I Will Surrender

"Hoo!"

Li Jinshui landed on the ground and let out a long breath, the blue electric arcs dancing across his body slowly fading away.

That was finally settled.

I have to admit, that bald man had some real skill; even without those bracers, he would have been a thorny opponent.

Li Jinshui recalled the fight just now. If his own Blood-Qi value hadn't completely overwhelmed the other man, allowing him to forcibly seal off the man's fist momentum, and if he hadn't practiced several martial arts to the point of perfection, he might not have won. In the end, he probably would have had to turn tail and run, with neither side able to do anything to the other.

Compared to this, those so-called ninth-grade first-rate martial artists who led the small gangs on Shuanglong Street were pathetically weak.

Looking back at the Heaven Rewards Diligence panel, a brilliant smile spread across Li Jinshui's face.

[Violence met with violence, Heaven Rewards Diligence, Lightning Pulse Step +200]

[Violence met with violence, Heaven Rewards Diligence, Meteor Chasing Moon +100]

[Violence met with violence, Heaven Rewards Diligence, Basic Lightness Skill +100]

"It actually added proficiency to all three martial arts, and by this much?"

The result caught him by surprise.

"Could it be because this opponent was too strong?"

Li Jinshui had a vague suspicion.

It seemed the feedback from Heaven Rewards Diligence didn't just depend on whether his environment was dangerous, but also on the caliber of his opponent.

To show his opponent the utmost respect, he crouched down and used practiced movements to quickly strip off the bracers.

He tried them on his own arms; they were slightly loose, but it was negligible—the size was essentially perfect.

"The fit is just right. Are you going to tell me these bracers weren't custom-made for me?"

Li Jinshui sighed with emotion and carefully searched the corpse again, but in the end, he only found a mobile phone.

"A dignified first-rate martial artist, and this poor?"

Li Jinshui didn't want to believe it, so he walked over to the scattered corpses of the gang members nearby and searched them one by one.

But soon, he stood up with a dark expression.

"Damn it, it's one thing to have no money on you, but you guys don't even have a phone? And you had the nerve to call me a broke loser?"

Li Jinshui cursed and grumbled, getting angrier the more he thought about it. He gave the corpse on the ground a hard kick. "I don't know what you were even doing with your lives, causing trouble without carrying a single cent. You don't even drop loot when you die—that's just immoral!"

Stepping over the bodies, he straightened his clothes and walked into the old shop.

The light inside was dim, and judging by the layout, it was just an ordinary little grocery store.

In the corner, a thin, frail figure was curled up—a delicate young woman. Her clothes were almost completely torn to shreds, and her skin was covered in blue and purple bruises.

"Hey, classmate, I've killed all those scumbags. It wouldn't be too much to take a bottle of water from your shop, would it?"

Li Jinshui walked up, picked up a bottle of purified water, twisted it open, and took a sip. He continued, "Also, take a piece of advice from a brother: pack your things and run. It's best if you leave Rong City, otherwise those gangs might come back to cause you trouble."

"..."

The woman didn't react at all. She clutched her knees tightly, curled up in the shadows, her body still trembling violently. Her eyes were hollow and lifeless, staring blankly at the floor.

"..."

Seeing this, Li Jinshui could only fall silent.

In her current state, she probably couldn't even take care of herself in the future, let alone run away.

He walked to a nearby shelf, pulled out a clean, long piece of cloth, and draped it over her.

"Where is your family?"

"..." The woman remained withered and motionless.

Li Jinshui frowned, turned around, and poked his head into the back room to take a look.

Sure enough, at the entrance of the bedroom, a middle-aged man and woman lay in a pool of blood, long dead.

Li Jinshui calmly withdrew his gaze.

This kind of thing was far too common; it happened and repeated itself in the remote streets of every district almost every day.

Even if he hadn't come today, if the woman had managed to pull herself together to report the crime, by the time the Inspection Bureau actually caught the culprits, her life would only have become darker, as she would have faced the crazed, sadistic retaliation of the Color Gang.

This was the true reality for countless people at the bottom of society. Over time, most people eventually became numb, choosing to accept reality and chalk it up to bad luck. No one dared to hold the Drifter Gang accountable anymore.

This was the root cause of why the Drifter Gang had become increasingly rampant, striking fear into the hearts of so many.

Li Jinshui felt powerless to change any of this and shook his head helplessly.

But looking at the woman's state, he stood there in thought for a moment before finally pulling out the bald man's phone and dialing the emergency number.

"Hello, Inspection Bureau? I'm turning myself in!"

Li Jinshui raised his voice, his tone arrogant.

"Listen up, I'm Baldy from the Four-Color Gang. I'm currently here with a few of my boys committing crimes—murdering, looting, and kidnapping women. If you've got the guts, come and catch me. If you're late, I'll kill myself right in front of you."

"What do you mean, don't joke around? I'm dead serious. If you don't come, I'll find a delivery driver to run us over. Don't believe me? Just wait and see..."

"And as for those victims, there's only one left alive. Either you get her out of here, or the Four-Color Gang will make sure she doesn't live to see another day!"

After delivering his threats, Li Jinshui reported the detailed address and decisively hung up the phone.

"This is the perfect crime! Pfft, no, that's not right—it's a heroic deed. Why did I think of crime? Amitabha!"

He put away the phone and turned to leave this place of trouble.

"Ding!"

Suddenly, the phone chimed with a text message.

This was Baldy's phone. He hadn't needed to unlock it to make the report, but to check the message, he had to bypass the screen lock.

Fortunately, the phone was a new model with a fingerprint scanner.

Li Jinshui immediately stepped out of the shop and returned to Baldy's corpse, grabbing his finger to try them one by one.

Soon, the screen unlocked.

Li Jinshui opened the message, his eyes widening slightly.

"The goods have arrived. Pick them up and return immediately."

The simple eight-character message made Li Jinshui smell money.

Seeing that the sender was labeled "Boss Qing," his eyes lit up as he associated it with the Green Wind Hall.

Huang Lichen had previously mentioned that the Four-Color Gang was composed of four factions: the Yellow Turban Bandits, the White Bright Society, the Green Wind Hall, and the Purple Cloud Association.

The Green Wind Hall was primarily responsible for smuggling and transport.

So, could this "Boss Qing" saved in Baldy's contacts be the hall master of the Green Wind Hall?

If so, the goods that required his personal command must be worth a fortune.

"The goods are destined for me, but where are they?"

Li Jinshui rubbed his chin and continued to operate the phone rapidly.

He used Baldy's fingerprint to change the lock screen password, then searched for relevant keywords, attempting to find chat logs regarding the handover location.

As it turned out, he actually found a clue.

The text history between Baldy and "Boss Qing" contained only that one message, suggesting he deleted them after reading.

However, he wasn't as careful with his messages to others.

In a conversation with someone named "Old Jin," the location of the goods was mentioned as having been changed to No. 5, 3rd Lane, 10th Street.

The message was sent last month, and it didn't specify which district or avenue the 10th Street was in.

But Li Jinshui's current location was Chenghua Avenue, 9th Street, in the outer district.

Since Baldy had a delivery mission, the fact that he was looking for trouble here meant the handover location couldn't be far.

Therefore, the 10th Street in the message was likely right here.

"I truly am a genius; my intellect is demonic!"

Li Jinshui was overjoyed.

He immediately put away the phone and leaped, pushing his Basic Lightness Skill to the limit. He landed gracefully on the outer wall of the building opposite, then used his Gecko Wall Crawl to scurry rapidly along the exterior.

A moment later, he easily vaulted over the roof, his legs wreathed in electric light as he transformed into a blur, darting toward the opposite street.