Chapter 147 Rewards and Special Upgrades

"That makes sense."

Long Hao expressed his agreement; if he were in charge,

he wouldn't choose such a thankless case either.

Choosing any other case would be far better than this one.

As long as the goal can be achieved, that's all that matters.

It just stirs up public dispute and creates unnecessary trouble.

"If none of these five cases are it, then there are no others left."

He reached out and flipped through the documents on the desk again.

These five cases were already selected from a multitude of cases based on the requirements.

The other cases either lacked impact or were just too simple.

"Yeah, there aren't any left."

Chen Mo trusted Long Hao's ability to filter cases.

Therefore, he felt deeply puzzled by the current situation.

Could it be that they aren't allowed to predict the case this time?

But that shouldn't be the case.

Although it's a competition, the ultimate goal is to solve the cases and give the public an answer.

This isn't a college entrance exam; why would there be so many rules?

When he worked with Xu Qingqing before, nobody said anything, right?

Undoubtedly, the higher-ups' goal is to solve the case; as long as the methods are legal, they don't care what you do.

Therefore, the possibility of not being allowed to predict the case doesn't exist.

Then, it's very likely that the higher-ups haven't decided which case to set yet.

"That's impossible!"

Long Hao shook his head repeatedly.

For a competition like this, the cases that need to be solved should have been determined early on.

It's impossible to choose cases on the fly.

That would be too unstable.

Besides, for a nationwide competition, no one would fail to prepare in advance.

"I also think it's impossible."

Chen Mo shrugged, actually understanding Long Hao's reaction.

"Didn't you notice that our competition time this time is in three days?"

"Why three days? Are they letting us rest more?"

As he spoke, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

"As far as I know, the other two groups have also finished their competition and will start the next round tomorrow."

"This means the rest time is only one night."

"But our rest time is three days."

His words were actually very simple and easy to understand.

There was no reason for Long Hao not to understand.

"Such a thing can actually happen?"

He secretly clicked his tongue in surprise.

"No matter how unreasonable it seems, it makes sense for now."

"I suspect that the person who selected the case was misled by the case's appearance, just like you were before."

"They only realized later that although these cases have a great impact among the public, many people don't want them to be solved."

"Avenging one's mother is considered filial piety in traditional concepts."

Chen Mo sorted out the current situation and took the opportunity to analyze the reason why Xining suddenly stopped allowing them to predict the case.

"If you put it that way, it does make sense."

"When I was filtering these cases before, I only thought about meeting the requirements, but I didn't consider whether they met the inner demands of the people."

"Come to think of it, the leader who selected the case must have made the same mistake as me."

As he said this, he threw the documents in his hand onto the table.

It's just a waste of his time.

"Bad news, we can't predict the case this time."

"The good news is, our opponents can't predict it either."

The two chatted for a while longer.

Time flew by, and it was soon nine o'clock in the evening.

Chen Mo returned to his room.

A blue panel appeared before his eyes.

[Melon Name]: Dignity.

[Task Rating]: C-level.

[Task Reward]: 9800.

[Task Deadline]: 24 hours (Completed).

9800 melon points.

This is really not a small amount.

This shows that he had almost completely gone through this case from start to finish.

As he did more and more tasks,

he could also guess what the missing part was.

It must be that he didn't meet Li Jiahao's sister, Li Xin, in person.

If he had met her and understood the situation in detail, it would have been 10,000 melon points.

Immediately, he summoned his panel again.

[Host]: Chen Mo.

[Physique]: 15 (Average person 10).

[Strength]: 15 (Average person 10).

[IQ]: 35 (Average person 10).

[Skills]: Clear Mind (Rare), Krav Maga (Rare), Hyenas Nose (Rare), Reasoning LV25, Autopsy LV11, Criminal Psychology LV10, Trace Investigation LV11, Micro-expressions LV7, Criminal Profiling LV5.

[Items]: grudge chest, human skin scroll, title 'Spark', Skill Critical Hit Card * 1.

[Current melon points]: 9800+9000 (including balance of 9000).

He scanned his various data points.

When he saw the 'Spark' title, the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Doesn't this skill say that I can get rewards by helping victims take revenge or clearing their names?"

"Where is my reward?"

He felt a bit of a headache.

The Song Jia case, avenging the victim, which is avenging Cui Shengli.

If avenging him doesn't count,

then his daughter is surely innocent.

How can that not count as revenge?

Just as he was thinking this,

a notification suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Lucky Draw Pool]

[Built-in Rewards]: Random melon points, random skills, random attribute points, random chests...

[Current draw chances]: 1.

That's more like it.

The system is getting more and more cunning.

If he didn't have this question, wouldn't this reward have been gone?

It promised to help me get stronger, so why is it being so stingy now?

Chen Mo was a bit dissatisfied.

If the system could be materialized, he wouldn't mind flicking it on the forehead.

[Drawing...]

[You have obtained random melon points.]

When this prompt appeared,

a roulette wheel instantly appeared before Chen Mo's eyes.

And the entire roulette wheel was filled with melon points.

He took a glance; the minimum was 10,000, and the other segments had no upper limit.

Is this the charm of randomness!?

A smile appeared on Chen Mo's face.

"500,000... 1,000,000..."

He muttered to himself.

The roulette wheel started to spin.

Finally, the pointer slowly stopped.

Chen Mo's face darkened.

What the hell?

The pointer stopped exactly in the 10,000 area.

"Forget it, forget it."

He didn't want to feel annoyed about this.

Because this thing was completely an unexpected bonus.

Having a lot is great, of course, but having a little is better than nothing.

He is quite content with what he has.

Besides, 10,000 melon points is already equal to solving a C-level case.

"If I draw the lowest one next time, I'll smash you."

Chen Mo threatened.

Anyway, the system couldn't hear him.

It counted as his protest.

He looked at his balance: 28,800.

The Song Jia case gave him a reminder.

His Micro-expressions ability should be upgraded.

Otherwise, anyone who has studied acting or knows a little bit of acting could fool him.

How could that be allowed?

[Ding! You spent 12,400 to upgrade your Micro-expressions ability. Current level: LV11!!!]

Closing his eyes, he carefully felt the sensation of knowledge flooding into his mind.

It felt very comfortable.

As for the remaining melon points,

he decided to save them, so that he could do the same as this time, upgrading whatever was lacking when needed.

...

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

Considering that the possibility of predicting the case was zero, he spent the two days in Xinghan happily sightseeing.

He felt carefree and relaxed.

Xining Airport.

A police plane landed slowly.

Yang Jianguo led his team off the plane.

And on the plane, there were two more teams.

These were the two teams that won in Tianle Province.

The current competition is the round of 8 to 4.