Chapter 7

After Mother finished speaking.

Chen Ziqiang sat on the sofa, took a sip of tea, and said, "Son, now that you've recovered, don't enter the game anymore. Choose the liberal arts track. The game track is too dangerous."

Choosing the liberal arts track means you'll only be an ordinary person in the future, but at least it's safe.

Because legally, there are strict restrictions on game players, and they cannot casually harm ordinary people.

"Right, right. Look at your aunt. Oh, her daughter is gone, how sad."

"Mom, Dad, actually... I got a resurrection card this time."

To dispel his parents' concerns, Chen Anlin changed his approach and continued, "So, as long as I have the resurrection card, I'll choose the game track. What do you think?"

"With a resurrection card, that's fine, but I'm still worried about using it..." Yang Ping was still very concerned.

Chen Ziqiang said, "Son, I know you're not content with being an ordinary person. Dad supports you, but in the future, choose worlds with lower difficulty."

"Got it, Dad."

"Alright, let's go to Aunt's house."

While his parents were packing, Chen Anlin returned to his room and began to check himself.

After receiving the rewards, he hadn't had the chance to use them. Now that he had some free time, Chen Anlin naturally claimed his rewards.

First, he received the strength and defense attribute points, each ten points.

After claiming them, he immediately felt that his strength had more than doubled.

After all, his strength was previously 5, and now it was 15, a two-fold increase that made him feel great.

In addition, there was his defense.

His defense was previously 3, and now it was 13, making his muscles feel much more solid.

Next, he claimed the eavesdropping skill.

After claiming the eavesdropping skill, he felt his ears become much more sensitive.

With a thought, he heard his parents whispering in the next room.

"I think this child still wants to enter the instance." Mother said.

"There's no way around it. When we were young, didn't we feel the same way, unwilling to be ordinary people?"

"That's right. Back then, you were bullied by a game player in the neighborhood, and you still shouted, 'Thirty years on this side, thirty years on that side, don't underestimate me just because I haven't completed the game...'"

"You're talking about Li Qiang, right? That guy died the next year in an instance called 'Curse.' " Chen Ziqiang couldn't help but feel proud: "He used to say he would pursue you, but in the end, he died in the instance."

"Look at you, so smug. Anyway, we have to keep an eye on our son in the future."

Chen Anlin couldn't help but smile bitterly, never expecting his parents to have such a past.

He voluntarily turned off the eavesdropping on them, and at that moment, a voice came from upstairs.

"It's lubricated, I'm coming in."

"Okay, come on."

"I'm already in."

"Ah, I don't feel anything..."

"Really? I've moved more than ten times, and I'm already done..."

"Is that it?"

Chen Anlin shook his head. He didn't have time to listen to this and continued to listen to the room downstairs.

"Jili gulu..."

"Gulu jili..."

To his surprise, the sound was very weak, and he couldn't hear clearly.

He immediately understood that it was probably because the eavesdropping skill was of a low level, allowing him to eavesdrop only within thirty meters.

If there was a wall in between, or if the speaker's voice was weak, the eavesdropping effect would be reduced.

Now that he had 300,000 game coins, he could buy one attribute point for 10,000 game coins.

With so many game coins, keeping them was useless. After thinking for a moment, he spent 200,000 game coins to buy twenty attribute points.

He kept the remaining 100,000 game coins as a reserve.

These twenty attribute points, fifteen were added to strength.

After all, with strength, he could handle various emergencies. Otherwise, even the strongest defense would be useless.

As for spirit and eavesdropping, there was no need to increase them for now.

The remaining five attribute points were added to agility.

Summoning the game panel, his character attributes popped up.

Game Player: Jigsaw

Strength: 25

Spirit: 9

Agility: 10

Defense: 13

Skills: Digging (Master), Eavesdropping (Novice)

Equipment: Iron Shovel / 1

Cultivation Techniques: None

Game Coins: 138 + 100,000

Attribute Points: 0

Game Items:

1. Five-star Game Card for Dangerous Areas: 1 (Entering with this card will revive in the game space after death, without dropping items).

2. Refresh Cards: 2

Instance Entry Cooldown: 15 days.

...

A normal person's strength, exceeding 10, is already considered a professional boxer.

Don't underestimate professional boxers. According to the law, a professional boxer's fight is equivalent to an armed assault!

