Crazy Smartphone – Part One

Pulling out the shattered phone from his pocket, the case had a large piece missing. Lin Feng thought this was the end; no one would want a broken phone like this. “Huh, what’s this?” His eyes fell on the break, expecting to see the usual components, but instead, he saw a new, highly metallic-looking case. Lin Feng was astonished; he’d never heard of a phone with such a design – one shell inside another. Did the designer have water in his brain? He tried touching it; the old shell wasn’t very hard, its material unknown, but it peeled off easily like a cooked eggshell. The new shell was unusually bright, like the skin of a boiled egg after peeling, with a springy, almost baby-like skin texture. It was too exaggerated! Lin Feng was mesmerized, treating it like a treasure, unsure of what to do next. “Don’t scratch the new shell!” Lin Feng was extremely careful now, fearing he might damage the new casing. Such a unique item shouldn’t be wasted. He looked around for a suitable work surface, eventually deciding to work on his bed, clearing away all the mess of dirty socks, clothes, and underwear. He swept the bedsheet meticulously, never having been so careful before, just to avoid scratching the phone. “This must be some premium stuff, like those high-end phones made with gold, and the feel of this ‘big beauty’ is so good, could it be made of fine jade? Wow…” “Big Beauty, where did you come from, wow…” “If I bring this to class, those perverts would go wild! What material is this made of? How can it feel so good? It’s like a girl’s hand, hehe, so smooth, so real…” “I don’t know if the camera has a high pixel count, let’s take a selfie like Edison Chen…” Just as he was excitedly about to turn on the phone to test its capabilities, Lin Feng’s entire body froze the moment his finger touched the power button. His eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the phone in his hand—the thumb of his right hand had completely sunk into the phone’s screen. Damn! Did I break the screen by poking it? At the same moment, a voice suddenly sounded in his… no, it should be in his mind: “Congratulations, player ‘Merciless Ghost Hand’, you have successfully obtained a super-value smartphone from our system’s special gift pack. This device can be set for soul binding. Would you like to bind it?…”