Along the way, the red-haired man cursed all the way. Finally, Lu Yuan's own hands hurt from beating him, but still couldn't make the red-haired man stop cursing.
"You stupid dog, if you have the guts, kill me!"
Hearing the red-haired man finally made a request that he was interested in, Lu Yuan looked up and down at the red-haired man and said disdainfully: "Your parts are not worth any money."
"Bah! Stingy poor bastard, who the hell do you think you're trying to scare?!"
"Just wait until we meet Brother Gou, and see what an ability user is really like!"
Lu Yuan, who had been somewhat drowsy, was no longer sleepy when he heard the red-haired man mention Brother Gou.
...
After running for two hours, the electric tricycle finally took the two from Yun City to Xifu City.
As the central city of Region 27, entering Xifu City required ID, but the red-haired man had special connections, so he took Lu Yuan in directly.
Right after passing the checkpoint into Xifu City, the red-haired man looked at Lu Yuan arrogantly and taunted, "Hey country bumpkin from some backwater town, look around! This is what a real city looks like!"
Lu Yuan lifted his hand slightly, and the red-haired man immediately wilted. "Don't bully people weaker than you! We'll be meeting Brother Gou soon!"
Lu Yuan nodded. He had heard the red-haired man shout "Brother Gou" no less than a hundred times already, and it was making his ears numb. He wanted to see just who this Brother Gou was.
If he turned out to be weak, Lu Yuan wouldn't mind just stabbing him directly.
Thinking this, Lu Yuan glanced at the red-haired man.
Xifu City was indeed much more prosperous than Yun City. Back in Lu Yuan's previous life, it would be like the difference between a city district and a rural county town.
Lu Yuan didn't like seeing such prosperous and bustling scenes, because they reminded him of scenes from his previous life.
About ten minutes later, the red-haired man's tricycle arrived at a large used car dealership in the northern part of Xifu City.
The red-haired man made straight for the parking lot in the back. At the entrance, he waved his arms around and shouted loudly, "Hey brothers! Grab your weapons, there's some idiot here to smash up the place!"
Immediately, a group of men in suits and dress shirts, a group of mechanics covered in oil stains, and a group of thugs who looked like professional troublemakers came rushing over brandishing wrenches, steel pipes and other makeshift weapons.
Seeing this scene, the red-haired man's arrogance swelled up again!
He nimbly jumped off the tricycle and took a wrench from one of his approaching cronies, shouting at Lu Yuan, "Hey stupid bastard, get off my precious ride!"
Lu Yuan stood up in the tricycle, looking calmly at the sinister-looking men staring at him, and casually asked, "Is the boss here yet?"
"Ha?! Who the hell do ya think you're trying to scare, huh?! I can take care of trash like you myself without Brother Gou having to get involved!"
The red-haired man was shouting as he charged forward with the wrench, but when he reached the tricycle he suddenly realized he was the only one coming. The others were still standing back watching. The red-haired man looked back to see a short but sturdy-looking man standing at the front of the crowd.
The red-haired man immediately retreated with an ingratiating smile. "Oh, Brother Gou! You're here!"
The short muscular man that the red-haired man called "Brother Gou" waved his hand as if shooing away flies. "You worthless loser, didn't I tell you to never come back to Xifu after getting rid of those junk cars?!"
"Brother Gou, I was getting rid of those used cars for you!"
The red-haired man looked aggrieved as he came forward, pointing at Lu Yuan lounging casually on the tricycle, and said, "It's because of this guy, Brother Gou! He trashed my shop this morning, otherwise I could've gotten rid of at least three cars today!"
Brother Gou ignored the red-haired man's bragging and walked over to Lu Yuan with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. "Which crew are you with, pal?"
Lu Yuan waved away the smoke billowing from Brother Gou's mouth and pointed at the red-haired man, saying "He sold me a defective car. I think you need to give me justice."
"Pfft-"
Brother Gou laughed. "Justice? You kidding me, pal? Once the car's in your hands and something goes wrong with it, how's that a defective car? It was fine when it was with us!"
Without even asking about what exactly happened, Brother Gou immediately came up with this set of arguments, clearly showing his intention to cheat Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan sighed at this. "I heard you're an ability user, right? Why don't we talk one-on-one? Some things aren't right to let so many people watch."
"Oh yeah! Don't let me brag, but my ability coefficient is 0.3!"
