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The old man's granddaughter had been so badly frightened that someone had already carried her out of the carriage. So no one saw this unbelievable scene.

In less than a minute, the old man realized that the miraculous powder had stopped the bleeding. Fresh, pink flesh began to grow over the wound. It still looked gruesome, but his life was no longer in danger.

Incredible!

The old man looked up at the benefactor who had saved him, his eyes filled with confusion, but even more with gratitude. Without him, the old man would have breathed his last right there.

"Just rest for a few days and you'll be fine!" Li Wei examined the healing wound and finally felt the weight lift from his heart.

In his panic, he had suddenly remembered that he still had one last bottle of Golden Sore Medicine. It came from a Shadow Street scenario world, and he hadn't known whether it would work just as well in reality.

Now it was clear that the medicine worked. But the result still astonished Li Wei. On top of that, he had just squeezed several dents into an iron handrail with his bare hand. Both things clearly went beyond what the conventional wisdom of this world could explain. Li Wei reached a startling conclusion: everything from Shadow Street still worked in the real world.

But when he had returned to the real world last time, his strength hadn't changed much!

Seeing that the old man was out of danger, Li Wei stood up and headed for the exit. It clearly wasn't a good idea to stay. If the 120 emergency medical team arrived, he had no way to explain the old man's rapidly healing wound.

It was wiser to make himself scarce.

"Wait, young man! What's your name?" The old man grew anxious when his benefactor tried to leave without a word. He tried to sit up, but the blood loss made him dizzy, so he hurriedly called out to Li Wei.

As if! There was no way Li Wei would leave his name.

The important thing was to figure out whether the powers he had gained in Shadow Street could be used in the real world. So Li Wei ignored the old man's calls and walked straight out of the carriage.

A few minutes later, a police car and an ambulance finally arrived. Several people dressed as doctors rushed into the carriage. When they saw the old man sitting on the floor, they all froze.

"Weren't we told there was an old man with serious injuries? Where is he?"

The kind bystanders who had called 120 hurried over too, only to find the old man who had seemed moments from death sitting there as if nothing had happened.

"Th-that's him?"

After several people identified the old man, the emergency medical workers were stunned as well. But they still had a basic sense of professional duty, so they hurried over to examine him. Before long, they reached a conclusion no one could believe.

The old man had only minor abrasions. His life was not in danger!

It was like seeing a ghost!

Though everyone was full of questions, they didn't press the matter once they saw he was fine. When the old man's granddaughter saw her grandfather had recovered, she broke into a tearful smile. Perhaps only the old man himself knew what had really happened.

"Grandpa, are you all right?" The girl tried to inspect the wound on his abdomen, but the old man stopped her.

"We'll talk at home." That was all he said.

As for the accident's aftermath, the old man didn't even go to the hospital with the medical workers. Instead, he climbed into a black luxury car that arrived shortly afterward and left the scene.

The officers on duty were startled when they saw the license plate of the black car. They stood ramrod straight, their faces full of admiration. They clearly knew who was inside.

In the car, the old man made a phone call.

"Old Wang, it's me... Could I ask you for a favor? No... it's just a small thing. Help me look into someone..."

Li Wei stepped into the office building. Only five minutes had passed.

He had started running as soon as he left the accident scene. He had covered the full three kilometers in just five minutes. What was more, despite the intense exertion, his body, which should have been exhausted, was only slightly out of breath.

It was unbelievable. Li Wei knew that with his current four attributes—Strength, Agility, Spirit, and Stamina—he was already three times as strong as an ordinary person. Just now, when he passed the parking lot and saw no one around, he had deliberately lifted a small car with one hand. He had only raised it a few inches off the ground, but it was proof of his strength.

And this had only started after his latest return to the real world. How could the powers he had gained in Shadow Street work here too?

Li Wei unconsciously used his inner cultivation to look inside his body and inspect his dantian. Sure enough, he saw a vortex of true qi spinning within him. There was no doubt about it: this was the Innate Skill he had cultivated.

Then, by the same logic, Precision, Shooting Mastery, Art of Stacking, and Eye of Perception should all work too!

As if to test his theory, Li Wei followed the method he had used in Shadow Street and used Eye of Perception on an office building security guard.

"Human, Strength 4, Agility 3, Spirit 2, Stamina 3. Rating: G-rank!"

Just as he thought!

There was no need to test the other skills. They should work too. But why?

Why could Shadow Street skills be used in the real world? Was he the only one who could use them, or could everyone from Shadow Street?

At the thought of a crowd of enhanced "supermen" using all kinds of skills on the streets, Li Wei felt a chill crawl over his scalp. This was definitely not a good sign. If people with bad intentions used their overwhelming strength to commit crimes, there might be no one in the real world who could control them. Even the police and the military might not be able to stop them!

Another thing that bothered Li Wei was the sudden surge in Shadow Street's population. Only a few days had passed since the last mission, yet there were already new arrivals with ID numbers in the tens of thousands. At that rate, the number would surely pass a million within a month.

Li Wei couldn't imagine the devastating consequences if that million people made it into the real world.

Still, worrying wouldn't change anything. Li Wei wasn't a savior, and there wasn't much he could do. Even if something like that really happened, as long as he gained unmatched power, surely no one would dare bully him.

Li Wei rushed into the office and looked at the clock on the wall. Right on time—he wasn't late.

