Chapter 126 Big Cat's New Host (Part 1)
[Beep—The scumbag system is binding. Please reply within three beeps to refuse.]
Who, who is it? Covered in wounds, Lu Renjia struggled to open his eyes, but couldn't. It hurt, as if he had just rolled down the valley and scratched his eyes. His vision was all red.
[Drip—drip—drip—]
[Bind successfully, searching for host information, scanning host body...]
Wait, how did it work? I haven't said anything yet! Lu Renjia opened his mouth in vain, his throat aching like it was tearing, unable to speak.
【Information confirmed.】
[Host Race: Human from Manghuang Star; Host Age: 28; Host Personality: Honest; Host Physical Condition: Severely injured and near death; Host Information: Betrayed by his girlfriend, framed by his best friend for power grab, shot and rolled down a hillside; Host Mission: Abuse scumbags...]
Who are you? How did you know? If it were any other time, Lu Renjia might be angry about his embarrassment being exposed, but in his current situation, he couldn't care less.
[The scanned information has been confirmed and locked.]
[Begin to determine system requirements based on the host's personality and physical condition...]
[Force: Compulsory; Mission Difficulty: High; Mission Points Reward: Medium...]
[The system is on standby, waiting for the host to recover.]
Silence fell again, with only the sound of the wind in the valley and the strange rustling sounds of small animals. Lu Renjia struggled for a while, but finally fainted.
A week later.
Lu Renjia used a branch as a crutch and walked with difficulty on the barren land.
[This system is telling you that healing your body has cost a lot of energy, so you may have to pay for it for the rest of your life.]
Lu Renjia carefully paid attention to the situation around him. If he saw any sign of trouble, he would immediately lie down and hide.
"You're such a coward," the one who called himself the system said with disdain.
Lu Renjia said nothing, but just carefully observed his surroundings. After making sure that there was no problem, he slowly stood up bit by bit.
The world where Lu Renjia lives has been at war for two years. In order to fight for interests, various countries have launched all weapons without scruples, turning the once beautiful homes into scorched earth. The upper class has gone crazy and does not protect these civilians, leaving them to struggle for survival on their own.
Lu Renjia didn’t know how many people were still alive in this world, and how many people could survive without being displaced, but he himself was not one of them.
He is now somewhat thankful that his parents died early and did not suffer from the disaster.
After the war broke out, Lu Renjia, relying on his skills trained over the years, took his friends and his girlfriend of many years to hide everywhere, looking for a safe place. Later, they found a remote and well-hidden abandoned house to settle down. They formed everyone into a team, collected supplies everywhere, armed themselves, and dealt with those soldiers from other countries. They finally survived to this day.
As a result, he escaped the disaster but could not escape human nature. He did not expect that his good brother and his girlfriend would have an affair and betray him together.
Lu Renjia was caught off guard when he was attacked, but fortunately he survived. However, he lay in the valley for several days, but no one came to find him.
It was this inexplicably appearing system that saved his life, but it also left him in debt, and he didn't know how to repay it.
"How can I repay the energy you've consumed?" Lu Renjia asked as they walked. "Batteries? Or a nuclear power plant or something?"
[What's the point of all that? It's all useless. Just focus on beating up the scumbag, meow!]
"Abuse of scumbag?" Lu Renjia didn't understand. He never read novels in the harmonious society before, let alone in this era where there is nothing.
【It means to defeat those who have hurt you, as well as those who are doing bad things or have done bad things. That's called bullying! 】
Lu Renjia thought, this is something that is really useless.
However, no matter what the strange system told him to do, he would just do it. Lu Renjia was a very honest person, but...
Lu Renjia smiled bitterly and said, "How can I torture others in this state? I might be killed as soon as I get there."
Although the system saved his life, he still had hidden injuries all over his body and was extremely weak, so he couldn't defeat those people at all.
[Then it's up to you. This system has a lot of goodies that can be exchanged for the scumbag points, which are the numerical rewards you get for scumbag abuse.]
"What's the matter?" Lu Renjia found a safe crevice in the ruins, hid inside, and rested with his eyes closed.
