After leaving the internet cafe, Lin Li naturally went home first. He had no intention of continuing to study. After putting down his study materials, Lin Li materialized the "Basic Sword Art".
Unfortunately, it wasn't the kind of cultivation method that could be directly inputted into the brain upon materialization; it was another book.
Materializing the "Formless Sword", Lin Li opened the book and studied it for a while.
Because of the increased number of translations and the amount of knowledge, now even without searching for literature, he could struggle to understand some of the meaning.
"Does the Basic Sword Art include sword flight?"
Lin Li, who understood the fragmented information at the beginning, said with some surprise.
Does this mean I can fly without a mecha in the future?
But if he really wanted to learn, he definitely had to translate it completely first.
After a brief browse, Lin Li turned on his computer, but didn't start translating—
"The place with the worst public security in Nansang"
"The place with the worst public security in Xiling"
Such content appeared in the search box.
After thinking about it at night, Lin Li believed that since he hadn't encountered theft or robbery a few times in his life so far, if he didn't change his life trajectory, his task progress would definitely still be zero after a month.
If criminals don't come to me, I can only go to them.
So he definitely needed to know the place with the highest density of criminals.
But the pop-up messages didn't satisfy Lin Li.
They were either complaint posts from over a decade ago, or they said what was bad was the economy and ecological environment, not public security, or they were details of some publicized cases.
Meaningless. Even if public security was originally bad, it had probably improved by now.
After pondering for a while, Lin Li's eyes lit up and he took out his phone.
[Lin Li: Uncle.]
[Yang Liang: I'm not on the night shift today, I'm off work. But Lin Li, if you're in a hurry, I can also work overtime.]
Lin Li suddenly felt quite sorry for Yang Liang, suffering from such severe PTSD.
[Lin Li: Uncle, I don't mean to make you work overtime. I just want to ask, which area in our Nansang or Xiling has the best public security?]
Whether asking Baidu or AI, Lin Li realized it wasn't as effective as asking Yang Liang, this Demon Suppression Envoy.
The Demon Suppression Division itself is responsible for maintaining public security. And theoretically, there should be evaluations between different Demon Suppression Divisions in the same area, and superiors often need to hold meetings together. So which Demon Suppression Division is busier and has more things to do, the Demon Suppression Envoys below should also have an idea.
Moreover, Yang Liang wasn't at the lowest grassroots level; he was dispatched from the bureau to the station.
As an internal staff member, Yang Liang definitely knew more and was closer to the real situation.
As for why he asked "the best", it was naturally because asking "the worst" would easily arouse Yang Liang's vigilance.
Lin Li personally believed that he wasn't considered a human in Yang Liang's heart.
Of course, it was a personal belief, so maybe he was still a human.
[Yang Liang: Why are you asking this?]
No repulsive questioning, very good.
But the truth couldn't be told. If he told him, he definitely wouldn't tell him, so—
[Lin Li: Nothing, just the teacher asked us to do a small survey on the life happiness index. I thought it would be more convenient to ask you.]
[Yang Liang: You guys have to do this kind of thing in high school?]
[Lin Li: Extracurricular homework to enrich ourselves, schools are all like this now.]
[Yang Liang: Oh, oh.]
[Lin Li: So can you tell me, Uncle? If you can't, forget it. I'll go check information online or do field visits and ask around, it's the same.]
"There's nothing I can't say," because typing was troublesome, Yang Liang directly called, "The one with the best public security, our Sanqiao Community definitely ranks high..."
"Uncle, slow down, let me write it down."
Lin Li immediately pulled up the map of Xiling on his computer and seriously put a big cross on every area Yang Liang reported.
"What about the ones with relatively poor public security?"
Seeing that there were still too few crossed-out areas on the map, Lin Li changed the subject and asked.
Because of Lin Li's previous foreshadowing, Yang Liang just paused upon hearing this and continued without any guard:
"If we're talking about places in Xiling with a slightly worse environment, it must be the old town area. It's unavoidable. There are more unemployed youths and kids who don't study around Laoyou Road, and they all like to cause trouble;
"And the East Lake District, aren't there more bars and KTVs there? Once it's night and the alcohol goes to their heads, things always happen..."
