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Chapter 107 Robbing Money?

Fortunately, this awkward scene didn’t last too long.

Bai Yu took control of the fire control systems of the pursuing soldiers, turning those guys into traitors in a battle, and their tank charged ahead. The police cars that followed stood no chance; one shot and they blew up, giving off a bit of that GTA invincible vibe.

Luckily, this dungeon wouldn’t lead to a five-star wanted level, and they didn’t see a helicopter even as they fled to the outskirts.

As a result, not even police cars showed up anymore.

It wasn’t until they no longer saw a single police car that the game finally gave the completion prompt.

[Mission Completed, Returning to Hall]

Afterward, everyone exited the dungeon.

This time, there wasn’t a victory party or anything like that. They added each other as friends before leaving the dungeon, and now everyone just went their separate ways.

Xia Xinyan checked her dungeon earnings; she raked in over ten thousand game points again and received an SS rating. Tianji also earned quite a sum and even got a chance for a precise lottery draw.

Speaking of which, she hadn’t even used her last lottery draw from the previous dungeon completion.

But she wasn’t in a rush to draw, considering the awkwardness from earlier in the dungeon still lingered. Now, looking at Ling Mo, she felt a bit unnatural.

After thinking for a bit, she finally said, “Let’s call it a day; I need to go prepare dinner.”

Ling Mo paused but showed no intention of logging off: “Xinyan… you… log off first, I want to check out the game mall.”

Upon hearing this, Xia Xinyan sized him up for a few seconds, unsure of what he was thinking, and nodded: “Okay, I’ll finish cooking and wait for you to eat together.”

With that, she logged off.

Ling Mo remained silent for a while then opened his dungeon rewards.

His performance rewards were a bit less than Xia Xinyan’s since he really didn’t have many chances to shine; however, even so, he still had nearly ten thousand game points.

This gave him the illusion that game points were easy to earn.

It seemed that as long as he was in a dungeon with Xia Xinyan, he could earn this many game points.

But without Xia Xinyan around…

Cough.

To put it plainly, it was still a problem of having strong teammates. The teammates he matched with when he soloed were truly a letdown.

So he knew very well that if they could maintain this pace of earning game points, they could definitely stay at the front of the pack.

Before this, he hadn’t taken this game too seriously, thinking he’d just play along with Xia Xinyan as long as he could get a bit stronger to impress her.

But after this dungeon, he no longer thought so.

Xia Xinyan was way stronger than he was.

He might even be no match for ten of her.

So, how could he ever think of performing well in front of Xia Xinyan?

Plus, seeing Fatty and the others showcase their skills had genuinely made Ling Mo take things to heart.

He couldn’t afford to be beaten by those guys.

At the very least, he wanted Xia Xinyan to know that her chosen boyfriend was definitely no slouch.

With a sigh, he sat down and calmed himself to browse the shop.

The game store was divided into two categories: virtual store and physical store, but there wasn’t much difference in essence; it was just the shopping experience that differed—after all, some people just preferred the feeling of window shopping.

In the future, if he had time, he could ask Xia Xinyan to check out the physical store.

But right now, what mattered more to him was the items in the store.

Was there anything… that could directly boost his strength?

While thinking this, he quickly found his target—

[Beginner’s Fighting Technique: 10,000 game points]

“…What the hell, robbery?”

A book on fighting skills costs ten thousand game points? That’s equivalent to a thousand bucks?

No, wait, if it doesn’t require this many game points to charge in, then with a one-to-one exchange rate, that’s ten thousand bucks!

This is ridiculous… even though he earned quite a lot of game points from a single dungeon run, he still thought this thing was truly a rip-off.

And this is just the beginner level!

The question is, how do you even release skills in this kind of virtual reality game? Do they give you a shortcut key and you just do it yourself?

After pondering for a while, Ling Mo still couldn’t come up with any clues.

But thinking about Xia Xinyan’s agile movements during the dungeon… he couldn’t hold back.

Forget it; it’s fine to treat this dungeon run as a freebie.

Steeling his heart, he directly bought the book and chose to learn it.

As soon as the book appeared in his hands, it transformed into countless particles of light, merging into his body.

Then…

He suddenly discovered that he learned how to fight.

It was as if knowledge had been stuffed directly into his brain, and every move was already second nature, as if he had undergone countless trials.

Ling Mo was dumbfounded.

…This game can be played like this?

After thinking for a moment, he immediately established a Private Training Ground, created several evenly matched opponents, and sparred briefly. To his astonishment, he genuinely mastered those skills—not only was it completely fluent in his mind, but he also executed them without any awkwardness, knocking his opponents down in a few moves.

This instantly thrilled him.

He had always been hitting the gym but had never learned how to fight, and whenever he had a real fight, it was mostly just flailing wild punches. Now with these skills, he could truly unleash his potential.

He felt a bit like Bruce Lee, even wanting to shout excitedly: “I’m going to take on ten!”

But upon calming down, he suddenly felt something was off.

The ability to directly shove knowledge into a player’s mind… doesn’t that mean this game can freely alter a player’s memory?

Realizing this, Ling Mo’s heart skipped a beat.

Suddenly, various disaster scenes from sci-fi novels and movies played out in his mind.

No, no, no… it shouldn’t be like this; a game with such serious hidden dangers wouldn’t be ignored by the state. If it’s being operated, it must be monitored by the government; the game definitely wouldn’t dare mess around.

Wait a minute… what if this game is actually run by the government?

Ling Mo couldn’t shake off the feeling that something was awry.

Recalling what Xia Xinyan had told him in the past, could it be that the government really was using this game to train super soldiers?

Suddenly, it seemed like this world had turned sci-fi.

As if struck by a thought, Ling Mo abruptly logged off.

Stepping out of the Game Pod, Xia Xinyan was in the kitchen cooking. There were already several dishes on the dining table, and even from a distance, he could smell the enticing aroma.

Clearly, it was a scene resembling a devoted wife welcoming her husband home, but at this moment, Ling Mo’s mind was far from it.

He stood in the living room, looking down at his hands.

Full of strength.

He even felt almost the same as in the game.

But he knew well that game players’ physical abilities, after a few enhancements, couldn’t be considered normal anymore. Not to mention, he himself could run thirty kilometers without gasping for air after a fight. Even accounting for individual differences in physique, he didn’t believe such supernatural beings existed in reality.

Let alone he had always stuck to working out.

Could it be that this game really affects reality?

Thinking about it, he tried to reach for the feeling of using abilities from the game again, but nothing happened.

He couldn’t help but release a breath of relief.

Well, after all, it was just a game; how could it possibly affect reality?

He probably read too much into it; it was just an illusion.

However…

Although his body remained the same, he still remembered all the fighting techniques learned in the game.

It was as if he had truly practiced.

“What the hell…” he couldn’t help but mutter softly.

Just then, Xia Xinyan finished preparing dinner. Seeing him standing in the living room in a daze, she couldn’t help but laugh: “What are you thinking about? Aren’t you hungry?”

Ling Mo paused, quickly hiding the thoughts on his face, and walked over: “Nothing, let’s eat.”

 

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