After the cold wave, the whole world seemed to quiet down. A thin layer of ice formed on the sea, many animals in the rainforest began to hibernate, and plants were frozen into ice sculptures.

Many tropical animals were unable to adapt to the cold environment and froze to death. When Li Yao teleported up the mountain to check on the environment, she found many animal carcasses under the snow, and the chirping birds had disappeared.

Inside the [Spiritual Spring Space], everything was still green. The night-blooming jasmine, magnolia, geranium, and lemongrass that Li Yao planted a week ago had all survived well after a week of adapting to the spiritual energy.

For the first day or two, the flowers looked wilted and droopy, and Li Yao thought they wouldn't survive. But on the fourth and fifth days, they slowly recovered their previous lushness.

The three magnolia trees at the mountain hotel were thriving, thanks to a few drops of water every three to five days. Li Yao was no longer worried; she was certain she wouldn't be bothered by mosquitoes next summer.

Today, Li Yao has accumulated a lot of skill points, and she plans to upgrade the system.

She opened the [System Panel], clicked on [Personal Information], and then...

Host: Li Yao

Gender: Female

Category: Carbon-based life/Human

Physical fitness: 260/15 (average adult male)

Intelligence: 198/15 (average adult male)

Speed: 260/15 (average adult male)

Appearance: 30/15 (average adult female)

System evaluation: You are a beautiful and intelligent woman who could easily defeat 25 ordinary men!

Spatial Skills: Infinite Space (in backpack form), Spirit Spring Space, Teleportation Portal, Spatial Conversion, Targeted Spatial Teleportation, Spatial Devouring, Spatial Slicing

Other skills: Ancient Martial Arts Shadow Step (Master Level), Ancient Martial Arts Body Techniques (Grandmaster Level), Modern Grappling and Fighting Techniques (Mastery), Modern Jeet Kune Do (Mastery), Firearms Mastery, Artillery Mastery, Mechanical Mastery, God-level Racer, Ancient and Modern Versions of the Compendium of Materia Medica

Superpowers: Ice-type superpower level 4, Fire-type superpower level 4, Mental-type superpower level 4

System Level: Level 4 (to be upgraded) / Level 5 requires 50 million skill points

Skill Points: 369 million

The system has detected sufficient host skill points. Would you like to spend 50 million skill points to upgrade the system to level 5?

Li Yao: Yes

This time, there's still a countdown timer on the system panel, with 1 minute left.

She watched quietly as the system upgrade progressed from 20% to 50%... 70%... 100%.

[System upgrade complete. Please select a virtual avatar: 1. Cat; 2. Dog; 3. Giant Panda; 4. Bear; 5. Cheetah; 7. Tiger; 8. Other]

Li Yao clicked on [1. Cat].

The following are the subcategories: [1. Ragdoll, 2. Bobtail, 3. Domestic Shorthair, 4. Orange Tabby, 5. Black, 6. Milk Cat, 7. Calico, 8. Tabby, 10. Lion Cat, 11. Tortoiseshell, 12. Scottish Fold, 13. Russian Blue, 14. Golden Shaded, 15. Silver Shaded]

Li Yao was overwhelmed by the choices, and each type came with a picture, which was especially cute. In the end, she chose a Ragdoll cat with blue eyes.

The system prompted: "Do you wish to pay 10 million skill points (6834) to purchase a Ragdoll cat virtual entity?"

Li Yao selected "Yes, remaining skill points: 309 million".

After clicking, the system store displays "Updating...".

Li Yao returned to the homepage and waited, while noticing a button called "Virtual Visibility". Li Yao clicked it.

A kitten, estimated to be about 20-30cm long, appeared out of nowhere. The kitten leaped and landed on her arm in one bound.

Li Yao quickly grabbed the kitten, but missed, her hand passing right through the kitten's body.

Li Yao then realized that this was a virtual entity of the system, visible but not touchable.