Sorry, I'm Not a Scumbag!

Talents acquired: Fallen Gift (7/7), Father God's Listening, God Summoning

The talent was his...

There was still no physical sensation, but...

"Boom—"

A roar beyond the perception of ordinary human senses suddenly erupted.

Behind Su Ze, three blurry Guardian God Phantoms emerged...

"Attack."

At a single thought, the Guardian God directly behind him seemed to manifest three heads and six arms.

It either drew a bow and fired arrows, or wielded a long blade as if about to strike...

"This must be the 'Attack God.' What a name..."

Su Ze grumbled inwardly.

He had no idea what his simulated self had been thinking, naming a Guardian God something like that.

With this Guardian God's appearance, it could have been called Susanoo.

Not only did it possess powerful physical attacks, it even came with a degree of magical offensive capability.

As the wielder of the talent, Su Ze understood its abilities clearly...

The Attack God's attacks carried cold, white flames.

If it severely wounded an opponent, those flames might burn them until not even ashes remained.

If it killed the opponent, that went without saying.

The flames would incinerate the body completely, grinding the bones to dust and scattering the ashes without mercy.

Su Ze also tested the abilities of the other two Guardian Gods one by one.

The Guardian God responsible for defense was easier to understand.

Put simply, it was a pure meat shield.

A shield that remained active twenty-four hours a day naturally had a limit.

If the damage exceeded the maximum the Guardian God could withstand, the shield would shatter, and any further damage would fall upon Su Ze himself...

Then there was the support Guardian God...

It froze time.

But it did not freeze the world's time.

It only froze Su Ze's own time.

This allowed him to think rapidly during that period.

With this ability, those scenes in comics where someone squeezed two pages of long-winded dialogue into a single instant would no longer be a dream... though it might not be all that useful.

By comparison...

When time was frozen, using the Guardian God's power to change his own position was far more practical.

This was genuine teleportation.

Unfortunately, the distance he could move was rather short.

Ten meters was more or less the limit.

"Should I test the Guardian Gods' strength...?"

Though he could roughly sense the talent's power, it still did not feel real unless he actually used it a few times.

But Su Ze looked up at the window. The morning sky was clear blue, and the residential complex was peaceful.

Under such circumstances, at most he could test the time-freezing ability.

So, in his room, he briefly tried using the ability to freeze time a few times.

Once he was done, Su Ze returned to his desk and sat down again.

His gaze swept over all the apocalypse intelligence he had written down throughout the night...

"Word Spirit Technique."

In the end, Su Ze's attention settled on those words.

During the simulations, other Awakened often believed his talent abilities to be a Word Spirit Technique.

In terms of actual effects, Word Spirit Techniques really were similar to his talent abilities, to the point that they could almost be treated as the same thing.

Some powerful Word Spirit Techniques were even enough to rival blue-grade talents...

"Could there even be Word Spirit Techniques comparable to purple- or gold-grade talents...?"

Su Ze wondered to himself.

He was barely satisfied with the combat strength he currently possessed.

But in tonight's simulation, his range of activity during the apocalypse had been almost entirely confined within Suzhou City.

As a result, the intelligence he encountered had its limitations. Perhaps if he chose an apocalypse starting point farther away, he would encounter stronger Awakened...

"Complicated."

Muttering those two words, Su Ze rubbed his slightly tired eyes.

It was not only the issue of the Awakened's combat strength...

There were also the Contained Objects that occasionally appeared out of nowhere...

And Stars Fall, the unknown endpoint of the apocalypse...

There was still much to question and explore.

Fortunately, Su Ze still had time. But right now, he needed to get a proper sleep first...

Apocalypse countdown: 3 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes

Bzz—

Bzz—

The phone by his bedside made an annoying vibrating sound.

Su Ze climbed out of bed and glanced at the screen. It was a call from his roommate.

"Talk."

Su Ze spoke after answering.

"Ze Ge, get over here, quick!"

Even through the phone, Su Ze could tell that Wang Zixin must have a lecherous grin on his face. He continued, "That super gorgeous senior I told you about before is sitting right across from me right now..."

Su Ze kind of wanted to hang up.

In last night's simulations, he had never encountered the beautiful woman Wang Zixin mentioned.

So there could only be one answer: either the woman was not beautiful at all, or she merely had a passable face.

"Only you, Ze Ge, can suppress a temptress of this caliber... Fine, actually, she specifically asked for you. Damn it!"

Wang Zixin continued excitedly.

From his description, tonight's gathering seemed to be a prelude to tomorrow's class mixer. Everyone there would be attending the class event tomorrow.

"Send me the address. I'll be there later."

After hanging up, Su Ze slowly got out of bed.

After some thought, he decided to go after all. What if he gained something and found a beautiful woman he could "put a sack over"?

"Splaaash..."

The sound of running water came from the bathroom.

After showering, Su Ze had just picked up his phone when it vibrated again.

This time, Chen Keqing had sent him a message.

After a sticker came a line of text...

"Did you eat the cake? It should've tasted pretty good, right?"

His gaze fell on the phone screen.

A thought surfaced unbidden in Su Ze's mind... Chen Keqing was a good girl.

Su Ze rarely used "good girl" to describe a woman, but the countless simulations from last night had proven everything. No matter what happened, the girl who could stay with him until the very end—Chen Keqing.

She deserved the highest praise.

And she was absolutely worth Su Ze treating with sincerity.

But...

Sorry, I'm not a scumbag...

I said I'd find two, so... I have to find at least two!

So Su Ze quickly replied.

"I left the cake at the store yesterday and didn't get to eat it. Can you make me another one?"

That was a lie.

Because on the dining table beside Su Ze, the cake Chen Keqing had given him had already been opened last night. Su Ze had even eaten more than half of it. There was nothing to criticize about its taste—Chen Keqing really was skilled at cooking.

Chen Keqing: Huh?

Chen Keqing: It's okay, I'll make you another one. (Hehe)

Chen Keqing: Consider it my return gift for you treating me to hotpot.

Chen Keqing: Oh, right, how should I give it to you after I make it?

Chen Keqing: We have two days off this week, so the timing is convenient...

The conversation instantly got going.

Chen Keqing sent a string of messages in quick succession.

The topic naturally shifted from the cake to their weekend break. Su Ze played along as well, constantly replying even when the conversation was awkward...

Of course.

Replying to messages did not stop him from heading out to the gathering...