Lin Li felt like he had found a treasure, highlighting these areas on the map one by one.
They were basically all on the edge of the map, and some were simply no longer considered Xiling.
"...Anyway, these places are still quite chaotic at night. Don't ever go to these places alone in the dead of night, it's easy to run into some annoying things." After introducing, Yang Liang didn't forget to exhort.
"Don't worry, Uncle Yang, don't you know me."
Lin Li, who was putting on his shoes at the door preparing to go to these places alone in the dead of night, habitually nodded seriously and responded.
"It's because I know you that I'm not worried!" Yang Liang was really accurate in judging people.
"Anyway, thanks, Uncle Yang. This information is very helpful for completing my homework!"
"You're welcome. It's rare that you contact me not to increase my workload, but for these serious matters. Uncle is quite happy.
"If you have this kind of need in the future, you can tell Uncle. Uncle will give you advice and provide help as much as possible."
On the other end of the phone, Yang Liang's voice was mixed with gratification and joy.
Lin Li: "..."
"Haha, okay."
Sumimasen, Uncle-chan, Watashi lied to you again.
Ending the call, Lin Li unhesitatingly rode his bike towards the bright path Yang Liang pointed out to him.
...
The bright path was a bright path, just a bit unclear.
The brightness and density of the streetlights were less than in other areas, so it appeared relatively dim.
It was a dark path.
Lin Li was actually quite afraid of walking on this kind of path, because he was very afraid that at this time, others wouldn't be able to see his handsome, peerless face because it was dark.
What a huge loss that would be. Just thinking about it made him uncomfortable.
And it was quite far. He should take a taxi next time.
Although it was not even ten o'clock now, the number of shops still open by the road was sparse. At street corners, there would occasionally be some people gathering, puffing clouds and blowing smoke, making a racket.
Occasionally, there would be retards riding modified electric bikes or motorcycles, making extremely loud roars and speeding past. While speeding, the retard driving would also yell "wooo wooo wooo", seemingly afraid that others wouldn't notice him.
This kind of retard who bombs the street and disturbs the residents is the most fucking stupid.
Big cities actually have this kind of stupid people too, but in big cities, they usually drive sports cars.
But this made Lin Li sigh again, he came to the right place.
In Lin Li's pocket right now, there was still Qu Wanqiu's birthday present—black silk.
He had already thought about it. As long as he encountered any criminals later, he would gorgeously strike while wearing the black silk, punching thieves and kicking burglars, and then leave coolly without saying a word under the grateful gaze of the victims.
"Don't need to thank me, I'm... Black Silk Hero."
When eating Pinduoduo group meals in the past, Lin Li often thought of such plots, and now was a good opportunity to put it into practice.
...
Black Silk Hero encountered an epic Waterloo.
The plan didn't work.
Riding around this street for over an hour, Lin Li gained nothing.
He didn't see a single slightly serious illegal incident.
Those young men and women, aged fifteen or sixteen to their early twenties, gathering together in the middle of the night, seemed to be purely smoking and chatting, occasionally yelling, but with no out-of-line behavior.
The most excessive guy Lin Li encountered so far was because Lin Li rode slowly and kept staring at them. After being noticed by a bro, he cursed at Lin Li, "What the fuck are you looking at."
Why aren't any of them going to murder and commit arson.
Didn't they say the folk customs here are as simple and honest as Gotham?
Lin Li stopped his bicycle and got off.
It wasn't that he had a target.
To be honest, Lin Li suggested strictly inspecting the air after ten o'clock at night. Lin Li suspected someone mixed Jianwei Xiaoshi tablets into it. (Translator's Note: A medicine for digestion).
—Lin Li was hungry.
However, there were vendors doing late-night snack business by the street with dim yellow lights on. Lin Li just planned to go buy something to eat.
"Boss, a portion of chicken tenders, the money has been scanned over."
"Alright." The boss nodded.
"Boss, I heard the public security here is not very good, there are even triads, is that true?"
While waiting for the late-night snack with nothing to do, Lin Li chatted with the stall owner, trying to find information.
"Yes, two months ago someone even hacked people with a knife, and even claimed to be from some gang." The vendor nodded.
