Chapter 5 (2/2)

Ah, this was unbelievable. A gross calculation concluded that the System’s work from last night till this morning amounted to more than his previous annual income. Unfortunately, he was a total introvert before this, and he had zero idea where to get in touch with these people who were willing to buy these stolen goods. Everything he had said just now was just to trick the intellectually slow System.

However, this couldn’t stop the imaginative Fang Ning. He ended up giving a suggestion to the System, “Oh, did you know, System, you could just go to the Dark Web.”

[The remaining time for the Host’s relief is 21 minutes.]

Fang Ning knew that this System, that was rapidly changing the conversation topics, had no idea how to work the Internet. The technologically un-savvy System was probably feeling very weird at this moment. The tiny amount of information it had about the Internet was probably gotten from his memory.

Now, Fang Ning was almost sure that the System probably downloaded the Martial Arts package, and not anything concerning modern technology. If it wanted to understand anything, it needed to get them from his own memories.

Fang Ning felt a growing headache after he nailed that fact down. These things could only stay here for the time being, but the cash was still usable for now. Fang Ning was thankful for the help from the various novels he had read that equipped him, a total introvert, with some degree of investigative and tracking knowledge.

Fang Ning only had 20 minutes left from his relief time.

Then, he pounced on his laptop and flipped the switch to go online. Even though he was a chronic procrastinator and a severe internet addict, but he was not dumb, and his intelligence was decent.

A night without going online was borderline unbearable. He quickly went online to scan the Weibo posts in his city that he had missed and skim the local news to get updated on the current situation.

Soon, he saw the viral blog post. It was already so popular that it was the top news on the site.

“Vigilante VS Superpowered Individuals! The Superpower knelt after ONE PALM!”

That blogpost colorfully illustrated the details on how the System defeated the thief just previously. It even included a complete video. As an observer, Fang Ning never realized how handsome he (the System) was.

It probably came from the dashcam in one of the vehicles around, and the owner of the car posted it on Weibo after he found the footage.

Comments were already flooding the post, and some of the comments even mentioned that they had seen similar scenes.

After Fang Ning spent a long time reading the comments, a pop-up sprang from the browser. “The Webpage is no longer available.”

Fang Ning slowly came to the realization that this world was probably changing already, and he had probably lost the chance to live a simple life, waiting to die.

That fire meteor gave him the System, so it was entirely normal for it to bring things to other people. He had experienced some terribly unlucky incidents, but he never really been the luckiest person around. However, he felt some sense of gratitude. In comparison, he did have quite a strong System. Judging from the System’s abilities since yesterday night, the System was quite reliable, despite its intellectual shortcomings. He wouldn’t need to worry much in the future.

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“Miss Zhao Ying, please look at this body again. Are you sure that he’s the dead person that you posted on your Weibo?” In some unknown place, below ground, a fat man’s corpse was lying in a dark, cold drawer.

Zhao Ying took a shaky glance before turning away quickly. She nodded, “Yes, it’s him.”

“Alright, you can leave with them now. However, do remember that you’ve signed a confidentiality agreement with us. If you intentionally break it, you’re liable to legal responsibilities. It’s better if you could forget everything that’s happened.” A strict voice rang in her ears.

“I understand, yes, I understand. I’ll forget this as soon as possible.” She stuttered out quickly as she moaned about her unlucky fate. The rich Internet friend that she was catfishing turned out to be a fugitive in the end, and the handsome man that saved him had also become a fugitive.

However, she was thankful that she was busy posting on Weibo and was slightly shy to have had any actual interaction with the man. She was waiting for him to come and talk to her, actually. She was probably let off the hook here because she knew nothing of importance.

Sadly, she would probably never meet the handsome man in the future. She hadn’t even managed to thank him.

After Zhao Ying left with the two people, another group of people surrounded the chilly drawer. They wore crisp suits and ties. Some of them even had sunglasses on them. However, all of them had one common characteristic – they were very strong. There was no way that they were recruited temporarily.

Their eyes were lit with the fire of desire as they looked at the body, as if it were hiding some incredibly rare treasure.