Right at that moment, the system actually took the initiative to remind her: [Host, Errands Task 2 is a daily refreshing task. You need to manually press the “Complete” button for it to display “Completed.”]
Ma Xiaoli: [I feel like you’re fooling me, and I temporarily don’t want to submit it as completed!]
Having said that, Ma Xiaoli switched to a different convenience store, purchased another 5 boxes of instant noodles and mineral water, and happily delivered the items back to the exact same drop-off point.
Who would have thought that not only did the system give her no rewards, it even mocked her sarcastically: [Due to the host’s generous gift, you gained 1 point of the user’s Favorability—heh, this Favorability is even more useless than your less-than-1-square-meter space. Tastes tasteless to eat, and to throw it away… emmm, throwing it away isn’t much of a loss either. Like I said, everything has its set outcome—you can’t force it, you really can’t force it.]
Not only that!
The dog system didn’t even give her a subsidy for purchasing the supplies, requiring her to pay entirely out of her own pocket!
Ma Xiaoli wasn’t angry either; she only blamed herself for being greedy.
She continued on to the next school.
She still bought five boxes of instant noodles and mineral water.
However, after arriving at the drop-off point, she first set down 1 box of instant noodles and water, then left the drop-off location and waited briefly. Sure enough, the errands system broadcasted!
[Ding-dong—Errands Task 2 reward has arrived. Congratulations on obtaining 100 EXP rewards.]
Ma Xiaoli clenched her fist and tried carrying another 1 box of instant noodles and water over.
The system mocked her sarcastically once more: [Due to the host’s generous gift, you gained 1 point of the user’s Favorability, heh.]
Yet Ma Xiaoli didn’t get angry, but instead took a glance at the errands system.
Sure enough, there was still no bright red “Completed” stamp behind “Errands Task 2” on the task interface.
It turned out that all 12 drop-off points displayed on the map for Errands Task 2 could be farmed for rewards.
The only hidden rule was that the supplies she brought could not arrive in separate batches.
Having reached this conclusion, Ma Xiaoli farmed all the drop-off points at the remaining 10 universities.
This time, the bright red stamp of “Completed” finally appeared behind Errands Task 2.
The system spoke up reluctantly: [Ding-dong—Errands Task 2 is completed. This task settlement obtained a total of 5600 EXP points, all of which have been credited.]
Ma Xiaoli let out an “Oh?” with a serious face: [Is there no ‘saved how many people in 0 days or however many days’?]
She might be unlucky and unable to draw anything, but the system couldn’t withhold her rewards!
[Nope.]
The system stopped acting entirely and directly scoffed, before continuing:
[Congratulations to the host for accumulating over 5000 EXP points. Now unlocking two upgrades. Listen carefully: 1. Electric Scooter Upgrade, costs 1000 EXP points, and battery life will never be a worry from now on—well, that’s about it, at least in the future you won’t go bald over charging your electric scooter; 2. System Upgrade, costs only 3999 EXP points to obtain an uncensored, complete version of the system, and maybe even raise the host’s Luck value by 1 point!]
Pausing, it added another heart-wrenching comment: [1 point of Luck value! Barely enough for you next time not to draw ‘Thank You for Your Patronage’ or ‘Welcome to Try Again’ when drawing Fate Cards—probably! After all, your level of bad luck is unmatched; gaining 1 point is pretty much the same as gaining nothing!]
Ma Xiaoli let out a cold chuckle and counter-mocked sarcastically: [So you’re currently the castrated version!]
The system chuckled twice as well, [The host might as well think about why the Jade Buddha was a million-stockpile space in someone else’s hands, but almost became garbage when it reached yours.]
Ma Xiaoli—Ma Xiaoli tried her best not to let herself puff up like a blowfish from anger.
The electric scooter upgrade required 2 hours and could be put on hold for now, but she was still very eager for that 1 point of Luck value from the system upgrade.
However, 3999 EXP points wasn’t cheap—shouldn’t she ask thoroughly?
[What’s different after the system upgrade? For instance, in terms of functions, like raising my prize rate…]
The system scoffed and directly interrupted: [In this world, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. Upgrading itself is a matter of opening a mystery box—how could there be any set outcome?]
Ma Xiaoli’s face darkened completely: [Speak like a human!]
System: [The so-called difference is nothing more than being different from before. It might add a few functions that seem useful but are actually useless, or it might activate some life-saving functions that allow you to survive a few more days in the apocalypse. Everything depends on fate—you can’t force it.]
After finishing this nonsensical jabber, the system let out a yawn: [So, upgrading or not? Who knows, there might be a surprise?]
Ma Xiaoli finally puffed up into a blowfish in a single second, [If I don’t upgrade, what use do the EXP points have?]
The system stopped talking nonsense this time: [After upgrading, EXP points have other uses. If you don’t upgrade, they’re as useless as garbage. Upgrading?]
[Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade!]
Thinking that the system upgrade required 3 hours to complete, it was worth it just to avoid being sarcastically mocked for at least 3 hours!
At the same time, inside Hotel 666—
Hearing someone ringing the doorbell outside, Luo Junjie was sent by Luo Xiaoxiao to open the door.
“Who is it?”
The moment the door opened, seeing a little old woman standing outside with a middle-aged couple, constantly peering into the room, Luo Junjie instantly blocked the crack of the door, “What are you looking at? What are you looking at?! Who are you!”
As a result, a boy shouted loudly: “It’s Luo Xiaoxiao! She’s inside!”
Before Luo Junjie could react, he was struck violently in his lower abdomen by a little fat boy who rushed out from behind the middle-aged couple—Luo Junjie instantly screamed in agony. Just as he instinctively pinched his thighs together and dropped to his knees, he was shoved hard by the little old woman in front of him, crashing into the wall behind the door!
“What happened!”
Luo Xiaoxiao was inside organizing supplies. Hearing the loud noise, before she even had time to stand up, she was tackled to the ground by someone rushing in.
The back of Luo Xiaoxiao’s head banged directly onto the floor. Although there was a carpet laid beneath, Li Jiahao’s weight of over 160 pounds landed like a heavy jack right on her lower abdomen. Luo Xiaoxiao let out a scream, her mind momentarily going blank.
When Li Jiahao’s paws reached out to pull at the lotus-leaf collar of her dress, Luo Xiaoxiao’s face turned pale, and she actually managed to flip that big fat boy off her in one breath.
Seeing her precious grandson flipped over, the little old woman who rushed up behind them immediately changed face. She pounced over and clawed at Luo Xiaoxiao’s face: “You shameless little wench, how dare you bully my Dabao!”
Seeing the blackish fingernails clawing toward her, Luo Xiaoxiao blocked them with her arms in terror.
Four bright red scratch marks were instantly clawed onto her fair arms by the little old woman.
“You dare to dodge! You still dare to dodge! I’ll slap you to death, you shameless wench!”
The grand-aunt had broken palm lines, making her slaps exceptionally painful. Although Luo Xiaoxiao kept resisting, she was still slapped twice, instantly screaming again and again.
Mai Zixuan and his wife rushed over, trying to find the Jade Buddha on Luo Xiaoxiao’s body, but were mistakenly injured by the little old woman’s claws. They could only hover nearby in anxious desperation: “Mom! Ignore all this for now! Quick! The Jade Buddha!”
Hearing “Jade Buddha,” Luo Xiaoxiao’s heart trembled violently. Out of nowhere, she mustered an unexpected burst of strength, flipping the grand-aunt over in one go, and screamed sternly: “Little Brother! Call 110!”