Chapter 14

"Although my running speed is a bit fast, I still need to find a suitable place to level up (or die)," Li Huailin suddenly started thinking again. After all, he had just arrived at the main city and didn't know the situation around it. Of course, the best place would be like in the newbie village, close to the respawn point but with fierce monsters.

"It seems I need to gather some information. Where should I look...?" Li Huailin pondered for a moment, then had a sudden realization, "Damn, I'm so stupid. I should just look for posts on the forum."

Just as he was about to log off, a conversation between two people nearby caught his attention.

"Damn bitch, not only did she get me killed, but she also added a stat-reducing curse that lasts for 7 days. How am I supposed to level up?" one player said with a fierce look on his face.

"Haha, who told you to touch her? That's just asking for it," the player beside him said, enjoying the spectacle.

"Damn, it's not my fault I couldn't control myself..."

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Li Huailin didn't pay attention to the rest of the conversation. A flash of insight struck him, like a detective solving a mystery.

"Damn, how could I forget this!" Without a second thought, Li Huailin logged off and immediately opened the official website. It was easy to find the information he was looking for, and it was very prominent.

Sexual Harassment Prevention Setting: When a female player is sexually harassed, they will receive a prompt asking if they want to use the system's lightning strike punishment. If the harasser is struck by the system's lightning, they will die immediately and receive a 7-day DEBUFF curse, reducing all attributes, which will not disappear even after death. Please play with integrity and help create a clean gaming environment.

"Immediate death!" Li Huailin punched the air in excitement, "Damn, that's exactly what I need."

Overjoyed, Li Huailin logged back in and started looking for women to harass.

"Women, where are the women..." Li Huailin looked around, about to set out to find his doom, but then had another realization, "Wait, if I'm going to harass women, why not find some who look good? If I go for some ugly ones, people might think I have a problem with my eyesight."

With this in mind, Li Huailin started looking for beautiful women.

"Wait, don't be too hasty." Suddenly, Li Huailin had another thought, "What if I harass someone and it turns out she's a stalker? What if she doesn't kill me but instead clings to me? Good thing I'm smart and think things through so thoroughly."

After a careful search, Li Huailin soon found a beautiful woman. She was very pretty, scoring over 90 points, with a tall and curvy figure, long hair, and a classical beauty's aura. Of course, Li Huailin had his reasons for choosing her. First, she was alone, and second, she looked very cold, definitely an ice queen type. If he harassed her, she would definitely strike him down without mercy.

"You," Li Huailin snapped his fingers and walked over to the ice queen.

"Wait, beautiful lady," Li Huailin extended his hand to stop her, with a lecherous look on his face, "Can we talk for a moment?"

The ice queen glanced at Li Huailin, slightly surprised. Usually, people who approached her were all dressed in top-tier gear, practically wearing their gold on their faces. This guy in newbie gear was a bit odd. Despite her surprise, she still gave him a cold look and spat out a single word, "Scram!"

"Just a quick chat," Li Huailin said in a friendly tone.

"What do you want?" The ice queen was already losing patience.

"Um, could you do me a favor and let me touch your chest?" Li Huailin asked with a smile.

The ice queen was so angry she almost laughed. She had seen people approach her before, but never like this. While the ultimate goal of most men who approached her was the same, they usually tried to look presentable. She had never seen anyone so straightforward. Of course, the ice queen didn't have any strange thoughts about Li Huailin.

"Sure, if you're not afraid of dying, go ahead and touch," the ice queen said, having already killed several male players who had harassed her. One more wouldn't make a difference.

"Okay, sure." Li Huailin's heart raced as he reached out toward the ice queen's chest.

Just as his hand was about to touch her, he felt resistance, and the sky darkened. A huge bolt of lightning appeared out of nowhere and struck Li Huailin.

With a loud "Boom," Li Huailin was instantly turned into a white light and sent to the respawn point.

