Chapter 74 Lightning Strike
After finally having the opportunity to spend money, the first thing Lu Yusheng did was to install air conditioning in all the guest rooms.
Although those men were all strong and healthy young men, and all possessed internal martial arts skills, but...
No need to overthink it, being my friend means being pampered!
Then came the kitchen.
At first, it was just a small open-air stove. After several manual improvements and the addition of walls built by villagers, it became somewhat presentable.
Unfortunately, the open-air kitchen is occasionally visited by uninvited guests when it's not under our watchful eye.
Countless small animals in the woods behind it survived the winter thanks to the warmth provided by Lu Yu.
This place is no longer her battlefield alone.
Although Sikong Zhaixing and Hua Manlou's cooking was clumsy and rarely edible, they still often came to help her.
In order to provide all three of them with a more respectable working environment, Lu Yusheng also renovated part of the place into a modern style.
Although it is no longer integrated with the main building, the color scheme is now more unified.
She added another row of closets and cupboards. Since she wouldn't need the refrigerator for the winter, she planned to buy it next summer.
The stove inside wasn't converted to natural gas. Although she wasn't used to using the stove and pots, she ultimately kept the earthen stove to prevent them from ruining the ingredients and cooking utensils when they had nothing to do.
There's no other way; good guns are only given to capable soldiers.
It won't work if there's never a place to tie down horses; that would be like a modern shop not having a parking lot.
However, a simple wooden frame will suffice; we can hire a fellow villager passing by to do it sometime.
Seeing her make such arrangements, even the system couldn't help but chime in: "Finally, we're getting down to business."
Lu Yusheng was caught off guard by the sudden sound and was momentarily distracted when he was scratched by a self-tapping screw from his subordinate. He quickly put away the drill and checked it. Fortunately, it was just a small cut on his skin.
But what surprised her even more than the wound itself was that the bleeding stopped on its own in the short time it took to climb down the ladder to find a band-aid.
At this moment, Lu Yusheng had just torn off a new band-aid from the drawer. After cleaning it, he was stunned to see that there was only a small dent and blood line left on his finger.
In the end, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, I still put it on.
Although it was a very minor abrasion, the recovery speed was several times faster than before.
Surprised, Lu Yusheng then glanced at the system panel as if remembering something...
It really has been upgraded.
She could tell at a glance that the new skill wasn't the healing type she was most looking forward to. She just hoped it wouldn't have too long a wind-up animation, since Wind Blade would be used very rarely due to that limitation.
At first, she could use it to scrape leaves when no one was around, but later, Sikong Zhaixing and Hua Manlou kept it and never left, so she gave up this little hobby.
Aside from a few times when I deliberately wanted to show off in front of them, I only occasionally used it to temporarily cut thin things when I couldn't find a knife.
The skill name is also very simple: Lightning Strike.
She opened the skill description with a hint of trepidation.
Having completed the reading comprehension exercise with his astonishing insight honed over years of experience in the online gaming world, Lu Yusheng had a general idea of what was going on.
After all, the prototypes are all derived from games, so it's understandable that some skills would be suitable for special effects.
But she clearly remembered that the original game was a fantasy-themed ancient Chinese game, and that the selectable classes included physical attack types such as swordsmen and spearmen...
Lu Yusheng once hoped to get some amazing sword technique to show off, but now he's turned into the Goddess of Lightning.
Based on that text, it seems to be able to drive lightning to launch attacks.
There aren't many restrictions on activating skills, but to prevent accidental activation in daily life, you can set a trigger condition yourself.
They have some conscience, though not much.
Lu Yusheng's gaze lingered on the blank line of the skill description page for a long time, and he naturally pondered how to fill in the trigger condition so that its actual effect wouldn't seem too outrageous.
Images from fantasy movies she had once seen flashed through her mind. Just then, she was standing directly behind the bar. After hesitating for a moment, she looked down and opened the online store page on her computer.
Although she could see it in her mind with her eyes closed, she always felt it wasn't as convenient as using a manual transmission, so she waited a while for it to boot up before starting to browse freely.
Fortunately, in order to prepare Christmas gifts for them, I spent a long time working on the system and creating a lot of decorations that would have a positive impact on the internet cafe's business, which finally convinced them to add a new category.
Now, when you click in and search for "scepter," you can find related items in the wooden decorations section.
To prevent loss or theft, Lu Yusheng eagerly picked out several more as backups, finally choosing the one most suitable for cosplaying the savior and keeping it, while locking the rest in the cabinet.
"Oh right—" she muttered to herself, "I promised to send electronic devices to Lu Xiaofeng and the others."
So I switched to another module.
This system is probably run by a tech enthusiast. Although the store doesn't have dedicated cameras, and the surveillance cameras are only available for purchase because they're related to business security, the various cameras available are still enough to broaden her horizons.
But after finally finding a model that doesn't require electricity and has built-in portable storage, Lu Yusheng hesitated again.
