Chapter 1 Suren's First Day

Suren was only in Old Lingdun for his first day, and he didn't know the exact meaning of "inner city."

He thought it was like the segregated rich areas of his previous life, but now it seemed that the class gap in this world was even greater.

Seeing Captain Kai coming to his side, he greeted him politely, "Captain."

"Yeah."

Kai nodded and sighed softly.

The "Red Devil" Gelong in the ring gradually returned to his human form, and the overbearing aura that made everyone breathless gradually dissipated.

Kai seemed to be deeply moved by the battle just now. Looking at the burly Gelong, he said, "Those guys in the inner city have the best resources, cursed materials, a complete professional advancement system, endless alchemical knowledge... The professionals who grow up in that kind of environment are simply incomparable to us mud legs in the outer city who rely on our own groping. Boss Yan Gui told me before, don't underestimate those who have lived in the inner city since childhood. If you have the opportunity to really go to the inner city and take a look, your horizons will be completely different..."

"..."

Suren listened to these words as if they were spoken to him, but it seemed that Kai was talking to himself.

Although they hadn't been in contact for a long time, Suren could see that this newly promoted little gang captain seemed to have pursuits and ideals.

Unlike most gang members who just eat, drink, and have fun, Kai seemed to be more interested in alchemical transcendence.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have become an official professional at such a young age.

You know, although the gang's "salary" is good, advancing to become a professional is a real bottomless pit. Not to mention that the employment materials cost tens of thousands of Sol, the alchemical implants after employment also cost a lot.

The more advanced the material, the more expensive it is. If you want to be stronger, you have to spend more money.

In the gang, relying solely on salary, it may take many years of frugality to become a professional.

This will make most gang members who want to live a life of drunken dreams reject this idea. Didn't they join the gang just for fine wine and women?

Suren had heard the old birds chat before, saying that when Kai was an ordinary gang member, he took the initiative to participate in many dangerous operations and wasteland hunts, which is why he is where he is today.

......

Kai looked at the arena again, the hope on his face disappeared, and he said in an envious tone, "[B-002-Red Devil] ah... Heh, those rich people in the inner city are really capricious, to actually bring such a master to the arena."

Great strength, high recovery, high toughness, petrified skin, bone hardening...

In general, he can fight, can resist, and has self-healing...

This is why [B-002-Red Devil] is known as one of the strongest melee talents.

"Well, it was indeed a wonderful game."

Suren raised his eyebrows slightly as he listened, noncommittal.

If we're talking about talent, he has nothing to envy.

Although this "B-class" [Red Devil]'s combat power is strong, if you look far enough, his "s-class" [Death Scythe] obviously has greater potential.

But then again, would such a cold and powerful bodyguard really be expelled because of a romantic affair?

Suren didn't think much about it. At least for a long time in the future, he wouldn't have any contact with people from the inner city.

Because he guessed that the original owner was very likely a child of a large family in the inner city. Before investigating clearly, it's best to be his quiet "little transparent."

The more low-key, the longer you live.

Kai stopped looking at the arena and asked Suren casually, "How's your luck today?"

Suren shrugged and said, "Not bad, won two or three thousand."

"A little gambling is good for the mood."

Clearly he wasn't very old himself, but Kai adopted an old-fashioned tone and said, "If you want to become a professional, you'll need a lot of money in the future. Knowledge, materials, implants... they all cost money."

This is what his former captain, "Boss Yan Gui," told him.

"Got it, Captain."

Suren could see that Kai didn't seem to be very comfortable with his "preaching tone" either. But probably because of his newly promoted captain status, he was trying his best to adapt to the role.

With no more matches to watch, Kai didn't stay any longer. "I'm leaving first. Remember to gather on time tomorrow."

Suren waved his hand to signal, "Okay, Captain."

.......

The fighting competition was over, and the liveliness of "Scarlet Bunker" was gradually coming to an end.

The gamblers began to leave. Those who won went to exchange their lottery tickets happily, and those who lost cursed and prepared to come again tomorrow.

The hall was a mess, with torn and discarded lottery tickets all over the floor.

Suren wasn't in a hurry to leave, because he had to wait a while.