Brother Gou rolled up his sleeves, sticking out his thumb at Lu Yuan. "Since you insist on proper etiquette, let's have a private duel!"
"All right, everyone get the hell outta here!"
After speaking, Brother Gou looked at Lu Yuan and held out his hand in an ancient martial arts dueling gesture. "After you!"
Lu Yuan nodded and followed Brother Gou to an empty garage in the repair shop.
The result was that not even a minute had passed, or to be exact, a total of thirty seconds, before Lu Yuan walked out again.
It wasn't that Lu Yuan wasn't persevering, but rather that Brother Gou had surrendered too quickly!
Seeing Lu Yuan dragging Brother Gou like a dead dog, leaving a long trail of blood as he emerged from the garage, all the people waiting outside were dumbfounded.
Several of Brother Gou's most loyal followers charged forward without a word, but the spectators outside the fight circle only saw flashes of chill light within, and in just over ten seconds, the men who had charged in were all lying in pools of blood!
During this process, they couldn't even see the weapon in Lu Yuan's hand!
At this moment, seeing Lu Yuan, Brother Gou's followers couldn't help but gasp, and the red-haired man was so frightened his legs shook uncontrollably!
A warm liquid instantly soaked his pants!
Lu Yuan didn't bother tangling further with the red-haired man and the others. Dragging Brother Gou, he picked out the most expensive armored off-road vehicle in the used car showroom according to the listed prices. As soon as he turned his head, someone immediately brought the car keys over, obedient as could be.
Before leaving, Lu Yuan didn't forget to load the corpses he had made into the car.
This was a requirement of the Patrol Bureau in Region 27. Fighting was allowed, but the aftermath had to be cleaned up, otherwise any impact on the city appearance would lead to prosecutions.
Half an hour later, Lu Yuan left Xifu City in the armored off-road vehicle.
...
Yun City suburbs, Lu Yuan Clinic
Liu Yuan didn't expect that Lu Yuan still hadn't returned even though it was almost nightfall.
Although Liu Yuan felt a little embarrassed, Little Brother seemed completely unconcerned, still smiling without any sign of impatience.
It wasn't until past 4pm that a heavy-duty armored off-road vehicle drove into the empty square in front of the clinic.
Lu Yuan got out of the car, dusted off his clothes, then opened the rear door to drag a person out from inside.
Seeing Lu Yuan return from her break room, Liu Yuan smoothly picked up a bucket of water and mop and headed out.
The two met in the clinic lobby, neither saying anything, but Little Brother on the side was badly frightened.
After waiting half the day for Lu Yuan to return, he came back dragging a body!
And a bloody one at that!
Even though the times were unstable, the presence of the Patrol Bureau in the cities meant that people generally tried to maintain at least a surface harmony.
Who would brazenly drag a corpse around in broad daylight like this?
Little Brother was shocked by Lu Yuan's dramatic entrance, but when he saw the person being dragged by Lu Yuan, he nearly jumped right onto the ceiling!
As an informant and underground detective from Region X-25, Little Brother was quite familiar with neighboring Region 27.
With one glance, he recognized the man in Lu Yuan's grasp - one of the three biggest used car dealers in Region 27, Brother Gou!
Seeing the terrified Little Brother, Lu Yuan tilted his head and asked, "And you are?"
Little Brother hurriedly said, "I have a stomachache, here to see the doctor!"
"Hmm..."
Lu Yuan tightened his grip on the corpse. "Did you get a number?"
"Got it, got it!"
Little Brother hurriedly held up the number slip. Only then did a trace of warmth appear on Lu Yuan's icy face.
He glanced back at the long blood trail left by the dragged corpse, and gave Little Brother an apologetic smile. "My car broke down a couple days ago. I wanted to go buy a new one today, but got cheated..."
Little Brother looked at Brother Gou, who was about as lively as a dead dog, swallowed and asked, "This is the one who cheated you?"
Lu Yuan shook his head and said, "No, I followed the person who duped me to Xifu City. I found his boss and got justice."
The youngest brother looked at the sharp gash on Brother Gou's chest and belly, and asked insinuatingly, "Then...then what about the little brother who duped you?"
"There were too many of those guys. I let go of a few clever ones, but the dumb ones were too much trouble, so I tossed them all by the roadside."
"I only brought this one back because he's a valuable collectible."
The youngest brother's mouth twitched repeatedly. He could probably guess what Lu Yuan meant by "tossed by the roadside" and "valuable collectible."
] [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!"
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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.”
