A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

Li Wei could feel that his luck was better than before. He had already seen such a significant improvement by sacrificing a green self-made item. If he were to sacrifice a higher-level item, the effect might be even better.

Lottery shops in Japan, like pachinko parlors, are never short of customers. After all, there's no shortage of people who want to get rich overnight, no matter where they are.

However, the lottery is not as good as playing pachinko. At least if you play pachinko well, you can make a living more than enough, and it's not difficult to become a little rich. But the lottery, no matter where you are, is a bottomless pit.

Li Wei approached the shopkeeper, took out a stack of Fukuzawa Yukichi cards, and said, "Exchange all the money here for scratch-off lottery tickets."

"Alright!" Seeing Li Wei's generosity, the shopkeeper quickly took out a box of scratch cards from under the counter and said, "There are 10 cards in the box, all fresh and unopened. Would you like to count them, sir?"

Li Wei took the integrated scratch card and said, "No need, it doesn't matter if it's more or less, I just want to have some fun."

Li Wei sat down on a high stool nearby, and like the other lottery players around him, focused on what he was doing.

Li Wei did not use any cheating abilities; he neither saw through anything nor altered the patterns privately. He relied entirely on his own luck to succeed.

After scratching off the first card, Li Wei put it aside. Three thousand neon circles, a small prize to break even.

The first one, no prize.

The third one, no prize.

The fourth one is the grand prize of 10,000 yuan.

The first one, no prize.

The first prize was a 100,000 yuan grand prize.

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Li Wei separated and stacked the scratch-off lottery tickets, piling up the ones with prizes and throwing the ones without prizes directly into the trash can at his feet.

As Li Wei scratched out more and more winning tickets, he attracted the attention of other lottery players. They simply put down what they were doing and surrounded Li Wei to see how much prize money he could win.

"Wow! Another grand prize! Amazing!"

"Damn, boss, do you still have any of these scratch-off lottery tickets? Give me a box!"

Seeing that Li Wei had already scratched out more than thirty winning tickets and had already broken even, the surrounding lottery players couldn't sit still either. Such a high winning rate was simply terrifying. If they didn't take advantage of this opportunity, they would be letting down their reputation as serious lottery players.

Because of the craze sparked by Li Wei, the shop owner quickly sold more than 30 boxes of scratch-off lottery tickets, completely depleting the store's inventory.

"Boss, do you still have scratch-off tickets?!" a lottery player asked, sounding a little impatient.

"That's all! Really, that's all! That's all I bought. Do you want the rest?" The shopkeeper was sweating profusely with anxiety.

"No, I want scratch-off tickets like his!" The lottery player pointed in the direction of Li Wei and fixed his gaze. Next to Li Wei, there were already more than ten winning tickets. He had not only broken even, but had made a huge profit.

Chapter 44. Experimental Results (I've been taking exams these past two days, please excuse the poor students)

The lottery shop owner was also completely bewildered. He knew how much of a rip-off scratch-off lottery tickets were, after all, he owned a lottery shop. With regular scratch-off tickets, getting one out of ten was already considered good, and breaking even was something ordinary lottery players could only dream of.

But the situation on Li Wei's side has exceeded his expectations. This ridiculously high odds of winning are like a scratch-off lottery ticket.

The lottery shop owner couldn't believe it. He had been selling lottery tickets for over ten years and this was the first time he had encountered such a situation. He even suspected that the workers at the lottery printing factory had made a mistake when packing the tickets, putting most of the winning tickets together.

Before long, the customers in the shop began to sigh and complain.

"It's unbelievable! How can he have such a high winning rate? I have nothing here. On average, Zhang only wins every single time he draws a prize, and the prize money is always the lowest small prize of three thousand yuan!"

"Holy crap! My box has nothing, it's all empty prizes!"

"Sigh, barely broke even. I made two 100,000s and one 30,000, plus some odds and ends. I can only say I didn't lose money."

Everyone looked at Li Wei, who was still slowly drawing the lottery tickets. There was a thick stack of lottery tickets next to Li Wei, probably at least seventy.

Everyone could only envy them; after all, luck is something that can't be explained.

Some envious lottery players even began to curse Li Wei in their hearts, saying that he had traded his lifespan for the prize money.

Ignoring what the people around him thought, Li Wei continued scratching the lottery ticket. After scratching the last ticket, Li Wei calculated that he had won a prize, with a total prize of 40,000 yen. In 2010, that was equivalent to two years' income for an average Japanese person.

"Boss, I'd like to claim my prize." Li Wei placed the lottery ticket on the boss's counter.

