Of the two, decency mattered more
"System, use C4 Lottery Ticket."
Without arguing with the system any further, Russell decisively used the card. After confirming the lottery ticket was valid, a colorful spinning wheel appeared on the screen.
The wheel is divided into six equal sections, each a different color, representing six different worlds: CrossFire, Counter-Strike Online, Battlefield Online, Counter-Strike Online, Call of Duty, and Warface. Spin the wheel and then give the command to stop; the section the pointer lands on will give you the C4 bomb for that world.
Russell: "..."
Why not just give me C4? Why go through all this trouble with this spinning wheel?
"Uncle Luo, you can spin the dial now."
"No, I'm not interested. You decide. Any world is fine with me." Russell was speechless. Could someone tell him what the difference was between the C4 in these six worlds? Were they just different in appearance?
Seeing that Russell was not interested, the system could only do it for him and then drew the C4 bomb from the [Battlefield Online] world.
[Item Card: C4 (Hold down the left mouse button to install in the bomb zone)]
Russell didn't bother to complain and simply used the card to throw the C4 into his Space Ring. He shouldn't have had any expectations in the first place.
Russell's dismissive behavior deeply hurt the system's pride, so it decided to release some bombshell information to make Russell put aside his contempt and take the lottery ticket, this groundbreaking reward item, seriously.
"Uncle Luo, C4 was just an accident, the lottery ticket itself is still very powerful."
"Put!"
The system's voice suddenly turned lewd, rubbing its hands together and saying with a fawning smile, "Uncle Luo, there are many kinds of lottery tickets, even maid, secretary, and RBQ lottery tickets. It's just that you've been unlucky and haven't won any yet. By the way, those are real people!"
"Huh, why are we distinguishing them? Aren't maid, secretary, and RBQ the same thing?"
System:"..."
Your focus seems to be Tai Yi from mine!
The system muttered to itself, then cleared its throat and said, "To be honest, one of my hosts once won a lottery ticket for RBQ!"
Russell became interested. "System, RBQ's lottery tickets also have six slots?"
"That's right."
"Were the six female characters also randomly selected?"
"It's random, but it's not necessarily all female. There's a chance that a male host might get a male RBQ (a sexually explicit sexual partner). Of course, it's also possible that the female isn't alive."
Russell: The scene is beautiful!
"Uncle Luo, because RBQ lottery tickets are extremely rare, the host specifically kept a screenshot when drawing the lottery ticket before. Would you like to take a look?"
"Since you've made this request, I'll reluctantly take a look."
"Hehe, just a moment!"
The system chuckled and displayed a screenshot of the six-grid spinning wheel on the interface. Russell looked at it with interest, and soon his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Daenerys Targaryen!
Shi Guanyin!
Carmen!
Yuno Gasai!
Sally White!
Granny Rong!
Russell: "..."
Forgive my bluntness, but do you have some misunderstanding about the term "RBQ"? Which of the six people mentioned above looks like an RBQ?
Furthermore, even if they were qualified to be used as sex slaves, I could tolerate the first five, but what the hell is Granny Rong? How perverted would someone have to be to use her as a sex slave?
(╯‵□′)╯┴─┴
Russell appeared calm and collected, but inwardly he was like Ma Jingtao, roaring wildly, "If I remove the last one, none of the first five women are easy to deal with. If I really get picked, who will be the 'RBQ' is still uncertain!"
The system grinned and approached, "Uncle Luo, aren't you looking forward to getting a lottery ticket?"
I have no expectations whatsoever!
Russell said irritably, "If I ever get an RBQ lottery ticket in the future, I'll immediately send it to the recycling bin. I don't want to see this card."
"Why... why?" The system was completely bewildered. Based on its observation of Russell, it was certain that its host was a person who appeared serious on the surface but was incredibly eccentric inside. Why wouldn't he be interested in this lottery ticket? Was it because the introduction wasn't done properly?
"Stop talking nonsense and just tell me what happened to your original unlucky host."
"He's dead."
"It's good that he's dead. With a card that lowers his survival rate, it's hard for him not to die." Russell rolled his eyes at the system: "Start adding points. Put all the Strength Attribute Point into 'Strength' directly, and put all the remaining 5 Free Attribute Points into 'Intelligence', then disappear from my sight."
"Oh!"
