The Most Random System

Night falls.

After midnight, it will be a new week.

This week’s free refresh opportunity for [items] is no longer random, but instead "specified direction refreshes."

However, Lin Li didn’t really know what type or direction of items he particularly needed at the moment, since there weren’t any urgent crises.

So, he thought about it and decided not to rush the refresh.

He would first see if any sudden situations arise this week, and if not, perhaps specify a direction that could steadily and continuously enhance his strength by the weekend?

Anyway, let’s leave it at that for now.

Having prepared, Lin Li changed the node, followed by a flash of white light.

Upon appearing in the familiar Doomsday World, Lin Li checked on the drone and timer left there.

The timer showed that he had been ’away’ for five hours and thirty-five minutes.

After some calculations, Lin Li confirmed that when he traveled to other nodes of this world, the time flow here was one-to-one, but when he returned to reality, it progressed according to a system-set discount rate.

It sounded like a non-issue since it was one world, and there shouldn’t be a time difference after all. However, since Lin Li’s first two explorations were quite unsuccessful, and he hadn’t established a link with Yunguang City, he couldn’t even be sure if this was truly one world or one timeline.

Therefore, he still needed to confirm this.

For today’s journey plan, Lin Li already had arrangements, so he directly manifested the Mecha and flew towards the shelter location.

Last time, he had gone a bit too far, estimating a flight time of about twenty minutes.

Since he had done a zombie clean-up five hours ago, the number of zombies in sight at this moment was much less than before.

Twenty minutes later, he arrived at the destination, the open ground beside the shelter entrance.

He didn’t retract the Mecha into the [warehouse], but instead materialized the charger and data cable obtained from the All-Women World.

—The Mecha’s battery was only at 27%.

The charger and data cable were bigger than Lin Li himself, but thankfully, Lin Li had enough strength. After strenuously connecting all the wires according to the instructions, the power source finally displayed the data - "Unregistered Mecha Data | Current Crystal Energy: 27% | Estimated Full Charge Time: 50 hours 47 minutes."

Is that a lot? 51 hours? So slow?

If I’d known, I’d have asked Zhu Ning for a fast-charging data cable.

Lin Li, accustomed to modern life, had already become a shape of fast charging.

Remember, in the slow charging era, one of the most frustrating things was waking up comfortably in the morning, stretching lazily, checking your phone and finding it at just 6% battery, even though the cable was plugged in. Look up, damn, the plug was loose, and you had to leave soon.

At times like this, people would even dawdle while putting on socks and shoes just to get a little more charge.

In the end, seeing the battery progress from 6% beginner to 6% ninth rotation peak Great Perfection, infinitely approaching a half-step to 7%, one would comfort oneself that it could now cross tiers in battle, and at 8%, it’d have a fighting chance, even 9% could retreat fully intact!

How amazing! Nice! Subarashii!

Just thinking about it brings tears.

After adjusting the data cable, the charging time didn’t change, indicating it wasn’t a contact issue—charging was just slow.

Forget it, after all, it’s a Mecha, slow charging proves its sturdy foundation.

Originally, he intended to fully charge it this trip, but it seems he’d have to consider renting a warehouse in reality.

After activating the Mecha’s automatic alert function, Lin Li walked towards the entrance.

Having lingered outside the entrance for so long, the sentry had long noticed Lin Li, so as soon as he approached, the concealed entrance opened, revealing the surprised faces of Shi Dongchen and Hu Fei as they called out Lin Li’s name.

"Big brother! Your former sister-in-law has been sent to the cold palace by Shi Dongchen!"

"Lin Li, it seems you can still return, right?"

"Mhm, mhm, before I came back, I supposedly went to other places in this world."

Lin Li nodded and tacitly ignored Hu Fei, walking into the shelter with Shi Dongchen while informing part of his previous experiences and asking if he had any insights into them.

"Sorry, I’m really not sure. Ever since the apocalypse broke out, we’ve been stuck here. That ’Lighthouse’ you mentioned, we haven’t heard of it. If, as you said, it has many Awakened, it must be a very powerful large shelter, perhaps even a city."

Shi Dongchen listened with a hint of longing in his eyes.

"As for that zombie nest, I know even less about it. Have zombies evolved like this now? Who knows if we’re ’abandoned’ here, if it’s good or bad..."

Lin Li nodded.

He wasn’t really counting on getting any good intel from Shi Dongchen, just asking out of curiosity.

Arriving inside the shelter, he found the supplies he brought at the beginning of the month, or rather five ’hours’ ago, were still being meticulously sorted and planned. Lin Li smiled, patted a gourd, and materialized the new batch of supplies he brought for them.

Skipping over the speeches of gratitude, Lin Li fixed his gaze on the system.

[Quest three: Showcase your body’s charm to more people (0/50)]

This was also the core purpose of this visit.

"It’s a bit hot." Lin Li loosened his collar, murmuring softly.

Shi Dongchen offered a solution: "There are still usable fans in the shelter, I’ll fetch one now."

Hu Fei took action: "Hoo—hoo—ha—hoo—slurp slurp—"

Lin Li stopped Shi Dongchen who was about to fetch the fan and pushed Hu Fei aside: "Xiaojing, your breath smells a bit."