Haircut

Half an hour later.

Outside the shop.

His appearance had undergone a complete transformation.

His shabby beggar's outfit had become an upscale white suit paired with white leather shoes.

Xi Shenlian's handsomeness had skyrocketed.

After shooting a glance at a security guard who feared him like a snake or scorpion,

he immediately let out a strange, "Heh heh heh" laugh.

This made the other man even more terrified.

After that.

He happily swaggered away.

Bullying the weak and all that...

It really felt pretty good~

Now that his outfit had been changed, his hairstyle needed to be changed as well.

With that thought,

he took out his new phone.

Using his thoughts, he opened its navigation function.

He had gotten this new item through the Mood Value Lottery while trying on clothes earlier.

Signal-Excellent Communicator: The creator had imbued it with special power. Not only was it nearly indestructible and equipped with infinite battery life, it also came with an adjustable intelligent Auxiliary AI. Most importantly, its communication function could achieve cross-temporal communication while completely blocking eavesdropping. With it, one could chat freely with anyone even at the very center of the Big Bang! That was assuming neither the other party nor the user had been blown to death... Note: Its appearance and weight could be customized to a certain extent.

To be honest.

Xi Shenlian had no idea how powerful the built-in Auxiliary AI actually was.

However, as soon as the thing was activated, it had automatically asked him whether he wanted to invade the current planet's network system.

Then.

Once Xi Shenlian agreed, it automatically took control of all network permissions on the entire planet that were connected to external networks in less than a second.

The Auxiliary AI had even automatically created several custom applications in that instant.

For example, one of them was called Current Planetary Military Distribution and Management.

As soon as Xi Shenlian opened it, he saw options granting control over the various intelligent weapons of every country.

That included all sorts of so-called unconventional weapons.

Such as nuclear bombs in a partially activated state, ready to respond to war at any moment.

In any case, as long as those things were connected to the internet or could be indirectly affected by an external network,

Xi Shenlian could manipulate them remotely.

Even the satellites in outer space had had control permissions established for them.

Although the governments of every country could still use their Space Satellites normally at this moment,

the highest control authority had already been locked down by the thing in Xi Shenlian's hands.

The so-called navigation function Xi Shenlian was using was actually the Space Satellite control software that the communicator's built-in AI had just created.

In essence, he was borrowing the Space Satellites overhead to search for nearby barbershops...

As a bonus.

The Auxiliary AI had also automatically filtered the genuine reviews of those barbershops across various apps through the internet, then conducted an overall automatic rating. It displayed all the recommended targets to Xi Shenlian for him to choose from.

"Ye~"

"I have to admit, this thing is pretty useful."

Looking at the thing in his hand that gave him control over the global network, Xi Shenlian casually picked a nearby barbershop and leisurely walked over...

--

A little over ten minutes later.

Inside an upscale barbershop where even a casual haircut cost tens of thousands of yen, and adding a package could easily amount to one or two months of an ordinary person's wages,

Xi Shenlian looked at the young, beautiful barber beside him, whose face was filled with embarrassment.

Then he looked at the scissors in her hand, which stubbornly refused to cut his hair.

Xi Shenlian sighed softly:

"Sigh..."

Although he knew that his physical abilities were now incredibly powerful,

he truly had not known that his hair had become even tougher and more resistant to cutting than rubber of the same thickness.

Watching the barber struggle with all her might, only managing to cut three or five hairs at a time,

Xi Shenlian felt that letting her cut his hair would turn into a major project and a test of endurance.

He helplessly chose to reassure her:

"Forget it..."

"I didn't know my hair would be this troublesome either..."

Having said that.

He undid the covering he had been wearing to keep his hair from falling onto his clothes.

At the sight of this,

the beautifully dressed barber immediately began bowing repeatedly in apology.

"I'm sorry!"

"I'm sorry!"

She looked extremely flustered.

The reason for this

was that from what had just happened, she had immediately realized that the customer before her was an Awakened.

A monster capable of slaughtering an entire city alone!

Therefore.

It was like suddenly coming face-to-face with a wild beast.

Even though he had treated her well, she was still utterly panic-stricken.

The other employees nearby also did not dare say a word.

They all began apologizing along with her.

Even the manager did the same.

They were practically a chorus of yes-men.

Xi Shenlian had just risen from his seat when he could not help thinking to himself:

What a strange bowing culture...

Even after crossing into another world, I still encountered this culture in Dongying's Parallel World...

But having lived in this world for more than ten years, he had ultimately grown accustomed to such behavior and did not show any surprise.

He simply pulled out his Super Card and said to the beautiful barber before him:

"Run the card."

"After all, I damaged your scissors."

In this life.

When he had been destitute,

Xi Shenlian had searched for work everywhere to avoid starving to death, and had learned a bit about the barbering industry.

For example:

A barber's scissors were expensive.

The more professional the barber, the more this was true.

The professional scissors in a high-end shop like this

cost an amount that ordinary people could hardly understand.

They often required a laborer to work hard for dozens of days.

But earlier,

the other party had damaged her scissors trying to cut his hair.

So it was only right for Xi Shenlian to pay for them.

However, when faced with the card he held out,

the already nervous barber naturally did not dare take it.

She instinctively waved both hands repeatedly.

With that terrified expression and those gestures,

anyone who did not know the situation might have thought she was being robbed by Xi Shenlian.

Xi Shenlian's response was simple. He merely leaned his face closer, calmly and seriously staring into her eyes as he said each word distinctly:

"I, want, you, to, run, the, card."

It was not an equal tone.

It was a direct commanding tone!

At that moment.

Through Xi Shenlian's black pupils,

the terrified barber seemed to glimpse a faint light.

A pale-violet light!

She also saw Xi Shenlian's originally round pupils, which looked like an ordinary person's,

slowly spreading and stretching until they gradually became somewhat elongated.

Like the vertical pupils of some wild beast.

It filled her with fear from the depths of her heart.

Yet instinctively, she wanted to submit.

She shuddered and loudly replied, "Yes!"

Hearing this.

Xi Shenlian nodded in satisfaction:

"Very good."

He directly tossed the Super Card in his hand to her.

However.

Just as he was somewhat disappointed and about to turn around to wait at the counter while she ran the card,

something unexpected happened.

The barber's voice, forced to remain calm as she continued speaking, made him pause slightly.

"My lord!"

"Although I can't cut your hair..."

"But... I can use hair gel and other products to give you a relatively simple hairstyle based on your current hair length!!"

Upon hearing this.

Xi Shenlian immediately turned his head.

His gaze once again fell on the barber, whose expression was frightened yet somehow stubborn.

"..."

After hesitating for a second,

Xi Shenlian sat back down.

With a calm expression, he said:

"Then hurry up."

"Yes!"

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