HLnovel Chapter 222 : The Beautiful Lady Was So Moved She Couldn't Say a Word
Chapter 222 : The Beautiful Lady Was So Moved She Couldn't Say a Word
There was no helping it, the skull was really hard.
And Lin Li was only wearing ordinary sneakers.
He hoped he wouldn't kick himself into getting an ingrown toenail.
*Your mom's head, like a rubber ball, one kick sends it to the department store; the department store, sells rubber balls, what they sell is your mom's head.*
Lin Li still remembered and could sing this heartwarming little nursery rhyme that was uniform across the country. Looking back now, he was indeed too childish when he was young. How much would it hurt to kick that?
Lin Li came to the beautiful lady who was forced to split up, took out a fruit knife from his backpack, and began to keep a hand for himself.
"Ugh, blegh, ugh."
During this process, Lin Li felt his stomach churning multiple times.
It was indeed disgusting. The only consolation was that there wasn't much of that rotting stench, but the sight was simply too unbearable. He felt like he would get sick if he looked at it any longer.
Therefore, Lin Li subconsciously reached out to press his mask tighter, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that his gloves seemed even more miserable now, and silently pulled his hand back.
Right now, his hands felt comparable to Sister Yu's feet.
Who would dare to lick them?
He'd better pray these rubber gloves didn't leak oil like plastic gloves, otherwise Lin Li would definitely have a bone to pick with them.
The fruit knife was at least brand new. Even if it wasn't expensive, it was still very sharp right now. So, in less than half a minute, Lin Li had detached the beautiful lady's entire arm, including the upper and lower arm.
Lin Li detached the beautiful lady's right hand first. This way, when their left hands were clasped together, if an emergency occurred, his free dominant right hand could handle it better.
But since he was already here, Lin Li simply borrowed the other hand as well, to serve as his backup hidden energy source.
Anyway, Lin Li asked the beautiful lady for her opinion, and she didn't say she disagreed.
He tentatively held it. The beautiful lady's hand was small and soft, as soft and falling off the bone as a pig's trotter boiled for hours.
*Fuck.*
Lin Li suddenly realized that in his memory, including Wu Min, he had never held hands with the opposite sex before.
The beautiful lady was the first.
"How can one find a way in this world to have both, to not fail Xiao Jing and not fail you?"
Holding a woman's hand, his mind was actually thinking of another woman.
He really was a scumbag.
He suddenly understood Bai Bufan's harem ideology a bit. It would be great if he could see Xiao Jing and the beautiful lady living together in harmony. Lin Li was truly looking forward to this.
His thoughts wandered too far again. He snapped back to reality, holding the beautiful lady's right hand and hanging her left hand around his neck like a scarf. Lin Li looked around.
Now all he had to do was wait for the sunrise.
Judging from Lin Li's experience, this dimly lit sky should see a sunrise in an hour or two at most.
But in this world, Lin Li didn't know if his common sense was valid.
Lin Li could stay in this world for a maximum of five hours. Once the five hours were up, he would immediately return to reality.
Hacking zombies couldn't delay his schooling.
Moreover, it could be inferred that there was an upper limit to the amount of time he could stay in this world at one time—because the trigger description for the task of holding hands at sunrise specifically pointed out "although you can only stay briefly for now."
Otherwise, as long as he didn't click the second button, wouldn't he just stay in this world forever?
As for how long this time was, he could only wait until the weekend to test it. He still had to study tomorrow.
A sunrise could be seen anywhere, but Lin Li once again set his sights on the "tall building" he had noticed earlier, estimating it to be about 3.5 stories high.
Staying on the "road" between these buildings, under the premise that it was best not to keep [Ear Divine Power] on all the time to save stamina, if he didn't notice approaching zombies and encountered "love" around a corner, the battle would be enough for Lin Li to suffer.
And as the saying goes, standing high allows you to pee far. A wide field of vision would help Lin Li further explore this world. He couldn't just wait idly until sunrise.
With the plan set, Lin Li immediately tiptoed towards the building.
After entering the building, Lin Li turned his flashlight to the lowest setting and looked for the stairs going up.
He would stop to listen and observe his surroundings after every step.
What Lin Li heard most clearly was his own deafening heartbeat.
This kind of unknown exploration in the dark, especially a real-life version, was truly a bit scary... and very thrilling, especially when he accidentally stepped on some loose stones on the stairs and made a noise.
From the images illuminated by the flashlight, this building looked like a low-rise office building, with many desks, chairs, and things that should be computers inside.
He was scaring himself.
Without rushing to explore too much, he held the beautiful lady's hand and went up to the fourth floor. Nothing happened; there were no living creatures in the building at all.