[Weapons, potions, clothes, etc., everything is available! ]
"That's good..." Lu Renjia said dejectedly, his stomach rumbling.
He half opened his eyes, stretched out his dirty hands, rummaged in his tattered trouser pockets, and pulled out a black thing. He bit it hard and took a lot of effort to tear off a piece. He chewed it expressionlessly, and it was obvious that it was hard to swallow.
In his current condition, he can't expect any reward.
【There's also food, meow.】
Lu Renjia paused, a light flashing in his eyes: "Food?"
[Although there is no meat, there are only some fresh vegetables and fruits...]
"Fresh," Lu Renjia swallowed his saliva. "Fresh vegetables?"
【uh-huh. 】
Lu Renjia looked down at the black, dry, unknown object in his hand. He had originally wanted to keep a little bit of it to eat.
Lu Renjia stuffed all the black stuff into his mouth and chewed it viciously.
Just go for it and eat your fill in one go!
After eating, Lu Renjia had some strength and courageously attacked a soldier who was about to bully a woman with his bare hands.
The soldier was stronger than him, but Lu Renjia relied on his ruthlessness to strangle the soldier's neck from behind and held on until the soldier died.
When the soldier died, he relaxed and lost his strength, and collapsed to the side, gasping for breath.
[Get 150 scumbag value]
Lu Renjia was dizzy and had no time to reply. In the end, the older woman who was almost bullied dragged him into a half-ruined house, ran out, stripped the soldier naked, brought back the supplies, and hid the body in the waste pile.
Anyone who survives in a place like this isn't stupid. Lu Renjia thought with emotion and then fell asleep peacefully.
【You are such a loser, meow! 】
When Lu Renjia woke up, he heard these words. He was a little speechless and said silently: "Look at my body. It's already very good if I can strangle the opponent to death without being killed in return." I think I am very powerful myself.
The system seemed very dissatisfied: [Hmph... My previous host wasn't as useless as you.]
Lu Renjia didn't reply. He felt that this system was really active. None of the artificial intelligence in his phone before was like this. It even compared with the previous owner.
"Are you awake?" The woman who was rescued by him and then rescued him walked in from outside. Her clothes didn't fit her well and were dirty. It was unknown where she had taken them off from, but fortunately, she was still able to move freely.
The woman brought him a broken bowl of dirty water and half a compressed biscuit, which must have been found on the soldier.
"Thank you." Lu Renjia stood up with difficulty, took a sip of bitter cold water, and then took a bite of the biscuit. It was not delicious, but not bad either. He ate and drank it all in one breath, then he sighed deeply.
Lu Renjia talked to the woman for a few words and asked about the situation of both parties. He learned that the other party's surname was Wang and she was older than him. He could call her Sister Wang. There was nothing else to say after that. People in war mostly suffered the same suffering.
Not long after staying there, Sister Wang went out again, saying that she was going to look for firewood because it would be very cold here after dark.
Alone again, Lu Renjia asked the system: "How much scumbag abuse value do I have?"
[150! You can't even remember what I just said? You're such a fool! My last host...]
Lu Renjia ignored the rest of the question and continued, "What can be exchanged? I mean food."
[That's a lot! I have all kinds of delicious food here! The invigorating Universe Wushuang Rice, worth 50 rubbish per pound, the delicious Universe Supreme White Jade Lotus, worth 25 rubbish per pound, and the beauty-enhancing Universe Beauty Water Chestnut, worth 100 rubbish per pound... These are all delicious flavors you've never tasted before!]
Lu Renjia's mouth was watering after hearing this. He hadn't eaten fresh vegetables for a long time and all he wanted was to have some. But he finally calmed down. 50 scumbags were worth one kilogram of rice, which meant that he only got 3 kilograms of rice after killing a soldier, which was not enough for him and Sister Wang to eat for long.
In this case, he had to save as much as possible and exchange it for the most filling one.
So when Sister Wang came back with a lot of dry firewood on her back, she saw Lu Renjia holding a small plastic bag in her hand, which seemed to contain some... rice?
