97: Chapter 97 Let's do a big job
"Still missing twenty-five thousand seven hundred and eleven..."
Wang Pingan muttered.
"Damn it, this system is such a rip-off!"
Wang Pingan couldn't help but curse inwardly.
He finally understood why those high-level martial artists treated resources as more important than their own lives.
This path of cultivation was simply a never-ending money-shredder that crazily devoured resources!
He was currently facing a very awkward situation.
He couldn't go up.
His pay-to-win points were not enough to support his advancement.
He couldn't go down either.
His terrifying Psychokinesis of 500 points was like a prehistoric beast trapped in a cage, constantly roaring and pounding against the "fragile" prison of his physical body, which had attributes of only 200 points.
This feeling was extremely uncomfortable.
He tried to extend his Psychokinesis out once again.
This time, he wanted to try a more advanced method.
He locked his target onto a toolbox about half a person's height, made of high-strength alloy, sitting to the side.
"Rise!"
He focused his mind.
His massive, tangible silver Psychokinesis transformed into an invisible giant hand, firmly gripping the toolbox that weighed at least several hundred kilograms!
Then, he sharply lifted his will upward!
Creak—!
The toolbox wobbled and rose off the ground!
Although the process was somewhat difficult and far less effortless than when he controlled the teacup earlier.
But it had, truly and undeniably, been lifted up by Wang Pingan using his Psychokinesis!
"It worked!"
Wang Pingan felt a surge of joy.
However, he didn't have time to be happy for long.
A strong, needle-like stabbing pain suddenly shot from his temples!
Immediately after, his vision went black, and his head spun dizzily.
It felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained in that instant.
With a "thud."
The toolbox he had just lifted slammed back onto the ground, emitting a dull, heavy boom.
And Wang Pingan himself felt dizzy and nearly fainted due to the instantaneous overdraft of his Psychokinesis.
"Damn it... here it comes again..."
Wang Pingan held his forehead, his face pale, as he leaned against the array base behind him.
He knew this was another aftereffect of "physical function imbalance."
His Psychokinesis (CPU) was strong enough to issue the command to "lift the toolbox."
But his physical body (graphics card, memory) could not provide enough "energy support" and "physical capacity" for this high-intensity "calculation."
The result of forcing it to run was a system overload, causing an immediate crash.
"I have been imprisoned by my own body."
A bitter smile appeared on Wang Pingan's face.
He finally deeply understood what the "bucket effect" meant.
His Psychokinesis of 500 points was the longest plank.
And his other four attributes of only 200 points were the four shortest planks.
How much water his "bucket" could hold did not depend on his longest plank, but on the four shortest planks.
Before he could raise the other four attributes to a corresponding level.
His powerful Psychokinesis would not only fail to become a weapon he could wield at will.
Instead, it had become a huge burden that could cause him to "play with fire and get burned" at any moment.
"No, I must raise the other attributes as soon as possible!"
Wang Pingan's gaze became resolute once again.
The dejection and despair caused by "poverty" were completely replaced at this moment by a much stronger desire for power!
He was still short of more than twenty-five thousand pay-to-win points!
This was a huge gap.
Just relying on doing these ordinary "maintenance" missions, he didn't know how long it would take.
He had to find a real big deal that would allow him to "get rich overnight"!
Wang Pingan's brain began to spin rapidly.
Rob a bank?
No, the risk was too high, and with the security forces of Xuanyuan University, he would probably be blasted into slag before he even touched the vault door.
Go to the black market to sell something?
Aside from the system, he didn't seem to have anything valuable on him.
Sell the Heaven Character Number One Villa?
Instructor Shi Yan would probably be the first to jump out and beat him to death.
Thinking it over, it seemed there was only one path to take.
That was... to continue searching in the mission center for those "high-risk, high-reward, warning-included" "exclusive missions" specially prepared for someone like him, a "cheater"!
Fighting spirit reignited in Wang Pingan's heart.
He leaped up from the ground and brushed the dust off his body.
He glanced at the receiving array he had perfectly repaired, and then looked at the toolbox he had dropped on the ground.
He thought for a moment, walked over, and put the "multi-function energy screwdriver" and the "insulating gloves" back into the toolbox.
Then, using the Psychokinesis he had just slightly recovered, he arduously moved the heavy toolbox back into the tool cabinet in the corner.
After finishing all this, he turned and prepared to leave this place that he "both loved and hated."
He had to go back immediately and enter the Campus Star Network again to find his next "ATM"!
However, just as he was about to walk out of the A-7 zone gate.
An unexpected person appeared at the door.
It was that white-haired, small-statured Mentor Murphy.
He was still wearing that white research coat stained with oil, and wearing those reading glasses as thick as bottle bottoms.
He was holding a thermos cup in his hand, sipping the wolfberry tea inside in small sips.
He looked at Wang Pingan, and in his cloudy old eyes, a flicker of extremely complex light shone, which Wang Pingan couldn't quite understand.
In that gaze, there was shock, confusion, appreciation, curiosity...
And even a trace of... fanaticism?
"Ahem."
Mentor Murphy cleared his throat and slowly put down the thermos cup in his hand.
Speaking in an unprecedented, solemn tone, he said.
"Kid."
"Are you interested... in pulling off something big with me?"