Chapter 14: Increased Strength, A Small Test of Skill

Muhe Central Hospital.

Chen Mo lay on the hospital bed, his gaze fixed on the ceiling.

Xiao Liu was by his side, responsible for looking after him.

Everyone actually knew he was fine, but the Instructor needed a reason to request a commendation for Chen Mo, didn't he?

"Brother Mo, I just received a call."

Xiao Liu handed a peeled orange to Chen Mo and said.

"What call?"

"A call from Sun Yuanyuan; she wants me to help her interview Captain Long."

"Reporters are always so well-informed. We only just caught the person, and she already got the news."

Chen Mo showed a look of disgust, but quickly returned to normal.

Xiao Liu and he were both graduates of the police academy in neighboring Luocheng.

It was normal for him to know Sun Yuanyuan.

"Did you agree to it?"

"How would I dare to make a decision on something like that?" Xiao Liu shrugged.

He was just a small fry; arranging an interview for Captain Long was giving him too much credit.

The reason he told Chen Mo was to test the waters, after all, the two of them used to be boyfriend and girlfriend.

Given how much Captain Long currently values Brother Mo, a single word from him could arrange it, and he wouldn't have to be in a difficult position.

"Reject her."

Chen Mo refused decisively.

"This..."

Xiao Liu looked troubled; Sun Yuanyuan had said that if he helped her this time, she would introduce a girlfriend to him.

If Brother Mo didn't want to help, he would have to find another way.

But that tone sounded like he really disliked her.

"Are you in a difficult position?"

"No, no, no, not at all."

Xiao Liu shook his head repeatedly, abandoning the idea of helping Sun Yuanyuan.

Don't want to end up not helping, while also making Brother Mo angry.

That wouldn't be worth it.

"Go downstairs and buy me a bottle of water."

After Xiao Liu left, Chen Mo summoned the system.

[Host]: Chen Mo.

[Constitution]: 10 (Average person 10).

[Strength]: 10 (Average person 10).

[Skills]: Reasoning LV10, Autopsy LV5, Criminal Psychology LV4.

[Items]: double melon-eating card (2 days).

["Dismemberment Case" successfully solved, rewarded 2100 melon points.]

[double melon-eating card triggered, current melon points 4200.]

Not bad.

This double melon-eating card is really good.

Must make good use of it, only two days left.

He cast his gaze back onto the betting agreement.

[betting agreement!]

[Task Requirements]: 7 days, investigate seven D-level or higher cases.

[Task Reward]: 20,000 melon points, 2 Skill Critical Hit Cards, (chance to obtain Hyenas Nose).

[Current Progress]: 1 time (1/7).

Twenty thousand melon points; it would be great if it could coincide with the double melon-eating card.

Doubled, that would be forty thousand.

It's like picking up money.

But unfortunately, the double card only has two days left.

He looked at the Hyenas Nose, wondering if he would be able to obtain it.

This item is worth 50,000 melon points in the mall.

The words "chance to obtain" made him lose confidence.

Of course, there was still anticipation, but he didn't dare to expect too much, lest the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Still, as the saying goes, obtaining it is good, but if not, it doesn't matter.

Twenty thousand melon points is not unacceptable either.

He opened the achievement panel again.

This time it wasn't flashing, which meant he hadn't unlocked any new ones.

But!

He discovered a surprise in the second achievement, "First Try".

The requirement for this achievement is that he needs to keep the resolution time of 6 cases within 23 hours.

Achievement Reward: double melon-eating card (two days), one bronze chest (100% chance to contain attribute points).

Current Progress: 2/6.

The cases involving Wang Guodong and StringBuilder were already counted.

This meant that he only needed to solve 4 cases within 4 days, keeping each within 23 hours, to obtain another double card.

The betting agreement would be completed on the seventh day.

And the duration of the double card is exactly two days.

It can work!

Twenty thousand melon points doubled to forty thousand melon points; there is hope!

Chen Mo took a deep breath.

If the plan was perfectly executed, his overall strength would take a qualitative leap.

He sorted out his thoughts.

Complete the 'First Try' achievement, obtain the double melon-eating card, and then time the completion of the betting agreement on the seventh day to double the twenty thousand melon points.

No problem!

He thought to himself.

"But what are the attribute points in the bronze chest for?"

Chen Mo checked carefully.

He quickly understood that attribute points could be used to improve physical functions.

For example, his strength, constitution, appearance, height, physique, etc...

This is also quite good.

Improvements in strength and constitution would give him confidence when facing criminals.

As for appearance and physique, this stuff is important, and there probably isn't anyone who wouldn't want to look better and have a better body.

He wasn't ugly; he would rate himself a ten.

He felt pretty good about himself.

It could only be said that he would only consider spending points on this if he had extra attribute points.

Next, he faced a problem that gave him a headache.

With 4200 melon points, which one should he upgrade?

His indecisiveness appeared again.

Currently, upgrading Reasoning requires 3700.

4200 looks like a lot, but in reality, a single click spends most of it.

And these skills never have a point where they are fully upgraded.

[You spent 3700 melon points to upgrade Reasoning skill, current Reasoning LV11.]

[You spent 500 melon points to upgrade Trace Investigation skill, current Trace Investigation LV3.]

The learning memories for these two skills flooded into his mind again.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it was spent in two clicks; this goes faster than paper."

Chen Mo sighed.

Still need to work hard.

It just depends on whether he can get those forty thousand skill points.

...

Three in the morning.

In a small grove at Central Hospital.

"Please, let me go!"

"Impossible!!!"

The voices of a man and a woman rang out from within.

"I told you, I can't help you; solve your own problems yourself."

"I can't; I can't do it alone."

The male voice was Xiao Liu, and the female was Sun Yuanyuan.

At this moment, the two were arguing because Xiao Liu had agreed to help her, but suddenly went back on his word.

The task of interviewing the lead officer was specifically assigned to her by her leader, who had given her a strict order.

Just because she was once a police academy student, the leader thought she would handle it smoothly.

If she couldn't handle it well, she would have no hope of promotion this year.

This was the reason she had braced herself to approach Chen Mo, and after being rejected, came to find Xiao Liu.

She wanted to advance so badly!

"I don't have the final say, and Brother Mo has already spoken; I can't help you with this."

Xiao Liu was truly annoyed by her pestering, so he said it directly.

He guessed that the relationship between the two was very bad, so saying it wouldn't have any impact.

Brother Mo? Chen Mo?

"What do you mean? Is it Chen Mo who won't let you help me?"

The expression on Sun Yuanyuan's face instantly went cold, and the hand that was clutching Xiao Liu's sleeve let go.

"Why? Are you very close? Why do you listen to him so much?"

She asked in confusion.

What right to speak did Chen Mo, a second-level police officer, have in this matter? Why should Xiao Liu reject her just because he said not to let her interview?

"It's not a question of whether we are close or not; times have changed. The three-year period has arrived. Before, I called him Brother Mo because he was a month older than me, but now 'Brother Mo' is a title of respect."

"Don't you be disrespectful to Brother Mo, or I'll get upset with you."