Chapter 16: Is the Employer This Time a Lunatic?
Chapter 16: Is the Employer This Time a Lunatic?
Carrying his backpack, Lei Cang entered the house with brisk steps.
... After a moment, he walked backward and returned to the door.
Seeing the trash bin at the entrance, a sly grin appeared on his face.
"Let's see..."
With a loud clank, he threw the heavy backpack into the trash bin.
"Ah, I've always wanted to do this in my previous life." Lei Cang clapped his hands and felt light on his feet.
"I won't have to face those annoying exams and vocabulary anymore. But I still feel a little melancholic... Huhuhuhu..."
Lei Cang coughed twice, stopping himself from laughing.
That was close, almost ruined my image as a mature and stable person.
He walked into his room, closed the door, and sat on a chair, turning in circles.
Opening his phone, he saw the task posted by "One Life, One Love":
"One Life, One Love: Damn it, I'm stuck, can't make any progress! How can my love for Kallen be limited to this extent?"
"Task: Help 'One Life, One Love' advance in the game."
"Enemy: 'Kallen Fantasy VII'"
"Reward: One hundred thousand gold coins, three wishes."
Lei Cang: "..."
Wait a minute,
If I didn't read it wrong, it seems like there's a familiar name?
'Kallen Fantasy VII,' isn't that the game he developed? How did it appear in the system?
"Could it be that the employer this time is someone from this world?"
Lei Cang stroked his chin, speaking to himself.
"But it's also possible that both me and 'Grasshopper,' as well as 'One Life, One Love,' are all in the same world."
Speculating without evidence was just wishful thinking, so Lei Cang put aside this question and exited the 'Power-Leveling Task' interface, opening the store page.
He had originally planned to save some money to buy the 'Private Chat Group' feature. But given the current situation, he couldn't afford to hoard money. He had to convert it into strength as soon as possible.
The saddest thing in the world was not being broke but dying without spending all your money.
With the help of the promotion by 'Metal Gear Silver Wolf,' the game 'Kallen Fantasy VII' had experienced a small boom, bringing Lei Cang over six hundred thousand in income. Although there were no major breakthroughs in the following days, he still received scattered earnings.
In total, Lei Cang had over nine hundred thousand in his hands.
He planned to use this money to purchase two upgrades he had already set his sights on:
[Private Chat (Consumable)]: You can select a client and open a private chat channel for one-on-one communication.
[Bargain]: You can now negotiate with clients to change the power-leveling task's price. Note: The new price may not be accepted by the client. (Prerequisite upgrades: [Private Chat], [Chat Group])
The original price for [Private Chat] was one million per person, but he got a thirty percent discount for the first purchase, so Lei Cang easily obtained it for three hundred thousand.
[Bargain] was much cheaper, costing only five hundred and fifty thousand.
After buying these two upgrades from the store, Lei Cang's assets dropped sharply from over nine hundred thousand to around fifty thousand.
Looking at the pitiful five-figure sum in his account, Lei Cang felt a little uneasy. However, everything was worth it as long as he could become stronger.
With [Private Chat] and [Bargain], Lei Cang could now change the prices to allow the client to afford him!
As mentioned before, after using the Ability Card, although the ability would be taken away, the experience gained from using it wouldn't be forgotten.
If he power-leveled several times, Lei Cang could fully utilize the Ability Cards to max out his combat experience! He could learn during the power-leveling, engage in life-or-death battles!
He could even learn other skills!
Even if the original person on the Ability Card came to teach personally, they wouldn't necessarily have the same firsthand experience of rapid improvement.
... And there was also the bonus of the 'Wish' feature.
'Wish' didn't require the client to pay.
The only problem was... How to ensure that the clients would keep inviting him for power-leveling?
Lei Cang's gaze fell on the chat box, the name 'Grasshopper.'
Clicking it, he activated [Private Chat].
Worth one million, but with a thirty percent discount, the [Private Chat (Consumable)] was used up just like that.
Although spending such a large sum of money made Lei Cang gasp for air, it was all worth it if it made him stronger.
He opened the chat interface, which resembled QQ, and tried to send a message.
(Grasshopper): Hey, are you there?
There was no response from the other side, probably busy with something else.
Lei Cang wasn't in a hurry and switched to the task page, preparing to complete the power-leveling task for 'One Life, One Love.'
After all, the goal of this task was just to advance in the game, which Lei Cang developed himself. It shouldn't take too much time.
He estimated that after completing this task, there would probably be a reply from 'Grasshopper.'
Clicking 'Accept,' a familiar pulling sensation enveloped him...
When Lei Cang came to his senses, he found himself in a dark space.
[Preparation Phase]
[Please select the Ability Card to use next]
[League of Legends - Shadow Demon (Rebirth, Beginner)]
On a battlefield filled with corpses, a gigantic blood-red demon roared to the sky.
"Moo...n...li...ght...Sta...r...Spirit! You shall die!"
[Devil May Cry 5 - Dante (True Devil)]
Inside a dilapidated church, a middle-aged man with white hair held a broken sword hilt and murmured,
"If the Yamato can separate demon from human, what use is rebellion?"
Having said that, he raised the broken sword and stabbed it into his own abdomen, amid the shocked gazes of blue crows nearby.
Next, a frenzied aura exploded from his body, sweeping even the blue crows onto the wall. After the intense red electric light, a four-winged demon spewing lava appeared in the world.
Lei Cang: ?
This middle-aged man who stabbed himself, isn't he a bit familiar?
[Sword Art Online - Kirito (First Encounter)]
In a room, a black-haired youth with a helmet lay on a bed. He pressed a button and declared confidently:
"Link Start!!!"
Lei Cang looked at the three cards and pointed to the middle one, [Devil May Cry 5 - Dante (True Devil)], and asked:
"Why is this card golden?"
Yes, compared to the ability cards he saw before, this one, which Lei Cang found familiar, had a special golden frame.
[This card is a special card, with only a one-in-a-thousand chance of drawing it in this stage]
[Its power far exceeds the current stage cards]
A mechanical voice sounded in the space.
"Ah..." Lei Cang rubbed his chin, even though there was nothing like that in the dark space.
"What's the use? Strong or not, it disappears after one use, right?"
[Upgrading the Ability Card Store can increase more options and draw more high-quality cards]
A pop-up window appeared in the space, and the number on it made Lei Cang's scalp tingle.
With a quick count, it quickly reached tens of millions.
"... Is there any other way to make use of it? I mean, something I can afford right now."
[Searching... The search result is one option]
[Temporary Card Slot]
[Store one card without taking up a slot, it disappears after one use]
The price was just fifty thousand yuan, which made Lei Cang's eyelids twitch.
However, in the end, he still bought it and put [Dante - True Devil] into the temporary card slot.
It might come in handy if he encountered a high-difficulty power-leveling task in the future.
Trading fifty thousand yuan for an ace in the hole was not a bad deal.
The remaining two cards were [Shadow Demon] and [Kirito],
Since this task was about playing games, Lei Cang casually picked the boy who seemed to love playing games.
The Ability Card shattered, and Lei Cang's consciousness was dragged into darkness.
When he regained his vision, he found himself lying on the table. He lifted his head and saw several large screens hanging on the wall, displaying the beauty of Saintess Kallen from all angles, up, down, left, and right.
Lei Cang was stunned.
Oh, no, is the employer this time... a lunatic?