The boss was speechless. However, Li Wei's bonus was redeemed through a dedicated bonus account, and all he needed to do was connect the card reader to the internet.

After making a phone call to the customer service staff and explaining the situation, the boss took out the POS machine and said, "It can only be processed through the bank, is that okay?"

Li Wei nodded and said, "That's fine, it won't affect anything."

The surrounding lottery players had very mixed feelings at this moment, including envy and jealousy.

Li Wei knew that this round was a loss overall, because he sacrificed a golden battle suit, which consumed all his luck, and only gained this little bit of benefit. If he had done something else, the impact wouldn't have been too great.

The value of gold is self-evident. Overall, this "spending money" was a huge loss, but managing to raise the odds of winning a scratch-off lottery ticket from less than 90% to over 90% is still a decent stroke of luck. Adding such a buff at a crucial moment can be quite useful.

Moreover, Li Wei only sacrificed one piece of equipment in this experiment. If the number of pieces of equipment sacrificed were too large and of high quality, this ability could boost his luck to an exaggerated level in a short period of time. Overall, it is an ability that is more beneficial than harmful.

For ordinary people, spending money on in-game purchases is indeed a hassle, but for him, it's still within an acceptable range because his gold comes too easily.

In Li Wei's view, directly purchasing gold with money is not efficient enough. Moreover, the gold circulating in the market is only a small fraction of the total gold reserves on Earth. There are still a large amount of gold buried deep underground. This special precious metal, which is produced only by supernova explosions, has greater reserves the closer it is to the Earth's core.

With this in mind, Li Wei has already begun developing spells to find gold, as well as the corresponding puppets. These puppets have the appearance of giant scorpions, and when combined with various earth-burrowing spells, they can move very quickly underground. Combined with spells to find specific metals, Li Wei only needs a few of these non-humanoid puppets to quickly gather gold, without having to spend a lot of money on the market and get ripped off.

Of course, for Li Wei now, money is just paper and doesn't have much use. Besides, he'll leave this world sooner or later, so it's perfectly normal for him to spend all the money he has in this world before he leaves. He just doesn't like being ripped off. After all, besides buying gold, he can also acquire other things with his money, which is much more cost-effective than buying gold directly.

As for the gold, he planned to entrust it to his non-humanoid gold-hunting puppet, which would stay there for a while and leave once it had dug up enough gold.

After a quick calculation of the input and output, Li Wei left the lottery shop with his winnings, leaving behind a dissatisfied lottery player and a helpless lottery shop owner.

Li Wei had only been gone from the lottery shop for a short time when he received a call. These days, mobile phones don't have caller ID. Li Wei habitually took out his mobile phone, only to realize that it wasn't a smartphone at all. He had to answer it to find out who was calling.

After the call was connected, a frail but energetic voice came from the other end.

"Brother Li Wei, I am Tang Fulu."

“Oh, it’s the old man. Is there something you need for your call at this hour? Look at the young lady serving you, it must still be late at night,” Li Wei said.

Tang Fulu laughed and said, "I just came out of the Red Demon Space not long ago, and my biological clock is completely out of sync with the schedule here in the country, Sister. I called to say thank you. Without your efforts, Brother Li Wei, we might have been wiped out this time. You saved the world's top experts."

“If it’s just something like that, there’s no need for a special thank you, is there?” Li Wei said.

“This may not be a big deal for you, but you really did save everyone. How about we have a party to celebrate?” Tang Fulu said.

"Let's forget about this. I don't like trouble, and I don't care if others thank me or not," Li Wei said.

"That's a real shame. Ignitz wanted to invite everyone to celebrate for you, but since that's the case, the party won't be able to take place." Tang Fulu said with a hint of regret in his voice.

Li Wei wanted to complain that Ignitz, such an ambitious person, was probably using the party as an opportunity to test his attitude.

After all, Li Wei's strength is undeniable. If he doesn't agree, Ignitz won't be able to rule the world. As a villain, Li Wei is well aware of what an ambitious man like Ignitz is thinking. It's just that he's not interested in ruling the world.

Chapter 44. Returning to the Real World

Although he had never directly interacted with Ignitz, Li Wei's understanding of him was far greater than that of others, thanks to the original storyline. It could be said that an ambitious man like Ignitz, even without the instigation of the distant Lands, would still have followed the path of world conquest.

Li Wei will soon leave this world. As for what will happen to this world after he leaves, he doesn't care at all. But it would be a pity to kill such an interesting person as Ignitz. Leaving him in this world to continue to wreak havoc is also an interesting thing. It can be considered a mischievous gift that he left for this world.

