Brave little bull, not afraid of difficulties. Come on, System.
[You have used "Random Limb/Organ Enhancement Opportunity."]
[Your right hand strength has increased to 200% of current level and gained the ability "Power Charge."]
[Power Charge: After completely paralyzing your right hand for one hour, you can accumulate one use. After use, for one hour, the strength, abilities, and technique effects output by your right hand will be doubled. Both paralysis and skill use cannot be interrupted. Power Charge ability storage limit is 3.]
Lin Li: "..."
Lin Li looked at his right hand. Like his body, it was on the thin side. There were no visible changes at the moment, but it had become stronger? It seemed so.
Was this a Qilin Arm? Could he use it for terracotta warriors in the future and get double happiness?
Wait, that thing didn't seem to rely on brute force.
If only he'd gotten this ability before high school, he would have chosen shot put for the PE exam. Through power charging, he could use four times his current strength and definitely get full marks.
"Qilin Arm is great, and it even awakened a probability-based ability. Great, really great!" Lin Li gritted his teeth as he exclaimed.
The reward pool didn't have little bull, so it couldn't enhance little bull. Fine, Lin Li accepted that. But now the reward pool had little bull, yet it still didn't enhance little bull. Wasn't adding it to the pool pointless?
System, you said random and you're really being random? Can't you learn from Tencent? At times like this, he allowed you to be unreliable.
The Big Horn Bull dream was shattered, but no matter what, this was better than ballet. At least this ability appeared in the ability section of his system panel.
[Name: Lin Li (Blood Crow Slayer)]
[Age: 17]
[Constitution: Spiritual Energy Absorption Speed +200%; Charm Technique Resistance +100%; Internal Yang Energy Concentration +50%; Memory +100%; Mecha Synchronization Index +20]
[Passive Abilities: Bare-handed Blade Catching]
[Active Abilities: Power Charge]
[System Currency: 450]
Finally no more "None."
The right hand strength increase didn't appear in the [Constitution] column. Lin Li understood that the items in [Constitution] were permanent buffs that stacked additively rather than multiplicatively, while right hand strength was a one-time base increase.
There were good and bad aspects to this.
Assuming his original right hand strength was 1, whether buff or base, a 100% increase would make it 2. But if he later got another 100% strength buff, the former would become 300% of 1 (equals 3), while the latter would be 200% of 2 (equals 4).
But if he physically improved his strength by 0.1 through the Eight-Stage Body Forging Technique, buffs would double it to 0.2, but base wouldn't get additional enhancement.
However, Lin Li didn't care whether it was base or buff. Just doing a simple mission and getting this kind of benefit was already very satisfying.
Lin Li was like an old-fashioned kettle—an optimist who could continue whistling even with his butt on fire. If he saw half a glass of water in the desert, he'd look around for pessimists and rob their half glass.
When he returned to the classroom, Bai Bufan was already sitting in his seat.
"Did you spend a pink afternoon? Sigh, I got blocked by several more bloggers at lunch. Why is that?" Bai Bufan sighed deeply.
"Bufan, can't I punch you once?" Lin Li then directly asked.
He had to test it out.
"Although I don't know why, but no." Bai Bufan shook his head.
"Thank you, double negative makes positive." Lin Li smiled with relief and immediately gave Bai Bufan a punch with his right hand.
"If I said yes, would you say 'Thanks for agreeing to my request, here's another punch'?"
"You guessed right, here's a punch as reward." People on the same frequency were really hard to fool, but fortunately Lin Li always had reasons to throw punches.
"Your mom!"
Bai Bufan shook his somewhat aching hand and asked in surprise: "Lin Li, how did your strength get so much stronger? Did you eat Popeye's spinach behind my back?"
Bai Bufan's strength was originally greater than Lin Li's, but just now, catching Lin Li's punch with his palm really hurt, and he couldn't push back no matter how hard he tried.
As for why Lin Li inexplicably punched him, that wasn't important and he was too lazy to ask. This was quite normal among boys.
—During breaks in the back row, while doing homework at your seat, there was a high chance a brother would slap you on the back with a Buddha's Palm.
"Abstinence is like this—you wouldn't understand since you've never abstained." Lin Li looked at his right hand with satisfaction. When he really exerted force, the feeling was quite noticeable.
Somewhat comforting.
