Chapter 66: No Reason Required to Clear Monsters [VIP]

However, not everyone is so self-aware.

As Lin Chen traveled around North America to open anchor points, the name "Player" spread throughout the world along with the wanted posters with increasing amounts of money.

What followed was pursuit, threats, inducements...

That powerful self-healing ability, the ability to teleport anywhere and anytime, the storage space with no apparent limit, the super speed that never tires...

These alone are enough to make the lunatics, ambitious people, mercenaries, arms dealers, and even national military forces all over the world turn into moths to a flame, and go crazy for this opportunity.

There are also cultists who try to sacrifice her flesh and blood in exchange for blessings.

The immortality known only to a few, the suspected ability to predict the future, the ability to summon deep-sea monsters... all make people desperately step onto the gambling table where there is no turning back.

After all, if he was already immortal, could he also possess the ability to live forever? If he could achieve immortality, wouldn't returning to his peak state be a piece of cake?

Even if she herself didn't know the secret to immortality, her cells certainly did. Her bones, her blood, her heart... every inch of her skin held the potential for human evolution.

She is the ultimate creature that has reached perfection and the key to unlocking the genetic lock.

The biologists, psychologists, and sociologists who were originally analyzing "Player" at the New York Police Department were secretly recruited by the United States because they were the first people to monitor and report on "Player".

Her immortality was also studied and confirmed by this biologist.

In the paper of this scholar whose value skyrocketed in a short period of time, "Player" was described as follows:

"Based on the fragment samples we obtained earlier, her cells possess exceptional adaptability and tissue regeneration capabilities. Not only can they rapidly reorganize after damage, but they even show a tendency to increase in activity."

"Her self-healing rate gradually increases with the number of injuries, and in extreme cases, she can even regenerate organs. Our research has found that her cells do not appear to possess apoptosis mechanisms."

"In theory, she could be immortal."

Countless people went crazy over this paper that was not published in any journal. Most of the elderly people in high positions of power were afraid of death.

Of course, this also includes the Black Organization’s boss, Karasuma Renya.

"Get her at all costs."

The crow, still lingering on, gave this order.

But he's not the only one so determined.

——

At the same time, at a secret military base.

"This is the most perfect individual I have ever seen."

The mad scientist stood before the display, his face etched with obsession, his voice trembling slightly. "Her cells have completely broken through the telomere barrier. Theoretically... she can regenerate indefinitely."

"We're still studying how she bypasses apoptosis. Her DNA repair capacity is incredibly high, and it doesn't even deteriorate with age. Even more terrifying, her immune system is incredibly powerful, capable of devouring almost any invader."

"So, what is your conclusion?"

A commander in military uniform asked coldly.

"...She is the pinnacle of evolution."

"…She is the next form of humanity."

"Get her, or destroy her."

The scientist turned his head to look at her, his tone cold and firm,

"We must not let her fall into the hands of others."

——

On the dark web, the bounty for "Player" has soared to astronomical figures.

"$200 million—alive."

"Fifty million dollars—for a corpse."

"150 million—blood, organ, and tissue samples."

Every bounty attracted countless mercenaries, bounty hunters, and underground armed groups to rush into North America.

The entire continent is gradually becoming a lawless battlefield.

——

Wave after wave of people followed Lin Chen's footsteps from North America to South America.

"Even though they hadn't completed any quests, the NPC came over and completed it and reached the next stage." Lin Chen said with emotion, "Is this what a completely free open world with advanced AI is like? Every NPC can really use their own initiative."

The players showed no surprise at the endless stream of small monsters that suddenly appeared.

After all, there are a lot of monsters on the map. Isn't this common sense? When you see a red-name monster on the road, just go up and kill it. Otherwise, how will players get money, equipment and experience?

While I was fighting monsters, they were shouting things like "Why can she see through my disguise?", "Who is it? Which traitor exposed us to her?!", "Damn it, I wanted to get along well with her first but now it's no use, sisters, come on!" It was a bit embarrassing.

Your blood is not as red as mine, am I blind and cannot see it?

The confused players rushed forward and emptied everyone's health bars. After all, what was there to say? Ta-ta! Ta-ta!

