The System is Abstract, Luckily, So Am I

Chapter 144 : There Are More 'Bros' in This World

Sleeping in one's own bed is indeed more comfortable.

It might also be because the human pillar of the tractor, Baowei, was no longer buzzing in his ear.

With blurry eyes, he turned off his phone's alarm. Lin Li reached for the portable controllable power source at the head of his bed, clipped the positive pole to his left hand and the negative pole to his right, and turned it on.

"Hiss—" A current surged through his body, and Lin Li sucked in a breath of cold air.

He remembered. All the memories of being a mother from the day before yesterday came flooding back, and he was instantly wide awake.

He was energized.

After removing the charging clips from his fingers, Lin Li nodded with satisfaction. Isn't this better than rubbing your eyes and washing your face?

He opened the system store and redeemed today's "Random Spirit Stone" and "Limit-Breaking Talisman".

Damn it, why is it low-grade again? Do gamblers really not deserve houses?

He hadn't won once so far. It would be nice to get a medium-grade one.

After today's consumption, he still had 860 system currency left. His inventory was four spirit stones and two "Limit-Breaking Talismans"—it should have been eight, but Lin Li had used four of them last night to perfect his Pure Righteous Thunder Body.

The effort was not without reward. Lin Li looked at his left hand. An electric arc was generated between his two fingers and connected with his will. Although it was not obvious during the day, he could hear the slight sound of an electric explosion.

With the buff of a 200% increase in the effect of the Pure Righteous Thunder Body and the consumption of four spirit stones, Lin Li had made significant progress in his ability to withstand, store, and generate electricity.

The maximum distance the electric arc could attack had already reached five or six centimeters.

Short is also cute.

The him of yesterday, if he were in the cultivation world, would be nothing but a useless piece of trash. But today is different from the past. The him of today, if he were in the cultivation world, would at least be a somewhat useful piece of trash.

This was equivalent to evolving from non-recyclable trash to recyclable trash, a qualitative change.

If Lin Li were to give birth again, he should be able to endure it even without the strength transmitted from his husband's hand.

Unnamed Thunder Path Grandmaster, I, Lin Li, have remembered this debt. I'll make you fly one day.

Before washing up and practicing the Eight-Stage Body Tempering Art, seeing that his phone's breathing light was on, Lin Li opened it to see who had sent a message.

It was actually an @all members in the class QQ group. He clicked on it:

「Xue Jian: @all members, pay attention to the balance between work and rest during the holiday. Rest in moderation, and study in moderation. Whether it's rest or study, excess is not good.」

It was sent at 0:56 AM.

Below were replies of "received" from the night owls who were still awake. None of them had ever worked a day in their lives, yet some had the soul of a wage slave.

Lin Li actually didn't want to reply.

But the "+1" in the QQ group was too tempting. It would take a god to not click "+1", so Lin Li really couldn't help but click it.

After clicking, Lin Li began to wonder, why send such a message in the middle of the night?

It was probably because the school had assigned more teaching tasks, forcing Xue Jian to urge everyone to study even in the middle of the night.

However, Xue Jian had indeed reminded him. Lin Li sat down at his desk, took a picture of himself studying, and then sent it to Bai Bufan:

「Lin Li: [Image]」

「Lin Li: Old Man Jian's reminder is so right.」

「Lin Li: So I've already started to stud... y...」

「Lin Li: I can't study anymore, damn it. I'm not studying. I'm planning to play games all day today. Hehe, just kidding.」

When Bai Bufan woke up, his phone screen would only show the latest message he had sent, but due to the screen limit, it wouldn't be displayed in full.

So when Bai Bufan opened WeChat, he would only see a red "4" and "I can't study anymore, damn it. I'm not studying..." in the chat bar.

Lin Li could already imagine how happy Bai Bufan would be when he saw this sentence, and then how he would enter with a red face and leave with a red face.

This is called detail, this is called clickbait. The UC News Department should really hire me.

【For one consecutive month, rise before the hour of the Rabbit to diligently practice the Eight-Stage Body Tempering Art, for a cumulative total of at least half a shichen before the hour of the Dragon (9/30)】

Today, he had practiced the spiritual energy chapter for an hour, so Lin Li did it in the living room and didn't go downstairs. See you another day, Little Zhou.

