Livestream chat:
"Haha, these two unlucky fools! They haven't even earned a penny yet, but they've already lost 3,500 each."
"What a pair of suckers, they're like human ATMs!"
"You guys don't get it. This is called high-risk, high-reward. They're gambling big - if they hadn't spent that 3,500, they'd be caught immediately and lose out on the 200,000 prize."
"Gamble my ass! In previous episodes, apart from Xu Mo, no one's lasted a whole day. These two are definitely getting caught, that 3,500 is as good as gone."
"..."
School surveillance room:
Han Fei hadn't placed all his hopes on the students.
While waiting for news, he was also keeping an eye on the school's surveillance footage, covering all bases.
He occasionally glanced at the time on his phone.
Almost an hour had passed.
He couldn't help but feel puzzled.
In an hour, not a single student had encountered those two 'fugitives'?
It didn't make sense.
After all, there were tens of thousands of students at the school.
Those tempted by the 1,000 yuan reward were certainly not few in number.
Even being conservative, there should be at least 10,000.
Plus, it was the weekend, when students had the most free time.
With over 10,000 students wandering around campus, they should have found the two 'fugitives' quickly.
Not having a single lead was very unusual!
Han Fei even began to wonder if Xu Mo had somehow beaten them to it again.
He couldn't sit still any longer.
"Little Liu, keep an eye on the monitors. The rest of you, come with me. Let's go out and search ourselves."
With that, Han Fei led a group of officers out of the surveillance room.
Once outside, they spread out and began trying their luck around the campus.
...
After their previous two close calls, the two 'fugitives' had become increasingly cautious.
They always skirted around people, not even daring to lift their heads while walking.
Ten minutes later, seeing what lay ahead, the two breathed a sigh of relief. The south gate of the school was not far in front of them. Once they were out, they'd be much safer.
At the very least, there wouldn't be so many students trying to turn them in for the reward.
Thinking this, they quickened their pace, striding towards the school gate.
"Let's find somewhere deserted to hide out for the night. This time, I'm not listening to you no matter what. Coming to the school was a mistake!"
"How is this my fault? I didn't expect the search team to use this tactic. I thought with so many people around, it'd be harder for them to find us. Besides, you didn't object at first!"
"How is it not your fault? If you hadn't suggested coming to the school, would any of this have happened?"
"Come on, are you being reasonable at all?"
"..."
As soon as they exited the school gate, the two started arguing.
Just then, one of their phones started ringing.
He took out his phone and saw it was an unknown number.
Thinking it was a spam call, he hung up without a second thought.
Almost immediately after hanging up, before he could even put the phone back in his pocket, it rang again.
It was the same unknown number.
"Who is it?" he muttered, then answered the call: "Hello..."
"Is this Mr. Gou Hao?" a male voice came from the other end.
This familiar opening line.
If it wasn't someone selling houses or cars, it had to be insurance.
"Sorry, I'm not buying anything," Gou Hao said, ready to hang up and block the number.
However, the next sentence from the other end made him completely abandon the idea of hanging up.
"I'm not selling anything. This is Xu Mo, I'm a challenger in the Sky Eye Action show like you. Interested in cooperating?"
The caller was actually Xu Mo.
The Xu Mo who had evaded capture until now!
Gou Hao was excited.
He had watched the livestream for a long time and was well aware of Xu Mo's capabilities.
On the phone, Xu Mo said he wanted to collaborate.
This meant he could hitch a ride on Xu Mo's big ship!
More importantly, it meant the search team wouldn't be able to catch them.
What excited him was the show's rules - hiding for one day meant a 200,000 yuan reward.
Two days, 400,000; three days, 600,000; four days, 800,000... By his calculations, he could make 6 million in a month!
That was a fortune many people couldn't achieve in a lifetime!
If it was just him and his partner, lasting even one day would be a struggle.
But with Xu Mo? It would be a breeze!
He had already started planning how to spend his reward.
First, buy a house, then a car, then marry a beautiful college girl, and live a life of shameless luxury.
"Hehehe..." Thinking of this, Gou Hao laughed from the bottom of his heart.
An uncontrollable smile spread across his face.
Seeing him grinning like an idiot, his companion tugged at him urgently.
"What the hell are you laughing at? Possessed? Come on, let's get out of this cursed place!"
Gou Hao, yanked back to reality from his daydream of a beautiful future, rolled his eyes in annoyance.
He pointed at his phone.
"Shut up, it's Xu Mo calling. Xu Mo! We've hit the jackpot, brother!"
Hearing Gou Hao's words, his companion also got excited: "Xu Mo? The Xu Mo from Sky Eye Action? Holy shit!"
"So, Mr. Gou, have you thought it over? Interested in working together?" Xu Mo asked on the other end of the line.
"Yes, yes, absolutely!" Gou Hao nodded vigorously. "No need to be so formal with the 'Mr.' stuff. Just call me Little Gou!"
Xu Mo: "..."
He'd never encountered such a request before!
But since that's what the other party wanted, he decided to oblige.
"Little Gou, are you guys at Jiangcheng University right now?"
Seeing how Xu Mo immediately knew their hiding place, Gou Hao's admiration for him grew even stronger.
Look at that! Look at that!
He even knows where they are, how amazing!
"Yes, yes, we just came out of the south gate. We're still at the entrance, haven't left yet. Where are you? We'll come meet you."
"The south gate, huh." Xu Mo thought for a moment before saying, "Alright, follow the road to the left of the school gate. Keep going straight for a few hundred meters until you see a small pub. I'll be waiting for you in the alley next to the pub."
"Got it, we're on our way. Please wait for us!"
After ending the call, Gou Hao excitedly tugged at his companion.
"Xu Mo told us to follow the road on the left and keep going straight. He's waiting for us in an alley next to a small pub up ahead! We're saved, we're saved, hahaha!"
At that moment, he suddenly felt that the 3,500 they had spent earlier in the school was worth it.
He was even grateful that he had unhesitatingly paid to get out of trouble.
Otherwise, they would certainly have been caught by now, missing the chance to join forces with Xu Mo!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
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."
] [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!"
