celestial Banana Child_2

Chapter 265: Chapter 181: The Celestial Banana Child_2

"..."

The three travelers looked at each other.

"Uh... I need to clarify something. Although I look similar, I am not that penguin."

The merchant penguin adjusted its red scarf and introduced itself solemnly:

"You can call me WeiXin."

The crystal eyeball fell silent.

"Ahem."

The middle-aged scholar in a white coat cleared his throat and brought the topic back on track, "I am Doctor Orleans. We are members of the Multiverse Travelers Alliance, dedicated to maintaining the safety of the multiverse, saving endangered worlds, and preventing multiverse apocalypse crises."

"Pfft... Orleans? Ahem, Doctor Orleans, your hometown doesn’t have Orleans Grilled Wings, does it?" A laugh came from the crystal eyeball, followed by a burst of noisy scuffling.

After a moment, a steady voice spoke up, "Sorry for the laugh. This is the Federal Abnormal Control Bureau. It’s a pleasure to meet you all.

Doctor Orleans, what do you mean by multiverse apocalypse crises? Could you explain that in detail?"

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Morning.

Zhou Yuan pulled open the curtains, letting the bright sunlight pour over him, filling him with vigor.

He followed his usual routine, taking a healthy apple from his backpack and biting into it. Then he opened the daily lucky wheel draw.

It was quite ridiculous, actually. For so long, he had yet to fully unlock all the items in the daily lucky wheel. There were still a few items he hadn’t managed to get.

However, today seemed to be his lucky day. The wheel’s pointer landed on an as-yet-unlocked item.

[Name: Heaven’s Banana]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Special Effect: Eating the banana grants a fifteen-minute speed boost. A BGM—Fate Banana Rhapsody—plays while riding a vehicle. The boost effect maximizes when riding a bicycle.]

[Note: Without Odebiao, the banana path would be like an eternal night.]

"Ah, this..."

Zhou Yuan scratched his head.

Odebiao’s name originally came from an online video of an African guy riding a bike loaded with bananas down a rugged mountain road at full speed. Movie commentary bloggers edited the video humorously with the BGM "Caravan," making the video go viral quickly on the internet.

And the BGM "Caravan" got nicknamed "Fate Banana Rhapsody" by netizens. Whenever this song played, people didn’t even need to look to know that the Odebiaos were racing with bananas again.

"The item’s effect boosts movement speed, but only while riding a bicycle does the speed boost maximize. It does fit the name... but at my level, I don’t need a bicycle. Unless it’s an abnormal bicycle item..."

Zhou Yuan mumbled as he closed his backpack, then took out the [Foldable Duel Disk].

Three cards were on the duel disk’s surface at the moment.

One was the "Take by Stealth" card from the "Three Kingdoms Kill" series;

One was the "Swords of Revealing Light" card from the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" series;

The last card was also from the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" series, called "Polymerization."

These three cards were the most useful among the cards he had drawn. He discarded the other useless cards—if five card slots on the duel disk were filled, he wouldn’t be able to draw new cards.

"My turn, draw!"

Zhou Yuan struck a very dramatic pose, shouted, and began today’s card draw.

Swish!

He drew a brand-new card.

It was the 2 of hearts from a standard deck of playing cards.

[Name: 2 of Hearts]

[Special Effect: Throw the card to create an explosion, with the resulting flames having a heart effect.]

"Apart from looking cool, it’s useless."

Just as Zhou Yuan was about to discard the card, an idea suddenly struck him.

Hmm... an explosion with a heart effect?

Okay... maybe I should hold onto this; it might be useful someday.

Draw again.

[Name: Electric Shock]

[Special Effect: Instantly summon lightning to strike any target.]

This was genuinely useless. Zhou Yuan didn’t lack attack methods. Discard.

Draw again.

[Name: Pot of Greed]

[Special Effect: Draw two cards.]

This card could be handy for when he exhausted his daily draws.

After some thought, Zhou Yuan decided to stop here. All five cards had some use.

"Only being able to store five cards is so limiting. If I could build a deck, I’d be invincible."

Zhou Yuan sighed. Unfortunately, that was the item’s special effect.

He pushed a door in the wall and entered the training room.

"Huh?"

As soon as he entered, he sensed several presences much stronger than before.

The Weaver had advanced to Tier 3, the Electric Mouse and Minotaur had both advanced to Tier 2, the Snow Demoness had reached late Tier 2, and Tang Qingsha had pushed through to Tier 4 with the help of the training room.

The Charm Demon Alice’s progress was even more exaggerated. When he first caught her, she was only at Tier 1. Now she had already trained up to Tier 3, her speed leaving other Paru far behind.

With Tang Qingsha, the Lin Family sisters joining in, plus intricate cosplay outfits and engaging storylines, her videos spread like wildfire across various chat groups. The main site’s clicks and popularity soared, nearing Tier 4.

One could say that lewdness was indeed the primary driving force...

Zhou Yuan found a spot, sat cross-legged, cleared his mind, and began to focus on his training.

Now, only two steps remained for his body’s elementalization.

The heart and the brain.

After some consideration, Zhou Yuan chose the heart as the first target. At his level, he could survive for some time even without a heart, allowing for emergency measures if needed.

The Night Divine Power continuously poured into his heart, adeptly transforming it. The pain was inevitable, but Zhou Yuan had long grown used to it.

"It’s a pity that Night Divine Power doesn’t have physical transformation properties. Otherwise, the elementalization process would be completed in the blink of an eye..." Zhou Yuan muttered to himself.

The transformation didn’t take long, nor did any unfortunate incidents occur. Everything proceeded smoothly and naturally, like breathing.

Thump, thump...

The shadow-transformed heart thumped vigorously, emitting a vibrant life rhythm.

Each beat squeezed out a burst of pure dark power, replacing blood and rushing to his limbs. Soon, all the blood in Zhou Yuan’s body had turned completely black.

However, this black wasn’t like congested blood; it shimmered with a unique dark glow. Upon closer inspection, one could detect a subtle translucency, akin to a cold moon among the dark stars in a quiet night sky, profound and mysterious.

The drum-like heartbeats gradually weakened until they seemed to vanish completely, no longer emitting any sound.

Yet Zhou Yuan could still feel the heart continuously releasing vigorous life energy, like a dark furnace, generating terrifying heat.

The disappearance of the heartbeat was a passive effect automatically generated post-elementalization, allowing Shadow System extraordinary persons to be quieter and truly become shadows that came and went without a trace.

Zhou Yuan exhaled, intending to strike while the iron was hot and elementalize his brain, when he suddenly heard the door to the room open.

Who?

He frowned slightly and transformed into a shadow, leaving the training room.

Returning to his room, he saw Chen Guangxi tiptoeing inside, looking around.

"What’s this..." Chen Guangxi saw the door on the wall and curiously reached out to push it.

"Ahem."

Startled by the sudden cough, she shivered and quickly searched for the source of the sound.

Zhou Yuan emerged from a shadow, looking puzzled, "What are you sneaking into my room for?"

Chen Guangxi showed no embarrassment at being caught, "Your heartbeat suddenly disappeared, so I came to check. I was afraid you might have gone crazy with training and dropped dead."

"..."

Zhou Yuan paused, then shyly laughed, scratching his head repeatedly, "I’m fine. I just finished elementalizing my heart, so the heartbeat disappeared... oh, I made you worry."

Chen Guangxi was silent for a moment, "If you’re fine, then I’ll go."

"Wait."

Zhou Yuan stopped her, saying seriously, "Guangxi, I want to show you something."