Chapter 153: The Overpowered Nice Guy with Full Tech Specs-This Werewolf Is Not So Cold(Grilled Chicken Thigh Burger)

"Switch to the Idiot card."

Chen Fan glanced at his phone. It was already past 12:00 AM. Having spent the entire day without the Idiot's fortune protecting him, his spirits felt quite withered.

"Failed to switch identity. Your current identity is the Submissive Maid."

The system emitted a mechanical prompt. The Elder seemed to still be on vacation, and the AI serving Chen Fan had been replaced by a generic, rigid model.

"Suddenly, I kind of miss the Elder. That cheeky voice of his had a real kick to it."

Chen Fan felt rather disappointed. This temporary AI clearly lacked a human touch; it simply answered yes or no to any question, or flat out said it didn't know, refusing to engage in casual conversation.

"By the way, what does the Submissive Maid do?" Chen Fan remembered this crucial matter.

"To query related card functions, please press 3." The system did not answer directly, instead rigidly demanding that Chen Fan follow the procedure.

"Good grief, where am I supposed to find buttons to poke around here? Aren't you deliberately messing with me..." On second thought, Chen Fan wondered if it might be voice-activated, so he shouted out, "3!"

Then followed a dead silence. Chen Fan frowned, tilted his head to the side, and muttered under his breath, "This is really not smart at all."

At that moment, the system suddenly spoke: "To query related card functions, please press 3. To return, take no action."

"3!" Chen Fan yelled again, and was met with the same prolonged silence.

"Don't tell me this is as infuriating as replying 'STOP' to unsubscribe..." Chen Fan suddenly realized this possibility and shouted repeatedly, "3! Press 3! Please press 3!"

"Please enter the name of the card you wish to query." The system finally advanced to the next step.

"Submissive Maid," Chen Fan replied.

"Sorry, no such card found. Please verify if the input is correct. If you need to make changes, please reply directly. The system will automatically return to the initial interface after 30 seconds of inactivity."

"What the heck, this system is deliberately toying with me." Chen Fan hurriedly grabbed a stack of blank cards from beside his pillow and quickly found the one he wanted.

"Isn't it just missing one word?"

"The Submissive Maid!" Chen Fan roared impatiently.

"Sorry, no such card found..."

"What the f***? Is this system from a decade ago?" Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, and then, baring his teeth, he pronounced character by character: "Sub--mis--sive--Maid."

"The Submissive Maid: Common card faction. While the card is active, the host may choose to complete corresponding obedience tasks to earn Affection Value, which can be used to enhance other people's charm."

"What is this... the modern-day cheap grain spirit? You suffer and endure hardships, while all the benefits go to others! A scapegoat adding charm points—maybe it can save a stray maiden at best, but what on earth is the use of this charm value? Am I supposed to go out into the vast sea of people and find someone named Zhang Ye, then talk to him about a talent agent partnership?"

Chen Fan rolled his eyes, failing to discover any exploitable loopholes, so he simply couldn't be bothered to care anymore.

"I'll just treat it like a blank slate and play along. Time to sleep, time to sleep. I need to take my driver's license test soon, better find a time to book the Theory Test." Chen Fan pulled up the quilt and closed his eyes, but he just couldn't fall asleep.

He tried hard to force himself into sleep once more, and it ended in failure yet again.

"What the hell... I should have set an alarm to sleep this afternoon." Chen Fan scratched his head and pulled back a corner of the bed curtain. A rush of cold wind swept right in, making his toes go slightly numb.

"You two just got back? There's no hot water left." By the dim light of the desk lamp, Chen Fan caught sight of his newly returned roommates.

Lai Guangyi said proudly, "Just take a cold shower. I've always done it this way. A fifty-yuan hot water card still has credit left after three years."

"That was back in the county. The water in the city is weirdly treacherous. Sometimes it suddenly turns bone-chillingly cold when you least expect it."

Xu Changhui recounted the tragic experience of his last cold shower. That showerhead had a mind of its own; leaving aside the erratic water volume, it would occasionally launch a surprise magic attack, causing one's flag to droop miserably.

"The racy banter of an intellectual is truly different." Chen Fan chimed in. The more they talked, the more energetic he became, growing somewhat excited toward the end.

"The water dispenser seems to supply hot water 24 hours a day, doesn't it?" Xu Changhui suddenly dropped this remark.

"Are you going to use a face basin to catch it? How is that enough? At the very least, you'd need to haul a bucket. With its pathetic flow rate, it might not even fill a single bucket of hot water in half an hour." Lai Guangyi smiled. "Come on, be a man. We used to take cold showers anyway. Why are you all acting as fragile as city folks now? Too many rules make life uncomfortable."

Chen Fan had just wanted to lie back and gaze at the ceiling when he was seized by a mysterious natural force. First, his body involuntarily sat straight up, and then he began inching his way outward bit by bit.

"Brother Fan, why did you get out of bed? You're not sleeping at this hour?"

"Huh? Me? Of course... I'm not sleeping! I have a way to get hot water, wait a second." With uncoordinated limbs, Chen Fan hurried into the bathroom and brought out both of their buckets.

Lai Guangyi smilingly declined, "No need, taking a cold shower is fine."

"It's nothing, just give me ten minutes. Autumn is almost here with large temperature differences between day and night, it's better to pay attention and stay warm." Chen Fan agreed readily, and before the two could react, he grabbed the buckets and dashed out.

"Th-this New Moon event's buff effect is way too perverted. It feels like no matter what card you use, once you reach maximum buffs, you can completely turn the tables."

Chen Fan watched as his own clumsy hands expertly dismantled the heating pipe of the water dispenser and jammed it straight into the bucket.

"Whoa... The inner wall of this water pipe interface was actually this filthy? Ugh, I'm going to puke." Chen Fan turned on the water valve, and hot water splashed out in torrents.

"Could it be that doing good deeds automatically lights up all your talents? If so, this doesn't seem half bad."

Chen Fan stared as he slowly reconnected the water pipe without a single millimeter of error, unable to help marveling—especially since he used to be the kind of guy who couldn't even tell the positive and negative terminals of a battery apart.

"Hot water is ready! Careful it's hot, mix it with two to three parts of cold water before showering." Chen Fan carefully put the bucket down without spilling a single drop.

"Huh? So fast, and it's still steaming. Thanks a lot." Lai Guangyi offered a kind smile, stepped forward, and took the bucket.

Xu Changhui nodded in gratitude and said, "Thanks, Brother Fan."

In his heart, Chen Fan was also secretly delighted. It seemed this card wasn't as utterly useless as he had imagined, though he hadn't yet figured out the extent of the role it could actually play.