NOVPUB21: Chapter 21 Creating Effects
21 -21 Creating Effects
Su Ran silently watched as his mother vented years’ worth of pent-up frustrations.
He looked at the traces of gray in her hair, gently asking, “Mom, do you feel better now?”
“Much better!”
Su’s mother wiped away her tears with a smile.
The joy in her bloodshot eyes was unhidden as she lightly asked, “Little Ran, did I break this thing when I forcibly opened it?”
Su Ran looked at the high-tech Nutrition Cabin; his face turned green.
The lid of the Nutrition Cabin was twisted out of shape, and the attached circulation pipes had long since ruptured.
The Nutrient Solution was sprayed everywhere.
The sight made Su Ran’s heart skip a beat.
“Mom, it’s okay!” Su Ran optimistically smiled and reassured her, “We just installed this equipment, it’s still within warranty, someone will come to fix it tomorrow.”
“That’s good, Little Ran, do you know?
You scared me to death just now!” After seeing her son was okay, Su’s mother’s tone lightened, “You didn’t move all night, I thought… thought… pish posh!
Don’t scare your mom like that again!”
“Ha-ha, mom, I don’t blame you.
Who made this Nutrition Cabin look like a coffin!” Su Ran teased his mom.
He had learned the word ‘coffin’ from her.
“You, child!” Su’s mother glared at Su Ran, intentionally changing the subject, “You seem to be in good spirits now.
Quickly check your arm and see if there are any improvements?”
Su Ran was caught between laughter and tears, “Mom, how could it heal so fast?
Your son has such a rare disease, do you think it can be cured just like that?
You think this is a common cold or fever?”
However, Su Ran still obeyed his mother.
He cautiously pulled up his sleeve to reveal his sallow complexion.
His entire arm lacked any color, and when Su Ran tried to move his muscles, there was no sensation.
Just as Su Ran looked at his palm, his eyes widened, and he suddenly screamed in excitement.
“What happened?”
Realizing the tone of Su Ran’s shout was laced with joy, his mother eagerly asked, yearning to share his excitement.
“Mom, it’s gone, it’s gone!” Su Ran stammered in his excitement.
“I resent that!
So, you curse your mom like this!
Think of when I carried you for ten months…” Su’s mother pretended to be angry, about to give Su Ran a long lecture.
“Stop, mom, let me finish!” Su Ran happily smiled at his mother, “Quickly, look at my palm!”
“Don’t beat around the bush, make it clear!” Su’s mother looked at her son’s right hand pointing at his left palm, visibly confused.
Su Ran then remembered that he hadn’t told his mother about his ‘corpse spots’, mainly for fear that she would break down.
As it had recovered already, Su Ran told his mother about his symptoms thoroughly.
“What?” Su’s mother gasped, shouting in terror, “Corpse spots?”
Seeing his mother pale, Su Ran hurriedly explained with a grin, “Didn’t I tell you?
The corpse spots are gone!
Can you smell it?
The smell of the corpse has vanished, right?”
“Great, it’s a good thing!”
Su’s mother’s smile was forced; she didn’t say much else.
Once his mother had calmed down, Su Ran asked, “Mom, what time is it?”
“5:30 in the morning.” Suspicion crept into her voice, “Why are you asking?”
“Mom, you didn’t sleep again last night.
Can you go to work at their house during the day?
Aren’t you afraid they’ll deduct your wages?”
Su Ran knew that his mother worked as a maid at a rich family’s house; it was very tough, though his mother never mentioned it.
“Silly son, the whole family is on vacation, it’s a rest day ~ and with pay!” Su’s mother replied with a smile.
“Ha, mom, you have a nice perk!
You have some free time now, how about I tell you about what happened to me in the game?
It was so fun!” Su Ran always enjoyed sharing his stories with his mom, and this time was no exception.
“Mm, I’m listening.” Her eyes shone brightly.
