Volume 1, Chapter 44: So What If I Am Taking Advantage of a Vulnerable Situation?

The two quickly wrapped up their three-minute century battle.

Afterward, Yang Shu fell into a deep sleep, while Liu Jie lit a cigarette and exhaled the smoke.

Her eyes were filled with disgust; this guy fell far short of comparing to Chen Hao.

With no other choice, she got up, opened the wardrobe, and took out her exclusive treasure.

An exhausted Yang Shu had a nightmare tonight.

He dreamed that his downstairs neighbor had installed a ceiling shaker that kept rumbling incessantly.

Early morning.

Lin Feng frowned deeply as he looked at the thick white fog outside the window.

"It has risen a bit more..."

He had just woken up, feeling full of energy despite sleeping for only an hour.

This was entirely thanks to the stamina boost brought by [Dominator].

Now, just a short nap was enough to sustain his energy for the entire day.

However, Zhang Xueqi and Li Bing had only fallen asleep not long ago.

The two of them would not be able to get up until noon again.

Feeling that they were overly exhausted, Lin Feng wondered where he could find a younger sister for the two women.

After getting out of bed, he began his daily exercise to maintain bodily vitality.

Next came breakfast; he retrieved eggs, milk, bread, roasted chickens, and other supplies from his super warehouse.

Although Lin Feng's culinary skills were not quite as good as Zhang Xueqi's, they were not far behind.

With his strength increasing, he needed to consume more energy.

If he didn't eat three roasted chickens in a single meal, he would feel hungry.

This was the annoyance brought by a comprehensive physical enhancement.

I'm afraid that in the future, I'll need to devour ten roasted chickens per meal.

However, food was completely out of the question as a problem for him, as he could finish them in ten seconds.

While eating breakfast, Lin Feng casually snapped a few photos and posted them in the group chat.

Well-Fed and Watered: [@Everyone Taking in beauties, room and board provided, high requirements for appearance and figure, add me as a friend and send an unfiltered full-body selfie first!][Image][Image]

The internet was a bit sluggish today, taking two minutes to upload the images.

Yet, friend requests and private messages flooded in almost immediately.

"Good brother, I've sent you my photos. What do you think of me?"

"Handsome Lin, I'm about to starve to death. Can you send me two roasted chickens?"

"Little brother, I just graduated from college this year, fair-skinned, beautiful, with long legs. As long as you give me a roasted chicken every day, I'll do whatever you want, any position is fine!"

...

Lin Feng could distinctly feel that more and more people were starving.

The women who cursed him in the group chat had also decreased significantly, most of them being those he had rejected.

When facing starvation, dignity and bottom lines amount to nothing.

Lin Feng made these people send selfies one by one.

He immediately blocked anyone who used photo editing or fake pictures.

Unfortunately, none of the remaining ones met the system's standards.

Lin Feng had no choice but to delete them all, and directly muted those who hurled abuses in the group chat.

Following the events in the trading market yesterday, very few people spoke in the group chat.

The most active one was Old Mrs. Xu; despite Chen Hao's death, she was still cursing.

Lin Feng had to admit that this old hag's vitality was truly tenacious.

Beaten by Chen Hao, beaten by him, and she could still frantically send hundreds of voice messages.

After scrolling for a long time, he finally spotted a message from Chen Hao's roommate, Liu Jie.

"A Rune Mage is buying mutant fruits?"

Lin Feng guessed that Liu Jie knew how Chen Hao had acquired his superpower.

That was why she was desperately seeking to buy one in the chat.

The secret of mutant fruits could not be kept hidden for long.

Perhaps it was already common knowledge in certain places.

Even if the authorities stepped in to wipe all information from the internet,

how could there be an airtight wall in this world?

Lin Feng had no intention of entering a bidding war whatsoever.

Wouldn't it be much better to simply snatch it away after the other party successfully obtained the mutant fruit?

Hagdling with the fruit seller would only be a troublesome annoyance.

Even so, seeing someone competing within his own group chat still deeply displeased him.

With a few blinks, Lin Feng arrived outside the door of Liu Jie's apartment.

After sensing the room carefully, he was utterly shocked.

Lying beside Liu Jie was a man, and he actually recognized him!

