Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Earthquake! (Extra for Alliance Hierarch Versace·S)
Ah-ha, I feel so relieved now!
Wahaha, trying to compete with me? Today, I’m extremely lucky, damn it, whoever comes at me will die!
Wen Song had just left when “Turn” sent a message: “Brother Ri, I’ve finished writing the section about the protagonist experimenting with his Telekinesis power you asked for. Want to check it out?!”
Where did these nicknames even come from?! My name is Wang Hao, Wang Hao! Not Wang Ri!
“Can you please put some effort into this?” Wang Hao roared. “Don’t just casually throw around names! This is one of the most thrilling parts in the early stages of ‘Devouring the Stars’, where the protagonist activates his Golden Finger and becomes a Spiritual Mind Master, possessing the ability to control objects and kill using telekinesis. If this part is well written, we can basically start publishing the book!”
Turn: “I know, I know, just check it out!”
Wang Hao quickly started reading—
“…Luo Feng’s gaze landed on the railing, and with a thought…”
“The railing’s steel pole began to spin eerily and then detached from the railing. Under Luo Feng’s watchful eyes, the front end of the entire steel pole gradually twisted and sharpened, turning into a lethal spike. The whole process took place mid-air, controlled by an invisible force.”
“‘Go!’ Luo Feng willed.”
“The steel spike shot out like lightning toward a ten-meter-tall rockery in the community below. With such formidable speed, the spike instantly pierced through the boulder!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
“Multiple images of the spike flashed as it furiously kept piercing the rockery, as if it were being shot through repeatedly by armor-piercing bullets. The rockery quickly turned into a sieve and then exploded into powder with a bang…”
Having swiftly read through this part, Wang Hao let out a long breath and chuckled: “Not bad, not bad! It’s well written indeed, with a straightforward yet vivid imagery, pretty good!”
He continued reading, and after finishing, he suddenly frowned, “It feels like something’s missing…”
After thinking for a while, Wang Hao’s eyes lit up: “You forgot to write about the surrounding characters’ reactions!”
He quickly messaged Turn: “Are you there? Quick!”
Turn: “Right here, Brother Ri, how did you like what I wrote?”
Wang Hao: “Overall, it’s very good, just missing one part.”
Turn: “Ah? What part?”
Wang Hao: “Think about it. With such a commotion in the prison, the guards must have some reaction, right? The alarms would go off, right? The protagonist must have some psychological turmoil after causing such a stir, right?”
Turn: “Makes sense! I’ll add that right now! Nice one, Brother Ri, here’s a big cucumber as a reward!”
Turn sent a cucumber picture.
Turn went off to make the changes, and Wang Hao, feeling satisfied, leaned back on the sofa, exclaiming: “Not bad, haha! Turn really gets it, although it was a bit of trouble teaching him before, he’s growing fast. Once this part is done, we can start writing the introduction! Hehe, ‘Devouring the Stars’, a classic textbook example of a web novel upgrade rhythm. Once this book hits the web, I’ll have two hit novels in my hands! Hahaha!”
At this time, Wen Song went to see tech support, Turn was busy writing, and Wang Hao started thinking about today’s schedule…
Being lucky is one thing; everything goes smoothly, and sometimes there are even surprises.
But being extremely lucky can’t be taken so lightly.
“Based on the two significant dangers I faced during the previous extremely unlucky times,” Wang Hao, stroking his chin, started planning: “This extremely good luck should correspond to two major opportunities. After all, there’s a saying ‘Fortune favors the bold.’ If extremely unlucky means danger, then extremely good luck should mean riches. They should be roughly comparable.”
He wasn’t stupid. Despite being all over the place sometimes, when it mattered, he was sharp-witted.
He had a good grasp of the situation with the Luck Die after using it for a while.
Firstly, extremely unlucky basically meant two huge dangers, and it was like an aura affecting everyone around.
Bad luck basically meant even drinking water could get stuck in your teeth, and nothing went right, but there was no real danger to personal safety.
The normal roll on the Luck Die was about the same as usual: half good, half bad.
Good luck meant everything went smoothly with occasional surprises.
So, by that logic, extremely good luck should be two huge opportunities—after all, extremely unlucky involved two life-threatening dangers, extremely good luck couldn’t just give you two extra lives, right?
