Chapter 390 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (1)
Chapter 390 "Infecting the World" - Male Mother (1)
"Host is preparing to leave this world—"
"Three, two, one."
Lu Liruan heard a flat, mechanical voice in her ear.
"New world loading—"
"Loading complete. Host, enter the mission world and prepare for the countdown. Three, two, one."
"Having completed the emotional blockade on the host, you have entered the mission world."
Lu Liruan's vision went black for a moment, and all the sounds seemed to gradually fade away.
Something felt as if it had been pulled out of my body.
Slowly, the feeling of weightlessness and spinning finally stopped.
Lu Liruan felt nauseous and her chest felt tight.
"Host……"
"Yue!"
Upon hearing the system's voice, Lu Liruan opened her mouth and let out a vomiting sound.
The system sound has stopped.
"You...you can say whatever you want."
Lu Liruan struggled to raise her hand and rubbed her temples, but felt that her arm was very heavy and her whole body was limp and powerless.
Why do I feel so uncomfortable?
"The host will be directly jump to the next mission world, which will have some impact on perception. After sufficient rest, it will recover, so please don't worry."
The system was quite considerate and answered carefully this time.
"Oh, yue—" Lu Liruan was just about to turn over when she gagged again. She had no choice but to give up and lay down wherever she landed, like a lump of mud.
Lu Liruan's vision was still a mess, and her eyesight had not fully recovered.
By touching the ground, Lu Liruan realized that the place she was lying in wasn't too bad.
"Memory has been transferred—"
The system seemed unable to understand Lu Liruan's pain and continued to proceed in an official manner.
The moment memories flood the brain.
“Yue—” Lu Liruan let out a painful cry.
After going through the memories in her mind, Lu Liruan felt somewhat at a loss.
"That's...that's all?"
"Yes."
"Isn't there anything more exciting?" Lu Liruan gestured with her thumb and forefinger, indicating an extremely small distance.
What does "host" refer to?
"For example, what will happen tomorrow?" Lu Liruan probed indirectly.
"All information in this world has been transmitted."
Got discovered.
"Then where's my cheat code?" Lu Liruan asked, palm up.
"Host……"
"Let's prioritize the practicality of this world when making the extractions," Lu Liruan answered quickly.
"The system will begin the extraction process for you."
"Your cheat ability in this world is: mental power."
"what?"
Lu Liruan was stunned.
She didn't quite understand the literal meaning of this "golden finger" (or "cheat code").
Anyway, it seems to have nothing to do with the memories she received.
The system ignored her questions.
"Continuing with the drawing process."
"Your cheat ability in this world is: an absolute negative value."
"This cheat is a limited-use cheat. Limited to 1 use, and can only be used in this mission world."
"Wait... why is there a limit to the number of uses? How can you be so stingy? You're getting stingier and stingier, and you won't even give an explanation. You're limiting the number of uses for your cheat ability. Is your company going to go bankrupt?" Lu Liruan muttered under her breath.
Anyway, the system won't get angry.
"Absolute negative value, as the name suggests, can change what the host wants to change into its current absolute negative value, without being restricted by any other factors. It is a cheat that takes effect immediately," the system explained.
Lu Liruan had regained some strength and her vision was clearer, so she could see that she was lying on a bed.
Stretching herself up and leaning against the headboard, Lu Liruan carefully considered the system's words before asking:
"I'm just giving an example; I didn't use any cheat codes."
"If the obvious weather is 30 degrees Celsius, and I use the one-time cheat code 'absolute negative value,' then tomorrow's temperature will ignore all factors and become 30 degrees Celsius below zero, is that what you mean?"
"Yes."
"Holy crap, the Snow Queen!" Lu Liruan gasped, feeling that this cheat was incredibly powerful, to an unbelievable degree.
But... where would it be used?
Does she really think she's the Snow Queen?
Let it go, let it go——
"A reminder to the host: this cheat code is a one-time use cheat code, please use it with caution."
"All information for this world has been transmitted."
"Hello! Hello—"
Lu Liruan called out to the system twice in her mind, but there was no response.
They really left decisively.
Lu Liruan sat there without moving, feeling so lost and helpless for the first time.
Although the information about the previous worlds was not perfect, the general direction was still there. At least it allowed Lu Liruan to know what situation she was in, what she could do, and what the direction was for completing the mission.
And now...
I was completely in the dark.
I wanted to talk to the system a little more, in case I could learn more.
Who knew it would just run away?
Swallow! Swallow, what will I do without you!
Lu Liruan sighed deeply and had no choice but to start organizing the information she already knew again.
