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Chapter 60: First Task Complete

Leng Ao found himself reflexively walking to Ning Shu's cla.s.sroom again. He came to this cla.s.sroom practically every day. In the past, it was to find Ling Xue. Later, it had been to pick fights with Lin Jiajia. His legs had already gotten used to bringing him here.

He stood at the door and looked through the window at Lin Jiajia. She was currently focused on reading a book, her expression serious. As the sunlight spilled over her, it created a tranquil scene like a painting of an orchid.

Ning Shu sensed that someone was looking at her. When she turned around and saw Leng Ao outside the window, she knitted her brows. This guy was probably here to ask her where Ling Xue went again.

She just couldn't understand it. Why did Leng Ao insist on coming here every day to ask her about Ling Xue? She didn't know at all. From how Leng Ao was acting, it was like he suspected her of being involved in Ling Xue's disappearance, though it was true.

Leng Ao's heart leaped when he found he had been discovered. He felt a little ill at ease and embarra.s.sed as if he had been caught peeking at something he wasn't supposed to. However, when he saw the annoyed expression on Ning Shu's face, those feelings were immediately replaced by anger. He strode into the cla.s.sroom and walked to Ning Shu. Lifting his chin, he questioned Ning Shu with an arrogant and demanding tone, "Where did Ling Xue go?"

"I already told you that I didn't know. Why do you insist on asking me? You'd have better luck asking those two good brothers of yours."

"I… I-" Leng Ao couldn't really refute, but he still pressed on. "My intuition tells me that you're definitely related to Ling Xue's disappearance."

f.u.c.k off! You think you're a woman? To even have a sixth sense ah.

Although Ling Xue's disappearance had been forgotten after being the topic for a time, those who cared like Mo Lengxuan hadn't given up. That guy even wanted to capture her and interrogate her to get Ling Xue's whereabouts.

Ning Shu didn't dare to leave the school even more when she found out that people from underground syndicates were lurking everywhere outside the school.

When Leng Ao found out that some people were looking to cause Ning Shu trouble, he walked up to her and said arrogantly, that if she agreed to be his girlfriend, he'd resolve the situation outside for her.

Ning Shu: …

Ning Shu had never planned to have any sort of relations.h.i.+p with the people in this world. As for this guy, Leng Ao, she'll just leave it to the original host to deal with him.

She was a person that had to leave this world.

Something that made Ning Shu happy was the fact that the school doctor uncle had brought back news about the original host's birth parents. Speaking of which, that was also a tragedy. The original host was nothing but a daughter that had been sold by her parents. That family had been too poor. When they heard that some wealthy person wanted to buy their maiden daughter, they sold her without hesitation.

These had nothing to do with her though. She had already helped the original host find her birth parents. She wasn't the original host, so she wouldn't make the decision for the original host.

Ning Shu felt that the tasks were already pretty much finished. She was just wondering when she would leave this world when the system's mechanical voice rang out inside her head. "Task complete. Leave the world? Yes/No."

"Yes." Ning Shu chose yes without hesitation.

She was truly tired of staying in this world. The tasks had seriously been too hard. If it weren't for the school doctor uncle, there was no chance that she would have been able to complete the tasks.

It had all been due to luck. Ning Shu could only send the school doctor uncle sincere well-wishes that his experiments would proceed smoothly.

#comment: And~~~ it's the end of the first arc!!! But well? Did you expect that? Go ahead and throw out predictions for what happens next and what happens to the people in this arc. As for me, anything I say will be a spoiler, so I'll just say, see you guys next arc!

Happy reading~

Chapter 61: b.a.l.l.s-Hurting Question Marks

Right after Ning Shu hit yes, she felt the world spin around her, then fell with a thud to the ground. She felt so dizzy that she was about to puke.

She got up from the ground and glanced around. The surroundings were completely white. She had returned to the system s.p.a.ce. Ning Shu gave a long sigh.

Following that, she looked down and saw that her soul had actually become a bit dimmer. She hastily sat down and started absorbing the matter in this s.p.a.ce. Although she didn't what those things were, there was no reason to reject it when it could strengthen her soul.

"Congratulations, Player, for making it back to the s.p.a.ce." The system's cold, mechanical voice rang out in the system s.p.a.ce. Ning Shu immediately stood up and asked, "Why did my soul become so dim? Could it be that completing tasks actually drains energy from the soul?"

"The only reason Player was influenced by the original host's emotions was because Player's soul is overly weak," explained the system emotionlessly.

"Then is there a way to strengthen the soul?" asked Ning Shu. She had a feeling that traveling between worlds like this drained the soul a lot. If she didn't have a strong soul, her soul would be used up sooner or later.

"There are medicine for strengthening the soul in the marketplace. There are also secret manuals with cultivation methods to strengthen one's soul. However, you currently do not have the qualifications to open the marketplace or the exchange system." The system's explanation had given Ning Shu hope until she heard the part about not having the qualifications. It felt like another bucket of cold water had been poured over her head.

"Player will only have the qualifications to open the exchange system once Player officially becomes a player."

Fine. Currently she didn't even count as an intern. She was probably the smallest of the small cannon fodders, doomed to disappear forever if she died in the middle of a task.

"Examine stats? Yes/No."

"Yes."

The stats panel immediately appeared in front of Ning Shu.

Number: 23333

Name: Ning Shu

Age: 27

Experience: 4000 (4000/10000)

Soul: 60

Life: 50

Intelligence: 80

Charm: (?????)

Luck: 20

Mental Strength: 120

Martial Arts: 10

Apt.i.tude: 20

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Trashy Combat Skill

Acquired t.i.tles: None

Ning Shu examined each attribute carefully. She was pleasantly surprised to find that she actually got four thousand points this time. It was probably due to the fact that she had been sent to a mid-level world and managed to complete the task after running into a stroke of good luck.

As expected, things with high risk were accompanied by high interest returns.

"Player has been rewarded with ten attribute points." The system's voice rang out again. "Due to the fact that Player's first task was a mid-level world and the fact that the tasks were satisfactorily completed, ten bonus attribute points have been given."

Ning Shu thought about it, then added one attribute point to charm. Having her charm level simply be several question marks seriously made her b.a.l.l.s hurt. When she thought about her even more pitiful luck level, she added five attribute points to that without hesitation, then added four points to apt.i.tude.

Following that, Ning Shu's stats panel changed.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu

Age: 27

Experience: 4000 (4000/10000)

Soul: 60

Life: 50

Intelligence: 80

Charm: 1

Luck: 20 (+5)

Mental Strength: 120

Martial Arts: 10

Apt.i.tude: 20 (+4)

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Trashy Combat Skill

Acquired t.i.tles: None

Ning Shu saw that her charm level was finally no longer question marks. Though it was a lonely one point, at least they weren't questions marks anymore.

"Would you like to enter the task world now?" asked the system.

Ning Shu considered it, then asked, "Can I enter it a little later?"

"You can." Then the system fell silent.

#comment: I purposefully didn't add this in the beginning since I felt like there was already a lot of information to absorb, but a reader remarked a while ago that another system novel had the same number and I felt like this would be a good place to add it before I forget. 2333 in Chinese represents laughter. The more wildly you want to show you're laughing, the more 3s you would add on. It's like LMAO vs LMAOOOOO. Ning Shu gets made fun of for it a couple arcs later. Btw, I'm still not sure if Ning Shu's number is 2333 or 23333 because the author types both. I'll edit all previous mentions to one or the other once I'm relatively sure but for now, I'm just going w/ what the raws use.