There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

"It might, but it's not here..."

Hao Meng was interrupted by what was happening before her eyes before she could finish speaking.

"Open Sesame".

Lu Qing uttered a string of incantations that Lu Qing couldn't understand at all, and a wooden door appeared.

The wooden door looked a bit like a cabinet. After summoning the cabinet, Lu Qing opened it and took out the items inside.

"These two things are for you," Lu Qing said, taking out the Sword of Altaïr and the silver-gray Evening Breeze.

"This is..." Hao Meng recognized the Sword of Altaïr, after all, it was a prop she had made herself, and the silver-gray evening breeze...

"What an amazing item!" Hao Meng exclaimed in amazement after seeing the attributes of the Silver-Gray Evening Breeze item.

"Just use these two items. Although their defensive capabilities might not be as high as your armor, they should be enough," Lu Qing said, seeing Hao Meng's amazed expression.

"That's enough, that's enough..." Hao Meng hugged the silver-gray evening breeze in her arms and nodded.

Although you can't trade items obtained outside of this dream realm within the game, it's fine to lend them to others.

Anyway, it will be returned to the cabin after the dream ends, so there's no need to worry about someone not returning it after borrowing it.

"But if I use this, what will you use?" Hao Meng asked Lu Qing.

"Don't worry about me."

Lu Qing smiled confidently, draped the nimble cloak over her shoulders, and then took out the Wind Elf Bow.

After a moment's thought, she took out her sister's teddy bear and white wolf and hid them under her cloak.

........

Stealthily leading Hao Meng towards the building where the sniper was located, Lu Qing quietly knocked out the security personnel hidden in the crowd.

They arrived at the bottom of the building without any trouble. Due to some kind of strange magic, the passersby on the street completely ignored the building, and no one walked towards it.

Fortunately, Lu Qing's mental attributes were too high, and with Wayne helping to keep an eye on her, she almost completely ignored this special magic.

"Mengmeng, you can block him here. I'll go to the roof of that building next door and snipe him!" Lu Qing said, pointing to another tall building next to her.

"Hmm." Hao Meng nodded, then, sensing something amiss, added, "I won't let anyone else pass through here..."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you." Lu Qing smiled and said.

After she finished speaking, she made her way toward the tall building next to her.

This place looks like a shopping mall, and there are a lot of people here. It's already a lot of effort for Lu Qing to sneak into the alley next to the entrance without being noticed. If she wants to go in, being seen by others is inevitable.

After all, Lu Qing doesn't have the ability in the game to blend into a crowd and remain undetected no matter how strangely she's dressed...

After thinking for a moment, she summoned the locker again and took out a pipe.

This is the Hallucinogenic Pipe, an item she obtained after eliminating the evil spirit in reality.

It can burn indefinitely when used, and inhalation will make one's mind clear without producing side effects.

However, Lu Qing didn't take it out to sober herself up; she just wanted to use the pipe for another purpose.

With a gentle press of the button at the bottom of the pipe, the spices placed inside the pipe immediately ignited.

"call........"

Taking a deep drag on her cigarette, Lu Qing slowly exhaled a long breath, releasing wisps of thick smoke.

She had never smoked cigarettes before and didn't know what it felt like, but she didn't find the taste of the hallucinogenic pipe particularly unbearable.

Well, it's not addictive.

Thinking this, Lu Qing stepped out of the shadows and strolled into the mall.

Passersby in the mall gradually showed blank expressions after smelling the hallucinogenic pipe.

This small amount won't produce too severe hallucinations, and they will dissipate automatically after a while. As for the monitoring, Lu Qing doesn't really care.

By the time the police checked the surveillance footage to track her down, she had already vanished.

Thinking this, Lu Qing gracefully held her pipe and walked briskly towards the rooftop of the mall...

[Congratulations, player! Your Noble Etiquette skill has been improved!]

[Current skill: Noble Etiquette LV5]

PS: Elegant Lolita.

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Numb

I originally planned to post two updates tonight, but after opening the writing software, I felt a bit lost and didn't know what to write.

I haven't had much motivation lately because my subscriptions have crashed since school started. I used to get five or six hundred or even over a thousand a day, but now it's only three or two hundred.

Average orders keep dropping, and I'm losing motivation. I also have a lot of worries lately, and I just feel so tired...

To be honest, I'm thinking of starting a new book, but my sense of responsibility won't allow me to abandon it, so I must finish this book.

But it's really hard. I didn't manage to write the double update I wanted today. I've been procrastinating and dragging my feet until now, and I'm so sleepy that I can't write anything at all.

Sigh, I'm sorry, I know my frequent breaks in updates have disappointed you, but I want to say that perseverance is really difficult, especially after I've been writing for three years straight.

