"Yo~"

This was a crucial moment; the moment that small face appeared, the Taoist priest nimbly swung out the Golden Hammer.

boom!

The hammer slammed into the car, snapping two members of the Whirlpool Gang in half at the waist, who fell to either side of the car's crooked front end.

Hiss! A series of cold gasps rippled through the crowd. The members of the Whirlpool Gang had just gotten a clear look at the Golden Hammer when they noticed the hammer body gradually enlarging in their eyes.

Bang bang bang!

Three loud bangs rang out. The Taoist priest put away his hammer, scooped the woman out of the car, gently held her in his arms, kicked away one of her legs that was in the way, and turned his head to reveal a devilishly kind smile.

This hammer... Lin Feng didn't have a good adjective to describe it. He felt confused after looking at it several times. As some data flashed through his mind, he could only use the Taoist's skills to guess the opponent's approximate attribute points.

Upon closer examination, the opponent is still within his tolerance range. He can treat the opponent as a hypothetical enemy and go all out to achieve a 50/50 chance, but this must be done if the opponent has no other trump cards.

In addition, Taoist priests have a lineage.

Lin Feng remained silent, recalling the details from just now. He realized that the Taoist and Hong Linggui had a similar style. Their footwork was graceful and agile, while his basic track and field skills were explosive.

This shows that Taoist priests are not necessarily bad at martial arts.

With a dagger, Lin Feng cut down a Vortex Gang member who had suddenly appeared. He picked up two rifles, threw them into his spatial ring, and continued walking towards the Vortex Gang's lair without looking back.

Seeing this, the Taoist priest, holding the woman's soft and fragrant hands, reluctantly left her behind and strode after her.

There were no surveillance cameras on this road, so they didn't need to be too careful, but to avoid being recorded by passersby and having the footage posted online, Lin Feng didn't want to stay in one place for too long.

His task was quickly completed after he handed over the problems that arose along the way to the Taoist priest.

However, Lin Feng has only completed 4 mission objectives, and there are still 6 cyber lunatics he needs to find.

Of the five waves of Vortex Gang members, only four who wielded katanas were identified as cyber lunatics. They had Sianwistan prosthetic bodies implanted in their bodies, and each time their speed increased, they would uncontrollably let out a morbid laugh.

Killing them contributed 10 Nightmare Points to Lin Feng. Three of them averaged 2 points each, while the fourth was implanted with a special combat assistance system. One of his arms could move independently, and he could break free from the madman's control each time, acting independently according to the system's calculations. It was quite amazing.

Based on this ratio, to complete the 200 points required for Mission 1, one would have to kill 100 cyber lunatics and uncover the core strength of the Night City Vortex Gang.

Five days, 20 a day, that's not difficult for Lin Feng and the Taoist, but how could the other side possibly let them line up and kill for five days?

The mercenary gave him 10 points, and the legend gave him 10 points, for a total of 30 Nightmare Points. If he ignored the mission and other participants, Lin Feng had a slight thought of farming more points.

They become a point-farming machine, completely turning this world into a point-harvesting ground.

As they continued to turn a few more corners, avoiding a group of unpaid NCPD workers, they approached a factory belching thick smoke.

The elusive red figure emerged from behind the underground pipes of the factory, approached Lin Feng, and quickly recounted the situation inside the factory in a sparse manner in his ear.

The factory has complete monitoring facilities, including more than ten automatic sentry towers.

There were nearly 40 people inside and out, including 9 snipers, 12 cyber lunatics, 15 ordinary modders, and the rest were heavily modified and hackers sitting in terminal hacker chairs connecting to the entire factory's security system.

In the game, it's possible to silently infiltrate any place, but in reality, Lin Feng doesn't think this is a feasible solution. At least one elite hacker would be needed to assist them for them to have a chance of getting in.

In addition, after they attacked the Vortex Gang members on the street, the surrounding Vortex Gang members were already on alert, and some of them had gathered there on their own initiative.

"Hmm, this doesn't look like a good place at all. Dark clouds overhead, black water beneath your feet, and malevolent forces behind you..." The Taoist priest glanced at the factory, sighing, but his eyes remained fixed on the rotating watchtowers and surveillance cameras on the factory buildings: "This place is extremely ominous... Don't go in!"

Above them was a cloud of black smoke billowing from factory chimneys, beneath their feet were the factory's sewage pipes, and behind them was a burned-down building.

Lin Feng was speechless.

