After her Luck Value dropped to zero, Ma Xiaoli felt quite terrified and apprehensive.
Surprisingly, however, the “Discover” map actually refreshed and popped up 6 red time-limited tasks and 4 yellow time-limited tasks for her all at once!
Even though they were all urgent orders, it didn’t matter because her electric scooter had already been upgraded!
There were few cars on the road in the early morning, so Ma Xiaoli sped along the entire way, which turned out to be thrilling yet safe!
The most pleasant surprise was that these 6 red tasks actually awarded her experience point rewards ranging from 900 to 1,300 each! Even the yellow tasks granted nearly 300 EXP in rewards!
Looking at the fresh 5,499 EXP in her account, Ma Xiaoli felt as pumped as if she had been injected with chicken blood.
The next second, the map refreshed again, and this time, the entire screen was filled with red time-limited tasks!
Ma Xiaoli accepted them all decisively.
The electric scooter sped along the deserted road, with EXP clinking into her account continuously—this time, 7,330 EXP was secured!
It was as if the map was exerting all its strength to make Ma Xiaoli make a mistake by constantly refreshing full screens of bright red time-limited tasks. Little did it know that in the eyes of a hardcore grinder, these tasks meant rewards, upgrades, and—just grind it out!
Three hours later, no more time-limited tasks refreshed. Looking at the points credited tonight, Ma Xiaoli still felt like she hadn’t had enough.
【System, counting my previous points, can I upgrade the system and the electric scooter again?】
The system had long been silenced by her crazed order-accepting behavior. Hearing her ask about the upgrade now, it could only say in annoyance: 【Yes. Upgrading to a Level 2 System requires 3 hours, and upgrading the electric scooter to Level 2 requires 3 hours. During this period, all functions can continue to be used. Would Host like to upgrade?】
Ma Xiaoli had originally thought the second upgrade time would double. Who knew that not only did it not double, but she could even continue to use the system and electric scooter normally during the upgrade?!
Then couldn’t she continue grinding for EXP?!
When had the system become so humanized?!
As if seeing through her inner complaints, the system chimed in, 【This is the benefit of letting Host upgrade the system! This system has now evolved autonomously based on Host’s behavior patterns. Once the system reaches a higher level, there will be even more benefits for Host!】
Hearing that the upgrade wouldn’t affect the user experience, Ma Xiaoli just giggled despite being teased by the system. She felt that staying up for half the night was no big deal at all and became instantly satisfied: 【Upgrade! Upgrade right now!】
The next day when she woke up, Grandma’s high fever had subsided, but she didn’t have much of an appetite.
Ma Xiaoli coaxed her into eating a few small wontons. Seeing that her spirits seemed decent, she finally felt relieved.
Once Grandma fell asleep, Ma Xiaoli went to check on the system’s status.
The system had already completed its upgrade.
Ma Xiaoli clicked into the “Discover” interface right away.
This time, the coverage area of the “Discover” function had indeed expanded, turning into a 5-kilometer radius centered around Ma Xiaoli. Besides displaying time-limited tasks, it added a new feature that displayed dangerous zones.
However, dangerous zones hadn’t appeared on the map yet, likely because there were still nearly two days before the arrival of the acid rain.
Time-limited tasks had refreshed as well, but the screen was filled with green ones, so Ma Xiaoli ignored them for the time being.
Backing out to the main panel, she checked her stats.
The data panel hadn’t changed much, except that her Luck Value had returned to 2/100 again—likely an added benefit of the system upgrade.
As for the upgrade panel, the system showed an instruction that upgrading to Level 3 required 100,000 EXP.
The moment she saw this number, Ma Xiaoli’s mouth twitched, and she cursed “unscrupulous merchant” under her breath.
Thankfully, it wasn’t the 10-fold EXP requirement she had anticipated—100,000 EXP!
Just as Ma Xiaoli breathed a sigh of relief, the system forcefully pitched to her: 【As long as you upgrade to Level 3, the system’s Discover feature can expand further to cover at least a 10-kilometer radius around Host! Not only that, but it will also display zombie locations! Let me ask Host: with such a powerful feature, isn’t it worth this price?】
Damn it!
It was worth it!
But was this a matter of whether it was worth it or not? The problem was she didn’t have EXP anymore!
It was impossible for her to run orders nearly all night like last night every single time!
Even if she wanted to, once the acid rain arrived, she would… wait, the acid rain coming was a crisis, but as the old saying goes, within every crisis lies opportunity!
Ma Xiaoli composed herself and returned to the first interface.
Her gaze drifted toward the newly unlocked feature—Shake It?!
Ma Xiaoli’s mouth twitched slightly: 【Shake what?】
The system replied concisely: 【Snatch a lucky red envelope!】
Ma Xiaoli instantly wanted to exit the interface, but the mantou avatar became rare-level anxious: 【No, wait, Host, click in and take a look first! It’s very simple!】
Ma Xiaoli revealed a smile: 【Do you think someone like me has luck?】 Haven’t you seen that I still have 52 Fate Cards I haven’t drawn yet!
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to draw.
She was just afraid that after drawing, she would be completely broken by a bunch of sarcastic “Thank you for playing” and “Please try again” messages!
System: 【No, hear out my sophistry first… Ahem, let me explain the rules!】
Ma Xiaoli let out a “ha,” feeling that the system was acting out of character, and that there was definitely something fishy going on!
The system quickly added: 【This kind of lucky red envelope is guaranteed to win a prize! Regardless of whether the item is good or bad, there will definitely be one! Moreover, as long as you shake faster than everyone else, you can get better items than others! There are single-use ones, permanent ones, and all sorts of useful items!】
Ma Xiaoli clicked into the “Shake It” interface with half-skepticism. When she saw the small print beneath the “Shake” button reading “Cost: 10 EXP,” she scoffed instantly!
Please call her the Prophet!
As expected, with the system’s profit-driven personality, acting so enthusiastic out of nowhere meant there was definitely a catch!
So it was waiting for her to spend her money!
【I only have 200 EXP left, and you still want to snatch it from a beggar’s pocket like me! Doesn’t your conscience hurt, System!】
Faced with Ma Xiaoli’s outburst, the system smirked: 【Hasn’t Host always been worried about Grandma’s condition? Perhaps taking a shake might give you the answer!】
Damn it!
System: 【Are you shaking?】
Ma Xiaoli tightened her grip on her phone: 【Are you sure there’s an item that can detect Grandma’s condition?】
After all, she was only guessing that Grandma was awakening an ability based on past experience and wasn’t entirely sure herself. Therefore, the system’s words held a fatal attraction for her!
System: 【There are plenty of items in the lucky red envelopes that can detect your Grandma’s condition, and there’s even a healing potion that can cure her instantly!】
Ma Xiaoli froze: 【Cure instantly, meaning…】
System: 【All physical pain and illnesses in the body can be cured!】
After a brief pause, the system asked: 【Host, are you shaking?】
【Shake, shake, shake! Shaking right now!】
After repeatedly confirming that as long as she shook her phone within the 30-second time limit, the more times she shook, the better the rewards would be—and that finishing in first place would even allow her to choose from three prizes provided in the reward pool—Ma Xiaoli silently chanted: “Good luck, good luck, come to me; good luck, good luck, receive!”
Gritting her teeth, she tapped “Shake.”