Delta: Mandel Bricks drop right at the start!

The next morning at seven o'clock, Lin Rui was awakened by a text message from the bank.

「您尾号3367的储蓄帐户于06:47入帐10，000，000.00元。」

He took a screenshot of the text message, zoomed in, and counted the string of zeros three times.

He turned off his phone, turned over and tried to go back to sleep, but his heart was pounding so hard that he couldn't lie still any longer.

He splashed cold water on his face and stared blankly at his reflection in the mirror for a while, his face showing dark circles under his eyes.

The first thing: pay back the money.

He made a transfer of 370,000 yuan through his mobile banking app, sending it to the account designated by the debt collection company.

When the transaction was completed, a confirmation message popped up, which he took a screenshot of and saved.

The second thing: pay the rent.

I sent a WeChat message to my landlady, Aunt Zhang: "Auntie, I'm transferring the rent to you today. I'll pay an extra 200 yuan for the overdue amount. Sorry."

Less than a minute after the message was sent, Aunt Zhang replied: "Okay, okay, Xiao Lin, you've found a good job recently, haven't you?"

Lin Rui twitched the corner of his mouth but didn't reply.

The third and most important thing is that he needs to find out exactly what happened yesterday.

Ten million is not a small amount, and ten million of dubious origin is even more so.

If there are any legal risks associated with this money, he would rather return it to the original source to continue paying off his debts.

But after checking for half an hour, he found that every link in the chain, from the bank's deposit records to the game's official redemption records, was completely closed.

The remitter was the official settlement account of "Vertex Interactive", the operator of "Delta", and the transaction type was marked as "legal exchange of in-game virtual assets", with electronic exchange vouchers and tax records attached.

All procedures were legal and compliant, and nothing suspicious could be found.

"So that system is real."

Lin Rui sat in front of the computer and opened the official forum for Delta Force.

On the forum's homepage's hottest posts list, the third post's title reads:

[Breaking News] Golden signal detected at Dam Zero! Someone has unearthed Mandelbrot bricks! We demand the person involved come forward!

The post already has over two thousand replies.

"Is this for real? Dam Zero can produce Mandel bricks? That's a beginner's map."

"I saw the golden beam of light with my own eyes in the map! It shot into the sky from the east side! By the time I ran over, everyone had already left."

"I checked the kill log, and in that game, someone with the ID 'Lin Rui' took down five people, one of whom was 'Steel Plate Bro 68' wearing level 5 armor. Do you guys know Steel Plate Bro? He's famous for camping at Zero Dam."

"A P92 can penetrate level 5 armor? Are you trying to teach me how to do things?"

"It wasn't a punch through. Someone analyzed the kill replay and it showed that the shot hit the weak point of the armpit armor connecting strap. There really is a detection loophole in that area, but to hit that precise spot in actual combat, you'd have to be a cheater or a professional player."

"His ID is just 'Lin Rui'? Not even a fancy name? It must be a smurf account."

Lin Rui closed the forum and rubbed his temples.

He doesn't care whether he becomes famous or not.

However, the details of this system are still unclear, and it would be unwise to expose it to the public too early.

Put the virtual reality headset back on and log into the game.

In the character lobby, he brought up the system panel, which only he could see and would not be displayed on the normal game interface.

The panel lists several pieces of information:

【Tactical Evacuation System V1.0】

[Host: Lin Rui]

Current level: 12

[Core Abilities: X-ray Scan (Unlocked) / Guaranteed Big Gold Mechanism (Unlocked) / Affix Plunder (Unlocked) / Body Enhancement (Unlocked)]

[X-ray Scan: Can penetrate physical obstacles, scanning all supply crates, player positions, and equipment weaknesses within the scan range. Current scan radius: 80 meters.]

[Guaranteed Gold Item: Each time you encounter a supply crate, there is a chance to trigger a pity system, guaranteeing a red/gold quality item. The trigger probability is positively correlated with the difficulty level of the current round.]

[Affix Stealing: After defeating a specific high-value target (Boss-level AI/renowned player/professional player), one of their core skill affixes can be stolen. Requires host level 15 to unlock.]

[Body Enhancement: Successfully evacuated supplies can be "disassembled." The enhancement points obtained from disassembly will be applied to the host's physical body. Unlocked after the first disassembly operation.]

Lin Rui read through each item, and looked at the two unlocked abilities several times.

Skill stealing: Can you steal a skilled player's skills by killing them?

Physical enhancement—can things in games enhance your real-world body?

"This is outrageous."

But the record of ten million yuan deposited into the bank account is the most undeniable truth.

No matter how outrageous the premise, it becomes indestructible in the face of this string of numbers.

He exited the panel and selected match mode.

The target is still Dam Zero.