Before the call was even disconnected, Li Wei said, "I'm too lazy to contact Ignitz anymore. Tell him for me that I have no interest in what he's up to, and neither do Gis and Kraus. Let them do whatever they want; it's none of my business."

The current Li Wei is someone who doesn't care about Hong Taotian after I'm gone, so he's just trying to find some fun for the still young Kyo Kusanagi and Iori, which can be considered his "gift" as a source of amusement.

Tang Fulu said, "I will sue him, so I won't bother you anymore."

"I should say goodnight to you too, senior," Li Wei said with a smile.

Although Tang Fulu's strength was far inferior to his, out of basic courtesy, Li Wei, being older and kind to him, would still maintain considerable politeness. Although he was an absolute villain, he would never allow anyone to find fault with his manners.

In the following days, Li Wei was not disturbed by anyone, which allowed him to focus on underground gold mining. In just half a month, he unearthed more than 14,000 tons of gold from beneath the surface of Earth in the King of Fighters world.

The large gold reserves reassured Li Wei, as all his abilities were linked to gold. Whether it was crafting props or improving his luck, gold was the best medium, so naturally, the more of these war supplies the better.

However, after half a month of actually controlling the puppet to mine gold, Li Wei felt temporarily bored and felt that he needed to rest.

After using all the money from the two powerful underground forces to acquire various items, Levi made the Giese and Krauser clones disappear from public view. The two puppet clones, having completed their historical missions, were directly retrieved by Levi and placed in the underground space of the floating island.

The Giese and Krauser clones were quite powerful, and Levi had put a lot of effort into them. Simply discarding or destroying them would be a waste for Levi, so he decided to recycle them first. Maybe they would be useful in the future, and he could continue to use them.

After dealing with the trivial matters here, Li Wei did not linger and decisively returned to the real world.

Because of the difference in the flow of time between the worlds, the time when Li Wei left was the same time when he returned. Li Wei stayed in the King of Fighters world for nearly a year, but only a few seconds passed in the real world.

Moreover, these few seconds were the time that was lost when Li Wei returned and started calculating the time again.

After traversing three worlds, Li Weibei took a good rest in the real world. He had more and more companions on the floating island, and his cultivation and overall strength were constantly growing. Although there was still a considerable gap between his current level and his expected goal, he was able to achieve his goal one day by taking steady steps forward, so that he could go to those relatively dangerous but high-reward worlds and maximize his own interests.

Although Li Wei's life on the floating island was extremely decadent, in the real world, he used magic to conceal his charm and maintained his usual lifestyle, just like a typical office worker who longed for a peaceful life, living an inconspicuous life in the city of Tokyo.

It was holiday time again, and Li Wei was staying in his apartment, enjoying the fun of building with model kits. He had previously boasted to people on the forum that he would make the MG Eclipse Gundam and MG Aegis Gundam into a single unit, maintaining a unified style while also being aesthetically pleasing so that laymen wouldn't be able to tell that these two Gundams were temporary assembly pieces.

Now that he had made the boast, he had to make it a reality. He skillfully cut out the parts and quickly and precisely trimmed the edges with pliers. In his mind, Li Wei had already gone through the entire assembly process of the model. Now, even with his eyes closed, he could assemble the two models.

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Just as Li Wei was assembling the model, his phone, which was lying beside him, suddenly rang. Li Wei saw the caller ID on the screen; it was a call from home. Back in the King of Fighters world, mobile phones didn't have caller ID, so Li Wei had to guess who was calling before answering, which he found very strange.

The call connected, and Li Wei switched to speakerphone so he could continue building his model while on the phone. He could use his supernatural powers to quickly complete the model, but he felt that models made that way lacked soul. Therefore, he preferred to do it himself, completing the model bit by bit, only using his supernatural powers to assist in certain minor details, rather than relying entirely on them.

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"Mom, is there something you need to call at this hour?" Li Wei asked.

"Can't you call if there's nothing wrong? You haven't called home for days. Do you think you're all grown up now and can ignore me and your dad?" A gentle, slightly playful female voice said with a laugh.

“Didn’t I just call three days ago? I’m not a child anymore, I don’t need to call home every day to report for duty,” Li Wei said.

“But to us, you’ll always be just a child. How have you been these past few days? Have you made any new friends in Japan?” Li Wei’s mother said with a smile.

"Same as always, those Japanese devils are really troublesome to deal with. A few nodding acquaintances are enough. Anyway, after graduation, we won't have any contact anymore," Li Wei said nonchalantly.