"What about now?" Finding hope again, Lin Li's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "What are these triads doing now?"
"Going to jail." The vendor stared at the oil pan and answered instantly.
Lin Li: "(；☉_☉)?"
"They hacked people, what else can they do besides going to jail normally."
Going, going to jail?
Seems to be the case.
Fuck, it really is exactly what Bai Bufan said. The vast majority of the targets I want to encounter are already in prison.
"In this day and age, engaging in gangs is just having nothing better to do." The stall owner said with a smile.
"So it's quite safe here at night now, right?" Lin Li asked.
If so, he should slip away.
"You can't have this kind of thought, young man. Nowhere is safe at night.
"Moreover, many little bastards don't study and insist on coming out saying they are mixing in society. Then newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, thinking they are the biggest in the world. When they go crazy, they are sicker than those real triads.
"There are often fights here at night. Last time they almost smashed my stall, a bunch of brats."
Hearing this, the vendor shook his head again and exhorted with disgust.
Can this kind of fight satisfy my task?
Lin Li felt it was doubtful.
Getting the chicken tenders, he walked towards his bicycle while eating.
Damn it, the bicycle is actually still there, even though I deliberately didn't lock it.
The lower limit of Xiling is still too high.
Sitting by the road and finishing the late-night snack, putting the packaging bag on top of the already full trash can, Lin Li decided to make a new attempt.
—Since the probability of encountering wild criminal cases is relatively low, how about trying entrapment.
With a single thought, the world broadens. Lin Li rode his bike to the nearest self-service ATM and withdrew four thousand yuan in cash, enough to be judged as a severe behavior to file a case.
Actually, Lin Li also specially brought gold jewelry out today, but this thing is too small. Although it's worth tens of thousands, it's hard for others to notice. How can it have the impact of a stack of cash.
Lin Li temporarily locked the bike and hid it—he really couldn't lose it now, and then found a bench by the road.
He found a black bag, put both the cash and the gold inside, but didn't seal the bag. People passing by could definitely still see inside.
After doing this, Lin Li sat aside, lowering his head and acting 'drowsy'.
If a thief saw this scene and could hold back from acting, they would be a god.
Come on, steal my four thousand yuan fiercely!
...
Your mom.
Wasted another half an hour.
Because there were relatively few people here, only a dozen or so people passed by Lin Li in half an hour. Every time he heard footsteps, Lin Li lowered his head full of hope, longing for a hand to steal the bag beside him, but every time he returned disappointed.
There were even two bros who, after seeing his money exposed, specially patted him 'awake', reminded him of this, and said it was easy to be stolen.
The quality of Xiling people really needs to be lowered.
However, Lin Li felt his line of thought was fine. As long as he encountered someone with sticky fingers, the other party would definitely not let this opportunity go. But the problem was that too few people passed by, so the probability of encountering a target was relatively low.
Waiting like this all the time was still inappropriate. Perhaps he still had to take the initiative to strike.
After thinking of a new plan for a while, Lin Li got up, took the banknotes out of his pocket, and held them in his hand.
Then he started walking in this area.
When a few street punks smoking and chatting appeared on the street ahead, Lin Li would immediately hold the RMB in front of him, start counting carefully, while putting his earphones in his ears, pretending to be on the phone.
When Lin Li crossed paths with them—
"Yeah, just won four thousand yuan, feels so good, just like picking it up for free. Can have a good meal tonight."
—What's more uncomfortable than one's own failure is the success of others. When learning that the money in Lin Li's hand came for free, people with crooked minds are more easily aroused to greed.
Lin Li Psychology!
After crossing paths, Lin Li continued to talk and laugh with the 'phone' on the surface, but actually turned on [Ear Divine Ability] to listen to the sounds coming from behind.
However, this group of people didn't have evil thoughts, just complained "What kind of thing can win so much, gambling?", "Where can we play here, want to try, how about we go ask" and the like.
But it didn't matter. Taking the initiative to strike like this was always more efficient than sitting by the road waiting for a rabbit.
Lin Li also reflected on his shortcomings and decided to continue perfecting his image. His footsteps began to be one light and one heavy.
Oops, accidentally became lame.
...
The fourth time.
