Shi Xiaobai was extremely pleased, believing he had discovered the secret behind Kali's power.
But he did not know that his soft murmuring was like thunder in Kali's ears!
"For me, he is willing to give up the most passionate matters between lovers and even wants to cultivate in the Virgin Boy Exercise!? Are...are his intentions so selfless? How should I reject him?"
Kali's heart felt extremely heavy. At this moment, she was truly touched by Shi Xiaobai, but she still had a reason that forbade her from sharing hearts with others.
"Should I give him a chance? If..."
Kali had such a thought as she looked at Shi Xiaobai. Her expression looked unprecedentedly serious as she sighed and said, "Shi Xiaobai, in fact, my return to the human word this time is to prevent the fourth apocalypse. The first apocalypse destroyed my home, and nearly annihilated the entire world. And now, I finally have the tiny possibility of saving the world, so I must prevent it!"
"When the fourth apocalypse comes, I will personally challenge the "Original Sin of Calamity", but even for me, I might not be able to come back alive. All of this is the only meaning for my existence. So even if I know I will die, I will never back down!"
"Do you understand? I do not know when I would die. It might be ten years later or a year later. I might even die tomorrow!"
Kali revealed the biggest secret in her heart. She had to tell Shi Xiaobai that her becoming of a lover would be doomed to end in a tragedy. If he could even accept the tragedy...
"Can you bring me along?" Shi Xiaobai's eyes flickered with a shiny beam. Saving the world? This was something he wanted to partake in!
"What?" Kali had a look of incredulity flash past her eyes. Did Shi Xiaobai mean that he wanted to accompany her to face the fate of her destined tragedy?
"Can you bring me along when you challenge the 'Original Sin of Calamity'!?" Shi Xiaobai's eyes looked extremely resolute. Becoming a Hero to challenge a Super BOSS was always his dream!
"You want...to send yourself to death?" Kali's voice sounded forced. For her, he was even willing to abandon his life?
"All men must die, so why fear?" Shi Xiaobai believed that there was no reason to fear if they could become a hero that saved the world.
"I...I got it." Kali began thinking that since he was willing to give up his life for love, and was willing to die together with her, why couldn't she accept his heart?
At this moment, Kali was completely moved.
Wasn't it just being in a relationship? She even dared to kick a God King from his throne and even converted demonic girls into pixies. She even dared to use her life to prevent the end of the world, so what if it was just a relationship that crossed the confines of age, species and strength...it did not seem too unacceptable, right?
"Cough, I agree. That...That whatever pact..I'll sign it!"
After saying that, Kali's face blushed.
"Ah?"
Shi Xiaobai was stunned. What did this mean?
Kali immediately blushed when she saw Shi Xiaobai so shocked from surprise. Gritting her teeth, she rushed up to embrace Shi Xiaobai's head, and tip-toeing, she gave his forehead a kiss before taking a few steps back. She said softly, "The pact has been sealed! However, you are only thirteen, so you have to wait till you are at least sixteen...before the pact will take effect!"
"Alright, that shall be the case. When you are sixteen, I will become your girl...girlfriend. By...Bye!"
Kali felt her heart palpitating so much that she could not take it anymore to the point of her stammering. She hurriedly jumped into the light, as though she was escaping from the room.
Only then did Shi Xiaobai realize what had happened. This..why did she, for some baffling reason, suddenly change her mind?
"Sigh, she still wasn't able to withstand the power from the Confession of a King! This King, who believes in miracles, is indeed too naive!"
At this moment, Shi Xiaobai was weeping. "The thing about girlfriends, This King doesn't want them!"
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Chapter56 It Isn't Easy for Any One of Us
The meteor shower only ended at two in the morning. A total of 1038 meteors hit the ground, making it an extremely rare 'Thousand Stars'-ranked meteor shower. The entire Southern Gold City and the neighboring smaller cities were completely left in ruins, a desolate wasteland.
However, people were already accustomed to such disasters. The moment the meteor shower ended, post-disaster reconstruction began.
As the evacuation before the meteor shower was carried out very smoothly, there were very few citizens who died in this disaster. In fact, it was the Heroes, who came to "help", that ended up sacrificing their lives.
There was naturally a wake for the Heroes who passed away, but there were always Heroes, who sacrificed themselves in every disaster. The first time, people would cry, the second time, people would feel sad, but by the third or fourth time...or countless times, people became numb about it, accustomed to the sacrifice of the Heroes. It became a thing that was taken for granted.
When the duty of a Hero became a profession and a normal thing, it slowly lost its luster of noble sacrifice, and was soon forgotten.
As such, the Heroes' wake was destined to be a hasty routine, and in stark contrast, a celebration dinner for the Heroes would be lavishly held. Many of the country's leaders would come personally, extolling the praises of those Heroes who killed Astral Calamity Beasts. According to usual practice, they would hold a press conference at the celebration dinner and for the next few days, provide a lot of interesting material for the news.
The surviving Heroes enjoyed glory and were extolled, while the dead Heroes would quickly disappear from the Hero rankings. They would disappear from the news and being out of sight, would eventually be forgotten.