System Notice: Due to violating game rules by harassing a female player, you have been struck by lightning and received the curse "Shameless Scoundrel."

Battle Log: You died, gained 1260 experience points.

"I'm really too damn smart," Li Huailin said excitedly, "I don't even need to leave the city to level up."

With that, he started looking for his next target. After standing there for a moment, he saw the ice queen walking toward him again.

"Why is it her again... Oh well..." Li Huailin thought for a moment and walked over to her again.

"Wait, beautiful lady," Li Huailin said with a lecherous look, "Could you do me a favor and let me touch your chest again?"

"It's you again?" The ice queen was first surprised, then even angrier, "What do you mean 'do me a favor and let me touch your chest'? Are you asking me or my chest?"

"Does it matter?" Li Huailin asked, puzzled.

"You... Do you want to die?" the ice queen said, frowning.

How did you know I want to die? Li Huailin almost blurted out, but he held back. He thought it was more important to level up and not waste time on small talk. He reached out again toward the ice queen's chest.

"Boom" A bolt of lightning flashed, and the surrounding players shook their heads, another fool.

Battle Log: You died, gained 1260 experience points.

"Great, hurry up." Since the respawn point was nearby, Li Huailin rushed back to the ice queen.

"Hey, beautiful, can I borrow..."

"Touch!" The ice queen was genuinely amused and shouted before Li Huailin could finish.

"Okay."

"Boom"

Battle Log: You died, gained 1260 experience points.

The reborn Li Huailin rushed back to the ice queen again, "Hey, beautiful, don't go, can I borrow..."

"Touch!" The ice queen was so angry she didn't even bother to come back and just sent Li Huailin to the respawn point with a bolt of lightning.

Battle Log: You died, gained 1260 experience points.

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"Boom"

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"Boom"

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After being struck by lightning seven or eight times, the surrounding players finally noticed something was off. While many players were killed by lightning for harassing female players, it was unusual to see such concentrated lightning strikes, especially in the same spot every half-minute.

A crowd gathered, watching a man in cloth armor repeatedly trying to grab a beautiful woman (though it wasn't really grabbing; Li Huailin was just rushing toward the ice queen to die faster, making it look like he was trying to stop her). Each time, the woman used the system's lightning to kill him, but the man kept respawning and rushing back.

"This must be a tragic love story..." a player with a vivid imagination said to himself.

"Is this idiot unaware that being struck by lightning comes with a curse? What a moron," another player sneered.

Regardless of the crowd's reactions, Li Huailin was immersed in the joy of leveling up. In just a few minutes, he was almost at the next level.

"Boom"

Battle Log: You died, gained 1260 experience points.

System Notice: You have reached level 11.

"Awesome!" Li Huailin shouted and rushed back to the ice queen.

"Boom"

As the lightning strikes on the square became more frequent, the crowd was gradually moved by this "young man who would die to win back his girlfriend."

Seeing Li Huailin rush back from the respawn point again, a player suddenly shouted, "Go for it! Young man, I support you!"

This shout opened the floodgates, and soon the crowd joined in, "Go for it!" "Go for it!"

"Go for it!"

The cheers gradually became synchronized, and soon the entire square echoed with the chant, "Go for it!"

Unaware of the crowd's cheers, Li Huailin, though puzzled, ignored them and continued leveling up.

"Boom" "Go for it!"

"Boom" "Go for it!"

Gradually, each lightning strike was accompanied by the cheers of thousands of people. Many didn't even know what was happening, but they joined in the cheering.

Li Huailin couldn't count how many times he had died, but he had already reached level 12 in less than 10 minutes. Rushing toward the ice queen again, Li Huailin used his "Grab X Dragon Claw Hand" technique.

There was a soft "pop," and instead of the expected lightning, Li Huailin felt his right hand touch something soft.

"Huh?" Li Huailin instinctively squeezed again, feeling the soft, comfortable sensation.

"Are you done yet?" a cold voice reached Li Huailin's ears.