This factory was indeed difficult to take down, but that wasn't their goal. Besides, the Taoist priest had already completed his task; he only needed to take advantage of the chaos to deal with a few cyber lunatics.

"Go find Delaman and tell him to wait for me at the back gate of the factory."

"Tsk tsk, those who don't heed the advice of their elders will suffer the consequences." The Taoist priest swayed and shook his head, looking around before coughing a few times and hinting, "Whatever, I'm not that heartless. If you're going to become my disciple... as for this favor, as your master, I'll definitely help you."

Is this guy really interested in him?

Lin Feng glanced at the Taoist priest out of the corner of his eye; the priest's eyes were filled with anticipation.

After spending the last few days with him, I've found that aside from his unconventional personality, the Taoist's skill and divination abilities are truly exceptional.

If it's about forming a team... but he said he wanted to become an apprentice, which made me feel a sense of rejection from the bottom of my heart.

Of course, this matter is not urgent, and the outcome is yet to be discussed. Lin Feng did not rush to answer, walked to the other side, jumped into the sewage pipe of the Unicom factory, and said, "Half an hour."

"Oh dear, don't rush. I just cast a divination. Today, no matter what happens, retreating will bring good fortune." The Taoist seemed to be advising him, but he didn't move an inch. By the time he finished speaking, Lin Feng had already run quite a distance away.

"Never mind, I'm going to find Delaman now." The Taoist turned his head and saw a familiar car in the distance. He seemed to be in a great mood as he drove around, stopping and starting, before finally leaving the place.

At this moment, Lin Feng, who was bending over and entering the sewage pipe with his head down, slowed down. After turning through several passages, he used his venomous fang dagger to cut open the rusty railing and stopped.

The pipes were covered with a layer of black, viscous substance, and the air, filled with a nauseating odor, made it difficult for him to breathe.

After a short wait, Hong Linggui emerged from behind the wall and led Lin Feng further inside.

This pipe leads to the interior of the factory, discharging sewage every five minutes. Before entering, he had timed the sewage discharge intervals to allow Hong Linggui to enter the factory and shut down one of the machines.

As he walked, with each step, his mental energy gradually drew a magic circle for the Demon Curse skill on his chest.

He could sense the flow of demonic power and perceive the magic circle patterns it drew within his body after passing through his heart.

The skill descriptions for Nightmare Space do not mention these things. The seemingly detailed descriptions only mention the consumption of demonic power and how, during the use of demonic curses, one can maximize the conversion of strength and stamina into spirit and agility.

If he were to sacrifice everything, his body would be on the verge of breaking apart, like a lump of mud capable of unleashing demonic power.

"Unformed Coprophagite Curse: Absorbing a demonic curse."

"Currently absorbed curses: Blood Curse, Dark Blessing, Demon Curse. Current effects: Curse Resistance +1, Spirit +1"

The hexagonal curse pattern on Lin Feng's arm began to flow. He could sense something being drawn into the past, but his mind was unable to perceive it in a more subtle way.

With the blessing of the spirit summoning technique, his mental power soared, and a feeling like a seedling breaking through the soil arose in his heart.

Lin Feng suddenly slowed down a bit, and in the blink of an eye, he climbed up the sewage channel that Hong Linggui had opened from the outside and quickly hid in a storage room that he had scouted out beforehand.

No! The blessing and perception from the spirit summoning spell are not right!

Lin Feng glanced at the red-haired ghost beside him. The connection between heaven and man... He had thought it was too simple. He thought he had only relied on his skills to achieve the connection the Taoist had mentioned, but in reality, the connection between heaven and man had actually occurred.

Could it be that so-called energy flow? Scientifically raising ghosts?

Lin Feng was stunned for a long time... This could also be a way to become stronger.

Sweeping away these distractions, Lin Feng's greatest expectation was whether his Spirit stat could exceed 10 points. His Agility of 11 allowed his movements and thoughts to achieve an astonishing consistency; he could imagine the benefits of exceeding 10 in other attributes.

The red-clad ghost floated above these machines, keeping watch for him, while a mental storm quietly began to rage in Lin Feng's mind.

Five points is the mental value of a normal human being, and ten points is the limit of a normal human being. According to the 19th revised edition of the Mental Power Cultivation Method, after exceeding one's personal limit, one's mind can perceive the outside world more clearly and see the world from a completely new perspective.

This change exceeded his original expectations... It was like a combination of parasites and mechanical modification, not only breaking through the framework of his original concept, but also bringing a brand new perspective!