"For Heroes, this is the best of times, and also the worst of times. For a businessman, this is an excellent era."
Xia Lin stood in front of a gigantic floor window. Up in the tall building, he looked down at the walking pedestrian as his eyes glimmered with a luster and his mouth revealed a slight, pleasant smile.
"Knock, knock, knock." Suddenly, a rhythmic knocking of the door could be heard.
"Come in." Xia Lin did not turn his head because he could already tell who the person was from the sound of the knocks.
"Boss!"
The person who came in was a young girl dressed in a white-collared uniform. She politely greeted Xia Lin and gingerly walked up to him. In her hand, she held a stack of documents as she said softly, "This week's results are out."
Xia Lin acknowledged her presence and turned around to take the documents from her hands. Using the sunlight, he read extremely quickly. He read nearly ten lines at a glance, and the way he flipped through the documents looked like he was counting money.
The young female assistant did not even dare to breathe normally. Her delicate face looked uneasy. The man in front of her was about the same age as she was, but he was the general manager of a large listed company. She had also seen enough of his artifice and means.
After Xia Lin was done flipping to the last page, he lifted frames of his glasses, reflecting the sunlight to conceal his eyes. It made his expressionless face appear without the slightest emotion.
"Tell me, is [Gaia] really on a decline or is it because my leadership is lacking?"
Xia Lin turned around to look at the female assistant as he revealed an easy-going smile, as if he was asking a simple question like what she was eating for lunch.
"Your leadership is redoubtable!" The female assistant hurriedly responded.
"Oh? Do you mean [Gaia] is going downhill? That's why there's not a single new Gold-ranked player this week? That's why our store's average winning rate is less than 40%? That's why our branch store is ranked last in the weekly rankings?"
Xia Lin used a calm voice to list out very intense questions before finally saying with a sm
ile, "So do you think all of this is because [Gaia] is on a decline? That's why setting up a branch in [Gaia] was a mistake right from the very beginning, is that it?"
The female assistant felt wronged and thought in her heart that since he knew, why was he making it difficult for a junior employee like her! Are you trying to hear another answer from me? Isn't it a well known fact that [Gaia] is on a decline? It would be surprising if the results of the shop set up in [Gaia] would be good!
The female assistant kept complaining deep in her heart, but she did not dare to show the slightest hint of discontent. Although Xia Lin was young and accomplished, he had been sent to a branch from headquarters due to his lack of experience. This branch's results affected headquarter's final evaluation of Xia Lin. Last week's performance was extremely terrible, so it was unknown how much anger Xia Lin was simmering! She had to be extremely careful.
"No...No, it's...it's our fault!" The female assistant rolled her eyes as she could not think of any other excuse. She could only think of the most old-fashioned excuse—take the initiative to shoulder the blame.
"Heh heh, it looks like you aren't dumb and are cognizant of your faults. You are still redeemable." Xia Lin opened up his hands and smiled coldly as he turned to face the floor windows. He left the female assistant a cold and lonely back.
The female assistant was dumbfounded. Were the employees and herself the ones to be blamed in the boss' eyes all along!?
"I have always stressed that customers in the virtual competitive business cannot be awaited. You have to personally promote, entice and solicit them, using every possible means to make them our customers. Even for a pedestrian on the streets, you must go to great pains to tell them the importance of virtual competition, pulling them into the virtual competition world, do you understand? You must think of a way to make them obsess about it until they are unable to extricate themselves!"
Xia Lin looked at the pedestrians on the street. Some of them were walking into the building he was in, while others carried on walking down the street without even taking a look. This was the difference between a customer and a non-customer. They were indifferent, cold and heartless, but there was limitless potential. Customers and non-customers only differed by a syllable, maybe a simple persuasion could make the syllable, "non", disappear completely.
"This is an era of Heroes, and similarly it is an era of competition. Some people think lowly of virtual competition, believing that true battles can increase their personal strength. However, that is just ignorant prejudice. Virtual competition is clearly the fastest way for humans to improve their proficiency in combat techniques! Do you understand? We need to persevere at eliminating the prejudice people have for virtual competition. We must let those ignorant non-customers to understand the importance of virtual competition, making them our customers. We must make them obsess over virtual competition, let them become perfect numbers on our results!"
When Xia Lin was done speaking, he finally could not maintain his calm. The tone in his voice sounded agitated.
"I...I got it!"
The female assistant hurriedly replied, but she was lamenting in her heart. She had heard the same speech numerous times. The employees had also acted in accordance with Xia Lin's instructions. They would always go out onto the streets to solicit for customers instead of working in the office. All of them were like promoters, and was nearing the level of a pimp.
This still wasn't enough?
"Heh heh, do you understand? It’s been a while, but the top three rookies in the present batch of rookies from the most recent evaluation test are still non-customers. All of you are too lazy."
Xia Lin said with a cold smile, "I have already mentioned it many times. Those three rookies are extremely important resources. Regardless of the cost or means, you have to make them our loyal customers, especially that Shi Xiaobai! However, eleven days have passed. We have not received the business from the other two of the top three rookies, much less Shi Xiaobai! All of you have really disappointed me!"
