Chapter 7

After passing through the quantum scanner at the city gate, Su Hao left the city for the first time in his life! Unlike the bustling city, the outside was desolate, filled with a chilling and solemn atmosphere, quiet to the point of being terrifying.

Su Hao scanned his surroundings, not daring to run around recklessly. He took out a map and followed the directions to the designated location.

Three li, not really far.

He bypassed the central avenue and reached a small path on the right side of the mountain. After a few turns, he quickly arrived at the small hill described in the mission. Having found the mission location, Su Hao began to search. Half an hour later, he finally discovered the proud Star Grass in a relatively secluded pile of grass.

He cautiously observed the surroundings for a moment, finding no ferocious beasts.

Su Hao carefully approached, collected the Star Grass, and put it away. He looked around again, still not seeing any ferocious beasts.

"Strange, wasn't it said that there's almost a 100% chance of encountering ferocious beasts?"

Su Hao frowned slightly, alert as he walked down the mountain. As he passed through the mountain path and reached the foot of the mountain, Su Hao suddenly tensed, sensing an inexplicable breath behind him.

"Whoosh!"

Su Hao rolled to the side, a sharp claw swiped past him, fiercely clawing into the nearby tree.

"Crack!"

The tree snapped in response.

Su Hao turned around to see a ferocious beast standing before him, resembling a werewolf, with a withered body like firewood, bloodshot eyes, and sharp claws. Its entire body exuded a heavy scent of blood. Despite Su Hao's theoretical foundation of 180 points, he could not identify what kind of ferocious beast it was!

"Roar!"

The ferocious beast growled and lunged forward, its sharp claws aiming for Su Hao's throat.

Su Hao instinctively tried to dodge again, but quickly calmed down, realizing that dodging was useless.

To survive, he had to kill!

"Block!"

Su Hao's left wrist pressed against the ferocious beast's arm, and he twisted his body, delivering a fierce elbow strike to the beast's chest.

Bang!

A dull sound echoed, as if Su Hao had hit an iron plate. However, the ferocious beast staggered back, taking a step backward.

Not letting up, Su Hao accelerated, quickly grabbing the ferocious beast's right arm, pulling it back, and avoiding the sharp claws. He used the beast's momentum against it.

He leaped into the air, spinning rapidly, and delivered a powerful kick to the ferocious beast's head.

"Roar!"

The ferocious beast seemed dazed after being kicked in the head. Su Hao kicked it again, sending it flying.

"Roar—"

The ferocious beast got up as if nothing had happened, growling with red eyes flashing, showing signs of mutation.

"Damn!"

Su Hao cursed, "Unable to identify what kind of ferocious beast it is, I don't know its weakness."

Bang!

Bang!

The ferocious beast charged forward, and Su Hao countered with close combat, his basic fighting techniques flowing smoothly, each punch landing on the beast's tough hide, making it retreat. However, the ferocious beast's thick skin and tough body made it difficult to take down, as it would quickly get up each time it was knocked down.

"What a thick hide!"

Su Hao's mind suddenly stirred. He had always been able to create models of characters, so... what about a model of the ferocious beast?

With this thought, Su Hao glanced at the ferocious beast while attacking.

"Model analysis, activate!"

Whoosh!

The surroundings became surreal, as if completely frozen. The model in his mind was completed, but Su Hao was shocked because the model he saw was not of a ferocious beast, but of a human!

A model of a thin, somewhat lecherous middle-aged man appeared, and two cards also appeared around him.

Su Hao glanced at them, which were初级源能恢复 (初级源能恢复) and初级异化 (初级异化).

"What's going on? It's clearly a ferocious beast, why do I see a human?" Su Hao was startled.

No!

初级异化!

Su Hao's mind stirred, choosing初级异化. The card creation failed, indicating that初级异化 was this person's source ability.

At the Source Ability Bureau, those people said that they almost always encountered ferocious beasts... Ferocious beasts only appeared when going down the mountain... With his theoretical foundation of 180 points, he couldn't identify this ferocious beast... The model analysis created a human model...

