CHAPTER 50: CHAPTER 50 THIS GREEN TURF HAS NEVER LACKED GENIUS

Brave cow-cow, not afraid of difficulties, come on, system.

[You have used the "Random Limb, Organ Augmentation Opportunity."]

[The strength of your right hand has increased to 200% of its current power, and you have acquired the ability "Charge Up."]

[Charge Up: Completely paralyze your right hand for one hour to accumulate a usage opportunity. Within an hour of using it, the power, abilities, and skills of your right hand will double. Paralysis and skill use cannot be interrupted, and the charging ability has a storage limit of 3.]

Lin Li: "..."

Lin Li looked at his right hand, which was as slim as the rest of his body. At this moment, there were no visible changes, but it did seem stronger? Seems like it.

Is this a Kirin arm? Can I use it to play Terracotta Warriors and get double the joy?

No, this isn’t really about brute force.

If only I’d had this ability before high school, I could’ve chosen shot put for the physical education exam. By charging up, I could’ve used power equivalent to four times what I have now, scoring a perfect ten on the event, no problem.

"Kirin arm is good, and awakening this surely-acquired ability is really! good! yes!" Lin Li gritted his teeth and sighed.

There’s no cow-cow in the prize pool to power up, fine, Lin Li accepted it; but now there’s a cow-cow in the pool, and still no power-up, isn’t this pool added for nothing?

System, you say it’s random and it’s really random? Can’t you learn from Tencent? I allow you to be unreliable at times like these.

The dream of the Great Horned Cow is shattered, but it’s still better than ballet. At least this ability appears in the ability area of my system panel.

[Name: Lin Li (Blood Crow Assassin)]

[Age: 17]

[Physique: Spiritual Qi absorption rate increased by 200%; charm resistance increased by 100%; yang energy concentration in body increased by 50%; memory increased by 100%; mecha synchronization index +20]

[Passive Ability: Catch White Blade with Bare Hands]

[Active Ability: Charge Up]

[System Currency: 450]

No more blank entries, finally.

The right-hand strength boost does not appear in the [Physique] section. Lin Li’s understanding is that the items in the [Physique] section are permanent buffs and are additive rather than multiplicative, whereas this right-hand strength increase is a one-time base boost.

There are both good and bad sides.

If my right-hand strength was originally 1, regardless of whether it’s a buff or base, a 100% increase would bring it to 2. However, if I gain another 100% strength increase buff, the former would be 300% of 1, which is 3, while the latter would be 200% of 2, becoming 4.

But if I physically enhance my strength by 0.1 through the Body Refining Eighth Rank Technique, the buff will double it to 0.2, but the base will not get an additional boost.

But Lin Li didn’t care much whether it was base or buff; he was satisfied with the benefits from completing a simple task.

Lin Li was like an old-fashioned kettle, optimistic enough to keep whistling even if his bottom was on fire. In the desert, he’d find a pessimistic person to take their half-cup of water.

When he returned to the classroom, Bai Bufan was already sitting at his desk.

"Did you spend a rosy noon? Sigh, I got blocked by several bloggers again at noon, why though." Bai Bufan sighed deeply.

"Because you’re kind."

"Bufan, can I punch you once?" Lin Li asked directly afterward.

Gotta test it somehow.

"I don’t know why, but no, you can’t." Bai Bufan shook his head.

"Thank you, double negatives confirm a positive." Lin Li smiled contentedly and proceeded to punch Bai Bufan with his right hand.

"If I said yes, would you say, ’thanks for agreeing, now here’s another punch’?"

"You guessed it right, bonus punch for you." It’s indeed difficult to fool someone on the same wavelength. Fortunately, Lin Li always had a reason to throw a punch.

"Your mom!"

Bai Bufan shook his slightly aching hand and asked in astonishment, "Lin Li, how did you get so strong? You ate super spinach behind my back?"

Bai Bufan originally had more strength than Lin Li, but just now, when he caught Lin Li’s punch with his palm, it hurt like hell, and he couldn’t push back with force.

As for why Lin Li inexplicably punched him, that was unimportant, not worth asking. This kind of thing is pretty normal among guys.

—In the last row during the break, when doing homework at your desk, it’s very possible a brother might land a Tathagata’s Palm on your back.

"Giving up lust is like this; you wouldn’t understand if you’ve never given up." Lin Li was quite pleased looking at his right hand, feeling a noticeable difference when exerting force.

It was comforting.