Lu Xiaofeng must have wanted to record some kind of footage, which is why he specifically requested this.
"What if he and his descendants did a good job of preserving the footage, and it gets leaked to modern times? Wouldn't that create chaos?"
Her data is set so that when her life ends, the system will take back her shop along with it.
But if this precedent is set, and there are memory chips scattered around, which are then repaired by scientists at some point in the future, it will likely have a significant impact on those who see them then.
After hesitating for a while, Lu Yusheng was amused by his own thoughts. Could something with such a low probability really happen?
But after thinking about it, she still didn't press the order button.
Let's switch to a more practical one with a shorter lifespan.
Thinking about the phone that Sikong Zhaixing used to play rhythm games, if the communication problem could be solved, it would actually provide them with great convenience.
"...Oh right, satellite phone!"
"...Oh, there are no satellites here."
system:……
Are you talking to yourself?
Perhaps fearing a repeat of the previous accident, it lowered its volume slightly when it spoke again.
"You're here." Lu Yusheng suddenly remembered it too: "I thought I was the only one here."
Seeing that the system ignored her lame joke, she took the initiative to speak again: "Weren't you listening to what I was saying just now? Can you give me some ideas?"
The system didn't respond immediately, and Lu Yusheng assumed it was just intermittently responding to him. He sighed and was about to give up when he noticed the online store page on the screen in front of him starting to redirect automatically.
After navigating through several pages, the final homepage displayed a collection of novel products that she had never seen before in her original world.
Lu Yusheng clicked on each one in order, teasing as he read the descriptions: "Why are you suddenly so obedient? That's a bit out of character."
As expected, she didn't get a reply to this question, but she didn't take it to heart. After looking through all the comparison values, she chose the one with the best cost performance.
Looking at the product details, he asked, "How is this communicator charged?"
"Battery." The system responded.
"And the battery life?" she asked again.
"Seven days when powered on, fifteen days when in standby mode."
Can it be used without internet?
"...Didn't you see it all?"
At this moment, the page in his hand was still on the corresponding description item. Seeing the various explanatory terms such as "special channel communication", Lu Yusheng awkwardly shut up and did not dwell on it any further.
Sensing that Tongtong seemed a little impatient, she consciously switched back to this nickname she used to ingratiate herself with others.
He asked cautiously, "One last question, Tongbao. This item doesn't seem to be in the previous store list. Are you sure you can get it?"
In fact, all that buildup was just to ask this one question.
Although she vaguely felt that the system hadn't deliberately found her a product that met the criteria just to fool her, the other party's consistently businesslike attitude still made her a little uneasy.
Fortunately, the system's final answer didn't disappoint her too much.
"I'll run the program; you just need to choose the best parts."
Guessing that it might be due to his recent injury, Lu Yusheng felt a warmth in his heart: "That little cut should have healed by now, it's okay not to be so sentimental."
There was, as expected, no response.
She sighed, but logged off contentedly after topping up her account with enough funds.
Picking up the short staff imbued with "magical" significance, Lu Yusheng finally got up and walked out the door.
Because of a vague sense of unease after the theft, she cautiously walked around the building to make sure no one was hiding nearby before she felt a little relieved.
Reaching an open space, Lu Yusheng picked up his wand and began to mentally formulate the conditions for releasing the skill. To avoid the long wind-up causing him trouble, he simply wrote "Lightning strikes vertically from the sky on the target pointed to by the wand" after the description of the wand.
After she finished writing it, she was pleasantly surprised to find that the condition was actually editable, so at least she wouldn't have to worry about not being able to cast it temporarily if her staff wasn't handy.
Once you've confirmed that there are no grammatical errors or other ambiguities in the condition text, it's time to test the skill's effectiveness.
Lu Yusheng silently recited the skill name that could not be omitted, and then performed the action according to the written conditions. Sure enough, a dark cloud gathered in the sky the next second.
Before she could even make out the shape of the dark clouds, the winding electric python had already swooped down at top speed toward the nearest dead tree in a straight line directly in front of her.
The blinding light made Lu Yusheng instinctively close his eyes.
The smell of burning quickly filled her nostrils, and only after all the sounds subsided did she tentatively open her eyes.
The bare tree, which had already lost all its leaves, was now completely charred black. Through the bark, one could vaguely see clusters of faint flames flickering inside its blackened interior.
All of Lu Yusheng's previous concerns about the skill's effects vanished.
He murmured to himself, "When the thunder rolls across the dark clouds..."
The travelers who had been rushing to this place from afar were still looking at the familiar dense forest and trying to recall the location of the small shop when they saw the shocking scene of lightning falling from afar and were stunned.
Winter?! Thunder?!
The person unconsciously touched his stubble and quickened his pace.
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Author's Note: I've quoted a classic line from the planet Herka—"When thunder rolls across the clouds, when lightning illuminates the earth, I come with the storm, bringing the wrath of the gods..."
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