Evolving infinitely from ground zero - Chapter 42:
Chapter 42: 42. Social Animal
Translator: 549690339
“Xiao Chen, there’s a lot of dust on the floor, and since we have nothing else to do right now, why don’t we sweep the classroom floor?”
After the two had finished looking at the photos on the wall and were about to leave the classroom, one of them, Shen Qinghan, noticed a lot of dust on the floor and, her compulsions getting the better of her, suggested cleaning it up.
Lin Zichen had no objections.
Thus, the two quickly found a broom and silently started sweeping the floor in the classroom.
Not long after they had started, two girls walked in from outside.
One of the girls, with her hair tied into a bun, hesitated upon seeing people sweeping the floor, then timidly asked, “Um… are you guys new students too?”
Lin Zichen stopped his sweeping upon hearing the voice and looked up at the two at the doorway, saying, “Yes, we’re new as well, only arrived not long ago, saw some dust on the floor, and decided to give it a sweep.”
What? It’s actually Lin Zichen! My god… the moment they saw Lin Zichen’s strikingly handsome face, the two girls instantly became excited and thrilled.
Especially the bun-haired girl, whose entire face turned red hot, nervously said, “Then… Lin Zichen, I’m a fan of yours.”
“A fan?”
“Yes, as in, I’ve been to every regional competition you participated in during middle school, I think you’re amazing, so… so I became a fan,” the bun-haired girl explained shyly.
Liar, dishonest, you’re clearly just a fan because he’s handsome… The short-haired girl beside her was internally rolling her eyes at the bun-haired girl’s words.
Afterwards, she looked at Lin Zichen, her cheeks tinged with a blush, and said in an embarrassed voice:
“Lin Zichen, I’m a fan too. Both of us attended Shanhai No.1 Middle School, we chose this school because we wanted to go to the same one as you, thinking that you would surely move up to the high school division here, so we specifically applied to Shanhai High School.”
That statement was indeed true; the two of them were little fans of Lin Zichen, deliberately applying to Shanhai High School to attend the same school as their idol, even hoping to be in the same class.
Lin Zichen felt flattered to hear this, never expecting that his own group of little fans had even spread to other schools.
However, it seemed his good fortune with admirers was a bit excessive.
This wasn’t a good thing.
Sooner or later, his desk drawer was bound to be stuffed with love letters, which would add a whole set of unnecessary troubles.
While the three of them were chatting, Shen Qinghan, standing to the side all this time, kept on sweeping the floor silently, like an invisible person with zero presence.
Aside from a period of liveliness in early elementary school, she had always been somewhat introverted and rarely initiated conversations with others.
She only became more talkative in front of Lin Zichen.
After all, they had grown up together and were very familiar with one another, making it a lot more comfortable to interact.
“The classroom floor does have a lot of dust, and since the two of us also have nothing else to do, let’s join you in cleaning the classroom.”
The bun-haired girl said and headed to a corner of the room, picked up a broom, and started sweeping.
Seeing this, the short-haired girl also began to sweep.
With the addition of these two girls, the classroom floor was quickly cleaned.
It was at that moment that Lin Zichen saw three pieces of text information floating in the void.
[Achievement: Collaboratively completing tasks 1000 times under the premise of cooperation]
[Reward: Earn the Biometric Attribute — Social Animal]
[Cumulative completion of tasks: 1/1000]
After reading the content, Lin Zichen felt a wave of excitement. Unexpectedly, his fifth achievement had suddenly appeared, what a pleasant surprise!
He had no idea what effect the Social Animal attribute would have.
Really looking forward to it…
At that time, the homeroom teacher Han Yuanfeng was passing through the hallway outside the classroom, on his way to the restroom in front.
Seeing some students cleaning the classroom, he immediately smiled and walked in, saying, “You guys have swept the whole classroom? Not bad, it’s very clean, well done!”
