'That is not destruction, nor disaster, much less punishment; it is broad and encompassing love.'
"…"
Ah, dreaming again.
Hearing the bustling noise outside, Li Lin yawned, climbed out of bed, and began to organize his thoughts.
Dreams are like this, without beginning or end; even if you try hard to think, you can't recall anything. By the time Li Lin was awake, what he had seen in the dream had already turned into fragments (- lit. single scale, piece of claw), then quickly vanished without a trace amidst a burst of clamor.
'Have to go out again. Really don't want to go out…'
If this kind of job comes ten more times, I can buy a house in Lungmen. With a little more savings, I can leave Penguin Logistics, right?
Working a dangerous job for ten years just for a house, Li Lin couldn't say whether it was worth it or not.
Tidying his hair in the mirror, brushing his teeth and washing his face, then putting on the Penguin Logistics uniform. Looking at his own decadent appearance in the mirror, even after cleaning up, Li Lin couldn't help but sigh deeply. Before transmigration, he was troubled by various prices and housing costs; after transmigration, it was still like this.
Lungmen's prices were exorbitant; saving money was quite difficult. And for some reason, he had a saintly fit earlier and gave all his money to Officer Ch'en. Thinking carefully, wouldn't it have been better to intercept a portion as a down payment for a house?
The rest? Just work more to pay it back.
Another boring workday…
Li Lin wiped his hands, pulled open the bathroom door, and saw the noisy scene in Penguin Logistics.
"And then I tell you, with that much force, the car just lifted up. I didn't even expect it to be that light…"
"Wow, can Texas do that!"
"Can't, shut up for me."
"Isn't Apple Pie here? I remember putting it here? Sora, want some rock music to liven things up?"
"If Senior Texas needs it…"
"Why are you cooperating with her again this time?"
"What's wrong? Have some opinion of me?"
"…"
Two women make a drama; now with seven women, according to the standard of distributing by twos, threes, fours, or fives, how many dramas are there here?
Looking at the numerous beautiful girls crowded and talking in Penguin Logistics, Li Lin, as the one with the worst stamina who could totally be put on a stretcher as an endangered species, patted Croissant, who was straddling a chair, bragging animatedly to Lappland, and pointed outside.
"Why aren't we getting in the car yet?"
"The RV is still being filled with water and electricity, gotta get everything ready."
"So… aren't there a few too many people?"
"No problem, no problem~ Even adding four more people is no problem. Didn't you see we directly got an RV? The boss is still very considerate of employees."
"Ha…"
Looking at the huge RV outside the window, which occupied one-third of the entire street and caused the vehicles behind to honk incessantly, Li Lin twitched his eyelids.
This time, there were a total of two protection personnel from Blacksteel International, Sora, the four from Penguin Logistics, and Lappland, who somehow got mixed in. It was said she hugged Sora's thigh, crying and shouting to pull a sister along for the sake of liking the same person, and then for some unknown reason, was dragged onto the car by a blushing Sora.
But this also meant the number of people on the entire route soared to eight, double the original plan. The previous car definitely wasn't enough. Fortunately, Sora, as an idol, her agency was definitely extremely concerned about her going out for a joint performance. The agency's personnel set off first; Sora herself insisted on being with the Penguin Logistics people. So it turned into an oversized, huge outdoor RV capable of accommodating eight people's activities, lying horizontally before Li Lin.
Inside, there were complete living cycle facilities, anti-impact facilities, and chemical defense facilities. There were even dedicated shooting ports and small cannons to deal with attackers. The price was that this one vehicle occupied the space of two and a half lanes. Fortunately, the outside was a major thoroughfare, so it was still drivable. Otherwise, it probably would have been towed away. And not only that, the exterior of the vehicle was painted with a huge Penguin Logistics LOGO and a promotional poster of idol Sora, looking like the best of both worlds; unsure how long the two parties had prepared. It all looked like a combined entity. What PY transaction (under-the-table deal) the mysterious boss had reached with the idol company, Li Lin also couldn't figure out.
He only knew his journey this time might be unexpectedly noisy.
Eight people; even when participating in elementary and middle school trips in his previous life, Li Lin never had more than five people around him. And they were all girls. Among them, several were not that familiar. No matter how you looked at it, it was an enviable scene. Seven super-spec beautiful girls sitting before him talking, indeed looked very pleasing to the eye.
…Wait a minute? No way? Did my ideal from before transmigration just suddenly come true like this?
Li Lin looked at the chattering beauties before him and somehow fell into deep thought.
Arrived in another world, GET.
Met a group of beautiful girls, GET.
Encountered various adventure events, GET.
Living together with beautiful girls, GET.
Looking closely, isn't this perfectly in line with the tropes of various overpowered isekai protagonists? No problem here?
Li Lin's just-awoken brain, looking at the noisy beautiful girls before him, began to rapidly operate in a silly direction, finally reaching a perfect conclusion.
I've struck gold.
No matter how you looked at it, he had transmigrated into an overpowered protagonist novel, and a brainless overpowered protagonist novel at that. Met beautiful girls at the start, check. Experienced oppression, check. Got a cheat, check. Taken in by beautiful girls, check. What's missing? Nothing's missing.
Then the next thing is obvious, right?
"…Croissant."
"Hm? What's up?"
"Am I very popular now? No matter how you look at it, this looks like a harem."
"…Prophet."
"Huh?"
Looking at Croissant, who suddenly became serious, Li Lin, still not fully awake, was stunned.
"Do you want to go back to Lungmen Hospital and stay for a while longer? Your concussion might not be healed yet, really."
"…That's true."
"Your head really isn't healed?!"
"No, I mean that kind of situation is impossible. Why are you suddenly shouting so loud?"
"Alright, stop arguing. The RV's water and electricity should be almost full."
Looking at the two who were startled and having a silly conversation, Texas swept a glance at them as if looking at trash, then clapped her hands.
"Everyone, think back if you've brought everything. If everything's ready, let's prepare to get on the car and set off? This time the RV is Raythean Industries' automatic navigation vehicle; many things inside are managed by a built-in butler, just ask the AI if you have any questions. Any other questions?"
"None!" 7
"Good then, prepare to depart."
Snapping her fingers, Texas walked out of the dormitory first.