novelraw Chapter 577 - 458: Double Eleven is almost here, have you shopped online yet? (5K)
Chapter 577 - 458: Double Eleven is almost here, have you shopped online yet? (5K)
"950, 835, 902, 413, 112?"
Phoenix Mountain looked at the four scroll-like tools taken from the Key Box and read out each scroll’s information one by one.
Yes, all the surface information on these tickets was just numbers and not a single extra word.
Not even punctuation marks!
"What is this?" Phoenix Mountain looked puzzled, "Old Li, you were chatting so enthusiastically with Zi Shu just now, didn’t you think to ask what these numbers mean?"
Li Zheng was also bewildered: "How would I know that Outer City tickets would be like this?"
Honestly, isn’t this laziness a bit much?
Aside from the numbers, couldn’t they give a bit more of a hint?
For example, what do these numbers signify?
"Zi Shu mentioned ’districts’ earlier, could these numbers be district codes?" Zhan Zhouzhou speculated, "Or maybe... a place like a newcomer reception point?"
"Possibly."
Li Zheng thought for a moment, handed the ’835’ scroll to Lin Fengjiao, then gave the ’950’ scroll to Zhan Zhouzhou, kept the other three scrolls, and said: "Either way, places with similar numbers should be relatively close. I’ll use the 902 scroll to go to the Outer City, how about we meet at the Gravity Research Institute?"
Meeting up is like getting lost during a trip; it’s best to find a landmark as a point of reference.
No one knows how large a district in the Outer City is. If they choose to meet at ’950,’ and it turns out to be as big as the entire Dragon Country?
Although they’ve gathered quite a bit of intel about the Outer City through various channels, everything over there remains unknown until they personally check it out.
"To be safe, we’d better make two plans."
After thinking for a while, Li Zheng said, "Let’s set a limit of ten days. If any of us can’t reach the Gravity Research Institute in ten days, the other shouldn’t wait there foolishly, alright?"
Zhan Zhouzhou was silent for a moment, then quietly said, "Have you already thought of using this excuse not to go to the Gravity Research Institute on purpose?"
"..."
Li Zheng was startled, damn it, he was seen through!
That’s precisely what he was thinking just now...
"If you don’t trust me, we can sign an agreement." Li Zheng braced himself and said, with an agreement constraint, you ought to trust me, right?
Zhan Zhouzhou thought for a moment and nodded hard: "Fine! But the time limit has to be changed from ten days to fifteen days."
"No problem!"
Li Zheng immediately agreed.
Then the two of them set the terms of the agreement right in front of Phoenix Mountain and the others.
During which Phoenix Mountain suggested adding a clause that stated, ’On the way to the Gravity Research Institute, except for factors beyond control, neither can stay in one place for more than four hours.’
This meant that whenever Li Zheng and they sleep, it can’t be for more than four hours, otherwise the terminal will forcibly wake them up.
After Phoenix Mountain made this suggestion, he quickly fled the award hall with Yan Guang, under Li Zheng’s murderous gaze.
This agreement was supposed to be for both parties, but Zhan Zhouzhou voluntarily suggested that the limit could be extended to eight hours.
Following that, the agreement was revised, each signed it, and then submitted it to the terminal for notarization.
And then...
It didn’t take effect...
The reason being that this agreement functionality only works within the Matrix, and doesn’t exist once you reach the Outer City.
"Oh great, that was a waste of time," Li Zheng shrugged, helplessly returning the collar to Zhan Zhouzhou.
Since they couldn’t sign the agreement, he couldn’t justify keeping this item and decided it was best to return it.
It’s a pity though, the potential of this item is quite high; if they could find a method to upgrade it, it could at least match the Star Shining.
"I have a question. I don’t know if I should ask," Lin Fengjiao raised her hand and weakly said.
"Since Brother Li Zheng wants this collar so much, Sister Zhou can wait until Brother Li Zheng finds you in the Outer City, and then give him the collar."
"This way, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou glanced at each other and fell silent.
Tsk...
Really can’t see the forest for the trees. The two spent half a day studying the agreement terms, and Lin Fengjiao, who had been watching, seemed to see it more clearly than they did.
"What if she doesn’t give it then?" Li Zheng pointed at Zhan Zhouzhou, forcefully finding an excuse.
"...Sister Zhou didn’t mind giving it to you early, she probably won’t go back on her word, right?" Lin Fengjiao didn’t see that Li Zheng was just using this as an excuse, she seriously pondered and said: "Even if she doesn’t give it then, Brother Li Zheng, you wouldn’t really lose out. Sister Zhou is so pretty, isn’t it nice to have a pretty lady accompany you in the Outer City?"
Is Zhan Zhouzhou beautiful?
Very beautiful!
Especially that figure, it’s planted firmly in a man’s heart, leaving no flaws.
But, if you talk about beauty...
Li Zheng glanced at Mirel, standing dazedly beside him. Compared to the little Enchanting Demon, Zhan Zhouzhou was slightly inferior.
However, Zhan Zhouzhou’s appearance gives a sense of real beauty, the kind when you take one look and think, "Hmm, this is a human beauty we can grow here."
Mirel, on the other hand, inherited the Enchanting Demon’s traits, so beautiful it feels a bit unreal.
"Am I that superficial?" Li Zheng wanted to say that Mirel was more pleasing to look at than Zhan Zhouzhou, it didn’t matter at all. But when he caught sight of Zhan Zhouzhou’s narrowed eyes with cold light flashing from the slits, he shuddered internally and immediately changed his words: "You’re right, I am that superficial!"