The scavenger looked at him and said calmly, "God created the game to eliminate those who shouldn't exist, but you broke the rules and allowed the extra people to survive."
Those who break the rules of the game will be sent to hell!
"You can't punish me." Li Ling smiled faintly, feeling very relaxed. Having experienced the brutal life-or-death trials in the game, Li Ling's heart was now much stronger.
Moreover, he has completed his mission and can return at any time within 24 hours.
"You seem to have no respect for God." The scavenger remained calm, but his calmness was eerily palpable.
“You are merely a god in this world; you have no right to interfere with me,” Li Ling said with a smile.
“You belong to this world. And this is God’s private space. No one can leave without my permission,” the scavenger threatened him.
"Is that so?" Li Ling smiled faintly. "Then I'll have to give it a try."
At this moment, Li Ling also realized that the god had not recognized his identity as an outsider, and the system was indeed very powerful.
The next moment, under the shocked gazes of the scavengers, Li Ling vanished from the spot.
The scavenger searched the entire space but couldn't find a trace of Li Ling.
"The world is not unique, and God is not unique."
The scavenger vanished, leaving only that sentence in the void, drifting further and further away...
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Chapter 14 Changes in Time and Rewards
With a whoosh, a flash of light appeared, and Li Ling's figure appeared in the rented room.
Shaking his somewhat dazed head, Li Ling glanced around casually, but his eyes widened in surprise.
The place I'm in now is the small room I rented right after I graduated. How is that possible?
"System, what's going on?" Li Ling quickly asked the system in his mind.
"Ding! Because the World Seed in the host's mind absorbed a large amount of world laws and energy in this movie world, the World Seed fed back a large amount of energy to the host, resulting in a significant enhancement of the host's physical fitness."
The host's current physical age is the optimal age for an adult male—24 years old.
To avoid arousing suspicion due to excessive changes in the host, the system has reversed real-world time, bringing the host back to when they were 24 years old. Please do not panic.
The system's voice explained calmly and deliberately.
"I see," Li Ling said, suddenly understanding.
Looking around the room I used to rent, my old Redmi Note 7 phone was on the bed.
This phone only cost 788 RMB at the time, which was very cheap, but its performance was not bad at all. It just goes to show that Xiaomi is a conscientious company.
I turned on my phone, and the time showed Sunday, April 17, 2015.
Li Ling's previous travel time was May 19, 2019, a full four years earlier.
One can only marvel at the incredible power of the system!
Looking at her tiny ten-square-meter room, Li Ling walked to the wall where the mirror was hanging.
Looking in the mirror, I do look much younger. Hehehe, still so handsome! But much more refined.
After graduation, Li Ling realized the immense pressure of society. The late nights and overtime work in several sales jobs, coupled with the frequent injuries sustained as a stunt double during his year in Hengdian, made Li Ling look much more weathered than when he graduated.
But now, everything is different.
He took off his short-sleeved shirt, revealing strong muscles. With a slight exertion of his arms, the muscles bulged out, and his chest and abdominal muscles were clearly defined.
Li Ling's physique is becoming increasingly fit; she truly has a body that is muscular when undressed and slim when dressed.
After putting on a short-sleeved shirt, Li Ling began to ponder what she had been doing during this time period.
2015 was the year Li Ling graduated. Li Ling was born on July 20, 1990, and was 24 years old that year. Of course, she hadn't turned 24 yet, and there were still three months until she was officially 24. Coincidentally, the school issued graduation certificates in July, the same month as Li Ling's birthday.
Although it's graduation time, the thesis defenses for this stage have already ended, and many students have found jobs and moved out of the school dormitories to rent apartments.
Many of these were college couples who had been living together for a long time, but unfortunately, Li Ling was not one of them.
At this time, Li Ling also found a job as a salesperson at an insurance company. By April, she had been working for more than a month. She had just received her salary on the 15th, but because she had no sales and no commission, she only received a basic salary of 3,000 yuan.
Li Ling rented this house because it was close to the insurance company where she worked. It was a house in an urban village, and the rent was 350 yuan a month. With water, electricity and other miscellaneous fees, it came to a little over 400 yuan a month, which was cheap!
Of course, the environment is so-so, and the village is full of all sorts of people, making it quite chaotic.
It's April now, and it's a weekend. This insurance job is a six-day work week with only one day off, and today happens to be my day off.
It's 10 a.m. now, so what's next?
"Ding, host has completed the task and the reward has been issued. Would you like to claim it now?" The system's voice sounded at the right time.
Li Ling slapped his forehead, realizing he had forgotten about that. He opened the system panel and clicked 'Claim Reward'.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully completing the mission and fulfilling Shun Takahata's wish—to protect his childhood friend, Ichika Akimoto, through the gods' test. You have been awarded the reward 'Shun Takahata's Language Ability'."
"Ding. Also note that after you complete the task and receive the reward, the system will enhance the reward and eliminate any side effects. Please take note."
"Reward enhanced. Congratulations, host, for acquiring the 'Proficient in Japanese' skill."
Reward enhancements and side effect elimination? Fluency in Japanese?