The Earth is Online

Chapter 36

Before Tang Mo left the middle school, he returned to Class 5 to see if his letter to Chen Shanshan was still under the podium. Sure enough, the letter had disappeared. The man must’ve quickly followed him into the classroom and taken the letter.

It was likely that the letter had been burned in the fire. Tang Mo rewrote the letter and placed it in the dark space.

He returned to the mall in the Pudong New Area at the fastest sped and found Luo Fengcheng talking to Tang Qiao and Jack. Tang Mo looked at those two people before turning to Luo Fengcheng. He said in a calm voice, “Just now, I killed Speed.”

Jack and Tang Qiao were startled.

A trace of surprise also flashed on Luo Fengcheng’s face. He quickly looked at Tang Mo’s shoulder and frowned. “Are you injured?”

Tang Mo nodded. “It was cut by Speed.”

“Let Tang Qiao take you to the operating room to sew it up. I will tell Jack some things first and then talk to you later.”

Tang Mo had no objections.

The knife had cut so deeply that it almost split Tang Mo’s shoulder bone. His white sportswear had long been stained with blood. Due to his strong physique, the bleeding had stopped but the wound was still split open. It might take half a month to completely heal if it wasn’t sewn up.

Tang Mo sat on the operating bed and took his shirt off halfway.

The young woman in a black dress took a suture needle out of the cupboard and sanitized it slightly on the alcohol lamp. The wound was first washed with an alcohol cotton swab before it was sewn up.

There was a sharp tingling sensation from the wound. Tang Mo slightly frowned and his lips thinned.

“I will try to be as light as possible.” Tang Qiao said. “Your physical fitness is very good. In Attack, there is probably no more than five members better than you.”

Tang Mo’s ability wasn’t a body strengthening type. IT was rare to have such good physical fitness. He gently hummed and didn’t answer Tang Qiao.

After five minutes of sewing, Tang Qiao said, “You are an official player. If there is no incident, your injury should recover in three days.”

Tang Mo got dressed to find Luo Fengcheng, while Tang Qiao packed up the things in the operating room. Just as Tang Mo was about to leave the operating room, a cold voice rang out from behind him. “Thank you.”

Tang Mo stopped and looked back.

Under the bright light Tang Qiao had her head bowed over the operating table. There was no expression on her pretty face as she meticulously put the things back in the cupboard. “A week ago, Nie Fei and I were ambushed by three stowaways. One of them was Speed. So...thank you.”

『 He could escape but he let Tang Qiao go first. 』

Tang Mo thought about what Luo Fengcheng once said. Then he told her, “No. I killed him. It wasn’t just for Nie Fei.”

Tang Qiao put the needle away with small actions and Tang Mo left the operating room.

He walked towards the third floor office. Jack was no longer present. Only Luo Fengcheng was waiting for Tang Mo in the room. He gave Tang Mo a glass of water and a pill. Tang Mo looked at him strangely. He laughed. “It is an ordinary anti-inflammatory drug. After all, the medical conditions are very poor. What if you get an infection?”

Tang Mo said, “With my physical fitness, there isn’t a problem as long as the wound is sewn up.”

“Better to be safe than sorry.”

Tang Mo put the medicine aside. Luo Fengcheng didn’t press and the two people talked about the death of Speed.

Tang Mo told things simply, skipping over his three different abilities and two props that killed Speed. Luo Fengcheng pondered for a moment after hearing the story and muttered, “Sure enough, they are stalking the mall. But why did Speed follow you? There are at least 30 players who go in and out of the mall every day. But he only stared at you. Did he find out you have something to do with Attack?” Luo Fengcheng’s face was suddenly serious.

If he knew about the relationship between Tang Mo and Attack, it meant the stowaways had an intelligence source within the Attack organization. The first possibility was that they sneaked into the mall and weren’t discovered by Attack. They kept careful watch on Attack’s every move. The second possibility was that there was a traitor in the organization who secretly contacted the stowaways.

