Chapter 149: Why aren't all the options for this question provided?

Because he had already eaten half of the chicken cutlet from Zhou Baowei, Lin Li just took a few bites for dinner before returning to his room.

Taking his textbooks and such to the living room, Lin Li began to prepare for his studies.

"What are you doing?" Wu Min, having finished washing the dishes, was preparing to return to the master bedroom to rest. Seeing Lin Li's actions, she stopped in the living room and asked him.

"Isn't it obvious? I'm preparing to study with full concentration." Lin Li pointed to the tabletop.

"Your computer desk in your room is so big, couldn't you use that as a study desk? Why not study in your own room?" Wu Min asked.

"If I did that, I'm afraid you wouldn't notice how hard I'm working, and then you'd forget to be moved, cry, praise me for being sensible, and then crazily increase my living expenses and pocket money." Lin Li said this very fluently.

Wu Min: "..."

Wu Min felt a bit nostalgic for Lin Li's childhood.

Lin Li was occasionally abstract as a child, often occasionally, and always often.

—This child had been in this unreliable state since he was small.

The nostalgia wasn't because Lin Li was different then compared to now, but because if Lin Li acted out when he was little, Wu Min could use a feather duster to make the brat howl, crying out, "I'm sorry Sister Min, I'm sorry Mom, I absolutely won't dare do it next-next time."

As for why he only promised not to dare do it "next-next time," it was because Lin Li would definitely dare to do it again next time.

But now, her own brat was bullying her for being old and weak. Wu Min took a feather duster out of the wall cabinet. Sure enough, Lin Li laughed without a hint of fear: "Mom, I'm so big now, isn't it inappropriate for you to use this to hit me?"

"I'll buy a larger one another day." Wu Min nodded, acknowledging Lin Li's point.

Lin Li: "?"

Sister Min is also a genius.

Then Wu Min denied herself: "No, it's no longer a matter of a feather duster. I need to buy a whip with barbs, or a morning star."

Lin Li: "?"

Even a cultivator is afraid of being a slave.

Like a character in a Disney movie, Lin Li suddenly started singing without warning: "Goodbye, Mother, tonight I shall set sail. Don't worry for me, I have the oars of happiness and wisdom~~"

If he only knew how to dance ballet, Lin Li would have shown off his dance moves too.

"A child with wisdom wouldn't only earn five yuan in seven hours." Wu Min shook her head.

Lin Li: "..."

The feeling of being unable to refute is so uncomfortable.

"Alright, go study properly. Since your room is empty, I'll help you clean it up. It's full of dust, so dirty." Wu Min said with disgust.

Actually, Lin Li didn't think his room was dirty, but unfortunately, the standards of judgment between the two generations seemed to be different.

Wu Min, who was about to enter the room, stopped and asked Lin Li: "Is there any privacy you need to handle yourself first?"

The child is grown; he needs his own space. She isn't home most of the time, so who knows what he might be hiding.

One of the events Lin Li feared as a child was coming home to find his room completely reorganized and made brand new.

Because this meant many of his secrets might have been made public.

As a child, Lin Li loved picking up magazines from andrology hospitals off the ground because the last page would have some erotic little jokes.

It could be considered his enlightenment literature.

He had been scolded twice for this when he was little.

"Sister Min, what privacy is there between you and me? That would make us distant." In this day and age, who still keeps physical things? The good stuff is hidden so well it won't be found, so Lin Li didn't care at all.

"Fine, then study well. I'm closing the door to clean; I won't disturb you." Wu Min nodded.

"So Mom, can you cry and increase my living expenses and pocket money later?" Lin Li didn't forget his original intention.

The door closed, and Wu Min even slammed it, making a thunderous sound.

Lin Li: "..."

So realistic.

Then coming to the living room to study was all for nothing.

Lin Li wasn't short on money right now; he still had a lot of the relief funds issued by the Demon Suppression Division. Lin Li only intended to spend money where it was most needed, but the problem was that life was full of such needs. Just like today, many procedures required money to save effort or clear obstacles. At this rate, he would sooner or later run out of resources.

