Strength Is an Instinct

Xiao Xiao had deeply realized that if he wanted to survive in this bizarre and malicious world, the only thing he could do was make himself stronger.

Whether it was fighting Aberrant Creatures like the Rat-Man to earn more Points, or dealing with the countless malicious attacks that could happen at any moment, he needed to control greater power.

So, after getting the Violence Factor enhancement as suggested by the Designer Miss, he also began actively applying for training, hoping he could become stronger in a short amount of time.

I'm just a newbie who entered this world under the guidance of two gentle and beautiful young ladies, so it's reasonable for you to train me, right?

Unexpectedly, Ruan Ruan's answer was very strange: "Training? What training?"

"Just..."

Xiao Xiao was suddenly dumbfounded: "Just the kind of training that makes you stronger as quickly as possible?"

"Oh, there's no such thing."

Ruan Ruan reacted for a moment before understanding what Xiao Xiao meant, and laughed: "This world isn't a place where you can gain more chances of winning by working harder. The improvement you get from training is far less than the improvement in physical fitness from a Violence Factor injection. As for combat awareness or experience fighting Aberrant Creatures, you'll naturally understand it as you deal with them more often. Is there even a need for training?"

She laughed as she spoke: "Xiao-gege, I think you'll understand soon."

"Strength is actually an innate instinct."

"..."

Xiao Xiao didn't know how to respond to that, so he could only accept her explanation.

But he still felt like the Outsider organization in this city didn't seem very professional.

Even people who steal electric bikes get training, but here it's just free-range...

Don't they even do military training?

However, he had to admit that after using the Violence Factor injections one after another, he felt a noticeable change.

Before, four years of being a shut-in, coupled with the mental torment from his panic attacks, had made his body weaker than the average person, putting him in a state of serious sub-health.

But after using the first injection, he felt his physical condition recover rapidly, and the exhaustion and fatigue seemed to disappear overnight.

After using the second injection, he even felt his physical fitness constantly improving, like the effect of exercising every day.

And after using the third injection, an even more obvious "abnormality" appeared.

If he had to describe it, Xiao Xiao would call it "impulse," a certain "impulse" hidden deep within his body that he could only occasionally sense.

Normally, Xiao Xiao's physical fitness was already pretty good, but when he occasionally triggered this feeling of "impulse," his body would suddenly burst out with a strange force.

It was as if his adrenaline was pumping, suddenly breaking his own strength limit.

At this point, Xiao Xiao was very certain that the Designer Miss Ruan Ruan hadn't lied to him; the Violence Factor was indeed magical.

But, just as she said, is strength just an instinct, and all he needs to do now is lie down after using the injection?

Xiao Xiao thought what she said might make sense, but he still didn't want to give up training.

Even if the improvement he got from training was minimal, it was still better than nothing.

Also, Xiao Xiao felt like he had been idle for far too long. Four years of dark and torturous life had made him extremely eager for everything in the outside world.

Of course, when it came to training, he didn't have the usual training conditions, and he didn't even have enough money to go to the gym.

The Designer Miss had told him before that in this world, Points could buy everything, but Xiao Xiao discovered a problem:

Points could indeed buy everything in this city, but they couldn't buy money...

Perhaps after he had more Points, he could exchange them for money in many ways, such as the simplest method Ruan Ruan had mentioned before:

[In this city, every person and every thing theoretically belongs to the city.

And the Outsider can exchange Points with the city for every kind of thing.

So, theoretically, he can even buy a person, and that person will belong to him in the city's logic.

Perhaps the two parties have no blood ties or relationship, but he will be extremely loyal, selfless, and diligent in working and earning money for us, even dying for us.]

This was a strange but logical behavior in the city's logic.

Of course, even without the city's will, certain creatures called simps could do the same.

Unfortunately, Xiao Xiao didn't have any simps, only three vicious dogs who only knew how to act cute and tear down the house. He couldn't expect them to work and support him, could he?

So, he silently thought that maybe he should find a job?

Xiao Xiao looked up at the dazzlingly prosperous city and felt a little sad: "I've already come to a fake world, and I still need to find a job... how real!"

But there was no way around it. Ruan Ruan had warned him that he had to abide by the law in this world.

