Chapter 187 - 129: Full-scale Spiritual Energy Recovery

Chapter 187: Chapter 129: Full-scale Spiritual Energy Recovery

He was never stingy about such things. It was just an outfit; if they wanted to try it on, they were welcome to. He could just wash it thoroughly after they were finished.

Of course, that didn’t include underwear and socks.

Just then, a staff member said, "If you still want to try things on, please do it outside. The storeroom needs to be locked up now that rewards have been distributed."

The group left the storeroom at once, intending to find a deserted corner outside to continue trying it on.

After looking around for a bit, they eventually found a secluded stairwell.

In this age of technology and automation, almost everyone took the elevator. Hardly anyone ever used the stairs.

Trying on clothes in a secluded corner like a stairwell meant they wouldn’t disturb anyone, nor would they be stared at like monkeys in a cage.

Xia Shuran stepped aside, took off the Thousand-Change Robe, and handed it to Liu Yue.

Liu Yue took the Thousand-Change Robe and eagerly threw it on.

Then, with a simple thought, she instinctively transformed the robe into a series of outfits: a gorgeous ball gown, a tasteful formal dress, and even a regal empire-waist gown—all in a very Western style.

"My turn, my turn!"

Wu Jiahao urged Liu Yue to hurry up and take off the Thousand-Change Robe so he could have a turn.

Liu Yue wasn’t done yet; she wanted to wear it a little longer.

But she couldn’t stand Wu Jiahao’s constant shouting, which completely ruined her mood.

In the end, with a dark expression, she had no choice but to take off the Thousand-Change Robe and toss it to Wu Jiahao.

Wu Jiahao put on the Thousand-Change Robe. With an instinctive thought, he transformed it into a maid outfit, then a nurse’s uniform, a bikini, and other sexy women’s attire. In an instant, he became a master of cross-dressing. It was completely outrageous.

"You pervert!"

Liu Yue couldn’t help but curse, "Why is a guy like you trying to gross people out with women’s clothes?!"

Wu Jiahao was unfazed. "Don’t you get avant-garde humor? Don’t you get the joke?"

Even Gu Qing couldn’t stand it. "Alright, that’s enough. Take off the Thousand-Change Robe and give it back. Stop torturing my eyes."

Xia Shuran also found it painful to watch, feeling as if her eyes were about to go blind.

Seeing that no one could ’get’ his humor, Wu Jiahao lost the motivation to continue his ’performance art.’ He quickly stripped off the Thousand-Change Robe and handed it back to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing took the Thousand-Change Robe and, with a thought, tucked it away into his Storage Pouch.

’My Thousand-Change Robe has been thoroughly contaminated by that Cthulhu, Wu Jiahao.’

’I’ll have to steam it at high temperature for a full day and night, then throw it into a furnace to burn for forty-nine days, just to completely disinfect it before I can wear it again.’

’Otherwise, I might get infected with the Jiahao-Cthulhu virus.’

"Where did your Thousand-Change Robe go?"

Seeing the Thousand-Change Robe suddenly vanish from Gu Qing’s hands, Wu Jiahao’s eyes went wide. He thought he was seeing things.

Liu Yue was also confused. How could something as big as the Thousand-Change Robe just vanish into thin air?

Gu Qing answered calmly, "I put it away in my Storage Pouch."

"You have a storage item?"

Wu Jiahao looked completely stunned. Then, his imagination went into overdrive. "Don’t tell me you’re actually the useless young master of some reclusive Extraordinary Clan! You failed to awaken a Superpower, so you were ostracized and oppressed by your family. In the end, you had no choice but to flee with all your valuable possessions, and then by some twist of fate, you joined the Night Court."

Gu Qing was speechless. "You should read fewer novels. Real life isn’t full of so many melodramatic clichés."

Too bad.

I really do have a cheat system.

And my power really is skyrocketing.

I’m no different from a novel protagonist.

Gu Qing thought to himself.

Wu Jiahao narrowed his eyes, feeling as if he’d become Sherlock Holmes. "I think I’m right. Otherwise, how could a mere Extraordinary Contactor like you be so powerful in your early twenties? And how could you have something as rare as a Storage Pouch?"

Liu Yue looked at Gu Qing and couldn’t help asking, "Gu Qing, you aren’t actually some kind of Super Second Generation, are you?"

At first, when Liu Yue heard Wu Jiahao’s theory about Gu Qing being the useless scion of a reclusive Extraordinary Clan, she thought the idiot had simply read too many novels and fried his brain.

But after hearing Wu Jiahao’s reasoning, she suddenly felt his guess was surprisingly plausible.

’That’s right, Gu Qing is only an Extraordinary Contactor in his early twenties.’

’Logically, his strength should be at Tier Five or Tier Six, at most.’

’How could he possibly be strong enough to crush a Tier Nine Peak Great Perfection Extraordinary Awakened?’

’Unless it’s just as Wu Jiahao guessed.’

’Gu Qing comes from an incredibly prominent family.’

’Even if his own Extraordinary Talent is trash, he would have access to a massive amount of Extraordinary Resources, allowing him to brute-force his power to a level far beyond his peers.’

Just as the two of them were deep in their intense analysis,

Gu Qing spoke up to explain, "You two can stop with the wild guesses. My family is as common as they come. As for the Storage Pouch, Steward Tian—our boss—gave it to me. He said I have a promising future and that it was an investment."

’A promising future?’

’An investment?’

Hearing these words, both Wu Jiahao and Liu Yue were stunned for a moment, a sense of frustration welling up inside them.

’What are the defining traits of an Extraordinary Contactor?’

’An extremely low potential ceiling!’

’An incredibly slow rate of advancement!’

’So why would Gu Qing, an Extraordinary Contactor, be described as having a promising future?’

’Why would he be worth the boss’s investment?’

’Is it just because his current combat power is far beyond his peers?’

’But what does current combat power have to do with future potential?’

’No matter how well Gu Qing performs now, it doesn’t change the fact that he’s just an Extraordinary Contactor.’

’And the ceiling for an Extraordinary Contactor is low. No matter how strong their current combat power is, their potential is still capped. Their future can’t compare to that of an Extraordinary Awakened.’