"This is more like strength accumulated from never abstaining." Bai Bufan gave him the middle finger.
"Doesn't matter. From now on I'm a strong person. All rebellious subjects should die." Lin Li patted his chest. "Hehe, Bai Bufan, from now on you must be my dog, or face my fists."
"True strong people never bully the weak. Lin Li, I, Bai Bufan, will never acknowledge you!" Bai Bufan said righteously.
"Who says I haven't? Although I have power, I still follow principles—I don't hit children or women." Lin Li shook his head, but before Bai Bufan could emphasize he was only fifteen, immediately added:
"Unfortunately, your wife isn't a child and your son isn't a woman, so when I punch them, you should understand."
Bai Bufan: "?"
"What if I have a daughter?" Bai Bufan thought and said.
"Sorry, sorry, I suddenly remembered I don't hit elderly people either, but your daughter isn't elderly." Lin Li sincerely apologized for his imprecision.
Almost couldn't wipe out the whole clan.
"You're quite polite. I acknowledge your strong person's heart, but now I must sentence you to death, parentheses, repeatedly executed." Bai Bufan gave a thumbs up.
...
Time quickly reached evening.
As soon as he left school, Lin Li took out his phone.
During dinner off-campus that afternoon, Lin Li had used his own account to private message those bloggers Bai Bufan found, conducting a round of chats.
But the results were unsatisfactory.
It was clear they were in this business and accepted delivery services.
But they also seemed very aware that the internet was much more 'dangerous' than reality, since everything left traces. Therefore, they were quite cautious.
Any slightly professional 'companionship' shops insisted from beginning to end that they only provided clean services, refusing to budge.
Yet the nighttime prices were suggestive, and their tone was full of hints.
But honestly, for this type of shop, Lin Li instinctively considered one point—could they deliberately price vegetarian dishes at meat prices?
When the sucker customer happily waited for a special service night, but got slapped when trying to touch a leg with the companion saying "Sir, please show restraint."
When the customer realized and wanted to make trouble with the business, headquarters would say they clearly marked prices and explained service content—what was the customer implying?
The customer couldn't report to police saying the prostitute he hired claimed she wasn't a prostitute, right?
At most they could report unreasonable pricing to consumer protection.
There were precedents for this.
Luo Jincheng, a domestic tough guy who sold 160 pounds of drugs in one month, a contemporary drug lord, was only sentenced to ten months after arrest.
As for why this crime, which theoretically deserved execution ten times over, only got ten months, it wasn't because he had great power or connections.
Because this guy sold 160 pounds of rock sugar.
He infiltrated addict groups, telling everyone he had large quantities of 'rock sugar' to sell. Group members responded enthusiastically, saying they understood, he was selling rock sugar, even praising Luo Jincheng's caution—they wanted exactly rock sugar.
Transactions proceeded with both parties satisfied.
After customers tasted the sweetness, all gave good reviews, asking after Luo Jincheng's family's health and trying to get his address to meet and give gifts.
But none dared report to police.
Luo Jincheng's masterstroke was including rock sugar analysis reports in packages, plus a pack of cheap tea. The former proved he was indeed selling rock sugar, honest business, the latter gave reason for his high prices.
—After all, tea prices were quite opaque. As long as Luo Jincheng said he considered these good tea, selling a pack of rock sugar for a thousand yuan was reasonable.
Since investigating cases took time, they detained him ten months before formal sentencing. If found innocent, those ten months would require substantial compensation.
So the Demon Suppression Bureau forcibly gathered seven rock sugar buyers, accumulating amounts to the seven thousand needed for prosecution, sentencing him to those ten months.
This drug lord was indeed a genius.
Having seen this guy's operation, Lin Li suspected these companionship shops played the same game.
Wasn't this also a new type of honey trap?
Moreover, companionship prices had no reference point—even fraud charges couldn't stick.
When Lin Li asked if they had physical stores, saying he could visit to purchase and enjoy services, they unhesitatingly said no and refused, only accepting outcalls.
One shop was particularly decisive in blocking him:
"Due to the other party's privacy settings, they cannot receive your messages."
The other party had sensitively detected he was fishing.
Lin Li looked at the exclamation mark in front of him with indescribable feelings.
Oh no, I've become Bai Bufan.
(End of Chapter)