I'm in the Ark, a player.

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Anchor Riverbank

The second-rate gangs in the slums make a living through shady dealings at the docks, usually just bullying honest people; they're never seen in real turf wars.

How could you let your subordinates do such a thing?

Are they really that arrogant?

Lin Yuxia frowned slightly, her hand already resting on the staff at her waist—

"Wow--!"

Just then, an excited voice suddenly came from the side.

"A robbery! That's great! You're the ones we've been looking for!"

Lin Yuxia was stunned.

The thugs also turned their heads at the same time.

Suddenly, a young man appeared beside their motorcycle. He looked to be in his early twenties, wearing an ordinary black jacket, with his hands in his pockets and his eyes shining brightly as he stared intently at them.

Who are you?

The green-haired thug frowned.

The guy who suddenly appeared, Qin Tianling, excitedly pointed at the group of people who were about to rob them and announced,

"I, Qin Shi Huang, here are you all vio50s! I'll appoint you as Grand Generals, or else you'll regret it!"

"what?"

Green Hair looked at Qin Tianling with displeasure and confusion. What was this guy talking about? Did he want to get beaten up?

"Don't you understand?"

Qin Tianling tilted his head and pointed to himself.

"I'm robbing you!"

Qin Tianling needs to raise some money for himself, for the snow pheasant, and for his future equipment.

But it's impossible for me to work; I'll never work in my life.

What should I do?

The easiest way to make money in the game is to get gold coins.

In most games, killing monsters and enemies will drop coins—monsters drop money when they die, enemies drop money when they are attacked, and in some games, you can even see a stack of US dollars floating above the corpse after you run someone over with your car!

Needless to say, he had already tried it in this game; killing ordinary NPCs does indeed drop money, but due to the game's pursuit of realism, you have to find it yourself from the enemies' pockets and from a magical little bag on their person that's full of money and various cards.

Then those cops arrived so fast, it was like they had GPS tracking on them.

The police were alright; it wasn't too troublesome, just a matter of removing their police star rating.

The most troublesome thing is that after the wanted level is removed, once you encounter someone from the Guard Bureau, you will be back to the previous wanted level until you are arrested.

trouble,

So how can you get money without getting involved with those troublesome cops?

Eh!

Why not just beat up those who won't call the police?

For example... gangs or something.

Coincidentally, there is such a place in this city, described on the map as follows: [Longmen Slums - Chaotic security, rampant gangs, caution advised when visiting.]

Isn't this a natural money-farming dungeon?

Qin Tianling came here without saying a word, and before he had even wandered around for a few minutes, he ran into them.

As for Lin Yuxia, who was cornered, Qin Tianling simply ignored her.

Although Lin Yuxia's NPC model is indeed very attractive, and despite being surrounded by four thugs, she shows no sign of panic, simply standing there calmly, she certainly exudes an aura of authority.

But now, where's the money? Where's the progress?

The important thing is to get down to business.

Just as Qin Tianling was thinking this, a semi-transparent box popped up again.

[Mission: Lin Yuxia has been targeted by thugs from the Anchor River Gang. Please help eliminate the thugs (0/4)]

[Reward: Ring of Favor (Dark Souls)]

Oh?

Surprisingly, a quest can be triggered here too.

So, is this pink-haired NPC some kind of important NPC?

Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it now. The quest came at the perfect time; I'll do it while I'm fighting monsters.

"Ah...you're here to cause trouble, aren't you?"

The green-haired thug in the lead finally reacted, raising the steel pipe in his hand and pointing it at Qin Tianling.

"Maybe?"

Qin Tianling nodded, then raised one hand and made a pause gesture.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot about that. Could you wait for me for a moment?"

"what?"

Amidst the equally bewildered gazes of the thugs and Lin Yuxia, Qin Tianling took two steps back, making room for himself.

He threw two punches into the air, then took a step back, and finally raised both hands to his face.

This is an attack, this is a dodge, this is a defense.

In addition to the health bar, there is also an energy bar when you enter combat. Performing any action, such as attacking, jumping, or dodging, will consume the energy bar.

He nodded, looking quite satisfied.

Okay, I roughly know how to play now.

"Okay, you can come now."

silence,

Everyone present fell silent for a moment, even the well-informed Lin Yuxia.

A subtle expression appeared on her usually icy face.

She's seen the arrogant, the cowardly, and the idiots.

What hasn't she seen?

but,

Such a strange guy,

This was truly the first time she had ever seen it.

"Damn it, I've run into a lunatic!"

The green-haired thug on the other side finally cursed, pointing his steel pipe forward.

"Brothers, let's go! Let's take care of this lunatic first!"

At Green Hair's command, the three thugs simultaneously pounced on Qin Tianling.

"Holy crap, it even displays a health bar after entering combat! Not bad!"

On the other side, Qin Tianling seemed completely unfazed, complaining as if he were on a spring outing.

The first thug charged the fastest.

He gripped a short-handled hand axe in his right hand and charged quickly toward Qintianling.

The hand axe swung out with a whistling sound!

The axe blade was less than ten centimeters away from Qin Tianling's clothes.

At this very moment—

Qin Tianling moved.

With a swift dodge and a simple step back, he created distance; the axe blade grazed his chest without even touching a hair.

Then, the world changed.

Everything slowed down at that moment.

It was as slow as if someone had pressed the player's 0.5x speed button—no, 0.25x speed—no, even slower.

The first thug was still swinging his arm, his body slightly tilted due to the force, but the speed was so slow it looked like he was doing slow motion.

The second thug was charging forward, one foot just off the ground and the other not yet touching it.

The third thug was at the back, looking hesitantly at the two in front of him.

Everything slowed down.

Only Qintianling is normal.

—Wow, perfect dodge and bullet time!

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Qin Tianling was only slightly surprised before he moved.

He's gotten used to this mechanism because it's common in some games.

In the first second,

Without much thought, Qin Tianling took a step forward, gathered his strength in his right fist, seized the opening created by the axe-wielding motion, and swung it at the first thug's abdomen.

A solid punch,

Although time seemed to move slowly around him, the sensation of that punch was undeniably real. He could feel his fist sink into the soft abdomen, feel the muscle spasm for a fleeting moment, and see the pained expression on the thug's face.

Even though that expression was drawn out very, very long.

The second second,

Qin Tianling grabbed the thug's wrist as he held the axe, twisted it forcefully, and the axe slipped from his grasp.

He caught the axe handle, turned around, and threw it directly at the second thug.

The axe spun in slow motion as it flew through the air, its blade tracing a slow arc before striking the second thug on the forehead.

The thug's head snapped back, and he fell straight backward.

The third second,

Waiting for the energy bar to recover.

The stamina bar recovers at a normal rate during bullet time.

Fourth second,

Qin Tianling had already reached the third thug, and with both fists clenched, he quickly threw several punches at his abdomen.

The thug's body arched like a shrimp, his expression contorted, and his eyes rolled upwards involuntarily.