Chapter 34

In the mountains, time seems to stand still, and more than a month had passed in the blink of an eye. It's not as if anyone could suddenly gain great power like Spider-Man and immediately use it with ease. It took Ye Yun over a month to finally fully control his body, which had undergone a significant increase in attributes.

During this process, he had become proficient with all the weapons at his disposal: ordinary pistols, large-caliber pistols, assault rifles, sniper rifles... Although he couldn't guarantee that every shot would hit its mark, he could generally hit a tree as wide as a person's arms within fifty meters while on the move.

In addition, Ye Yun never gave up on practicing the martial arts of the Sōryū style. During these days, he practiced the Kusa Yaki technique with a thousand to fifteen hundred punches daily, and the Oni Yaki technique tens of thousands of times. He also used skills like the Gōkakyū, Nanao, and Shichijūgo without flames countless times. However, no matter how closely he imitated them, the game system did not recognize these abilities as skills.

Ye Yun was certain that he had touched the edge of skill mastery, but this edge was not something that could be achieved through continued hard training. As for how to truly turn techniques into skills and use the real Gōkakyū, even Ye Yun himself had no idea.

Of course, even while in the deep mountains, Ye Yun did not escape the regular missions. Since he entered the mountains, he had already completed five regular missions.

These five regular missions were:

- The "Boring Evil Deed" mission, which required him to destroy three road construction vehicles.

- The "It Wasn't Me Last Night" mission, which required him to infiltrate the Hongfeng County Police Station and steal three police-issue Black Stars.

- The "Give Back What You Ate" mission, which required him to kidnap the daughter of the mayor of X City and extort three million yuan in cash.

- The "Righteous Roar" mission, which required him to help three poachers escape from the mountains.

- The "Just Bored" mission, which required him to set fire to the forest.

In these five regular missions, Ye Yun faced seven CT enemies, and he almost effortlessly eliminated them all. This was partly due to his physical attributes far surpassing those of ordinary players, and partly due to the M40A1 sniper rifle, which helped him take down five opponents. Only two CT enemies were killed by Ye Yun in direct gunfights.

It's worth noting that the seven CT enemies were not all from military or police backgrounds. One was actually a high school student, and another was a male and female office worker. A beautiful woman turned out to be the CEO of a company.

Of course, these seven enemies were not particularly strong: three were privates, two were corporals, one was a sergeant, and the high school student was just a regular soldier. As a result, the seven CT enemies provided Ye Yun with limited merit points, barely enough to upgrade him from a corporal (4/10) to a sergeant (2/20). This was partly due to the additional hidden merit points he earned for completing the missions.

However, when the "Just Bored" regular mission was issued, Ye Yun realized he could not stay here any longer.

In fact, Ye Yun's strength and merit points were already stronger than those of the five CT enemies. The reason he encountered these people in regular missions was that, from the IDs they carried, Ye Yun learned that they were mostly from X City or the surrounding areas of Hongfeng County. This made everything clear.

According to the T rules, regular missions require both the police and the criminals to join the mission and confront each other. The selection for regular missions is generally limited to a fixed area, and if no one is found, players of the same rank from a wider area are chosen. Ye Yun carefully studied the IDs of the seven enemies and the map of the province and found that the selection range for regular missions was roughly within a 200-kilometer radius. It was unclear whether the rank of the criminals triggering the mission influenced this range.

This was a loophole that Ye Yun had found by staying in a remote area, but from the nature of the game system, this loophole would soon become a trap.

The "Just Bored" regular mission was the biggest proof... Burning fifty square kilometers of forest was not difficult for Ye Yun, but what about the next time?

Clearly, these five regular missions were gradually leading Ye Yun to a densely populated city with a large number of players. The "Boring Evil Deed" mission was still in Donglin Village, the "It Wasn't Me Last Night" mission was in Hongfeng County, and the "Give Back What You Ate" mission was directly in X City. The "Righteous Roar" mission was a coincidence, but the first three missions were a clear indication. If Ye Yun still returned to the deep mountains after these hints, the system would have to issue a warning...

Burn the mountain.

If he didn't burn himself in this mission, the next one might require him to burn the entire mountain range.

Of course, the next mission could also be a timed mission, requiring Ye Yun to reach a certain location within a fixed time, and this location might be one he couldn't reach on time, leading to mission failure.

From the "Letter of Alliance" mission, it was clear that if the system was not satisfied, it had many ways to make things difficult for Ye Yun. Therefore, Ye Yun had to be vigilant.

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With no significant survival pressure, Ye Yun left X City and chose to sneak into Hong Kong.

Choosing the next living place was also important.

First, he could not continue to choose barren areas. Successfully surviving five regular missions was already a challenge to the system, and Ye Yun could not and dared not continue this way. Second, he should avoid major cities in the mainland, as the dense population meant a large number of players, and the numerous excellent military and police personnel could easily become his enemies in missions. Third, he could not choose border areas, as China's neighbors were not friendly, and missions might involve helping foreigners fight against domestic military and police, such as the East Turkestan terrorists, North Korean troublemakers, or drug dealers. As a T faction member, even if he was lawful evil, could he change the nature of the regular missions once they were issued?

After much consideration, Ye Yun chose Hong Kong.

As an international metropolis, Hong Kong has a large number of foreigners and a diverse population, and there are also many local criminal organizations. In Hong Kong, the types of regular missions he might receive would increase, and the enemies in these missions might not be Chinese, making it easier for him to kill without too many qualms.

Most importantly, Hong Kong is surrounded by the sea on three sides, making it easy to sneak into any country in the world. Since he was going to cause trouble anyway, it was better to cause trouble for foreigners rather than his own people.

Some might ask if Ye Yun had money or not. If he had money, why did he need to sneak into Hong Kong?

This involves the issue of a Hong Kong-Macau travel permit. For long-term residence, everyone understands the implications.

Ye Yun did not want to undergo any checks, so the only way was to sneak in. In a large city, hiding a person is incredibly easy. Plus, he was wealthy, so he wouldn't have to worry about making a living wherever he went. Therefore, he chose the most convenient and quick method.

He quickly rented an apartment in Kowloon and bought some living essentials to settle down.

There were four days until the next regular mission was issued, and during these four days, he stayed indoors. Finally, as night fell, he heard the system notification.

However, the notification was not for a regular mission but for the first faction main mission!

PS: The interval between regular missions is calculated from the end of the previous mission, meaning that regardless of how long the previous regular mission took, there would be a seven-day rest period after it ended.

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