Liu Miao's first points run

After leaving the Spirit Gathering Building.

Zeng Shen realized he seemed to have a lot planned for the afternoon, so he decided to leave the video editing to Xiao Ai before heading out to farm points.

However, when he got home, neither Xiao Ai nor Xiao Di was there.

Zeng Shen had no choice but to leave a note asking Xiao Ai to edit the footage according to Li Yuqing's ideas. He added his phone number, left the camera containing the footage, and drove straight to the Lihuo Martial Arts Hall, where he rather shamelessly used Potential Empowerment to cheat a little.

In just an hour, he quickly farmed 1,500 survival points.

Li Zhiyuan kept praising his astonishing progress, making him blush and feel rather embarrassed.

Afterward, he drove a loop around the city, triggering all the point-farming locations on Department Store Street, Fuxing Avenue, the East City Zoo, the North City Quarry, and the Entertainment World Dance Hall in the south. Only after earning those 50 survival points did he head west.

When the motorhome stopped below the office building at Jinhai Wharf, Zeng Shen messaged Liu Miao to confirm that the beauty was upstairs, then took the elevator up.

The wharf's office building was nine stories tall and occupied a sizable area.

Liu Miao's office was on the top floor.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, Liu Miao and her secretary, Xiao Ya, came into view.

Liu Miao wore a casual white tracksuit and looked full of energy. Beside her, Xiao Ya wore a professional white blouse and a knee-length black skirt, with black stockings covering her long, slender legs. She looked thoroughly capable.

"I was just about to go down to meet you. When I saw the elevator coming straight to the ninth floor, I knew you were on your way up," Liu Miao said with a smile.

Zeng Shen nodded. "I thought you were busy, so I figured I'd come up first."

"I finished everything that needed doing around noon." Liu Miao stepped into the elevator with her secretary and stood beside Zeng Shen. "After I went home yesterday, I specifically asked a friend about the shoulder throw and shoulder pin you taught me. I can do them now."

"Really?"

"Don't underestimate me." Liu Miao reached out and pressed the button for the seventh floor. "Let's go to the seventh floor. Xiao Ya knew you were going to teach me some self-defense, so this morning she had people clear out the large lounge we rarely use and lay down some exercise mats."

Ding...

The elevator stopped on the seventh floor, and Zeng Shen and Liu Miao headed toward the large lounge covered in exercise mats.

Soon.

Zeng Shen and Liu Miao stood facing each other.

"Come on." Zeng Shen beckoned to Liu Miao. She quickly stepped forward, grabbed his arm, and performed a shoulder throw in one smooth motion.

"You really have improved a lot, but..." Zeng Shen stood up.

A delighted look appeared on Liu Miao's face. "But what?"

"But what would you do if someone grabbed your arm and suddenly tried to throw you over their shoulder?"

"Huh?"

"You haven't thought about that, have you? I'll throw you now. See if you can find a way to counter it."

"Okay."

Zeng Shen smiled, swiftly reached out to grab Liu Miao's arm, and sent her straight onto the mat with a shoulder throw.

[The host demonstrated both intelligence and courage, subduing a tier-three water deity. Survival points +100]

Hearing the notification, Zeng Shen smiled. Deities of tier three or higher, or other people's followers of tier three or higher, really did yield more survival points.

"You were too fast. Before I could even react, you'd already thrown me," Liu Miao said as she got up.

Zeng Shen smiled. "An enemy attacking you certainly wouldn't take their time."

"True." Liu Miao nodded in agreement. "Then, Master Zeng, how would you respond if someone tried to throw you over their shoulder?"

"Master Zeng?" Zeng Shen paused, then smiled. "Try throwing me again."

"Okay." Liu Miao quickly reached out and gripped Zeng Shen's shoulder. Using her waist and hips as a pivot, she was about to heave him up when a large hand grabbed the clothing at the small of her back, disrupting her leverage. Then he swept a leg behind her knees.

In an instant, Liu Miao lost her balance and was thrown to the floor instead.

"Like that." Zeng Shen pulled Liu Miao up from the mat. "You try it too."

"Mm."

Liu Miao nodded and began practicing. It took several attempts before she managed to succeed once.

Zeng Shen checked the time. It was four in the afternoon, so he said:

"All right, that's it for today. Head back upstairs."

Liu Miao nodded and took the towel and water Xiao Ya handed her. "Want to get some boiled clams together later?"

"I have something else to do later. Tomorrow?"

"All right." A flicker of disappointment passed through Liu Miao's eyes. She entered the elevator with Zeng Shen. "I'll see you out."

"No need." Zeng Shen pressed the button for the ninth floor.

When the elevator reached the ninth floor, Liu Miao and her secretary stepped out. Liu Miao turned to say goodbye to Zeng Shen, then headed toward the office inside.

[Congratulations, host. After multiple battles, you finally defeated and drove off a tier-three water deity. Survival points +100.]

"So it looks like once I trigger the subjugation notification by beating someone up, as long as they leave before I do, it triggers the defeated-and-driven-off entry."

Zeng Shen slowly summed up his findings, then drove his motorhome away from Jinhai Wharf.

However, he did not leave the western part of the city right away.

Instead, he made a wide loop around the area, intending to find the blond thug and farm some survival points.

After all, the eight of them consisted of one tier-three, three tier-two, and four tier-one water deities. Together, they could bring in 580 survival points a day.

Not farming them would be a waste.

However, after circling the area, Zeng Shen still failed to find them. In the end, he stopped outside a large pool hall near a wharf and went inside.

"Boss, I'd like to ask you about a few people." Zeng Shen took out a hundred yuan and placed it on the counter.

"Who?" The owner behind the counter pocketed the money.

"That blond thug around here. I think his name's Huang Ziliang."

"That scumbag? He was just playing pool here without paying. I saw him get a phone call, then he took his good-for-nothing pals and said they were going to the Wharf Bar to meet some big shot."

"The Wharf Bar? To meet a big shot?"

"This guy has someone above him?"

Zeng Shen muttered to himself, returned to the motorhome, and turned on the navigation to the Wharf Bar.

Soon, the motorhome stopped in a secluded corner near the Wharf Bar, somewhere without surveillance cameras.

Zeng Shen did not get out immediately. Instead, he took the Disguise Mask card from his spatial backpack and focused his mind.

In the blink of an eye, a transparent mask as thin as mist appeared in his palm.

After putting the Disguise Mask on his face.

Zeng Shen felt a cool sensation, but otherwise there seemed to be no discomfort. He then took out a mirror and began molding his face to his liking.

Before long.

A sharply chiseled face like that of a domineering CEO appeared, carrying a hint of cold, ruthless menace.

"Even if Li Yuqing were standing beside me, she wouldn't recognize this face, would she?"

Zeng Shen touched his face and tried a few expressions. Everything looked natural, as though this had always been his real face. He then raised the privacy glass and changed into a black suit before opening the door and stepping out of the motorhome with a faint, wicked smile.