CHAPTER 458: CHAPTER 287: THE HIGHEST DEFINITION OF CONNECTIONS_2

"But it’s understandable, that’s how eighteen-year-olds should be. The way your classmates look at you driving, it’ll definitely feel great."

Then Yu Jian’an sighed deeply and spoke softly:

"Ah, if that hadn’t happened, my child would be eighteen by now too. What a pity, what a pity."

"What happened, can I ask?" Lin Li asked curiously upon hearing this.

"It’s nothing I can’t talk about. Eighteen years ago, I pulled out." It wasn’t a secret that needed to be hidden, Yu Jian’an replied.

Lin Li: "(;☉_☉)?"

Seriously?

Huh? Pulled out?

What the heck did you pull out?

Lin Li initially wanted to mourn for that ’same-age child,’ but now realized there were billions more to mourn for, so he decided against it.

"Okay, now we just wait for tomorrow’s approval, and you can start accruing your learning hours," Yu Jian’an finally finished operating the computer and introduced to Lin Li:

"We can help you with classroom learning hours, and if you need, we can also help with online course hours, but you’ll need to temporarily leave your original ID with me."

"Then, my personal suggestion is to do it yourself, because there’s a certain risk if we help. If caught, while the punishment isn’t severe, you might not get it before the end of the year."

"No need, I’ll do it myself." Lin Li shook his head upon hearing this.

"Alright, then go to the front desk to pay, and we’ll contact via WeChat if you have any questions, just find me."

"Okay."

Lin Li went to pay at the front desk, then rode his bike home to continue his daily refining and studying.

Until midnight.

[Update complete.]

When Lin Li saw this message, he nodded, confirming his guess was right; updates would happen on Mondays and at the beginning of the month.

However, the update at the beginning of the month doesn’t provide free mall refresh opportunities, it just refreshes the chance to go to the end of the world.

Lin Li looked at this interface still without a title, which now had changes compared to before.

The original UI with only three buttons now had five.

The two new buttons were lit, but like the others initially, they had no text.

The original three buttons now all had text.

The lit one was "Return."

The ones that were dim and unclickable were "Terminate" and "Current Reset Price: 20 System Currency."

Lin Li had almost guessed the meaning of these words that appeared a month late.

It only takes 20 system currency to refresh the chance to go to the end of the world once more.

Quite cheap?

But the word "current" suggests the price may change, increasing with each reset?

However, Lin Li had no demands for the apocalyptic world anymore; he’s not even a proper Awakened. That very outdated core setting is of no use, no matter how much he brings over.

Without any current tasks, wasting points to go there was unnecessary.

Just use the free weekly and monthly attempts.

The point that relatively attracted Lin Li now was that once there, he could freely pilot his mecha to explore that world.

Long live the Mecha.

Wearing the protective suit, preparing the supplies and food, which this time included some tools specified by Shi Dongchen, Lin Li clicked "Return" to ’return’ home.

A flash of white light.

Lin Li was stunned.

Because what appeared before him was not the return location he chose a few days ago; to be exact, the scene before him didn’t seem like the apocalyptic world at all.

The weather was clear, the light just right, but Lin Li couldn’t dare define the scene before him as the sky. Instead of being blue, it was suffused with a warm amber glow, with filamentous purple light bands wisping among the clouds, much like elongated auroras.

Lin Li was sitting on a mountaintop, and as his gaze moved from the sky to his surroundings, he realized he was surrounded by a series of "mountains."

The "sky" didn’t look like a sky, and the "mountains" didn’t look like mountains.

These mountains were almost entirely composed of pure rock, with no vegetation on their surfaces, nor any signs of life. A very peculiar feature was that these mountains appeared as inverted cones, larger at the top, smaller at the bottom, with broad and flat tops and only a sharp tip supporting the ground.

A complete violation of physics.

Each mountain was separated by several kilometers; the ground, like the mountains, was lifeless and composed of black rock.

It was eerily silent around, utterly tranquil.

"..."

"..."

"Where the hell did I end up again?" Lin Li recovered and posed a soulful question.

No one answered.

Laying down the food and tools he brought... Lin Li looked down and realized the ground wasn’t ordinary either; it was covered with a material resembling obsidian, but every few seconds it would ripple like water.

Clearly, this wasn’t the apocalyptic world.

Lin Li raised an eyebrow sharply.

When he calmed down and thought it through, Lin Li realized something else.

Spiritual Qi.

There was Spiritual Qi in the surroundings.

With each breath he took, it entered his body and was subtly absorbed.

His body was thus filled with a faint sense of comfort.

"The apocalyptic world has no Spiritual Qi, so... is this the delayed Cultivation Realm?" Lin Li blurted out his guess.

"Boom!!!" A sudden noise erupted.

A purple lightning bolt suddenly appeared from the purple light bands and plummeted, striking the ground nearby with a crash.

Lin Li: "?"

The initial bit of excitement was instantly shattered, Lin Li looked up at the sky to ensure there were no purple light bands directly above him, and then cautiously walked towards the edge on the very wide mountaintop he was on.