Late at night, the quiet New York Police Department was roused by an alarm call. A large group of police officers drove towards the bank where the incident had occurred.
Because the bank wasn't far from the police station, it only took about ten minutes from receiving the call to arriving at the scene.
George, the police chief, arrived wearing his uniform and looked at the officers cordoning off the area. "What's the situation inside?"
"Report, Chief. The group that detonated the explosives has been completely apprehended, but the scene is a bit strange," a police officer said with a peculiar expression.
Hearing that the criminal gang had been caught, George's expression eased slightly. Then he asked, "Tell me more."
"According to the confessions of the criminals, during the robbery of the bank vault, another person appeared. Not only did they take all the cash and documents they had stolen, but they also shot through the ankles of the bombers before driving off," reported a police officer.
"You're saying that although the group that set the explosives was caught, the money in the bank vault was stolen by another super-criminal?" George's expression turned grim.
Thinking about the newspaper headlines tomorrow, which would undoubtedly accuse the police of negligence, he had a headache. It was indeed too much to ask ordinary police officers to deal with such super-criminals.
Meanwhile, having recovered his body thanks to the improvement in his Constitution, Bai Ye sped back home, taking over half an hour to get there.
After a busy night, it was already 1 AM. But the results of the night were remarkable.
He had obtained over a million dollars worth of stolen money, and in terms of strength, he understood the characteristics of the attributes to be used.
If this hadn't happened tonight, he might have kept saving up, and only after a long time would he have taken out 0.1 of an attribute to try it out, wasting a lot of time.
Having run over twenty kilometers, even Bai Ye was a little tired. After simply taking off his soaked clothes and breathing slightly, he sat cross-legged on the ground and began to enhance the Purple Mist True Qi within his dantian.
In less than ten minutes, Bai Ye condensed a wisp of Purple Mist True Qi, which was over 200% more efficient than when his Constitution was only 1.2. Obviously, the Constitution attribute was indeed linked to talent.
And this kind of talent wasn't even mentioned in the Gentleman's Sword's annotation on the Purple Mist Divine Art because his talent and cultivation speed had surpassed those of all the Purple Mist Divine Art practitioners in history.
After briefly cultivating and confirming the result of improved talent, Bai Ye exited his cultivation posture and began to exercise. He planned to break through his Strength and Spirit completely tonight.
In the darkness, Bai Ye stood expressionless, carrying tables and chairs while submerged in diluted sulfuric acid, engaging in weight training.
What happened today with the robbery gang and Daredevil really shook him up. It seemed the long period of peace had made him forget that this was the perilous Marvel world.
In Marvel, being an ordinary person could mean being bullied by supervillains, while being a villain could mean constantly clashing with the numerous superheroes, who were as common as weeds.
Here, only Strength could bring him peace of mind. Only by becoming strong enough to make the good people fear his potential for evil, and the bad people fear his potential for good, could he find tranquility.
When your strength reaches a level where you're unrivaled, you'll find that the world around you is filled with faces that cater to you.
And so, in the silence of his training, an entire night slipped away.
When the sunlight of the second day streamed through the window, Bai Ye's stat panel had already undergone a subtle change.
Name: Bai Ye
寿命:18/150 力量:1.5+0.2 体质:1.4+ 精神:1.5+ 魅力:1.4+ 待使用属性点:0.3 说明栏:你完成了总次数1642个的负重俯卧撑,精神属性+0.1 你完成了总次数1643个的负重深蹲,力量属性+0.1 你在力量上装备了0.2属性点,实际力量为1.5,额外装备0.2力量值,表现力量为1.7 ...
Bai Ye silently got up and gently clenched his fist. His base Strength of 1.5, combined with the 0.2 unspent attribute points, meant his Strength far exceeded his Constitution.
That was fine in everyday life, but in combat, his body would still collapse from excessive force, just like during his fight with Daredevil.
It wasn't just Constitution. Spirit being lower than Strength could also lead to imperfect control of the body during combat, or the body's speed surpassing his reaction time. Only balanced development across all three was the optimal strategy.
Should I add points to Constitution? Bai Ye hesitated at this moment. After all, unspent attribute points were incredibly valuable, and adding points without careful consideration could lead to a waste.
After much deliberation, Bai Ye temporarily abandoned the idea of adding points, taking food from the refrigerator and starting to chew.
Ten minutes later, after finishing breakfast, Bai Ye poured a bit of sulfuric acid from a glass bottle into a glass of water, stirring constantly as he poured.
When he thought it was enough, Bai Ye grabbed the diluted sulfuric acid in front of him and unhesitatingly poured it into his mouth.
As the diluted sulfuric acid entered his mouth, a faint sour taste filled his oral cavity, and the warm liquid was swallowed from his mouth into his stomach.
After drinking it, Bai Ye smacked his lips, savoring the taste. There was a faint sweetness, and a slightly oily feeling.
Yes, in Bai Ye's understanding, swallowing diluted sulfuric acid could also be considered cultivation, both internally and externally.
After finishing the diluted sulfuric acid, he got up and prepared to head towards the school.
He'd planned to skip school yesterday, but who told him he'd robbed the bank robbers last night, and then beaten up Daredevil? He needed to show his face, to appear innocent.
It was a quiet journey. Compared to before, this time, the guilty-conscienced Bai Ye didn't dare run at full speed like he used to.
With his current Strength attribute of 1.7, his running speed would definitely make onlookers think he was a mutant. So, he got up early on purpose, suppressing his speed and slowly walking towards the school.
However, compared to before, after slowing down today, all sorts of things started to find him.
"Hello, do you need anything?" Bai Ye asked with a smile, looking at the woman in front of him, while becoming wary in his heart, suspecting something fishy.
Otherwise, why didn't this guy come looking for him before? Why did he only show up to block his path after he committed a crime?
The girl in front of him looked up at Bai Ye's face, and two blushes immediately appeared on her cheeks. She said in a voice that was almost a whisper, "My name is Ai Li, and I... I want to be friends with you."
Bai Ye: …Huh?
Bai Ye looked at the woman in front of him with a speechless expression. He had thought there was some kind of trap, but it turned out she was just after his looks.
Looking at the girl in front of him, whose Charm was estimated to be only 1.1, Bai Ye, who didn't feel love at first sight, politely refused, "I'm sorry, I have a girlfriend. She doesn't want me to have too much contact with other women."
After sending away the girl in front of him who looked disappointed, Bai Ye found that he seemed to be really handsome now. On the way to school, he had already been stopped five or six times, and the people who stopped him… were both men and women.
(End of this chapter)
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