His system was also a useless thing, keeping a cultivator trapped in worldly affairs; it couldn't just inexplicably drop a mountain of gold and silver on him.

Setting aside other thoughts, 【Strong Cognition】 was activated, and Lin Li began to study.

Twenty minutes passed, his memory began to fade, and the first round of study ended. Only then did Lin Li look at the phone with the breathing light glowing on the side.

Bai Bufan hadn't replied to the message from the morning at all, but now he finally deigned to reply.

"Bai Bufan: Baowei said you were delivering food today? Are you not studying at all and just trying to disgust me on purpose?"

"Bai Bufan: You really are obsessed with saving face. I knew you wouldn't be able to keep it up."

"Heh—" Lin Li sneered.

Baowei really is a tattletale.

"You initiated a video call."

"Hello?" Bai Bufan answered, but his face wasn't in the frame; it was the ceiling.

—Bai Bufan would avoid exposing any of his weaknesses in front of the screenshot-happy Lin Li.

"Shh—I'm muting you now, just watch for yourself." Lin Li only said this much, muted the phone, placed it to the side aimed at himself, and immediately started the second round of study.

Another twenty minutes passed. When Lin Li turned his head, he was surprised to find that Bai Bufan hadn't hung up in a fit of rage, but had revealed his head, staring straight at Lin Li.

He even seemed to be gnashing his teeth.

Spending twenty minutes watching himself study, Bai Bufan has really found his purpose in life.

After another twenty minutes passed, when Lin Li turned his head, Bai Bufan was crying, tears hanging on both cheeks, staring blankly at him.

Spending forty minutes watching himself study, Bai Bufan has even found his purpose for the next life.

Lin Li finally unmuted.

Then he sneered.

His eye sockets weren't red, the tears were unevenly distributed, and the sobbing was artificial—it was fake at a glance, eye drops would have been faster.

"Crying? Crying counts as study time too, you know."

Bai Bufan: "?"

"Baowei cried and you became a warm guy, I fucking cried and you tell me crying counts as study time? My status is even lower than Baowei's? I don't accept this! Didn't you say yesterday that you couldn't stand seeing your bro cry!" Bai Bufan broke down.

Lin Li closed his eyes.

The meaning was very simple.

If he closed his eyes, he couldn't see it.

"Damn it!! I'll study! I'll study too! I'll out-grind you, you gutter-dwelling thing!"

A young man's blushing face is better than any sweet talk. Bai Bufan closed the video with a red face and made a grand vow.

"The ancestors of the Bai family really should crawl out and kowtow to me. For Bufan to meet us can be considered a return to the right path; the ancestral grave is truly smoking with good fortune." Lin Li shook his head with a smile.

Then he added a sentence in his heart—just kidding, you guys better not actually crawl out.

Lin Li continued to study.

He studied for a total of two hours. One hour was memory-based study using 【Strong Cognition】, and the remaining time without the powerful memory boost was spent doing science problems.

To have a high ranking in the monthly exams, one needs to be balanced in all areas; relying solely on rote memorization is not enough.

Afterwards, under Wu Min's hesitant and reluctant gaze, he had her scan his face for the food delivery account so he could participate in the late-night peak delivery hours.

Considering that Wu Min went to sleep quite early, Lin Li only delivered for two hours that night, returning around eleven o'clock. The number of completed tasks only increased by 2, reaching 13.

It is worth mentioning that after two hours of effort, the balance increased from 5.0 to 4.0.

Lin Li's biological clock was actually a bit sleepy, but he didn't sleep; instead, he continued to study.

When twelve o'clock arrived, entering a new week.

【Update complete.】

So, my system really does update at midnight every Monday.

Lin Li looked at the system interface, searching for what had been updated.

During the last update, the system UI added an option, but it had no text and was grayed out, unable to be selected.

But this time, although there was still no text, it could be selected. However, after selecting it, the new interface was just blank, with no operational options.

