The goal is ambitious, but the road ahead still needs to be walked a little bit.
Like... it takes fifty minutes to walk home.
There was no way. After moving out of the orphanage, the new low-rent house that Aiwen rented a few days ago was a bit far from the school. He had to walk for twenty minutes first, then take the city-circling rail car for more than twenty minutes, and finally get off and walk again.
It only takes seven or eight minutes.
The only consolation is that the student card allows free rides.
Walking through the narrow but clean stairs to the third floor, and walking towards the left door of the two doors, Alvin took out the key, inserted it, twisted it slightly, and pushed it.
As the slightly rusted door shaft creaked, the black iron door slowly opened, revealing a rental house of less than 40 square meters with one bedroom and one living room that had been simply decorated.
This is his current home.
Although it is far away from the school and is small and shabby, the rent is cheap and there are many low-end shopping malls and markets nearby. When calculated comprehensively, you can save nearly half of the cost compared to living near the school.
For Alvin, who currently relies entirely on subsidies, these advantages are enough to offset all the disadvantages.
I have to say that the United Inuit United States is obviously pretty good in terms of its welfare security system.
As a minor who has lost his guardian (commonly known as an orphan), Ivan can still receive a monthly living allowance after leaving the orphanage until he reaches the age of 18.
At the same time, in accordance with the policy, from the time he is admitted to a public high school, he can use the admission notice to go to the people's livelihood security department to go through relevant procedures and receive an additional special student subsidy every month.
The total of these two amounts is about 1,750 yuan.
Based on the price level in Rhine City, it is generally enough for a minor to maintain a normal personal study and life.
Of course, it is limited to the lowest standard of living, such as living in a shabby old house in a remote urban area and eating cheap fast food every day.
If you want to live a better life, then go work part-time!
Public schools even have special encouragement policies in this regard and will provide many aspects of help, such as recruitment information and legal contract support.
This is undoubtedly good news for Alvin.
Chewing on a large box of bacon rice balls he bought from the convenience store on the first floor when he returned home, he sat at a simple desk, holding a pen and began to select where to work next.
There is no way, although he also wants to be a hard-working student wholeheartedly, work hard for three years to be admitted to Capital University, become a social elite, start a business and work hard, and finally reach the pinnacle of life.
But the two subsidies are really not enough.
The main reason is that Alvin, who has been strengthened by the system, can eat more than ordinary high school students.
【Ai Wen】
Identity: civilian
Strength:9(2)
Agility:9(2)
Intelligence:10(2)
life: invisible
Magic:143
Equipment column: six spaces (can be added)
equipment:
[Noble Ring]: The wearer has strength, agility, and intelligence 2, and can be stacked. Selling price: 3500 gold coins\\Recycling price: 500 gold coins
Skill column: four spaces (can be increased)
Skill:
[Troll Regeneration]: Speed up life recovery. Price: 3500 gold coins
This is the personal interface that will be displayed after selecting Little Alvin in the game.
The interface is similar to the hero character in Warcraft, but slightly different. At the same time, all data in the game is completely synchronized with Aiwen itself.
According to Ivan's research and speculation, 10 attributes may be the average level of a normal adult male.
Of course, this is just speculation. After all, the system itself does not provide any explanation, but it should be roughly the same.
If calculated based on this basis, Aiwen's 11 points of strength and agility attributes after being blessed with equipment are probably about 10% higher than ordinary people.
According to this data, we can clearly see that although it may be because he is wearing a system template, his appearance is not much different from that of ordinary high school students, and he has not turned into a big-muscled dad.
However, such three-dimensional attributes definitely belong to the upper class among high school students, and may no longer be weaker than some amateur athletes. Daily running, grip strength, and weightlifting results basically support this.
Coupled with the existence of the professional life-saving skill [Troll Regeneration], in short, Ivan's appetite has become much larger than that of a normal high school student. Just eating alone every month is a big expense.
After discovering this problem, he didn't think about taking the [Noble Ring] that he had finally saved up to buy from the equipment slot to see if it could alleviate the problem of being too edible.
But...can't take it away.
No matter how you operate it, the [Noble Ring] in Little Alvin's equipment slot cannot be unloaded unless it is sold in the [Mysterious Treasure Room].
Considering that it would be a huge loss to sell it, and the little gold coins I had accumulated, the family really couldn’t withstand such a torment, so this was the only option in the end.
"For now, it's more appropriate to work in a restaurant."
Alvin weighed it silently in his heart.
Because the basic difference in part-time salary is not too big, the fact that some restaurants will serve dinner is very tempting.
Even after some bakeries and fast food restaurants close for the night shift, employees can buy the remaining food in the store at low prices. In this way, even if the cash is less, it is still suitable for him.
"Then this semester, I will use my evening time to work in a restaurant. While the academic load is not heavy, I can save some money first as capital for emergencies."
