Early in the morning of the next day, Chen Rui was guided to the laboratory by Sally. He did not have a chance to observe the laboratory carefully yesterday and in fact, the lab was very big and on the tables were various potion bottles and strange machines.
In front of Aldaz, I-am-Sally-the-great attitude could not be found and instead Sally was fawning all over Aldaz. Aldaz waved his hand to stop Sally’s nonstop flattery and asked Chen Rui:
"You hungry?"
In his heart, Chen Rui resented not being able to hit this thin face to make it fatter, but he could only nod his head.
"Good, try this."
Aldaz smirked full with ill-intention and took out a bottle filled with green liquid, unexpectedly still releasing white smoke. Chen Rui’s hair stood straight as he instantly regretted nodding to Aldaz’s question and desperately shaking his head.
Sally "saw face guessed intention", immediately stood up and gave Chen Rui a beating.
"That’s enough! Give him half of the potion first."
Aldaz ordered Sally to stop.
People under the eaves can only lower their head1. Someday I will make you drink the water used to wash my feet! Chen Rui gave up and while enduring vomiting, he swallowed the malicious liquid. The liquid seemed to flow straight through his throat without even touch his tongue. Not long after that, his belly swelled and heated up with extreme pain. Chen Rui now understood why Aldaz smirked earlier.
At this moment, inside his head came the mysterious voice again:
"Detect unknown poisonous substances, do you want to activate the Super System to absorb it?"
"Yes!"
As his stomach was aching to the point that was unbearable, without thinking he hastily shouted out. The familiar cool air appeared again and his stomach started decreasing in size.
"Lacking supplying energy, the System activation progress stopped at 0.7%. Need more energy to complete."
Chen Rui let out a long sign of relief. This time he heard the voice very clearly and could not help but get excited: Super System? Those words seem very familiar.
Aldaz obviously could not hear the mysterious voice; his eyes widened in surprise to see Chen Rui returned to normal.
"How can it be? Maybe the ratio of bloating weeds is wrong?"
Aldaz glanced at the grinning Sally and coldly said:
"Sally, drink the rest of the potion!"
Sally’s face turned bitter as he hurriedly pleaded:
"Honorable master…"
Before he could finish his line, "zii…zii" sound echoed out from Aldaz’s hand, which is the sign of the lightning. Sally could not help but drink the potion in his hand. After a few minutes, the imp rolled around with his hands on his growing belly just like a 9-month pregnant woman. Seeing the horror movie starring Sally the great, Chen Rui’s hair raised upward. This lab and that damn master are too dangerous; I’ll get killed if I don’t run away soon.
"No! The potion is clearly effective…"
Aldaz puzzledly looked at Sally’s suffering, recalled that Chen Rui did chant something, and hurriedly said:
"Sally, quickly shout ‘Yes’."
"Yes!"
Sally suppressed the pain and loudly shouted. Obviously, nothing happened.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Sally cried out desperately. But the pain became more violent the more he shouted.
"This idiot! Slow down a bit and lower your tone."
Aldaz scolded Sally but no matter how many times the imp chanted "Yes", the effect of the potion still stayed the same.
"Stop!"
Just when Chen Rui tried to run away, Aldaz stopped him. The distance of about 7 or 8 meters instantly disappeared as Aldaz appeared right in front of Chen Rui. He gave out another bottle.
"Quickly drink this!"
Chen Rui knew he could not escape and cursed Aldaz inside his heart various times. But looking at Aldaz’s scary expression, he dared not say it out loud and drank the potion.
This time the effect was petrifying. The mysterious voice came out inside his head again. Chen Rui lost all his senses and could not even move his mouth so he could only confirm it inside his brain. The wondrous feeling happened again and the stiffness disappeared; The System prompted that the progress had reached 1.2%.
Chen Rui heard another reminding:
"Repeatedly converted unknown poisonous substances three times. Do you want the System to automatically absorb those substances?"
Without even thinking, Chen Rui unhesistantly confirmed. This is without a doubt the lifesaver I needed! I don’t wanna die because of not approving in time.
Aldaz quickly looked at the empty bottle in his hand and after confirming that the label was indeed "No.103: Potent Petrifying Potion", his expression was filled with shock:
"Damn human, what kind of magic did you use?"
If your father2 can use magic, you have a chance to pour poison for me to drink? Chen Rui could not help but curse Aldaz inside his head, but still showed Aldaz his innocent expression. Aldaz dragged him to a table, took out a pile of bottles and flasks and made him drink all of them.
Looking at labels such as "Mighty Toxic Potion" or "Mind Shattering Potion" was almost enough to make him piss his pants. But luckily the Super System was unfair enough to clear all of the potions. Seeing Chen Rui drank all the potions without losing a single hair, Aldaz became even more enraged. The Super System had progressed to 18%. Chen Rui discovered that the stronger the potion’s effect the faster the System progressed, but if he drink the potion he used before, the progress it gives lessens significantly. His expectation for the mysterious System kept getting higher. He wondered what would happen if the progress reached 100%.