Both of these possibilities were very deadly.

Tang Mo recalled what happened. “No, he shouldn’t have discovered my relationship with Attack. H e followed me for other reasons.” Tang Mo asked, “Do you know if there is a Gluttonous among the seven people? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotie)

Luo Fengcheng said, “I don’t know the names of the seven people. I just gave nicknames to Speed, the Electric Man and Black Belt.”

According to Speed, there was a little white-faced person called Gluttonous who he didn’t like. He couldn’t kill this person so he followed me to take it out on me.”

“It is like this.”

The two people were completely tangled in the problem of ‘Tang Mo and white face.’ Tang Mo continued talking. “Speed really doesn’t like this person. But he said that he can’t kill him. In my short time with him, he isn’t the type of person who won’t do something because a person is a colleague.”

Luo Fengcheng agreed. “The seven stowaways aren’t very united. Otherwise, they wouldn’t act separately once they are strong enough. The reason Speed didn’t confront Gluttonous was because Gluttonous was stronger than him. There was a total of five men and two women. If he had to say if any of them looked like little white face, he would say...there were two.”

Tang Mo asked, “Which two?”

“The first one is a 25 year old young man whose ability is unknown. Ye Yuanze met him four days ago. The two people fought but the other person left without paying attention to Ye Yuanze. The man is pretty good. He wears a pair of glasses and has a very gentle appearance.

Tang Mo thought about it. “It is very likely his age will match mine. And the remaining one?

Luo Fengcheng explained. “It is someone you know. Black Belt.”

“It is him?” Tang Mo frowned.

“Black Belt is around 17 or 18 years old. His eyes are covered so I’m no good at judging his age. But after the blindfold, he really can be regarded as a little white face. Luo Fengcheng said, “If there was a little white face among the seven people, it will be among the two.”

The two people analyzed Gluttonous.

Tang Mo said, “This name isn’t a real name. The nickname is either related to the ability or personality. In terms of appearance and age, the possibility of the Black Belt being him isn’t great. It should be another person.”

The two people agreed. Then Luo Fengcheng introduced Tang Mo to Attack’s next arrangements.

“We can’t be blindly defensive. The enemies have lost one person and they only have six left. The Electric Man’s arm was cut off by the little fatty and his combat power has fallen.” Luo Fengcheng spoke in a solemn tone as he stared at Tang Mo. “This is a rare opportunity.”

Tang Mo asked, “Is there a difficult S-type instance nearby?”

“Do you want to challenge the instance to improve your strength and prepare for later?”

Tang Mo nodded.

He was now on the front line with the Attack organization. In front of a smart person, he didn’t have to say anything. From the moment Tang Mo came to Pudong to find Attack instead of leaving Shanghai, he had already expressed his position: He would do the right thing regarding the stowaways.

At present, Attack was Shanghai’s most powerful organization. The biggest goal of the seven stowaways was Attack and they were the best way of dealing with the stowaways.

Luo Fengcheng said, “Ye Yuanze and Jack broke through the S1 instance last week. The most difficult one left is the S2 instance. Tomorrow, I will let Jack take you there. No matter who passes the instance, it is a good thing for us.”

Tang Mo left Luo Fengcheng’s office. He found a business car in the corner of the second floor and lay down to rest.

In the dark compartment, he turned on the flashlight and turned to the last page of his abilities book.

[Ability: A Fast Man]

[Owner: Liang Chao (Stowaway)]

[Type: Four Dimensional]

[Function: Speed beyond time.]

[Level: 3]

[Restrictions: The maximum movement speed can reach the speed of sound. When using the ability, it speeds up the body’s metabolism and reduces life.]

[Note: A very fast man. No matter what aspect, he is very fast.]

“Tang Mo version usage instructions: Can only be used three times a day. Each time lasts up to 30 seconds. When using the ability, life span is reduced by double. Within 24 hours of using the ability, the negative effect of ‘A Fast Man’ will apply and you will become very fast in some aspect. Tang Mo is already very fast. It is estimated that he will be faster in the future.]

