Mo Shuying was surprised. Even though this was his first time killing someone, his heart remained incredibly calm.
It was as if such a thing was commonplace, unable to stir any emotional waves within him.
But then, immediately after.
"Ding~ Killed a second-tier mage, gained 400 experience points, met upgrade conditions, level increased."
Experience points! Mo Shuying was moved. He had thought only monsters could give him experience, but he hadn't expected that people could too, and so much!
"Ding~ Host level reached, storage space unlocked."
"Ding~ Detected a special spatial attribute. Absorb it to unlock the special skill Flash?"
A series of system notifications rang out. Mo Shuying's eyes widened, too excited to speak.
At this moment, the portable space wasn't even that important. Flash! He could use Flash!
"Absorb! Unlock!"
"Absorption successful, Flash unlocked.
Flash: 300-second cooldown. Teleport once to any location within your line of sight."
"Within line of sight!"
Unlike Flash in games, this Flash seemed unexpectedly powerful!
In games, it was just a short-range teleportation skill within a fixed area. Now, it ignored distance; as long as he could see it, he could move there. Although the five-minute cooldown wasn't short, this skill could definitely be called a divine ability.
"Thank you, System! Thank you, Magic Modification!"
Mo Shuying clenched his fists in excitement. At this moment, he also noticed that his body had recovered, and the feeling of weakness and numbness had disappeared.
He turned his head to look at Charles, who had mostly dissipated. Mo Shuying stood still, seemingly in mourning, but when Charles had completely vanished, he looked at the empty ground.
"Tsk, how stingy."
It turned out Mo Shuying was waiting for loot to drop, but finding nothing, he turned and walked towards his bicycle. After putting the shield from the bicycle into his storage space, Mo Shuying slowly jogged towards the crossroads.
Outside, on the pier of the real Fuyuki Bridge, a dark figure stood against the wind, holding a blood-red spear, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings.
"His presence has completely vanished. I didn't expect Charles to have such a life-saving technique. I was careless."
This was the face of a middle-aged man, exceedingly grim, with a strong killing intent.
Unable to find his target, the man finally snorted. The spear in his hand suddenly glowed and transformed into a double-barreled hand cannon, while a card floated out.
The man grasped the card, looked at the Lancer image on it, then turned to look at the entire Fuyuki City, a cruel smile playing on his lips.
"Heh heh, let him run. I've already found the location of the second Singularity! Soon I'll get my second Class Card! Once I collect all the Class Cards, even the Lord won't be able to suppress me! Perhaps I'll become the Clock Tower's thirteenth Lord! Hahaha!"
As if thinking of something joyful, the middle-aged man laughed and leaped, swiftly merging into the night and disappearing.
Mo Shuying didn't know he had just escaped a close call. While jogging, he noticed new monsters appearing, but their location wasn't at the previous crossroads.
"What a shame... I had just finished repairing the electric fence."
During his free time earlier, Mo Shuying had built another electric fence, but it seemed useless now.
Mo Shuying activated Presence Concealment and rode his bicycle towards where the monsters appeared. He also had three Molotov Cocktails with him, though he wasn't sure if they would be useful.
"Huh?"
As he was riding, Mo Shuying suddenly noticed that the newly appearing presences were ascending into the sky!
Literally. The dozen or so new presences were continuously rising. It seemed these new monsters could fly!
"Caw!"
Soon, Mo Shuying saw what these monsters looked like.
They were a flock of grotesque birds with wingspans over 5 meters! Their bodies looked rotten, and most of their feathers had fallen out, yet despite their incomplete forms, they could fly!
"Caw!"
Two grotesque birds flew overhead, emitting a foul stench. Mo Shuying dismounted and hid by the roadside, frowning as he watched the birds fly away.
"It's going to be difficult if they can fly."
Mo Shuying had no means of attacking airborne targets. Although he had a revolver, he wasn't confident he could hit a moving target, even one that large.
"It seems I'll have to find another way…"
Mo Shuying stroked his chin. A plan instantly formed in his mind. Looking at the grotesque birds circling above the city, Mo Shuying let out a strange chuckle.
An hour later.
Mo Shuying stood beneath the newly modified electric fence, deactivating his Presence Concealment.
Mo Shuying had spent half an hour getting here and gathering some materials, then another half hour modifying the electric fence into one that only shielded the area above.
And he, hidden beneath the electric fence, was brazenly releasing his presence!
"Caw!"
The grotesque birds, after circling for an hour, finally detected their target and wasted no time. They swarmed from all directions like sharks scenting blood.
There were thirteen grotesque birds in total, but this time there was no leader monster; they were all identical.
"Here they come!"
Hearing the strange birds' cries, Mo Shuying put on his gas mask and started opening the gas canisters around him, one by one.
That's right! He had collected over a dozen more gas canisters, and they were now piled up all around him. As for the gas mask, he'd found it at the police station.
Soon, the area was filled with gas, and the strange birds had already flown there! They arrived almost simultaneously.
Mo Shuying watched the strange birds, then extended his middle finger and shouted, "Come on, then!"
His tone was so audacious that even the strange birds couldn't stand it. Thirteen strange birds roared in unison and charged at Mo Shuying, quickly making contact with the electric fence!
*"Zzzzzzt! Crackle! Pop!"*
In an instant, sparks and lightning flew! Mo Shuying's eyes widened, and he vanished from his spot! He had already tested Flash; there was no delay whatsoever in the instant teleportation. In a flash, Mo Shuying appeared on a distant street, and he didn't stop there! He ran for his life!
*"BOOM!! BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!"*
It was like thunder exploding in his ears! Within a thousand-meter radius, all the glass was shattered!
A terrifying mushroom cloud rose from the center of the explosion! Flames shot straight into the sky!
"Hmph! I should've brought some noise-canceling headphones!"
Mo Shuying covered his ears and ducked into a small alley, quickly activating Presence Concealment, waiting for the subsequent explosions to subside.
From the moment the explosion started, the System had been continuously notifying him of experience gains. Each of these strange birds provided 60 experience points. A string of notifications indicated that nine strange birds had sacrificed themselves for art. Judging by the instant screen-filling messages, they must have died peacefully, without any pain.
Ding~ Upgrade conditions met. Level increased.
Level 6!
He had gained 400 points from killing Charles earlier, and now nine strange birds had brought in a total of 540 experience points, directly raising Mo Shuying another level.
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