Chapter 45: System Update
【Mars Meteorite: Absorbable. Absorb?】
“Absorb!”
After being excited for a while, Su Xiaofan absorbed the second Mars meteorite as well.
This meteorite was even smaller than the glass meteorite, weighing only a little over ten grams. After Su Xiaofan issued the command to absorb it, the Mars meteorite in his palm quickly turned into powder.
【Restoration Points: 135!】
The restoration points displayed in his mind showed that the Mars meteorite had given Su Xiaofan '80 Restoration Points', bringing his total to '135 points'.
“Meteorites should be much easier to find than Yin Sha Stones, right?”
Looking at the number of restoration points in his mind, Su Xiaofan was incredibly pleased.
In the past, whenever he thought about having to search through dark tombs for Yin Sha Stones to replenish his restoration points, he felt extremely uncomfortable. Now, however, he had a much better option.
The restoration points gained from absorbing meteorites far exceeded those from Yin Sha Stones. As long as Su Xiaofan was willing, he could now completely restore the dragon-shaped jade pendant hanging around his neck.
However, Su Xiaofan wasn't in a hurry to restore that artifact.
It was hanging around his neck anyway and couldn't possibly get lost. What he needed to do now was absorb that meteorite containing the solar-storm energy factor.
“Could it be that the smaller the meteorite, the more valuable it is?”
Suppressing the intense desire in his mind for the solar-storm energy factor meteorite, Su Xiaofan examined the meteorite, which was only about the size of his little fingernail.
Unlike the previous two meteorites, which were completely black, this one was dark red overall. But when Su Xiaofan looked closely, he felt as though the meteorite was covered with countless patterns, slowly rotating like a nebula.
“It's an illusion. It must be an illusion!”
Su Xiaofan shook his head vigorously.
【Solar-Storm Energy Factor Meteorite: Absorbable. Absorption in progress!】
Apparently unable to tolerate Su Xiaofan's hesitation, the Restoration System actually began absorbing it on its own as soon as the line of text appeared in his mind. This time, it didn't even ask Su Xiaofan for confirmation.
“Holy crap! It became intelligent? It can absorb things by itself?”
Su Xiaofan exclaimed.
But what happened next left him even more bewildered.
Unlike when he absorbed the other two meteorites, the dark-red solar-storm energy factor meteorite began melting in Su Xiaofan's palm as soon as the absorption command was issued.
“What is going on?”
The melted meteorite looked like a sticky bubble. While Su Xiaofan was still completely stunned, the bubble actually seeped into the palm of his hand.
In an instant, before Su Xiaofan could react in any way, the meteorite had completely disappeared.
His palm looked exactly as it had before, with no visible changes whatsoever.
“Huh? Where did the meteorite go?”
Su Xiaofan watched helplessly as a meteorite seemed to merge into his body. Even though he was usually quite bold, he couldn't help feeling somewhat panicked.
He used the fingers of his left hand to scratch at the palm of his right hand. He scratched so hard that he nearly tore the skin, but there was still no sign of the meteorite.
“Right! I can still check the restoration points.”
Su Xiaofan hurriedly focused his attention on his mind.
However, after waiting for quite a while, the restoration points that normally appeared as soon as he concentrated were nowhere to be seen.
“What the hell is going on?”
Su Xiaofan was practically about to cry.
The meteorite merging into his body wasn't a big deal. His body didn't feel any abnormalities anyway.
But if the Restoration System had disappeared, that would be disastrous.
He had only obtained this thing after being struck by lightning. Could it really have disappeared just like that?
“Big brother, you're my dear big brother. Please come out!”
“No, Great-Uncle, you're my dear Great-Uncle! I'll call you Great-Uncle, okay?”
In his panic, Su Xiaofan began talking nonsense. Not only had he somehow given his own father a son, he had also found himself an older brother.
【Myriad Things Restoration System: System repair in progress, 3%...】
Perhaps his sincerity had touched the system.
Suddenly, a line of information appeared in his mind.
Beneath the line of information was a red progress bar. Judging from the progress, the system repair had only just begun, with most of the bar still blank.
“The system itself was damaged and needs to be repaired too?”
Seeing the information, Su Xiaofan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Restoration System hadn't disappeared. It was repairing itself.
As long as the system wasn't gone, Su Xiaofan wasn't too worried. Moreover, after the system was repaired, its functions might become even more powerful. This made Su Xiaofan look forward to the result.
“Myriad Things Restoration System?”
Looking at the system's name, Su Xiaofan didn't think it was exaggerated in the slightest.
From living bodies to objects, as long as he had enough restoration points, it seemed that anything could be repaired.
Calling it the 'Myriad Things Restoration System' was indeed quite appropriate.
“It seems that the solar-storm energy factor meteorite must have triggered the system's repair.”
Su Xiaofan thought about it carefully.
Previously, after absorbing the two meteorites one after another, he had only gained restoration points.
But after absorbing the solar-storm energy factor meteorite, not only had the meteorite merged into his palm, it had also directly caused the system to crash, after which the system repair notification appeared.
“Could the system I obtained be incomplete, and does it need to absorb special meteorites to become complete?”
Su Xiaofan speculated.