Lin Li was crawling at this moment.
The fourth floor only had walls on the west and south sides that could barely be called walls. The other directions only had a shallow layer of broken rubble at the bottom for cover.
From his tactical backpack, Lin Li took out the "Black Tech Binoculars Ultra-High Definition High-Magnification Night Vision Sniper Monocular."
The product name was this long when he bought it, and it cost 12.9 yuan. He didn't know if the tech was black, but the merchant's heart must be pretty black. When Lin Li got his hands on it and found it was light as a feather, he knew he was screwed.
It was just a plastic shell with a broken lens. Damn it, there was no return shipping insurance, and the return shipping cost was almost more than the item itself.
It could only be said that you get what you pay for. It was useful, but not much.
At the end of his vision on the northwest side, there was a zombie moving slowly.
Next to the building on the east side, by the intersection, there were also two zombies standing still and swaying.
Although he was at a high place, the low buildings still blocked his line of sight. So this was all the zombies Lin Li could see after carefully spending ten minutes checking his surroundings.
*If only I had a drone.*
Lin Li completely felt the gap in equipment.
Now he really had to find a way to make some money.
"Trust me, I will definitely give you a better life," Lin Li patted the beautiful lady's hand and comforted her.
Since he had nothing to do, he put the tactical backpack aside and used the beautiful lady's hand as a back scratcher while pondering.
*I can bring things from reality to this world, can I take things back when I return?*
*It should be possible...* Lin Li remembered that when he returned last time, there was a lot of dust on the soles of his slippers.
*Then can I make some real money by smuggling things from this world?*
Actually, there are many ways to make quick and easy money in reality, which are recorded in great detail in the "Criminal Law."
A classic Q&A from the "Retard Bar" forum: The prison's defenses are so tight, how do the prisoners get in? Answer: They exploit loopholes in the law to get in.
The people inside indeed speak nicely, but Lin Li didn't want to associate with them.
He was so handsome, so talented, so humorous... he had too many merits, he was afraid of getting bent.
It was better to be a smuggler to make money.
*Then if I can only carry inanimate objects, what should I bring?*
*Things that are easy to cash out, have a high return rate, exist in reality, and the cashing out process won't attract attention.*
Theoretically, the steel rebars embedded in the wall in front of him could also be sold for money, but the efficiency was too low. Moreover, the scrap collector might be smiling on the surface, but three minutes later, the Demon Suppression Division would come running to ask him about the source of the rebars.
And he wasn't a sports student; breaking rebars barehanded and bringing them back to reality was a bit difficult.
Gold.
When Lin Li gave the filtering conditions, gold, this absolute standard answer, had actually already appeared in his mind.
"This world has rebars, scrapped cars on the roads, and the things in the buildings are also very familiar. It feels like the tech tree and resource tree of this world are about the same, so gold should exist."
Placing the beautiful lady's hands on the roof, Lin Li took his flashlight downstairs and began to explore the building.
Because he had confirmed beforehand that there were no living creatures in the building, Lin Li was much bolder.
"Xingsheng Trading Company."
Shaking off the dust on the paper, Lin Li softly read the text on it.
Lin Li wasn't very surprised that the text was also Chinese characters.
What's wrong with speaking a little Chinese? The cultivation methods in the cultivation world were also just in traditional Chinese characters.
*When poor, set aside disputes; when rich, claim it since ancient times.*
This meant that this world had been the territory of East Asia since ancient times.
The main text of the paper was commercial documents, which were meaningless to read. Lin Li spent about half an hour carefully studying the inside of the building.
He didn't find anything valuable.
The drawers were all open, containing only messy papers and notebooks.
Occasionally, he could open a hidden variant—a rotting hand stuck in a drawer.
He found almost nothing of value. Even the shabbiest company shouldn't be like this. This building must have been scavenged by people, but judging from the amount of dust, the last time it was scavenged was quite a while ago.
"I wonder if there are still any survivors in this world now," Lin Li sighed.
With no harvest, Lin Li returned to the top floor. He could clearly feel the sky getting much brighter, especially in the east.
It seemed sunrise wasn't far away.
Lin Li gathered his thoughts.
He couldn't miss the sunrise and fail the task because of exploring; the loss would outweigh the gain.
He also took the opportunity to organize his thoughts.
The places with the most gold, besides under Zhang Jiao's command, should be jewelry stores and banks. *(Translator's Note: A reference to the Yellow Turban Rebellion led by Zhang Jiao in the Three Kingdoms period, whose followers wore yellow turbans).*
Especially jewelry stores. The gold in banks is kept in safes when not on display, and even if he found it, he might not be able to open it. But jewelry stores didn't have this problem.
