The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

Lin Mo chuckled: "They've come to me of their own accord. If I were to ignore them, wouldn't I be incredibly ungrateful?"

【this......】

Lin Mo interrupted Sparrow, who was about to continue his analysis.

"Since we're all just developing anyway, it doesn't matter where we attack, right?"

"The desolate territory is there; there's no escaping it."

"Besides, don't you think these newly emerged tree spirits are more interesting?"

Lin Mo took a couple of steps, his smile widening.

"As long as the overall development progress is not lagging behind, it doesn't matter who we fight."

He stared at the player lines on the screen, which had been decimated by the Tree Spirit Legion, and instead of feeling anxious, he felt a secret excitement.

The sparrow fell silent.

Within his small body, countless data streams were being analyzed and simulated at an alarming speed.

A few seconds later, the sparrow spoke again.

【...】

Your logic is sound.

However, changing the strategy target while ensuring that the overall rate of profit acquisition does not fall below the current threshold carries uncontrollable risks.

Lin Mo: "I'd rather fight than steam buns! Beat him up!"

sparrow:【......】

The next second, all the players inexplicably appeared around a group of tree spirits.

The group of players were completely dumbfounded.

"???"

"What's going on now?"

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! I just brought an elite monster to near death, and I didn't even have time to throw the trap..."

Some were more carefree: "Who cares? Since we're here, let's make the best of it and kill them!"

"That's right, killing anyone is the same as killing them, as long as we can recycle them for the source crystals."

Seeing that someone was making a move, the others couldn't hold back any longer, fearing that the monsters would be robbed of everything.

In the brief exchange, the Tree Spirit army suffered heavy losses.

"Wow--!!"

The tree spirit was injured, and the forest coughed up a mouthful of blood in frustration: "Damn it, why did these guys completely abandon the previous battle and all attack me?!"

"Isn't this just plain crazy?!"

The monster from the Wither Faction: "Finally, I can catch my breath. Thanks to the mysterious big shot for the immortal peach."

The shadowy figure quickly reassured him, "That's not your home turf. In the withered territory, your tree spirit strength is greatly reduced. You should withdraw your power of rules."

Forest gritted his teeth and remained silent for a long time: "Even though my tree spirits suffered heavy losses, the objective has been achieved."

"The moment those guys set foot on my territory, their deaths will be inevitable!"

......

the other side.

Having gained Sparrow's approval, Lin Mo relaxed.

He sat back down in his chair, picked up the glass of water that had gone cold, and drank it all in one gulp.

The cool liquid slid down his throat, calming his head, which had been feverish with excitement.

His gaze inadvertently drifted towards the window of the grocery store.

He was stunned at first glance.

Outside the grocery store, countless people had gathered in layers, seemingly out of nowhere.

The players who were coming and going all stopped and formed a circle, pointing and gesturing in the same direction, their faces full of expressions of enjoying the spectacle.

With the same mindset of watching the spectacle, Lin Mo also cast a few curious glances.

In the center of the crowd, a person was kneeling.

A young boy, dressed in beginner-level gear, was wearing tattered clothes covered in mud and dark red stains.

He was silently kowtowing one after another towards the direction of the general store.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

His forehead struck the hard ground with a dull but clear sound.

Every time he looked up, a blurry patch of flesh and blood could be seen on his forehead.

But he didn't care at all, and just mechanically and stubbornly repeated the action.

"Hey, is this guy crazy? What's the point of kowtowing here?"

"Who knows? Probably got brainwashed by the monster and's trying his luck with the shopkeeper?"

"Try your luck? Ha, you really think you're Mo Fang? There are tons of people trying to get rich quick these days, but who has actually knocked on that door?"

"You could say that the Mo family had foresight; even if you were willing to kowtow now, they wouldn't want you."

"That's true, but... tsk tsk, that's terrible, his forehead is all smashed."

The players' chatter drifted vaguely into the store through the glass.

They laughed and joked, treating it entirely as a novel street performance.

After all, in a boring life, everyone wants to see some excitement.

Lin Mo didn't speak, he just watched quietly.

During this time, he had seen many people kneeling and kowtowing in front of the grocery store, each with their own purpose, but Lin Mo never saw them again.

The reason is simple: he doesn't lack mediocre people now, Mo Fang is enough, and besides, he's afraid of trouble and doesn't want to deal with these guys.

But this was the first time Lin Mo had ever seen someone actually get a head injury like this.

Even Mo Fang wasn't as willing to kill himself as he was.

He really looked like he didn't want to live anymore.

After a moment, Lin Mo turned his gaze to the sparrow on his shoulder: "What's wrong with him?"

Although he was already used to the crazy things players did for profit and power, the boy's self-harming persistence still stirred up a strange and inexplicable emotion in his heart.

I felt inexplicably reluctant.

Lin Mo believed that the boy would not have done such a thing unless he had been driven to a dead end.

Thinking of this, Lin Mo added another comment.

Sparrow's expression remained unchanged. He knew that humans were emotional beings, but he couldn't understand compassion.

As if out of a sense of duty, he answered: "The general store is currently at level eight. You have the authority to read the memories of a designated employee. Would you like to read them now?"

Sparrow's response surprised Lin Mo.

"This feature is available?"

Sparrow nodded: [Upgrading the general store level does unlock not only the main core functions, but also these auxiliary functions.]

Lin Mo remained silent for a moment. He was not a person who liked trouble, especially this kind of guy who looked like he was always in trouble, which went against his usual principle of saving trouble.

But those dull, resounding impacts struck his heart like hammer blows, neither too hard nor too soft.

"Fine, I'll just consider it satisfying my own curiosity."

Lin Mo nodded: "Read."

[Permissions confirmed...]

[Relevant memories are being retrieved, please wait...]

[Reading successful.]

The next second, Lin Mo felt a blur before his eyes.

The familiar environment inside the grocery store was like paint thrown into water, quickly distorted and blurred, turning into countless streams of dazzling data that rushed past him.

The feeling was peculiar; he felt as if he had become a pure consciousness, being drawn by an invisible force, traversing the gaps in time.

But in the blink of an eye, the surrounding scenery froze again.

The bustling streets and the players coming and going all seemed both real and unreal.