Chapter 130: 123 No Weakest Paru (Two-in-One)
Fang You and his friends each returned home, telling their parents about their day out and explained the origins of the "expensive digital product" they brought back.
Although the three children's families were wealthy, and the items were gifts from Auntie Xiaochun, these were still things worth several thousand yuan, so tearing into them directly would be quite disrespectful to adult considerations.
"So, you accepted it because you wanted to play with the Paru device too, didn't you, You You?"
Chen Xuan looked into Fang You's eyes with a hint of worry, "You didn't feel bad and accept it because of that, right?"
Fang You nodded, "I wanted to play with it myself, Mom."
"That's good then."
Chen Xuan smiled and affectionately patted Fang You's head, "Then Mom thinks you can go and try it out. After all, you and Nuo Nuo were spokespeople for Paru devices in the past, so it's kind of fateful..."
Although she hadn't made many appearances, she had always been silently attentive to her child's healthy development.
Since winning the title of Moe King at the age of five, her son did ads for half a year, and then gradually became a book-loving child.
Always burying his head in books, reading at home, reading at the library, devoting all his time to his studies, hardly participating in any parent-child interactions or social activities.
Only when Nuo Nuo and Ayu came to play would he occasionally respond.
Although he consistently ranked first in his class with perfect scores, was never naughty at school, and had always been a model student, he never threw tantrums or begged his mother for things.
Because You You was too well-behaved, it actually worried his mother...
Until this summer vacation, he took martial arts classes and began researching paper airplanes, and now he finally had a highly social hobby, eager for toys like any child. Of course his mother was happy for him.
However, in contrast, the person who should probably be more of a concern was—
"Hey, husband, what are you doing over there?"
Currently, Fang Guanghui was joyously gazing at the glittering gold version of the Paru device that Fang You had brought back, his eyes shining with childlike wonder, making him feel 20 years younger in an instant.
Upon seeing this, Chen Xuan couldn't help but feel a headache, "Oh dear, it's a child's toy; what are you fiddling with so eagerly... "
"I, I'm worried he won't know how to play, Dad is helping him figure it out!"
"That's a toy given to You You by someone else, and you haven't played with it before; what if you break it? How would we handle that? Give it back to You You."
"Mom, it's okay."
At that moment, Fang You was the one reassuring his mother, Chen Xuan.
"Dad never had such fun things when he was young because we weren't well-off. You need to understand him more—he might be trying to make up for what he missed out on in his childhood."
...
Seeing her son so considerate and well-behaved, Chen Xuan felt comforted, "Look at your son, how reasonable he is... As a father, you should learn more from him in the future."
"Learn, learn, I can learn! Haven't I been learning all along?"
Fang Guanghui, saying this, proceeded to unbox the Paru device from its packaging, excitedly asking Fang You:
"You You, do you want Dad to help you unpack it?"
"You've already opened it, haven't you..."
"Then, do you want Dad to help you input the serial number?"
"You play with it, Dad..."
[Once again, you deeply understand the difficulties of being a child, knowledge energy +5]
"By the way, does the third-generation Paru device also require egg incubation?"
"Yes, it does."
"Then—"
"You do it, you do it."
Ah, truly a father deprived of childhood care.
Let him hatch the egg then.
The Paru device doesn't start the game immediately upon the first input of the serial code; instead, there is a 24-hour "egg incubation" process. After the ceremonious 24-hour progress, the contracted Star Guardian Paru hatches from the egg.
Although the golden Star Guardian Paru has a unique pure gold appearance, its stats are actually the same as a regular Star Guardian Paru's, which are 10% higher than that of a normal Paru's stats.
While there's a disparity and unique Star Transformation abilities, the strength of a powerful Paru also highly depends on individual values, traits, level, and various growth equipment. So no matter what kind of Star Guardian Paru was summoned, Fang You, as a supreme master, certainly had room to maximize its potential.
That's what one would think.
Um...
That's what one would think.
The next evening, when Fang You saw the Paru creature that his father Fang Guanghui had hatched, his face struggled to maintain its composure!
Swipe—blingbling
"Cluck, cluck cluck cluck!"
Congratulations, you've hatched [Star Guardian · Gugu Chicken]!
"I frickin' hatched the most useless, triple-defective Paru!"
Fang Guanghui scratched his head apologetically, "I'm sorry, kiddo, Daddy did his best."
"Say you did your best one more time, I promise I won't hit you."
Gugu Chicken is one of the three most common wild Parus in "Paru World." The chicken drumsticks made from Gugu Chicken meat are practically the essential sustenance for every Paru at the beginning, making it a thoroughly useless creature.
However, precisely because of its worthlessness and prevalence, the odds of getting a Gugu Chicken in the initial Paru draw are the lowest tier, similar to the N card rate in gacha games.
This low rate is almost consistent with the SSR card rates.
But that's no excuse for why Dad hatched a Gugu Chicken!
Looking at his son with eyes full of filial piety, Fang Guanghui was sweating profusely while trying to placate his son with a laugh:
"Look on the bright side, You You, a golden Gugu Chicken is indeed quite rare if you consider the rates..."