Suddenly, Chen Rui expressed discomfort and said:
"Master, wait!"
Aldaz’s eyes shined, fell on the bottle of potion that Chen Rui just drank. He carefully picked it up as if it was a life-saving straw and hopefully asked:
"Did your body feel paralyzed and hard to breathe?"
"That’s not it…"
Chen Rui awkwardly said:
"Last night I didn’t eat anything and just now I drank a lot of water. I can’t hold it in anymore. Can you tell me where the bathroom is?"
"Bang!"
The bottle exploded. Aldaz’s face distorted and he ground his teeth:
"Water? You despicable human! You dare to trample on a potion master’s life effort!"
Chen Rui got scared out of his wits and quickly shut his mouth. Yesterday he tasted lightning because of "color discrimination" and now he made the same mistake due to "life effort discrimination"? Fine, I’ll lower my head to your eaves, at least it’s still better than getting hit by lightning.
Too bad the Super System cannot absorb lightning…
"Human physique… has reached this level? My research results, my new poison… are all…"
Aldaz panted heavily.
"No! I still have the recipe! I can make white potion which will absolutely make your bones rot!".
At this time, the bloating effect almost wore off completely. Sally’s stomachache decreased as he was panting heavily on the floor. This little imp had followed Aldaz for quite some time; when he heared the word "white potion", his expression turned horrified and he loudly shouted: "Master Aldaz, you should not…".
Unfortunately Aldaz was in a frenzied state and could not hear anything, What is worse than having your life effort turns meaningless? Chen Rui saw this good opportunity and quietly ran toward the entrance of the laboratory.
Just when Aldaz tremblingly poured purple liquid into the test tube which was still bubbling,
"KABOOM!"
The tabletop made of crystal could not handle the impact and turned to dust. All kinds of potion fell like rain. Aldaz got blown away tens of meter. The little imp rolled several rounds in the air before hitting the wall.
Luckily, Chen Rui made it outside of the lab and escaped death. The room was very sturdy as there was not even a single crack on the wall.
Chen Rui carefully peeked inside the room and saw the two pitiful figures. He silently rejoiced for his incredible luck. Although he looked forward to the activated Super System, this bastard Aldaz was too crazy and God knows what would happen if he stayed here any longer.
Chen Rui picked up a torn cloak from the floor, hooded himself and quickly slipped away.
Aldaz’s laboratory seemed to lie inside a large backyard. The lab probably was deemed dangerous to stay close to as he saw no one while walking out.
But as our ancestors said, "life has three urgencies"3, he could not wait anymore. Hurriedly going to a nearby tree, he watered the surrounding plants.
Just when he finished caring for the plants and turned his head, a curious face appeared in his vision.
It was a girl around 12 years old. She wore a long white dress, glossy white skin, delicate facial features, curly golden hair and animated violet eyes as if they knew how to speak.
Although Chen Rui was not a lolicon, he could not help but get stunned by this girl’s beauty. In his previous life, he had seen various images of celebrities, beauties and even photoshopped ones, but nothing could compare to this perfect pure girl.
The girl blinked her eyes and moved them slowly downward, making a regretful expression:
"Too bad it’s too small…"
Chen Rui almost thought for a moment that his ears had gone wrong; the impression of a perfect pure loli shattered to pieces. After quite some time did he come back to his senses and he spoke with difficulty:
"Well… Luckily it’s not too small."
Stuffs related to a man’s pride, in whatever situation, cannot be looked down upon by women, especially a stunning little beauty.
The girl signed, shaking her head:
"There are more which are bigger than this though…"
She had seen more of this?
Chen Rui thought to himself: Arthur in this aspect is strong enough, at least far better than his past self. Are all demon in this world monsters? And why such a beautiful young lady speaks this kind of words?
Chen Rui with an enduring expression replied begrudgingly:
"There are always higher mountains4 after all. I did try my best…"
"What are you talking about?"
The loli looked at him strangely, pointing at the radish-shaped plant right at his feet:
"I said that this sweet potato is still young and cannot be eaten."
Sweet potato? Just now did Chen Rui see a small basket filled with flowers in her hand. His face instantly reddened as this was the first time he felt this embarrassed, but he did not notice a faint slyness flashed through this little beauty’s eyes.
The meaning is similar to "Beggars can’t be choosers". ↩ Chen Rui was acting as Aldaz’s father to insult him. ↩ The three urgencies: internal (urinate, etc), sexual and mental (impatient, etc). ↩ Means that: "There will always be a person who is better than you". ↩
Early in the morning of the next day, Chen Rui was guided to the laboratory by Sally. He did not have a chance to observe the laboratory carefully yesterday and in fact, the lab was very big and on the tables were various potion bottles and strange machines.