After all the attribute points were allocated, the system swarmed away, and Russell's personal interface refreshed.
[Host: Russell]
Strength: 31 (16+15)
[Body: 40 (26+14)]
[Intelligence: 35 (17+18)]
[Wealth: 97,900]
After brewing a cup of goji berries, Russell opened his computer to look up some newly acquired Character Card and Skill Card. The Skill Card were easy to understand, and he quickly familiarized himself with them.
He immediately passed over Wen Tailai out of the three Character Cards. With his current strength, he didn't need to take the Thunder Hand Wen Tailai seriously. Even if Lady Luo came in person, he was confident that he could decide the winner within two hours.
Russell's only way of assessing Neo's fighting ability was by watching the movies; after watching the trilogy, he gained very little information. What troubled him most was that the Matrix's worldview differed from most other worlds, meaning Neo's Character Card might only be applicable in the cyber realm.
The real Neo... Haha, does the Matrix even exist in reality?
The last character, Cajenos, is relatively more familiar to Russell. He spent an entire night reading the comics and summarizing his various abilities.
Genos is a cyborg; aside from his brain, his entire body is made of mechanical parts, making him far more capable than the T-800. In terms of combat ability, his stats are well-balanced, he has high movement speed, and his skill output is impressive. His cyborg modifications dictate that he has a tough, head-on style.
However, after finishing the manga, Russell was stumped again. Genos, known for his lavish spending, always had a significantly upgraded set of parts after being defeated and reappearing. Yet, the Character Card didn't show any upgrades. The lower limit could be estimated based on his initial appearance, but the upper limit was hard to predict.
This was yet another card that had to be used with caution. Having already experienced the 'Stanley Epkins' Character Card, Russell didn't want to waste any more cards.
The next afternoon, Russell woke up from his nap, went out for a stroll, found something to eat, and returned home with his late-night snack to continue being a homebody.
Shen Menghan won't be visiting tonight; she's traveling to another city and sent Russell a text message before leaving. But Russell knows she's not traveling; it's highly likely she's meeting up with her teammates in real life.
Without Supergirl's exploitation, Russell's health improved considerably, and he went online to search for a suitable location as a secret base. Because of the unreliable nature of the Item Card, he was genuinely afraid that one day he would bring back a spaceship, which would not only expose his identity but also, more importantly, damage to the small house left by his parents.
After searching, he found that the most suitable places for him were either remote, life-threatening areas or places where he could leave Earth and settle on the moon or an asteroid.
However, he finds it difficult to do either of these things right now; he cannot bear to give up his parents' inheritance to live in seclusion.
"If only I could Teleportation..." Russell frowned and pondered. Teleportation was out of the question for now, but magical teleportation arrays were a real possibility.
Unfortunately, setting up a teleportation array requires overcoming two hurdles. The first is materials; he doesn't have suitable magical materials on hand, and even if he obtains them in the mission world, he can't bring them back to the real world. Asking Shen Menghan to exchange them from the Main God Space is too much of a loss for him.
The second challenge was that he didn't know how to set up a teleportation array. That's right, neither the Nameless Female Corpse's remaining memories nor the Magic Book manuscript contained a diagram of a teleportation array.
Being penniless did not prevent Russell from looking to the future. Many business tycoons also started with nothing, and their start-up capital was obtained by luring employees to contribute their own money. Didn't they still successfully build business empires?
Compared to them, Russell's difficulties were nothing. Thinking of the girls he had met in the Main God Space, he made up his mind.
"Taking nude photos to blackmail them should be enough to get the blueprints and materials..." Russell stroked his chin. With the goodwill he had built up, getting close to and subduing the other party wouldn't be difficult.
The plan is highly feasible, but it will severely compromise one's integrity. Russell faces only one question: which is more important, integrity or the teleportation array?
"Compared to the two, integrity is more important to me!"
Bertrand Russell knows his place; if he were to abandon his principles again, he would have to apologize to the entire nation.
[Bite]
[Attention, host, the seventh mission world is about to begin. Ten-minute countdown has started. Please prepare.]
Upon hearing the system notification, Russell asked in surprise, "System, how come it's so fast?"
"The triggering of world nodes is unpredictable, so a faster frequency is understandable..." The system thought to itself that this father was really hard to please. If it didn't trigger once every three to five years, it would complain about being too slow.