A professional boxer's heavy punch is like a knife to an ordinary person!

Scared yet?

Now, with 25 points of strength, he could hold his own against top boxers.

Just the reward from an eight-star instance had already put him ahead of many people, giving Chen Anlin more confidence for the future.

"Son, let's go."

Yang Ping, who had finished packing, knocked on the door.

"Got it, Mom."

After the family went downstairs and got in the car, they headed to Aunt's house.

Aunt also lived in the same city. As soon as they entered her neighborhood, they saw many relatives and friends gathered at the bottom of her building.

Among them, two boys with white bandages on their bodies were particularly noticeable.

From their appearance, it seemed they were seriously injured.

Many relatives and friends surrounded them, asking about the "Catastrophe of the Python" instance.

After listening to them for a while, Chen Anlin learned that these two boys were Aunt's daughter's teammates, who had entered the "Catastrophe of the Python" with her. They had watched helplessly as Aunt's daughter was swallowed by a giant python.

"We've said everything we needed to say. We came here to pay our respects to Huang Ailing. She was our best friend. We've been through several instances together, and we never thought it would end like this. We're sorry."

Thump!

The two boys knelt before Aunt Yang Li: "Aunt, we're sorry, we're sorry..."

"Ah." Yang Li wiped her tears and said, "Why didn't you save her at the time?"

"We couldn't. The python was too big and fast. We couldn't aim our bullets. Just as we were about to retreat, another python appeared and immediately coiled around Ailing. We couldn't save her in time..."

With that, Yang Li collapsed into the arms of her relatives and friends, sobbing: "My poor daughter, daughter..."

Yang Ping walked over and also cried.

The two young men bowed several times to Huang Ailing's portrait, placed white flowers, and then left.

Watching them get into the car, Chen Anlin activated his eavesdropping skill on them.

"Well, we came here to fulfill Huang Ailing's last wish."

"Yeah, in the instance, we didn't intentionally abandon her. We couldn't do anything..."

Their voices grew fainter and eventually disappeared.

"It seems Huang Ailing really died by accident."

After listening to them, Chen Anlin knew that Huang Ailing wasn't betrayed and killed in the instance.

He then followed his father to comfort Aunt.

After finally comforting Aunt to rest in her room, many relatives and friends gathered around, showing concern for Chen Anlin.

They had all heard about Chen Anlin's injury in the instance a few days ago.

Now, seeing him fully recovered, they were all happy for him.

...

The next day, Chen Anlin packed his things and went to school.

As soon as he entered the classroom, his classmates looked at him in surprise.

"Chen Anlin, you've recovered, that's great."

"After you left the instance, we all came to see you. We didn't expect you to recover so quickly. It seems you woke up and entered another instance and passed it."

Faced with his classmates' concern, Chen Anlin smiled and said, "Yeah, just luck."

The classmates immediately became interested. After all, not many people could pass an instance, and any experience they could absorb would be very useful.

Chen Anlin naturally didn't say much, only mentioning that he followed a friend and managed to complete the instance by chance.

As they chatted, his desk mate, Shi Jinding, walked over. Seeing Chen Anlin, his eyes lit up, "Damn, Anlin, you're too inconsiderate. You were discharged and didn't even tell me. I was planning to visit you today and bring some snacks for the two nurses. After all, they took good care of you, and they deserve a reward."

Shi Jinding, nicknamed "Shijinding," was one of the few friends of the original owner.

Originally, Shi Jinding's father gave him this name, hoping he would have a personality as firm as stone and gold.

But somehow, it became "Shijinding."

Chen Anlin said, "Shijinding, I think you're just using me as an excuse to see the beautiful nurses, right?"

Previously, Shi Jinding had indeed visited him once but didn't stay long in the ward, running off to chat with the female nurses.

This guy had some money and liked to brag, telling the nurses that he had just completed an instance, almost an eight-star one, and that he would take them through instances and double-date, all in one word, "steady!"

"Anlin, what are you talking about? No matter how beautiful a woman is, she's not as important as a single hair on your body!" Shi Jinding slapped the table, disappointed, feeling that Chen Anlin had misunderstood him.

Was he the kind of person who would forget his friends for a pretty face? This was just a side trip.

Visiting the sick and comforting the nurses, what's wrong with that?

Taking them out for a meal, what's wrong with that?

And... well, what's wrong with that?