Chapter 70: Still as Foolish as Ever

Such formidable figures, each of them possessed supernatural abilities beyond imagination. Someone as insignificant as himself could be extinguished with a mere wave of their hand. He had never expected that today, of all days, he would be so unlucky as to cross paths with one of them.

“You don’t need to know who I am. All you need to know is that today, you will die. That is enough! Sword... Technique...” Chen Yun almost uttered a word every four seconds, and just as the last syllable left his lips, the boss’s invisibility wore off at that precise moment.

A great sword light pierced through the leader’s skull. –15,789! Critical hit!

Immediately, system notifications rang in Ye Ming’s mind.

“Player Chen Yun has slain the boss-level leader, gaining 50,000 experience points, 30 purple gold coins, 30,000 fame points, a golden skill book, a Killing God Dagger, and a Death God Token.”

“Player Chen Yun has completed all three stages of the A-grade rescue mission. First stage: special rating; second stage: special rating; third stage: special rating (all targets killed, player survived). Overall mission rating: Special! Player awarded 300,000 experience points, 100 purple gold coins, 300,000 fame points, one enhancement gem, one Free Level-Up Token, one Flight Talisman, and one Ultraman Transformation Stick.”

“Player Chen Yun has leveled up. Current level: 11.”

“Player Chen Yun has leveled up. Current level: 12.”

Invisibility: Golden skill. Upon use, the player becomes invisible for 120 seconds. Cooldown: 10 minutes. Mana cost: 150. Requirement: Level 30.

Killing God Dagger: Pink-grade weapon. Unidentified.

Death God Token: This item grants access to the level 35 instance—Death God’s Society. Required level: 30.

Enhancement Gem: Can enhance one piece of equipment. Upon success, the equipment’s attributes double. Failure results in destruction of the item. Success rate: 50%.

Free Level-Up Token: Single-use consumable. Instantly grants +1 level. No restrictions.

Flight Talisman: Purple-grade single-use consumable. Transforms into any imagined vehicle to carry the player in flight for 10 minutes.

Ultraman Transformation Stick: Pink-grade consumable. No level requirement. Transforms user into Ultraman, multiplying all attributes by 500 for three minutes. Cooldown: one month. Uses remaining: 3/3. Becomes bound upon use.

Oh my god!

What did I just see?

An Ultraman Transformation Stick?!

Gazing at the multicolored stick in his hand, Chen Yun was utterly speechless. Ultraman was the embodiment of justice in some nation’s imagination, but the system had made it into an item. Usable for three minutes, one month cooldown—makes perfect sense!

Chen Yun stared in amazement at the new items in his inventory, grinning in delight. Truly, the saying holds: if you want to get rich, kill bosses! If you want to get filthy rich, kill high-level bosses!

At this moment, the corpses and bloodstains on the ground all dissolved into white light, vanishing from the world.

Seeing the bodies of the leader and his underlings disappear, along with the thousand pounds of his own blood that had spilled, Chen Yun was baffled. The system’s erratic behavior left him completely confused.

Why hadn’t the corpses and bloodstains of those he killed in the banquet hall disappeared, yet here they did? What was the system’s logic for deciding whether or not to make bodies vanish?

Riding his electric scooter back, Chen Yun pondered the question for a long while before coming up with a possible answer.

Perhaps the reason the bodies in the banquet hall had not disappeared was because there were others present besides himself. For the sake of plausibility, the system decided to leave the bodies. Here, by the seaside park, it was only himself and the assassins—no outsiders—so the system could safely data-wipe the corpses.

It seemed that as he grew stronger, the system was also evolving, figuring out what could and could not be done. Did that mean he could now resume habits the system had previously judged as inappropriate, like... using the restroom?

Back at the hotel, Chen Yun rushed straight to the bathroom. Ten minutes later...

Damn it!

He turned and left immediately, inwardly despising the system to the extreme. He had thought it was getting smarter, but it was still as brainless as ever!

At midnight, a system notification declared the mysterious buff had expired, but Chen Yun, sound asleep, didn’t hear it.

The next morning.

“What the—! It’s already ten o’clock?! When did I start being able to sleep in like this?” Chen Yun sat up in shock, checked the time, then hurried to the dining hall.

Although the hotel’s main kitchen was under renovation, there was still a staff kitchen for the employees on duty.

“Yesterday was truly a windfall: reached level 12, picked up all those goodies. Too bad most are high-level, can’t use them yet—guess they’ll just gather dust in my bag.” As he ate, Chen Yun mused, “At level 12, I can now learn level 3 driving skill. The electric scooter is fast enough, but compared to a Maserati, it’s just embarrassing. After breakfast, I’ll max out my mount proficiency, then go learn to ride a motorcycle!”

After eating, Chen Yun eagerly went to the supermarket next to the hotel, searching for electric scooter models—but there were none!

“Excuse me, why don’t you sell toy electric scooter models here?”

“They’re not for sale. They’re tricky to make and low profit. Not just here, nowhere else sells them either,” the clerk replied.

What? Chen Yun was dumbfounded. No toy scooter models for sale? How could this be? He’d planned to max out his level 2 driving skill proficiency with just a single gold coin, but now there were none to buy!

“Come on, don’t tell me I have to buy a real electric scooter—those cost several thousand! Sure, I’ve got money, but blowing it like that is just wasteful,” he muttered.

“What did you say?” The clerk thought Chen Yun was speaking to her and asked.

“Oh, nothing.” Seeing there were none here, Chen Yun left the supermarket and began checking every toy store in turn.

Charming Children’s Toys—none.

New Sun Toy Store—none.

Angel Baby Toy Store—none either!

Chen Yun, unwilling to give up, ran to more than a dozen toy stores, but none sold electric scooter toys.

So the supermarket clerk hadn’t lied.

Resigned, Chen Yun turned his scooter toward home. He hadn’t gone far when he spotted a shop by the roadside: one side displayed a row of identical bicycles, another a row of electric scooters, and out front, a few electric cars were parked. He didn’t pay much attention to the shop’s name, only catching the word “Station” marked by the system!

Incredible, my system even has stations now?

After glancing at the shop sign, Chen Yun suddenly understood—it was a self-service store run by a public transport rental company. No wonder the system classified it as a station—makes perfect sense.

He approached the shop: there were no attendants, only a self-service rental terminal.

“I wonder if rented electric scooters can be used to practice endurance?” When learning level 2 driving skill before, the system had already informed him that failed proficiency attempts on level 2 or higher non-toy mounts wouldn’t cause them to disappear, so Chen Yun confidently took out a rental card and checked the price list.

“Rental rates: bicycle, 1 copper coin an hour; electric scooter, 2 copper an hour; electric car, 5 copper an hour. What a conscientious company.”

Chen Yun mounted an electric scooter, took a deep breath, and thought: Since the mount won’t vanish, what happens if I fail a proficiency attempt? Will parts fall off, like with a bicycle?

Damn, better stay alert—if anything feels off, I’ll jump off immediately!