——

In front of the projection screen, the trio analyzed every action of "r".

The video was playing until she took a step forward and easily came over, angled, and snatched his gun.

"What happened? Why did she suddenly attack the homeless man?" the technician couldn't help but ask.

"...Player sensed his hidden hostility." the psychologist replied.

"He was found out so quickly? His disguise was perfect?" the technician asked in confusion.

"No, hostility can't be concealed by disguise." The psychologist calmly flipped through the report in his hand. "She never relied on external judgment. Instead... she 'saw through' his intentions."

"It's like a sixth sense?" the technician tentatively gave an example.

"No, it's more like...an instinct." She paused and added, "She doesn't even need to 'see', she just 'sense'."

"She has almost no hesitation towards hostile units. She is able to instantly determine whether the opponent is hostile to her and respond immediately. She doesn't kill, but she also doesn't give the opponent a second chance to attack."

The psychologist murmured to himself, "This perception even transcends all lies and deceptions."

The sociologist sighed and put down the documents. "For her, draining an enemy's fighting power is no different than throwing away an empty tissue. And we've noticed that once she knocks someone down, she immediately stops attacking. This suggests... she doesn't 'enjoy' hurting others; she simply solves a problem."

"Is she defending herself?" the recorder asked.

"No... more like 'clearing obstacles.'" The psychologist shook his head. "She doesn't have anger, hatred, or defensiveness. She's not even interested in who they are. So... the real danger is that she doesn't see them as human beings at all."

"She treats everything as a game, and the only thing that controls her behavior is... curiosity and interest. And sadly, we have no room to resist her behavior pattern." The psychologist felt at a loss as to how to deal with her mental condition.

The sociologist spread his hands. "But in reality, this isn't a game. Everything she does triggers a chain reaction in the real world. She's even impacted the underground ecosystem in South America—just look at the crime rate curve these days."

On the screen, the activity trajectory of the South American underground criminal organization has shown a strange downward trend from the initial "spiral growth" to the current "cliff-like plunge".

"She didn't proactively clean up these organizations, nor did she impose any sanctions." The sociologist tapped the screen, feeling somewhat amused. "She just... passed by."

The world-famous underground organization, which had been rampant for nearly two centuries, also silently withdrew its hands from stirring up troubles under her feet and quietly curled up in the darkness.

This has to be said to be a kind of black humor.

——

At this time, Lin Chen was studying several skills, technology trees, and spell network nodes that were unlocked because of her rapid upgrade.

"Wow, you unlocked so many at once?"

She exclaimed in amazement, her eyes gleaming with excitement, "Ah, that's right, after all, I've cleared so many monsters, so it's normal to level up."

She first clicked on the [Skills] page.

[Skill Bar]

[Impact Rebound]: Each successful rebound will cause additional area-of-effect damage to the target.

"Nice, great stuff for AOE clearing monsters!"

She imagined the scene of a large group of red-named people being blown away, and nodded with satisfaction.

【Kinetic Control】: Control the movement direction of all objects within the field of view.

"Oh, that's interesting."

Lin Chen raised his hand casually, and a piece of broken brick in front of him seemed to be lifted up by an invisible hand. It flew forward with a whoosh and hit a crow that was foraging accurately.

"Hey, precision guidance!"

[Space Folding]: Allows the user to fold and store objects within a 100-meter radius, with unlimited duration.

Lin Chen casually pointed at an abandoned pickup truck in the distance, whoosh—

The pickup truck was instantly compressed into a piece of paper, folded into a square and flew into her backpack.

[The damaged pickup truck has been put into the backpack]

She glanced at the trash can on the side of the road again and said, "I'll dismantle some of the trash and see what materials I can find..."

So he took the trash can into his pocket as well.

[Energy Shield]: With mental power as the core, it constructs an energy field that can be reset at any time, immune to any form of kinetic and thermal energy damage.

"Invincible time? OK!"

She immediately activated the skill, and a light blue shield slowly emerged around her, like flowing water.

Lin Chen reached out and poked it, and found that the energy shield would ripple depending on the contact point.

She switched pages, and the technology tree interface immediately unfolded. A huge three-dimensional grid extended from the basic level to the top level.