When Lin Li crossed paths with four street punks smoking, who looked to be anywhere from sixteen or seventeen to twenty-six or twenty-seven, their footsteps disappeared behind him.
Because they stopped their steps.
The voices that came subsequently were also much lower than what could be heard before because they lowered their volume to converse.
"Brother Fei, a fat sheep delivered to our door, what do you say, do we do it? Fuck, a few thousand yuan, definitely enough for us to enjoy for a few nights."
"And he's a fucking cripple, holding the most convenient cash in his hand. He was so focused on the phone call just now, he definitely didn't remember our faces. Do we do it? It's very doable, bro."
Do it! Do it! Come do me quickly!
—Lin Li was also a bit of a Valo junior suppressing his excitement, roaring like this in his heart at this moment.
"Do it!"
"There's no reason to let go of such a top-tier catch. Let's go, follow him first. Don't do it on the main road, let's see if he takes a small path first."
"Okay, let's go."
Lin Li, with his back to the few people, felt like he was hearing heavenly music and his ears were temporarily cleared.
Wishes come true.
Finally, there can be a harvest tonight.
Since this was the case, Lin Li definitely had to satisfy their desires. In order not to be abrupt, he walked for another half a minute before turning into a small alley, still humming a song.
The footsteps behind him immediately became obvious and hurried, and Lin Li only chose to turn his head at the appropriate time.
"What are you doing~ Ouch~"
Lin Li was pushed directly to the ground, leaning against the corner and moaning.
Naturally, it was the four punks from just now, but now each of them had put on a mask.
There were only three in front of him, and one was keeping watch at the entrance of the alley, looking like skilled workers.
The blond guy in the lead actually held a gleaming dagger in his hand. The moment Lin Li looked at him, he waved it forward and said ruthlessly in a low voice:
"Don't scream! If you dare to scream, I'll stab you right now!"
"What, what are you going to do..." So Lin Li trembled all over, his eyes terrified.
"Damn it, I really want to slash a few times on the face of this kind of person."
The blond guy got angry seeing Lin Li's handsome face, but now was not the time to be jealous of this. Then he pointed the dagger at Lin Li's eyes and said coldly:
"Take out all the fucking valuable things on you, hurry up, stop fucking dawdling!"
"Money, the money is here."
Life was important. Lin Li immediately threw all the cash in his hand in front of him: "Spare me."
The blond guy holding the dagger gave his companion a look, and the companion immediately picked up all the money and put it in his pocket.
"Count yourself fucking sensible. Where's the phone, take out the phone too." The blond guy immediately continued.
Lin Li frowned slightly upon hearing this. He should have brought his backup phone out tonight.
Now the resistance process hadn't finished yet, so he still took out his phone, and it was also put into the pocket by the blond guy's companion.
If you dare to drop it, I'll get angry.
All targets had been obtained. The blond guy in the lead sneered:
"Very sensible. Being sensible means suffering less. Taking a loss is a blessing. Consider tonight your blessing, teaching you a principle: don't reveal your wealth!
"If you fucking dare to call the police, I'll arrange for someone to kill your whole family sooner or later, understand?"
Did he just say goodnight to me? So warm.
Lin Li was a bit moved.
I'll whip you a few times less later.
"Understood."
The weak, pitiful, and helpless immortal cultivator Lin Li nodded.
"Let's go!"
With everything in hand, the blond guy signaled the four to leave.
"Guys, I still have a gold necklace worth tens of thousands here, do you want it?" Lin Li suddenly spoke.
The blond guy and the other three turned their heads: "(；☉_☉)?"
Seeing Lin Li suddenly take off a gold necklace leaning towards a female style from his neck, the four of them were really dumbfounded.
The four of them had been punks for anywhere from a few months to a few years, but they had never encountered this situation!
Taking the initiative to come up and offer to be robbed?
But then the blond guy was ecstatic: "Quick! Fuck! Awesome! You go get it! Met a fat sheep!"
The companion immediately went up and snatched it, scratched it with his fingernail, and said excitedly: "Brother Fei, it seems to really be gold!"
"Can you return my phone to me now? There are some data and photos inside that are very important to me..." Lin Li said weakly, "You can turn it off first before giving it to me. I absolutely won't call the police. If I call the police, I have no dad."
