16: Spend a lot in the snack mall and complete the entry task

“Han Lie!”

“Do you live around here too?”

After getting out of the car, Bai He Wan asked with a delighted and somewhat surprised expression.

“No!” Han Lie smiled, “Isn’t there a large snack market nearby? I came to have a look around!”

“Oh, oh, oh!”

Bai He Wan didn’t think much of it. “Buying snacks, huh? Coincidentally, I don’t have many snacks at home either. Can I go with you?”

“...Uh!”

Han Lie knew that the other party shouldn’t be the kind of overly proactive, cheap girl who throws herself at someone; she probably just genuinely didn’t have many snacks at home.

In this world, not all snacks are made with the cheapest ingredients, plus technology and “ruthless additions.” The vast majority of snacks actually use various fierce beasts, exotic beasts, and ingredients from secret realms in other star fields as raw materials.

People are, after all, gluttonous.

Of course,

those kinds of snacks are also very expensive.

“Alright!”

Han Lie agreed with a smile, and then the two went together, found the largest snack store, and walked in together.

Bai He Wan didn’t follow Han Lie. As she said, she was indeed there to buy snacks. She picked up a plastic bag and started choosing, looking a bit hesitant.

As she said,

her Qi and blood growth was slow, so her family didn’t let her eat these things. Even if the raw materials for these things were good, they were used to make snacks, so how good could they be?

They certainly couldn't compare to the most nutritious food made from the freshest ingredients using the most primitive cooking methods.

“I’ll just buy a little bit...!”

She debated as she chose.

Meanwhile, Han Lie was skimming through items, identifying their attributes.

He soon found something: it was a bag of potato shrimp balls. They looked delicious and were very cheap. The shrimp used were probably the most common Blue Star prawns, and a whole bag only cost twenty yuan.

Under the fierce competition from high-end snacks, these small snacks, which were originally very popular on Blue Star, are now rarely sought after, and their prices are naturally pitifully low.

In Han Lie's eyes, this was:

【Black Demon Shrimp Essence Blood: After consumption, it can significantly improve physique, enhance strength, replenish Qi and blood, and contains a large amount of water attribute, which is very beneficial to warriors practicing the Water Severing Flow.】

Originally,

Han Lie didn't dare to eat too much of this kind of essence blood food, because he was afraid of eating too many different things, which might affect the main body of human bloodline and cause conflicts between different essence bloods.

Now with the attributes, all those worries were gone with the wind.

“Time to buy!”

Han Lie was like a search instrument, specifically buying food with attributes.

He bought so many things that later he was too lazy to even look at the attribute content; he just ate whatever it was.

Before long,

he had bought a full large bag.

When he went to the counter to check out, Bai He Wan had also finished her shopping. She was carrying a white shopping bag, and at a glance, it seemed to contain hardly anything.

It formed a stark contrast with Han Lie’s two bulging shopping bags.

“You bought so much stuff?”

Bai He Wan was extremely envious.

“It’s alright, it’s alright!”

Han Lie smiled and said nothing. Then the two went up to check out. The former, to show his gentlemanly demeanor, specifically let Bai He Wan stand in front.

It was quickly their turn.

“Swish, swish, swish—”

After a few bags of snacks were taken out, Bai He Wan’s shopping bag immediately became empty, and the total amount displayed was 7386 yuan.

“???”

Han Lie’s eyes widened behind her. He wanted to say, “Are you telling me these few bags of snacks cost 7386? Why don’t you just rob someone?!”

Bai He Wan, however, showed no surprise. She paid with her phone, then obediently carried her plastic bag and stood aside, waiting for Han Lie.

“She’s a rich one!”

Han Lie knew that the few bags of snacks she bought must be very high-end, which was why the price was so absurd.

There are still many rich people!

Without thinking too much, he then handed his shopping bags to the staff. He could subtly sense the subtle change in the staff member’s expression the moment she opened his shopping bags.

It had to be the mall staff; they wouldn't be like the connected individuals at the school's small shop, who would directly mock you if they looked down on you.

Her work was very efficient. All he heard was a “swish, swish, swish” sound, and then the amount on the shopping screen next to them kept increasing.

+7+3+5.3+7.6+2.8+10+1...

Swish, swish, swish, non-stop.

After about a minute.

The final amount displayed was 298!

“That expensive?”

Han Lie was still thinking in his past life’s mindset. As a man, he rarely bought so many snacks, so he was a bit surprised by this price.

You must remember that the price of 298 can be very cheap in some consumption and very expensive in others.

As for Bai He Wan next to him,

hearing the sound, she curiously leaned over and then saw a three-digit number, “2980?”

“No, 298?”

“298!?”

The Meng Mei’s eyes widened. She looked down at the two large bags of snacks, then looked up at the payment amount, feeling a bit confused.

Han Lie had already finished paying. Seeing the girl standing there in a daze, he nudged her, “Let’s go, what are you standing there for?”

“Oh... oh, oh!”

Bai He Wan quickly followed. Only after leaving the mall did she clear her thoughts. She understood that it wasn’t a problem with the price, but rather that Han Lie had bought things that were too cheap.

She was really too curious. In her impression, those particularly hardworking students in the ordinary class actually cared more about things like diet, which weren't really that crucial, than those in their Experimental Class.

She couldn't help but ask, “Han Lie, do you usually eat these things?”

“Yes!”

Han Lie spoke truthfully.

“Ah... this!”

It stumped the girl, and then she lowered her head in thought, as if going through a fierce brainstorm, and then asked:

“Will eating these make me stronger?”

“???”

Han Lie quickly turned his head, “Why would you have such a strange idea?”

Girl,

my attributes are skewed,

but you don't have them. Don't let your mind get skewed.

“...Mm, it’s just.”

Bai He Wan smiled awkwardly, “I vaguely overheard you talking to Classmate Cui just now, saying that your Qi and blood surged after you ate beef tendon... I was thinking, how could that possibly be true...!”

“Right, right, right!”

Han Lie quickly affirmed her thought, “You’re not wrong. Eating snacks is undoubtedly a decadent act, but I’m a glutton, and my self-discipline is poor, and no one controls me. I’m addicted to this bad habit and can’t quit. Don’t be like me!!”

“Alright, alright!”

Bai He Wan looked longingly. How much she wished she could eat snacks freely, but she also understood that for good grades, snacks had to be given up.

“It’ll be fine once I get into a martial arts university!”

She said with a smile.

“Mm, mm, mm!”

Han Lie nodded vigorously. He couldn’t let his own “bad habits” lead a child astray.

Then the two exchanged a few more words and parted ways at the crossroads. Han Lie was already impatient and immediately put the snacks into his mouth.

The system’s mechanical voice rang out as expected—

【Congratulations, Host, for completing the attribute task】

【Obtained attribute —】

【Congenital Medicine Saint Body】

“Open panel!”

【Host: Han Lie

Qi and Blood: 100

Attribute: Congenital Medicine Saint Body 1.0

Others: omitted】

...........

【Attribute task updated】

【Congenital Medicine Saint Body: Detected that the Host has consumed Mighty Bull Essence Blood, Barren Plain Soybean... and ten other kinds of Heaven and Earth Spirit Medicines. Please continue your efforts, Host, and consume more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to unlock this attribute 2.0. Current progress (10/100)】

【Congenital Medicine Saint Body 2.0 effect: No side effects after taking medicine, no ........ and the effect of spirit medicine is enhanced to 150% of the actual effect】

【And —】

【Poison is also medicine. Any medicine that has a negative impact on the Host is reduced by 50%】

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