[Tech Tree]

【Basic Cooking】(Automatically unlocked)

"Ah? You still need to learn this?"

Lin Chen poked at the instructions in confusion.

[Since the player has successfully made more than 20 dishes during the journey, basic cooking will be automatically unlocked]

"Oh... I just cooked something while driving at anchor. I thought that was cooking, but it doesn't count?" She touched her chin. "No wonder I was wondering why it took so long to cook. So that doesn't count?"

Lin Chen set up the pot on the spot and threw some seafood into it. In about three seconds, the lid of the pot opened automatically, and the delicious dishes came out freshly baked!

Lin Chen put 20 ingredients into the recipe according to the automatically unlocked recipe.

Three seconds later, 20 delicious dishes are freshly baked!

"I was wondering why cooking is so troublesome." Lin Chen couldn't help but sigh when he thought about how he had diligently cooked for such a long time under the sea.

If players work so hard, they will succeed in everything they do!

【Basic Materials Science】（Automatically unlocked）

[Since the player has collected more than 500 materials during the journey, basic materials science will be automatically unlocked]

Lin Chen casually flipped through his backpack, which was filled with rocks, garbage, metal fragments, and scrap machinery...

Sure enough, there is no garbage in the world, only resources placed in the wrong place!

【Simple Tool Making】(Unlocked)

[Prerequisite: Basic Materials Science (achieved) + 1 skill point]

Lin Chen pointed his finger and the skill points were automatically deducted.

"bite!"

【Unlock successful】

[Unlocked: Simple Tool Making]

She looked at the next level and found that she needed 5 skill points to unlock [Precision Tool Making].

"Forget it, I don't need to make weapons myself. Wouldn't it be nice to steal weapons from NPCs? I'll save these for now."

Then Lin Chen switched to the page of the spell network. Hundreds of light spots intertwined into a network, like a starry sky, flickering with light.

【Spell Network】

【Basic Meditation】(Automatically unlocked)

[Effect: Automatically restores mental power when stationary, and can also be passively restored slowly during combat]

“When did I meditate?”

Lin Chen blinked and clicked on the description:

[Since the player has never actively used their mental power, their mental power reserves remain full, automatically unlocking basic meditation.]

"Okay, just think of it as a passive mana recovery."

She casually switched to the next page.

【Basic Elemental Perception】(Automatically unlocked)

[Automatically unlocked due to the player's repeated resonance with natural elements during the journey.]

【Basic Fireball】(Unlocked)

[Prerequisite: Basic Elemental Perception (achieved) + 1 skill point]

"Fireball? Hmm..."

Lin Chen touched his chin, imagined the cool scene of himself snapping his fingers to create a fireball, and clicked it casually.

【Unlock successful】

[Unlocked: Basic Fireball]

“Nice.”

Lin Chen raised her hand and waved it gently, and a small fireball slowly rotated in her palm.

She threw the fireball into the air with satisfaction. The fireball crossed the sky and exploded in the distance with a bang.

"Current remaining skill points: 142"

“That’s quite a lot.”

After confirming the new unlocked nodes of skills, technology tree and spell network, Lin Chen happily saved a file and closed the interface with satisfaction.

"Well, the next step is to continue driving to the anchor point." She clapped her hands, stretched her arms and legs, and prepared to continue on her way. "By the way..."

Lin Chen frowned, suddenly stopped, and turned to look at the ruins behind him.

The group of red-name soldiers who were just cleared out have completely fallen. Ten minutes ago, the ground was full of broken equipment, bullet shells, and countless communication devices.

However, the diligent Lin Chen has now packed everything he can into his backpack.

The monsters' bodies did not turn into light spots and disappear. From Lin Chen's occasional observation, she found that someone would come and take the monsters away in a car immediately after she left.

From New York all the way to South America, no matter where she went, there were always waves of people blocking the road, like a never-ending "hunting game".

She didn't feel impatient at all. She could get experience points by killing monsters and dropping equipment. This gaming experience was simply amazing.

But now, she was getting a little curious:

“Where on earth did these people come from?”

According to her gaming experience, the spawn points for red names are usually strongholds, camps, or some kind of boss-level units. It is impossible for them to appear endlessly out of thin air.

