Infinite Days Chapter 5

Li Ke focused his attention on it, and the next moment, the item's attributes appeared before his eyes.

Gold Nugget: A merchant might be interested in this. Selling price: 140.

Without much hesitation, Li Ke sold the gold bar, but the instant the transaction went through, a prompt suddenly flashed at the corner of his eye.

EXP +420.

Not only that, but the purple bar he had previously noticed in the empty space at the bottom of his vision twitched forward by a tiny amount.

Experience points?

Transactions could also grant experience points?

Li Ke found this world increasingly absurd, but when he saw the gleaming item in his inventory called Duke Casino Tokens, his curiosity got the better of him, and he focused his mind on it as well.

This time, options that only appeared in games showed up.

Decompose (S) Drop (D)

Li Ke didn't choose to decompose. Instead, he pressed D, and the next moment, a cloth pouch materialized out of thin air, landing on the table in front of the merchant.

"..."

Li Ke grabbed the small linen bag. A button reading Press E to Pick Up appeared on it, but instead of using the system to pick it up directly, he simply pulled open the pouch's opening.

The next moment, a pile of yellow coins spilled onto the table. Li Ke picked one up and examined it, finding it was made of brass, with strange patterns stamped on its surface.

And because it was in English, he...

Couldn't understand it.

There was no helping it—he had long since returned his college English Level 4 knowledge. If not for the certificate, he wouldn't even know he had ever known English.

"Come to think of it, Erina Nakiri has been speaking Japanese this whole time."

He glanced at Erina Nakiri without making it obvious. He had heard clearly that this girl had been speaking Japanese all along, yet he could inexplicably understand her, and she could understand what he said as well.

Back when the two of them were in a panic, he hadn't paid any attention to this.

But setting that aside...

Li Ke's attention returned to the things appearing in his field of vision.

He closed the merchant's page and tried pressing the B key in his mind.

The next moment, a grid of empty slots appeared before him, just like when he had opened the store earlier, but this time, there were many more things.

On the left side of the inventory, an image of him in a suit, wielding two axes, appeared. On the right side, a long block of text showed up.

Concussion. Treated Scratches: 45h 23m 42s. Anti-inflammatory: 3.5%. Treated Mild Infection: 1.5%. Hunger. Thirst.

Li Ke was stunned by this prompt. He moved his mind to the treated infection, and a string of text appeared.

Treated Mild Infection: Your mild infection has been treated. Continue medication until the infection is eliminated. Being attacked by zombies or animals will worsen the infection.

"I've been treated?"

Li Ke was bewildered. He remembered that after being scratched and showing signs of a possible infection, all he had done was eat some canned Spam and consume some honey.

Was it the Spam or the honey that acted as medicine?

Hextech steroids?

The text was simple enough to understand and matched his condition. He was indeed hungry and thirsty, and the concussion wasn't hard to grasp—he had hit his head when he first arrived here.

But if there was hope for a cure...

His hands trembling slightly, he opened the merchant's options again, entered the store interface, flipped through it quickly, and finally, in the medical category, saw what he wanted to see!

Honey: Food 5, HP 2, Max Stamina Bonus: None, Cures Infection 5%.

Honey really was the thing that treated infections!

Li Ke instantly grabbed Erina Nakiri beside him in excitement, his elation driving him to kiss this beautiful merchant on the lips before instinctively wanting to make a purchase.

But then, he suddenly realized something.

He didn't have enough money.

Even selling that gold bar had only netted him 140 coins, and a jar of honey here cost 240!

But that was fine—there were still over a dozen gold bars in the room they had come from! Enough to buy plenty of honey!

However, the Erina Nakiri he was holding had no idea why Li Ke had suddenly become so excited. She stared blankly, covering her cheek, looking at Li Ke's face, which was now wild with joy, utterly unable to understand why his emotions had been shifting so drastically.

Seeing her confusion, Li Ke kissed her on the cheek once more.

"We're saved! If all of this is real! Erina! We don't have to become zombies!"

"Huh?"

Erina looked utterly bewildered, having no idea what Li Ke was talking about.

And seeing the confusion in Erina's eyes, Li Ke suddenly realized something.

What if the honey didn't work on Erina?

Li Ke couldn't help but glance at what he saw in his own vision, his gaze drifting upward to the various labels.

Craft, Character, Map, Skills, Quest, Log, Player, Creative.

Li Ke quickly tapped each one to check their functions.

Craft opened a blank, empty framework. Character was the inventory he'd opened earlier.

But then, some surprises appeared.

When Li Ke tried to open the map, a bright red prompt appeared.

'Insufficient permissions.'

Not dwelling on that, he shifted his focus to Skills, but again got the same insufficient permissions prompt.

The Log afterward also wouldn't open. Only when he clicked on Player did it work, revealing an interface that looked like an Excel spreadsheet.

Li Ke: Level 1, Game Phase 1, Party None, Allies None, Enemies Killed 12, Players Killed 0.

Erina Nakiri: Level 0, Game Phase 0, Party None, Allies None, Enemies Killed 0, Players Killed 0.

"Level zero... because she hasn't killed enough zombies?"

Li Ke stared at Erina's column and couldn't help clicking the party option next to her entry, but nothing happened.

