Chapter 57: Striving for the Luxury Reward

Lin Chen leaned on the sofa, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the cold ice-type energy crystal core in his pocket,

the smile on the corner of his mouth not yet completely faded.

A Kai was excitedly gesturing the scene of him killing in all directions, while Xia Nuan silently went to the kitchen,

wanting to find something hot for Lin Chen.

"By the way, Brother Lin Chen, that fist of yours just now, and the ability to fly and teleport,

were too awesome!" A Kai became more excited as he spoke, his eyes shining, "If we have this ability in the future,

we can walk sideways in the apocalypse without any problems!"

Lin Chen smiled and didn't answer. He just wanted to tell A Kai about the system deducting 10 years of lifespan,

when a system notification box suddenly popped up before his eyes,

this time the font carrying an inexplicable lightness: 【Host performed excellently, over-fulfilled this crisis response.

After subsequent performance meets the standard, we will issue you a super luxury reward: a super-large villa that can resist steel shells, and many powerful items like the Purple Lightning that can instantly melt sewage weapons】.

Lin Chen's eyes widened, almost thinking he had misread it, and he hurriedly pursued: "Really? Not lying to me?"

【System promises, never deceive the host.】 The system notification responded quickly, but immediately added: 【However, the timing is not right yet, temporarily unable to issue.】

"Why?" Lin Chen got anxious,

the haze in his heart caused by consuming lifespan instantly washed away by this huge temptation,

"Wasn't my performance just now good enough? So many people were solved by me!"

The system notification fell into silence, no matter how Lin Chen shouted and pursued in his heart,

no new content popped up. Lin Chen curled his lips, a bit disappointed,

but once he thought of that super-large villa that could withstand steel shells, and the Purple Lightning that could melt sewage weapons,

the anticipation in his heart expanded like a balloon.

He stood up and walked back and forth in the safe house, feeling full of energy.

The wound on his leg didn't seem to hurt as much, and the fatigue of the battle just now was swept away.

He looked out the window, the snow outside shining with cold light under the lights, but his heart was very warm.

"Brother Lin Chen, what's wrong with you? Suddenly so energetic." A Kai was a bit confused by his actions.

Lin Chen grinned and patted A Kai's shoulder: "Nothing, just suddenly feel that,

our days in the future will definitely get better and better!" He didn't tell about the system reward,

thinking of giving A Kai and Xia Nuan a surprise when he really got the reward.

Xia Nuan walked over with a bowl of hot soup and handed it to Lin Chen: "Drink some hot soup to warm up,

you sweated so much just now, you must be frozen."

Lin Chen took the soup bowl, the warm touch spreading from his fingertips to his heart. He took a sip,

the warmth sliding into his stomach along his throat, making him sigh comfortably.

For the next few days, Lin Chen was in a state of extreme excitement. He took the ice-type energy crystal core every day to ponder, trying to mobilize the energy in his body,

wanting to master the Absolute Zero ability as soon as possible.

Although the progress was slow, and he could only barely make his fingertips feel a bit cold, he wasn't discouraged at all.

A Kai was responsible for reinforcing the safe house's defense, using all the wooden boards and

steel bars he could find to seal the doors and windows more tightly. Xia Nuan carefully took care of the two's diet,

and would help Lin Chen treat his wounds, giving him massages for his arms that were a bit stiff from practicing the ability.

During this period, the system would occasionally pop up some notifications, such as 【Detected a small amount of zombie activity nearby, threat level low】【Suggest host go out to collect supplies, can improve performance score】

Lin Chen would act immediately. He took A Kai, went out cautiously, used the unfamiliar ice-type ability and the weapons in his hands, cleared the zombies,

and collected quite a few canned goods, medicines, and weapon parts.

Every time he completed the system's "suggestions," Lin Chen would pursue the reward in his heart,

and although the system still didn't respond, he could feel that the invisible connection between himself and the system seemed to be tighter.

This evening, Lin Chen finished practicing the ability again and leaned on the sofa to rest.

He looked at his hands, imagining that super-large villa that could withstand steel shells,

and that powerful Purple Lightning, the longing in his heart becoming more and more intense.

"System, you must keep your word, I remember that reward."

He muttered in his heart, a look of yearning on his face, "I must perform well,

and sooner or later make you give me that big reward!"

He closed his eyes, as if he had already seen himself moving into that sturdy villa,

using Purple Lightning to easily resolve various crises, and truly establishing himself in the apocalypse.

With such anticipation, he entered dreamland, even his dreams filled with the "super luxury reward" that was about to arrive. ===== CHAPTER 58 =====