The new function represented by this option was still a semi-finished product, and it was estimated to be a semi-finished product that was still a long way from being finished.

No matter, love, believe, wait.

It seems that besides the three things—"Hollow Knight: Silksong," "GTA6," and Black Myth coming to Xbox—he had one more thing to look forward to.

Did you ask?

Is there any news?

Lin Li clicked into the 【Mall】. The buttons for the two product slots to change items for free both lit up at the same time.

First, he bought the spirit stone and the "Limit-Breaking Talisman," leaving 790 system currency.

"I bet on Bai Bufan being bald after sixteen in exchange for a high-grade spirit stone!"

【Low-grade spirit stone】.

Useless Bai Bufan.

But he was used to it; there were no ripples in his heart.

Considering that the daily spirit stone income from the first product slot was very important to him, Lin Li chose to change the "Limit-Breaking Talisman" for free—he already had three, and he wouldn't be like Baowei, unable to control his mouth and needing to break the limit of holding in his poop. He felt this inventory was enough.

This way, even if something good refreshed, he could change it without worry.

Damn it, it's all Zhou Baowei's fault; why did he default to using this item for holding in poop?

【You have refreshed "Ability Amplifier (+1)": 100 system currency (daily purchase limit 1), replace?】

【Ability Amplifier (+1): Used on an existing ability, permanently amplifies the effect of that ability, with a maximum amplification of "+1".】

So it's an item that acts on the system.

Without much hesitation, after analyzing the pros and cons for three seconds, Lin Li chose to replace it.

Sorry, "Limit-Breaking Talisman," you are a great teammate, but now I have to take my talent elsewhere.

Lin Li bought one on the spot.

Sure enough, the product slots shared one free opportunity, and now both buttons were grayed out. The system is truly stingy.

【Passive abilities: Catching Blades with Bare Hands, Wall of Soul】

【Active abilities: Power Accumulation, Strong Cognition, Mimicry, Healing】

These were the six abilities he currently possessed.

The one used most often was undoubtedly 【Strong Cognition】, while the one that felt useful, had the widest applicability, and could link with other abilities was 【Power Accumulation】.

First, strengthen 【Strong Cognition】; 【Power Accumulation】 will be strengthened tomorrow. The two passive abilities that were useless in modern times were skipped directly. As for 【Mimicry】 and 【Healing】, he would consider them based on his future "economic situation" and the issuance of system tasks.

【You have used the Ability Amplifier (+1) on "Strong Cognition"; "Strong Cognition" has been upgraded to "Strong Cognition (+1)"】

【Strong Cognition (+1): After use, memory becomes five times that of the time of use, duration is thirty minutes, one use count is accumulated every eight hours, and the storage limit for use counts is 3.】

Compared to the original, the only change was the duration from twenty minutes to thirty minutes.

The change was small, but the amplification was quite large. Originally, he could only have super memory for one hour a day; now he had an hour and a half. Unfortunately, the storage limit didn't change.

The purpose of staying up late was to confirm the system's update time. After these operations were completed, Lin Li looked at the messages on his phone and found that Bai Bufan had left him a message.

"Bai Bufan: I've been studying until now, and there's a question that stumped me. Can I ask you?"

"Lin Li: Speak."

Chen Yuying had told him that those who understand first should lead those who understand later, and at the same time, not to underestimate the questions that the weak can't answer; perhaps one could fill in the gaps in one's own knowledge.

Lin Li followed the teachings strictly, preparing to pass on knowledge.

This is the legendary passing of the torch; this is the meaning of education.

"Bai Bufan:

A fisherman caught a mermaid by the sea; why did he let her go?

A. The mermaid was too ugly.

C. The mermaid's boobs were too small.

D. The fisherman had a kind heart."

To hell with the meaning of education.

"Idiot."

Lin Li felt he shouldn't have wasted time on Bai Bufan. His sincerity was truly fed to the dogs. He didn't even reply to the message and turned over to sleep.

Relying on Bai Bufan is worse than relying on a piece of dog shit dried by the wind on the side of the road.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 150 =====