"Sor...Sorry!"
The female assistant was beyond tears. No one knew what Shi Xiaobai looked like and information of his identity was highly confidential. It was as though he had disappeared from [Gaia], so how was she to draw him in? The other two rookies all had strong personalities. There was no way to move them with their words of persuasion!
The female assistant was complaining in her heart, but she could only verbally admit to her mistakes. As a junior employee, she did not dare contradict her boss, so she had no choice but to shoulder the blame!
"If apologies work, then the Huang Pu river wouldn't be red."
Xia Lin's words sounded cold while his expression was colder. Suddenly he pointed out to a spot outside the window and said, "I'll give you a final chance. Make that person a customer, and I'll forgive you this once."
The female assistant hurriedly took a step forward and traced Xia Lin's finger out the window. She saw a youth on the streets moving laterally like a crab. The youth had already walked past their shop, but he looked back three times for every step he took, as though he was reluctant to leave.
"This person is now on the boundary of being a customer and non-customer. He just needs a simple push, do you understand? If one push isn't enough, push him twice. If persuasion doesn't work, try deceiving him. If deceiving him doesn't work, force him. If forcing doesn't work, then even if you have to take off your clothes and scream rape, you still have to force him in!"
Xia Lin said angrily, "This is your last chance!"
The female assistant hurriedly clung to her clothes as she felt her stomach churning.
To think you can think of me screaming rape after taking off my clothes, what sort of sick pervert are you!?
Looking through the window, she saw a figure moving like a crab at a rapid pace down the streets. The female assistant did not dare delay any further. Immediately, she began waddling like a duck, while running with her high heels on.
Crab youth, stop there for me!
The female assistant was nearly going crazy!
"It isn't easy for any one of us."
Xia Lin looked at the female assistant's back and sighed softly.
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Chapter57 Laziness and Diligence
"The True Heretic King Eyes has seen through everything that is fake in this world. No matter how glorious and attractive it is, it cannot sway the Resolve of the King. If you remain obstinate about this, the moment this battle began, you were destined to suffer a tragic fate!"
As Shi Xiaobai used his Crab Steps, he turned his head back three times for every step he took. Just as he was about to turn into another street, he would stop, turn around and point at the tall building. He said, "Game arcade, you can't tempt This King!"
After Shi Xiaobai finished saying that, he felt a sensation in his throat. His eyes blazed with intense desire, as his body could not help but take a few steps towards the building.
"What a powerful enchantment. How can this be? The Heart of the King has been a fibrillated by 0.003 millimeters."
As Shi Xiaobai gritted his teeth, he hurriedly turned around to not look at the signboard that said "Virtual Competition Battle Arena Cafe". His shoulders trembled slightly as he said hatefully, "Damn it. If not for having other matters to tend to, This King would definitely fight an astounding battle of three hundred rounds with you!"
Shi Xiaobai struggled as he finally let out a long sigh. "That darn Absolute Choice, is this your true goal?"
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The current Shi Xiaobai hated the "Absolute Choice" absolutely. Last night, the Absolute Choice had caused Kali to end up as his girlfriend, and this morning, after he woke up, he received a new Absolute Choice.
[ Choice 1: Within seven days, increase flash motion technique "Crab Steps" to the "Dominating Refinement" realm (Reward: B-level) ]
[ Choice 2: Within seven days, increase Psychic defens
e skill "Wavelet Shield" to the "Familiarized Proficiency" realm (Reward: E-level) ]
(Gentle Reminder: This choice is considered a "daily-style choice" where there is only one opportunity after choosing. Successfully completing the choice’s mission will yield a reward, and failure will lead to punishment of the same level.)
When Shi Xiaobai heard the words "make your choice, youth" while brushing his teeth, he nearly crumbled. He actually heaved a sigh of relief after reading the choices. He was glad that it was a daily-style choice.
After summarizing the Absolute Choices that had appeared up to now, Shi Xiaobai had a general idea that there were temporarily three kinds of Absolute Choices.
The first kind of was the unpredictable choice back when he rescued Little Fatso. This kind of Absolute Choice reflected the choices in Shi Xiaobai's heart. Save, escape or watch by the sidelines. However, after the appearance of the Absolute Choice, Shi Xiaobai had to complete the choice he made to end the repeating mechanism of time.
Choices that tested one's will and beliefs were usually the hardest to complete, such as saving Little Fatso. In contrast, the choice of abandoning one's beliefs was easy, such as escaping. The Absolute Choice made him experience defeat after defeat, making him repeat it every time, so as to force him to give up on his original resolve. The moment he changed his choice, he would become subject to the darkness in his heart.
Hence, Shi Xiaobai was most afraid of the unpredictable Absolute Choice, but thankfully, it had only appeared once up to this point.
The second Absolute Choice was a malicious kind of Absolute Choice. It included asking Hisith for his underwear or first kiss, or mocking Kali’s flat chest or professing his love for her. The biggest difference between the malicious choice and the unpredictable choice was the difficulty needed to complete the stipulation of the unpredictable choice, whereas the difficulty posed by the malicious choice was to make the choice itself.
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