Chapter 13 Birthday Promise
"Why are you two back later than usual today?"
"I stayed in the classroom for a while, so I came back a little late."
At the door of Shen Qinghan's house, Lin Zichen explained to Xu Meng who came out.
Xu Meng nodded without asking any more questions, and told him to go home early and not to worry his parents.
Before leaving, Lin Zichen glanced at Shen Qinghan.
Seeing that the girl was in much better condition, he turned around and went back home with peace of mind.
Regarding what happened in the alley today, he had already agreed with Shen Qinghan that this was a little secret between the two of them and no one else should know about it.
The giant rat thing is not so bad.
The main reason was that the fighting power he displayed when he severely injured the malicious man and woman was too exaggerated and completely inconsistent with his age.
If other people knew about this, it would probably cause a lot of trouble.
At this stage, Lin Zichen just wants to maintain his image as a little genius.
This will allow you to gain certain privileges and educational resources in school, and make your parents proud.
And then that's pretty much it.
Any more and it would be inappropriate.
It will greatly affect the current pace of life and make it impossible to evolve quietly.
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Back home.
After dinner.
Lin Zichen did nothing but sit in front of the TV waiting for the evening news.
I hope the security team can be more helpful and make public what happened in the alley tonight.
About ten minutes later.
Lin Zichen finally got the news report he had been waiting for, which was about the giant strange rat that appeared in the alley in the afternoon.
The content of the report was more detailed than he expected.
Two videos from different perspectives were released one after another.
One is the third perspective shot by a drone looking down from above.
One is a first-person perspective recorded face-to-face with a mechanical human and a giant alien rat in close combat.
Lin Zichen watched it from two perspectives.
The mechanical man rarely took the initiative to attack at the beginning, and kept his distance from the giant alien rat.
Do not enter the attack range of the giant alien rat, and do not let it leave the purple-blue smoke.
Not long after, the giant alien rat, which had been moving swiftly, gradually became slow and looked as if it was anesthetized.
Obviously, the purple-blue smoke can reduce the combat effectiveness of the giant alien rats.
When the giant alien rat's combat effectiveness was almost reduced, the mechanical man grew a sharp blade on the outside of his arm, and began to take the initiative to attack and engage in close combat with the giant alien rat.
The battle lasted nearly seven minutes.
In the end, the giant rat was stabbed in the throat and its heart was pierced, and it fell to the ground dying.
"The level of this mechanical cyborg shouldn't be high."
After watching the video, Lin Zichen came to this conclusion in his mind.
He had searched for videos about mechanical cyborgs fighting before. They were all bombarding the ground with artillery shells and clearing the area with lasers. The destructive power was extremely spectacular and ferocious.
However, the mechanical man seen on the news station at this moment was using poison to fight with the enemy for a long time, slowly wearing the enemy down to death, and his performance seemed much weaker.
While he was thinking about this, his parents, who had just cleared the table and washed the dishes, came over to the living room and sat down.
As soon as the couple saw the news on TV, their faces were instantly filled with surprise.
"What's going on? Isn't this the same giant alien rat that attacked Yinghai Country some time ago? How come there is one in our country too?" Zhang Wanxin looked worried.
Lin Yansheng also frowned, looked at Lin Zichen beside him and said, "Xiaochen, don't walk to and from school by yourself for the time being. Dad will pick you up."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Wanxin said, "No need for that. The school just sent a message saying that classes will be suspended for half a month due to the appearance of a giant rat in the old city."
Suspend classes for half a month?
Hearing this news, Lin Zichen frowned slightly.
He realized that the matter of the giant rat might not be that simple. There might be other giant rats in the old town or other nearby places.
Otherwise, classes would not have been suspended suddenly for such a long time as half a month.
Lin Zichen thought about it carefully and found that something was not right about what happened in the alley yesterday.
That mechanical cyborg appeared too quickly.
Not long after the giant alien rat appeared, the mechanical modified man arrived at the scene to kill it.
It was as if they knew in advance that the giant alien rat was in the old city, or they had been tracking the giant alien rat and could rush to the scene to deal with it as soon as they heard any movement.
Never mind, it's not my concern.
I should turn a deaf ear to the world outside and focus on training and evolving at home. This is what I should do.
However, it is appropriate to learn about the creature called giant rat...