There are cursed materials in the corpses of professionals. Even if they are beaten to pieces, the materials of a second-order professional are still valuable.

On the ring, the staff began to clean up the body of "Yin Scorpion" Aberke.

Suren glanced at the "gray mist" on the corpse, praying in his heart that those guys could hurry up. The longer the time dragged on, the more fragmented the memory fragments would be.

Perhaps his prayer worked. The people cleaning up the corpses collected the valuable cursed materials and had no interest in the corpses. They collected the severed limbs on a piece of sackcloth and dragged them over.

When passing by Suren, the "gray mist" was swallowed by him as he wished.

[Obtained "Aberke Turner" memory fragments *4]

[You have obtained some information: "Hmph, those idiots from the 'Umbrella Organization' actually thought that the only places I hid treasures were those few... It's a pity, that [Sealed Item] is still in the 'Moon Inn' and I didn't bring it out, otherwise I wouldn't have been caught..."]

[You have mastered some "Advanced Alchemy Knowledge"]

[You have comprehended the firearms arcane skill [Gun Kata], firearms experience +19]

[Assassin-type fighting experience +26]

[Mental Power +0.3]

With a large amount of information pouring into his mind, Suren felt that digesting a second-order professional's soul fragments this time was like having a nightmare.

But after he figured out what he had gained, his eyes lit up.

"This time the harvest is huge..."

Suren murmured in his heart, sorting out the gains in Aberke's memory.

First of all, this guy gave him ten times the fighting experience of an ordinary corpse, as expected of a second-order professional.

This gave Suren a certain understanding of assassin-type professional skills: cunning, ruthless, insidious... He had many vicious assassin-type killing techniques in his mind.

Moreover, he had stripped out a complete skill this time!

"Arcane Gun Skill [Gun Kata]? Eh... Can the bullets in this world really turn?!"

When Suren looked at this skill, he seemed a little incredulous.

In that memory scene, Aberke raised his hand and flicked his gun, and the bullet shot out in an arc trajectory, hitting the enemy behind the cover.

A bullet turns, this is definitely a divine skill!

A second ago, Suren thought he believed in science.

According to the law of inertia, force is the cause of changing the state of motion of an object. After a bullet leaves the barrel, regardless of its initial speed, it is only subjected to gravity and air resistance, which means that the trajectory will be straight downwards.

Turning halfway?

Where does the force come from?

After fully digesting this [Gun Kata], he suddenly understood that this arcane gun skill requires a very high level of firearms skill to support it.

Not only that, but it also requires a sturdy firearm that can withstand the initial trajectory shift, and mastering the wind-based alchemy that changes the spiral force when the bullet leaves the barrel, to provide that turning "force."

Moreover, he only knows this skill at the moment.

There is still a long way to go before he can use it as skillfully as in the memory fragments, accurately hitting the enemy behind cover with one shot.

That requires very complex trajectory data analysis and shooting understanding.

"No wonder my marksmanship is only 'Elementary Proficiency.' So there are so many tricks in using firearms..."

Suren suddenly realized.

On his current attribute panel, the experience value of Elementary Proficiency has reached 239/300, but he feels that even if he rises to "Intermediate," there is still a long way to go before he can perfectly master [Gun Kata].

Perhaps, only when he truly reaches "Advanced Firearms Proficiency" can he truly master this arcane gun skill.

Seeing this, Suren's hand involuntarily rested on the firearm at his waist, feeling a little eager to try.

But he had a very strange feeling, that even though he knew all the skills and tricks, he couldn't draw the gun.

At least, that "gun flicking" action requires extraordinary strength and skill. It is an action that his current body simply cannot perform.

"The body is too weak..."

With a frown, Suren also understood the source of this discomfort.

The brain says: You've learned it.

The hand says: No, you haven't.

Skills can't be used just because you've learned them. The body must also have enough strength to support them, and the muscle memory from repeated practice, to achieve the level of using them at will.

Thinking of this, a self-deprecating arc appeared on the corner of Suren's mouth.

He knew that although he had [Harvester] to quickly learn skills, he would also need to strengthen his physical combat training in the future.