Li Ke looked at the large pile of goods inside, such as canned food, bandages, and concrete, which were undoubtedly all things needed in this post-apocalyptic survival game.
But the problem is...
What exactly are Duke's Casino Tokens? Are they like bottle caps or something in Fallout 4?
And most importantly...
"I actually have an inventory?"
Looking at the large blank space on the right side of the product section, Li Ke felt that this world was truly interesting.
With a thought, Li Ke took out the gold bar he had found in that room, intending to use it as a souvenir. Looking at the gold bar, which was less than the size of his little finger, he silently thought to himself, 'Press E'.
The next moment, the gold bar in his hand disappeared into thin air, and in its place appeared a golden item in the large empty space on the right side of the product list.
Li Ke focused his attention on it, and the next moment, the attributes of this thing appeared in Li Ke's eyes.
Gold nugget: Merchants might be interested in this. Price: 140.
Li Ke sold the gold bar without much hesitation, but the moment he sold it, a notification popped up under the corner of his eye.
EXP+420.
Not only that, but the purple bar that he had seen earlier, directly below his field of vision, suddenly moved a little.
Experience points?
Can you gain experience points through transactions?
Li Ke felt increasingly that this world was absurd, but when he saw the bright yellow thing in his inventory called Duke's Casino Token, he was still very curious and focused his attention on it as well.
This time, the option that is only available in the game appeared again.
Dismantle (S)
Discard (D)
Li Ke did not choose to decompose, but instead chose "D". The next moment, a burlap bundle appeared out of thin air in front of him and landed on the table in front of the merchant.
"..."
Li Ke grabbed the small burlap sack. A button appeared on the sack that said "Pick up by pressing 'E'", but Li Ke didn't use the system to pick it up. Instead, he opened the burlap bundle.
The next moment, a large pile of yellow coins fell onto the table. Li Ke picked them up and took a look, discovering that they were made of brass and had some strange patterns on them.
And because it was in English, he... can't read.
There was nothing he could do; he had long since returned his English Level 4 certificate. If it weren't for the certificate, he wouldn't have known he actually knew English.
"Speaking of which, Erina has always spoken Japanese."
He glanced at Erina without making it obvious. He could hear clearly that the girl was speaking Japanese the whole time, but for some reason he could understand her, and she could understand what he was saying as well.
He hadn't cared about these things when the two of them were living in constant fear.
But compared to this...
Li Ke's attention returned to the things that had appeared in her field of vision.
Li Ke closed the merchant's page and mentally pressed the B key.
The next moment, a bunch of empty spaces appeared in front of him, just like when he opened the shop earlier. Not only that, but many more items were added.
An image of a man in a suit, holding two axes, appeared on the left side of the inventory. On the right side of the inventory, a long passage of text appeared as well.
Concussion.
The treated abrasion occurred 45 hours, 23 minutes, and 42 seconds ago.
Anti-inflammatory drug 3.5%
1.5% of mild infections have been treated.
hunger.
Thirsty.
Li Ke was stunned for a moment when he saw the prompt. He focused his mind on the cured infection, and a series of words appeared the next moment.
Treated mild infection: Your mild infection has been treated. Continue taking medication until the infection is cleared. Being attacked by zombies or animals will worsen the infection.
"I've been treated?"
Li Ke looked bewildered. He remembered being scratched and developing symptoms resembling an infection. Aside from eating some canned luncheon meat, he ate some honey.
Is that luncheon meat or honey? Is it medicine?
Hextech magic?
The text was simple and easy to understand, and it also fit his situation quite well, because he was indeed a little hungry and thirsty, and the concussion was not incomprehensible; he had also hit his head when he first arrived here.
But if there is any hope of a cure...
With a slight tremor, he reopened the merchant option, entered the merchant interface, and quickly scrolled through it. Finally, in the section representing medicine, he found what he wanted to see!
Honey: Food 5, Health 2, No bonus to maximum stamina, Heals 5% of infection.
Honey really is a treatment for infections!
Li Ke instantly hugged Erina Nakiri, who was standing next to him, and his excitement made him kiss the beautiful merchant. Then, he subconsciously wanted to make a purchase.
However, he suddenly realized something.
He doesn't have enough money.
Even if you sell that gold bar, it'll only be worth 140 coin, while a jar of honey here costs 240 coin!
But it doesn't matter, there were more than a dozen gold bars in the room they came into! Enough to buy a lot of honey!
But Erina Nakiri, who was being held by him, didn't know why Li Ke suddenly became excited. She covered her face in astonishment, looking at Li Ke with an expression of ecstasy on his face, and couldn't understand why Li Ke's emotions had changed so wildly during this period.
