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Chapter 73 Hu Xiaohai felt like he was going to die

Hu Xiaohai felt like he was going to die.

Hu Xiaohai was a soon-to-be college freshman who had just finished the college entrance examination and was going out with his classmates. They rode their bicycles over a very steep slope.

The bicycle tripped over a stone and lost its balance. This caused Hu Xiaohai, who wasn't wearing a helmet, to fall to the ground, hitting his head and becoming a vegetable.

Hu Xiaohai's soul arrived at the hospital in the ambulance. As an orphan, he had no parents, so it was the director of the orphanage who brought the other children from the orphanage to see him.

Hu Xiaohai felt he had let the dean down: the dean had worked so hard to raise him into a student who could go to a top university. But because he didn't want to wear a helmet, he ignored the dean's advice and fell, ending up in a vegetative state.

Hu Xiaohai watched as the dean sat silently by the bed, while his best friend regretted why he had insisted on taking the slope to save time. Some of the younger children who were close to him were already crying.

Looking at this, Hu Xiaohai felt like crying.

As Hu Xiaohai was feeling sad, a hand reached out and waved in front of him.

Hu Xiaohai was startled. Following the arm, he found the owner of the hand, a dark blue-haired boy with a dark blue scarf around his neck, wearing a gray-purple top and black pants, and a pair of high-tech glasses.

The boy stared at Hu Xiaohai expressionlessly.

"Do you want to live?" the blue-black-haired boy asked.

Hu Xiaohai agreed, and then he became bound to the blue-black-haired boy, System 4352.

System 4352 is a system for a loser's rise to power, whose main task is to help the original owner gain a strong physique and powerful abilities.

This is the first task assigned by System 4352 and Hu Xiaohai.

Hu Xiaohai woke up in his current body and struggled to get out of bed. He took a couple of breaths to catch his breath.

Hu Xiaohai saw a mirror in the room and went over to look at it.

The person in the mirror was pale, with a little flesh on his body, but not much, just a little better than skin and bones; his golden hair lay limply on his forehead; even though he hadn't done anything, Hu Xiaohai's first impression of his current body was that he was very tired.

"Adapted? If you've adapted, I'll start issuing tasks." System 4352's indifferent voice came from his mind. Hu Xiaohai quickly patted his face and perked up to listen to the tasks.

"The person you are wearing now is the minor boss Haikar in the original story, and is the younger brother of the original protagonist Heledi."

"Haikal is a legitimate child, while Heledi is an illegitimate child. Their relationship can be described as irreconcilable. They each have their own strengths and weaknesses—Haikal is physically weak but has a strong affinity for magic. Heledi has strong physical abilities but a weak affinity for magic. In this magical world, affinity for magic is undoubtedly the primary factor in assessing strength."

"Originally, Heledi did not attract the attention of Heikal and Heledi's common father. However, Heledi later found an ancient manual in an old library. Following the methods provided in the manual, he quickly improved his magical affinity and soon surpassed Heikal in strength."

"Haikal was jealous of Heledi, so he began to sabotage her."

"Helledy removed all the obstacles that Hekar had created, and then, when no one was around, she cast a spell on Hekar, reducing his magical affinity. Now Hekar is practically a cripple."

"This is a beginner's quest, so it's relatively simple. The main quest is to find a way to get your hands on Heledi's ancient magic book and find a way to restore your magical affinity within it."

"The additional task is to improve Haikar's abilities in various aspects, including but not limited to physical fitness and interpersonal skills." System 4352 issued the task.

After hearing the task, Hu Xiaohai fell silent.

After a while, Hu Xiaohai spoke with difficulty: "Could you show me the information about Heledi? I can't even find out what she looks like, so finding that magic book must be a bit difficult?"

"Oh, then close your eyes, I'll send it to you."

Hu Xiaohai carefully read the message sent by system 4352 and concluded that with his current physical condition and abilities, stealing Hailaidi's things would be tantamount to courting death.

"Uh, system, is Haikar only able to lie in bed now?" Hu Xiaohai looked at Haikar's physical condition and then at Haikar's age, which was even younger than his own, so he should still be in school.

Judging from this room, Haikar's family must be quite wealthy, so going to school shouldn't be a problem.

“Actually, he could go to school, but Haikar doesn’t want to go. He thinks the people in school are boring,” System 4352 replied.

Hu Xiaohai asked, "If I were to tell Haikar's family about wanting to go to school now, what would their reaction be?"

“They might be very happy—except for Heledi,” System 4352 said. “Especially Heikal’s mother, whose position will be further secured now that Heikal is willing to go to school.”

