Chapter 64 Preparing to Enter

Chapter 64 Preparing to Enter

"Being unable to reload saves the game increases the difficulty, but it is not entirely unsolvable; it is just a bit troublesome."

Jiang Ren checked his remaining destiny points.

Undoubtedly, the best method was to spend money to pay to win.

As long as one spent enough, they would become a life winner and the child of destiny right from the start, effortlessly rolling over any obstacles encountered along the way. How could they possibly fail to clear the game?

Although the shop for the third world was not yet visible, it was clear from the shops of the first two worlds that his current destiny points were obviously not enough to squander. Every single destiny point had to be maximized in value.

Therefore, Jiang Ren planned to first explore the Weapon World before considering how to spend his points.

However, not right now. Having experienced two lives back-to-back, he was genuinely afraid that starting another one right away would scramble his brain again, suppressing his sanity and leading him to do something impulsive.

Rumble~

Suddenly, a strange sound came from his abdomen.

"Hungry already?"

Jiang Ren could feel a rapidly intensifying hunger in his stomach, as if stomach acid was constantly breaking down food even though none could be found.

He immediately took out instant noodles and ham sausages, boiling a pot of hot water to steep them.

Although he had experienced two lives consecutively, in the real world, less than two hours had passed since his physical body finished eating, and one of those hours had been spent in a state of suspended animation. Logically speaking, he shouldn't feel hungry.

"Could it be the influence of the Source Power?"

Jiang Ren guessed, as the development of all things follows the law of conservation of energy.

Energy is neither created nor destroyed out of thin air; it only transforms from one form into another, or transfers from one object to others, while the total amount of energy remains constant.

Just like how someone doing physical labor consumes more energy than someone working in an office and requires more replenishment.

Since the Source Power could strengthen the body, it correspondingly required the consumption of more energy.

Ten minutes later.

Jiang Ren patted his belly: "Seven-tenths full."

Neither too full to bloat the stomach nor feeling hungry, it was just enough to sustain the body's consumption for the next few hours.

It cost a total of two packs of instant noodles and four ham sausages.

His appetite had indeed increased a little, by about the equivalent of one ham sausage.

The ringtone sounded.

Jiang Ren wiped his mouth, picked up his phone, and saw it was a video call on a social application.

The call was from his mother.

As soon as he answered.

"Xiaoren, Mom isn't disturbing you, is she?"

Mother Jiang appeared on the screen. Although in her forties, she looked like she was in her fifties, and her expression was somewhat apprehensive, as if she was afraid of interrupting Jiang Ren.

"How could that be? Mom, you know I don't have to work night shifts, I have plenty of time."

Jiang Ren smiled and asked, "Did you receive the money I transferred over the past couple of days?"

"Received it. You really are something, child. Your father and I aren't unable to work like we were a few years ago. You transfer money to us every month, and we have no use for it."

Mother Jiang complained, then asked, "How is your work going now? If there's anything you need your parents' help with, just say the word."

"I'm doing quite well here. The work is easy, and my supervisor takes good care of me."

Jiang Ren shook his head, a gentle smile consistently hanging on his face.

"That's good, that's good."

Mother Jiang hesitated for a moment, cast a stealthy glance outside the screen, and then turned back to say, "Xiaoren, you're not that young anymore. You might find a girlfriend at any time, and you'll definitely need an apartment and a car then. Your father and I have saved up a little money over the past few years. You should go pick out an apartment this month, and your father and I will borrow a bit more to scrape together the down payment..."

"Mom!"

Jiang Ren interrupted her, saying, "I have my own plans regarding an apartment, and I have a way to handle the money. Keep the savings for yourselves."

After trying to persuade her for a long time, seeing that her son truly refused to accept it, Mother Jiang had no choice but to give up.

After hanging up the call.

"Do you think we ruined Xiaoren's life?"

Mother Jiang looked toward Father Jiang, who had been sitting quietly in the corner of the room smoking in sullen silence throughout the phone call.

"It's not your fault; it's my problem."

Father Jiang stood up, walked toward the table with slightly unsteady steps, pressed his half-smoked cigarette against the ashtray, extinguished the ember, and carefully placed it aside.

"Outsiders all say it's Xiaoren's problem, but in truth, it's me, his father, who dragged him down. If back then I..."

Father Jiang sighed, leaving the sentence unfinished, and couldn't help but touch the extinguished cigarette.

Mother Jiang stepped forward to embrace him, whispering in comfort, "Actually, this is pretty good too. Although we can't live a life of immense wealth and luxury, life is still relatively stable and peaceful. Most importantly, we don't have to worry about anything happening to Xiaoren."

Father Jiang: "Perhaps."

Over the next few days.

Jiang Ren lived as he always did: working, exercising, and sleeping.

In his daily work and life, he could clearly feel that his physical strength and endurance had improved significantly.

For example, work that originally took him six hours to complete could now be finished in five hours, or even four hours.

This meant that he only needed to work four hours a day, and he could spend the remaining four hours slacking off.

The feeling of shearing the capitalist sheep like this was simply—
Extremely satisfying!

It was precisely this joy that allowed Jiang Ren to continue working peacefully as usual after acquiring the system.

After all, as the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but hard to go from luxury to frugality.

If he lost this joy, trying to recapture the feeling later would require constantly upping the ante, and sooner or later, he would lose that original feeling forever.

Most importantly, in the process, he inevitably wouldn't be able to keep a low profile.

Jiang Ren didn't mind displaying his abilities before others, provided he held sufficient power—whether it was wealth and authority, or the invincible strength of a transcendent world.

For him, the latter was undoubtedly more practical.

Only when he reached a point where he feared no one could he act without any restraints.

After all, the real world was the worst kind of game: it allowed neither save-scumming nor restarting.

"System, open the Weapon World!"

Lying on his bed in the room, Jiang Ren thought silently to himself.

[Entering requires deducting 20 destiny points. Do you wish to enter?]

[...]

[You have met the conditions to open the shop. Do you wish to open the shop?]

[...]

Jiang Ren looked at the shop for the third world, which still featured three categories: Identity, Talent, and Items.

To avoid going in completely blind, a necessary understanding was still required.

Among these categories.

Only the Item category could give a rough prediction of this world's background.

[Item: Sword Embryo]
[Description: A rough blank of a sword-type weapon, yet to undergo further forging.]
[Remarks: Look at its streamlined shape and ordinary material. Rest assured, once forged, it will definitely be a very ordinary sword.]
[Price: 1 destiny point]

[Item: Qi-Nourishing Pill]
[Description: A single Qi-Nourishing Pill brings half a month of Qi-refining practice.]
[Remarks: Contains a small amount of spiritual qi, gentle and stable. Mortals can also consume it, provided they don't swallow it whole.]
[Price: 2 destiny points]

[Item: Dilapidated Token]
[Description: It looks extremely dilapidated, but it seems to conceal a stroke of destiny.]
[Remarks: If you want to change your life, this is definitely a value-for-money item, provided you can repair it.]
[Price: 5 destiny points]

(End of this chapter)