It seemed that ordinary objects could only increase his restoration points, while only something like the solar-storm energy factor meteorite could improve the system itself.
“The Myriad Things Restoration System itself needs repairing?”
Su Xiaofan couldn't help laughing bitterly.
At the same time, he was looking forward to what kind of surprise the system would bring him after the repair was complete.
“I wonder how long this repair will take.”
Su Xiaofan checked the progress bar from time to time, only to discover that it barely moved at all. It remained stuck at '3%'.
Although he was anxious, there was nothing he could do.
After staring at the progress bar for a while without getting anywhere, Su Xiaofan simply took out his phone and video-called his younger sister.
“Su Xiaofan, where did you go to play today?”
As soon as the video connected, Su Xiaoxiao's voice came through.
Her hair was still wet, so she had apparently just taken a shower.
“Call me Big Brother!”
Su Xiaofan corrected the way his sister addressed him.
“I went to the antique market today. How are things on your end? When do classes start? Do you still have military training?”
“You haven't had enough of setting up your stall every day, and now you're even going to the antique market?”
Su Xiaoxiao curled her lips and then spoke excitedly.
“We went to the research institute today. We're different from ordinary college students. We don't have to participate in military training.”
“You went to a research institute. Is there really anything to be that excited about? Wasn't the place where we registered the other day also a research institute?”
Su Xiaofan chatted casually with his sister while occasionally glancing at the repair progress in his mind.
“Su Xiaofan, what do you know!”
Su Xiaoxiao said, “Our research institute is underground. It's really, really deep underground, and the area is especially huge…”
“Huh? Underground?”
Su Xiaofan immediately became more interested when he heard that.
“Oops, I forgot. The professor said we can't tell anyone about it.”
Su Xiaoxiao suddenly covered her mouth with her hand and looked pitifully at Su Xiaofan.
“Big Brother, you absolutely can't tell anyone! We even signed a confidentiality agreement today.”
“You? Signing a confidentiality agreement?”
Su Xiaofan looked at his sister with disdain.
“A string of candied hawthorns is enough to make you reveal that you wet the bed yesterday. Are you sure a confidentiality agreement is going to work?”
When Su Xiaoxiao was four or five years old, she had been an adorable little girl with a sweet, innocent appearance. She was also lively and naive, so everyone in the village loved teasing her.
Once, the old village chief went to the town market. When he came back, he brought a stick of candied hawthorns.
He told Su Xiaoxiao that only children who didn't wet the bed could eat it.
Su Xiaoxiao immediately snatched the candied hawthorns away.
Before leaving, she even told the old village chief that wetting the bed had been yesterday's business and that she definitely wouldn't wet the bed again today.
“Su Xiaofan!”
Su Xiaoxiao glared at her brother through the video, gritting her teeth.
“Didn't we agree that you weren't allowed to mention this anymore? If you bring it up again, I'm seriously going to fall out with you!”
“Fine, fine. I won't mention it.”
Su Xiaofan laughed.
“Since you have a confidentiality agreement over there, don't tell me about it either. It'll save you trouble.”
“Hmph! As if I wanted to tell you.”
Su Xiaoxiao turned her head away and snorted.
“By the way, I might stay for another three days and then return to Luochuan. Take good care of yourself at school.”
Su Xiaofan told his sister when he planned to return.
Originally, he had planned to stay for a week. But now that the system in his mind was undergoing repairs and he couldn't use it, he figured he'd spend the next few days sightseeing around Yanjing.
If the repair still wasn't finished after three days, he would head back to Luochuan.
“Big Brother, you're going back?”
Su Xiaoxiao fell silent after hearing what he said.
Although she usually acted casually around her brother and teased him without restraint, Su Xiaoxiao knew that her brother was only three years older than her, yet ever since he entered high school, he had shouldered the burden of the family and had always taken meticulous care of her.
When she attended high school in Luochuan, she lived at school, but she could still see her brother every week.
Now that she was in college, she wouldn't have a holiday for at least another six months.
Suddenly, Su Xiaoxiao felt reluctant to see her brother leave.
“What's wrong? You're eating well and enjoying yourself over there while your brother has to go back and earn money.”
Seeing his sister's expression, Su Xiaofan knew what she was thinking and smiled.
“Give me a year. By then, your brother will buy a house in Yanjing, and we'll make our home here.”
After coming to Yanjing, especially after walking around the antique market, Su Xiaofan had genuinely developed this idea.
Luochuan was simply too small.
He knew people in all of the antique markets there, which made everything inconvenient. If he found a major bargain like he had today, the entire antique trade in Luochuan would probably know about it by the next day.
Yanjing was completely different.
People from all over the country gathered here, and there were more than a dozen antique markets alone.
Moreover, most of the people wandering around the antique markets were tourists.
If he found three to five antiques a month and sold them, in such a huge market as Yanjing, it probably wouldn't even create a ripple.
“Su Xiaofan, you're bragging again. Buy a house in Yanjing within a year? Look at you!”
Su Xiaoxiao returned the same disdainful look Su Xiaofan had given her earlier.
She wasn't some ignorant bookworm, after all. She naturally knew how ridiculously high the housing prices in Yanjing were.
(End of Chapter)
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