Chapter 6 Punishment is simple, eternal suspension

  An County is located in the eastern part of the Sichuan Basin, 166 kilometers away from the provincial capital of Jinjiang City. It borders Chongqing Municipality to the east, Wanzhou City to the south, and Nanchong City to the north. From ancient times to the present, An County has not produced a single undisputed great figure, let alone a place with outstanding people and scenery. The county is mostly mountainous with little flat land, and it wasn't until 2000 that the entire county was fully electrified. Currently, most villages have been paved with cement roads. While the conditions are not as good as those in the southeastern coastal areas, they are more developed than those in the northwest and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

  Tang Xiao is from An County, specifically from one of the eight villages and one community under the jurisdiction of Shuanglong Township.

  After taking the "compensation" from internet cafe owner Zhou Qiang, he quickly walked out of the town center along the crowded highway. Despite the sweltering weather that would normally make him feel tired, he felt invigorated with a sense of anticipation in his heart. He now only wanted to find a quiet and secluded place as soon as possible to "interrogate" this mysterious thing lurking within himself. However, after some thought, he decided to head back home first and slowly get to know it later. After all, it was getting late, and going back too late would worry his grandparents, so he stopped in his tracks at the side of the highway and hailed a motorcycle without a license plate: "I'm going to Double Dragon Eighth Village, 20 yuan, will you take me?"

  Xiaohe's hometown, Qingyang Town, is not big, mainly just four streets. If you take a motorcycle to his old home, it only takes an hour, but the fare is a bit expensive, 20 yuan. Therefore, when he went back and forth between school and home in the past, he usually took the old rural minibus, which cost only 10 yuan for a round trip, but the time was a bit long, much longer than taking a motorcycle. Moreover, the road was bumpy, making people feel uncomfortable.

  The motorcycle driver didn't overcharge either, and as soon as he mentioned the place and price, Tang Xiao Sa smiled and agreed. Then, she jumped onto the motorcycle and they set off with a "whoosh".

  June is a relatively leisurely season, the land has just harvested wheat, now planting peanuts and corn, the paddy fields are already yielding ears of rice, one after another, stretching continuously to the foot of a small mountain hundreds of meters away.

  Due to the scorching sun, sitting on a motorcycle with a speed of about 60 yards, the air rushing towards me carried a hint of mud smell, but it wasn't hot, instead it was somewhat cool and comfortable. This is probably also one of the reasons why many people like to ride motorcycles in the summer!

  "Has your little brother just taken the college entrance exam?" The driver, wearing sunglasses, suddenly spoke up as they drove halfway.

  "Yes! Unfortunately, I didn't get into college." Xiaosan Ge reacted and immediately replied: "I was just about to go out and work, now it's just going home to pack my bags."

  "If you don't get in this year, just keep studying!" The driver said: "My family also has a college entrance examinee who didn't get in, now at home every day reading books, preparing to read a one-year supplementary class next year to continue the exam."

  "What a pity, my brain is too stupid, even if I take the exam for several more years, it's useless." Tang Xiao said with a bitter smile: "Besides, there are too many college students now. A diploma from a non-key or non-brand university may not be as good as a good skill!"

  "Well said, I wish you a prosperous journey then!" The driver sighed.

  ……

  As they chatted, the motorcycle drove along a newly repaired single-lane cement road and stopped at a small drying field. Tang Xiao jumped off the car, handed the driver a 20-yuan note, said "I'm home, you can go slowly" and quickly walked into a two-story ordinary white ceramic tile exterior building.

  "Grandma, Grandma!" He pushed open the unlocked wooden gate and called out twice, but there was no response, not even from Grandpa.

  Have they all gone "uphill"? Tang Xiao Sa was puzzled, but not surprised. After all, the two old men had come from difficult times and were used to planting some small vegetables and a few sweet potatoes and peanuts, even though most of their land had been abandoned and uncultivated. It could be said that farming had become part of their blood.

  Alright, since there's no one at home now, it's just the right time to "interrogate" this so-called "Success System" on my body about its origins.

  Tang Xiao closed the big door first, then went upstairs to his own room and locked the door. He pulled up the colorful nylon curtains, thought for a moment that there was nothing forgotten, and then turned on a floor fan towards his simple wooden bed. Then he sat on the edge of the bed, unable to suppress his excitement, and whispered: "System, successful...".

  "This system has received your call, player. No need to shout again!" Just then, a sudden androgynous voice sounded in Tang Xiao's ear, followed by a slight pause: "After the system's all-around scan verification, there are no suspicious biological or recording devices within 100 meters of the player, and it is in an absolutely confidential state. The system can appear in front of the player using projection. Is that confirmed?"

  "Alright, I agree!" Tang Xiao swept his head in excitement, he couldn't believe this system had such a function. Hehe, isn't this more awesome than any metal detector or infrared scanner? He was originally worried that if others accidentally found out about him having the system, it would bring great danger, but now it seems that as long as he himself doesn't say anything, wouldn't that be absolute secrecy?

  He seemed to have put down a huge stone, let out a long sigh of relief, and at the same time, he valued the "Success System" even more. Jokingly, the main function has not been revealed yet, it's already so amazing, do you still worry about encountering "water goods"?

  "When the ruler is not discreet, he loses his country; when the minister is not discreet, he loses his life. If many things are not kept secret, they will bring harm!" The majestic Han was as calm as ever, and as soon as he appeared, it was a classic ancient saying. He nodded to the stunned Xiao Sa Ge and said: "From your series of actions and mental activities just now, I can infer that your sense of crisis is still good, so I think your success rate can be +5!"

  "So now I'm 98-5, which is 93?" Tang Xiao was praised to the point of blushing, but when he heard about the success rate, he felt a bit relieved. Anyway, no matter what, it's good that the difficulty has decreased! However - what can you actually help me with?

  Zhuang Han's face was calm and unruffled, and he said lightly: "Apart from the martial artist option related to the body, I can only give you one help - that is, training in this world's unique training center."

  "I'm stuck, and it's about reading books again?" As soon as he heard the two words "training", Xiaosan's plan to ask a question about "martial artists" suddenly disappeared. Poor student can't take it! He grabbed his head and said weakly: "I'd like to ask, brother, what will happen if I don't complete the set goals?"

  "What consequences?" The burly man suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing a very strange expression: "Nothing much, neither will you die nor be disabled..."

  "Haha, that's easy!" Xiao Sa Ge burst out laughing. He was already very satisfied with his incredibly powerful body now. As for being an actor or a singer, haha, those were just jokes!

  "Ah, it's indeed very simple, just letting you hang in there forever!" said calmly with a nod.

  "What? Not lift?" Tang Xiao's face was covered in sweat and foam was coming out of his mouth "............No!"

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