Seeing that the host gave the "source of life" to the gods without any hesitation, 7480 felt a pang of pain.
"Master, that's an SSS-level gold finger. Do you know what SSS-level means? The Lord God has many taskers under his command, ranked from Z to SSS. So, SSS is the ceiling for all taskers. At this level, they are already the closest to God.
"With an SSS-level golden finger, you will also become an SSS-level tasker! Master, you have lost the opportunity to reach the top in one step." 7480 said, beating his chest and stamping his feet.
"I have always wondered where the Lord God's golden finger came from." Zhuang Li gently rubbed his eyebrows with his knuckles, his tone slow and deep.
"Of course it was condensed from his divine power!" 7480 answered without hesitation.
Zhuang Li sneered, "A bandit who survives by plundering others' power, do you think he would be willing to use his divine power to reward lowly systems or taskers like you?"
7480 was stumped by the question. That's right! The Lord God even wants to steal the luck of the tasker. Can he share his divine power with others?
Zhuang Li said slowly: "These golden fingers are either the skills originally possessed by the deceased taskers, or the most precious things that your systems once had.
"The wool comes from the sheep. These golden fingers sold in the system mall are not gifts from the Lord God, but relics of the dead."
7480: “…”
"Master, please don't scare me! I won't dare open the mall anymore." 7480 trembled like a leaf in the wind. The more he listened, the creepier it felt!
Zhuang Li's tone was icy. "Immortality is the privilege of the gods. This 'source of life' must be condensed from divine power. Do you think your Lord God is willing to transfer his power to you?"
"He won't! He's so stingy!" 7480 actually felt resentment towards the Lord God. Who knows how many people this bastard has killed!
"Yes, he can't, so where does this gem full of divine power come from?" Zhuang Li pondered.
7480 kept shaking his head: "Master, I really can't guess!"
"Gemstones imbued with divine power are naturally obtained from the gods. Only the gods can give birth to divine power."
Zhuang Li sneered, "I don't know how many parallel universes your Lord God has plundered, and how many gods he has killed. But I'm sure this gem doesn't belong to him. He's just a bandit."
Zhuang Li said slowly, "So, is there any problem with me giving this gem to Lei Ming? Perhaps it originally belonged to him."
7480 waved his hands quickly: "No problem, no problem, Master, you can give me anything you like. I'm just worried that you'll encounter danger in your next journey. With this gem, you can save your life."
"There are many ways to save your life here, you don't have to worry." Zhuang Li tapped his forehead with his slender fingertips.
Now, 7480 was speechless. The host's biggest golden finger was his head. As long as this head was still there, he could win.
"Has your level increased?" Zhuang Li asked.
7480 finally came back to his senses and quickly checked his number. He said excitedly, "Master, I'm now D7480! I'm rising so fast!"
"That's good." Zhuang Li nodded with satisfaction, then gently closed his eyes.
---
Zhuang Li dedicated the rest of his life to restoring this shattered world to its original state. He succeeded, and far better than he had anticipated. After nineteen years of stagnation, the world began to rapidly develop.
Even though he knew that Le Qinglan's blood could prolong his life, he never took a single drop of the other person's blood during the experiment.
So when he was 105 years old, he finally couldn't hold on any longer.
The whole world is concerned about his health. The passing of this great man will mark the end of a beautiful era. Without him, the whole world will shed tears.
But death is a process that no force can stop. When his heart began to fail, Zhuang Li held Lei Ming's hand and said with a smile, "I'll go find you in the next world."
Lei Ming shook his hand tightly and nodded calmly.
Over the years, Emile's appearance hadn't changed at all, but Lei Ming, like Zhuang Li, was now gray-haired and wrinkled. His entire body was filled with Le Qinglan's blood, so logically, he could live for many years.
However, in order to keep up with Zhuang Li's pace, he would regularly inject himself with aging drugs. He didn't need a forever young face and a forever strong body, he just needed to follow Zhuang Li step by step until the end of time.
"I'll come to you right away." Lei Ming said this firmly after Zhuang Li's heartbeat stopped.
Finally, he stroked Zhuang Li's face, carefully combed the curls on his forehead, kissed him between the eyebrows, and finally inserted a needle into his heart.
A few minutes later, he also lay down beside Zhuang Li and closed his eyes calmly and peacefully.
---
Ming in another world suddenly opened his eyes and sat up gasping for breath.
He lay in a cave, no one around, only a dying bonfire. A sharp pain shot through his abdomen, the wound from the last time the Blood Demon punched him in the stomach, which had not yet healed.
He lifted his shirt hem, unwrapped the layers of gauze to examine the wound, only to discover that it was rapidly sprouting pink buds. Along with this, the puncture wound in his heart was also healing. A surge of power continuously came.
So, once again, he received a gift from his lover.
A deep laugh echoed in the cave. Lei Ming covered his chest with one hand and supported his forehead with the other, his face filled with unconcealable happiness and joy.
He threw the bloody bandage into the fire and burned it, then stood up, pulled out a bone knife from his palm, and strode out of the cave.
He wanted to clear the wasteland and prepare for the arrival of his lover.
---
When he opened his eyes again, Zhuang Li found himself sitting cross-legged in a spacious room covered with plush carpet. The walls of the room were all made into built-in bookshelves, which were filled with books in different languages, including Chinese, French, English, Japanese...
It was undoubtedly a small library housing books from around the world.
Zhuang Li was holding a thick German book in his arms, with a notebook and a pen at his feet.
Zhuang Li looked at the cover of the German book and found that it was a medical work. The content was very simple, but it was marked with words such as "the latest technology, major breakthroughs".
