Strange Happenings on a Stormy Night

Ruins—that was Bai Zhi's first impression of the city.

Upon entering the Damaged city before him, he discovered that the scene inside was far more Damaged than what he had seen from the outside.

To put it in words, it was as if an extremely fierce war had broken out in this city before, destroying it and leaving it in Damaged.

Almost none of the buildings in this city were intact. Some had half their roofs blown off, some had completely collapsed into ruins, and some buildings had even been split in two, with one half collapsing to the ground as ruins, while the other half still stood there, revealing the dark interior of the building.

The sky began to darken, the pitch-black clouds almost reaching the ground, and the rumbling thunder was incessant. Every now and then, lightning would rip through the sky, bringing a flash of bright light.

Before the downpour began, Bai Zhi and Xu Lian took shelter in a nine-story building that was still in relatively good condition.

Although it is said to be intact, it is only better than the surrounding houses. Most of the walls have collapsed, directly exposing the fragile building structure.

Instead of taking the dark stairs, the Plush Cat gracefully ascended the wall, stopping only when it reached the seventh floor.

This is the least damaged floor, but even so, half of the wall is still broken, and behind the broken wall appears to be an office building.

Bai Zhi and Xu Lian had just slipped through the broken wall when the long-accumulated torrential rain outside finally roared down. A huge, cold wind swept in bursts of rain, splashing muddy ripples on the street below, and rainwater formed a thick curtain under the eaves.

Bai Zhi had never seen such heavy rain before; it was as if the entire city was about to be submerged in it.

Without needing his reminder, Xu Lian quite consciously started a fire after taking shelter inside. Although the Gale and rain kept pouring into the room through the gap in one half of the wall, at least the other half of the wall could barely block the wind.

However, with the torrential rain and the Gale blowing in from the outside, the already low temperature dropped even more rapidly.

Before they even found a suitable Hiding Spot, their clothes were already almost completely soaked. Now, with the cold wind blowing in, mixed with the downpour, it was like adding insult to injury.

Bai Zhi was a little better off; his 24-point Constitution meant he wouldn't be unable to withstand the cold. However, Xu Lian was freezing, and Bai Zhi estimated that her Constitution attribute might even be less than 11 points.

As for the quilt that she had wrapped around herself, it had been completely soaked by the rain and thrown aside when they were looking for a suitable Hiding Spot.

One of the reasons she took the initiative to start a fire was that she was simply too cold to bear.

Seeing Xu Lian Bai Zhi tossed her a [Shadow Enhance] to Enhancement her attributes. Then, he took out the Plush Cat again and had it lie down in the broken wall to block the gap.

While it wasn't completely blocked off, it did manage to keep out most of the Gale and rain from outside.

After doing all that, seven or eight black Shadow darted out from beneath his feet to explore other parts of the building. The [Magic Type] silently slid into his palm, and Bai Zhi fired a shot at the desk over there.

As the dull gunshot rang out, flames suddenly shot up, startling Xu Lian, who was painstakingly moving wood to start a fire.

One of the [Hundred Changes] attributes is [Ignite].

An uncontrollable weapon combined with a controllable Skill results in a synergy where 1+1>2.

In terms of changing the special effects attached to the Bullet fired by [Magic Type] to a predetermined probability, the cost to [Failed Writer] is actually very small; Bai Zhi has deliberately tried it.

Specifying one special effect consumes 50 Spiritual Energy Value points. The Spiritual Energy Value required increase exponentially for each additional special effect added.

However, one Bullet with one to three special effects is enough.

If Bai Zhi didn't have enough Spiritual Energy Value, he wouldn't be so extravagant. Equipment or items that can increase the maximum Spiritual Energy Value are always in short supply on the Player market.

So what does this tell us?

Lolis, forever goddesses!!

If Qingyi hadn't worked tirelessly day and night to concoct Magic Potion for him, Bai Zhi would never have appeared so relaxed.

Five minutes later, a fire was lit at the edge of the wall.

Outside, the rain poured down, with thunder and gale- Gale winds raging. Inside, however, the flickering flames of the burning fire created a warm and cozy atmosphere.

"Wait... you didn't even prepare a tent beforehand?"

Looking at the Young Girl in front of him, who was pleading with him with her hands together and her eyes half-closed, Bai Zhi was speechless.

"I'm just High School Student, the future flower of our motherland, the successor of socialism. Where would I get so much money? Even a good tent costs several thousand."

When the topic of money came up, Xu Lian looked resentful.

"Besides, you know about that Cold Wave these past few days. Even if I wanted to buy a tent, there's no way I could find one, right? I'd freeze to death if I went out..."

"I did bring a tent, but I don't think you need to change your clothes. You can dry them by the fire. Why go through all that trouble?"

Rolling his eyes, Bai Zhi looked slightly annoyed.

"If you really need to change your clothes, you can go next door."

"But it's so uncomfortable to be dressed like this when I'm wet, how can I possibly dry out... Please, please, can you just do me this small favor? I'll set up the tent myself."

With her head bowed hands clasped together in front of her head, Xu Lian struck a fairly standard pleading pose.

"The neighbor's place is drafty from all sides, I don't want to go there. I've been feeling a little inconvenienced these past few days..."

"Not very convenient? Setting up a tent is even more inconvenient, isn't it?"

Bai Zhi looked completely bewildered.

"No, it's just that my stomach isn't feeling well..."

"Then drink more hot water! There's a fire here to boil water; maybe your clothes will dry while you're boiling them?"

Bai Zhi was even more confused.

Why bother setting up a tent here and then going inside just to change clothes?

"... I bet you don't have a girlfriend."

Slightly exhausted, Xu Lian lowered her hand, and the corner of her mouth twitched slightly.

"No, I have, and there were three Girl who loved me so much they were willing to give their Life for me."

With his head held high and chest out, Bai Zhi looked utterly proud.

"When it comes to matters of the heart, I'm your Senior."

"..."

Xu Lian thought those three Girl were absolutely blind.

Finally, after much pleading and cajoling, the tent was erected as scheduled, not far behind the campfire.

"By the way, you can't watch me change."

Just before crawling into the tent, Xu Lian turned back slightly, a little worried, and said something.

"Don't worry, who's going to look at you?"

While poking at the fire in front of him with a wooden stick, Bai Zhi curled his lip in disgust and then turned around.

So Girl are really strange. They could dry themselves by the fire, but they insist on setting up a tent and going inside to change clothes... And besides, with books, if he wants to read something, he has a million ways to do it without the other person noticing...

Just as Bai Zhi was secretly grumbling to himself, an exceptionally thick bolt of lightning ripped through the Tian Kong, illuminating the entire world in a dazzling white light.

At that moment, Bai Zhi's eyes inadvertently caught sight of the wall to the side, and he suddenly paused for a moment.

In the shadow cast on the wall by the lightning, a blurry figure changing clothes inside a tent suddenly ripped its head off its neck.