The self in this world is... an unemployed bum.
To be precise, he became unemployed three days ago.
I am 22 years old this year. My father passed away when I was 3 years old.
My mother fell seriously ill when I was in junior high school, so I dropped out of school in my second year of high school to work and support my family.
But when he was eighteen, his mother passed away from illness, and he had no relatives to contact since.
So, he was only a junior high school graduate, so he could only do odd jobs, rent a small room, and live day by day.
My most recent job was as a waiter in a hot pot restaurant. It included meals but not accommodation, and the monthly salary was 3,500 yuan.
I rented a room near the hot pot restaurant, and only this year did I move to my current 40-square-meter single room.
Although the rent here is 800 yuan a month, the environment and safety are better than before. The reason Lu Liruan moved was because she was followed in her old neighborhood.
I am currently in Tongcheng, a second-tier city, and my monthly food expenses plus daily necessities amount to more than a thousand yuan.
The remaining internet fees, water and electricity bills, and occasional online shopping expenses add up to not much money left. I wouldn't say I'm living paycheck to paycheck, but I'm pretty much broke.
Lu Liruan described her poverty by saying that she would regret it and feel quite pained if she realized that she had forgotten to order sanitary napkins online when she had her period this month, and had to buy them from the supermarket after using up the sanitary napkins she had stocked up on last month.
This level...
The reason I resigned three days ago was that a male manager in the service department sexually harassed me.
As a quiet, hardworking person who has held many jobs, Lu Liruan isn't the type to explode at the slightest provocation. The main problem is that this idiot has been harassing her for a month!
From initial verbal harassment to recent physical assault.
This time, he saw Lu Liruan carrying a hot pot of red broth that had been removed from the dining table and left by the guests as she walked towards the kitchen.
Thinking that Lu Li and Ruan Teng wouldn't make a move, they could only let him bully them in the narrow corridor leading to the kitchen.
As a result, his hand just touched Lu Liruan's thigh, which was covered by black stockings, under her work uniform skirt.
Suddenly, a pot of steaming hot red soup was splashed onto his crotch!
"Aww, I'm so tired of this!"
The fat, big-eared man howled.
Lu Liruan, having gone this far, grabbed the empty pot and swung it at him: "Are you never going to stop?! You think you can take my kindness for granted?!"
"Did you enjoy it? Are you enjoying it now?"
Lu Liruan lost her balance and almost twisted her ankle while wearing high heels.
She shook off her high heels, then grabbed her stockings at the calf and pulled them down, removing the stockings that reached her thigh on her right leg.
She grabbed the man's hair and before he could even react to the burn and the slap, Lu Liruan had already put the stocking over his head.
It made his already crowded features look even flatter.
"Don't you like stockings? Here, they're yours! You're welcome!"
Lu Liruan bent down, picked up the high heels beside her, and, still feeling angry, slammed the heels against him a few more times.
Then, barefoot, carrying her shoes, she walked towards the changing room.
This series of smooth moves was captured on camera by onlookers and became a trending topic on Weibo that very night.
Lu Liruan vented her anger by striking, but she didn't actually do anything to the person.
When Lu Liruan went to collect the hot pot soup, she accidentally spilled some on her hand, and it had already cooled down considerably.
It just looks scary when you splash it on.
The manager and the hot pot restaurant were already in the wrong, so they didn't dare to pursue Lu Liruan's responsibility. Perhaps fearing that she might do something even more extreme, they even made up for her last half-month's salary as a full month's salary, so she didn't have to come back.
Lu Liruan has no regrets at all; she still feels great about it.
She started working at sixteen and has seen all kinds of people. The better your temper, the more others will take advantage of you. This is more common at the bottom of society.
Many people wanted to bully Lu Liruan because of her young age, but Lu Liruan didn't tolerate any of them.
Lu Liruan and the others felt their strength return completely. They got out of bed and found their bank cards in the drawer.
Call to inquire.
I discovered that all I have left is a little over seven thousand yuan.
I don't know how long this mission will take to complete, or even how it will be completed.
Lu Liruan thought to herself: Should I find a job now?
So that I won't be unable to pay the rent next time and end up homeless.
And also... does anyone know where the target of the task is?
What if he's far away from me? I won't be short of money to get there, will I?
And... what is mental power?
Lu Liruan sat cross-legged on the bed, holding her breath... holding her breath... holding her breath...
Lu Liruan couldn't hold it in any longer; her face turned red.
No feeling at all.
My mind is completely empty; I have no knowledge at all.
