"Ah..."
Luo Tuo clutched the terrifyingly huge wound on his neck tightly but still couldn't stop the blood that madly gushed out, his eyes wide open, staring at Lin Qing.
He staggered a few steps backward, leaning against the restroom wall before slowly sliding down to sit.
Then, he lost consciousness.
[Order Level increased by 0.2 Level]
After Luo Tuo died, a line of green text appeared in front of Lin Qing's eyes.
The Order Level reached 0.5 Level.
"Indeed, it's also 0.2 Level..."
Lin Qing put away the Retractable Knife and then rolled up his sleeves. Squatting in front of Luo Tuo, his hands turned into blurred shadows, and in the blink of an eye, he had removed Luo Tuo's shirt, then thoroughly searched Luo Tuo's body.
Even if his hands touched the fresh blood on Luo Tuo's body, it didn't matter since he wore thin latex gloves that extended to his arms, leaving no fingerprints or skin tissue.
"Huh?"
Lin Qing suddenly felt a few coin-like hard objects in the inner pocket of Luo Tuo's shirt.
With a flick of his hand, the blood on the gloves was thrown off.
He then opened the pocket and, as expected, found several coins. Their color was deep and dark, showing a series of intricate patterns, not the common coins used by children in the slums.
"This is..."
Lin Qing examined them closely and suddenly recognized the origin of these coins.
—The investigation records had mentioned that these were coins made of a rare metal brought by the Extraterrestrial Civilization, highly valuable on the black market. Judging by the denomination of these coins, their value was estimated between one hundred and two hundred thousand.
However, Lin Qing didn't pocket these coins but put them all back.
One hundred to two hundred thousand was a significant amount, but it was not worth the risk for him.
Who knew if these coins had any issues?
In this era when cash had long been obsolete, only children without smartphones used coins. Yet why would Luo Tuo, someone subject to search, carry coins worth over a hundred thousand on him?
Even if it was for immediate escape, such valuable items couldn't be spent immediately; he would need to find a black market.
He always felt something was peculiar.
After all, a few hundred thousand wouldn't change anything, there was no need to be greedy.
As for other things on Luo Tuo's body, nothing special was found.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Lin Qing noticed a tattoo on Luo Tuo's chest that hadn't been there just seconds before.
It was getting darker and more apparent, perhaps because Luo Tuo had died.
Looking at the shape of the tattoo, they were outward radiating lines, seemingly... a sun?
Although it was peculiar, Lin Qing didn't care.
He was just making sure that Luo Tuo didn't have any hidden recording devices.
Though it sounds slow, from the strike that killed him to the body search, the entire process took only about half a minute.
"There's one more..."
Lin Qing stood up and was about to leave the restroom when he suddenly heard footsteps and the sound of the doorknob turning outside.
He moved, his steps turning into a blur, instantly hiding in a nearby stall.
"Luo Tuo, an undercover was spotted in the bar, do you want to check it out?"
The restroom door opened, and a deep voice came through as footsteps approached the stalls.
Lin Qing quickly recognized that this voice belonged to the tower-like, muscular man.
"Luo Tuo?"
Tie Wuluo didn't hear a response and smelled blood, instantly feeling a bad premonition. He quickly walked past the washbasins and into the restroom.
He immediately saw Luo Tuo, sitting against the wall, the deathly pale color of his face and the spreading pool of blood beneath him left him dumbfounded.
How is this possible?
Just the time to enter a restroom, and the man is dead?
Who killed him?
Just then—
"Bang!"
Tie Wuluo suddenly heard the sound of a restroom stall door being kicked open behind him. He had just turned around when he saw a streak of cold silver light swiftly slicing toward his neck!
Too fast!
He was horrified inside, unable to pull out the retractable rod from behind his waist, he could only raise one hand to block in front of his face.
"Puff!"
The sharp blade instantly cut through half of Tie Wuluo's palm; blood gushed out profusely.
But this also gave him a moment to buffer. He fiercely grabbed back with one hand, trapping the blade with his palm bone while his other hand clenched into a fist and smashed forward!