Seeing her confusion, Li Ke kissed her on the cheek again.
"We're saved, If this is all true, Erina, We don't have to become zombies!"
"Huh?"
Erina looked completely bewildered, not understanding what Li Ke was talking about.
Seeing Erina's confused look, Li Ke suddenly realized something.
What if honey doesn't work for Erina?
Li Ke couldn't help but look at what was in her eyes, her gaze involuntarily drawn to the various labels above.
Creation, characters, maps, skills, quests, logs, players, ideas.
Li Ke quickly clicked on each item to check its uses.
The creation process involves opening a blank frame with nothing inside; the character is the inventory that Li Ke opened earlier.
However, some unexpected things happened after he arrived.
When Li Ke tried to open the map, a bright red notification appeared.
Insufficient permissions.
Without dwelling on that, Li Ke focused his attention on the skill, but still received a notification of insufficient permissions.
The logs were also inaccessible; they could only be opened by clicking on a player, which would then open an interface resembling an Excel spreadsheet.
Li Ke: Level 1, Game Stage 1, No Team, No Allies, 12 Enemy Kills, 0 Player Kills.
Erina Nakiri: Level 0, Game Stage 0, No Party, No Allies, 0 Enemy Kills, 0 Player Kills.
'Level zero, is it because she hadn't killed enough zombies?'
Li Ke looked at Erina Nakiri's profile and couldn't help but click on the teammate option next to her profile, but there was no response.
So he closed the interface, leaving the game screen open, staring intently at Erina Nakiri, and then, under her questioning and shy gaze, silently considered pressing and holding E for Erina.
Then, the next moment, a prompt appeared in his eyes.
"Would you like to spend 11240 experience points to help Erina Nakiri become a player?"
A smile appeared on Li Ke's lips as he kissed Erina's cheek again. He was so excited that he didn't realize how much of an impact this was on the young girl.
"Mr. Li Ke! What's wrong with you?!"
Erina Nakiri covered her flushed cheeks, completely bewildered as to why Li Ke was so agitated.
"Well, in short, we'll probably be able to live here together forever!"
Li Ke excitedly hugged Erina again. Although the girl did not resist, the expression on her face turned disgusted.
"Who, who wants to be with you, you..."
The girl felt her heart pounding. She had fantasized about who her other half would be, but most of the time, she imagined that her other half would be a chef who could make food "enough to lift the curse of her God Tongue".
But now, she felt that even if the curse of the God Tongue couldn't be lifted, there was nothing wrong with her living with Li Ke.
After all, honey mixed with luncheon meat isn't actually that bad... you just have to get used to it!
That's right, Erina Nakiri should be able to adapt to a place like this!
"Anyway, come out with me first! Erina, I need you to kill a few zombies to help me verify something!"
Li Ke excitedly picked up the Duke's Casino tokens, put them into his inventory, and then excitedly grabbed the girl and rushed out of the store.
Since gold ingots can be exchanged for money, and there are a large number of goods for sale in the merchant section, it means that other things can also make money!
However, as Li Ke walked out the door, a question couldn't help but arise.
"Does that mean I really don't have any cheat codes or anything like that?"
This cheat clearly exists because of this world; otherwise, Erina Nakiri wouldn't have been invited to become a player. Although there are also cheats that are developmental in nature, Li Ke thinks it's still due to this world.
So, as a time traveler, was he really just an ordinary person?
"This is really frustrating."
Li Ke quickly put the matter aside and rushed back to the room with the girl.
Li Ke quickly put the gold bars into his inventory and frantically searched for things he could sell. Unfortunately, he couldn't put either the sofa or the refrigerator into his inventory. However, he could put things like folding chairs and flower pots into his inventory.
To his disappointment, there were no treasure chests or anything like that to loot. Neither cabinets nor refrigerators could be found, and even though he kept pressing E in his mind, nothing happened.
During this time, Li Ke was no longer afraid of zombies, but instead kept explaining everything he had discovered to Erina Nakiri.
"So, we've entered a game world, and as long as we do things that conform to the game world, we can gain the abilities of game characters? And the honey we're eating is actually a drug that can cure us of infection?"
Erina Nakiri couldn't help but cover her head.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Li Ke, but this is really strange! Although in this world… well, we've all traveled here, so there's nothing that can't be accepted."
Erina took a deep breath and then looked at Li Ke.
"So, that means Mr. Li Ke and I don't have to die? We can live on forever?!"
She was overjoyed, but even more so, she was apprehensive. She had seen all sorts of amazing things, such as those brass tokens called Duke's Casino tokens disappearing into thin air, the invincible merchant, and doors that could be opened and closed without using her hands.