So he closed the interface, kept the game screen visible, and fixed his gaze on Erina. Under her confused and bashful stare, he mentally selected the option to hold E on her.

Then, the next moment, a prompt appeared in his vision.

"Would you like to spend 11,240 experience points to help Erina Nakiri become a player?"

A smile spread across Li Ke's lips. He leaned in and kissed Erina's cheek again, his excitement so overwhelming that he didn't realize how much of a shock this was to a young girl.

"Mr. Li Ke! What is wrong with you?!"

Erina covered her flushed cheeks, utterly unable to understand why Li Ke was so worked up.

"Well, to put it simply, it looks like we really can survive here together for a long time!"

Li Ke hugged Erina again in his excitement. Though the girl didn't resist, her expression turned disdainful.

"Who, who would want to, to..."

The girl felt her heart racing. She had imagined what her other half might be like before, but most of the time, she thought it would be a chef capable of creating dishes that could "lift the curse of her God's Tongue."

But now, she felt that even if the curse of the God's Tongue couldn't be lifted, living together with Li Ke wouldn't be so bad.

After all, honey mixed with Spam wasn't particularly terrible... as long as she got used to it!

Yes, in a place like this, she, Erina Nakiri, could adapt!

"Anyway, come out with me first! Erina, I need you to kill a few zombies to help me verify something!"

Li Ke excitedly picked up the Duke Casino Tokens, stashing them in his inventory, then grabbed the girl's hand and dashed out of the Store.

Since gold bars could be exchanged for money, and the merchant's catalog had a huge selection of goods for sale, that meant other things could earn money too!

But as he stepped out the door, a question popped into Li Ke's mind.

"Wait... do I really not have any kind of cheat or something?"

This cheat had clearly appeared because of this world—otherwise, Erina wouldn't have been eligible to be invited as a player. Though it could be a developmental cheat, Li Ke felt it was more likely due to the world itself.

So as a transmigrator, was he really just the ordinary kind?

"How depressing."

Shoving that thought aside, Li Ke quickly led the girl back to the room they'd been in before.

Rapidly stashing the gold bars into his inventory, Li Ke frantically searched for things he could sell. Unfortunately, neither the sofa nor the refrigerator could be stored in his inventory. Only things like folding chairs and flowerpots could be added.

And to his disappointment, there were no lootable chests or anything. No matter how much he mentally pressed E on cabinets or refrigerators, nothing happened.

During this time, Li Ke no longer feared the zombies. Instead, he kept explaining everything he'd discovered to Erina.

"So you're saying we've come to a game world, and as long as we act in ways that fit the game world, we can gain the abilities of game characters? And the honey we ate is medicine that can cure infection?"

Erina couldn't help but hold her head.

"Sorry, Mr. Li Ke, but this is just too strange! Though in this world... well, we've already transmigrated here, so I suppose nothing is off the table anymore."

Erina took a deep breath and looked at Li Ke.

"So that means neither Mr. Li Ke nor I have to die? We can live on forever?!"

Her heart was also filled with joy, but even more so with uncertainty. Because while she had witnessed all sorts of miraculous things—like those brass Duke Casino Tokens vanishing into thin air, or that terrifying female merchant, or doors that opened and closed without hands—she still found it hard to believe until she obtained these things herself.

"Mm, that's right. But to be safe, I need to make you a so-called player first. Otherwise, I'm not sure if the honey's detox mechanism will work on you."

Li Ke was still running a bit of a fever. It seemed this character panel couldn't directly affect his condition, and he also needed to confirm whether this was all his own delusion or something truly happening.

"So... you're going to fight those monsters?"

Although she had mentally prepared herself for fighting zombies, Erina Nakiri still felt a surge of worry at the thought of Li Ke battling those creatures.

"That's right. If this is real, then we don't have to worry about infection anymore. And without that worry, this isn't such a terrifying thing for us. As long as we don't run into a large horde of zombies at night or get surrounded, these monsters will just be our prey. So don't worry. Turning you into a player won't cost much experience either... just... hmm, how much was it?"

Li Ke nodded, placed his hand on Erina Nakiri's shoulder to comfort the girl, and in an instant called up the game interface. He pressed E on Erina Nakiri.

But nothing happened. Li Ke froze, then repeatedly pressed E on Nakiri in his mind, trying to summon that interface.

And then, the next moment—

Erina Nakiri's clothes vanished.

"Huh?"

Before Li Ke's eyes appeared a rare sight. Whether it was her top, shoes, skirt, or socks, all of them disappeared in an instant under his "continuous mental E technique."

His palm instantly touched skin as smooth as silk, glimpsed snowy peaks, and those delicate, pink, adorable things.

And that sparse, golden wheat field hiding a mysterious pink secret.

"No sagging at all... truly..."

He muttered unconsciously, and at that moment, Erina Nakiri sensed something was wrong.

She looked down at her own body, then at Li Ke, who was staring intently at her chest. The next second, she couldn't help but let out a scream.

"Mr. Li Ke!!"

Erina Nakiri hurriedly covered her chest with one hand, sinking her pale palm into another expanse of snow-white, making those cute pink things disappear from Li Ke's view.

Not only that, she also shielded the golden wheat field and pressed her legs together, preventing Li Ke from seeing any more strange places.