"Go to the Student Union during lunch break tomorrow and ask for a copy of the information to see what suitable goals there are."
Lying in front of the desk, Ivan thought about it, picked up a pen, and carefully wrote down his plan for a part-time job in a notebook that had obviously already written a lot of content.
Then, he began to further determine how to arrange part-time work hours, how much salary was acceptable, how to balance work and study as much as possible, etc.
Set goals, face reality, make plans, and implement them strictly.
Finally, calmly accept the final result.
This has been Alvin's habit.
Although reality will never lack unexpected surprises and shocks, causing previous plans to become completely different, having a clear goal is ultimately better than drifting with the crowd in confusion.
Moreover, if you don’t have a clear goal and work hard actively, how can you get sweet gains?
However, the moment the slender pen tip wrote the words "You can't fall in love in high school" on the slightly rough paper, the whole building suddenly trembled.
After a brief silence, screams began to ring out one after another outside.
"Earthquake!"
However, the sudden tremor only lasted for a moment.
Until Alvin, who was lying under the table, carefully climbed out ten minutes later, no new shock occurred.
"It seems that the magnitude of the earthquake was not high and it was probably a false alarm."
Ai Wen suddenly let out a sigh of relief.
The Rhine city where he is located belongs to the county of Alderwin, which is not too far from the seaside. It is also on the edge of the geographically active plate zone, and small-scale minor earthquakes are not too rare.
After coming here for two years, he has become very accustomed to this kind of thing.
After confirming that there was no danger, Ivan quickly forgot about this episode and picked up the pen again. However, just when he was about to start writing again, the system that was originally in a hidden state suddenly popped out.
Under his stunned gaze, he saw a special building with a black body and a dazzling light at the top suddenly appearing on the green lawn of the map!
"This is...the portal in the game map?!"
Alvin suddenly stood up, not even paying attention to the writing pen that fell to the ground.
Two years!
It’s been two whole years!
This damn system finally has new changes!
[Gateway to another world]
[You can lead to another world through this portal (new map opens)]
Repeatedly chewing the names and introductions of the new buildings in his mind, Ivan pondered for a moment and slowly sat back down. Then he picked up the pen and turned the notes to a new page.
With the rustling sound of the pen tip sliding, questions and conjectures about the new portal were neatly listed.
What caused the emergence of the portal? Is it related to the earthquake just now?
Can this triggering condition be replicated? Can relevant rules be found to make the system more likely to change?
What effect will the portal produce after the actual operation? Is it simply that the game opens a new game map, or does it have other effects? For example, does it allow me to travel to a new world again?
Do you want to try to use the portal as soon as possible? What are the uncontrollable risks? How much risk are you willing to take?
…
As he wrote rapidly, the entire paper was soon filled with writing, and then he began to sort out these questions and speculations one by one.
Based on the principle that if the system wants to harm itself, there is no need to play these tricks. Coupled with the desire for new opportunities, Alvin weighed it repeatedly and finally made a decision.
——Done!
Using this new building that suddenly appeared is nothing more than taking a risk, but if the system remains unchanged and cannot provide more powerful help, that will be the biggest tragedy in his life!
Although it may cause the original plan of the light novel series to be wasted because of this, Ivan doesn't mind giving himself more of the fantasy immortality, really!
After making up his mind, he carefully tore off the page, found a lighter, and lit the white paper full of writing on fire.
His eyes, as black as ink, reflected the last firelight when the white paper turned into ashes, like a resolute light of hope, or like the flames of death tempting moths.
When the last traces disappeared with the wind, Alvin began to take action.
According to the two principles established through repeated attempts over the past two years, that is: nothing in reality can interfere with the game; everything that happens to little Alvin in the game will be synchronized to Alvin in reality.
So the only thing he can do now is to arm himself as much as possible within the limits of what his funds can bear.
So...the big purchase begins!
Three hours later, Alvin finally returned home again with large and small packages, and then began to pack his things.
"Compressed biscuits, water, spare warm clothing, fire blanket, fire starter, multifunctional saber, engineer shovel, wire saw, plastic bag, rope, first aid kit, compass..."
Ivan patiently counted the items on the special list again, and then stuffed them into a dark blue mountaineering bag. Ivan shook the large bag, which was half a person tall, and felt that it weighed more than ten pounds.
It's okay, the weight is acceptable.
Next, he put on a pair of tough and waterproof labor clothes, put on a breathing mask, held an alloy machete for outdoor road opening, and put on a mountaineering bag.
After extremely tedious preparations, the expected task was finally completed.
At this time, the sky outside the window was already dark, and Ivan finally turned his attention to the portal in the game.
It's time to go!
Following his will, little Ivan, who was originally carrying gold, began to deviate from the original mining route and slowly walked towards the [portal to another world].
Then, he crashed into the portal!
In an instant, a violent bright light burst out in front of my eyes, and the next second, time and space changed...