What the hell!

How did the Lock-Picking Master end up running over here?

Where on earth was Pan Xiaofei, that viral carrier?

How on earth did this guy get mixed up with the Rune Master Liu Jie?

Even a nail fungus infection could spread to two people; both of them were probably infected by the virus now.

Lin Feng quickly departed, terrified of contracting the mutated pathogen.

As soon as he returned home, his phone screen lit up.

Opening WeChat, he found a message from the busty loli, Liu Nainai.

Building A #2902 Nainai: [Hello, I'd like to buy some stomach medicine from you.]

Seeing the WeChat message, Lin Feng immediately used his [Destiny] superpower to inspect Liu Nainai's condition.

She was curled up on the bed, clutching her stomach with both hands.

Cold sweat streamed down her forehead, and her entire body was trembling.

It was evident that she was enduring excruciating pain.

Even her vital life force was growing dim; she would likely kick the bucket in another two hours.

Lin Feng frowned deeply. In an apocalyptic world where microorganisms and pathogens were breeding frantically, would stomach medicine even be of any use in this situation?

Well-Fed and Watered: [What happened to you?]

Building A #2902 Nainai: [I finished eating a roasted chicken yesterday, and left the remaining two in the fridge. After finishing them today, I ended up like this...]

Well-Fed and Watered: [Good riddance, save them to eat in your next life.]

Building A #2902 Nainai: [Big brother, I'm begging you, if you have medicine, please sell me some.]

Liu Nainai was writhing in pain on the bed now.

She could already feel her mind clouding over, fearing death was not far away.

And Lin Feng was her only remaining chance at survival.

Well-Fed and Watered: [I do indeed have stomach medicine, and painkillers too.]

Upon seeing the message, Liu Nainai's eyes lit up instantly, and a surge of vitality coursed through her body.

Building A #2902 Nainai: [Big brother, please sell it to me. I have ten thousand yuan in cash, and another thirty thousand saved in my bank account.]

Well-Fed and Watered: [What is money? Nothing more than waste paper. Wait for me to come over and we can discuss the details.]

Using his [Blink] superpower, Lin Feng materialized beside Liu Nainai's bed in a few flashes.

"Y-you, how did you get over here?"

This was the first time a man had ever entered her home, making her inevitably flustered.

Yet, her mind immediately jumped to superpowers.

This man, who flaunted his food in the group chat every day, probably used this exact superpower to acquire his supplies.

Lin Feng produced the stomach medicine and painkillers, dangling them right in front of Liu Nainai's eyes.

"Thank you, big brother."

Just as Liu Nainai reached out to grab them, Lin Feng pulled his hand back.

"Spare me the thank yous; they can't fill an empty stomach. Do you know what kind of price you have to pay to get these medicines?"

Liu Nainai froze slightly, noticing the burning gaze in Lin Feng's eyes.

That was when she remembered she wasn't just suffering from a stomachache; her entire body was burning up with feverish heat, leaving her dressed in only a thin nightgown.

Men really were all the same!

She hurriedly yanked the blanket over to cover herself.

"I have... You're taking advantage of my distress."

Thinking it over carefully, Liu Nainai realized she had nothing at home that could be used to barter for medicine.

Left with no choice, she changed her tactic, appealing to moral grounds.

Lin Feng chuckled lightly, and the two boxes of medicine vanished from his hand in an instant.

"It seems you still don't understand the situation. You're right, I am taking advantage of your distress—so what?

These two boxes of medicine are your only chance at saving your life.

Or perhaps, you think you can buy them from someone else instead?

And just what kind of conditions do you suppose they would demand?"

Lin Feng reached out, gently stroking Liu Nainai's hair.

"Stay with me, and never having to worry about food and drink again won't be a problem. The others certainly can't offer you that.

Of course, what to do is entirely your choice; don't expect me to save you for free."

Liu Nainai felt her stomach pain worsen, her body growing even hotter as if she had a raging fever.

If she went looking for someone else, she might not even be able to buy the medicine.

And the conditions those people would demand would probably be far more outrageous than Lin Feng's.

Besides, those people didn't even have food, and they probably weren't as handsome as the man standing right before her...