What's more, these red-named monsters are equipped with increasingly sophisticated equipment, have increasingly powerful firepower, and are increasingly well-organized. They are no longer like ordinary "wild monsters."

"Hmm...should we look for them in the direction the monsters spawn?" Lin Chen held his chin, thought for two seconds, and then decisively saved the game. "Let's go and take a look."

——

She casually followed a group of Red Names retreating from the main road.

These people were very cautious and looked back from time to time, but they did not notice Lin Chen.

Of course, it’s not because players really care about hiding their bodies.

She was just having fun on the road, occasionally climbing walls, jumping off cars, and using some road signs as skateboards to slide to their nest.

But it doesn’t matter even if they really discovered Lin Chen. As everyone knows, an infiltration that no one sees is a real infiltration!

Players will inherit their tasks and drive the monsters and cars back to the base!

It didn't take long before she followed the group all the way to a military base deep in the rainforest.

The outer layer of the base was covered with high-voltage power grids and automatic turrets, and the scanners flashed red in the darkness.

"Oh? Is this a stronghold?"

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes, and a small unlocked anchor icon automatically popped up on the system interface.

"Nice, unlock it on the way."

She lightly jumped onto the top of the electric fence and gracefully flipped in through the gap in the rotating scanner.

As soon as her feet touched the ground, a mechanical dog detected her location from a distance and sounded the alarm.

"Intruder! Intruder!"

It seems that the game doesn't give players the opportunity to sneak in, haha.

——Five seconds later, Lin Chen stood up from the pile of abandoned mecha wreckage, wiped his hands casually, and turned to look at the central command building.

"Wow, the hardware equipment is quite complete."

She was quite pleased with the power armor fragments in her backpack.

However, she did not rush into the command building immediately. Instead, she walked around the base casually a few times, stuffing all the ammunition boxes, tank parts, spare energy sources, drones... she saw on the road into her backpack like a swarm of locusts.

These NPCs are really generous. You can find good stuff by just flipping through the boxes.

Lin Chen sighed contentedly, "Get some more equipment and sell it for money to buy some cool clothes."

——Just as she was about to enter through the main gate, a radio sounded in the distance.

"All personnel, level one alert! The target has entered the perimeter of the base, be ready to fire at any time!"

——In an instant, the lights in the entire base were brightly lit, and the shrill alarm sounded through the sky.

Armored vehicles rose from the basement, and fully armed soldiers rushed towards Lin Chen's location with live ammunition.

"Is this the boss battle?"

Lin Chen stood there excitedly, saved a file casually, and reached out to activate the [Energy Shield].

"Come on, the battle begins!"

Ten minutes later.

The ground was littered with seriously wounded soldiers, the mechanical troops were completely destroyed, and the walls of the command building were riddled with holes from fireballs.

Lin Chen stood on the roof of a half-destroyed armored vehicle, turning the confiscated communicator in his hand, listening to the nervous shouting from the other side.

"You...are no match for her at all!"

"Retreat! This guy is a monster!"

"Where are the reinforcements?! Where are the reinforcements?!"

——However, before the reinforcements arrived, Lin Chen had already slipped into the command building and began to rummage through cabinets and documents.

"Hey, there's actually a file about me here?"

She opened a file with great interest and looked through the records on it.

[Codename: Player]

[Target Characteristics: High self-healing ability, teleportation ability, unknown storage space, extreme fighting spirit...]

Lin Chen: “?”

"What do you mean by 'extreme fighting spirit'? I don't have it!" the player was puzzled. "I just wanted to open the anchor point and clear the red-named people blocking my way."

She continued to scroll down and found a world wanted list with the following words written on it:

Player - Reward: $300 million (alive) / $100 million (corpse)

"Oh, the price has increased?"

Lin Chen whistled, "Looks like I'm not far from number one on the list."

When the wanted amount is higher, the player can sell himself in exchange for money.

Then he would escape from some laboratory, prison, or base, and when the amount of money increased again, he would sell himself for money.

Lin Shen thought happily: Being the richest man in the world is so easy.

——Save the game and find someone to chat with.

She jumped out of the window happily and ran straight to the headquarters.