"You look more like you’ve been building up strength from not giving up lust." Bai Bufan flipped him the middle finger.

"Not important, from now on I’m a strong person, and all rebellious subjects must die." Lin Li patted his chest with his hand, "Heh heh, Bai Bufan, from now on, you must be my dog, or get greeted with fists."

"A true strong person would never bully the weak, Lin Li, I, Bai Bufan, will never acknowledge you!" Bai Bufan indignantly said.

"Who says I don’t, even though I have the power, I still follow principles, not hitting kids and women." Lin Li shook his head but quickly added before Bai Bufan could stress that he’s only fifteen:

"Unfortunately, your wife isn’t a kid, and your son isn’t a woman, so I aim my fist at them, I assume you’d understand."

Bai Bufan: "?"

"What if I have a daughter?" Bai Bufan thought for a moment and asked.

"Sorry, sorry, I suddenly remembered I don’t hit elderly either, but your daughter isn’t elderly." Lin Li sincerely apologized for his lack of precision.

Almost didn’t annihilate a whole family.

"You’re quite polite; I acknowledge your strong heart, but I must sentence you to death now, in parentheses, repeatedly executed." Bai Bufan gave a thumbs-up.

...

Night soon arrived.

As soon as he left the school gate, Lin Li took out his phone.

During the afternoon meal outside of school, Lin Li used his account to send private messages to the bloggers he found for Bai Bufan, engaging in a round of chats.

But the results were unsatisfactory.

It was evident that they were in the business and also offered takeout services.

However, they also seemed very aware that the internet is much more ’dangerous’ than reality since everything leaves a trace, so they were quite cautious.

Any slightly professional ’gaming companion’ shop strongly declares from start to finish that they only offer green services, adamantly refusing to change their tune.

The prices at night were suggestive, and the tone was full of implications.

But honestly, for such shops, Lin Li instinctively considered one thing — do they deliberately mark vegetarian dishes with meat prices?

When the foolish customer eagerly awaits a special service at night, only to want a leg touch and get slapped by the companion saying sir, respect yourself.

When the customer realizes it and wants to cause trouble with the shop, the main store then says we clearly priced and stated the service content, what do you mean, customer?

The customer surely can’t call the police file saying the chicken he found changed its tune saying it wasn’t chicken, right?

At most, he could complain to the Consumer Association about unreasonable pricing.

Such incidents have precedents.

Luo Jincheng, a ruthless guy selling 160 pounds of drugs in a month domestically, a contemporary drug lord, was eventually only sentenced to ten months after being caught.

As for why this crime, theoretically deserving of ridicule a hundred and six times at Tokyo University — losing his head ten times, was finally sentenced to ten months, it wasn’t because he had great influence or connections.

Because this guy sold 160 pounds of rock candy.

He hidden in drug addicts group, telling everyone he had a lot of ’rock candy’ for sale, group members responded saying I understand, I understand, you’re selling rock candy, even praising Luo Jincheng’s caution, they wanted rock candy.

The deal conducted with both parties satisfied.

Customers tasted the sweetness, all with good reviews, asking about Luo Jincheng’s family’s health, even tried to get his address to meet in person to give gifts.

But none dared to call the police.

Luo Jincheng’s best move was that he’d include Rock Candy’s assay results in the delivery, adding a pack of cheap tea, the former to prove he was indeed selling rock candy, no deception, the latter to provide a reason for his high price.

—After all, the market price of tea is quite non-transparent; as long as Luo Jincheng says he considers it good tea, selling a pack of rock candy for a thousand is reasonable.

It took time to clarify the case, and before the formal verdict, he was detained for ten months, if declared not guilty, these ten months required considerable compensation.

Thus the Demon Suppression Bureau forcibly gathered seven customers who bought rock candy, accumulating the amount to 7000 to file a case, sentencing to ten months.

This drug lord was indeed a genius.

After seeing the operation of this brother, Lin Li suspected these gaming shops were playing the same game.

Isn’t it just another form of a new type of Immortal fraud?

And the price of gaming companionship has no reference point, making it difficult to accuse of fraud.

When Lin Li asked if they had a physical store, saying he could go over to buy and enjoy the service, they without hesitation stated no and refused, only accepting dispatches.

One of them even directly blocked him:

["Due to the other party’s privacy settings, TA can’t receive your message."]

The other party actually sensed he was fishing so keenly.

Lin Li looked at the exclamation point on the screen with unspeakable emotions.

Crap, I’ve become Bai Bufan.