Chapter 68 Title: 'Spark'!

Midnight, 12:00 PM.

Chen Mo returned home from the police station, took a shower, and lay on the bed with one hand tucked behind his head.

All the helplessness he felt during the investigation of the case stemmed from his own lack of strength.

At this moment, he urgently needed to improve his strength.

[Host]: Chen Mo.

[Constitution]: 15 (Ordinary person 10).

[Strength]: 15 (Ordinary person 10).

[IQ]: 35 (Ordinary person 10).

[Skills]: Clear Mind (Rare), Krav Maga (Rare), Reasoning LV16, Autopsy LV8, Criminal Psychology LV5, Trace Investigation LV6, Micro-expressions LV7, Criminal Profiling LV3.

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

[Current melon points]: 8600 (Manual doubling).

This time it was 300 more than last time; getting nearly nine thousand out of ten thousand is already very good.

[Ding! You have used the double melon-eating card, melon points doubled!]

The melon points instantly skyrocketed to 17,200.

"Not bad, this really is a good thing."

The smile on his face grew wider; this was the highest amount he had obtained so far.

With this, his strength could rise another small step.

Compared to these, he was even more looking forward to the 40,000 melon points and two Skill Critical Hit Cards.

These two items were what could truly allow his strength to take a giant leap forward.

They directly concerned his ranking in next month's competition.

[betting agreement!]

[Task Requirement]: Within 7 days, eat the melons of seven cases of Grade D or above.

[Task Reward]: 20,000 melon points, 2 Skill Critical Hit Cards, (Probability of obtaining Hyenas Nose).

[Current Progress]: 6 times (6/7).

Tomorrow is the last day, then I can finally take a break.

Chen Mo thought to himself as he looked at the progress bar.

Just as he was about to close the panel, the achievement page began to flash.

Usually, a constantly flashing screen was a reminder that he had unlocked a new achievement.

What did I unlock this time?

Thinking this, he clicked on it.

[Achievement Name]: hope.

[Completion Condition]: To have high hopes placed upon you by three or more people.

[Achievement Reward]: human skin scroll *1, Title 'Spark'.

High hopes?

Chen Mo looked thoughtful; the meaning of the phrase wasn't hard to understand.

But what exactly did these high hopes refer to?

Next month's competition?

Or expectations for his future achievements?

It didn't matter.

His gaze fell upon the human skin scroll.

To be honest, he was a bit disappointed that the reward wasn't melon points or a treasure chest.

He had only recently realized just how high the value of those chests was.

Let's look at the human skin scroll first; it doesn't sound like a very good scroll.

[human skin scroll]: This is a scroll made from the facial skin of ten victims. They hope to use this method to attract attention and seek justice for themselves. Only those who are the 'Chosen Ones' can obtain this scroll.

[Task Deadline]: 3 months (No penalty for failure).

[Task Reward]: 1,000,000 melon points, one Golden Treasure Chest.

A scroll made from the facial skin of ten victims?

Chen Mo's brow furrowed.

Just how much grievance must there be?

For a moment, he felt the invisible burden on his shoulders grow significantly heavier.

He had always believed that with great power comes great responsibility.

And as for being the 'Chosen One', he could only say they had truly picked the right person.

He then continued reading downward.

How much!???

He rubbed his eyes, thinking he had misread it.

He counted carefully—six zeros!

He hadn't misread it; one million melon points!

His heart began to thud wildly.

If he got this million, wouldn't his strength soar like a rocket?

Moreover, if he had a melon-eating card at that time...

It wouldn't be one million; doubling it would make it two million!

He took several deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down for the moment.

Ten victims... that averages out to 100,000 melon points per case. No! He would definitely find a way to get a double melon-eating card by then, so each case would average out to 200,000!

With this much, what kind of difficulty must these cases be?

He felt a sudden sense of urgency.

It was like having a piece of meat constantly dangling in front of his eyes, but being unable to eat it for the time being.

The difficulty would definitely be higher than Grade C.

He shouldn't think about it for now.

Fortunately, the three-month timeframe gave him some room to buffer.

What he could do now was still to improve his strength as quickly as possible; the most important thing at hand was next month's competition.

Next, he looked at the title 'Spark'.

[Title]: Spark (Light in the darkness).

[Effect]: Every time you avenge a victim or clear their name, you will receive a random reward.

Interesting.

Chen Mo rubbed his chin, showing a look of interest.

He knew how generous the system was, so he wasn't averse to this 'mystery box' approach now.

After all, the system's purpose was to help him grow step by step, not to harm him.

He liked the title 'Spark'.

Bringing hope to the helpless in the dark of night.

Heh, just like a savior.

He climbed out of bed, went to his desk, opened his notebook, and began a point-by-point analysis of his current skills.

He had to be more serious than before and upgrade the skills he needed most right now.

"Reasoning must be raised to Level 20 to prepare for obtaining the Skill Critical Hit Card later; that will save a lot of skill points."

He marked a check on the skill.

[Ding! You have consumed 11,600 to improve your Reasoning ability. Current Reasoning is LV18!!!]

Another two years of study memories flooded into his mind.

This time, he could clearly feel that the content was significantly more difficult than before.

Some small doubts he had before were all solved; perhaps it was related to the level?

It was as if every 10 levels represented a difficulty tier, increasing sequentially.

But regardless, this was a good thing.

The painful part was that after this, his melon points were down to 5,600.

They really don't last long, they really don't.

What should I upgrade with the rest?

Autopsy can wait; LV8 is completely sufficient for the short term.

What about Criminal Psychology?

This skill has little effect at low levels but a huge effect at high levels, but he didn't have many melon points and had no idea when the upgrading would end.

Micro-expressions had been upgraded last time.

That left Trace Investigation and Criminal Profiling.

This skill was a huge help in Pei Zhipeng's case.

You're the one!

[Ding! You have consumed 3,800 melon points to improve Trace Investigation. Current LV8!!!]

[Ding! You have consumed 900 melon points to improve Criminal Profiling. Current LV4!!!]

Memories flooded into his mind respectively.

He now had a deeper understanding of Trace Investigation; every upgrade brought substantive progress, which made him very gratified.

As for Criminal Profiling, there was no obvious improvement.

Just as he had estimated before, this skill was a bottomless pit.

Those who mastered it were terrifyingly strong, but mastering it required experience and talent.

It didn't matter; he would just throw any extra skill points into it in the future.

One day, it would give him a surprise.

He looked out the window at the dark night; after a long day, it was time to sleep.

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