Ke Meng woke up. He was stunned for a little bit when he saw the ceiling that was rather unfamiliar when he woke up.
Glutinous Ball barked once, which snapped him out of his thoughts.
He was in the room on the third floor.
He looked at the floor on his left. As expected, there was a tiny, white jade bottle on it. It proved the sacrificial ceremony's coordinates were bound to his body, not his room.
He got up to feed the cat and then obtained strange knowledge.
"Random Skill Water: An item whose origin is unknown. The consumer would obtain a skill from drinking it. However, the consumer would be strangely fond of drinking water."
It was a great item that would give him a random skill.
However, there was a flaw. He would be fond of drinking water after drinking it.
What exactly was such a fondness like?
Ke Meng had no idea, so he was very curious about it.
He could take some risk, but he needed to measure the risk in the item that clearly came with a side-effect.
"Glutinous Ball, do you like drinking water?" Ke Meng asked suddenly.
It was a good choice to let his pet gain a skill. He would have to consider what Glutinous Ball thought about that.
Ke Meng explained the Random Skill Water's side-effect and benefit through a long passage of words. Glutinous Ball agreed without hesitation after hearing.
"Woof!"
The side-effect would be fondness of drinking water, that was it. It would go into the kitchen and turn on the pipe to drink when it was thirsty. It would drink whenever it wanted to, so there was nothing to worry about at all.
Glutinous Ball had been living in Ke Meng's house for so long. It had learned many modern lifestyle knowledge, such as boiling water, washing vegetables, cooking vegetables and rice, etc. Drinking water was nothing, nor would it be troublesome.
Ke Meng could not make up his mind right after Glutinous Ball agreed directly.
That was how humans were like. They would be unwilling to give up on something that would benefit themselves.
"Let me think about it," Ke Meng said.
Glutinous Ball barked once. It did not mind that. It would drink if its master gave it the water. It was as simple as that.
Ke Meng took the dog back to the second floor and taught it how to cook noodles. He took out a bowl as well to place the skill-water in.
A fresh fragrance came as soon as he removed the cork on the bottle. It was a nice fragrance, but he thought of a dry desert, not knowing why. The sand was dry, and there was no moisture in it at all.
Suddenly, he felt a little thirsty. He needed water.
'Oh, no!' Ke Meng secretly jolted. How could he feel thirsty just from opening the bottle? No, he had to close it now.
He shoved the cork back immediately to seal the bottle.
After the bottle was sealed, the thirst was still there, and his tongue was very dry.
He held his head down to look at the water droplets stuck on the sink. There was an unknown attraction to the water droplets. Ke Meng was eager to lick them with his tongue.
He did his very best to suppress the ridiculous thought he had. He turned around and fetched water from the water dispenser.
While fetching the water, he looked at the water in the glass. He licked his dry tongue by instinct.
'I can wait!'
A couple of seconds felt like a couple of months. Ke Meng was gazing at the glass of water. When the water reached two-third of the glass, he lifted his head immediately and gulped in big sips.
Gulp, gulp.
He finished the entire glass of water.
"Ahh! Water tastes so good!"
Ke Meng released a long sigh. He felt extremely good.
He got more water, drank again, and felt so good.
He did that three times, and he received a notification from the system.
"Resistance +0.1"
His Resistance had increased to 4.4.
Ke Meng stared at the Resistance bar. He could not believe he would gain points from drinking water.
One would be mentally disturbed when they sniffed the fragrance coming from the Random Skill Water. It might be a tool for point-scoring.
Ke Meng tested it as soon as he figured that. He opened the Random Skill Water bottle instantly and sniffed the unique fragrance.
"Hmm~"
It was the smell of a desert, a dry sensation in the mouth!
He opened his mouth. His tongue was very dry, and he was eager to drink water as if his body would be suffering if he did not drink water.
He looked at the blue tub on the water dispenser. It was like a precious thing to him.
'Water, I need water!'
Ke Meng shoved the jade bottle's cork back in and pressed on the cold water tap. He stared at the pure, transparent little waterspout without blinking. Whoosh, whoosh. The waterspout flowed into the glass, forming a water level with ripples. It was rising.
There was nothing more delicious in the world than the pure water in the glass. He dared to guarantee that.
He lifted his head and gulped the whole glass of water at once.
"Ahh!" Ke Meng released a satisfied noise after finishing the glass of water.
One glass was not satisfying enough. He drank two more glasses, only then the thirsty side-effect was lifted.
"Resistance +0.1"
It increased! It had increased again!
Ke Meng looked at the jade bottle in his hand as if he was looking at a point-scoring treasure.
If he had high Resistance, would the water-drinking side-effect be lifted?
Glutinous Ball that was sitting on a chair was motioning the water temperature in the pot quietly. It would use a few strands of hair to occasionally hold the top of the chopsticks, controlling it to stir the pot's noodles.
'How much peanut oil and soy sauce should I put in now?'
It wanted to ask its master what to do. As it sensed the outside world with its hair, it saw its master drinking before a water dispenser continuously. He would sniff the little bottle looking satisfied after drinking. He would then drink again and then sniff the bottle. An endless cycle was formed, and he was indulging in it.
'Is this a new way to drink water?'
Glutinous Ball's curiosity was piqued. It wanted to join the master's new game.
However, the noodles that were cooking in the pot had arrived at the most important moment. The water bubbles were bubbling, while the noodles were rumbling and dancing on the water. It seemed to be talking to Glutinous Ball.
'Come on, pick me up!'
Glutinous Ball could not walk away—it just could not do it. It could only let its master play with the water dispenser on his own.