Su Ran slowly shared his riveting experiences in the game, turning everything into words for his mother to hear.
Of course, he glossed over the dangerous parts.
This storytelling went on for half an hour.
“You got many bronze and silver utensils?” Su’s mother had many questions: “Can these things really be sold for money?
$120?”
“Pfft~ This is only the loot from a hundred-year zombie!
There’s a lot more to come, including what Ni Wudao dropped.
Oh yes, Ni Wudao is a top ranking player, who was wiped out by your son.
He bursted and dropped equipment all over the place!
There’s also a ton of equipment and potions dropped by other players that can be sold for gold!
And there’s also the top player Hua Yan…Damn!”
“What happened?” Su’s mother was instantly alarmed.
“Mom, you’ve ruined me…” Su Ran was at the verge of tears.
He stared at the advanced Nutrition Cabin that was already damaged, and said to his mother, “Hua Yan’s equipment was all over the place too, and your son didn’t even have a chance to pick it up…
and also the equipment dropped by the ghostly boss…
”
“Ah~Then hurry up and get in there.
This Nutrition Cabin is just a bit damaged, it still can be used, right?” Su’s mother seemed slightly anxious.
“Even if it could be used, it would have been cleared out by now.
It’s okay, Mom, your son is very capable, he can earn!” Su Ran, an eternal optimist, smiled and reassured his mother.
“It doesn’t matter, the chance of getting equipment in the future is high!
Your son is a lucky 12!”
“Yes, yes, yes!
There’s only one like my son in the entire world that nobody would ever want to replace!” Su’s mother laughed joyfully, she laughed more tonight than she had in the past two years combined.
…
The weather was splendid in the autumn, the morning breeze always boosted a person’s morale, Su Ran was no exception.
He arrived at school with high spirits, humming a tune without caring about others’ strange glances.
Class Three, Grade Five.
“Hey, hey, Su the Talented!”
Wang Dazhuang started to chatter before Su Ran even sat down. 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑝𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
“What’s up?”
While unpacking his bag, Su Ran gave Lin Yuqing a smile and then lightly asked Wang Dazhuang.
“Thanks for yesterday, dude!
It’s amazing, it was actually that set of questions, I didn’t play games at all last night, studied all the way through!”
Wang Dazhuang couldn’t stop expressing his excitement and gratitude.
“How did you memorize that question?”
Su Ran seriously doubted the authenticity of Wang Dazhuang’s words.
If he’d memorized it all, pigs might fly.
“It’s simple!” Wang Dazhuang patted his chest and grinned, “You’re a bookworm, don’t get upset, let this bro teach you a quick memorizing method!
Questions one to five, CABBA, questions six to ten, BABAC…”
Su Ran listened silently as Wang Dazhuang rambled on, memorizing all the questions, while a few crows circled overhead cawing…
“How about that?
Didn’t make a mistake, right?
It’s all based on the standard answers!”
“Did you memorize with the answer sheet in your hands?”
“Yeah!
As long as you ask me the question number, I can spit out the answer right away!” Wang Dazhuang was brimming with confidence.
“Pfft!
Hahahaha!” Lin Yuqing couldn’t hold back any longer and burst out laughing on the desk.
“Lin Fatty, what are you laughing at?
What do you mean?” Wang Dazhuang was a bit confused.
“Uh, that…” Su Ran hesitated for a moment, and gently asked, “What if the teacher doesn’t ask you for the question number and directly asks the question?”
“This…
that…” Wang Dazhuang stood there, stunned as if struck by lightning.
He immediately put on a mourning face and said to Su Ran, “Su God, Brother Su, you gotta help a brother out!
If I’m gone, wouldn’t your future days be miserable?”
Oh, come on!
What’s miserable?
You mean barely getting by, right?
Wait a minute, what does it have to do with him if Wang Dazhuang is gone?
Su Ran was full of black lines.
Lin Yuqing was already laughing so hard that she could hardly breathe.
