The Most Random System

Chapter 1091: Chapter 489: Bubu Flower, Using Parasitic Seed on Puni!

At times like this, one can only lament why no one keeps an ashtray in the bathroom anymore.

An ashtray is actually a very useful thing.

Haruki Murakami recorded something like this in his book "Distant Drumming":

Someone asked Haruki Murakami if he knew how to fit four Germans and eight Jews in a Volkswagen.

Haruki Murakami didn’t know, so the person told him the answer: two Germans in the front seats, two in the back seats, and eight Jews in the ashtray.

Haruki Murakami was enlightened and thus wrote the story into his book.

Everyone, the ashtray is quite powerful (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧!

In any case, after hearing about Du Zhuo’s unlucky experience, Lin Li understood his decision.

It was indeed a huge shadow.

The feeling at the time might have been similar to those who misread "essential balm can remove dirt from bags."

"Then Brother Du, you go ahead and smoke, I’ll keep an eye out for you." Thus, Lin Li was considerate for a moment, watching closely like a cat, before speaking sincerely.

"Thanks."

Not unlucky enough to be caught immediately after lighting up, once Du Zhuo released his craving, he got back in the car to continue helping Lin Li complete his mission.

...

[Drive the mecha to complete at least 10 tasks for the unfamiliar empire’s citizens (10/10)]

Midnight.

The luck was better afterwards, with more tasks involving women than expected.

Slightly earlier than Lin Li anticipated, not yet reaching Saturday dawn, but close to midnight, the remaining six parts of the mission finally got completed.

I thought I would have to go once more to the bar street at two or three in the morning, but now that effort was saved.

[Task Two completed.]

[You have received rewards: Physical Improvement: Mecha Synchronization Index +10; Random Ability *1; System Currency *150]

[You have gained an active ability: Parasitic Seed]

[Parasitic Seed: Select a target within a range of three meters to implant a parasitic seed inside, which has no physical form, no negative effects, and cannot be detected by the target.

The parasitic seed will copy 20% of the target’s positive "Growth" during the parasitic period—"Growth" encompasses strength, spiritual power, knowledge, cultivation, abilities, talents, etc.

—Copying is an additional replication and does not steal the parasitic target’s "Growth."

When within a distance of no more than three meters, you can retrieve the parasitic seed at any time and absorb the internal copied "Growth."

If the "Growth" segments do not fit your current situation, they will be converted into suitable foundational or expanded content in that direction.

This ability has no cooldown, but only one parasitic seed can exist at a time.

If the parasitic target dies, the parasitic seed will also perish.

Additionally, you can forcibly remotely terminate the parasitic seed, which will not yield any internal "Growth," and it requires a week to generate a new parasitic seed.]

Looking at the introduction of the newly acquired active ability, Lin Li was a bit surprised and raised an eyebrow.

What a powerful leech ability.

No, it can’t really be considered a leech, or even a parasite. The term "symbiosis" seems more fitting, because this ability doesn’t help the host but also doesn’t harm them in any way.

Because the ability has no cooldown, Lin Li simply chose Du Zhuo as the target and used "Parasitic Seed."

[Parasitism successful]

Nothing unusual happened; Lin Li didn’t see anything, and Du Zhuo felt nothing either, except for the system’s notification. If it weren’t for this prompt, Lin Li wouldn’t even know the parasitism succeeded.

This implies the ability has very high stealth; it won’t be noticed by anyone during use—not even oneself, let alone others.

However, Lin Li’s perception of Du Zhuo hasn’t changed at all.

Just because he’s now a parasitic target doesn’t mean Lin Li can sense his location or physical data; it seems that there won’t be any additional bonds formed due to the parasitic relationship.

[You have retrieved the parasitic seed.]

[Absorbing "Growth."]

[Absorption complete.]

Three consecutive system notifications popped up.

The absorption was almost instantaneous; Lin Li didn’t feel any "growth" in himself.

But that’s quite normal since the parasitism lasted only a few seconds, and Du Zhuo was just playing with his phone, expecting any change would be odd.

Now Lin Li had some expectations.

He thought this ability was very powerful.

But not in the real world.

In fact, concerning the real world, Lin Li didn’t really have any suitable parasitic targets.

Both his strength and spiritual power were at levels unattainable by humans, and parasitism could only sneakily copy 20%; real-world "Growth" is linear, almost impossible to achieve instantly, so there’s not much to absorb.

What can be absorbed actually brings very little benefit to Lin Li.

Better than nothing, I suppose.

Expecting this ability to stealthily gain some talents in the real world was actually much less effective than using his current highly advanced comprehension to self-learn and cultivate.

Of course, not using this ability would be a waste, so Lin Li reckoned he’d randomly find someone at school to use it on... Like his Ying Bao, just to ensure it isn’t wasted.

There are indeed many more suitable parasitic targets than Chen Yu Ying, as Chen Yu Ying’s daily life is mostly about learning knowledge, and in this respect, Lin Li considers the difficulty of retrieving the seed.