But the atmosphere in the office was different from usual. Everyone looked at Li Wei with a mix of fawning, flattery, and ingratiation. Even Xiao Wang, the receptionist who usually ignored him, had puffed out her ample chest and winked at him.

What was going on?

Li Wei usually saw looks like those only when someone with a manager's title showed up, and they were never directed at him. Still, he didn't ask.

That didn't mean no one would tell him!

The first to lose her patience was Xiao Wang at the front desk. She gave him a coy smile, then spoke in a voice so sickly sweet it made his teeth ache. "Good morning, Manager Li!"

Manager Li?

Who?

Li Wei instinctively turned around to look. There was no one behind him. He looked back at Xiao Wang and saw that she was indeed looking at him. Only then did he understand.

"Miss Wang, are you talking to me?"

"Manager Li, you're such a joker. Of course I mean you! And you can just call me Xiao Wang from now on!" When Li Wei responded, she moved closer, sending a wave of perfume his way.

After asking around, Li Wei learned that the head office had promoted him to manager of this branch. How had it come to this? Even if it was a routine promotion, they should have told him first. And what about Fat Pig Zhang—the man who had been the manager? No, Zhang Dequan?

"Oh, Manager Li, someone from the head office is here. They're in your office!" Xiao Wang pointed to the room marked "Manager's Office" with a finger tipped in bright red nail polish.

Li Wei nodded. Just as well. He wanted to find out why the head office had done this.

He opened the office door and saw a man and a woman sitting on the sofa, chatting. They looked up when he entered.

"You..." Li Wei recognized someone.

The woman wore a well-tailored business suit, her long black hair neatly pinned back. Her unadorned oval face and big eyes were fixed on Li Wei with a smile. A trace of worry lingered in her gaze, but the moment she saw him, it vanished.

Who else could it be but Zheng Yutong?

It looked like she had completed the mission safely too. That made sense. She was a C3-rank powerhouse, and Li Wei had killed Sand, the commander-in-chief of the Undead army, in the scenario world. With the Undead left leaderless, the human army would naturally defeat them, completing the mission to Reclaim Dawn City.

Seeing that Zheng Yutong was safe and sound, Li Wei finally let go of the worry weighing on his heart. Since someone else was there, he merely nodded to the beautiful woman before turning his gaze to the other man.

"Hmm!"

Another familiar face!

The man was the arrogant driver of the luxury sports car that had hit the bus that morning. He clearly had connections, or he wouldn't have gotten out so quickly.

Li Wei remembered it clearly: the "rich kid" had been taken away in a police car in front of everyone. Even if he had a special background and powerful connections, the police had released him far too quickly!

Leaving Li Wei's thoughts aside, Zheng Yutong and the "rich kid"—as Li Wei would call him for now—explained why they were there. They were both managers at the head office: one was an assistant, the other the marketing department manager. They had come to announce the head office's latest appointment.

"Employee Li Wei has been diligent and responsible in his work, and demonstrated outstanding ability. The head office praised his budget proposal for the previous project. In addition, Zhang Dequan, the former manager of the branch, has been missing for three days. Therefore, the company has decided to appoint Li Wei as manager of the T City branch!"

Fat Pig Zhang was missing?

Li Wei thought about it. He hadn't seen him for several days, but he didn't care where the man who was always picking fights with him had gone. Maybe he'd switched jobs.

Zheng Yutong closed the appointment letter and handed it to Li Wei. Though she had a thousand questions she wanted to ask him, she knew this wasn't the time.

"Thank you, Assistant Zheng... Thank you, um, what was your name?" Li Wei offered his thanks with exaggerated formality, only to realize he didn't know the "rich kid's" name. He faltered.

"I forgot to introduce him. This is Guo Ming, the head office's marketing department manager!" Zheng Yutong stepped in to rescue Li Wei.

"Hello, Manager Guo!" Li Wei shook hands with the "rich kid" politely, then tactfully suggested taking them both out for a meal. After a few years in the workforce, he had learned most of its unspoken rules and etiquette.

After all, a manager's salary was pretty good, so Li Wei was feeling generous—even though he couldn't stand Guo Ming, the rich kid.

But the "rich kid" wasn't interested. He glanced at Li Wei, then leaned toward Zheng Yutong.

"Yutong, I came to this branch because you were coming here. So, do you have time now? There's a nice Italian restaurant nearby. I know the head chef, so let's have lunch there..."

He was clearly ignoring Li Wei completely. A row of dark lines appeared on Li Wei's forehead.

"Mr. Guo, this is work time. And please don't call me Yutong anymore. We're not that close."

Her response lifted Li Wei's spirits. Even a fool could tell that the rich kid was trying to pursue Zheng Yutong, but she clearly wasn't interested.

A barely perceptible flash of malice passed through Guo Ming's eyes. Then he kept pressing Zheng Yutong, leaving Li Wei standing there awkwardly. To be honest, Li Wei couldn't stand Guo Ming. After what he had done that morning, Li Wei wanted to beat him up. But for now, perhaps he should go outside and wait.

Li Wei was about to turn and leave when Zheng Yutong, apparently fed up with the rich kid, did something that left him dumbfounded.

She walked right up to Li Wei and slipped her arm through his.

"Mr. Guo, I forgot to tell you. I have a boyfriend!"

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