I am a Big Player
Chapter 378 - 376, it’s just a damn ordinary headphone ah, your sister (first update)_1

Chapter 378: 376, it’s just a damn ordinary headphone ah, your sister (first update)_1

The Knight’s two sentences were on the homepage of TK’s official website; anyone who opened the TK website to have a look could see them. Those words shone like eternal souls in the night, illuminating the hearts of many people and infecting them.

Perhaps infected by the sentiment, the next day, TK’s official website changed again. Those two sentences became the header on the homepage, it seemed that TK’s executives had decided to keep the phrases on the site forever as a testament to TK’s cultural heritage.

For TK, the Knight was now more than just a simple partner; he was like a spiritual bulwark to the outside world. As long as he was there, everyone would remember TK.

In fact, it had been difficult for TK to compare with top international sports brands, given its rather limited scope of operations, but now everything was changing.

Ren He also felt grateful for the support from TK; all along the way, TK had been fully cooperative with him, instead of him cooperating with TK.

Such respect was already incredibly precious.

The two sentences were good, but... Ren He would also have to pay a price...

The first sentence was said by Mr. Lu Xun, and Ren He had simply changed the word "China" to "world." The second sentence was by Tagore. Right after he wrote these two sentences, the Divine Punishment System arrived: "Task: Embrace 1,000 people within 1 hour, or be punished by not being able to speak with Yang Xi for 3 months."

There was only one task. It seemed that the Divine Punishment System was somewhat lenient when it came to quoting single lines. However, although there was only one task, it was extremely problematic—embracing 1,000 people within 1 hour? Finding a reason to embrace someone was a big issue, and even though San Francisco was still bustling with people at 11 p.m., how was he to embrace 1,000 people without getting beaten up?

Ren He thought long and hard but still couldn’t figure it out...

He had already completed the previous four free solo climbing tasks, which awarded him four Perfect Level experience directions. That meant he now had three task exemptions and five Perfect Level awards at his disposal.

He could probably thank his speed during the ascent of the precipice for obtaining the Perfect Level awards. His pace far exceeded any existing record: not getting a Perfect Level award would have been unthinkable.

But now wasn’t the time to consider the awards, but rather how to avoid the punishment.

After all, the punishment was that Ren He would not be allowed to speak with Yang Xi for three months. If they didn’t speak for days on end, Yang Xi would think he had some issue with her!

But it seemed a bit too much to use an exemption for such a task, and Ren He wasn’t satisfied with that idea. He put on his jacket and walked outside.

Yang Xi asked curiously, "Where are you going?"

"Um... I’m going for a run. You watch TV for a while; I’ll be back soon," Ren He explained awkwardly, gritting his teeth. He certainly couldn’t say he was going out to embrace 1,000 people—that would be insane.

Yang Xi didn’t ask any further. However, she was well aware that Ren He’s departure was not so simple...

Ren He arrived on the streets of San Francisco. Their hotel was situated in a bustling area of the city, and stepping outside meant seeing streets full of people. He took a deep breath. To avoid getting punched, he needed to be fast...

Under the colorful neon lights filling the streets, Ren He dashed out like a gust of wind, embracing everyone he saw, regardless of gender. After each hug, he wished them a Merry Christmas and then turned to sprint to the next person.

In no time at all, he had embraced over a hundred people. These folks were left bewildered: Wasn’t Christmas still a month away? Did I get the date wrong?

Checking their phones, no, the date was right—it was still a month away!

But by the time they realized what was happening, Ren He had already moved on to the next street, leaving over a hundred people standing on the street, looking at each other in confusion, completely clueless about what just happened.

Ren He was now in a race against time, trying to finish the battle before everyone else could react.

Upon reaching the next street, Ren He’s greeting changed to "Happy Easter."

The next street down was Halloween Central.

It was simply to increase the reaction time of the passersby, to leave them perplexed for a moment, buying Ren He more time for himself.

By this time, at least the people on the streets could understand what holiday it was, but in a little while, they would even start to get confused about what holiday Ren He was talking about: Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival...

The foreigners didn’t feel much, but the overseas Chinese who were forcefully embraced on the street were a bit horrified. Happy Tomb-Sweeping Day, what the heck?!

It wasn’t until Ren He ran to the 7th street that he finally encountered a patrol officer...

The patrol officer was also confused and didn’t know what he was doing. They just watched as Ren He hugged one person after another. They went over and wanted to ask Ren He for his passport or something, but as soon as Ren He turned his face, he ran away.

The officers instinctively wanted to chase after him, only to realize that this guy was running way too fast to catch up with, okay?! Then they went to ask the people hugged by Ren He if they were injured or if they had lost anything, only to find that it was all in vain. It seemed that this guy came out just to wish everyone a happy holiday...

This is probably... a lunatic, right?!

It wasn’t worth wasting police resources to chase after a lunatic. As long as he didn’t harm anyone, it was fine.

When Ren He returned to the hotel, he was covered in a cold sweat. If the Divine Punishment System had given him a bit more time, Ren He could have handled the task more smoothly, like learning from others, blindfolding himself, and hanging a sign: I am blind, I hope everyone can give me a hug to prove the warmth of this world.

That would at least not be dangerous, but the Divine Punishment System set a limit of one hour, so he had no choice but to take the risk.

Ren He completed the task just as the hour was up, not failing, but also not achieving anything remarkable.

"Host has completed the task. Evaluation level: medium. Rewarding the host with a pair of headphones."

Huh? Ren He was now curious. The Divine Punishment System rarely rewarded physical items, like the skateboard before. That skateboard was really sturdy; even after downhill skiing, it didn’t show any signs of wear and tear and was still as smooth as new.

What would be the magic of these headphones, rewarded this time?

However, after Ren He plugged the white in-ear headphones into his phone and tried listening to a couple of songs... he was ready to smash the headphones onto the ground!

These were just ordinary headphones, okay?!

Aside from decent sound quality, there was nothing special!

This is a total rip-off, can it be any more of a scam?!

Ren He had celebrated over a dozen festivals in one night, which was quite something. He felt that the Divine Punishment System was deliberately trying to disgust him, to make him use up the remaining task exemptions. The key point was the reward; although I completed it right on the time limit, the thing is, this is too disgusting, man!

Now, whenever he had spare time, the Divine Punishment System was deliberately disgusting Ren He with all kinds of petty tasks. Ren He was very very clear in his mind that this situation only happened after he had too many task exemptions in hand!

This was the battle of wits between the Divine Punishment System and Ren He within the rules. But even in a battle, there should be some standards, right? Rewarding a normal pair of headphones was just sickening. With money, what headphones can’t you buy, dammit.

As for the exemptions, Ren He had come to terms with them. He still had to write four songs for Yang Xi’s album, so if the Divine Punishment System continued to deliberately disgust him, he would just use an exemption straight away!

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As usual, a bite to eat