บท 24: 24 Diligent study and hard practice
บรรณาธิการ: Nyoi-Bo Studio
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Knowing that Zhang Aidao's father might have dementia, Zhou Bai helplessly shook his head. He didn't know how to contact Zhang Aidao, so he could only go to the station again tomorrow morning and find someone to pass on the message to Zhang Aidao.
Thinking of this, Zhou Bai had finished the porridge in his hand, but saw the old man about to serve another bowl. He quickly stopped him and said, "Sir, you don't need to trouble yourself, I can take care of myself."
Looking at the somewhat messy and untidy room, Zhou Bai said, "How about I help you clean the room?"
The old man said, "You want to help daddy with house chores? What a good boy, Aidao."
Zhou Bai slightly smiled, "Then I'll help you wash the dishes first." Saying this, he helped the old man sit on the sofa, then turned his head and gave Christina a glance, making a throat-cutting gesture.
"Roar!" Christina got angry, "Don't push it too far, Zhou Bai. People scoop poop for cats, not the other way around. You're defying nature, digging your own grave!"
Bang!
A moment later, Christina's eyes filled with tears as she washed the dishes, cursing in her heart, "Scum! Zhou Bai, you're not human! Damn kitty abuser! I'm going to expose you!"
Elsa wagged her tail, curiously circling around Christina.
Lazy Points +5
On the other side, after helping the old man sit down, Zhou Bai lay on the sofa, happily watching his Lazy Points increase by 5 points.
He touched his chin, pondering, "Besides the 200 points I get daily for lying down, it seems that if someone does what I'm supposed to do, and I rest, I can get Lazy Points?"
"What if no one does it for me?"
Next, Zhou Bai started experimenting with the rules for gaining Lazy Points at the old man's home.
A few hours later, the old man was already lying on the bed asleep.
Christina lay on the ground, panting heavily, her tail drooping on the floor, chin stuck to the ground, mouth open, tongue sticking out repeatedly.
Elsa lay beside her, wagging her tail, imitating Christina's tongue-sticking action happily.
Zhou Bai slowly got up from the sofa, stretched lazily, and yawned, saying, "I'm exhausted. I didn't expect lying on the sofa for four hours straight could be so tiring. Oh my, my back is about to break. Cultivating is indeed not easy."
Christina: "Damn it…"
Zhou Bai: "Hm?"
Christina: "You've worked hard, Zhou Bai. You're so tired from training, go rest and sleep."
Zhou Bai moved his neck and looked at the increased Lazy Points on the auxiliary system, smiling.
After four hours of experimenting, Zhou Bai understood some rules.
It turns out that not doing what I should do increases Lazy Points. For example, washing the dishes at the beginning gave Zhou Bai 5 Lazy Points.
These things don't necessarily need someone to replace me. Later, Zhou Bai promised the old man to help with sweeping but didn't let Christina do it. He just lay on the sofa doing nothing and still got 5 Lazy Points.
'But anyway, there's free cat labor; I can't bully the old man, so of course, I let Christina do it.' Zhou Bai touched his chin and said, 'But the tasks must be doable and logical. Also, repeating the same action for Lazy Points in a day doesn't seem to work.'
If I deliberately said I'd bring Zhang Aidao over, give him a house, or cure his illness, things that are impossible, it also wouldn't work.'
Zhou Bai understood that the auxiliary system had its logic for collecting Lazy Points. Although he hadn't figured it out completely, it seemed best to go with the flow and seize every opportunity.
'What's the principle behind these Lazy Points? Altering the timeline? Changing causality to collect energy? Creating parallel universes? Creating a new future to collect some kind of power?'
Zhou Bai shook his head. The principle of Lazy Points was too profound for him; imagining it wouldn't help. It was better to increase Lazy Points and his Primordial Spirit value as much as possible in the remaining days before the entrance test officially started.
So in the next few days, Zhou Bai stayed at the old man's house, diligently improving his Lazy Points and adding them to his Primordial Spirit value.
"Christina! Go mop the floor."
"Christina! Help me massage my back, it's sore from lying down."
"Christina! I want Buddha Jumps Over the Wall for dinner…"
"Enough! Buddha Jumps Over the Wall? I'll commit suicide and make a Dragon-Tiger Fight for you, okay?"
Days passed, and through daily practice, Zhou Bai got his Primordial Spirit value up to 99 points, with an additional 1000 points in Lazy Points, on the night before the entrance test.
Looking at the 1000 Lazy Points and 99 Primordial Spirit points, Zhou Bai's expression grew serious, "Should I try and see if I can push my Primordial Spirit value to 100 points today?"
According to Zhang Aidao, with 0% Dao Transformation, before officially beginning cultivation, the Primordial Spirit power can only reach 99 points.
But the auxiliary system isn't conventional cultivation; it directly adds points to Zhou Bai, making it possible for him to surpass the 99-point limit and stand out in tomorrow's entrance test.
He wanted to try, but as he was about to add the points, memories started flashing through his mind.
The underground base, rows of corpses in a secret room.
Elsa, who had been demonized into a Shiba Inu.
Ban Du's twisted upper body.
Zhang Aidao's father, suffering from dementia.
Scenes flashed in his mind, slowly extinguishing his inner desire.
"Zhou Bai, this is my final lesson, stay alive, no matter how humble, fearful, or desperate... stay alive."
A man's voice seemed to echo in his ears, Zhou Bai shook his head, "Phew, forget it. Safety first, safety first. And standing out too much by exceeding 99 points might not be good."
So in the end, Zhou Bai didn't push his Primordial Spirit value to 100 points. He left the Lazy Points and went to bed, sleeping soundly until dawn.
The next morning, as soon as Zhou Bai got up, a fragrant aroma drifted into his nose.
Zhang Aidao's father came out with a bowl of noodles, saying to Zhou Bai, "Aidao, you have a test today. Daddy made noodles and added two poached eggs for you."
Zhou Bai was stunned, his mouth curling up slightly. He took the noodles and started eating, saying softly as he ate, "Thanks, Dad."
The old man trembled at the words, showing a joyous expression.
The door opened, and Zhou Bai walked outside. The old man waved and shouted from behind, "Aidao! Good luck!"
Zhou Bai waved his hand, signaling the old man to go back.
Christina, lying by the window, showed a joyful smile, "That Demon Lord of Mayhem has finally left. I need to sneak away quickly; I can't live like this anymore. If I stay, I'll work myself to death sooner or later."
Christina was about to sneak out when she saw Elsa with a bowl in her mouth, circling around her.
"I don't have time to feed you!" Christina snorted, secretly opening the window to escape. But the next moment, she felt her body lighten and turned into a puff of white smoke invisible to others, slipping into Zhou Bai's forehead.
Leaving Elsa at the window, with a food bowl in her mouth, making woeful sounds.
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