Something was wrong, very wrong—114,514 points worth of wrong.
"Bufan, look at this, what is it?" Lin Li showed his palm to his deskmate, inquiring seriously.
"A hand."
"Look carefully."
"A pitiful, lonely, solitary, tedious, light-humming hand that hates following the wrong master—one that has never held hands with a girl his age." Bai Bufan thought for a moment and reached this conclusion after serious analysis.
As a special existence with a system, treating human life as worthless was normal, so wanting to beat Bai Bufan to death was understandable, right? Forget it, suppressing his murderous intent, Lin Li maintained a polite smile: "I'm asking you to look at what's in my hand."
Bai Bufan leaned in a bit closer, then looked at Lin Li with confusion: "A mosquito, what about it?"
"Right! This is just an ordinary mosquito, right!" Lin Li's voice became slightly excited.
It was a creature that had absolutely no relation to the incredibly cool and awesome name "Lesser Demon Sky Blood Crow." Even from a biological perspective, it was nothing more than Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Culicidae!
Lin Li had already studied this mosquito for a long time. Whether its size or physical details, there was nothing abnormal about it.
"Actually, it's not that ordinary. It died on a hand that has never held a girl of the same age..." After thinking, the genius Bai Bufan decided to restart his incantation.
"Bai Bufan, shut up."
It seemed he didn't need to ask his front-row classmate for a tissue anymore. While Bai Bufan wasn't paying attention, Lin Li wiped his hand on Bai Bufan's school uniform, cleaning off the Lesser Demon Sky Blood Crow's corpse. Much more comfortable.
The two stopped talking. Lin Li gazed out the window and fell into silence again.
However, this time, the excitement that had been covered by disappointment and dejection reappeared in his heart.
Lin Li felt he should probably be able to figure out what was happening.
This system was indeed supposed to activate and bind after he went to the cultivation world, but now there was a bug—the transmigration step was skipped, and he was still in the modern world.
But the system... this thing seemed to be forcing itself to run.
Bad news: The system had a bug.
Good news: It was also running on bugs.
This world didn't have Lesser Demon Sky Blood Crows, but the system, which held the sole official interpretation rights, thought it could have them, so—
Mosquito: I am a mosquito.
System: No, from now on, you are a Lesser Demon Sky Blood Crow that frequently appears and attacks villagers!
Mosquito: Then can I mutate? Gain abilities worthy of this title?
System: Well, speaking of that...
Having figured everything out, Lin Li smiled with relief.
Life really was full of ups and downs and ups and ups and ups and ups!
As long as it could give out rewards normally, Lin Li didn't care whether this system was running properly or not.
Moreover, in the current situation, compared to Lesser Demon Sky Blood Crows he couldn't see, mosquitoes were obviously much easier to deal with.
Speaking of which, this was actually good news—the difficulty of completing tasks had decreased.
Looking at this task's reward, he was about to become spiritually sensitive. From now on, he really could cultivate in the modern world. The era of his unique mastery was about to arrive! Kekekekeke!
"Why are you laughing so lecherously? Weren't you just having a depressive episode? Have you already moved on to the 'try not to laugh' challenge?" Bai Bufan turned his head, looked at Lin Li's smile, and moved his chair away a bit in disgust.
As someone about to attain enlightenment, Lin Li naturally wouldn't stoop to arguing with a mere mortal.
Lin Li wasn't in a hurry to do the task.
Because he had already wasted over an hour waiting for the loading earlier, evening study hall was about to end, and compared to before, there were already many more rustling sounds in the classroom.
Although his seat was by the window, in a low-floor classroom, opening the windows on the non-corridor side during summer evenings would result in class-wide criticism, because it would attract large numbers of insects to the light source. The first to enter wouldn't necessarily be mosquitoes—right now there were many unknown moths and small insects clinging to the window outside.
Better to do the task after going home. The task had no time limit, so there was no rush.
Let him first enjoy fantasizing about the future. Now was fantasy time.
When one person attains enlightenment, even chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. The delighted Lin Li patted Bai Bufan's shoulder and spoke kindly: "Bufan, as long as you properly serve as my dog, I won't let you down. From now on, if I have a bite of meat to eat, I'll still have a sip of soup to drink."
"What does that meat and soup have to do with me?"
"Because if I have a sip of soup to drink, you'll have a bowl to wash."
"How generous of you, Lord Lin. Even Korean exchange students in the cafeteria get better treatment than being your dog." Bai Bufan clasped his hands together in sincere admiration.
"How about this—tomorrow I'll treat you to breakfast, bring it for you for free." Lin Li sneered contemptuously.
"Lord Lin, you have always been my most beloved Lord Lin." Bai Bufan spoke with genuine emotion. "Then I won't be polite. The usual—rice rolls with egg."
Nansang Middle School was a boarding school, but Lin Li was a day student.
Every day student had to go through one inevitable experience: smuggling for boarding students.
The contraband included packages, power bank charges, and breakfast.
The boarding school naturally provided breakfast, and Nansang Middle School's cafeteria wasn't bad—at least the food couldn't be used as combat weapons. But as the saying goes, the flowers at home can't compare to wild flowers.
Human potential was limitless. Lin Li had once carried breakfast for fourteen people simultaneously under extreme circumstances. At the school gate, security mistook him for a delivery person and stopped him once.
"Ding dong~~ ding dong dong~~" The dismissal bell arrived as expected. The sound of desks and chairs scraping immediately filled the classroom as most students stood up and began packing their things.
Lin Li was eager to return home. After telling other students who also wanted him to bring breakfast to contact him through Bai Bufan (who had a phone), he rushed downstairs.
Finding his bicycle at the school gate, he set off on the road home.
The distance wasn't far but not too close either—a leisurely fifteen-minute bike ride, or just ten minutes if rushing.
[Eliminated Lesser Demon Sky Blood Crow (2/10).]
The sudden notification made Lin Li freeze for a moment. He was speeding and almost departed this world due to this momentary distraction. You really shouldn't drink and system while driving.
Probably a mosquito got killed by his impact. He hoped it could transmigrate to the cultivation world and become a real Lesser Demon Sky Blood Crow.
Thinking this, Lin Li suddenly noticed the system had popped up another message.
Another one killed by his impact? Lin Li slowed down and clicked on the message.
[While slaying demons, an enormous secret has been discovered! Pleasure demon cultivators are hiding here, taking people's money and absorbing their yang energy! Countless cultivators have had their dao hearts shattered and lost both wealth and life because of this—this cannot be tolerated by heavenly law!
Though current cultivation is insufficient, one cannot close their eyes and ignore this. A way must be found to eliminate them!
A strategist enters the game personally and can defeat heaven by half a move! Insufficient strength doesn't matter—if this attracts the attention of the Demon Suppression Bureau, this demon cultivator den can be cleared out!]
[Task Triggered!]
[Task Two: Enter the game personally and clear out this pleasure demon cultivator stronghold.]
[Reward: Constitution Improvement: Charm technique resistance increased by 100%, internal yang energy concentration increased by 50%; Lower-grade Spirit Stone × 5; System Currency × 200.]
"..."
"Huh?"
(End of Chapter)