Making Every Man Envious

She was supposed to be one of Jesse's harem members, but her appearance had completely disrupted the original plot!

If it weren't for her, Joanne would have been taken care of by Jerald, and she would have teamed up with Manager Heywood and the others.

By the time Jesse had dealt with the school's affairs, the negative aspects of his team would have been mostly resolved.

And just when Jerald was losing patience with Joanne and was about to harm her, Jesse would have appeared like a godsend.

He would have punched Jerald in the face and taken her for himself.

But now, with Bruce in the picture, everything had changed.

"Bruce, why are you asking so many questions? Do you also like Teacher Joanne?" Cynthia, after finishing her account, suddenly realized, looking at Bruce's expression.

Joanne wasn't just beautiful, she was also taller and more mature-looking than Cynthia.

Especially from behind, her peach-shaped figure made every man envious.

So Cynthia couldn't help but suspect Bruce's true feelings.

"You don't need to worry about that!" Bruce couldn't be bothered to explain.

There were many ways to enhance his strength.

But judging from the rewards he received from Cynthia, it seemed that winning over the protagonist might be faster than using crystal cores to enhance his strength?

Not to mention, protagonists usually have powerful abilities.

Bruce believed that besides his reborn combat experience and luck, Jesse must have something else that made him the protagonist.

He just hadn't discovered it yet.

So obtaining crystal cores was secondary. He should focus more on eliminating the protagonist?

It seemed to make sense.

Now that Joanne had been confirmed as the female lead, the question was how to use her.

Should he just sleep with her?

But that wouldn't really affect Jesse since he didn't have any emotional entanglements with Joanne right now!

"Huh?" Seeing Bruce lost in thought, Cynthia was on the verge of tears. "Do you... do you really like Teacher Joanne?""What's wrong with that?" Bruce snapped back to reality, counter-questioning, "Isn't it normal to like Teacher Joanne when she's so beautiful?"

"It's not normal!"

Cynthia was flustered and quickly retorted, "Others may like her, but you can't..."

"Why not?"

"You... you... what do you take me for?"

At this moment, tears welled up in Cynthia's eyes, feeling extremely aggrieved.

She had spent the whole day trying to forget the criminal act Bruce committed against her.

She had even developed feelings for Bruce.

But this guy had moved on in just one day?

How could she accept this??

"You?"

Looking at Cynthia's woeful expression, Bruce smirked and then asked, "And what do you take me for?"

"Ah... ah??"

Cynthia's eyes were still swirling, but Bruce's question left her dumbfounded.

Indeed!

What did she take him for?

Although they had known each other for a long time, they had only truly gotten to know each other since the apocalypse started yesterday morning.

Did she even have the right to question him??

But...

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. You first take this..."

[Reminder: This Awakener can only use life and spirit attribute crystals. Forced use of other crystals will result in energy conflict and nullification, with a 90% chance of no recovery or enhancement effects and a % chance of side effects. There is also a % chance of death.]

[Note: To ensure absolute health, the difference between the Awakener's life force and spirit force values should not exceed 30%. Otherwise, some undesirable symptoms may occur.]

[If life force is too strong and cannot support robust physique, intelligence may decrease. If spirit force is too strong and the body cannot bear the massive mental force, the brain may lose control, leading to possible mental illness or schizophrenia.]

Bruce: "..." After a morning's effort, Bruce had acquired four attributeless crystals and one mental attribute crystal.

He didn't want to continue discussing the topic of feelings and love with Cynthia.

He just wanted to divert her attention and see the effect of her consuming a crystal.But just as he took out the crystal, before he could finish his sentence, the antagonist's eye caught sight of a string of prompts?

Seeing this prompt, Bruce was somewhat speechless!

Cynthia could only use life and spirit attribute crystals, which wasn't surprising.

After discovering that there was a mental attribute crystal, Bruce had this guess.

If there were mental attribute crystals, there must naturally be life attribute crystals as well.

After Cynthia awakened, only these two attributes received enhancements.

So it wasn't surprising that she could only use crystals with these two attributes.

However, during enhancement, the difference between life force and spirit force values couldn't exceed 30%?

Otherwise, there might be a risk of becoming an idiot or developing mental illness?

So, did that mean some patients in mental hospitals ended up there because their spirit force was too strong, causing their bodies to be unable to bear it, resulting in mental illness?

Wasn't it said that there's only a thin line between madness and genius?

"What's... wrong with you?"

Seeing Bruce remain silent, Cynthia was actually distracted by his silence.

She quickly asked with a hint of concern.

"It's nothing. I was going to give you a crystal to restore your stamina!" Bruce said casually. "But it seems you can't use this one!"

Based on the prompt he received earlier from the antagonist's eye, Cynthia had 16 points of life force and 19 points of spirit force.

There was a high probability that using a crystal with no attribute would be ineffective.

And the content of a mental attribute crystal ranged from 3 to 5 points.

If Cynthia were to consume one mental attribute crystal, even if it only boosted her by 3 points, her spirit force would exceed 30% of her life force.

In other words, he had to give her a life attribute crystal first before she could use a mental attribute crystal?

Thinking of this, Bruce nodded thoughtfully.

So there was so much to learn about using crystals to strengthen the body?

Not only was there a high chance of death, but there was also the risk of becoming an idiot or developing mental illness?

He wondered how many people's health or lives other survivors needed to study and develop a scientific way of enhancement in this age where information couldn't be shared.

Bruce couldn't help but chuckle.

Jesse was from ten years after the apocalypse, so he knew how crystals should be used.But his current antagonist's eye was spot on.

Even after the attribute data was visualized, what he saw was even more intuitive.

"These crystals, are they divided into many types?"

Seeing the two colors of crystals, Cynthia couldn't help but ask.

"More or less. When there's one for you to use, I'll give it to you later!"

"Oh, okay!"

Cynthia didn't understand these things, so she could only follow Bruce's arrangements.

Bruce stopped overthinking and popped an attributeless crystal into his mouth.

After a morning of fatigue, simply eating wasn't enough to restore his stamina.

To save time on recovery, there was no harm in consuming a crystal.

After washing it down with water, that familiar warmth spread throughout his body from his stomach once again.

[Ding, you have restored a moderate amount of stamina.]

[Ding, you have strengthened your body. Enhancement results: Life Force +2, Strength +0, Agility +1.]

[Ding, reminder: Your life force has reached the limit of what your current body can handle. Black Iron crystals can only replenish your stamina and cannot further enhance your body. Please break through the limit through high-intensity battles.]

[Note: Using Black Iron Essence can directly break through. (There is a high probability of obtaining Black Iron Essence from Black Iron High Rank monsters about to break through to Bronze level.)]

After consuming a Black Iron crystal, Bruce's agility was now 37 points, with all other attributes at 40 points.

But then the system popped up with another prompt?

What was this about?

Was 40 points in life force the limit for Black Iron High Rank creatures?

To break through to Bronze, he either needed high-intensity battles or Black Iron Essence?

And Black Iron Essence was only available from Black Iron High Rank monsters about to break through to Bronze?

So did that mean Ben, who hadn't evolved before, had Black Iron Essence?

Were there monsters outside with this level of rank?

Even if there were, Bruce doubted he could find them in a short time.

But thankfully!

It seemed like he could also break through to Bronze through high-intensity battles?

"Is restoring stamina only considered moderate?"

Thinking about this, Bruce took a deep breath!

"System, can Black Iron crystals only replenish my stamina and not further enhance my body? After reaching Bronze, can I no longer use Black Iron crystals for enhancement??"