"Whoosh!"

Su Hao's eyes flashed with insight, understanding something.

This thing was absolutely not a ferocious beast, but a human, a person using their source ability to disguise as a ferocious beast! So, this person had such a malicious intent!

Understanding this, Su Hao suddenly calmed down. Since it was a human, it would be easier to deal with.

Su Hao charged forward again, delivering several punches to the chest, the dull sounds making his hands hurt, but he did not hesitate. The next attack was still aimed at the chest.

One punch! Two punches!

One kick! Two kicks!

Su Hao's attacks became faster, but the ferocious beast seemed unaffected.

Bang!

Bang!

The ferocious beast was knocked down again. Su Hao suddenly leaped into the air, stepping on a tree behind him, and then plummeted from the sky.

"Boom!"

A heavy impact, a cloud of dust rose, and the ferocious beast "pu—" spat out a mouthful of blood, the red light in its eyes quickly fading.

The fur on the ferocious beast's body fell off, revealing a lecherous middle-aged man in shorts, his eyes vacant, clearly dead.

Su Hao merely frowned slightly. This person, disguising as a ferocious beast to rob and kill, truly deserved to die!

However, this made him even more vigilant. He had underestimated the darkness of this era. To live safely, he needed to be wary not only of ferocious beasts but also of humans!

A drop of corpse-dissolving liquid made the body disappear. Su Hao looked around, and since this person always appeared here, it meant he was secretly observing.

Soon, Su Hao followed the clues and found a small cave about a mile away, filled with surveillance equipment and dozens of Star Grass!

"Dozens... How many people has this guy killed!" Su Hao did not touch anything else, only packed the Star Grass and left, then destroyed the place before heading back to the city.

Being weak, he had to be cautious in everything.

Back in the city, Su Hao sighed in relief, looking at the large bundle of Star Grass in his hand, a smile appeared on his face. Although it was dangerous, the harvest was abundant.

By the time he reached the Source Ability Bureau, it was already dark. The bureau was still bustling, but when Su Hao walked in, the surrounding crowd instantly fell silent.

"Hey? Isn't that the kid from this afternoon? He's back alive?"

"What he has in his hand... Star Grass! So much!"

"Really! Did this kid discover the Star Grass's natural habitat? What luck."

"Indeed, if I had known, I would have gone this afternoon. Oh well, this kid got lucky."

The surrounding crowd murmured with envy and regret, as if they would have gotten all this if they had gone this afternoon. Su Hao ignored them and went directly to the counter to complete the mission.

The receptionist was surprised to see Su Hao return but professionally registered him and handed him a bottle of light blue liquid.

"Source ability recovery potion..." Su Hao was excited and asked the receptionist, "Can you give me the information of the person who issued the mission? As you can see, I have a lot of Star Grass."

The receptionist shook her head, "Customer information is absolutely confidential, but since you have a need, I will ask for you when they come next time."

"Thank you."

Su Hao smiled and walked out.

Just as he stepped out of the Source Ability Bureau, a large figure suddenly blocked his path. Su Hao looked up, "What's up?"

The man chuckled, "Kid, so much Star Grass, you can't use it. Why not sell it to me? 100 star coins each, I'll take them all."

"100 star coins?" Su Hao smiled, looking at the man with a source ability of 6 points, and instantly attacked.

Ambush!

Su Hao's body suddenly closed in, directly attacking the man's chest. One punch, two punches! Rapid and fierce strikes, making the man feel chest tightness and difficulty breathing!

The man, enraged, punched at Su Hao. Su Hao sneered, grabbed his fist, and pulled him forward.

Over-the-shoulder throw!

Floating kick!

Air kick!

"Bang!"

The man's large body hit the ground with a dull thud. Su Hao dusted off his hands and walked away, not bothering to waste words on such a person.

After Su Hao left, the people who had been eyeing him immediately backed off.

This kid, although his source ability was only 5 points, had mastered advanced combat techniques. The series of rapid strikes almost blinded them. Who would dare to approach him now!

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