Perhaps the uproar caused by the kneeling event was too great, as Chi Lixiu managed to gather the forty thousand medical expenses gap in just one morning.
And Su Xin also received a system prompt.
"I didn't spend a single cent, yet I received 130 causality points? This is higher than any previous gain!"
Su Xin couldn't help but feel surprised.
At the same time, this incident validated some of his previous assumptions.
The acquisition of causality points indeed doesn't require the recipient's acknowledgment, after all, Chi Lixiu doesn't know Su Xin is helping her behind the scenes, and not a soul in the world knows Su Xin is helping her either. Instead, in the minds of countless netizens, Su Xin is the biggest villain.
Moreover, the amount of effort put in doesn't seem to matter all that much.
In this incident, Su Xin merely posted a few replies, donated ten thousand yuan, did nearly nothing else, and just waited for the public opinion to self-ferment, waiting for netizens to donate.
And thus the matter concluded.
Su Xin was curious about why this incident could yield as high as 130 causality points.
It's not that the gain this time is absurdly high.
It's because—
Initially, by donating ten thousand to Chi Lixiu, he got 32 causality points, where ten thousand was only one-fortieth of the gap in her funds. If calculated purely based on proportion, to help her gather all the funds, the causality points should have reached 1200, and even when shared among many donors, his gain should have exceeded 130 points.
Su Xin pondered silently:
"It should be like what I thought before, adding flowers to brocade is not as valuable as giving presents in snow."
"When I donated, the other party was in a state of despair; that ten thousand was already a significant amount, giving her hope. Whereas now, many netizens are scrambling to donate, soon gathering forty thousand, and this kindness of forty thousand obviously cannot be forty times that of the ten thousand."
"This should be the mechanism."
After putting down the phone, Su Xin cast aside the system and the kneeling event, picked up a tutoring book, and continued self-learning.
He ultimately is a student, apart from falling in love and enjoying normal social life, his studies are actually quite serious.
It's just that, having memories from the past life since childhood, he really couldn't bear listening to the teacher speak about children's knowledge, so he developed the habit of self-study and advanced learning from a young age. He doesn't listen in class not to be deliberately unconventional but simply not to waste time.
The future he plans for himself is to be an outstanding but not top-tier, excellent but not among the elites, prosperous but not wealthy person of modest success. Besides writing online novels, he plans to start some business in the future, become a valuable middle-level person, and establish his network, just like his parents.
Otherwise, in this small country with fairly poor security, even having money would still count you among the social bottom, ripe for exploitation.
And in his plan, a good resume and a good education are essential.
Moreover, the free and modest life that Su Xin has always yearned for doesn't mean being reckless, nor does it mean indulgence. In fact, he has very high standards for himself.
For example, enforcing daily morning and evening exercises, enforcing timely learning, and enforcing daily writing unless for sickness or special circumstances, he never interrupts.
In the eyes of many teachers who once taught Su Xin, Su Xin seems to rely solely on talent for his excellent grades, completely lacking discipline, but actually, he is only following his own discipline.
After all, his learning progress and lifestyle differ greatly from anyone else's, if he were to foolishly follow the same discipline as others, it would only delay him.
...
A peaceful day passed.
During the last class at 5 pm, still engrossed in self-study, Su Xin suddenly heard the system prompt in his mind.
"Ding! Task [Corpse Eater] triggered"
Su Xin's body shivered with excitement, and he hurriedly began to check the task details.
[Corpse Eater: Eat ten complete animal corpses, current progress 0/10.]
[Task Reward: One awakening opportunity]
"Huh? Animal corpses?"
"Chickens, ducks, and fish should count, right?"
"However, what does complete mean? Why does it need to be emphasized? Wouldn't it have to... include skin, fur, and blood?"
"Damn!"
Su Xin involuntarily imagined himself gnawing on a chicken, his mouth full of blood and feathers.
Any slightly larger animal requires a series of processing before eating. If it really includes skin, fur, viscera, and even bones, it's impossible to eat.
Unless talking about micro-animals like ants.
But that's even more disgusting.
"Maybe it's not as complicated as I think. I'll go to a restaurant later and try ordering a fish."
The sudden task trigger left Su Xin unable to focus on studying. He put down the pen and began to think about the task pattern.
He took out his phone and checked the time.
"The system was activated on Friday when the first task was also triggered around five."
"The two task triggers share common points: both occurred at school, and the timing is similar, aside from that, there seems to be no pattern."
"The school probably isn't relevant, considering it's not a unique place, so there's likely a temporal pattern."
"The two task triggers are three days apart."
"Could it be that the system automatically triggers a new task every three days? No need for me to do anything actively?"
"If it's really like that, it would be great. Awakening one causality law superpower every three days on average; soon enough, I'd be invincible worldwide."
"All I have to do is complete tasks according to the system's requirements, while earning more money, donating online, continuously gaining causality points, and keeping upgrading, improving these superpowers."
While pondering, the school bell rang for dismissal.
Su Xin declined a friend's invitation to play basketball and walked out of the school alone, heading to a restaurant nearby. He ordered three dishes.
One was braised fish.
And he specifically asked the owner to cook it whole.
Shortly after, the steaming hot dishes were brought over one after another by the server.
Su Xin picked up the chopsticks and dug in eagerly.
The owner's braised fish was made exceedingly well and tasted incredibly delicious; Su Xin ate the braised fish from head to tail, almost cleaning it, even wanting to lick the juices from the fish bones.
But even after he finished everything, the task progress showed no change.
"What the *!"
"It seems I really do have to consume it wholly."
Su Xin's expression began to look grim.
In this case, to complete the task, one must eat ten chickens, ducks, and similar poultry with their feathers, bones, and blood. but he isn't a large predator, unable to swallow whole in one bite.
The most likely way to complete the task is to eat ten ants or similar micro-animals.
But that... is just too disgusting.
Nearby, the restaurant owner witnessed the scene, wondering if there was something wrong with their braised fish. After all, he watched the student eat the fish so clean, even trying to lick off the fish bones, thinking their fish had enchanted the student, but didn't expect the student's face to turn so grim right after.
"Young lad, are you alright?"
The owner came over with a cautious approach and asked.
"It's nothing."
Su Xin waved his hand, his expression still grim.
There's no choice; anyone thinking about eating ants wouldn't look good.
But he can't abstain.
It's impossible to abandon the task, right?
This task pertains not only to this causality law superpower, but if it's not completed, who knows if the system will continue triggering new tasks in the future?
If the uncompleted task means no further tasks trigger, it signifies forfeiting all following causality law superpowers.
Even though Su Xin lives contentedly, only wanting a lazy life, since he has the system, there's no way he's foolish enough to abandon it.