The only thing the system didn't make me guess was the name of the task object:
Liao Tingyuan.
It sounds pretty good.
Lu Liruan described it with limited vocabulary.
"When-when-when-"
The wall clock struck the hour.
"Da da da--"
When Lu Liruan looked over, she saw that a small door on the pendulum of the clock face was open, and a faded wooden bird popped out from it.
After shaking a few times, it shrank back.
This thing has a really vintage feel to it.
It is exactly 10 p.m. now.
Lu Liruan searched for the keyword "mental strength" on a search engine.
I found nothing; most of the search results were novels or games.
After thinking for a while, Lu Liruan heard her stomach rumble.
……
Never mind, nothing is more important than eating.
Then Lu Liruan discovered that there was nothing in the house.
Lu Liruan took a tomato from the refrigerator, washed it, and took a bite. Her teeth almost ached from the sourness.
I need to go buy some daily necessities tomorrow.
After eating, Lu Liruan felt even more uncomfortable in her stomach, so she decided to wash up and go to bed first.
But I had just walked into the bathroom.
"Hiss—hiss—"
From the lower half of the security door, came the sound of something rubbing against something.
The position is very low, roughly below the knee.
With a toothbrush in her mouth, Lu Liruan slowly walked over, squatted down, and turned her head slightly to the side.
The incandescent light bulb in the living room suddenly flickered twice, as if there was a problem with the connection...
"呲呲-"
The sound of the tungsten filament and the sound of friction from the outside rang out alternately.
"Boom—" A flash of light appeared outside the window, followed by a rumbling sound of thunder.
Lu Liruan lost her balance and fell to the ground with a thud.
My shoulder hit the door.
"His-"
The rubbing sound, even through the door, seemed to be right on Lu Liruan's shoulder.
"who!"
Lu Liruan shouted, "Come out!"
The locked door and the brightly lit, enclosed space inside the house made her feel little fear of the strange noises outside.
"Boom—" Another muffled thunderclap sounded outside.
Because she had accidentally swallowed a mouthful of mint-flavored toothpaste while speaking, Lu Liruan felt a cool sensation in her throat.
She wanted to get up from the ground.
Looking up, I saw an upside-down "福" (fortune) character pasted on the inside of the door, left by the previous owner.
Red, gold, black.
Under the incandescent light, the vividness of the color was particularly ghastly.
Those stacked "mouth" characters, like open eyes and gaping mouths, are sinisterly grinning, staring back at themselves...
Lu Liruan couldn't help but rub her eyes.
It is the character "福" (fu, meaning good fortune).
It was no different from usual.
Lu Liruan rolled her eyes and looked away.
Only a few seconds had passed since she finished scolding him.
But Lu Liruan felt as if a minute had already passed.
Lu Liruan supported herself on the ground, stood up, turned on the tap, and quickly rinsed her mouth clean of toothpaste.
"Hiss—" The sound rang out again.
Lu Liruan was a little annoyed: "Who is it! Playing tricks!"
She shouted and rushed to the door, her hand on the doorknob, but ultimately she didn't press it down.
A few seconds passed.
Suddenly:
"Meow--"
A sharp meow came from near my feet, and the cat quickly ran away.
"A cat." Lu Liruan breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Liruan remembers that there are quite a few cats in the neighborhood. Sometimes when she comes back from her night shift, she gets startled by a cat darting out of the bushes.
"Da da da."
A few minutes later, footsteps could be heard on the stairs.
Lu Liruan lifted the peephole, revealing a piece of cardboard she had stuck on herself, and saw that the motion-activated light in the corridor had turned on.
As if possessed, Lu Liruan leaned closer to look.
Through the peephole, the corridor appears as a circle with blurred boundaries, the view distorted and folded, like a cropped spy lens.
A man walked down the stairs.
He was very tall, and even the stiff white shirt and black trousers made him look very upright and dignified.
He walked steadily, head down.
The voice-activated light went out for a moment.
When the sound of his footsteps roused him again, he was already in front of Lu Liruan's door.
The momentary pause between extinguishing and illuminating caused Lu Liruan to instinctively lean back, then quickly move closer.
His bangs were a bit long, obscuring his expression. In a fleeting moment, his profile was clearly defined, and his long neck disappeared beneath the neatly turned-down collar of his shirt.
He was also wearing a black tie.
At this time... he was wearing a tie.
On his right hand, which was carrying a black plastic bag, he wore a black glove that was close to his skin and extended to cover his wrist.
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This world contains scary elements; babies who are afraid can watch it during the day. [Makes funny faces—]
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