It wasn't because he didn't want to go to higher-level maps, but because Zero Dam had another characteristic he had never noticed before: the density of supply crates on this map was the highest of all maps.

Previously, he was unaware of his X-ray vision; those hidden supply boxes concealed in secret compartments, interlayers, and deep within pipes were as if they didn't exist to him. But now it's different.

Loading complete.

This time, Lin Rui refreshed the area of ​​the generator room on the west side of the dam.

The virtual reality equipment simulated a generator that hummed low, and the air was filled with the smell of diesel fuel.

With the perspective activated, the entire generator room appeared as a semi-transparent wireframe building in his view.

The distribution structure of the supply boxes is clearly visible.

The third-floor power distribution room contains two ordinary green boxes and one rare blue box.

The mezzanine of the second-floor duty room: a hidden box that is not marked in any guidebook.

At the end of the drainage ditch on the basement level: a red confidential box.

Further away, deep within the control room of the main dam structure, there was another outline emitting a faint golden glow.

[The guaranteed big item mechanism is being triggered; the guaranteed item for this round has been locked. Location: Dam Main Control Room, B2 level. Suggested route has been generated.]

Lin Rui did not rush to Dajin immediately.

He started in the generator room and, following the route marked by the system, spent fifteen minutes clearing out all the boxes he could reach.

The green box contained some ammunition and basic attachments, while the blue box contained a level 3 armor plate and an MP5 submachine gun.

The dark box contained a set of high-penetration AP pistol rounds and a level 4 helmet.

The red confidential box in the underground drainage system took him some effort to open; he needed a Class B decoder he found in the green box to open it.

When the box was opened, it shot out a bright red beam of light.

Red Light Gold.

Inside is a complete level 4 armor set and a VSS sniper rifle with a silencer.

Lin Rui put on his Level 4 armor, slung his VSS over his back, and carried his MP5 in his hand.

He weighed the MP5 in his hand, feeling the weight of the armor on his body.

"That feels good."

He stretched his shoulders, feeling the weight of the Level 4 armor pressing down on him through tactile feedback. The real sense of protection was completely different from the tattered Level 2 vest he had worn before.

Next up is Daikin.

The main control room of the dam is located in the center of the entire map, which is the area with the most intense fighting in Dam Zero.

That area has the richest loot, and it's also the easiest place for any team entering the map to engage in firefights.

Lin Rui, carrying an MP5 player, moved towards the control room along the maintenance passage inside the dam.

The vision system continued to operate, and every moving target within 200 meters ahead was marked as a red humanoid outline.

He counted seven people near the control room, divided into two groups.

One group of four men were setting up guns at the entrance to the control room, while another group of three men were sneaking up the south staircase.

The two groups haven't met yet, but based on the route, they should bump into each other at the control room door in about two minutes.

"Let them fight first."

Lin Rui retreated to a corner formed by a pipe and a wall, squatted down, and waited patiently.

Ninety seconds later, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out from the direction of the control room.

The bursts of 7.62mm rifle fire, the short bursts of 5.56mm, and the deep rumble of shotguns mingled together, bouncing back and forth between the concrete walls of the dam.

The gunfire lasted for nearly a minute before gradually subsiding.

In perspective, only three of the seven human figures remain.

Two of them were looting the spoils, while another was receiving first aid in a corner.

Three with low health.

Lin Rui stood up, holding his MP5 player, and walked around to the side door of the control room.

This door is marked as an "unopenable decoration" in most guides, but the X-ray vision shows that its lock cylinder structure is the same as that of an ordinary iron door. You can simply knock off the rusted latch with the butt of your gun.

He kicked the door open.

MP5 was the first to target the player who was crouching in the corner and giving first aid.

The other person was bending down to inject himself with acupuncture needles when the gunshot rang out. He didn't even have time to lift his head before he turned into an equipment box.

The other two players who were looting reacted much faster; the first rolled behind the table, and the second immediately lay down and fired back.

But they didn't know that Lin Rui could see the people behind the table.

The MP5's trajectory penetrated the thin wooden board of the table and struck the player behind the table in the head.

The level 3 helmet's durability is reduced to zero after five consecutive hits, and the sixth bullet is an instant kill.

The last player lying on the ground had only fired two shots when Lin Rui's MP5 firepower suppressed him, preventing him from raising his head.

Lin Rui quickly changed positions and replenished half a magazine from another angle, ending the skirmish.

"Operator kills x3, 3 kills in this round."

The control room returned to silence, with seven equipment boxes scattered on the floor, remnants of the fierce battle that had just taken place.

Lin Rui glanced at the box on the ground but ignored it.

He turned to the deepest part of the control room, to the wall with the giant monitoring screen embedded in it.

Through the light, in the dark room on level B2 behind the wall, the golden silhouette remained undisturbed.