But to be honest, she still couldn't quite believe it until she actually received these things herself.
"Yes, that's right. But just to be on the safe side, I'll make you a player first. Otherwise, I'm not sure if the honey detoxification mechanism will work on you."
Li Ke still had a fever, and it seemed that the character panel couldn't directly affect his condition. He also needed to determine whether this was just his imagination or something that was actually happening.
"So, you're going to fight those monsters?"
Although she was mentally prepared to fight zombies, Erina Nakiri still felt a pang of worry whenever she thought about Li Ke having to fight those monsters.
"Yeah, after all, if it's true, then we don't have to worry about infection. And if we don't have to worry about infection, then this isn't such a scary thing for us. As long as we don't encounter a large number of zombies at night or fall into an ambush, then these monsters will only be our prey, so there's no need to worry. And turning you into a player won't require much experience, which is... um, how much was it again?"
Li Ke nodded, placed his hand on Erina Nakiri's shoulder to comfort the girl, and instantly summoned the game interface, pressing E for Erina Nakiri.
But there was no response. Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and pressed the E key in his mind several times in a row, trying to call out that interface.
Then the next moment—
The clothes worn by Erina Nakiri.
It disappeared.
"Huh?"
Before Li Ke's eyes appeared a rare and beautiful sight. Clothes, shoes, skirts, and even socks all disappeared in an instant under his 'Continuous pressing E' technique.
His palm instantly touched skin as smooth as silk, and saw the snow-white peaks and the delicate, pink, lovely thing.
And then there's the pink mystery hidden beneath the sparse, golden wheat fields.
"It didn't sag at all... truly worthy of its reputation..."
He murmured it out unconsciously, and at that moment, Erina Nakiri also sensed that something was wrong.
She looked down at her body, then at Li Ke staring intently at her chest, and the next moment, she involuntarily let out a scream.
"Mr. Li Ke!!"
Erina Nakiri hurriedly covered her chest with one hand, burying her snow-white palm deep into another patch of white, and letting the lovely pink disappear from Li Ke's sight.
Not only that, she also covered the golden wheat field and closed her legs to prevent Li Ke from seeing anything more strange.
What are you doing?!
She almost lost her mind; the impact of this event was too great for her!
Kissing and hugging are somewhat acceptable, but this kind of thing is going too far!
"Um, sorry, I accidentally used the wrong game system..."
Li Ke quickly turned around and took all of Nakiri Erina's clothes from his inventory, forming a small burlap bag on the ground. He then tore open the burlap bag and handed it to Nakiri Erina, whose face was flushed.
"These are your clothes! I really didn't mean to!"
Even after turning around, Li Ke was still thinking about the scene from just now, but not about Erina Nakiri's body, which was full of girlish shyness but also unusually voluptuous. Instead, he was thinking about his own skills.
"This ability would be incredibly powerful in a normal world, wouldn't it?"
Li Ke thought about how this thing could be used in the normal world. This ability could kill a person instantly and also steal things without anyone noticing!
Even in the era of cold weapons, if you encounter someone wearing armor and fight them, you can strip off their armor completely in an instant!
What a terrifying ability!
"This is simply a godlike talent... It's just a pity it's not very useful in this world. If it were the era of cold weapons, I could use this ability to become a great hero who would go down in history..."
Li Ke looked at his hands and couldn't help but say these words.
This is what he truly believes, as for things like Erina Nakiri's body.
Thinking about this kind of thing now will only cause me more trouble...
Li Ke looked at his hands, which were already covered with wounds and calluses in just two days, and sighed helplessly.
Using the words of this elderly couple, it would probably be a torture no less severe than slow slicing.
They can't possibly grind the bed board, can they? The bedding here is so dirty, and it might even have been slept on by zombies.
As for making direct demands on the girl, Li Ke felt it was unnecessary. They might spend their lives together, so there was no need to strain their relationship.
Erina Nakiri was very angry. Although she had a vague affection for Li Ke, her affection was not enough to justify him stripping her naked right now!
However, after hearing Li Ke's mutterings, a burning anger of embarrassment and rage ignited in Erina Nakiri's heart!
"You bastard... what are you thinking about! How could you be thinking about something like this at a time like this! You bastard, you bastard, you big idiot!!"
After getting dressed, Erina Nakiri, her cheeks flushed, kept kicking Li Ke's shin. But just then, the roar of zombies rang out outside the house, which immediately made Erina Nakiri stop what she was doing. She immediately picked up the axe that Li Ke had put aside and handed one of them to Li Ke.
"Li Ke! I think I made a mistake!"