Judging from the building density and conditions, this area shouldn't have been backward before the zombie outbreak. There must be more than one jewelry store and bank.
And even if the buildings had been scavenged by survivors, during a doomsday survival scenario, gold couldn't be exchanged for food and was meaningless for survival. They would only discard it like worn-out shoes. So there was a high probability that the gold was still waiting for him in the ruins.
The problem now was that Lin Li wasn't familiar with this "city" and didn't have a city map from before the zombie outbreak.
"Beautiful lady, why aren't you vain at all? Where is your jewelry?" Lin Li checked the beautiful lady's two hands and found only rotting flesh without any decorations. He shook his head in disappointment:
"Love is not possession but fulfillment. If you keep acting like this, I'm going to run towards someone better."
The beautiful lady didn't speak, just kept waving her hands, probably hoping Lin Li wouldn't leave.
"Alright, I'll give you one more chance. Let's watch the sunrise."
Playing ultra-realistic house with himself was quite interesting. Lin Li cheerfully used tape to bind the beautiful lady's hands to his own, never to be separated.
He did this because Lin Li wasn't sure about the system's quirks. Would it strictly require them to hold hands throughout the entire sunrise process to count as completed? To be safe, tying them up like this meant he wouldn't have to constantly pay attention to it.
"Ugh..."
After waiting on the roof for a few minutes, the faint sound of zombie roars came.
Lin Li's eyes instantly narrowed. He turned [Ear Divine Power], which he had turned off to save stamina, back on. His originally sitting body crawled, moving to the edge of the wall, and poked his head out to check the situation.
The sound became clearer and clearer, not just because of [Ear Divine Power], but also because the zombies were approaching this way, and there seemed to be more than one.
Sure enough, first one zombie appeared, jogging with a twisted body. After a few seconds and then a dozen seconds, about ten more ran out one after another.
And the noise they made seemed to cause other zombies nearby to also head this way.
Lin Li curled up on the roof, his brow furrowed tightly.
His situation had suddenly become much more dangerous.
When Lin Li was a kid, he played the game where the floor is lava and you absolutely cannot step on it. Now, downstairs was truly dangerous lava.
What caused their commotion? If they were chasing something, why hadn't he noticed anything at all?
Or was this just the daily madness of the zombies in this world?
Lin Li poked his head out again and found that a few zombies seemed to have noticed the beautiful lady (the main body). They slowly walked over to her and stood in front of her.
They didn't touch the corpse either. A few of them took a look, lost interest, and continued to move slowly nearby. A few others stood in place and began to sway their bodies slightly, spacing out.
These zombies were as inexplicable as little fairies.
A faint glimmer of light had begun to appear on the horizon, tearing through the ink-like darkness shrouding the city ruins.
The sun was about to rise.
Temporarily suppressing his doubts, Lin Li shrank into the corner formed by two walls, tightly holding the beautiful lady's hand, and watched the sunrise.
The light was initially a pale grayish-white. As time passed, the light gradually intensified and began to take on an orange-red hue. This light reflected on the dilapidated buildings, draping those ruins in a hazy and eerie glow.
It was somewhat poignantly beautiful.
The wandering zombies looked even more sinister and terrifying under the orange-red light.
This was truly the most outrageous sunrise Lin Li had ever seen in his life.
"Do you like it, lady?"
The beautiful lady didn't speak, but gave a thumbs up, and then started spamming 666.
"As long as you like it."
Lin Li and the beautiful lady held hands, leaning against each other, watching the sun rise high.
His ears were focused.
What he was anticipating wasn't the sound of zombies, but—
[Task Four has been completed]
[You have received rewards: Random Ability 1; Random System Item 1; System Currency 100.]
[What a beautiful morning this is, with gorgeous scenery, a comfortable environment, and a beautiful female companion.
The beauty of modern times is truly intoxicating.
Your relationship with the beautiful lady rapidly heated up while holding hands. The beautiful lady was so moved she couldn't say a word, but you can feel that she desires to take things a step further with you.
Then, since modern times are a world of indulgence, go enjoy it, continue the beauty, and spend a wonderful day!]
[Task Triggered!]
[Task Two: Plant a deep kiss on the beautiful lady's forehead and whisper some sweet nothings; hold hands with the beautiful lady and go shopping for at least an hour, and put together a brand new outfit for her; cook and enjoy a sumptuous dinner together with the beautiful lady; have an intense session of bed exercise with the beautiful lady.]
[Task Rewards: Physique Improvement: Image and Charm increased by 10%, Lower Body Physical Strength increased by 50%; Random System Item 1; System Currency 200.]
Lin Li: ?
*(End of Chapter)*