He picked up the notebook and flipped through it, finding numbers written in childish handwriting: 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 …
The entire notebook was almost full, but it was all numbers, without any written records.
7480 was also flipping through the script. It had to grasp the situation in this world as soon as possible.
Just then, the door was pushed open and a thin girl hurried in, bringing the wind and snow outside in.
Snowflakes dotted the girl's jet-black hair, accentuating her flawless, jade-carved face. But there was a trace of sadness between her brows, and a hint of crimson at the corners of her eyes, as if she had just cried.
When she saw Zhuang Li, a layer of mist immediately condensed in her clear eyes. She walked over anxiously, knelt on the ground, and hugged Zhuang Li tightly in her arms.
"Xiaobao, are you okay? That's great that you're still alive. Sister finally sees you again! Sister will definitely protect you well in this life." The girl buried her head in Zhuang Li's neck and cried softly, saying strange words without any hesitation.
Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows and said playfully, "This life? A reborn one?"
7480: "There's no such description in the script! You and your sister are just cannon fodder."
Zhuang Li's icy eyes immediately softened. This sister isn't the child of destiny, that's good.
The girl couldn't stop crying, but Zhuang Li just sat on the ground motionless, neither speaking to comfort her nor reaching out to pat her.
He had roughly guessed the current condition of this body.
At this moment, the door of the study was pushed open again, and a short, fat man swaggered in. He pointed at the four walls and said, "Move all these books away."
A group of servants in shorts came in, packed the books in boxes, and carried them outside.
The girl was obviously very angry, but she clenched her palms tightly and did not step forward to stop it.
She also pressed down hard on Zhuang Li's shoulders, preventing him from standing up, and anxiously persuaded him, "Xiaobao, don't be angry, be good. Sister will buy you more books in the future. We don't want these books anymore. Xiaobao, just sit still and don't bother with this bad guy. You must grow up safely, understand? Only if you are safe and sound can you continue to read books in the future!"
The girl hugged Zhuang Li tightly and covered his eyes with her hands, fearing that he would be reluctant to part with the books and stand up to confront the short and fat man.
She was trembling with fear, but this fear did not come from the short and fat man, but from Zhuang Li in her arms.
Zhuang Li's body is thinner than that of a young girl. He looks only fifteen or sixteen years old. His fingers are pointed, white and tender, and his skin is smooth and soft. He is a delicate and handsome young boy.
What was it about him that frightened the young girl?
"She was afraid that I would argue with this man, so she kept emphasizing the six words 'grow up safely'. Why?" Zhuang Li had no expression on his face, but he was pondering in his heart with amusement.
"If she was reborn, then my circumstances in my previous life must have been the exact opposite of 'growing up safely.' That's why she was so terrified.
"She told me not to conflict with men, so I must have had a conflict with a man in my previous life and encountered an accident. If she didn't stop me, I might have died here." Zhuang Li guessed.
7480 was so absorbed in the script that he didn't hear any of the whispers. Although the Lord God had omitted important plot points and only presented beautiful scenes, this story was truly captivating.
Zhuang Li watched the short and fat man's every move quietly with his dark eyes.
The short and fat man strode over to him, snatched the book from his arms, and spat: "Bah, you idiot, what are you doing holding a book all day? Do you understand it? Do you know how much these books can be exchanged for? One hundred thousand! One hundred thousand! I'm rich, hahaha! So what if Old Man Zhuang is rich? He gave birth to a stupid son, and his property will eventually fall on me!"
The man laughed wildly for a while, then saw the pen lying on the carpet and snatched it away, snorting and saying, "This pen must be very valuable. It's mine!"
Zhuang Li tentatively extended his hand, and the girl immediately held his arm down, shaking her head and whispering, "Don't be angry, Xiaobao. I'll buy you a better pen later. Don't argue with him, just let him go. Just be good, be good."
As she spoke, the girl's voice became pleading. She was really afraid that Zhuang Li would clash with the short, fat man.
Seeing the girl's timid look, the man was happy and satisfied, so he left with a group of people, leaving behind an empty library.
7480 finally finished reading the script and said with a smile, "Master, do you know who you are dressed as this time?"
Zhuang Li closed his eyes and replied calmly, "I've become an autistic person, right?"
7480, who originally wanted to keep it a secret, said: "...You, how did you know?"
Zhuang Li said slowly, "There are three pieces of evidence: First, this woman spoke to me in a coaxing tone, as if I were mentally retarded; second, that man kept calling me a fool, convinced that I was mentally retarded; third, this notebook is full of prime numbers, and a mentally retarded person cannot write prime numbers.
"To sum up, I'm not mentally retarded, but in the eyes of others I am. The answer is obvious. I cut off communication with the outside world, making them think that there is something wrong with my intelligence.
"Children with autism have a particular fondness for prime numbers because prime numbers, like them, are lonely. Prime numbers can only be divided by 1 and themselves, just as autistic people can only be understood by themselves.
"The moment I saw this notebook filled with prime numbers, I knew what was wrong with this body."
Zhuang Li opened his eyes and gave his final conclusion: "Medicine here is not well developed, and people here still use foreign currency, so I must have arrived in the Republic of China period.
"To be able to furnish such a large library and use such expensive wool carpets, my family must be quite wealthy. I was born into a family of scholars, with a father of profound learning and a sister who is gentle and kind.
"My father passed away not long ago, and his property was taken over by the man just now. He should be my cousin or some other direct relative.
"It won't be long before my sister takes me away. Because she was reborn, she knows that I died at the hands of that person in my previous life, and she won't let me stay under the same roof with that person any longer."
7480: “…”
Fuck! The host said he can’t tell fortunes!
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