My Endless Life.

Chapter 389 The first task

After listening to Li Qi's explanation of the price of Xu Leying's rare item, Zhao Chenghu's expression suddenly became extremely solemn.

He stared at Xu Leying, who was sitting upright and looked like a literary girl, and asked Li Qi in a low voice:

"Is there anything wrong with her rare item?"

Li Qi did not answer, but asked:

"According to the bureau's practice, if you don't consider my opinion, how will you treat Xu Leying?"

"Confiscate the rare items and hand them over to the bureau for safekeeping. Such rare items that could cause a major disaster to society are absolutely not allowed to be in the hands of individuals, at least in principle."

Zhao Chenghu said in a serious tone.

There are now many types of strange objects.

But if we roughly calculate, they can actually be divided into two types.

One is a rare item with a low cost that will not cause harm to society, and the other is a rare item with a huge cost that will have a serious impact on society.

Xu Leying's strange things obviously belong to the latter.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of her."

Li Qi said calmly.

Zhao Chenghu didn't quite believe it:
"Can you take good care of her?"

Li Qi did behave maturely, but he was still a child after all. Zhao Chenghu was skeptical about how much restraint there could be in letting a child look after another child.

Li Qi did not say anything about Zhao Chenghu's suspicion. He just raised his hand silently, and a heart necklace appeared on Li Qi's palm.

"Because her treasure is now with me."

"...?"

"And I have determined that even if I use the magical necklace, the power I gain after transformation will not be comparable to this little girl. That is why I let her come here, because she may be the most suitable person in the world for this magical necklace."

Li Qi took back the necklace as if by magic and explained to Zhao Chenghu.

After using the heart necklace to transform, the power that can be exerted is extremely spiritual.

Only those who have pure fantasies, beautiful thoughts, so-called love and hope, and goodwill towards everything can unleash the necklace's strongest power.

Even Li Qi's power after the transformation was far inferior to Xu Leying's, and that power was even inferior to Li Qi's artificial man.

That's why Li Qi didn't plan to confiscate the necklace.

Because anyone within the system will not have a pure and beautiful heart, and they will definitely not be able to bring out the maximum power of the necklace.

Only Xu Leying can do it.

At least Xu Leying can do it now.

Thinking of this, Li Qi couldn't help but feel a little emotional. If this was the case, then Li Qi, who couldn't exert much strength after the transformation, would have long lost those good qualities in his heart.

But it is impossible to say that it is black enough to be oozing with oil. It can neither go up nor down. Therefore, this kind of strange thing that requires extreme emotions to activate will probably be completely out of his reach in the future.

However, Li Qi's explanation could not completely reassure Zhao Chenghu.

He focused on what Li Qi had said before, about the price of using the love necklace, and asked:
"What about the nightmare space?"

Using the necklace to transform will definitely create a nightmare space. If the nightmare space is not resolved, each transformation must be done with extreme caution.

Li Qi had already prepared the answer:

"I'll take care of it."

"How do you solve it?!"

Zhao Chenghu was a little anxious. This matter was not a trivial matter. It was not just playing house with children. Li Qi said he could solve it. Could he really solve it?
However, unlike Zhao Chenghu's anxious look, Li Qi was very calm. He turned his head and looked at Zhao Chenghu, and said softly:

"If I say I will solve it, I will definitely solve it." He pointed at himself and introduced himself, "I forgot to tell you, I am also a rare item, a rare item [Wish Doll]. The price is an equal exchange. If you have any wishes in the future, remember to tell me."

As Li Qi spoke, he spread out his right hand in front of Zhao Chenghu, and the circuit structure under the bionic skin appeared directly in front of Zhao Chenghu.

"!?"

When Zhao Chenghu saw Li Qi's hands separate in front of him like a robot, his brain froze on the spot.

He never imagined that Li Qi in front of him was not a human being, but a strange creature that looked like a human being.

……

After sending away Zhao Chenghu, who was doubting his life, Li Qicai gathered everyone present together.

In other words, the main thing was to call Xu Leying over.

Leaning on a chair in the training ground, Li Qi casually threw the heart necklace to Xu Leying and said to her:
"I'll return the necklace to you, but I've put a lock on it. You can only transform when I allow you to. Otherwise, you can only use the most basic magic with the necklace. Do you hear me?"

“…Can I ask why?”

"You're not ready to know this yet."

Li Qi replied.

Xu Leying is a simple and kind-hearted child, but precisely because of her simplicity and kindness, she tends to imagine that everything is her own fault.

If Li Qi told her the cost of using the necklace, she would definitely be afraid of the necklace and even feel self-loathing.

This will result in her being unable to exert her full power after transforming.

Therefore, Li Qi judged that it was not appropriate to tell Xu Leying about this matter now. This required a timing, a timing after Xu Leying grew up.

