Actually, Lin Li really wanted to check out what exactly the Spirit Stones were like. With the anti-prostitution mission completed, the Spirit Stone was already in his [Warehouse] and could be taken out at any time.
But worried about causing anomalies by taking it out in the classroom, Lin Li decided to wait until he got home to look at it, just to be safe.
Being cautious was most important.
For now, he should just honestly do his homework. Finishing early would give him time to preview tomorrow and the day after's course content in the evening.
Although efforts during spare time weren't counted toward the mission's calculations.
But whether completing assignments or previewing, both helped deepen understanding of the courses. The torture level of seriously listening to a class you completely couldn't understand was entirely different from seriously listening to a class you could comprehend.
This was also the most discouraging threshold for delinquent students who suddenly reformed—not being able to understand made it impossible to be serious even if they wanted to.
Now that seriously listening to class had become a long-term mission that couldn't be finished in just two or three days, Lin Li was doing this for his own future, to make things easier for himself later.
"Damn homework, I'll write you to death! Want to see daddy's big morning light?"
"I'm going to stuff solution ideas hard into your little solution spaces!"
"Am I better or is Bai Bufan better? Do I write better or does he write better? Do I spend a long time writing you? Are my characters big? Bigger than his, right? Bigger than his, right? Hm? Say something!"
Lin Li drank his tropical-flavored iced black tea while reciting the somewhat inappropriate homework scripture, immersing himself in battle with his assignments.
"Lin Li? Are you chanting something?" A female voice suddenly sounded from beside him.
"Daddy's writing makes you feel good—Chen Yuying?" Lin Li, who had been absorbed in his own world, looked up to see Chen Yuying standing in the aisle next to Bai Bufan's desk and got startled.
He quickly shut his mouth.
Studying had misled him—he hadn't even noticed when Chen Yuying had come to the classroom or when she'd approached his area.
Done for, done for, done for, done for, done for.
Please, don't let her have heard what I just said.
Lin Li prayed in his heart.
Fortunately, Chen Yuying's expression looked normal, so she probably hadn't heard.
"Sorry, did I scare you?" Hearing Lin Li's voice get a bit louder, she instinctively raised both hands and stepped back half a step.
"No no no no—" Lin Li shook his head, then asked, "What's up? Do you have a package to pick up? If it's not urgent, I can bring it over tomorrow. If it's urgent, I can go get it during dinner time."
Perhaps because he'd met Xiao Jing, Lin Li used to feel a bit nervous and constrained in front of Chen Yuying, the prettiest girl in class, but now that feeling was gone.
Oh no, Xiao Jing wouldn't become my white moonlight, would she? That kind of thing was not good.
Wait, given Xiao Jing's profession, she couldn't be called white moonlight—she should be dark, fishy-smelling, stinky moonlight.
"That's not it. I'm just a bit curious about why you were called to the principal's office this morning." Chen Yuying placed her palms on Bai Bufan's desk, leaning slightly toward Lin Li's direction, her long hair swaying with the movement. She smelled quite nice.
Lin Li blinked.
This was not something he could discuss.
Just as he was preparing to brush it off with his pre-prepared excuse, the system popped up a message at this moment.
[Having come to this world for half a day already, in this world full of females, someone has finally noticed your existence and become curious about you, wanting to know more information about you.
Since that's the case, then prove your identity. Tell her you are a male different from her, a male who can do that and that with her!]
[Mission Triggered!]
[Mission Five: Tell Chen Yuying that you are a male different from her, and explain the physiological differences between males and females.]
[Mission Reward: Physical Enhancement: Mecha Synchronization Index +10; Random Talent *1; System Currency *50]
"..."
"Huh?"
No, this was wrong, extremely wrong, even 350,234 points wrong.
Bush administration.
What the hell kind of mission was this? Why had the system's style suddenly changed? Wasn't he 'in' the cultivation world? What was this "world full of females" about? Weren't the previous descriptions all written in classical Chinese? Why was it using vernacular now?
What did "male who can do that and that" mean? Which "that and that"? Could it be more specific?
Lin Li's brain at this moment was like Xiao Jing's upper body: completely blank.
His gaze finally locked onto the first half of the mission preface: [Having come to this world for half a day already].
Half a day ago was when? Twelve hours ago he should have still been sleeping.
Wait, Lin Li recalled the [System Update] he'd seen this morning... Holy shit, could this be the abstract system's update content from this morning?
Had he been "transmigrated" again?
But this world made Lin Li's heart race!
If he couldn't successfully reach the cultivation world, Lin Li could accept that, but this world—how could he not go? System bro, I, Lin Li, have never begged anyone in my life, but I'm begging you now. Take me there right now.
Where's the concrete mixer truck? Where is the concrete mixer truck? Come save me quickly!
He urgently needed to get lucky by getting hit.
Wait, no, that's not right. After the update, the system was still normally issuing cultivation world missions today. Mission Two and Mission Four were still telling him to slay demons and eliminate evil, and this mission's sequence number was honestly Five.
Damn it.
What the hell was going on?
"..."
Lin Li finally only understood one thing clearly: trying to rationalize the system's actions was itself irrational.
The system had been acting crazy for more than just a day or two. Understanding it was simply unrealistic.
Why had the mission reward's style changed too? What was this Mecha Synchronization Index?
It sounded cool. Could he became a pilot of Gundam because of this—of course, assuming the system could give him a Gundam.
"Lin Li? Lin Li? What's wrong with you?" Chen Yuying, who had been waiting for an answer, saw Lin Li suddenly start spacing out and waved her hand in front of him with some confusion.
"Ah, nothing, class monitor. I was thinking about how to tell you." Lin Li snapped back to attention and spoke.
Theoretically speaking, when a mission came, he should complete it. After all, although he had no idea what the Mecha Synchronization Index meant, taking a step back, system currency... he had no idea if that was useful either. Taking two steps back, random talents were always useful.
But wasn't this mission content a bit too outrageous?
Why did he need to educate Chen Yuying about physiological knowledge?
And Chen Yuying completely knew this knowledge already, right? She wasn't really living in a world with only females.
What she was curious about regarding him wasn't his gender at all!
This system's thinking was purely the building between Building A and Building C.
But this wasn't a timed mission. If he didn't complete it, would it hang in the mission panel forever?
The mission panel interface looked like a 2x3 format, two rows and three columns, currently with five missions hanging.
Lin Li didn't know if there would be a third row of space after filling all six slots.
Even if there was no limit, having one that could never be completed would be uncomfortable to look at.
Stubborn brain! Hurry up and spin to think of a solution!
Lin Li's eyes suddenly lit up.
He really was a genius.
If Lin Li were Pleasant Goat, a 240W super bright bulb would appear above his head right now.
"Alright, class monitor, next I'll tell you exactly why the principal called me this morning!" Like a storyteller, Lin Li picked up his pen and slammed it heavily on the desk once, very imposingly.
"Mm mm!" Chen Yuying, full of curiosity, looked at Lin Li with anticipation.
Lin Li took a deep breath, then stood up, moving slightly away from Chen Yuying.
"First," facing Chen Yuying's expectant yet somewhat confused gaze at his current behavior, Lin Li pointed at himself, then pointed at her:
"—I'm male, you're female."
Chen Yuying: "?"
(End of Chapter)
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Pleasant Goat - Popular Chinese cartoon character reference