The advantage of having more people is instant suppression.
Lin Mo was wearing his school uniform, so the security team didn’t lay a hand on him. Instead, they immediately restrained the others.
At that moment, Lin Mo also extracted the remaining sleeping pills from Fang Jun’s system.
Fang Jun quickly woke up.
“What the—how did I sleep so deeply?”
Lin Mo pointed at Ming, who was pinned to the ground.
“This guy slipped sleeping pills into our drinks.”
“Huh?!” Fang Jun wanted to check the bottle on the table, but it was already gone.
“Then how are you fine?”
Lin Mo shrugged. “If I knew he drugged us, why would I fall for it?”
“Then why didn’t you warn me?”
“If I had, you wouldn’t have acted convincingly.”
That one sentence shut Fang Jun up.
Though Fang Jun didn’t ask how he woke up so quickly.
Or rather, he didn’t get the chance—because a dark figure charged over, already unbuckling his belt, ready to whip him like a spinning top.
“Dad! Dad! Pa! Please! Hold on!”
Fang Jun tried to awaken his father’s paternal instincts, but it seemed futile.
As Fang Jun’s good friend, Lin Mo had met Fang Mingcong in his past life.
Back then, Fang Mingcong hadn’t approved of Fang Jun hanging out with him.
Strictly speaking, Lin Mo had been categorized as a bad influence back then.
But now, things were different.
Lin Mo reached out and grabbed Fang Mingcong’s wrist.
“Uncle, calm down. Beating your son in public could give him psychological trauma.”
Fang Mingcong tried to exert force, but somehow, he couldn’t overpower Lin Mo.
Though he wasn’t as tall as Lin Mo, his broad shoulders and thick waist meant he shouldn’t have been weaker.
Yet, against Lin Mo’s grip, he couldn’t even swing his belt down.
After giving Lin Mo a long look, Fang Mingcong finally eased up.
Lin Mo let go.
The beating was avoided, but a scolding wasn’t.
Still, Fang Mingcong only glared at Fang Jun before forcing a stiff smile at Lin Mo.
“So you’re Lin Mo, the one Fang Jun’s always talking about.”
Lin Mo studied Fang Mingcong carefully.
Square-jawed, still relatively young—his hair would turn half-white in a few years, giving him an even more imposing presence.
But Lin Mo still greeted him politely.
“Hello, Uncle. I’m Lin Mo.”
Fang Jun shot Lin Mo a grateful look.
Thankfully, he’d always bragged to his dad about how Lin Mo was the top student in their school, the first-place winner in the Math Olympiad, and so on.
Straight-A students naturally carried an aura that made other parents envious.
At least in their eyes, good grades meant the kid couldn’t be that bad.
Pure stereotype.
“Since the place we went for lunch was far, we couldn’t make it back for the school’s nap time, so we came here instead.”
Lin Mo offered an explanation, and Fang Mingcong nodded amiably.
“Balance is important. No problem. But you—” He turned to Fang Jun. “Tell me what’s going on!”
Lin Mo stepped forward and pointed at Ming on the floor.
“I already suspected this guy was shady. If I’m right, their phones probably still have the chat logs.”
The security team had already confiscated the phones.
Fang Mingcong picked one up and checked.
Sure enough, he found records of scam schemes and even a kidnapping plan.
Most impressively, Fang Jun had managed to swindle over two thousand from these guys—a move that even Fang Mingcong had to admire.
“You’re pretty slick, turning the tables on them.”
Fang Jun scratched his head sheepishly.
“That was all Lin Mo’s idea. I didn’t expect to get so much out of them.”
Lin Mo glanced at the phone and said, “Uncle, Fang Jun and I only skipped one class. We’ll leave the rest to you. We should get back to school now.”
“Wait, when did you get permission to skip? I can just leave too?”
Lin Mo had already texted Chen Xiaoya for leave—getting approval, even for Fang Jun, was a breeze.
Fang Mingcong looked around and nodded.
“Go ahead. Lin Mo, drop by our place sometime. With you around Fang Jun, we worry a lot less.”
The genius halo really worked wonders.
Lin Mo agreed, exchanged a few pleasantries, and dragged Fang Jun away.
At the foot of the building, they spotted Fang Zuodong, his face swollen, trembling on the side.
When Fang Zuodong saw Fang Jun, he hurried over.
“Little bro, I swear I wasn’t planning to kidnap you! I’d never—”
Fang Jun cut him off.
“I know. You don’t have the guts. Just give me and my buddy a discount next time we come to your internet café.”
“Discount? It’s free! Drinks on the house!” Fang Zuodong thumped his chest—only to get smacked on the back of the head.
“You still think this dump of a café is staying open?!”
“Uncle, this place is a paradise for kids! I’m protecting their heaven!”
Another smack.
“Heaven? How about I send you there? Learning all the wrong things—”
As Fang Zuodong endured slap after slap, Lin Mo and Fang Jun made their exit.
Walking down the street, Fang Jun exhaled in relief.
“Thank god you were there. I’d have gotten my ass beat otherwise. Though I’ll probably still catch hell at home.”
Parents from the ‘70s had one default parenting method: beat first, ask later.
Most of them weren’t highly educated, so they stuck to what they knew.
“Nah. You didn’t lose out, and you didn’t do anything too bad. Worst case, you’ll just get yelled at.”
“Hope so. Either way, my friend, you’re my human shield. I’m blaming everything on you.”
Lin Mo laughed. “Fine. Just hope your mom doesn’t poison me when I come over for dinner.”
“She wouldn’t. You’re the school’s top student, after all.”
Arm in arm, they headed back to school.
With Lin Mo’s face as their pass, the security guard smiled and let them through without question.
Back in class, the chemistry teacher was explaining the reaction equation between aluminum oxide and acid.
When Lin Mo knocked and entered, the teacher didn’t bat an eye—after all, Lin Mo aced chemistry.
As Lin Mo sat down, Jiang Yunlu leaned over, whispering curiously, “What took you guys so long?”
“Saving the world.”
Hearing the ridiculous excuse, Jiang Yunlu crossed her arms and huffed.
“Whatever. Keep your secrets.”
The girl turned away, pretending not to care—though she’d get the full story from Fang Jun after class.
Lin Mo knew exactly what she was thinking, but he didn’t care. He just focused on the lesson.
Studying was important, okay?
Study hard, aim high.

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."

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”

shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]

rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!