And because Xu Leying was very considerate, she did not refute Li Qi's order, but only made a request:
"Okay, I agree, but...if a nightmare space appears, I must transform and deal with it."

"Okay, I promise you." Li Qi agreed to Xu Leying's request easily.

Every time Xu Leying transforms, a nightmare space will be created. Since her first experiment with the transformation of a magical girl, her relationship with the nightmare space has been stuck in an unbreakable vicious circle.

Transformation - birth of nightmare space - need to deal with nightmare space - transform into a magical girl - birth of nightmare space...

If there is no external help in this cycle, there will be more and more nightmare spaces in the future, and Xu Leying will not be able to completely eliminate all nightmare spaces.

However, Li Qi also has the ability to destroy the nightmare space, which makes this matter much simpler.

The only two nightmare spaces in the city were both resolved by Li Qi last night.

Therefore, as long as Xu Leying does not transform, no new nightmare space will be created.

Without a new nightmare space, Xu Leying’s request would be almost the same as having nothing.

The only thing to note is that Xu Leying's use of magic will also incur costs. Although these costs are not enough to form a nightmare space, they will allow people's negative emotions to escape and form nightmare shadows.

These shadows are just right for Xu Leying and Yi Cheng to practice with. All they have to do is make sure no one dies.

"So, my team has been established?"

After Li Qi finished talking to Xu Leying, Yi Cheng 'just happened' to wake up from meditation. She asked Li Qi eagerly.

Li Qi replied:

"Yeah, a team whose mission is to save the world. How about that? Doesn't it sound great?"

"Humph, my purpose here is to rule the world after it falls into eternal night. Saving the world has nothing to do with me."

Yi Cheng snorted coldly and raised his little head, but then rolled his eyes and added:
"However, I do not want the new world to become chaotic. Before I become the true Lord of Eternal Night, I am not incapable of acting with you all."

"Okay, okay, anyway, you agreed to help, right? Then this is for you."

Li Qi dealt with it perfunctorily, then picked up a file on the table and threw it to Yi Cheng and Xu Leying.

Yi Cheng didn't pick it up, so Xu Leying caught it in a hurry.

She pushed up her glasses, looked at the information on the file, and asked:
"what is this?"

"Your first mission is to pick up another member of our team."

As Li Qi spoke, he took out a cup of tea from somewhere and drank it slowly.

The task he gave to Yi Cheng and others was to win over the next holder of the rare object.

The name of the magic item held by the holder of the magic item is called [Flame Juice].

The name sounds very warm, just right for the dark and cold world that has entered its doomsday stage.

……

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the bedroom door. Inside the dark room, Xie Yan, who had curled himself up into a ball, covered his ears.

At this time, his mother's voice came from outside the door:
"Xiao Yan, it's been five days, come out and have a meal."

"...I told you, I have to...seclude myself these few days to organize the report, so don't bother me!"

Xie Yan's tone was not very good, and he sounded like an unfilial son who was bullying his mother at home.

But if you pay more attention, you can hear the panic in Xie Yan's words.

"No matter how hard you work on the report, you still have to come out and eat. Sigh... What a shame this company is. The world is in this state, so what's wrong with taking a few days off..."

Xie Yan's mother left with disappointment and resentment. Xie Yan covered himself tighter and pulled down his hood to completely cover his current appearance.

Xie Yan, 22 years old, is a recent college graduate and is currently working as an intern in a company.

As a reserve corporate slave, what happens in reality has little to do with him.

As long as the society has not reached its worst point and as long as the company is still running, he will contribute to the company until the last moment.

There is no other reason, everything is just for the purpose of becoming a regular employee.

But something that happened five days ago completely changed Xie Yan's life.

That day was one of the rare days when Xie Yan went out.

Because the situation everywhere is very tense now, some people who don’t need to go to the company to work are all working from home.

So Xie Yan has been staying at home since more than a week ago.

And no one knew what happened five days ago. Maybe he was tired from working overtime to write code and wanted to go out to relax, so Xie Yan went out for the first time in a long time.

He looked at the various banners hanging on the streets saying "We will get through this", and lamented deeply the changes in the world today.

While casually strolling around the street, Xie Yan saw a grocery store on the side of the road.

The grocery store looks very old and out of place with its modern surroundings.

The strangest thing was that the grocery store was clearly lit and open for business, but passers-by didn't even glance at it.

As if it didn't exist at all.

You have to know that supplies are in short supply everywhere now. The nearby supermarkets have long been robbed. Even the small warehouses hidden in corners have all their contents sold out.

It makes no sense that no one would want to go into a grocery store that looks like it has a full range of supplies.

Xie Yan felt something was wrong at the time, so he walked into the grocery store out of curiosity.

That also became the beginning of changing his destiny.

(End of this chapter)