,The system seemed to click its tongue: [The main point is… you seemingly struck luck for once, but after all, bad luck can’t change its fate. So although the item gained growth potential, this system’s database is completely empty, with not a single method of growth to offer. The road of exploration is long—the host should figure it out on her own, at her own risk, with zero liability on our end. After all, the opportunities for an Unlucky Chieftain have always been so unconventional, so don’t bother me!]
Fine, fine, fine.
This “don’t bother me” was probably what the system most wanted to express right now!
However, the excruciating pain in her body had calmed down by this time. Ma Xiaoli closed her eyes and felt around, and sure enough, she discovered an extra strand of connection between herself and the Jade Buddha.
With almost no guidance needed, with just a thought, she entered the space inside the Jade Buddha.
Only, once her mind registered it, she realized she could only sit on the ground hugging her knees!
This pitch-black space was eerily silent!
Only the spot where she sat hugging her knees had a faint trace of light, while everywhere her eyes could see was an ominous dark gray.
Three question marks slowly floated above her head.
Wait, even though she had been mentally prepared earlier that the Jade Buddha’s million-stockpile space would be downgraded, this… space that wasn’t even 1 cubic meter, was it… was it even normal?!
With a shift in thought, Ma Xiaoli left the space.
She remembered there was a convenience store to the right of the neighborhood entrance.
An Unlucky Chieftain never admitted defeat; she just didn’t believe that the space couldn’t stockpile goods after being bound to her—1 cubic meter was a bit small, but it was still a space after all!
When Ma Xiaoli went downstairs, Ye Huiling happened to be standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass, looking at the wild, skyrocketing plants in the entire yard.
Holding her phone, Ye Huiling was speaking anxiously to the person on the other end: “…No, I don’t know what happened either! In just the blink of an eye, those waist-high shrubs in the yard all shot up into giant, sky-scraping trees! The branches are almost poking the third-floor balcony! And those ivy vines are wrapping around the floor-to-ceiling windows like crazy, with leaves as big as cattail fans—it looks horrifying!”
She paused, glanced outside, and her tone grew even more urgent, almost with a sob: “No, am I so bored that I’d make a joke out of this? You guys hurry up and send a few people over to take a look! If they keep growing like this, my yard is going to burst, and it might even knock down the neighbor’s wall…”
Ma Xiaoli suddenly realized that the plants in this yard had been affected by her ability.
Quietly moving her index finger, she called out loudly to Ye Huiling: “Auntie, who are you talking to on the phone? Your voice is so loud.”
Ye Huiling instinctively turned her head to look, the terror in her eyes not yet faded.
Seeing Ma Xiaoli, she said with a tense face: “Xiaoli! Why did you come down? Quick, go back to your room and stay there! The plants in this garden suddenly all grew into giant trees for some unknown reason—it’s too dangerous!”
Ma Xiaoli tilted her head with a bewildered face, even leaning close to her side to look outside: “Auntie, what are you talking about? Aren’t the plants in the garden perfectly fine?”
In fact, Ma Xiaoli was far from as relaxed as she appeared on the surface. The palm of her hand hidden behind her back was constantly flickering with an eerie green light.
Relying on her past life’s experience, absorbing plant energy was still something she could manage—except that now, having just awakened her ability, simply making the plants return to normal in one breath severely overdrawn her strength, making her head ache as if being pricked by thousands of needles!
Ye Huiling didn’t notice anything amiss with Ma Xiaoli; she froze for a moment, “No, can’t you see? In this yard…”
As Ye Huiling spoke, she turned her head to look. Once she saw the situation in the garden clearly, Ye Huiling pressed against the glass again: “No, how come the plants are all…”
Ma Xiaoli supported her at the right moment: “Auntie, you’re still pregnant. You must be too tired and had a blur of vision for a moment, right?”
Ye Huiling opened her mouth, then looked out at the yard again—the “giant trees” that had blocked the sky just moments ago had turned back into waist-high shrubs, and the ivy and roses looked no different from usual…
Could it really be that she was too tired from pregnancy and saw it wrong?
Ma Xiaoli reminded her: “Auntie, your phone is still on the call.”
Ye Huiling felt a flush on her face, quickly nodded toward Ma Xiaoli, held the phone, and spoke in a low voice, sounding like she was apologizing with an extremely humble attitude.
Ma Xiaoli wiped her nose with a tiny bit of a guilty conscience, then quickly rode her electric scooter and slipped away.
At the convenience store, she pretended to shop and walked into a blind spot that the CCTV couldn’t capture. Only then did she try to put a whole box of instant noodles stacked in the corner into the space—
BUT!
The moment the box of instant noodles entered the space, it was bounced back by a mysterious force, returning to the corner once again.
Ma Xiaoli refused to accept it and tried again.
Failed again.
Wait, it was a space that could at least let her sit hugging her knees; how could it not even accommodate a box of instant noodles? Was this even scientific?!
The system seemed to particularly enjoy seeing her make a fool of herself: [Look at this box of instant noodles—whether entering or not entering, it’s merely a mutual disgust between it and the space. You insists on crashing into a brick wall until your head is bruised and bloody to be satisfied. In the end, for a person with bad luck, even the space she binds to slacks off with her.]
Ma Xiaoli was rebellious by nature; the more the system said it wouldn’t work, the more she wanted to crash into the brick wall—yet, really none of it worked!
Even a black cup noodle on the shelf that was only the size of a fist, she couldn’t put into the space!!
It was at this time that the system spoke up again with snide sarcasm: [Host, Errands Task 2, taking it?]
Ma Xiaoli: [Take your da…]
The system acted as if it couldn’t understand human words: [Errands Task 2: Transport no less than 1 box of instant noodles and 1 box of water to the University City within 1 day. Upon completion of the task, you can receive 100 EXP rewards. This task can be accepted repeatedly and refreshes every day at midnight.]
The four words “accepted repeatedly” struck Ma Xiaoli’s heart fiercely.
Wasn’t this a daily task tailored specifically for an Unlucky Chieftain!
This kind of task looked grindy and tedious, but it couldn’t stand up against “effort brings rewards.”
Even if it was grindy, EXP could be obtained consistently, without needing any luck at all—and whether you were lucky or unlucky, what you got was the exact same reward!
This sure-win, zero-loss deal was simply tailor-made for a bad-luck player like her whom even pigs looked down on!
System: [Since the host doesn’t want to accept it, then…]
Ma Xiaoli’s eyes instantly burned with fanatical excitement: [Accept, accept, accept! Immediately! Right now! Accept!]
After accepting the task, Ma Xiaoli realized that this Errands Task was actually quite interesting—on the map, it actually displayed 12 drop-off points!
Ma Xiaoli immediately got on her electric scooter and drove toward the University City with a beep-beep-beep.
She first systematically purchased 5 boxes of instant noodles and mineral water at a nearby convenience store, then struggled to control the heavy electric scooter, delivering the supplies to the closest university drop-off point.
[Ding-dong—Errands Task 2 reward has arrived. Since the host transported multiplied supplies, you received multiplied rewards: 500 EXP reward has been credited.]
On the task interface, “Errands Task 2” was not stamped with the bright red “Completed” mark like “Errands Task 1” was.
A look of joy spread across Ma Xiaoli’s face.