Zongman: Evolution Paradise Chapter 055

“What strength do I have?”

When Yukinoshita Yukino retorted, Xu Lun opened his mouth, countless question marks appearing.

His current strength was indeed insufficient, so after careful consideration, Xu Lun gave himself a month.

He would learn a breathing technique, then find a few of the Twelve Kizuki to exchange for some Paradise Coins, raising his skill levels and personal attributes to the maximum.

Then, he would prepare a funeral for Kibutsuji Muzan that wasn’t grand, but would have many attendees.

Unfortunately, before he could even begin the first step, Xu Lun faced a crisis of trust from those around him.

Only then did Xu Lun remember that he hadn’t displayed anything remarkable.

The ones who least believed in prophecies were never the Demon Slayer Corps, but Yukinoshita Yukino by his side.

Xu Lun looked at Yukinoshita Yukino with a strange gaze. Originally, he was just too lazy to explain, but now he really wanted to hide his strength.

When the day of exposure came, Yukinoshita Yukino’s expression would surely be interesting.

“Why don’t we consider how to complete the second stage of the mission? I exchanged for Sword Mastery, so learning a breathing technique should be simpler. What are you two planning to do?”

Hachiman Hikigaya helped them change the subject.

In his opinion, with their current abilities, there was no need to think so much.

Yukinoshita Yukino’s sense of morality was a bit too high. They themselves were living day to day, how could they have the capacity to worry about the world’s suffering?

“Although I haven’t learned it, with my excellence, learning a breathing technique is only a matter of time.”

Yukinoshita Yukino raised her neck. It was just learning, and she had confidence in herself.

“Learning a breathing technique isn’t just about aptitude; physical fitness is also a very important factor.”

Just as the Paradise’s skills had learning requirements based on one’s attributes, learning a breathing technique naturally also required meeting physical fitness standards. Some powerful breathing techniques had quite demanding learning conditions.

Xu Lun glanced at Yukinoshita Yukino’s delicate body and stated, “Your strength probably isn’t high, is it?”

“Exactly 5 points.”

Yukinoshita Yukino’s strength attribute had naturally never been increased, nor did she have any items to boost strength; it was just at a normal person’s level.

“Then I recommend you find the Insect Hashira, Kocho Shinobu. She created the Insect Breathing precisely because her own strength was insufficient.”

Xu Lun then looked at Hachiman Hikigaya: “As for Hikigaya, I’ve already found a teacher for you. It’s the Water Hashira who welcomed us today. You can go find him tomorrow.”

“Thanks.”

Hachiman Hikigaya naturally knew the importance of a good teacher. The teacher Xu Lun found for him was a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, the pinnacle of the Demon Slayer Corps’ combat power.

“As long as you learn a little bit, enough for the skill to appear on the panel, you can naturally use Paradise Coins to raise the skill level later.”

Xu Lun stood up, pushed open the door to his room, and turned back to smile at the two, saying, “Then, both of you, may your martial endeavors flourish.”

The sound of the door closing echoed in the wooden house.

“Thanks to Xu Lun’s identity, our mission has been completed so smoothly.”

Hachiman Hikigaya sighed.

It was already the second day since they arrived in Demon Slayer, and not only had they not encountered any danger, but they had also successfully found the Demon Slayer Corps. The completion of stage two was only a matter of time.

If it weren’t for Xu Lun, finding the Demon Slayer Corps and then gaining their trust would have been a huge challenge.

Not to mention being casually brought to headquarters and directly learning a breathing technique.

“Indeed, thanks to Xu Lun.”

Speaking of which, Yukinoshita Yukino felt a little embarrassed. After all, she was the one who initially said she would lead them to complete the mission, but she hadn’t accomplished anything. Instead, Xu Lun and Hachiman Hikigaya had helped her a lot.

“Since stage two is learning a breathing technique, then stage three will probably be slaying demons. When that time comes, I’ll help Xu Lun more.”

Yukinoshita Yukino thought this. She wasn’t the type to casually accept favors from others.

…

Xu Lun arrived at the workshop, where various items were neatly categorized and stacked.

This was thanks to Banana. As long as it concerned the workshop, it could fully exert its subjective initiative, working diligently like a black market laborer.

Speaking of Banana, it had already flown over.

“Boss, when can you let me go out again?”

“Next time.”

“When is next time?”

“Next time is next time.”

Ever since its last outing, it had been longing to go out again, but a flying banana was somewhat too conspicuous. Moreover, it was an artificial idiot, and letting it out would likely attract too much attention.

It was like seeing a blonde person on the street without a second thought, but encountering Paimon would make you realize the blonde person next to her was the Traveler.

He smoothly arrived at the workshop’s equipment area, where Saeko Busujima and Shizuka Marikawa lay quietly in glass chambers, awaiting the completion of Veronica’s enhancement.

Today was the fifth day since they left Fujimi City, and they would wake up in two more days.

Although there had been a lot of things happening these past few days, Xu Lun still made time to check on them many times to prevent any unexpected situations.

After observation, not only did they not mutate any strange limbs, but they actually became even more beautiful and charming.

Previously, Shizuka Marikawa’s skin color was a bit dark, but now it had transformed into a delicate, fair complexion, as warm and smooth as white jade.

At this moment, she was casually spread out in a large ‘X’ shape within the chamber.

Saeko Busujima’s purple hair floated casually behind her, and Xu Lun could still hear her steady breathing. Her skin was also much fairer than before, especially her face, which exuded a captivating beauty.

“Saeko should be very happy when she wakes up,” Xu Lun thought, looking at Saeko Busujima.

Saeko Busujima loved swordsmanship and strength, so the breathing techniques and swordsmanship of Demon Slayer would surely bring her a surprise.

As for Shizuka Marikawa next to her, her interest probably wouldn’t be as high. After all, Demon Slayer wasn’t modern times; there was no television, no clothes she liked, and even not much proper food.

However, according to Paradise of Evolution, the rules of worlds varied, and only those with aptitude could learn special abilities from other worlds.

“Paradise, do these two in front of me have aptitude?” Xu Lun lowered his head and asked Paradise.

The wristband glowed slightly, and after a moment, it sent a message.

[Possess]

“Both possess it?”

Xu Lun had met quite a few people with innate aptitude so far: Kato Megumi, Yotsuya Miko, Yurikawa Hana, Haibara Ai, and the two in front of him, Saeko Busujima and Shizuka Marikawa.

They all had one characteristic: in a sense, they were protagonists in their respective stories.

However, Yukinoshita Yukino and Hachiman Hikigaya were also protagonists, but before becoming players, Xu Lun was sure they had no aptitude.

There seemed to be no necessary connection between the two…

Perhaps the causality was the opposite: precisely because they were born with aptitude, they stood out in their worlds and became protagonists.

So, what kind of beings would inherently possess aptitude?

Was it really like the fruit fly that suddenly appeared in Mendel’s hybridization experiment, completely random?

[Cultivation sequence insufficient, unable to answer]

“Sure enough, A isn’t enough?”

Xu Lun glanced at the panel. To advance to S, he needed three consecutive S-rank evaluations.

At least he had to wait until the next mission was completed to get more information.

He still didn’t know what he would encounter in the next world, and whether he could become an S-rank cultivation sequence depended on some luck.