In front of Aldaz, I-am-Sally-the-great attitude could not be found and instead Sally was fawning all over Aldaz. Aldaz waved his hand to stop Sally’s nonstop flattery and asked Chen Rui:
"You hungry?"
In his heart, Chen Rui resented not being able to hit this thin face to make it fatter, but he could only nod his head.
"Good, try this."
Aldaz smirked full with ill-intention and took out a bottle filled with green liquid, unexpectedly still releasing white smoke. Chen Rui’s hair stood straight as he instantly regretted nodding to Aldaz’s question and desperately shaking his head.
Sally "saw face guessed intention", immediately stood up and gave Chen Rui a beating.
"That’s enough! Give him half of the potion first."
Aldaz ordered Sally to stop.
People under the eaves can only lower their head1. Someday I will make you drink the water used to wash my feet! Chen Rui gave up and while enduring vomiting, he swallowed the malicious liquid. The liquid seemed to flow straight through his throat without even touch his tongue. Not long after that, his belly swelled and heated up with extreme pain. Chen Rui now understood why Aldaz smirked earlier.
At this moment, inside his head came the mysterious voice again:
"Detect unknown poisonous substances, do you want to activate the Super System to absorb it?"
"Yes!"
As his stomach was aching to the point that was unbearable, without thinking he hastily shouted out. The familiar cool air appeared again and his stomach started decreasing in size.
"Lacking supplying energy, the System activation progress stopped at 0.7%. Need more energy to complete."
Chen Rui let out a long sign of relief. This time he heard the voice very clearly and could not help but get excited: Super System? Those words seem very familiar.
Aldaz obviously could not hear the mysterious voice; his eyes widened in surprise to see Chen Rui returned to normal.
"How can it be? Maybe the ratio of bloating weeds is wrong?"
Aldaz glanced at the grinning Sally and coldly said:
"Sally, drink the rest of the potion!"
Sally’s face turned bitter as he hurriedly pleaded:
"Honorable master…"
Before he could finish his line, "zii…zii" sound echoed out from Aldaz’s hand, which is the sign of the lightning. Sally could not help but drink the potion in his hand. After a few minutes, the imp rolled around with his hands on his growing belly just like a 9-month pregnant woman. Seeing the horror movie starring Sally the great, Chen Rui’s hair raised upward. This lab and that damn master are too dangerous; I’ll get killed if I don’t run away soon.
"No! The potion is clearly effective…"
Aldaz puzzledly looked at Sally’s suffering, recalled that Chen Rui did chant something, and hurriedly said:
"Sally, quickly shout ‘Yes’."
"Yes!"
Sally suppressed the pain and loudly shouted. Obviously, nothing happened.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Sally cried out desperately. But the pain became more violent the more he shouted.
"This idiot! Slow down a bit and lower your tone."
Aldaz scolded Sally but no matter how many times the imp chanted "Yes", the effect of the potion still stayed the same.
"Stop!"
Just when Chen Rui tried to run away, Aldaz stopped him. The distance of about 7 or 8 meters instantly disappeared as Aldaz appeared right in front of Chen Rui. He gave out another bottle.
"Quickly drink this!"
Chen Rui knew he could not escape and cursed Aldaz inside his heart various times. But looking at Aldaz’s scary expression, he dared not say it out loud and drank the potion.
This time the effect was petrifying. The mysterious voice came out inside his head again. Chen Rui lost all his senses and could not even move his mouth so he could only confirm it inside his brain. The wondrous feeling happened again and the stiffness disappeared; The System prompted that the progress had reached 1.2%.
Chen Rui heard another reminding:
"Repeatedly converted unknown poisonous substances three times. Do you want the System to automatically absorb those substances?"
Without even thinking, Chen Rui unhesistantly confirmed. This is without a doubt the lifesaver I needed! I don’t wanna die because of not approving in time.
Aldaz quickly looked at the empty bottle in his hand and after confirming that the label was indeed "No.103: Potent Petrifying Potion", his expression was filled with shock:
"Damn human, what kind of magic did you use?"
If your father2 can use magic, you have a chance to pour poison for me to drink? Chen Rui could not help but curse Aldaz inside his head, but still showed Aldaz his innocent expression. Aldaz dragged him to a table, took out a pile of bottles and flasks and made him drink all of them.
Looking at labels such as "Mighty Toxic Potion" or "Mind Shattering Potion" was almost enough to make him piss his pants. But luckily the Super System was unfair enough to clear all of the potions. Seeing Chen Rui drank all the potions without losing a single hair, Aldaz became even more enraged. The Super System had progressed to 18%. Chen Rui discovered that the stronger the potion’s effect the faster the System progressed, but if he drink the potion he used before, the progress it gives lessens significantly. His expectation for the mysterious System kept getting higher. He wondered what would happen if the progress reached 100%.
