Chapter 72 - 73: The System Finally Upgraded Successfully

Chapter 72: Chapter 73: The System Finally Upgraded Successfully

In the evening, Xi Yi finally brought the beast skins back.

But to be made into a shower curtain, the beast skins needed to be tanned, so they couldn’t be hung up right away.

Su Luoluo came up with an idea, using dense vines and branches to build a simple shower curtain.

After making sure no one could see in from the outside, she poured in the hot water she had prepared and began to bathe.

She was bathing after dinner this time. To prevent a repeat of the last embarrassing incident, Su Luoluo warned the five of them in advance to stay away unless it was important.

As for the other tribe members, Su Luoluo was even less concerned.

Ever since Cai Xia and Ah Zhu started teaching the other females how to make clothes, they had all grown increasingly interested in Su Luoluo’s creations. Around this time, most of them would follow Cai Xia and Ah Zhu to the Red Land to learn how to make pottery.

So the entire tribe was now deserted.

Su Luoluo lay in the bathtub, scrubbing herself down as she pondered.

’I could just have a few of the Beastmen build a bathroom for me,’ she thought. ’That way, I’d never have to worry about anyone barging in while I’m bathing.’

’But if I had a dedicated bathroom, this ceramic tub is so big that it would be a pain to empty out the water.’

With that, Su Luoluo abandoned the idea.

Once she was clean, Su Luoluo applied the pearl wet powder she had prepared earlier to her face and body.

Then, after activating her Water Element’s cleansing ability, she began her daily skin-whitening routine.

As she lay in the tub waiting, Su Luoluo recalled the gift package the system had given her and the mechanical notification she had received.

’I didn’t mishear yesterday, did I?’

’The system notified me that Fu Feng, Xiao Ye, and Mo Xuan’s Heartbeat Values were approaching 99 and had risen quite a bit.’

’I really want to check the specifics, but this stupid system is still upgrading. I can’t connect to customer support; only a few basic programs are running.’

With no customer support to answer her questions, Su Luoluo had to find the answers herself.

When the notification had sounded yesterday, she had been lying in the bathtub, just like she was now.

’Looking back at the past increases, it was always because I cooked something delicious or showed off my ability to purify salt and make pottery. That’s what made them develop a good impression of me.’

’In short, I had to do something for them to change their opinion of me, which in turn caused their affection to rise.’

’But yesterday, I didn’t do anything. So what caused it?’

’I wasn’t wearing any clothes at the time...’

’It couldn’t be because of that, could it?’

As soon as the thought appeared, Su Luoluo swiftly rejected it.

’No, impossible.’

’How could they be attracted to this pile of flesh?’

’I’ve lost a lot of weight, but honestly, compared to the other females in the tribe, I’m still very fat.’

’Other than that, the only thing that happened was Xi Yi showing up.’

’Could it be... they got jealous? Is that why their Heartbeat and attraction values surged?’

’That doesn’t make any sense at all!’

Su Luoluo shook her head again.

’Then what could it be?’

Su Luoluo thought for a while longer but still couldn’t figure it out.

Since she couldn’t solve the puzzle, Su Luoluo decided to put it aside for the time being. Perhaps the answer would come to her eventually.

Some things can’t be understood right away; time often reveals the answer.

With that in mind, Su Luoluo decided not to dwell on the issue any longer.

She still had a long wait for the pearl powder to be absorbed, so she decided to check the superpowers the system had rewarded her with.

Although the system was upgrading, its previous functions weren’t completely disabled. Only customer support was unavailable; the user guide it had provided was still perfectly intact.

She had never encountered the Gold, Wood, Fire, and Earth Element superpowers before, so she had to examine them one by one.

Gold Element: Can be used to control all metal objects for defense and offense.

’That sounds powerful, but it seems useless in this primitive society. After all, this is a world where metal hasn’t even been discovered yet.’

’My level is only Level 1, and the panel says I can sense metal.’

Su Luoluo didn’t think it was very useful, so she skipped it for now.

Wood Element: Allows control over plants for defense and offense. It can also accelerate plant growth, speed up wound healing, and restore vitality.

’This sounds like a superpower with healing effects.’

’But I’m only Level 1, so for now I can only sense the presence of plants and perform simple restorative functions.’

This was somewhat useful to Su Luoluo. With it, finding ingredients would be much more convenient. It was a good Skill.

Fire Element: Can control any fire.

’At Level 1, I can probably use it as a lighter. That’ll make starting fires for cooking much easier in the future.’

Earth Element: Control layers of soil and manipulate terrain, creating things like quicksand, earthquakes, or allowing for burrowing through the earth.

’Sounds good for escaping.’

’But I’m only Level 1, so I can only identify soil composition.’

’This ability isn’t very practical either.’

Of the four, Su Luoluo liked the Wood Element best for its powerful healing properties.

As she sat there with the mask on, she wondered if she could use it to make her skin fairer and more radiant.

Following the instructions in the guide, she focused her will. A jade-green vine emerged from within her body and wrapped around her. Slowly, its leaves unfurled, emitting a faint green light.

Next, she felt as if something was being drawn out of her, and a layer of black grime was slowly expelled from her skin.

Su Luoluo could see with her own eyes that her skin had become significantly fairer.

A look of delight crossed her face. She hadn’t been wrong—the Wood Element Ability could whiten her skin.

However, before Su Luoluo could celebrate, she noticed a trace of black water mixed in with the grime.

As someone who possessed a Level 9 Water Element Ability in the Post-apocalypse, she quickly identified it as the kind of toxin expelled during purification.

’My skin was just a bit dark... why are there toxins in my body?’

She was startled. ’Could someone have poisoned me?’

She quickly used her Wood Element Ability to check herself and found that her internal organs were fine. The problem was on the surface of her skin; it was unclean.

’It’s like my skin came into contact with something it shouldn’t have.’

’And the only thing that’s been touching my skin is my new Beast Skin Clothes.’

’Luan Ting helped me make the Beast Skin Clothes. He would never poison me.’

’If he really wanted to poison me, he would have done it long ago when he used to help the original owner wash her Beast Skin Skirt.’

’If it’s not him, the only people in the tribe I have real conflict with are Lan Ya and Su Nuannuan.’

’Lan Ya is my Mother. Even though she hates me, she probably wouldn’t go so far as to poison her own child.’

’It’s not impossible, I guess, but our relationship hasn’t deteriorated to that point yet.’

’By process of elimination, the only one who would do something like this is that White Lotus.’

’She did something similar last time, putting a seduction fruit in my beast skin blanket.’

At this thought, the corners of Su Luoluo’s lips curved up as a plan began to form in her mind.

’Su Nuannuan, you just wait.’

’I won’t let you get away with it this time.’

Just as Su Luoluo was contemplating her scheme, the system’s voice suddenly rang out.

[Ding! System upgrade complete. Service for the host will now resume.]

Hearing this, Su Luoluo could no longer sit still. She hurriedly asked the system:

"System, you’re finally back! Quick, tell me, what’s the deal with Xi Yi? Is he a target for capture?"