"Die!"
Tie Wuluo roared in anger. Stimulated by the pain, he turned even more vicious. Ignoring the worsening wound on his palm, he swung his arm with all his might, determined to punch his opponent to death!
Power, he could say, was his most proud advantage. Even compared to those who had mastered the Practice Method and Combat Skills related to Power, he still held the upper hand.
With this punch, even a steel plate, he could have deformed it!
However—
"Whoosh!"
To Tie Wuluo's disbelief, the mysterious man with his face unseen, merely shifted his body and, like an illusion, deftly sidestepped his punch, causing his fist to swing through the air!
"Why is he so fast?"
A thought had barely crossed Tie Wuluo's mind when he saw his opponent swiftly pull out a retractable knife and advance with a raised hand.
He could not see the blade's light, only those cold, piercing eyes.
In an instant, the flash of silver crossed Tie Wuluo's throat at a startling speed.
"No…"
Tie Wuluo felt a chill in his neck, followed by a sensation of something gushing continuously outward, sending a chill through his heart.
He knew he was about to die, overwhelmed with helplessness and fear, feeling as if he were back in that cold laboratory.
"Who are they really…"
Tie Wuluo covered his throat with one hand while attempting to grasp weakly with the other. His large, burly body eventually thudded to the ground.
Lin Qing moved like the wind, closing the restroom door again before returning to Tie Wuluo's side.
[Order Level increased by 0.2]
When the notification of the Order Level increase appeared before his eyes, confirming that Tie Wuluo was no longer a threat, he began to search the body.
It didn't take long for Lin Qing to confirm that Tie Wuluo carried no suspicious devices, though he couldn't help but remark on how robust the man was, with such a tall and strong build.
Even his neck was covered with a layer of tight muscles; how he had developed them was a mystery.
Otherwise, his initial cut should have nearly severed the man's neck, leaving only the vertebras and a layer of skin intact.
No wonder the man's strength was terrifying; fortunately, his movements were slow and clumsy, making him easy to overcome.
Once he activated the Combat Skill "Min," the big man's speed seemed no different from a crawling turtle in his eyes.
Mere strength, useless if it couldn't reach him.
"Thank goodness 'Min' is at the Instinct Level and could be maximally executed; otherwise, I'd be left with no choice but to run…"
Lin Qing felt a silent relief.
At that moment, he suddenly noticed a sun-like tattoo slowly emerging on the burly man's neck.
"The same tattoo?"
Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly, "Could these two be from the same organization?"
He didn't linger longer, promptly taking out a small jar of homemade burning agent he had prepared earlier, pouring it over both corpses before using a lighter found on Luo Tuo to ignite it.
Before the bar's automatic fire extinguishment system could activate, the bodies would be burned beyond recognition.
It would be very difficult to determine the exact cause of the wounds and precise time of death.
Everything happened within a matter of minutes.
Lin Qing took a final look at the gradually increasing firelight in the restroom, gently lowered the brim of his cap, and then turned to leave.
Inside the noisy bar, the raucous music drowned out everything else. Even the members of the Blue Scarf Gang, immersed in alcohol and desire, failed to notice what truly happened that night.
After jumping out of a second-floor window of the bar, Lin Qing avoided the sparse road surveillance and found a secluded sewer drain.
He wrapped up his outer coat, gloves, cap, mask, leg enhancers, shoulder pads, and wig, poured the last of the burning agent on them, and threw them into the sewer to burn thoroughly.
Then, he headed to his own home.
He avoided the neighborhood's surveillance cameras, deliberately avoiding the elevator and using the unmonitored stairwell to return home.
For him, a member of the Patrol Department, finding out where surveillance cameras were located was all too easy.
"Fortunately, this era is chaotic enough, and surveillance is either faulty or just for show…"
Once at home, Lin Qing glanced at the phone on the living room table, which was projecting an old TV drama.
Then, he summoned Entropy, and seeing the Order Level rise to 0.7, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"Tomorrow I'll inspect Iron Stone Bar again, and then the Blue Scarf Gang will have to disband, pushing it to 0.8."