...He wasn’t fast at all!

Tang Mo cried out in his heart.

This ability was playing with him!

More than just playing with him, it was fast! Just...fast!

There was no doubt that this ability was extremely powerful. If Tang Mo could reach the speed of sound, he had a chance to escape when facing the enemy. However, his life would be consumed when using the ability.

This ability increased the speed of the user, rather than separating the user’s time flow rate from the outside world. When using the ability, Tang Mo would feel that time had become extremely long. Someone’s blink of an eye was a few seconds for him. Therefore, in the eyes of others, he was naturally very fast and couldn’t be captured with the naked eye.

For example, this ability reached the speed of sound, which was 340 metres per second. Normal adults ran at a speed of 10 kilometres per hours, which was less than 2.8 metres per second. Then once Tang Mo used the power, his time flow rate became 120 times that of others.

Other people spend a second, he spent 120 seconds.

This ability lasted up to 30 seconds, which was 3,600 seconds or 60 minutes.

If his life was reduced by double then Tang Mo had lost two hours of his life. If he used the ability in a crazy manner then he would prematurely die. The Tang Mo version usage instructions seemed to restrict him from using this ability. In fact, to a certain extent, he couldn’t rely too much on this ability. He didn’t want to be dragged to death by this ability.

And...

Looking at the phrase ‘a certain aspect will become very fast for 24 hours’ in the abilities book, Tangg Mo felt that he didn’t want to use it. Or if he used the ability every day, he would become very fast every day...

For the first time since the earth went online, Tang Mo shuddered. He closed his eyes and went to sleep quickly.

10 days later, Luo Fengcheng’s tired face showed joy for the first time. Tang Mo entered his office and listened to the difficult to conceal emotions. “We found their hiding place!”

Tang Mo’s heart tightened. “Where?”

“Not far from here. A movie theater in Puxi.”

For more than half a month, the stowaways had been hiding in the dark. From time to time, they would assassinate some official players and reserve players, while sneak attacking members of the Attack group. In addition, they didn’t show a loss of power after Tang Mo killed Speed. They ate a lot of players’ hearts and secretly improved.

Time waited for no one.

Attack finally found their trail.

Luo Fengcheng opened a map of Shanghai and pointed to a building near Nanjing Road.

Tang Mo was astonished since he knew this place. “Upstairs of Madame Tussauds’ Wax Museum?”

Luo Fengcheng nodded. “Yes, there is a movie theater. Two days ago, Jack and Tang Qiao found the Electric Man and wounded him. After following him, they found that he entered this place and never left. There are many exits but this is the first place the Electric Man went to after he was injured. There is a nine out of ten chance that it is their base.”

Tang Mo speculated, “The theatre is a good place for people.”

Luo Fengcheng said, “But the theatre is also a good place to sneak into.”

The two people looked at each other. Then Tang Mo asked, “When will you start?”

“Three days later.” Luo Fengcheng explained. “Three days later in the evening, Shanghai will have a heavy storm. It is rare to have such a rainstorm in December and there will be no lightning. It is a good chance for us to sneak in.”

There was a door on the door and Tang Mo and Luo Fengcheng looked over.

Tang Qiao stood at the door. “There is someone looking for you.” She was looking at Tang MO.

Tang Mo asked, “Looking for me?”

Tang Qiao nodded and moved her body to the side, revealing two little girls standing at the door.

Tang Mo asked with surprise, “Chen Shanshan?”

They were Chen Shanshan and Qiao Feifei.

The author has something to say: One day, Tang Tang used the ‘A Fast Man’ ability.

The same night—

Old Fu: Wife =3= Kiss =3= Kiss =3=

Tang Tang [Cold Face] No kiss, get lost!

Old Fu: ...What is wrong with my wife?

Tang Tang [Inwardly Upset face] The troubles of coming too early...you don’t understand, whine....