Thinking of this, Lin Zichen left the living room and walked into his parents' coding room, searching for information related to the giant alien rat on the computer.
It is known that the giant rat is a strange beast that can reach a length of three meters when it grows up.
And the average biological level after adulthood is as high as ordinary level five.
Ordinary fifth level?
Luckily, when I encountered the giant rat in the alley yesterday, my first reaction was to run away instead of fighting it desperately. Otherwise, I'm afraid my head would have been bitten off by now...
Lin Zichen felt a little scared.
"No, I'm not exercising hard enough. I need to increase the intensity..."
He became anxious again and quickly left the coding room and ran to the room upstairs to start high-intensity exercise.
[You are doing weighted push-ups, Qi and blood +2, arm muscle strength +2, chest muscle strength +2, push-up proficiency +1]
[You are doing weighted squats, Qi and blood +2, leg muscle strength +2, squat proficiency +1]
[You are doing weighted sit-ups, Qi and Blood +2, Abdominal Muscle Strength +2, Sit-up Proficiency +1]
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Time flies.
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, childhood sweethearts, celebrated each other's ninth birthday.
To be precise, it was Shen Qinghan's ninth birthday.
Their birthdays are one day apart, so their parents have agreed to take turns celebrating each other's birthdays so that they can celebrate their birthdays together every year.
Last year it was Lin Zichen’s birthday, so this year it is Shen Qinghan’s birthday.
night.
The two families gathered at Shen Qinghan's home to celebrate his birthday.
The two children who were celebrating their birthdays carefully prepared birthday gifts for each other.
Shen Qinghan knew that Lin Zichen liked reading, so he bought him a set of books related to mechanical humans, gene fusion humans, and strange beasts.
Lin Zichen gave Shen Qinghan a handmade hairpin.
Made of pure wood, it is hand-polished and carved, with Shen Qinghan's name and her favorite dandelion engraved on it. It looks very exquisite.
"Xiaochen, this hairpin is so pretty, I like it so much!"
Shen Qinghan was very surprised. She didn't expect to receive a gift made by Lin Zichen himself.
She couldn't wait to put on the hairpin and looked at herself in the mirror happily. The more she looked at the hairpin on her head, the more she liked it. She liked it so much that she felt that the set of books she had given her seemed a bit cheap.
Compared to gifts bought with money, gifts made by yourself are more meaningful and valuable.
"Xiaochen, from now on, every year on our birthdays, we can give each other gifts that we make ourselves, okay?" Shen Qinghan looked at Lin Zichen and suggested.
Lin Zichen smiled and said, "Okay."
"Xiaochen, when did you learn the craft of making wooden products by hand? How come Mom doesn't know anything about it?"
Zhang Wanxin looked at the exquisite wooden hairpin on Shen Qinghan's head and felt a little sad.
Lin Zichen explained: "I usually stay in my room and spend a lot of time making handicrafts."
This is a lie. He often stays in his room and does intensive exercise.
As for the craft of hand-making wooden products, I just randomly found a video on the Internet last week, watched it carefully, and then learned it.
This is the power brought by [Heavenly Wisdom].
"Mom, I actually made a wooden hairpin for you. I'll give you a surprise when I get home after celebrating your birthday."
Lin Zichen saw the bitterness in Zhang Wanxin's heart at the moment, so he leaned over and whispered this in her ear.
When Zhang Wanxin heard this, the bitterness in her heart was immediately swept away, and a sweet smile appeared on her face. My baby son still knows how to be filial to his mother.
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After the birthday celebration.
Lin Zichen returned to his home, turned off the lights and lay on the bed, but did not rush to sleep. Instead, he looked at the ceiling quietly in the faint moonlight outside the window, lost in thought.
He has been following the follow-up of the giant rat incident that happened last month, wondering why giant rats appeared inexplicably in the old city.
However, the official side has not given a clear explanation, and it remains a mystery until now.
Fortunately, the giant alien rat only appeared once that day and never appeared again, so life returned to normal.
"I hope the appearance of that giant rat was just an accident and not some conspiracy."
This world is not as peaceful as in the previous life. There are strange beasts lurking outside and pagans stirring up trouble inside. This makes it difficult for Lin Zichen not to think too much.
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(End of this chapter)
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