It was said that some powerful guys in this world used to ignore the rules of this world, but in the end, their endings were miserable.

Indulgence is a bad habit.

But when it came to finding a job, Xiao Xiao discovered another strange problem, which was that as a special existence like an Outsider, it was actually very difficult to find a job.

He had stayed at home due to illness for four years, didn't take the college entrance exam, and hadn't worked before, so he only had a high school education. In this prosperous city, there were tall and dense office buildings and well-dressed office workers everywhere, but his blank resume just didn't give him the qualification to be exploited by capitalists like those mediocre office workers...

He spent two or three days constantly submitting resumes and going to interviews, but in the end, he got nothing. The coldness was infuriating.

When malice descends, the people of this world will hate him.

But now, even though there was no malice directed at them, Xiao Xiao felt they were still hostile towards him.

His mother, on the other hand, was surprised to discover that Xiao Xiao was leaving early and returning late, and had actually started looking for a job. She was both surprised and delighted, saying, "The child has grown up and become sensible. Having a girlfriend made him realize he needs to earn money..."

But seeing Xiao Xiao's disheartened expression, she was also considerate and proactively comforted him, saying, "Don't push yourself too hard at first. If it doesn't work out, why don't you come to the market and cut meat with me?"

Xiao Xiao coldly refused.

He was one of the few people in this city, and he had already been strengthened by three genetic serums, his physical fitness had reached the peak of ordinary people, yet he was going to sell meat in the market with her?

He rejected his mother's suggestion with great integrity and screened out a high-paying job that was suitable for him online.

A stevedore at Blackwater Bay Docks.

The salary was paid daily, five hundred a day, no education required, no relevant work experience required, no need for handsome features or a slim figure.

"Five hundred a day, which is fifteen thousand if you work full attendance for a month, and it's paid daily."

Xiao Xiao sighed, "It's too suitable for me. It can not only solve my spending problems, but also exercise my body."

The only drawback was that it seemed a bit embarrassing to go to the docks to work as a stevedore.

But in a flash, he figured out the problem: I'm already in a world full of monsters, why should I still consider vanity?

The next day, he took the subway to the docks located in the southwestern corner of the city and saw the tall containers and mountains of goods.

In this city, although most of the heavy work has been highly mechanized, there is still a considerable part that requires manual participation.

But it was obvious how hard this job was. When Xiao Xiao walked into the warehouse rest area, he saw men of all sizes, their faces carrying the rough temperament honed by heavy labor.

Wearing blue overalls, with a towel of indistinguishable color draped over their shoulders, they squatted by the wall drinking tea or smoking, their eyes glancing at this fair-skinned young man.

"You want to be a stevedore?"

The Foreman with a scar on his face didn't look like he was from a factory, but more like a street gangster.

He didn't even look at the resume, just sneered and glanced at Xiao Xiao's thin figure, let out a "heh," and spat on the ground next to him.

The surrounding people laughed, their eyes contemptuously looking Xiao Xiao up and down.

Xiao Xiao was silent for a while under their gazes, walked to the pile of goods next to him, hugged his arms, only feeling that it was so heavy that he couldn't shake it, but he just closed his eyes slightly, and used force with his arms with a "whoosh."

An indescribable strange force was stimulated from the depths of his body, and he actually steadily and ruthlessly picked up a huge wooden box.

He walked around steadily and put it back, without even obvious changes in his breathing.

The eyes of the surrounding people changed slightly.

Violence Factor is indeed a magical element. Xiao Xiao's physical appearance does not seem to have changed much compared to before, but he can burst out with a powerful force from time to time.

"I can't tell that you kid is quite strong."

The Foreman rubbed his red nose and didn't say much, just sneered at Xiao Xiao: "But the work here is tiring and grinding, you young people may not have the patience to stay here..."

"But I bet you, you'll have to get out of here in less than a week."

"..."

Xiao Xiao didn't argue with him about this.

What does it matter if he can do it for a week, anyway, he gets paid daily here.

As for being tired and grinding, isn't that what life is like?

Yang Jia and the others didn't even arrange field training for him, so he could only find ways to find opportunities for tempering.

Speaking of tempering, what can temper people more than life?

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