Sister Wang was very surprised. After the world became chaotic, almost no one farmed outside. Those who wanted to farm only secretly planted a little at home and had to worry about being robbed all the time, which resulted in the rice they grew being of poor quality. But Lu Renjia's rice... she could see through the transparent plastic bag that the rice was white and plump, just like newly grown high-quality rice.
Sister Wang lowered her head and asked nothing. After putting the firewood away, she squatted not far away and began to think of ways to make a fire.
She didn't have a lighter, only a box of matches that was almost used up, and it seemed to be damp and couldn't be lit no matter what she did. Looking at the two or three wasted matches, Sister Wang seemed very distressed.
"Let me do it." Lu Renjia said in a hoarse voice.
He slowly stood up, walked over, took out a lighter battery from his pocket, and tried to use the weak spark to light the fire. This was usually difficult to do, but fortunately Sister Wang was very smart. She got some gasoline from a broken old car outside and rubbed it on the firewood, and at least the fire was lit for them.
"You're so useless! My last host only needed a branch to make fire in seconds. Meow."
A few seconds, that must be the hand speed of someone who has been single for decades. Lu Renjia thought, well, at least I have a girlfriend, I win.
...But thinking about that girlfriend, tsk, it would be better to trade her for hand speed.
Sister Wang brought a pot and filled it with water, as if she wanted to cook some wild vegetables. Lu Renjia handed the plastic bag of rice in his hand to her without saying a word.
Sister Wang looked at him, then at the rice, swallowed, poured out some of the water, and then carefully poured in a small half of the rice.
"Pour more?" Lu Renjia said.
Sister Wang said, "Eat it tomorrow and eat less at night."
It was a very common idea. When supplies were scarce, there was nothing to do at night, so it was better to sleep so as not to consume energy. Lu Renjia also agreed.
Cover the pot and cook over a high fire. Before long, the extremely rich and tempting rice aroma emanates from the pot.
The two of them were drooling and couldn't help but look around fearfully, afraid that someone else would smell the delicious smell and come over to grab the food. They quickly covered the doors and windows with rags, hoping it would be of some use.
Back at the fire, Sister Wang carefully lifted the lid a little and found that the rice was cooked. She quickly took it down and handed it to Lu Renjia: "Eat it quickly!"
Lu Renjia glanced at her and suddenly realized that Sister Wang was going to give it all to him and not eat it herself.
Lu Renjia took a look, picked up a bowl, filled it halfway and handed it to Sister Wang.
"I don't need so much." Sister Wang insisted on pouring him back more than half, and then immediately urged him: "Hurry up, this rice smells so good!"
If someone hungry outside smells it, there's no guarantee what will happen.
Lu Renjia wanted to say that there were other places, but he didn’t say it. There was a long time to come, so let’s eat first.
Smelling the rich aroma of rice, the two could no longer hold back. They broke off two branches and started shoveling rice into their mouths regardless of whether they were dirty or not.
As the rice entered their mouths, they chewed it subconsciously. Their eyes were blurred for a moment, and then burst into bright light. They then ate and chewed the food in big mouthfuls, filling their mouths, but were reluctant to swallow it.
There was not much rice in Sister Wang's bowl, and she ate most of it in one bite. However, she chewed for a long time and couldn't swallow it. Instead, tears welled up in her eyes.
Lu Renjia was also choking while eating. There was delicious rice in his mouth, but the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
This is a pot of rice that does not belong to the war years. It is incompatible with this broken world, but it seems to let the two people eating the rice see the happy life they once experienced, so they are reluctant to swallow it, for fear that if they swallow it, all these illusions will be blown away by the wind.
[Is it delicious?] The system asked proudly, as if it had grown the rice.
"It's delicious." Lu Renjia wiped his face, scooped all the rice into his mouth, and then immediately found a place to hide the rice.
【It’s good to eat. All the products in this system are delicious! 】
Lu Renjia clenched his fists. From now on, he would work hard to gain the trash-beating points to exchange for more food!
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The author has something to say:
Liu Ben: What! You're using my rice to feed others?!
Big Cat: We are 50-50 meow =w=
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