The spiritual energy chapter was not tiring. Lin Li, who hadn't even broken a sweat, did not choose to study. Instead, he chose to go downstairs now, have breakfast, and then come to the entrance of the residential area.

Now his system only had three tasks hanging.

The monthly exam ranking and the early morning exercise, these two were things he couldn't rush. No matter how hard he tried during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he wouldn't be able to complete them. So Lin Li's focus was naturally on the escort mission.

He squatted at the entrance of the residential area for a long time, but he didn't see a single delivery rider.

"Damn it, it's a holiday weekend morning, and it's an old residential area. Those who would order takeout at this time are not up yet, and those who are up at this time won't order takeout," Lin Li realized this belatedly.

He rode his bicycle to a slightly newer residential area nearby.

This kind of residential area was more likely to have young people who went to bed early. They were very likely to order breakfast delivery.

Of course, when Lin Li said 'go to bed early'—he meant they would eat breakfast and then go back to sleep.

As expected, after squatting for less than half a minute, a sect's escort stopped at the entrance, carrying a takeout and jogging in.

However, Lin Li did not go up, because this escort looked a bit old and seemed not easy to communicate with. Lin Li's target was still the younger ones, with a smaller generation gap and easier to communicate with, the young riders.

...

Target locked.

When the other party came out of the residential area, with no takeout in his hand and looking at his phone, Lin Li immediately went up, "Bro."

"Hmm?" The other party turned his head to look at Lin Li upon hearing this, then frowned, "What's wrong?"

"Can I take up a little of your time?" Lin Li was very polite.

"Not buying insurance, not renting an apartment, not going to the gym," the other party immediately shook his head upon hearing this and was about to get on his little electric scooter.

"It's a misunderstanding, bro. I just have a proposal that can help you earn more money," Lin Li went up and stopped him again, emphasizing at the same time.

The other party's footsteps faltered upon hearing this. He turned his head to look at Lin Li and moved a few steps closer.

Lin Li smiled slightly. He was really good at judging people.

"Brother, have you been scammed? Is there anyone watching you nearby? Do you need me to call the police?" However, after the other party got closer, he just lowered his voice and said, while also warily looking around.

Lin Li: "..."

Not only was his anti-fraud awareness super strong, but he even had a warm heart that would go the extra mile. I'm still too bad at judging people.

"It's an even bigger misunderstanding, bro. You can think of it as me asking you for a favor, and then I'll pay you a certain amount of compensation, so that you can at least earn more money today," Lin Li thought for a moment and rephrased his words.

"What is it?" The other party was even more confused, but since Lin Li said so, he was a little interested.

"It's like this. I'm a student, and I have a project report for the holiday. My report project is on food delivery. And for some reason, I really want to experience delivering food myself. But the problem is, I'm not an adult yet, and the platform doesn't allow me to register. So I want to ask if I can use your account to deliver food.

First of all, I won't withdraw the money earned from the account, it will all be left for you. And besides that, I will also pay you a certain amount of extra compensation, since I'm occupying your account and you can't deliver food anymore.

Don't worry, I will definitely not have any malicious behavior. If your account suffers any losses because of me, such as being reported, the losses will definitely be paid by me..."

Lin Li said the draft he had prepared last night.

And the other party was naturally full of question marks.

After all, this request sounded really strange.

"Huh? You mean... you want to pay to deliver food for me?" The other party's expression was really complicated as he struggled to summarize.

Paying to work, it's hard to imagine anyone would make such a request.

He had only heard that college students with a salary of three thousand yuan didn't need to be paid at all during their internships. And for some majors, especially medicine, if you wanted to intern at a good hospital, you even had to pay extra.

But at least you could learn something from an internship. What was this kid trying to do by interning as a food delivery person? Learn how to curse at security guards and how to squeeze through the doggy doors of residential areas?

Has he already found his career path at this age?

Although the prospects are broad, isn't it a bit crooked?

"Yes, you can understand it that way," Lin Li nodded.

"How nostalgic. A few years ago, when I was a student, I was as stupid... as innocent as you guys, and would work hard to make a PPT," the other party sighed with emotion and began to recall his youth.

Lin Li: "..."

Bro, you wanted to say 'stupid', right?

But it's understandable.

