"Holy crap, I just took a peek at the neighboring livestream room, and Xu Mo was right. There really is a group of people at World City Pedestrian Street right now!"
"The police spent hours painstakingly reviewing surveillance footage to find a lead, but Xu Mo found it in just a few minutes?"
"What the hell is going on? Does Xu Mo really know where the rest of them are?"
"Could he have actually spotted something in the surveillance footage?"
"No way, he must be bluffing. It's just a lucky guess. How could one person watch dozens of surveillance feeds at 32x speed and catch anything?"
"Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't. Whatever the case, Xu Mo correctly identified the location of the other 'fugitives'. Maybe he really can multitask that well?"
"..."
"You watched that little bit of surveillance footage and now you know where the others are hiding?" Zhou Qiaoqiao asked with a look of disbelief.
"What, you don't believe me?" Xu Mo smiled. "Let's go. You'll see soon enough."
With that, he led the four of them out of the park.
Compared to the hiding spots of other show contestants, World City Pedestrian Street was the closest to the small park where Xu Mo and his group were currently located.
Even so, the two places were still two or three kilometers apart.
Xu Mo certainly didn't plan on walking there.
He needed to find a vehicle.
...
At the park entrance.
Xu Mo took out the Hangzhou police officer's badge he had stolen earlier and stood there.
He was waiting for a fortuitous encounter.
Xu Mo's luck was pretty good.
After waiting for less than a minute,
He happened to run into someone who had driven to the park for a visit.
Before the girl could even park her car, Xu Mo approached.
Flashing the police badge, he got straight to the point.
"I'm a police officer. I'm in pursuit of a fugitive and need to temporarily requisition your vehicle."
As he spoke, he opened the car door.
It seemed he wasn't really asking for permission, but rather informing her - your car has been requisitioned.
However, what happened next was completely unexpected for Xu Mo.
The girl in the car stared at him blankly.
"I recognize you. You're Xu Mo, right? I've watched the livestream. That police badge... isn't it stolen? What kind of police officer are you..."
Xu Mo: "..."
Having been exposed on the spot, Xu Mo's motion of opening the car door halted.
It was rather awkward.
Come to think of it, he had impersonated a police officer to deceive people quite a few times already.
But this was the first time he'd been called out face-to-face!
Who would have thought he'd run into someone who had watched the livestream?
Seeing this scene unfold, the viewers in the livestream chat all burst out laughing.
"Hahahahaha, that's what you get for always pretending to be a cop. Busted!"
"I'm dying of laughter. Xu Mo's gotten addicted to playing cop, even trying to requisition someone's car. How embarrassing!"
"I can feel the awkwardness through the screen. Xu Mo, you might want to move to another planet hahaha."
"..."
This girl hadn't just watched Xu Mo's livestream.
She was actually a fan of his.
As for lending Xu Mo her car, she was more than willing.
The next moment, she voluntarily got out of the car, being very cooperative.
"You can borrow my car... but I want to take a picture with you."
Without waiting for Xu Mo's response, she immediately took out her phone and sidled up to him.
Switching to the front camera, she snapped several photos in quick succession.
Then she started admiring the selfies, her lips unconsciously curving into a smile.
After a quick edit of the photos,
She promptly posted the selfies with Xu Mo on a short video platform.
The caption accompanying the photos read: "Guys, I just 'solo killed' Xu Mo IRL!"
...
Jiangcheng City Police Station.
At this time, the "Eye in the Sky Operation" show was a huge hit.
Anything related to the show that got posted online was bound to go viral.
The girl's selfies with Xu Mo had blown up shortly after she posted them on the short video app.
In fact, most people who had the app installed received a text notification on their phones.
Han Fei was no exception.
During work hours, he wouldn't normally browse short videos.
But this notification immediately piqued his interest.
Because it was related to Xu Mo.
Han Fei immediately clicked on the text notification that popped up from the short video app.
His phone automatically redirected, entering the short video app interface.
What played were the photos that the girl whose car Xu Mo had just requisitioned had posted not long ago.
Looking at the photos, Han Fei was a bit confused.
The background in the photos was clearly not Sakura Country!
Han Fei noticed a small detail.
In the photos, the license plate of a car not far behind the two of them started with "Jiang A".
Wasn't that Jiangcheng City?
Xu Mo had come to Jiangcheng?
All along, Han Fei had believed that Xu Mo was still hiding in Sakura Country.
The show's production team hadn't disclosed Xu Mo's location to the pursuit team.
Moreover, Han Fei hadn't been able to trace any bank card transactions for plane tickets purchased by Xu Mo's group.
Originally, he had planned to go to Sakura Country to apprehend them after catching the "fugitives" in Jiangcheng.
Now it seemed that wouldn't be necessary!
Of course, whether Xu Mo was actually in Jiangcheng still needed to be confirmed.
Han Fei opened the short video creator's profile.
Her WeChat ID was displayed on her profile.
Through the WeChat ID, Han Fei also managed to find the girl's phone number.
He immediately called her using the police station's landline.
"Hello, this is a police officer. Are those photos you uploaded to the short video app authentic? When did you take them?"
Having watched the livestream, the girl recognized Han Fei's voice.
"Captain Han!? Oh my god, what kind of luck am I having today? First I run into Xu Mo, and now you're calling me. Um... could you repeat what you just said? I want to record it for content!"
Han Fei: "..."
He didn't do as the girl asked.
From her words, he had already gotten the answer he wanted.
Han Fei could confirm that Xu Mo was indeed in Jiangcheng right now!
"Where did you run into Xu Mo today? What time was it?" Han Fei asked.
The girl thought for a moment. "I met him at Forest Park. I'm not sure of the exact time, I didn't check. I'd guess it was about ten or twenty minutes ago, no more than half an hour at most."
"Which way did he go?" Han Fei continued.
"I didn't notice that. I was busy editing the photos. I don't even know when he drove off with my car."
"He took your car?" Han Fei seized on the key point. "What's the license plate number?"
Then Han Fei added,
"This isn't cheating. I just happened to come across this short video that could provide a clue. You didn't peek at the screen to tell me Xu Mo's location, you're just providing some information you know. Telling me the license plate number doesn't count as helping me cheat... and even if you don't tell me, I can find out your license plate number with a bit of time."
Hearing this, the girl thought he had a point. This really didn't count as cheating, it was just normally providing information to the police.
And even if she didn't say, the police could trace her license plate through her phone number.
So she simply gave her license plate number: "Jiang A.EF097."
"Thank you for your cooperation," Han Fei said with a smile.
Then he turned to the police officer beside him: "Jiang A.EF097, check where this license plate is now!"
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.”
] [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!"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
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!
