Sure enough, Lin Feng was bustling around in the bathroom when his mom, hearing the noise, got up, knocked on the door, and asked hesitantly, “Is that you, Lin Lin?” “Mom, of course, it’s me!” “You kid, why do you always come back in the middle of the night? Are you not comfortable staying at Doctor Wang’s?” “No, I just missed you, so I sneaked back to check on you! Mom, you go back to sleep, I’ll be done in a bit!” “Okay, Lin Lin, go to bed early after your shower, I’ll make something delicious for you in the morning!” “Got it!”
Thankfully, his mom didn’t launch into a long lecture, and Lin Feng felt relieved, thinking he had managed to keep things under control for the moment. Just as he was about to continue his chores, he turned around and let out an “eh” in surprise, as if he sensed something was off. He had been so tired he was about to fall asleep standing up, but after his mom’s interruption, the drowsiness seemed to vanish. What was going on? Lin Feng focused his mind and began to inspect.
Upon entering the Big Beauty System, he immediately noticed several unusual things. This was quite the surprise; the Big Beauty System showed that his charm value had surged again, and this time, it was different from before. The color of the curve representing his charm value had changed from green to yellow. He distinctly remembered that such a bright golden curve had only appeared once before when he accidentally saved a boy from a truck. This time, the yellow curve was even more dramatic. Following that, there was another feeling he hadn’t experienced in days—his body seemed to give birth to another golden dragon, soaring into the sky. He had been too focused on dealing with his mom’s inquiries to notice the dragon’s appearance earlier, but now, within the system, he could still faintly sense the residual aura left by the flying dragon. Was this… had the Big Beauty System been upgraded again? This would be the third time he had experienced signs of a golden dragon within his body. Was it him leveling up like in a game, or was it the Big Beauty System itself upgrading? How frustrating, this system never gives any hints about such crucial details!
Ah, well! He couldn’t just stand there in the bathroom, pondering with his bare buttocks out. If something went wrong and he passed out there, his mom would worry unnecessarily. He quickly wrung out his clothes, too lazy to hang them up, and just left them in the basin. He tiptoed back to his room, locked the door, and slipped into bed naked.
If you can’t figure it out, don’t think about it, Lin Feng consoled himself. He closed his eyes to sleep, but after all the commotion, he was surprisingly refreshed, with no trace of sleepiness. Unable to sleep, he sat up, still naked, and with a thought, dumped all the loot from the Big Beauty System’s storage onto the bed—a pile of eye-catching cash and several real firearms, all forming a small mountain. Seeing these things, usually only seen in movies, gave him a dreamlike feeling. The cash was one thing, but Lin Feng decided to wait for the heat to die down before taking a couple of bills to check their authenticity. As for how to spend over a million dollars if it was real, he hadn’t thought that far.
He casually picked up the firearms to play with. Although he had never seen real ones, a boy’s instinct helped him figure out how they worked after a bit of fiddling. However, he knew these things couldn’t be shown off easily, let alone taken out for target practice. After playing for a while, his interest waned, and he put everything away. He thought to himself that the money was fine; as long as it was real, he could spend it without worry, but what to do with these guns? He wasn’t planning on robbing anyone, and keeping them in his room was unsafe. Perhaps he should find a suitable place to dispose of them.
While putting the loot back, he made a small mistake. He habitually flicked the edge of each stack of cash to enjoy the sound of the bills, but one stack felt different. Upon closer inspection, he found it was a cleverly disguised box. Inside was nothing but a crystal-clear chain with a pendant. It looked somewhat like the synthetic crystals sold by street vendors, but the chain was quite beautiful. Lin Feng admired it for a long time, puzzled by its significance in such a mysterious box, thinking it would make a nice gift for Wang Xiaoyun. He tossed the chain onto his nightstand, but decided to keep the box, which was disguised as hundred-dollar bills, in his storage space to avoid his mom’s scrutiny.
Lin Feng had grown fond of the convenience of his storage space, now carefully managing what he kept inside. What if he encountered another lucrative opportunity and the space wasn’t enough? After spending half the night naked and dealing with the night’s haul, he didn’t know what to do next. He felt too alert to sleep. Go for a walk? But it was late, and Lin Feng didn’t want to risk causing any more surprises. What if he got inspired by seeing women’s clothing hanging on someone’s balcony… He didn’t dare to think of the consequences, so he just lay there, tossing and turning, unable to settle down.
Reflecting again on tonight’s heroic act of single-handedly destroying the bandit den, Lin Feng thought to himself that his charm value must have suddenly skyrocketed, surely due to the gratitude of those three female classmates. However, those ruthless bandits despised him to the bone; they would wish him dead as soon as possible, certainly not thank him. So why did his charm value still surge? It was tormenting! To figure out the exact definition of charm value by the system, he would need to find firsthand information, which meant going straight to the game developers to inquire! But the headquarters of the Fantasy World game was far away in Japan, not an easy place to reach! It was frustrating. Moreover, what if this great beauty was just a trap set by someone else, using him as a free lab rat, and he foolishly ran there? Wouldn’t that be like walking into a trap? No, no! Although this great beauty was a treasure, before understanding its origins, the secret of having this great beauty inside him must not be revealed to anyone, nor should he casually go to the developers to ask around. He had to come up with a foolproof plan.
Lin Feng stared blankly at the great beauty that appeared on his left forearm, its delicate and translucent body shimmering like dewdrops, reflecting a mesmerizing halo. After watching for a while, it almost seemed like this great beauty was a living creature that could come to life at any moment. “Great beauty, if you could really come alive and speak, how wonderful that would be…” Lin Feng muttered to himself, reaching out a finger to touch the body of the great beauty. Unexpectedly, just as his fingertip was about to make contact, the great beauty’s transparent body, like a water droplet, moved away shyly, dodging to the side.
Lin Feng was amazed, thinking he might have seen things. He reached out again, and again it dodged. “Ha, don’t believe I can’t catch you—” He suddenly increased his speed, attempting to grab it with his whole hand, confidently believing he would surely succeed this time. However, the bizarre scene unfolded again before him. The great beauty actually climbed up his left arm, stopping precisely at the point where his right hand’s strength was waning, deftly avoiding his ‘claws.’
