After a day of training, he was starting to miss the female merchant.
Although she couldn't move, and her looks and figure were only average, simply for satisfying his desires was really useful!
"You guys explain it, I'm going to train."
With that, Li Ke left. These women are unavailable now, so he might as well train and improve his strength.
However, the most important thing right now is to go down and collect the loot.
Li Ke jogged down the cliff. There were still no zombie corpses, only dirty yellow packages left behind.
However, his luck was still incredibly strange. The most common items he found were painkillers and bandages; the better ones were medkits and bullets.
But given the current situation, it was hard to call it bad luck, considering the medkits had been incredibly effective.
There were hundreds of packages at the bottom of the cliff, and Li Ke opened over two hundred medkits, to the point that even Li Ke, who no longer disliked medkits, couldn't help but curse.
"If I didn't have Kiri, my firepower wouldn't be able to upgrade, right?"
Looking at the only weapon he had opened, a level 1 Pipe Pistol, Li Ke felt his blood pressure rising.
How long would he have to use a Pipe Pistol without Kiri? However, a surprise appeared when he opened the last two packages.
In the last fifty bags, besides a bunch of strange and miscellaneous items, Li Ke found four books.
But he shook his head immediately after glancing at the first book.
"Power of Destruction: The primordial authority of the Underworld's Devil King, capable of erasing all of existence. Should one achieve absolute mastery, even the flow of time and the foundation of abstract concepts can be unmade."
"This power is exceptionally violent, demanding a staggering amount of energy. Even those of Satan-class caliber struggle to harness its fury, as it rapidly drains the user's reserves of Demonic Power."
"The magnitude of this mana is as much a threat to the wielder as it is to the enemy. Those who fail to maintain absolute control will be the first to perish, consumed by the very force they sought to command."
"Those with insufficient mana must rely on their innate magical intuition to discern when the power begins to jeopardize their own life force."
" Evaluation: High Potential."
Without a second thought, Li Ke tossed the book into his inventory, showing no intention of using it. "Laughable! If his talent were better, would he still be limited to a basic fire enchantment? And with such pitiful magic power at that?"
When he finally read the second book, he was speechless.
"Your luck is partially depleted. In life-or-death crises, there is a chance you will be targeted by enemies who find you 'attractive.' To survive, you may be forced to trade your chastity for your life."
But tampering with destiny always demands a toll. Henceforth, you and your descendants shall be haunted by a peculiar phenomenon:
Whenever you attempt a task, an unforeseen accident will inevitably occur. This will cause your effort to fail—though never entirely.
"What's the use of this skill?"
Li Ke really wanted to complain. Was this some kind of sarcastic jab at the leggy, beautiful young lady he was currently living in the same steel house with?
However, the third book finally made Li Ke feel like his luck was turning around.
Combat Instinct Lv.1: Your training has hardwired melee intuition into your soul. Even if you forget every technique, you can still instinctively master the principles of boxing and crush professional fighters—provided you are on your own world. these mortal instincts offer no protection against supernatural entities or transcend worldly laws. One hit is all it takes for them to kill you.
"Finally something useful. But I'll learn it tonight, so I don't get a headache all day."
Li Ke nodded. He didn't plan to study during the day; using this as a sleeping pill at night would be much better.
As for why he couldn't sleep:
The reason is simple.
If you were sleeping in a room with three beautiful women, could you really fall asleep in one go?
He nodded, added the book to his inventory, placing it at the top, then looked at the fourth book and fell silent.
"Not Proficient: Tips for Dealing with Troublesome Clients Lv": Techniques for managing difficult clients—though barely practiced. The clients remain as troublesome as ever. Allows the user to rapidly memorize the various ways they've been harassed by customers and the specific solutions used to survive them. It is the sad essence of the overworked corporate slave's daily life.
"What the hell..."
Li Ke now realized that each of the four skill books corresponded to a different person.
The Destruction Magic was most likely Rias's, the "Selling My Body to Survive" skill was Rin's, and the Combat skill was clearly Mai's.
And this office worker's experience was most likely his own.
"Even if you gave me a college-level English book, I wouldn't feel this bad."
Li Ke didn't even look at it; he had an urge to throw it on the ground and stomp on it.
