Li Qingyu is very sleepy and wants to go to sleep.

However, after lying on the carpet for a while, Li Qingyu sat up.

He casually opened the virtual map of Neptune and took a look. Seeing that there were no other civilizations with potential, he idly headed towards it.

Therefore, Li Qingyu closed the virtual map.

I've decided... I'll take a shower first, then go to sleep!

Li Qingyu knew it was already daytime outside, but he didn't care. Sleeping during the day was perfectly normal for him.

As for danger and the like...

hehe...

When he returned to Pineapple Castle just now, he only managed to squeeze back from the spraying sea rice field thanks to Kiki's forceful command.

That was the situation when the sea rice was still underwater. After the sea rice that was constantly growing rapidly from the flesh and blood of the sea monsters floated to the surface.

Li Qingyu hardly dared to imagine what the sea would look like.

I just hope Comrade Xiaofu won't be too surprised.

Aside from worrying that the spraying sea rice might be invaded by the virus and undergo unknown mutations after leaving Kunkun's purification range, Li Qingyu wasn't too worried about sudden attacks from other contestants.

However, out of consistent caution.

Li Qingyu decided to upgrade the Pineapple Burger before taking a shower and going to bed.

After all, having food in your pocket means you're not worried.

Moreover, Li Qingyu happens to have thirty evolution points remaining in his mind, so he doesn't need to gnaw on magic cores to replenish them.

With this thought in mind, Li Qingyu felt reassured, and a flash of deep red light appeared in his eyes.

Use Crimson Enhancement!

As the five evolution points in my mind disappeared.

In an instant, the entire Pineapple Castle was enveloped in deep red evolutionary flames.

Li Qingyu, inside Pineapple Castle, calmly observed the evolutionary flames around him.

Since this was an enhancement, Li Qingyu believed that Pineapple Castle would still be a house after the evolution, so he was too lazy to call everyone out again.

After all, the evolved flames don't do much damage; at most, they look a bit scary. Apart from the evolved unit, no one else can touch them.

At this moment, only Mimi, whose eyes remained open, looked up at the surrounding evolutionary flames.

As for Lilith and Muxi, who were lying on the sofa with their eyes closed, they didn't even realize that they were already surrounded by the flames of evolution.

Looking around at the raging flames of evolution.

Li Qingyu suddenly remembered the day he first entered the Civilization Competition.

In the desert...

A person...a dog...

A foot bath tub...a computer chair...

Two suns in the sky...

In the end, it was only through his and Erha's mutual obstruction that they finally found the treasure chest that Crimson had mentioned, which was not far away.

Then, from the treasure chest... I found Pineapple Castle in its un-evolved form... Deep Sea Pineapple!

That was truly a... memorable time.

Suddenly, Li Qingyu, who was reminiscing about the past, frowned.

Wait a minute, why has it been burning for so long? This situation seems so familiar...

[Crimson: Congratulations on triggering an evolution critical hit. Would you like to invest another ten evolution points for a deeper evolution?]

[Friendly reminder: Little brother, you know what I mean~ Hurry up and prepare your evolution points~]

Holy crap?!

Isn't this the same situation we encountered last time when we evolved football?

"Get involved!"

Nonsense, if we don't invest in him, where will he sleep later?

He remembered that Evolution Critical Strike didn't come with a refund policy; if you didn't invest, you'd lose everything.

With Li Qingyu's command, another ten evolution points disappeared from his mind, and the deep red flames enveloping Pineapple Castle instantly burned even brighter.

However, Li Qingyu no longer had time to observe the surrounding evolutionary flames.

Li Qingyu quickly pulled out a handful of magic cores from his pocket, wiped them on his pants, and then stuffed them into his mouth.

Actually, Li Qingyu had already thought of it even without Crimson's friendly reminder.

The last evolution critical hit wasn't just invested in once, you know. Given that the first investment required ten evolution points, wouldn't the second investment require twenty evolution points?

He only had fifteen evolution points left in his mind. If he didn't have enough evolution points and the Pineapple Castle failed to evolve, Li Qingyu would really regret it to death.

Although the demon core no longer had any odor after being cleansed by the strange pants, the residual slime on it still made Li Qingyu feel disgusted.

Especially when his incredibly sensitive tongue brushed against her, Li Qingyu's heart trembled.

As for licking the demon core?

Forget it, there's no time to lick it slowly.

Li Qingyu couldn't say for sure whether it was because he inherited the basic attributes of a husky that made him strong, or because he directly inherited the husky's good teeth.

He barely chewed a few bites before crushing the magic core and swallowing it.

After finishing, Li Qingyu did not stop, after all, who knew how many more evolution points he would need?

So, Li Qingyu forced himself to endure the nausea and quickly stuffed one magic core after another into his mouth...

vomit...

[Crimson: Congratulations, you've triggered another evolution critical hit. Would you like to invest another twenty evolution points for a deeper evolution?]

really...

Fortunately, he swallowed it quickly...

"Get involved!"

As the twenty evolution points in his mind disappeared, Li Qingyu sighed with relief.

To be honest... that should be the end of it...

The last football game had two additional bets, so it's impossible that his Pineapple Castle game would need three more, right? Although that's what he was thinking, Li Qingyu didn't stop devouring the magic cores.

After all... there's always a chance of something going wrong...

Finally... amidst Li Qingyu's anxious anticipation.

The deep red flames enveloping the Pineapple Castle gradually began to shrink.

Seeing the flames of evolution fading, Li Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Li Qingyu had already consumed forty evolution points in that short period of time, it's always best to conserve them, since no one knows if there will be another eighty points waiting for him after those forty...

Soon, the flames died down.

A brand new pineapple burger was placed in front of Li Qingyu.

Li Qingyu was stunned when he saw the brand-new Pineapple Burger.

This was because it consumed 35 evolution points for Li Qingyu, resulting in the evolution of Pineapple Castle.

There's... absolutely no change?

Damn it, I got hacked?

Just as Li Qingyu was about to check the system information of Pineapple Castle.

"Meow...meow..."

A strange cry drifted from the corner of the living room, causing Li Qingyu to involuntarily turn his head.

Beside his computer chair, a red-shelled snail, almost as tall as the chair, was squatting there, staring at him with its two big, round eyes.

Forehead...

"Meow..."