"I've checked. The delivery fee here in Xiling, you can normally earn about fifty or sixty in a morning, right? I plan to pay you one hundred, and the income from the food delivery will also be yours. Is that acceptable?" Lin Li continued to persuade.

"It's no problem to support you in writing some project report. I also believe you won't deliberately ruin my rider account. You don't look..." the other party paused, "But it's like this. The platform requires the account and the person to be the same. Once it's discovered that someone else is running my account, the situation can be serious and my account can be banned."

After saying this, the man shook his head and said, "This is my livelihood. I dare not take this risk."

"How can they find out? As long as you help me with the face scan when the account goes online, won't that be enough?" Lin Li frowned upon hearing this.

"The platform will randomly conduct spot checks when an order is completed. At that time, a face scan is also required," the other party explained.

"...There's such a thing," Lin Li was stunned upon hearing this, but then he had a more perfect solution. "Then bro, how about this? I'll ride your scooter and use your account to deliver, and you'll sit behind me the whole time.

This way, if there's any situation, you can handle it at the first moment. You'll be watching me, so you can rest assured. And if I encounter any situation, I can ask you, so I can also rest assured.

And because this might take up your whole morning, I'll pay you an extra twenty yuan."

The other party thought for a moment after hearing this and found no problem, so he nodded, "This way, there's basically no risk. But are you sure you want to do this?"

"Mhm," Lin Li nodded.

"Let's add each other on WeChat, so I can transfer the money to you now."

I'll test it for a morning first to see if the mission can be completed. If it can't, I'll change my direction then.

"Alright," the other party nodded.

There's nothing wrong with accepting this. He just needs to sit on the back seat and play on his phone for a morning, and give some instructions when there's a situation. He can earn more money than usual, and it's also helping others. This kid will also be grateful to him. Why not do it?

The two added each other on WeChat. The man took another look at Lin Li.

Because Lin Li's alternate account's nickname had been changed from "My thesis advisor was shocked by my graduation project" to "It's the teacher's fault for pushing too hard that I'm bad at studying".

But it didn't stop it from being outrageous.

"My name is Shen Kai, what's your name?" Seeing that Lin Li sent him a red envelope as soon as he added him as a friend, Shen Kai didn't care about these details and asked.

"My name is Bai..." The name was about to come out, but Lin Li reacted and immediately changed his words, "My name is Lin Li."

Shen Kai: "..."

"Is your name really Lin Li?" Shen Kai suddenly felt a little uneasy. A guy who hesitated even when giving his name, could he be up to some conspiracy?

This kid doesn't seem like a good person anymore.

"Bro, it's really this name. This is my ID card. Bai is my nickname at school. I'm used to calling myself that."

He had just habitually given a fake name, but then he remembered that delivering food was not something to be ashamed of, so he changed it to his real name. Lin Li was now trying to cover it up.

"I see," Shen Kai relaxed a little.

"Here, Lin Li, hang this phone around your neck. This is the order-grabbing interface. Since you don't have enough experience, I suggest you don't accept the system's additional on-the-way orders. Just honestly complete one first," the delivery rider basically had two phones. Shen Kai took off his work phone with a lanyard and hung it around Lin Li's neck, then suggested.

"Okay," Lin Li nodded and directly accepted an order with a short distance, but the delivery income was only a little over four yuan.

"If it weren't for the system's mandatory assignment, we wouldn't even accept this kind of order. But it's suitable for you to practice. Here, the car keys are for you. Let's go," Shen Kai got on the scooter and consciously moved to the back seat, patting the front.

"Okay."

After Lin Li got on the scooter, Shen Kai also took off his sect's helmet and put it on Lin Li's head, reminding him at the same time, "Let me know if you see a traffic cop. I'll get off then."

Xiling might be a bit strict about helmets, but it's impossible for it to be strict.

"Okay."

Lin Li also sat firmly, held the handlebars of the electric scooter, and prepared to set off.

"You can go now, I'm ready."

Seeing that the electric scooter hadn't started, Shen Kai reminded him.

"Brother Shen, if you pull the electric scooter back, it will accelerate forward, right? There's no gas pedal or brake or anything, right? I don't need to pedal anywhere with my feet, right?" Lin Li's voice of confirmation came over.

Shen Kai: "Of course... hmm? Hmm. Hmm!!"

"?"

"Get off! Let me off!"

(End of Chapter)