The blond guy was amused by Lin Li's speech and mocked:
"Where did this idiot come from? Give it to your dad. Stay here properly for five minutes. If you dare to come out, I'll hack you to death directly. Let's go!"
The three underlings immediately followed the blond guy and walked away excitedly and quickly.
The moment the four people left, Lin Li immediately stood up and patted the dust off his body.
Now, the complete robbery behavior should be over, right?
Moreover, the amount was not just "relatively large" exceeding three thousand, but "huge" exceeding thirty thousand.
Then, it was his turn.
The "Formless Sword" materialized beside him. Lin Li took out the telescopic baton he brought out from his pocket and walked out of the alley with a smile.
With a swish, he flicked it open, and after locking it, Lin Li looked in the direction the [Ear Divine Ability] fed back to him.
The four people didn't turn into another alley to leave, but were still running wildly on the main road with faces full of excitement and agitation, probably preparing to find a place to fence the stolen goods and split the money.
For them, this was indeed a highly profitable robbery.
There were plenty of places to recycle gold and phones without any worries, and there were no surveillance cameras in the alleys and streets here.
"Singing our hearts out at the KTV tonight! Order fucking eight hostesses, two for each of us!"
The four people were imagining a beautiful future when they suddenly heard the hurried footsteps gradually amplifying behind them.
The four turned their heads and saw Lin Li running towards them.
What was creepy and oppressive was that Lin Li, who was just cowering like a coward, now had a twisted smile all over his face.
And his running speed was ridiculously fast. For a moment, the four people doubted if Usain Bolt could outrun this guy if he came.
Although the four of them were a bit confused about how this cripple's leg suddenly healed, apart from being startled by this expression and speed, even seeing this guy running towards them with a stick, the four people didn't have any panic.
Ridiculous.
"Fuck, told you to come out after five minutes and you come out now, looking for death, right!"
The blond guy pulled out his small knife again and cursed disdainfully at Lin Li: "Really want to be stabbed to death by me?"
In a daze, the blond guy seemed to see a white shadow emerge from Lin Li's body and fly into the small knife in his hand.
Strange, it must be my eyes playing tricks on me.
"How about returning my phone to me and I'll call the police?" When the distance was close enough, Lin Li's voice came.
"Return your fucking 'beep'!" Lin Li completely infuriated the blond guy. The blond guy raised his small knife and stabbed fiercely at his companion.
"Ah!! Brother Fei! What the fuck are you doing!"
"I don't know! This knife seemed to fucking fly over there carrying me just now!"
"No, what are you two doing... Yazi, what are you trying to do!?"
And Underling Number Two, who was originally wondering why his own people started killing each other, suddenly noticed another partner, Qiangzi, behind him.
"I want to make love, ah, I want to make love, I can't stand it anymore!" The man called Qiangzi was now swollen, his voice hurried, eagerly taking off the pants of the man in front of him.
Man: "?"
"No, what the fuck are you taking off my pants for?"
"I want it!"
Man: "(；☉_☉)?"
"Wait! Wait!"
Before Lin Li even made a move, the scene had already turned into a pot of porridge.
Unfortunately, Baowei didn't make it in time to drink it this time.
...
"Wee~ woo~~ wee~ woo~~ wee~ woo~~"
The police car drove onto the street. Perhaps because this unusual sound could be considered usual here, there were actually only a few neighbors opening their windows to watch the drama.
Several Demon Suppression Envoys got out of the car and quickly found the robbers and the victim.
"Stop! Don't move! Drop your weapons! Hands on your head, squat down and surrender!"
Because according to the victim's description, it was a severe robbery case worth more than thirty thousand, the Demon Suppression Envoys were dispatched from the bureau, not the local station. At this level, they could be equipped with stun guns for missions.
At this moment, the leading Demon Suppression Envoy had already pointed his gun at the robber who was persecuting the four victims, acting arrogantly, holding a stick with both hands behind his neck like Sun Wukong.
Hearing this, the robber Lin Li slowly turned his head, looked at the Demon Suppression Envoys who had already surrounded him, blinked, and pointed his finger at his own nose:
"Robber? M-me?"
(End of Chapter)