"You can go home now."
Upon hearing these words from Xu Mo, the expectation on the fringe woman's face instantly vanished.
She was thunderstruck, frozen in place.
At that moment, she even began to doubt if her ears were playing tricks on her.
She had been thinking that after losing, Xu Mo would give her some kind of kinky little punishment...
But she never imagined, not in her wildest dreams, that the punishment would be this!
Xu Mo's casually spoken words had thoroughly wounded the fringe woman's young heart.
She had prepared herself, but now Xu Mo didn't want to play?
And he was telling her to go home?
This level of insult was unprecedented!
At this moment, the fringe woman felt utterly humiliated.
Her eyes even started to redden slightly as she turned and left.
It was too embarrassing!
Meanwhile, in the livestream chat:
"???"
"What the hell kind of person is this? He spent the money and just let her walk away like that?"
"I've already got my lotion ready, and this is all I get to see? Seriously?"
"Is Xu Mo impotent or something?"
"If he can't do it, let me have a go! I'm more than capable! What a waste!"
"..."
However, Xu Mo couldn't care less about what the viewers in the chat were thinking.
He did this simply to find a place to sleep for the night.
He was in the country now and couldn't recklessly use his ID to book a hotel room.
He had to find someone else to help.
The fringe woman was a perfect choice.
Because their activities were also not meant for public eyes, especially not for the police.
In terms of privacy and security, it offered some guarantees.
...
That night, the pursuit team received information from the show's production team.
Twenty new challengers had been added to the program, paired into ten teams, and all of them were currently in Jiangcheng City.
The new ten teams, plus Xu Mo's team, made eleven teams in total.
This meant that the pursuit team now had to catch not just Xu Mo, but ten other teams of fugitives as well.
At first glance, this seemed to increase the difficulty for the pursuit team.
But in reality, how could this be increasing the difficulty for them?
These ten teams were clearly sent by the production team as whetstones.
They were meant to help the pursuit team regain their confidence and get back in the groove!
After chasing Xu Mo for so long,
Not only the viewers but even the four members of the pursuit team had begun to waver, starting to wonder... was there really a problem with their methods and abilities?
However now, the opportunity to verify their capabilities and prove themselves had arrived.
As soon as he received the news, Han Fei immediately decided:
"Let's put Xu Mo on hold for now. We'll go back to the country and catch those other ten teams first."
"Is that... okay? Are we just going to ignore Xu Mo?" Li Chen looked at the Anman Hotel in front of him, suddenly hesitant.
"We're not ignoring him. It's just that our current state isn't right. We need a few successful captures to get back in the groove. Once we're back in form, we can come back for Xu Mo. Who knows, we might even be more efficient then," Han Fei explained.
Hearing this, the other three also felt that Han Fei's words made sense.
Their current state really wasn't quite right.
They needed to quickly adjust their mindset.
Once they were back in form, it wouldn't be too late to come back for Xu Mo.
And who knows, it might turn out just as Han Fei said.
By then, they might be even more adept at catching Xu Mo!
So, the pursuit team booked the earliest flight, preparing to return to Jiangcheng City as quickly as possible to apprehend these ten new teams that had joined the game.
...
Early the next morning.
The pursuit team arrived in Jiangcheng City.
A new round of the cat-and-mouse game began with slightly modified rules.
The twenty challengers who had applied, been selected by the production team, and paired into teams, had now become the new 'criminals'.
The Jiangcheng City police and the pursuit team had already been informed of these fake fugitives' identities and were formulating plans to capture them.
These 'criminals' had the same task as Xu Mo - to avoid capture.
The ten teams were hiding in different locations.
But unlike Xu Mo when he first joined the show,
They knew their identities from the start and were aware of the game rules.
Moreover, they could learn from Xu Mo's experience as a successful participant.
They were all human beings with two eyes and a nose.
If Xu Mo could evade capture for so long, why couldn't they?
If Xu Mo could successfully rob a bank, why couldn't they?
If Xu Mo could successfully blackmail the pursuit team, why couldn't they?
If Xu Mo could...
Thinking about all of Xu Mo's past actions,
Many people were already getting restless.
As a result, one team that didn't know its own limitations was already preparing to emulate Xu Mo.
"Brother, instead of passively running away, why don't we take the initiative? I say we go rob a bank too. One gold bar is worth 380,000. If we grab just a few, we'll be millionaires... Damn it, let's go big or go home!"
"Great idea, let's do it!"
A similar scene was unfolding in another team.
"Bro, want to pull off something big?"
"I was thinking the same thing. What should we do?"
"We can rule out robbing a bank or stealing from a museum right off the bat. We don't have Xu Mo's hacking skills. How about blackmailing the production team? That doesn't seem to require much technical know-how!"
"Sounds good to me! Let's blackmail the production team then. Let's discuss how exactly we should do it..."
There were even some daring ones who were already thinking of imitating Xu Mo's method of applying for a pilot position at an airline company, preparing to escape from Jiangcheng City as quickly as possible...
After some discussion,
Three teams had formulated what they believed to be perfect plans.
And they were all ready to put them into action.
However... how could the average person easily imitate the things Xu Mo had done?
At the bank.
Two robbers, wearing stockings over their heads and wielding kitchen knives, suddenly burst in.
"Don't move, this is a robbery!"
"Everyone put your hands on your heads and get down!"
Even if they hadn't shouted, the people who had come to the bank to withdraw money could have guessed their profession.
After all, the outfit of holding kitchen knives and wearing stockings on their heads was too eye-catching.
It was obvious at a glance that they were here to rob the bank.
Moreover, no one intended to play the hero.
After all, these two robbers were holding kitchen knives, and no one wanted to risk getting stabbed just to be a hero.
It wasn't worth it.
As for the robbers wanting to rob the bank... let them rob!
After all, they were stealing the bank's money, what did it have to do with them?
Almost everyone chose to cooperate at this point, obediently putting their hands on their heads and crouching down.
Seeing that they had scared everyone into submission, the two robbers immediately realized - they were already halfway to successfully robbing the bank.
They even thought about putting down their knives and putting their hands on their hips - We're so awesome!
They walked to the counter with their kitchen knives.
Waving the knives a couple of times through the bulletproof glass: "This is a robbery, hand over all the gold bars, or we'll kill you!"
The teller was dumbfounded.
Robbers trying to rob a bank with kitchen knives?
And threatening to kill her through bulletproof glass?
Were they joking? Even if the kitchen knives got blunt, they still couldn't break through bulletproof glass!
She was completely at a loss...

] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"

young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."

close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"

ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!