Banana-kun Opened the Door to a New World

When Lin Wen woke again, he had already thought everything through, as though he had been pondering it all along.

Without question, his foremost goal now was to find a way to achieve both [Star of Salvation] and [Duty-Bound Person], then reincarnate.

Of course, such an opportunity was surely something that could only be encountered, never sought—like fate itself. When it was time to come, it would come. There was no need to rush.

His second goal was to farm Good Karma like mad while doing everything possible to avoid gaining Evil Karma.

Lin Wen already had a bold idea about that.

During the day, he had given Old Xu several hundred yuan and received 1 point of Good Karma, thereby activating the system.

If giving money counted as benefiting all living beings, then wouldn't he be able to rake in a haul first by giving away all his possessions?

There should be nothing wrong with that logic.

He could try it first.

Time waited for no one. Lin Wen got straight to work.

But after turning the room upside down for ages, Lin Wen discovered that this pauper had less than a hundred yuan left in total. The several hundred he had given away earlier had been most of his worldly possessions.

Seriously?

He was the mayor of this lousy town, yet his home was bare to the four walls and he did not even have a cent in savings?

What was he supposed to do?

Go outside and use his nimble fingers to get some money?

No!

Lin Wen immediately rejected the idea. If giving money counted as benefiting all living beings, then stealing money surely counted as bringing calamity upon them. He could not let his Good Karma remain unearned while his Evil Karma went up first.

He was completely in the dark about this world. All he knew was that it was a physical world much like his previous life, with technology that seemed somewhat less advanced. He knew nothing else.

It was better to be careful.

Just as he was fretting, the front door was suddenly pushed open.

A square-built young man charged in and shouted, "Mayor Lin! If you still don't get to work, we'll be going hungry next week!"

This was his only subordinate, Little Li, whose job was to hound him to death. Whenever the town had some miscellaneous task, he came to hound Lin Wen to death.

The town he was currently in was called Changle Town. Its prosperity rivaled that of a slum, and its location rivaled the Mariana Trench. Since arriving in this world, Lin Wen had not even seen a single passing traveler.

As mayor, he was practically a commander without an army. He had to do every job himself, and his pay was not merely worse than that of a construction worker hauling bricks—even beggars had it better than him.

And ever since Lin Wen confirmed that this was a physical world without the slightest trace of cultivation, he had thrown down the burden and quit.

Little Li had therefore been run ragged these past few days, unable to understand what had happened to the diligent, lovable, capable Mayor Lin he had always known.

With the town's miscellaneous tasks piling higher and higher, he could only come every day to hound him to death.

That was also one of the reasons Lin Wen had not wanted to work.

But now, hearing Little Li's words, Lin Wen's eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately sprang to his feet.

"Let's go!"

"Mayor Lin, if we fail the inspection at the end of the month, we won't have... huh?"

While Little Li stood stunned, Lin Wen had already stormed out. "Come on! What are you waiting for?"

All of a sudden, two clear streams of tears welled from Little Li's eyes. Wiping them away, he ran after Lin Wen.

"Wuwuwuwu, wonderful! Mayor Lin, you're finally back! Our invincible Lin-Li duo has hope again! Wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu."

Most of the town's miscellaneous tasks involved repairing walls and roads, leading cattle and sheep, finding cats and dogs, or dealing with disputes and conflicts. They were tedious and dull, and some required backbreaking labor.

He was supposedly the mayor, but Lin Wen could not feel it in the slightest. He was more like a hired farmhand for the town.

That was exactly why Lin Wen had previously been so resistant to these miscellaneous tasks. But now, when he saw them, it was as though a pauper had spotted a pile of crimson banknotes. He put every ounce of strength he had into them.

What chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep? Did you think I watched all those Sherlock Holmes, Justice Bao, and Di Renjie stories for nothing?

What disputes over who was right and who was wrong? Did you think I watched White Album thirty times for nothing?

What collapsed walls, broken roads, and clogged ditches? Did you think the genes of a construction maniac did not exist within me?

Having completely understood what he was fighting for, Lin Wen was like Banana-kun opening the door to a new world, brimming with passion and drive from head to toe.

In just one day, he cleared out all the miscellaneous tasks that had piled up over several days.

He even received quite a bit of praise.

Most importantly, after he finished every task, Lin Wen once again witnessed with his own eyes the golden words [Good Karma +1] streak past before him.

And the words set against the gold-framed, gold-patterned background at the top of the system had changed to [Good Karma: 2].

In that instant, a tremendous rush of heat shot from the tip of his tailbone straight to the crown of his head, and a shuddering sensation surged through his entire body.

Awesome!

Better than charging hard ten thousand times!

Lin Wen clenched his fists. The exhaustion from a whole day of labor was swept away, and he thought to himself.

Just as I expected!

The position of mayor was made for me. By taking advantage of my office, I can wildly seek benefits for myself, benefit the common people, and farm Good Karma like mad before I find the right opportunity to achieve my perfect reincarnation!

This was simply fantastic!

Once he understood this, Lin Wen wanted only to throw back his head and laugh wildly. Even Little Li, whom he had found unpleasant no matter how he looked at him before, now seemed bright-eyed and handsome.

Let the miscellaneous tasks come even fiercer!

Burn my calories!

Several more days passed like this. Lin Wen worked like mad during the day, even seeking things to do when there was nothing to do—cutting grass and chopping trees, splitting firewood and tending fires, digging earth and turning soil, catching fish and scooping shrimp. He did it all.

At night, he charged and erupted like mad, seeing whether he could find any new useful methods.

Even Little Li, who had always borne hardship without complaint, was filled with admiration. Mayor Lin was truly a model for their generation. Not only was he more diligent than before, but his efficiency and quality were also higher and better than ever. Those days of low spirits must have been the gathering momentum before a breakthrough, the growing pains before transformation—just those few days every month for a man.

However, though he had been filled with newfound passion, his actual results were extremely limited.

First, he found no suitable opportunity for reincarnation, nor did he discover any valuable new methods. He found only one absolute forbidden zone—

[If killed while bullying the weak, oppressing the good, and committing violence, become a useless rat-like wretch. Constitution -1, Spiritual Sense -3, Comprehension -3, Opportunity -3, Fortune -3]

It was a method that would lose you the entire galaxy; reincarnating through it would leave him completely ruined.

Lin Wen wrote down the reason and marked it in red as a personal motto, constantly reminding himself never to make one misstep and leave behind an eternal regret.

He had seven other such mottos, all methods that led to enormous losses, but none were as eye-catching in color as this one.

Then there was Good Karma. Over all these days, Lin Wen had accumulated only 7 points, averaging nearly two days to gain 1 point of Good Karma.

It should be related to the scale of the good deed, Lin Wen thought.

Small troubles and minor difficulties in daily life had to be dealt with many times before they accumulated into 1 point of Good Karma.

That 1 point from Old Xu's case had probably also accumulated from the miscellaneous tasks he had completed over the preceding days.

Only enormous, life-and-death crises could grant a great deal of Good Karma at once.

But although this small town was incomparably poor, no major disaster had occurred. Overall, it was fairly peaceful.

To Lin Wen, though, this efficiency was far too low.

It would be great if the townspeople faced catastrophe every day.

Lin Wen thought silently, but such things could not be done deliberately. What if he carelessly gained even 1 point of Evil Karma? Wouldn't that be a blood-curdling loss?