"Good" Deeds Bring Good Rewards

"It's fortunate that mobile payment isn't widespread in Federal Columbia. Hmm, maybe it's just that the timeline here is a bit slower than where I am?" Feng Xue counted the loose change in her hand, casually stuffed it into her pocket, and tossed her phone onto the malfunctioning ATM.

After half a day of fighting off robberies, he overturned about a dozen Black-Coated ATM that were trying to extort money from him, and he was also becoming quite adept at using the abilities of his new clothes.

The more natural you appear, the better you'll blend into the environment. If you feel like you shouldn't be in that environment, your awkward movements will only draw attention.

This is similar to how it's common to have penguins in a penguin exhibit, and most visitors can't distinguish between them. But if a penguin suddenly starts to hide itself, looking shy or embarrassed, it will inevitably attract the attention of visitors.

Although Feng Xue is currently dressed in a gorgeous gown, she wants to become one of the "penguins." This is not easy, but after spending so much time in a place like Infinite City and being used to strange costumes, she can still manage to convince herself with a little self-hypnosis.

However, blending into the environment doesn't mean he'll be ignored. For a street thug accustomed to robbery, someone like Feng Xue, who seems ordinary, is the perfect target.

So Feng Xue's wallet bulged up—but ultimately, he had only been in the world for less than three months and hadn't completely abandoned his humanity yet. So he just beat up the Black-Coated ATM that tried to rob him, and even "kindly" called an ambulance for each ATM after taking the money.

He casually asks passersby for directions, searching for his destination. Thanks to the [Treasure] element, few people will refuse his inquiries.

Soon, Feng Xue, having scraped together enough money, spent it all at supermarkets and bookstores. On his back, a huge backpack appeared, filled with books such as the Iliad, weapon diagrams, Records of the Grand Historian, blank notebooks, and fantasy works like the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. In addition, he bought a lot of skill textbooks such as Practical Hardware Manual, from From Beginner to Master, Carpenter's Encyclopedia, and How to Become a Blacksmith.

Through continuous Reforge, Feng Xue has confirmed that books, as carriers of knowledge, contain the most [knowledge].

Moreover, different books require different methods of use. For books like the Records of the Grand Historian and the Iliad, he plans to break down each story and Reforge in groups of several pages, perhaps creating treasures like the Twelve Golden Figures or the Gate of Babylon. Cheap notebooks, on the other hand, are used as stepping stones. The blank pages mean he can write on them freely, making them not only cost-effective but also allowing him to speculate on more hidden rules of Reforge.

As for the textbooks, they were the books with the lowest cost-effectiveness but the highest expected value, because Feng Xue planned to refine them as a whole.

After all, it is a technical textbook, so it has a bit of a "skill book" feel to it. Maybe by Smelt the whole book, you can more likely create a skill book. However, considering the huge amount of information contained in each book, Feng Xue went to the children's section and found some "pseudo-skill textbooks" for children, such as "108 Questions about Magic" and "Harry Potter's Magic Laboratory".

"Oh, right, there are also books on mysticism, demonology, and Black Magic. Although these things are mostly nonsense, a serious approach might just produce some good stuff."

Thinking of this, Feng Xue immediately took out his notebook and wrote down the purchase list. After pondering for a moment, he still didn't dare to add the Necronomicon to the purchase list.

However, we could try to find the D&D Thousand Spells Book; if we could get a spellbook out of it, we'd be rich!

As Feng Xue walked, he jotted down his inspirations in his notebook. He didn't rush to check the door's condition because he knew it was definitely being guarded tightly.

He has five days left. He'll spend three days figuring out how to get through that door. If all else fails, he'll memorize the location and come back to retrieve it once he's accumulated enough [knowledge].

Apart from that, Feng Xue planned to spend the remaining two days strengthening himself. In the end, like everyone else, reality meant more to him than just a place to acquire knowledge; it was also a huge resource library.

Here, there's a high chance that even a handful of soil Smelt into Phantom Object.

Of course, it's hard to guarantee that it won't produce any comedic effects.

After stuffing her enormous backpack full, Feng Xue found a love hotel that didn't require ID Card. Although it seemed a little strange for someone to come to such a place alone, Feng Xue used her "blending in" ability to get the front desk to accept her check-in without her noticing what they were imagining.

Entering the room, Feng Xue locked the Room Door, turned on the TV, switched off the entertainment programs, and connected to the local news—a channel almost no one in this area would watch. Her face immediately darkened, because the local news channel was repeatedly playing her photo and a news item—

"Early this morning, Jeston Prison suffered a major terrorist attack, resulting in 32 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The leader, Han Meimei, is currently missing. She is extremely dangerous and adept at disguise. If you find her, please call immediately..."

"Damn... wait a minute, maybe this is a good thing?" Feng Xue originally wanted to curse, but when she thought about the Tag this might bring, the smile on her face suddenly became distorted.

As expected, after about half an hour, he began to feel elements being extracted from his flesh and blood. With a slightly strange surge of electricity, Feng Xue received a new Tag.

However, this Tag wasn't the kind he imagined—[terrorist], [escaped prisoner], [outlaw]—but a more intriguing Tag.

[Demon].

"What's going on? Why has a [Demon] Tag appeared? Is it because the families of the deceased think I'm the culprit? But even so, it should be Tag like [Murderer] or [Bitter Enemy], why is it [Demon]?"

Completely unable to comprehend the logic behind this Tag generation, Feng Xue frowned, sensing the weight of the [awareness] transmitted by the Tag. If calculated according to Jeston's standards, it would only be about five or six parts.

"Jeston and I have communicated quite a bit, so he seems to be someone with strong cognitive abilities. Therefore, conservatively speaking, there should be around 5-10 people who provided [knowledge] for the [Demon] Tag. Wait a minute, this number..."

Feng Xue slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing where the Tag came from!

"As expected, good deeds are rewarded!"