Chapter 9: Title Name: Lucky Child of the God of Love.
And just as Chen Yi and another person were still in the basement dealing with Captain Li.
Yancheng.
A man hiding in a rental room reading a book was startled by a prompt sound in his ear and instantly, a trace of ecstasy flashed through his eyes as he hurriedly turned over to unlock his phone.
He located the contact list.
Immediately, he sent a text message to Goddess No. 1.
"I like you."
The next second—
「Ding, congratulations on completing the limited-time event "The Sweetness of Love" and obtaining the rare permanent title "Lucky Child of the God of Love".」
「Title Name」: Lucky Child of the God of Love.
「Title Effect」: When facing certain death damage, there is a one in ten chance that the damage will be transferred to the person you like.
The man then nervously, gingerly, with a face full of excitement and anticipation, looked over the 399 contacts in his phone.
The remarks were all uniformly consistent.
「Goddess No. 2.」
「Goddess No. 3.」
Sent "I like you." with a single button press.
The next second—
「Ding ding ding...」
The incessant dinging by his ear kept on ringing.
Following that.
The title panel changed again.
「Title Name」: Lucky Child of the God of Love.
「Title Effect」: When facing certain death damage, there is a one in ten chance that the damage will be transferred to the person you like.
「Transfer List」: Xiao Yali, Li Peiqi, Hu Jiaye, Zhang Shaohua...
「Title Introduction」: When you face certain death damage, there is a one in ten chance for each person on the transfer list to block that damage for you.
The specific algorithm is as follows.
When you encounter certain death, the system starts checking whether Xiao Yali triggers the chance to block the damage for you.
If yes, then Xiao Yali dies.
If no, it skips Xiao Yali and starts checking whether Li Peiqi triggers the chance to block the damage for you, and so on until the list has been completely checked.
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The man read over the title introduction again and again, overcome with excitement, and when he was sure it was exactly as he had imagined, he couldn't help but burst out laughing boisterously.
"Hahahahaha!!!"
He was a bootlicker.
To be precise, the King of Bootlickers!
Even since he was young, he had a bad habit—seeing a girl meant liking a girl.
Regardless of their appearance.
He felt like he just simply liked girls; if a girl spoke to him more than three sentences, he would feel like he had fallen for her.
No matter how they looked, he always managed to find something appealing about them, leading to an irretrievable infatuation.
So...
He saw one, he loved one.
Just like that, his contact list grew by a whole four hundred girls.
Initially, at best, he could have just been the King of Bootlickers.
But now... suddenly, he felt as though he was covered with many layers of resurrection armor; 400-plus people were queued up in front of him—how on earth could he die now!!
"Hahahaha!!!"
The man couldn't help but leap off the bed, one hand on his hip, as he pointed up at the ceiling and roared.
"I, Li Yide, am destined to become the supreme king among bootlickers!!"
This sudden global event stirred quite a commotion worldwide.
It almost instantaneously shattered the existing structure.
It made those who were still hesitating about the usefulness of Points suddenly firm in their belief that Points would become the main currency of the future.
Originally, Points were only distributed as daily activity rewards.
No place could use Points, nor could they be obtained elsewhere, making them seem like Commemorative Coins.
But now, Points could be used to buy gift packs, which meant that Points had already acquired one of the fundamental properties of a currency.
Then, in the future,
whether Points could buy other gift packs or be used for spending was beyond question!
Within merely an hour,
streets and alleys were swarming with countless people using cash to buy Points!
From fund managers at certain companies to fishmongers, everyone stood on the streets, waving cash in their hands, shouting out offers to buy Points at high prices.
Just that, there were very few sellers.
Those selling Points weren't fools; originally, when they were useless, everyone sold them, but now... the potential of Points was laid out on paper, so who would be willing to sell them.
...
"I have 18 Points here, I'll give them to you."
In a three-bedroom apartment in Yancheng,
About eight or nine people were gathered in the center of the living room.
An elderly grandmother with dim eyesight trembled slightly as she tapped on her panel, then turned her head towards her grandson in his twenties.
"Child, I'll give you these 18 Points."
"The world changes too fast, we don't understand it, and don't know how much longer we can live."
"But you said these Points can be exchanged for some gift pack that will make you strong, so I'll give them to you."
"I'm close to the grave, and these won't be of any use to me, but if you can live happily, my heart will be content."
"Granny."
A man in his twenties tearfully accepted the 18 Points transferred by his grandmother, and then turned to look at the others in the room: "Mom and Dad, don't worry."
"This gift pack of 88 Points is an opportunity!"
"Most people only have 18 Points right now, rewarded from the daily rule activity tasks, and even some have sold their Points long ago."
"Most can't afford this gift pack of 88 Points."
"And this limited-time gift pack lasts for only three days."
"As long as we pool our money and buy this gift pack, getting a prop and a few random Skill Fragments, no matter how things develop later, we would be ahead of others."
"Ahead of those who can't afford the gift pack."
"Rest assured, I will protect you all in the future."
"Hmm."
The father, lying on the sofa with a cigarette in his mouth, drew a deep breath with some helplessness and sighed, "First, the three generations pooled money for you to buy a house, and now, three generations are pooling again for you to buy this gift pack with Points."
"Just handle it."
"You understand more about games, we don't know how things will change in the future, and you youngsters are better at adapting to new things, with a greater chance of survival."
"Dad."
The young man's tears paused briefly before he continued, "Don't worry."
"Alright, alright," the mother standing aside began tying on an apron and complained, "Stop the whining, show some manliness. Since everyone is awake, let's have some supper."
"Suddenly, with this special event, I guess no one will be able to sleep for a while."
"Speaking of which,"
the woman hesitated for a moment but turned her head towards the middle-aged man smoking on the sofa, "Hey Dad, why don't you confess to me? In 'The Sweetness of Love' event, confessing to someone you truly like comes with a Title Reward."
"Hmm."
The man closed his eyes with some annoyance and said hoarsely, "There is a Title Reward."
"The Title Effect is that when you are about to die, there is a one in ten chance that the person you love will die in your stead."
"What kind of reward is that?"
"Utter nonsense."