But since it was still one of his skills, he put it back in his inventory.
Just as he was about to start running laps around the pit to exercise his legs, Miss 2B, wearing a black dress, leaped down the stairs and ran towards him like a madwoman.
Not immediately recognizing her, Li Ke almost instinctively drew his sword, flames erupting from the blade and distorting the surrounding air.
However, the next moment, Miss Rabbit's over 300-kilogram body suddenly appeared in front of Li Ke, perfectly dodging his sword and grabbing his head, biting down on his lips.
In an instant, a fragrant, excessively soft tongue entered Li Ke's mouth, and he tasted the sweet saliva.
Miss Rabbit's hand then unceremoniously slipped inside Li Ke's clothes and pressed against his chest.
Li Ke was completely stunned, not understanding why Miss Rabbit had suddenly gone mad.
Although he guessed it was because she discovered they were all human, besides Rias, there were three humans she had been seeking!
Even if she wanted to protect him, she should have politely taken him away, not acted like this! However, before he could think further, 2B retracted her tongue. The next moment, 2B, her body trembling with excitement, struck a standard YoRHa pose and addressed Li Ke.
"Glory to Mankind! I pray that humanity never abandons me, and I humbly ask for your forgiveness for my late arrival."
2B was incredibly excited because she had actually seen a human! And not one of those humans on The Lunar Server—but a wild human!
This was far too much for these androids.
But for Li Ke…
"Aren't the others human?"
Li Ke really wanted to complain.
Even if Rias wasn't human, there was Rin, Mai, and that tan-skinned woman.
What, aren't women human?
He hadn't seen this kind of sexism in NieR.
Besides, did gender really matter to these androids?
Most importantly...
He really wasn't human from the NieR world.
Although he only knew 2B in the 3D Zone, he knew some of the settings.
The humans in that world weren't just ordinary humans; their souls could adapt to magic energy. And without a doubt, how could he, an Earthling, adapt to magic energy, or rather, the magic power of that world?
Li Ke chuckled, but this question suddenly reminded him of something he had always ignored because of various things.
How could I use the magic power of the Arad world? Although magic in the Arad world is a fusion of spiritual and physical power, and magic power is, to a certain extent, equivalent to life force,
he, an Earthling, seemed to have a life force completely different from that of the Arad people. And—
Do Earthlings have souls like the Arad people?
So, he tentatively asked,
"Um, aren't the others considered human too?"
But the 2B in front of him firmly shook her head, her expression remaining serious.
"Those people are not human, not noble humans. They are a kind of humanoid creature, completely different from the humans we record. Just a scan with my eyes is enough to see the difference. And you, whether in my scan or in the magic element test I conducted on your bodily fluids, are undoubtedly human."
Ah…
Li Ke frowned. He instinctively felt there was more to this than met the eye, but when he opened his cheat skill panel, there was no explanation.
Benefit, or coincidence?
Li Ke decided to ask a professional. Mai, as a martial artist, might not be able to identify them, but Rin and Rias should be able to.
"Is that so? But Miss 2B, I'm quite certain I'm not from your world. I think there must be some misunderstanding, right?"
Li Ke explained directly to Miss 2B.
Although believing he was human would make Miss 2B obedient, even like in a Vow-like game, treating her this and that, Li Ke found it too boring.
Miss 2B frowned slightly, but Li Ke didn't see it. She was worried that Li Ke might be bewitched by the other three humanoid females. Thinking of the appearance of those three humanoid species, and humanity's pursuit of mating and beauty, she immediately stood at attention and bowed to Li Ke.
"Please do not deny your human identity, esteemed human. If you are being coerced or misled by those three humanoid females, I can help you end their lives and protect you while you await the arrival of the YoRHa unit. If you have a need for mating and the appreciation of beauty, although I am merely an android, inferior to the beauty and nobility of humans, you may use me as you see fit."
She was serious. Every android views humanity as divine, and their existence is solely for the service of humanity. Therefore, if Li Ke truly requested to do something with her, she would agree without hesitation and actively cooperate, storing Li Ke's precious sperm within her body to be deposited into the human gene pool upon returning to the YoRHa unit.