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Upon returning home, the first thing David did was check the information on the vehicle that had been tailing him.

Opening the tracking vehicle data sent by Officer Bob, David couldn't help but feel grateful; this Officer Bob was truly thorough in his work.

The information displayed on David's Identity Bracelet included the vehicle's owner, its year of manufacture, purchase records, and even its traffic violation and repair history from the past two years.

It even included details on the person driving the car today, complete with a photograph, name, home address, employment information, and more.

Although most of this information was of no direct use to him, such data was strictly confidential; David was not part of the police system, and his own social clearance was that of a minor, effectively non-existent. Information containing a citizen's private details should absolutely never be disclosed to non-official personnel.

However, Officer Bob had provided all of this to David, a favor that David now owed him.

As someone who had worked in the police system for twenty years, Officer Bob naturally knew how to maximize benefits, and favors were no exception.

The owner of the tracking vehicle and the driver were the same person: a man named Amos, who was the security supervisor at the Steer Hotel.

"Steer Hotel!" David muttered to himself.

This hotel was quite famous in Peilan City, ranking among the best in the city.

Anyone capable of running a hotel in Peilan City was not to be underestimated, as hotels required vast amounts of ingredients, and Fortified Meat from the Zerg, along with edible parts of insect beasts, were essential raw materials for high-end establishments.

This necessitated deep connections with factions capable of hunting outside the city, and any faction capable of such hunting had to include formal Armored Warriors. Many hotels even employed their own hunters, which served as the hotel's underlying foundation; thus, almost no one dared to look down upon a hotel owner.

Why would Amos, the security supervisor of the Steer Hotel, be tailing him? Or was it possible that someone from the Steer Hotel was involved in the plot against him?

The more David thought about it, the more anxious he became. Just a few days ago, he had been an ordinary person, as average as they come, but now he had not only arrived in this dangerous world, he had to face unknown murderous intent.

"I must survive in this world!" He quickly suppressed his anxiety, stating the first goal he had set since arriving.

After coming to this world, the conditions left by David's predecessor had already made him feel fortunate: he had an independent villa-style residence, a decent car, a stable income, and relatives who cared for him. All of this made him want to continue living just like this.

Even after discovering the abilities of his Shadow Servant, he had only wanted to protect himself; he had no other ambitions.

At that time, he had naively thought that it was just Jeremy the trainer trying to harm him, and that he would be safe as long as he stayed away from him.

Now, the unknown enemy gave him a greater sense of urgency, and he had a new goal: to become strong enough to protect himself.

David opened the other file Officer Bob had provided regarding the mercenary Abbott; Abbott's file was essentially a catalog of crimes.

The Sirius Mercenary Group he belonged to didn't just take on mercenary missions; they occasionally moonlighted as robbers, and Abbott was the one who had killed the most people within the group.

Not long ago, the Sirius Mercenary Group had hijacked an interstellar cruise ship. To force the passengers to surrender their wealth, Abbott had executed several guests on the spot who had attempted to resist.

Among these victims were two bodyguards and a collateral member of the Deke Consortium, which was the reason for the massive bounty.

David also looked at the information he cared about most: Abbott's strength. Abbott was a highly capable sniper Armored Warrior, and his cruel and murderous nature could not overshadow his prowess as a sniper.

This explained the origin of the Sniper (20% Proficiency) Knowledge Light Orb; it had come from Abbott's death.

Based on what the victims' families had said at the police station, combined with Abbott's file, David could basically confirm that the Knowledge Light Orbs were absorbed by the Shadow Servant after the victims of the explosion died.

However, many people had died on the spot, yet there were only fifteen Knowledge Light Orbs. Even if every person who died had provided one, there should have been more.

He suddenly realized that the Knowledge Light Orbs were at least light red in color, meaning that only knowledge at the entry level or higher could form an orb for the Shadow Servant to absorb.

These were all just his speculations and required testing, but such opportunities were rare and could only be waited for.

What he needed to do now was to fuse the Knowledge Light Orbs within the Shadow Servant to improve his own abilities, pass the college entrance exam—a crucial stage in life—and secure a better stepping stone for his future.

"Emma, activate all security systems!" After reading through both files provided by Officer Bob, David immediately ordered the smart butler, Emma.

Under normal circumstances, these security systems were not fully activated, as it would be inconvenient for David; the security alarms were extremely sensitive and would trigger at the slightest movement.

This would constantly disturb him, but compared to his own safety, David was willing to endure the trouble.

Following his command, all sensors inside and outside the building were activated, and the smart butler, Emma, diverted fifty percent of her processing power to analyze the data from all sensors.

David felt a sense of gratitude toward his late mother, Kathy. It was precisely because of her insecurity that she had built a security system with a baseline far exceeding that of a standard residence.

The security system brought him peace of mind. He walked into the study, sat in the chair at his desk, and turned on his computer, causing a virtual light screen to appear on the desk.

Although his Literature subject had reached 69% proficiency, that knowledge existed only in his memory; he needed to verify his current level of mastery to understand what this 69% proficiency actually represented.

He pulled up a Literature exam paper he had never taken from the computer, set the standard exam time, and began to answer.

This was a college entrance exam paper from a few years ago, yet David didn't find it difficult at all; he could easily answer the key points for most of the questions.

It took him only an hour and a half to complete the entire paper, finishing half an hour ahead of the standard exam time.

He selected the automatic grading option for the completed paper and let the computer determine his score.

Soon, he saw his result: 125 points. Compared to the total of 150, the error rate was not insignificant.

However, if one compared this to David's classmates, it was clear that 125 points would easily rank him in the top five of his class.

Before this, his Literature subject had been mediocre, and scoring 90 points would have been considered lucky.

He evaluated the score, inferring that with his current 69% progress, if he reached 100% entry level, he should be able to achieve one of the top scores in his class or even the entire school.

In other words, the entry level was the peak that most ordinary high school students could reach; once one reached the proficiency level, that was definitely the level of a genius.

Based on the Knowledge Light Orbs currently held by the Shadow Servant, it wouldn't be a problem for his Literature and Mathematics subjects to reach the proficiency level, though his comprehensive subjects would likely only reach the entry level. He just didn't know if this level of knowledge would be enough to get into Na'an University.

Compared to these subjects, David was more focused on Body Technique, Heavy Axe Mastery, and sniping.

Although he wouldn't reach the proficiency level in Body Technique even after absorbing and fusing all the relevant Knowledge Light Orbs, he knew that his understanding of Body Technique was different now; at the very least, he had the potential of a genius in this area.

Combined with those two Body Technique Knowledge Light Orbs, he was confident that he could reach the proficiency level through his own efforts.

The Heavy Axe Mastery (33% Proficiency) Knowledge Light Orb was the best choice to replace his Long Sword Mastery (5% Proficiency). He didn't quite understand why his predecessor had abandoned heavy weapons in favor of a long sword; his predecessor had simply liked the way the long sword looked.

But David now believed that the long sword was somewhat flashy and impractical, as the school had always encouraged students to learn heavy weapons, which was helpful for becoming an Armored Warrior.

Ultimately, an Armored Warrior's opponents were mostly the Zerg, and only heavy weapons were better suited for fighting them.