"Okay, I'll go to school tomorrow." Hu Xiaohai clenched his fist.

As the sun sets, the moon becomes the lead dancer in the sky, with the twinkling stars surrounding it, adding to its beauty with their accompanying dance.

Lu Renkui carried a bag of purple walnuts that her Mediterranean teacher William had given her to make tea, and took her two younger sisters home.

Once inside Borist's room, the two younger sisters began doing their homework, while Lu Renkui studied the purple peony.

Lu Renkui washed a plate of purple carrots, then squeezed each one. When he found a slightly softer purple carrot, he put it in his mouth and took a bite.

With that bite, Lu Renkui's entire face crumpled up like a piece of paper.

This stuff has way too much Vitamin C, it's so sour it'll make your teeth ache. Lu Renkui grimaced from the sourness, then frantically gulped down cold water.

This stuff has to be diluted with water. The last time I ate such sour berries was with fresh cranberries. Lu Renkui smacked his lips—although he had drunk several mouthfuls of water to dilute the sourness in his mouth, the remaining sourness was still working in his mouth, stimulating saliva production.

"Aha! Brother is sneaking food." Olivia had sneaked over at some point and saw a plate of fruit in front of "Borist". Without hesitation, she picked up the biggest one and put it in her mouth.

"Wait a minute, Olivia." Before Lu Renkui could stop her, Olivia had already taken a bite.

Olivia bit into the purple nut less than a second before spitting it out, frowning and sticking out her tongue.

At this moment, Carola also came over: "What are you eating? Lola wants some too."

Before Lu Renkui could remove the plate, Olivia had already picked up a purple carrot and put it in Carola's mouth.

Carola took a bite, her expectant face immediately replaced by the same expression on Olivia's face: "This tastes awful."

If you just dilute it with water, these two kids probably won't drink it. Lu Renkui looked at the excessively sour purple carrots in her hand; she needed to add some sugar. Could she perhaps get some more sugar from Teacher William?

As Lu Renkui was thinking this, the lights in the room suddenly snapped off. The room, which had been lit just moments before, was now only illuminated by the moonlight streaming through the window.

Ah, the original owner's uncle turned off the magic lamp in the original owner's room. Lu Renkui sighed inwardly as he looked at the extinguished magic lamp.

After putting her two younger sisters to sleep, Lu Renkui picked up her wand and textbook, locked the door from the inside, added three protective spells, and headed towards the church according to her memory.

To be honest, the church is actually quite easy to find; just look for the brightest light in a cluster of buildings. Lu Renkui spotted the brightly lit church from afar.

As soon as Lu Renkui reached the main entrance, the tightly closed church doors opened, and people who had been praying that evening filed out.

When the number of people in the church dwindled, Lu Renkui took his textbook and walked to the foot of the statue—because the magic lamps in the church would go out in sections every now and then, and the magic lamps in the area with the statue were the last to go out.

Moreover, the statue also holds a lamp in its hands, so even if all the lights in the church are turned off, you can still see things by the lamp held by the statue, although it is a bit difficult.

Lu Renkui sat down, opened her textbook, and began doing her homework.

It must be said that the original owner had a pretty good memory. Even someone like Lu Renkui, who knew nothing about magic, could always find the correct answer to some questions by searching his memories.

After finishing his homework in one go, Lu Renkui closed his textbook and blinked hard at his sore eyes.

At this point, most of the church lights had been turned off, leaving only the magic lamps around the statue and the lamp in the statue's hand still lit.

Lu Renkui looked outside the church; it was completely dark and he couldn't see anything.

Lu Renkui looked up at the statue again; it was a statue of a goddess.

The goddess's face was serene, peaceful, and beautiful, and the exquisitely designed lamp she held in her hands emitted a soft white light.

According to the original text, this object emitting a soft white light is said to be the two eyes of a goddess. Because the goddess could not bear to see the people of this continent attacked by monsters in the darkness, she gouged out her own eyes and made them into an ever-burning lamp, guiding the people of this continent with hope, giving magic to this continent, and allowing people to master magic.

Although Lu Renkui is an atheist, this does not prevent him from appreciating exquisitely sculpted statues.

Just as he was engrossed in watching, Lu Renkui heard a soft female voice behind him: "Fred, you're here!"

Lu Renkui turned around and saw a brown-eyed girl wearing a nun's habit and a silver cross necklace walking towards her with a smile.

This is... Lu Renkui checked the original information and his heart skipped a beat.

“Evangeline.” System WQBYRZM gave an affirmative answer.