Ita Era

Chapter 63 Five Thunder Talisman

The first Golden Thunder Talisman was officially produced at four o'clock in the afternoon. Ding Shi held the Golden Thunder Talisman in his hand and went to visit the robot brothers who were repairing the road. He secretly stuck it on one of the brothers' bodies, then made a hand seal. A spider silk lightning bolt fell from the sky and struck the brother's back. The brother immediately fell to the ground and died, his body emitting lightning and black smoke.

Ding Shi regretted it; he must have been out of his mind to experiment with lightning on a robot covered in electronic components.

The next second, Ding Shi regretted it even more. A system notification popped up: "Maliciously damaging the engineering robot, a fine of $20 will be imposed." The money was deducted directly from his account.

Nima!

Ding Shi went back and spent an hour producing another Golden Thunder Talisman. This talisman itself had no spiritual power and did not possess the infrared-guided tracking function seen in movies and TV shows. Instead, it had to be affixed to the target, and specifically, by hand; otherwise, it wouldn't stick. On the bright side, the talisman could be affixed to anything—metal, stone, grass, even earthworms—any tangible object could be stuck to it.

Because of its special characteristics, the robot could not be used for lightning experiments. Ding Shi's eyes darted around, and he spotted Little Tangtang doing a handstand on the beach. His gaze lingered on its pink bottom, and he called out, "Little Tangtang."

Little Tangtang glanced at the 20 perfect sand pits she had created with her head, flew up the mountain, stopped in front of Ding Shi, and asked, "What's up?"

Ding Shi countered, "You want playing cards?"

Little Sugar: "Yes, what do you want?"

Ding gestured, "Sit inside."

Little Tangtang followed into the room, hovering in mid-air without sitting down. Ding Shi gestured, "Sit down. This is a negotiation. I don't like it when people talk to me from a superior position."

Little Tangtang glanced at Ding Shi, then landed and sat on the small bamboo chair, the Golden Thunder Talisman affixed to the back of the chair. Ding Shi made a hand seal, first forming a lotus flower, then stopped moving, because Little Tangtang wasn't speaking, but instead looking at him teasingly, which didn't fit the atmosphere of a negotiation.

Ding Shi spoke up, "Little Tangtang."

Little Sugar said calmly, "Go on."

Ding Shi grabbed the back of his chair with his right hand and threw the small bamboo chair away. As the chair flew over Xiao Tangtang's head, Ding Shi made a second hand seal, and a bolt of lightning struck, piercing through the small bamboo chair and hitting Xiao Tangtang's head.

Haha, I knew it! This little thing swapped the Five Thunder Talisman for its chair. What if I guessed wrong? I'll still strike it down if I guess wrong.

A wisp of white smoke rose from Little Sugar's head, its hair standing on end. It raised the stick in its hand, and Ding Shi hurriedly said, "I just saw lightning strike. You know, lightning travels at 300,000 kilometers per second. Seeing I didn't have time to warn you, I could only throw the chair over to shield you. You're welcome, really, you're welcome."

Little Sugar gritted her teeth and asked, "Do you think I'd believe that?"

Ding Shi thought for a moment and asked, "Which part do you not believe?"

Little Sugar was furious: "I don't believe any of it, I don't believe a single word of it."

Since that's the case, let's lay our cards on the table. Ding Shi said, "But you were the one who stuck the Golden Thunder Talisman on my chair. If I'm guilty, you're an accomplice."

Little Sugar laughed angrily: "You want me to shock myself for you?"

Ding Shi: "Although it's unbelievable, that's how it happened. First, your actions were intentional; you deliberately placed the Golden Thunder Talisman on my small chair. Second, I detonated the Golden Thunder Talisman on my chair."

Little Sugar reminded me: "That Golden Thunder Talisman was originally stuck on the little chair I was sitting on."

Ding Shi said, "If it's stuck to the little chair you're sitting on, I won't detonate the Golden Thunder Talisman." Little Tangtang replied, "No, you will."

Ding Shi said, "Please don't use things that haven't happened to judge my actions. Xiao Ji, you are the fairest and most impartial robot. If you were a judge, how would you rule?"

The administrator, having observed everything, replied, "The ocean-based laws cannot convict the master, but the continental laws can. In the ocean-based legal system, as long as the master maintains his testimony, the judge cannot prove whether you knew the Golden Thunder Talisman was on your chair. In the continental legal system, both the action and the result are directly related to the master. However, since Little Sugar intervened in the process, it is possible that it could be judged as mutual fighting."

"Huh?" Xiaotangtang and Dingshi looked at the machine manager with suspicion: Are you sure you can do it?

The administrator replied: "Master, you punched Little Sugar, and Little Sugar used its bounce skill. Note that its behavior could have hurt you. Master, you guessed that Little Sugar would use its bounce skill, so you used your own bounce skill, hurting Little Sugar. If Little Sugar hadn't used its bounce skill, then it wasn't involved in the fight, and you would be fully responsible. Little Sugar used its bounce skill, so it actually participated in the fight. The reason it became a victim wasn't because you attacked it, but because it lost the fight."

Administrator: "Therefore, we can determine that your actions just now constituted mutual fighting."

The administrator concluded: "The owner is either innocent or only bears half the responsibility."

Ding looked at Xiaotangtang and shrugged: Look.

Little Sugar snorted, turned around, and flew away.

Ding Shi stood up and patted the machine manager on the shoulder with satisfaction: "Little Machine Manager, you can consider working with me."

……

On the eighth day, at 8 AM, the homecoming instance ended. Ding Shi washed his hands and was praying to the four gods when the teleportation array flashed, and Chu Yu appeared on the island. She stared in disbelief at Ding Shi, who was clasping his hands in front of the four cardinal directions, making the sign of the cross, and bowing. She couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"

Ding Shi was startled. When he saw it was Chu Yu, he laughed and said, "Five Animal Frolics, please excuse my poor performance." Looking at the system interface, he saw that there was a new friend system, and he had become Chu Yu's friend.

Chu Yu looked at the two cards on the stone table and expressed her doubts.

Ding Shi smiled, walked over, picked up a card, and flipped it open—a golden library card.

A library card costs $10 and allows you to build a paperless library containing over 3,000 books from all over the world and throughout history. No maintenance is required.

Start the book collection quest: Collect books from dungeons to enrich the library's content. This quest comes with a free scanner that doesn't take up inventory space, won't break, won't be lost, and can't be used for other purposes. Use the scanner to scan the books back and forth; once you reach 100% progress, you'll complete one collection. Each completed collection will add one thousand books to the library's collection.

Chu Yu sat down on the stone in front of Ding Shi, who muttered incantations and flipped over the second card: the Golden Wine Cellar Card.

A wine cellar card costs $10 to build an underground wine cellar containing one hundred empty oak barrels. There are no maintenance costs.

Start the wine collection quest: The quest rewards you with a four-in-one testing bottle. Pour wine A into the testing bottle. Once the system detects a successful test, an empty oak barrel in the wine cellar will be filled with wine A.

Why is system judgment needed? Because there are requirements. The first requirement is: it cannot be expired or spoiled.

The second requirement is that the beer must meet the standards. For example, the alcohol concentration of beer is specified to be 2%-6%. If the concentration is higher or lower than this, the collection will be deemed a failure.

The third requirement: It cannot be diluted.

(End of this chapter)