Suddenly, Chen Rui expressed discomfort and said:
"Master, wait!"
Aldaz’s eyes shined, fell on the bottle of potion that Chen Rui just drank. He carefully picked it up as if it was a life-saving straw and hopefully asked:
"Did your body feel paralyzed and hard to breathe?"
"That’s not it…"
Chen Rui awkwardly said:
"Last night I didn’t eat anything and just now I drank a lot of water. I can’t hold it in anymore. Can you tell me where the bathroom is?"
"Bang!"
The bottle exploded. Aldaz’s face distorted and he ground his teeth:
"Water? You despicable human! You dare to trample on a potion master’s life effort!"
Chen Rui got scared out of his wits and quickly shut his mouth. Yesterday he tasted lightning because of "color discrimination" and now he made the same mistake due to "life effort discrimination"? Fine, I’ll lower my head to your eaves, at least it’s still better than getting hit by lightning.
Too bad the Super System cannot absorb lightning…
"Human physique… has reached this level? My research results, my new poison… are all…"
Aldaz panted heavily.
"No! I still have the recipe! I can make white potion which will absolutely make your bones rot!".
At this time, the bloating effect almost wore off completely. Sally’s stomachache decreased as he was panting heavily on the floor. This little imp had followed Aldaz for quite some time; when he heared the word "white potion", his expression turned horrified and he loudly shouted: "Master Aldaz, you should not…".
Unfortunately Aldaz was in a frenzied state and could not hear anything, What is worse than having your life effort turns meaningless? Chen Rui saw this good opportunity and quietly ran toward the entrance of the laboratory.
Just when Aldaz tremblingly poured purple liquid into the test tube which was still bubbling,
"KABOOM!"
The tabletop made of crystal could not handle the impact and turned to dust. All kinds of potion fell like rain. Aldaz got blown away tens of meter. The little imp rolled several rounds in the air before hitting the wall.
Luckily, Chen Rui made it outside of the lab and escaped death. The room was very sturdy as there was not even a single crack on the wall.
Chen Rui carefully peeked inside the room and saw the two pitiful figures. He silently rejoiced for his incredible luck. Although he looked forward to the activated Super System, this bastard Aldaz was too crazy and God knows what would happen if he stayed here any longer.
Chen Rui picked up a torn cloak from the floor, hooded himself and quickly slipped away.
Aldaz’s laboratory seemed to lie inside a large backyard. The lab probably was deemed dangerous to stay close to as he saw no one while walking out.
But as our ancestors said, "life has three urgencies"3, he could not wait anymore. Hurriedly going to a nearby tree, he watered the surrounding plants.
Just when he finished caring for the plants and turned his head, a curious face appeared in his vision.
It was a girl around 12 years old. She wore a long white dress, glossy white skin, delicate facial features, curly golden hair and animated violet eyes as if they knew how to speak.
Although Chen Rui was not a lolicon, he could not help but get stunned by this girl’s beauty. In his previous life, he had seen various images of celebrities, beauties and even photoshopped ones, but nothing could compare to this perfect pure girl.
The girl blinked her eyes and moved them slowly downward, making a regretful expression:
"Too bad it’s too small…"
Chen Rui almost thought for a moment that his ears had gone wrong; the impression of a perfect pure loli shattered to pieces. After quite some time did he come back to his senses and he spoke with difficulty:
"Well… Luckily it’s not too small."
Stuffs related to a man’s pride, in whatever situation, cannot be looked down upon by women, especially a stunning little beauty.
The girl signed, shaking her head:
"There are more which are bigger than this though…"
She had seen more of this?
Chen Rui thought to himself: Arthur in this aspect is strong enough, at least far better than his past self. Are all demon in this world monsters? And why such a beautiful young lady speaks this kind of words?
Chen Rui with an enduring expression replied begrudgingly:
"There are always higher mountains4 after all. I did try my best…"
"What are you talking about?"
The loli looked at him strangely, pointing at the radish-shaped plant right at his feet:
"I said that this sweet potato is still young and cannot be eaten."
Sweet potato? Just now did Chen Rui see a small basket filled with flowers in her hand. His face instantly reddened as this was the first time he felt this embarrassed, but he did not notice a faint slyness flashed through this little beauty’s eyes.
The meaning is similar to "Beggars can’t be choosers". ↩ Chen Rui was acting as Aldaz’s father to insult him. ↩ The three urgencies: internal (urinate, etc), sexual and mental (impatient, etc). ↩ Means that: "There will always be a person who is better than you". ↩
