Along the way, Qi Jun also received some "well-meaning" advice from two groups of American police officers: don't wander around at night.
Public safety in the United States was nowhere near as good as the media made it out to be.
In a country where everyone had guns, sometimes even a shouting match could inexplicably escalate into a gunfight.
What was more, Qi Jun had just heard people along the way discussing a shooting that had taken place during the day.
Although Qi Jun struggled to follow what they were saying, he still got the gist: apparently, someone who had been fired had sought revenge by spraying a crowd with gunfire, killing as many as thirteen people!
Once he understood, Qi Jun could not help marveling at how hotheaded Americans really were, venting with guns whenever something did not go their way.
At the same time, however, it gave Qi Jun an overwhelming sense of danger.
A wise man did not stand beneath a crumbling wall, and Qi Jun certainly did not want to entrust his life to so-called luck.
If he did not want to end up inexplicably killed, he had to command sufficient strength, whether it was his own strength or the forces under his command!
At the same time, Qi Jun looked deeply regretful. Those were thirteen fucking treasures he could have recycled!
If Qi Jun had recycled them, wouldn't he have gained thirteen energy points out of thin air?
A single energy point could do so much. Thirteen energy points would definitely have given Qi Jun a perfect start!
What a pity!
All of it had gone to waste!
Chapter 7: Infiltrator Sunglasses
Hell's Kitchen was a very interesting place.
It was an openly known gathering place for gangs, yet no police came to crack down on organized crime.
It was even a bizarre place where gang members ran rampant at night, and even if a gunfight broke out, no police might come to patrol or investigate all night long!
Once the taxi carrying Qi Jun reached the outskirts of Hell's Kitchen, the driver refused to go even one meter farther.
Left with no choice, Qi Jun paid the fare, added a small tip, and got out, choosing to enter the streets of Hell's Kitchen on foot.
Qi Jun did not make a conspicuous entrance into Hell's Kitchen. Instead, he first hid in a dark corner, preparing to manifest a few "props" before going in.
All sorts of dangerous characters lurked in Hell's Kitchen at night. Never mind Qi Jun being alone-even an entire squad could find itself targeted in a matter of moments after entering Hell's Kitchen.
First, Qi Jun used 0.1 energy points to manifest a standard night-operation outfit, similar to what the Men in Black wore, along with a toy gun.
Yes, an actual toy gun. Apart from looking exactly like a real gun, its insides were entirely lightweight plastic. Forget real bullets-it could not even fire water pellets.
But when Qi Jun tucked it into his waistband, that bulge would definitely be enough to intimidate at least some of the gang members.
It would make those gang members think harder about whether it was worth it before choosing Qi Jun as their target.
Then Qi Jun used his last remaining 0.4 energy points to manifest a pair of sunglasses that could make people subconsciously overlook the wearer.
Stealth Sunglasses: provided the wearer did not initiate any action, they could make everyone nearby overlook the wearer to the greatest extent possible and block all surveillance and recording equipment. The effect lasted forty minutes, and they cost 0.4 energy points to create.
Those were the attributes of the sunglasses Qi Jun had manifested. The sunglasses themselves had cost almost no energy points, but 0.1 energy points provided ten minutes of effect, so 0.4 energy points gave exactly forty minutes.
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