Langlang Mountain, at the foot of the mountain.
In a small grove, branches and leaves were rustling.
Faintly, strange panting and moans could be heard.
Suddenly.
"Goddamn!"
A rough shout exploded.
"Leo, what's wrong?"
The girl spoke up.
"Messenger of God, holy angel!"
"Please don't misunderstand, I have absolutely nothing to do with this damn eastern b*tch!"
"She's the one who came after me!"
Behind the grove.
The dark-skinned guy put his hands together, face full of devotion.
The girl next to him looked totally confused.
Seriously...?
You haven't even pulled up your pants and you're already denying everything?
But soon enough.
The girl was stunned as well.
She followed Leo's gaze.
And saw—
In the distant forest, up in the air, a silhouette with Light Wings appeared!
The figure was so vivid, and the blazing radiance from its wings blurred its features, but even from afar it cast a halo over Leo's dark skin!
What really made the girl's hair stand on end was...
That figure disappeared in just a few seconds.
Yet.
A feeling of being 'watched' crept up!
The girl was sure it wasn't her imagination.
Someone—no, maybe not a someone, but an existence—was watching her!
The girl could even feel...
That gaze was wandering over her body, sizing her up, finally landing on her sweat-soaked face.
"Oh God!"
The girl copied Leo's gesture, knelt on the ground, and put her hands together.
Who knows how long passed.
That feeling of being watched finally faded.
The girl and Leo glanced at each other, but neither dared stay any longer.
Both hurriedly put their clothes on and fled from the foot of Langlang Mountain, rushing toward the brightly lit Jiangcheng University campus.
...
...
[Your divine presence descended from above, sending away 'Tier Four Infected Body—AIDS Mutant' without showing yourself. Wasteland Points +1000!]
[Resource obtained: Tier Three Energy Crystal!]
[Your divine presence descended from above, sending away 'Tier Four Infected Body—Fallen Mei Nu' without showing yourself. Wasteland Points +1000!]
[Resource obtained: Tier Three Energy Crystal!]
Yu Jin stared at the translucent panel in front of him, deep in thought.
Just now.
He'd tried activating a few abilities after unlocking the Light Attribute.
The first thing he tested was 'Light Wings'.
But he hadn't even enjoyed two seconds of flight before he noticed someone seemed to be watching him from afar.
To avoid exposure, Yu Jin dismissed 'Light Wings' and used 'Light Touch' to check things out.
Even though it was late at night, thanks to the Moonlight source, Yu Jin managed to see, crystal clear, the two people in the grove at the mountain's base, three or four kilometers away.
The clarity wasn't quite Blu-ray 4K, but easily 720p.
That one glimpse made Yu Jin feel a bit weird all over.
Yu Jin wasn't familiar with the dark-skinned guy.
But…
The girl tangled up with Leo, Yu Jin immediately recognized her.
"Yang Yuan, the ex-president's girlfriend, huh..."
"How'd she end up messing with the black foreign student?"
"Outdoor PK, really?"
Yu Jin let out a sigh.
Accidentally catching people doing stuff isn't scary.
What's scary is one of them is someone you know.
Thinking about this, Yu Jin didn't even bother with the reward and pulled out his phone, sending a message to 'Environmental Protection Club Ex-President' Jiang Jun.
"Brother Jiang, how's things going with your wife recently?"
Yu Jin didn't spell it out, just probed a bit.
[Broke up.]
Jiang Jun replied quickly.
Yu Jin instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't want to meddle, just didn't want his friend walking around with a green head, clueless.
But the next second.
The ex-president's reply totally caught Yu Jin off guard.
[Old Yu, you haven't fallen for Yang Yuan, right?]
[Don't look, don't look!]
[She's sick, Mei X!]
[She screwed me over, I've been stuck in the hospital for two months now…]
"..."
Yu Jin put his phone away and fixed his gaze back on the translucent panel before him.
'Tier Four Infected Body—AIDS Mutant.'
'Tier Four Infected Body—Fallen Mei Nu.'
He hadn't gotten it at first, but now realized, "Mei Nu's 'Mei' meant THAT..."
"Well damn, they really are made for each other. Forever and ever."
After sighing, Yu Jin stopped overthinking.
He had more important things to do than meddle in people's drama.
[Wasteland Points: 112200]
[Points Mall unlocked—would you like to open it now?]
Yu Jin didn't hesitate: "Open!"
Whoosh—
The imagined golden effect didn't show up.
Instead, three slots appeared on his translucent panel.
Each slot had only text, no pictures, with a string of numbers and descriptions under the text.
"What the hell?"
"Just three items and you dare call it a mall?"
Yu Jin frowned instinctively, but kept his patience and read on.
[Wasteland Gold 1kg]
[Price: 500 Points]
[Evaluation: Once a hard currency used for thousands of years, now worthless in the Wasteland World.]
Yu Jin: "..."
He decided to take back what he just said.
Who said this mall sucks?
This mall is amazing!
First thing is exactly what he needs most right now!
No cash, how can a Superman call himself a Superman?
That loss-and-borrow fiasco this afternoon and having to beg Old Tang for help? Yu Jin never wants to repeat that.
Besides—
Now it's all about rule of law. It's not who's got the biggest fists, it's who's got cash, who's got power, who's got reason.
"Buy!"
Yu Jin wasn't the shy type, and went for it immediately.
[Wasteland Points -500]
[You obtained: Wasteland Gold 1kg]
[Current Wasteland Points: 111700]
Smack—
Yu Jin suddenly had a heavy gold brick in his hand.
"Gold price nowadays is over 700 per gram."
"A one-kilo gold brick—even if gold shops buy it for less than market price, that's still sixty or seventy grand easy."
Yu Jin crunched the numbers and felt more and more satisfied.
He put away the gold brick and kept reading.
[Tier Two Energy Crystal]
[Price: 2000 Points]
[Evaluation: A pure and safe energy source, a rare treasure in Wasteland World.]
"Two thousand points?"
"That price... kinda steep."
Yu Jin might have a lot of points, but he wasn't stupid, so he held off and looked at the last item.
[Ability: Hardening (Level 1)]
[Price: 5000 Points]
[Evaluation: Can make body parts as hard as iron or stone, an ability that's great for both offense and defense!]
[Note: This ability can only be used after activating 'Earth' or 'Metal' Attribute.]
Yu Jin started thinking.
He didn't expect that the mall actually let you buy 'abilities' directly.
"Hardening body parts?"
"Sounds pretty useful..."
Yu Jin stared at the description, feeling a little tempted.
Five thousand points isn't really expensive; the catch is you need to activate the 'Earth' or 'Metal' attribute first.
But Yu Jin's attribute is 'Light', so he doesn't qualify.
Still…
"Buy it!"
Yu Jin waved his hand, purchasing on the spot.
Whoosh—
A shimmer of light entered his body.
On Yu Jin's personal panel, one more entry appeared under abilities: 'Hardening Level 1'.
Only it came with a note: (Attribute not activated, unavailable).
Yu Jin bought it, not because he's drooling over the 'hardening body-part' aspect.
The real reason was…
At the very bottom of the three products.
There was a countdown timer.
The timer read 23 hours and 55 minutes!
Since products refresh every 24 hours, might as well scoop them up before they vanish and stockpile.
"Points can always be farmed for more, but miss the chance and you might never get it back..."