Five More Thousand and You'll Be Stronger!

Five More Thousand and You'll Be Stronger!

"Buy Basic Skills," he thought.

As expected, a screen similar to the equipment shop appeared.

"Basic Fire Element Skill, Skyfall Stone, Basic Earth Element Skill, Skyfall Stone..."

Man, mages sure had it good.

A single basic magic skill cost fifty thousand.

Even if he hadn't just used up his Skyfall Stone, he still couldn't afford it.

Gao Linzhi then said goodbye to the Fourth Elder.

He returned to his room and logged off.

He looked at the mountain, his eyes showing three parts coldness, three parts relief, and four parts resolve.

Love, women—he didn't care about any of that anymore. He had only one thought: make money! Make money, and then make more money!

After disguising himself, Gao Linzhi headed north, left the Southern Mountain Range, and chose to return to Xu City.

Standing at a roadside junction at the foot of a mountain, he looked down at the road and let out a long breath.

After spending so long in the mountains, not even a month, it felt as if the world had changed.

He then started walking toward Xu City.

He didn't know how long he'd been walking when a convertible Jeep suddenly pulled up beside him.

"Hey, brother, did you lose your phone?" a young man in the Jeep called out warmly. "I'll give you a ride."

Gao Linzhi smiled and looked at him. "Thanks."

Then he got in.

"I've got a phone here. If you know anyone, you can call them."

"Heh, no need. Just drop me off in the city."

"Sure. I'm Xu Hai. What should I call you?"

"My name is Wuming."

"So you're Brother Wu."

The Jeep drove fast, and they soon reached Xu City.

It was still noon.

The city was as lively as ever.

Traffic flowed, and people came and went.

Signs stood in rows, and the whole place buzzed with life.

"All right, thank you, Mr. Xu." Gao Linzhi got out, called out his thanks, and turned to leave.

Xu Hai watched him walk away. He'd already thought there was something unusual about the man.

There was an excessive confidence in his stride, unlike anything an ordinary wage slave could display.

Could he have gained powers from the game, too?

The thought immediately occurred to him.

He watched Gao Linzhi walk several hundred meters away, until he could barely make out his figure, then made a phone call.

"Third Brother? It's Hai. I ran into someone on the road. Keep an eye on him. He got out at the Luoxia Road junction..."

So all that warmth had been an act.

He just didn't know that Gao Linzhi had heard every word.

As expected of a modern city: surveillance was everywhere. Any unusual behavior would be noticed by someone with an agenda.

It was easy to imagine how any ordinary player who tried to show off would be seized and refined in an instant. That wasn't just a joke—it was the harsh reality.

No wonder nothing about the game's players had ever been exposed online.

He looked coldly at Xu Hai.

Xu Hai drove the convertible Jeep to a club, having already forgotten the man he'd met on the road.

The man would be dead soon, and his game access would be taken.

Meanwhile, Xu Hai would earn a small merit in the family and get a little extra in his annual dividend.

He never bothered remembering someone who was destined to die.

Soon, he spent the night partying at the club, until the night grew deep.

Only then did he get back in his Jeep and drive off, reeking of alcohol.

His Constitution was a full 30 points. Even if he got into a crash, someone else would be the one to suffer.

Ever since reaching level 20, he'd liked driving alone, without bodyguards or attendants. They were all dead weight.　　The night was quiet.

There was hardly anyone on the road.

Suddenly, as he turned right past a secluded side road, he saw what looked like a person by the roadside, about to cross.

Judging by his trajectory, he could easily run the person over.

Instead of slowing down to let them pass, he pressed the gas and roared straight ahead.

"Die, you commoner!"

"What right do you have to breathe the same air as me!"

After drinking, he revealed his true nature: violent and contemptuous of commoners.

But in the next instant, he suddenly realized his car had stopped moving.

A faceless head appeared in front of the car!

"Ah!" Xu Hai shouted, instinctively pressing the gas again.

But then he realized someone had grabbed the front of the car and lifted the entire vehicle up!

The car hung in the air, all four wheels spinning wildly!

The next moment, he was left dizzy and disoriented.

"Damn it, so it's you, Wu Ming! You must be a game player!" He quickly came to his senses and recognized the other man.

(Of course, he recognized Gao Linzhi's disguised identity.)

Then the car was slammed hard onto the ground, belching black smoke.

Soon, with a "bang," the car window shattered.

The other man grabbed him by the neck and yanked him bodily out of the driver's seat.

He never imagined that, despite having 30 points in Constitution, he'd be completely powerless against the other man.

He felt a pair of iron pincers around his neck. He struggled desperately, but it did no good.

He clawed and scratched as hard as he could, but the only sound was a metallic scrape.

What was going on?

Gao Linzhi looked at him coldly. "As expected, now that supernatural powers have appeared, you don't even want to keep up the act."

"When ordinary people lose their last chance to fight back, you transform into another kind of creature."

"No, no, brother, I was just drunk just now. Don't you remember? I even drove you back to the city earlier." Xu Hai panicked.

He could feel the shadow of death closing in.

"Heh, don't worry. I'm not like you. I never kill people," Gao Linzhi said with a smile.

Then he tore open Xu Hai's shirt and stuffed it into his mouth, while clamping the other hand around his neck.

"I won't scream," Xu Hai struggled to say. "Mmph, mmph."

Then, in the dead of night, the man carried him over his shoulder and moved at an incredible speed.

The roadside trees rushed past, just as they had when Xu Hai drove at 250 kilometers per hour!

Could this guy really run faster than his sports car?

Before long, a dilapidated high-rise came into view.

His eyes widened. He knew this building well!

The month before last, he'd captured a game player.

The man had been ridiculously naive.

After raising his Constitution to 20 points, he'd gone to a local track club and claimed he could run a hundred meters in nine seconds... then put on a little show to show off.

He'd succeeded in showing off, but that was the only time he'd ever get to do it.

This was where Xu Hai had taken his Game Poster.

Afterward, he'd been taken to a rundown, sealed-off room.

"Do you want to die, or do you want to live?" Gao Linzhi asked with a smile, pulling the gag out of his mouth.

"I want to live! I have a lot of money. I can transfer it to you right now; you can do it with facial recognition." Xu Hai spoke urgently.