Upon hearing this, the three girls immediately felt delighted. They had made a good impression on the homeroom teacher at the start of the school year, which was a big win; the floor sweeping had truly paid off!
Unlike them, Lin Zichen felt utterly unmoved.
Having been praised too much since he was young, he had become immune to it.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, it was time to eat.
Lin Zichen saw that it was about time and went home to have a meal with Shen Qinghan.
After eating, he rested at home for a while before quickly leaving again.
Without calling Shen Qinghan, he went out alone.
The Phantom Squid album had been opened, and now it was time to open another Exotic Beast’s album.
It was time to go to the mall to see what kind of Exotic Beast Meat was suitable for consumption.
Riding his bike, he arrived at the mall like a gust of wind.
Lin Zichen parked his bike and headed straight to the top floor to see if there was any Exotic Beast Meat being sold at a reasonable price.
After looking around, he set his sights on the Violent Great Eagle Meat.
The Ferocious Great Eagle, a beast slightly more advanced than the Phantom Squid, was still primarily used for consumption.
Its biometric characteristic was exceptional eyesight.
The eyesight of an ordinary eagle was usually eight times that of a human, while the vision of the Ferocious Great Eagle could reach thirty times that, which was extremely powerful.
Moreover, its ability to capture its field of view was incredibly strong; it could even precisely catch Exotic Rabbits that nearly turned into afterimages.
With the previous summer vacation experience of opening the Phantom Squid album, Lin Zichen estimated that after opening the Ferocious Great Eagle’s album, he would most likely acquire a biometric attribute related to eyesight.
Eyesight was an extremely important biometric attribute; if it was good enough, it could significantly increase a person’s combat effectiveness.
Take martial arts competitions, for example; those with good eyesight could more easily capture their opponent’s movements, defend better against attacks from the opponent, and attack the opponent more effectively.
All things considered, the album of the Ferocious Great Eagle was undoubtedly worth opening.
Well, the main reason was that the Violent Great Eagle Meat was cheap, costing only 1998 yuan per pound.
This “cheap” was in comparison to the prices of other Exotic Beast Meat.
After all, in this entire floor, aside from the Phantom Squid Meat that cost only 998 yuan per pound, there was no other Exotic Beast Meat cheaper than the Violent Great Eagle Meat.
The third cheapest Exotic Beast Meat cost 5888 yuan per pound.
The price gap was quite exaggerated.
If it was like the Phantom Squid Meat, where consuming one pound could increase the album’s progress by 1%, then the total cost needed to open the album would come to about 900,000 yuan.
900,000 yuan!
Round it up and it’s almost a millionaire!
Can’t afford, can’t afford!
After deciding to buy the Violent Great Eagle Meat, Lin Zichen quickly found the landlord and asked him to help purchase a pound of the Violent Great Eagle Meat.
Soon, he had the meat in hand.
His savings evaporated by 1998 yuan.
Lin Zichen didn’t care about the money and turned to find a secluded place to start consuming the Violent Great Eagle Meat.
[You have consumed a trace of the “Ferocious Great Eagle’s” life essence.]
[Ferocious Great Eagle Album: 1%]
Just as he expected, consuming one pound of meat could improve the album-opening progress by 1%.
Calculating this, it would cost about 200,000 yuan to open the Ferocious Great Eagle’s album.
“200,000 yuan… It looks like I have to work even harder in high school to save enough money by participating in competitions, with the goal of lighting up the Ferocious Great Eagle’s album before sophomore year,” he thought to himself.
Lin Zichen was confident in his heart, silently planning to brighten the Ferocious Great Eagle’s album before his second year of high school, adding another biometric attribute to himself.
Although the cost needed to open the Ferocious Great Eagle’s album was high, twice that of the Phantom Squid’s album, correspondingly, the prize money for high school-level martial arts competitions was much higher than for middle school-level competitions.
PS: Holding out my bowl, asking for monthly and recommendation tickets!
