Jiang He's Unfair Terms

"Hey, hey, hey, wait! There's a new temporary rule in the convoy: drivers aren't allowed to date!"

Jiang He grabbed Wang Qian as she came running over and spoke with a perfectly straight face.

He didn't know what had gotten into him either. He just didn't want to see Liu Lu doing better!

"Bastard! What convoy has a ridiculous rule like that?"

Liu Lu, who had just opened his arms nearby, saw his sweetheart intercepted and shouted in anger.

Jiang He paid his anger no mind.

Liu Lu hadn't recovered yet, but even if he had, Jiang He had the Devil Arum Heart and wouldn't be afraid of him at all!

Something worth fifty thousand System Points wasn't a waste of money...

"My convoy is naturally different from those ordinary convoys! Since you've joined, you'll have to follow my rules!"

"You're the one asking me for help now, and don't forget, you're not who you were the night before last!"

Jiang He gave Wang Qian a warning look as she struggled wildly, then turned to Liu Lu with an unconcerned expression.

He had to make this mortal enemy who wanted to kill him understand who was boss now!

Otherwise, he'd never know his place...

Hearing that, Liu Lu clenched his fists again.

In an instant, the atmosphere turned tense!

"Boss, I reckon we're all in the same convoy, so we ought to get along. Besides, Brother Jiang's a good man. He even put me in charge of the supplies!"

Seeing the two on the verge of a fight, Er Biao, who had been standing nearby, hurried forward to talk them down.

He might usually seem simple and silly, but he was quite good at reading people!

He just lacked experience in dealing with people, so his words were a little awkward and unpolished.

"That's right, boss! If Brother Jiang hadn't brought Sister Wang back to save us, those monsters would've killed us long ago!"

Seeing Er Biao take the lead, the Rampage Group members behind him also joined in, urging Liu Lu to relent.

They had already learned from Wang Qian that Liu Lu was alive, so they had been waiting there all along.

Hearing them, Jiang He gave them a strange look.

He never would have expected these people to help him persuade Liu Lu.

Curious, he couldn't help glancing around and soon spotted the fear deep in several people's eyes.

At that, Jiang He understood at once.

They probably weren't really trying to help him. They were afraid he'd get angry and start making fireballs to throw at them again!

After all, he had done it before...

Seeing everyone speaking up for Jiang He, Liu Lu couldn't very well disregard them.

More importantly, he himself was extremely wary of Jiang He as he was now, so he took the opportunity to back down.

"Don't forget our promise! Qianqian is only your driver!"

With a cold snort, Liu Lu stayed no longer. Surrounded by the members of the Rampage Group, he returned to the bus.

Jiang He stood where he was, watching them walk away, then looked at Wang Qian, whom he was holding beside him.

The promise?

Of course he would keep it!

He'd said he'd make Wang Qian his driver, and he'd make her his "driver"!

He would never break his word!

"If you don't want to die, you'd better stay away from Liu Lu! He's very dangerous right now!"

Looking at Wang Qian's delicate profile, Jiang He kindly offered a warning, then released her arm.

His words weren't groundless!

The fact that the Devil Arum had been able to leave Liu Lu's body showed that their fusion wasn't entirely perfect.

Perhaps they hadn't been fused long enough, and their consciousnesses hadn't truly become one.

Or perhaps Jiang He's repeated interference had caused the Devil Arum's ascension to fail, separating their consciousnesses.

Whatever the reason, the Devil Arum's will had been able to leave Liu Lu's body of its own accord.

That meant there were currently two personalities in Liu Lu's body!

That was why he said Wang Qian was in such a dangerous position!

How could someone willing to abandon his physical body to ascend allow himself to have such an obvious weakness?

The best way to make himself invulnerable was naturally to eliminate that weakness, Wang Qian...

"Causing all this by accident, I don't know whether it's good or bad..."

After murmuring that, Jiang He turned and left.

Wang Qian naturally didn't believe what he'd said.

She thought the man was simply too possessive and didn't want Liu Lu touching her, so he'd made up such a clumsy lie...

"I only promised to give him my first time. That bastard wants to restrict my freedom too!"

Though Wang Qian cursed him under her breath, she couldn't help taking Jiang He's words to heart.

She couldn't help it. The guy was too hard to read.

He was usually unpredictable, and if she upset him, he might actually make a move against her!

Wang Qian was a Superpower Sequence, but she was also a normal woman who feared death!

Otherwise, she wouldn't have offered Jiang He those terms when facing the Picky-Eating Weird!

After leaving Wang Qian, Jiang He found an open spot at random.

[Thief Sequence Crystal fusion in progress. Time remaining: 32 minutes, 34 seconds]

Seeing that the system's fusion would take a while yet, he didn't sit idle. Instead, he took the high-pressure fuel nozzle out of his storage space.

"So convenient!"

Watching the nozzle in his hand spray fuel, Jiang He couldn't help marveling at the system's power!

He didn't need to take out the entire fuel tank assembly at all!

He only had to take out the nozzle and pull the trigger to spray the fuel!

[Flame Jet]

Aiming at the jet of fuel shooting through the air, Jiang He immediately unleashed the skill.

Boom!

The roar of fierce combustion erupted beside his ears.

The flames raced along the straight stream of fuel, falling only when they reached twenty meters away.

"It's still a little too close!"

Jiang He was clearly somewhat dissatisfied with the result.

If he could only attack a Weird once it had come within twenty meters, that left him far too little room to survive...

"System, how many System Points would it cost to upgrade the high-pressure fuel nozzle?"

[Upgrading the high-pressure fuel nozzle costs 70 System Points. Since upgrading the nozzle alone would not produce ideal results, the system has automatically generated recommended options for the host]

[Option one: Upgrade the nozzle and fuel pump. Increase spray range by 10 meters - 200 System Points]

[Option two: Upgrade the nozzle, fuel pump, and booster pump. Increase spray range by 20 meters - 300 System Points]

[Option three: Upgrade the entire fuel tank assembly. Double the tank's internal capacity and increase spray range by 30 meters.

Includes the system skill Rapid Filling - 550 System Points]

[Rapid Filling: Absorbs a large quantity of gasoline in a very short time, rapidly filling the fuel tank]

He would inevitably need the fuel tank in the future, so it was better to upgrade it fully in one go!

With that thought, Jiang He gritted his teeth and chose option three.

Fortunately, fusion and upgrades belonged to separate interfaces, so they wouldn't affect each other.

[Option three upgrade in progress]

[Upgrade complete]

After waiting in place for ten minutes, Jiang He took out the upgraded high-pressure fuel nozzle again.

Hiss!

The upgrade made a clear difference. Not only had the spray range increased, but the nozzle's overall quality had improved as well.

Now, changing the shape of the spray no longer required twisting the nozzle.

He only had to press the button by his thumb to achieve the same effect!

That meant what had previously required both hands could now be done easily with one.