For my first book, I said it was just for practice, and I could still enjoy writing even though it only cost fifty yuan a month for subscriptions.

My second book had 400 subscribers, and I told myself that doubling that was good, and the third book would definitely be even better.

Then the third book...

A monthly income of 1200, well, considering the current number of subscribers, is probably only a little over 400 a month.

I'm numb, really numb. I know that to increase subscriptions, I need consistent updates, and I also want to break the habit of always missing updates.

I really don't know what to do with odd numbers. Every night I drag myself out until the last minute and curse myself for being an idiot, but I still can't guarantee an update the next day.

I feel guilty but I can't change. Maybe I really am a hopeless good-for-nothing.

That's all for now, I'm going to sleep. Hopefully I can post two chapters tomorrow.

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Chapter 424: I'm going to unleash my ultimate move!

"call......."

Exhaling a thick cloud of white smoke, Lu Qing extinguished her pipe and walked up the last step of the mall.

The door to the rooftop had long been locked, with a dark gray chain wrapped around the doorknob, presumably to prevent children from playing on the roof.

"This is a bit tricky..."

As Lu Qing looked at the iron chains, many thoughts came to mind.

It wasn't that she couldn't handle the chain. Although the metal chain was extremely strong, with her superhuman abilities and tools, it wouldn't be impossible for her to cut it.

However, doing so might cause a lot of noise, and the location of this shopping mall is not far from the sniper player's position.

Ordinary people might not be able to hear it, but players' attributes are much higher than ordinary people's, and the other party may have some special skills, so it shouldn't be difficult for them to hear the sound here.

Moreover, Lu Qing actually had another guess.

The chain itself might have been set up by the opposing player. Lu Qing believes that a qualified sniper should consider other possible sniping locations when choosing a sniping spot, especially those that can hit them.

Who knows, if Lu Qing violently breaks the chains, what kind of trap might that trigger?

If only there were a silvery-gray evening breeze, Lu Qing could slip into the shadows and crawl out from under the door. As for similar skills, she seems... she really does have them!

Lu Qing suddenly thought of something. She looked around and, finding no cameras, used her skill, Black Rose Vampire.

Her body began to grow taller, and her chest became increasingly congested. Lu Qing opened her blood-red eyes and began to mobilize the blood energy within her body.

Blood Magic: Crimson Pool!

Her body turned into a pool of blood and slowly slipped out through the crack in the door.

The scorching sun made the cement roof scalding hot, and as soon as Lu Qing emerged, she felt as if she were being roasted by fire. This caused her to immediately cancel her Black Rose Vampire form after recovering from her blood pool state.

Turning around, Lu Qing discovered that there really was a trap behind the door!

This is a very classic booby trap, so classic that even Lu Qing, who is military illiterate, can recognize it at a glance.

The triggering effect is very simple: as long as someone pushes open the door, the wire tied to the door will detonate the grenade. To remove it is also very simple: just remove the wire from the door.

"That's really unethical. What if it's just an ordinary person opening the door?" Lu Qing couldn't help but think.

Although it was just a dream and the people in it might not actually exist, she still felt extremely angry.

For Lu Qing, who feels bad even when she accidentally kills an ordinary NPC while playing a game, this behavior is extremely bad, let alone in a dream world where NPCs are even more vivid.

The thought that the other party might have set up more than just this one trap made Lu Qing even angrier.

After dismantling the booby trap, Lu Qing looked at the grenade in her hand, and a bold idea took root in her mind...

"Gah, little master, hide quickly! That guy is looking this way!" Wayne's voice came from his mind.

"Ok?"

Upon hearing Wayne's words, Lu Qing immediately hid behind the main gate on the rooftop, avoiding the sniper's line of sight.

Ice Cola was clearly unaware that anyone was there. He simply glanced around and looked away. He never imagined that a crow was doing something similar to him right above his head.

"He looked away, Gaa," Wayne said after seeing Ice Cola move the sniper scope away.

"Well done, Wayne," Lu Qing praised Wayne in her heart.

After she finished speaking, she took out the Wind Elf Bow hanging behind her and looked towards where the sniper player was.

In the distance, the sniper player was quietly lying on the concrete ground of the rooftop, surveying the nearby streets and rooftops without moving.

He chose a pretty good spot, which not only allowed him to see most of the streets around the building, but also provided cover on both sides of his body. From Lu Qing's position, she could only see a small part of the other person's helmet.

"That's enough."

As Lu Qing thought this, she estimated the distance between them to be about 250 meters.

Instead of immediately drawing her bow and aiming, she took out the grenade she had previously removed.

Two hundred and fifty meters is not a difficult task for Lu Qing. With a strength attribute of thirty-nine points and her advanced throwing skill of level 4, she will definitely not miss.