Having confirmed that extremely good luck is essentially equivalent to twice the riches, the next step was to choose in which aspects he wished to have this good fortune…
This is why he’s accused of being too naive and silly. Just as Wang Hao was planning, the Luck Die in his pocket vibrated slightly. Then he noticed the computer screen seemed to shake: “Creak, creak…”
“What’s going on?” Wang Hao sat in his computer chair, and soon he knew what was happening!
This time it wasn’t just the computer screen that shook, everything in the house started shaking!
The luck of this dice is simply beyond reason!
Change is indeed faster than plans!
“Dice Brother! You are my real brother!” Wang Hao sprung up from his seat, raised his hands high over his head, put them together, and bowed three times: “I’m convinced! Truly convinced! Can I not go out now?!”
If I don’t go out now, this building will collapse!
Without another word, he headed straight out the door and saw his new beautiful neighbor, Xia Xueqi, desperately running down the stairs—yes, running, too scared to take the elevator…
Then, this whirlwind of a woman didn’t forget to remind Wang Hao: “Aren’t you running yet? Don’t you know there’s an earthquake?! If you’re too slow and there’s a stronger shake later, this building might just collapse… You dare to take the elevator? Do you have a death wish?”
During an earthquake, you shouldn’t take the elevator, good common sense there! But today, I’m incredibly lucky, I have to take the elevator downstairs!
“Ding-dong!” Arrived safely, wahahaha! That was fast!
Ah, this earthquake sure came unexpectedly. Once outside, Wang Hao looked around. By now, a lot of people were standing in the neighborhood, all scared out of their homes.
Look at how scared you all are, is it really necessary?!
It’s just a minor earthquake, what’s the big deal?
As Wang Hao was reflecting, Xia Xueqi, panting heavily, finally made it downstairs and immediately felt down when she saw Wang Hao: “You’re smart, next time there’s an earthquake I’m taking the elevator too!”
Hey, you really shouldn’t learn from me, who knows how the next one will happen…
“Actually, there’s nothing to worry about,” Wang Hao said with a grin: “An earthquake is an earthquake, an elevator is an elevator, they’re unrelated… I’ve got everything under control!”
Xia Xueqi: “Are you that amazing?!”
I was walking when a call came through, first from mom: “Did you know there was an earthquake? Where are you now?”
Wang Hao: “Downstairs, it’s no big deal, just a small issue.”
Mom: “As long as you’re okay, I’m hanging up now.”
Then came dad: “You little brat, are you okay? There was just an earthquake, ask your boss for leave and go downstairs, be careful in case of aftershocks.”
Dad is dad, always calling me a little brat, but his heart is in the right place.
Wang Hao: “Don’t worry, I’m fine, I’m outside.”
“Click,” dad hung up the phone…
Well, that’s normal, it’s always like that.
Then it’s Ice Princess… eh? A big star cares about me this much?
Ice Princess: “There was just an earthquake, are you okay over there?”
Wang Hao: “Well, I was just about to call you, didn’t expect you to beat me to it!”
Ice Princess: “I was worried that if something happened to you, it would delay your writing.”
Wang Hao: “Can you not be so discouraging?”
Ice Princess: “You’re alright, that’s good then, I’m hanging up.”
Wang Hao touched his chin: “Tough on the outside, soft on the inside, heh!”
Right after hanging up that call, Ren Xing had already called in: “Brother Hao, there was just an earthquake, are you okay?”
Wang Hao: “I’m fine, where are you? Are you okay?”
Ren Xing: “I’m good, I’m outside swimming with a girl, you’re fine so I’ll hang up now.”
See that? That’s a real buddy!
Wang Hao: “I’m all good, you do your thing!”
Then came Wang Mengfei: “Earthworm, you’re not dead, are you?”
Wang Hao: “You think a small earthquake can kill people…”
Wang Mengfei: “Glad you’re not dead. I’m in the process of registering a company, I’d be annoyed if you died and caused me trouble.” Then she hung up!
You dare to jinx me, sis! Do you even know how this earthquake happened? It would scare you to death if I told you! This was just a little symbolic earthquake from Dice Brother to get me to go downstairs, you know?