Chapter 18: Two poor bastards, preparing to ask the program crew for point money

After shaking off Chen Ke, Xu Mo walked out from the other side of the alley.

He threw the delivery uniform and delivery helmet he was wearing into a trash can in the alley.

He hadn't taken a few steps when a mechanical prompt sounded in his mind……

"You disguised yourself as a delivery guy, toyed with the Investigation Team, caused a microwave explosion, shook off the Investigation Team, and now we are evaluating that operation."

"Excellent!"

"Calculating reward……"

"You can choose one of the following four options as a reward."

"1: Choose a shoulder-mounted RPG with ten matching shells."

"2: Choose expert-level anti-surveillance ability."

"3: Choose superb disguise technique."

"4: Choose superb chemical technique."

This is a four-choice reward option!

Just as Xu Mo had thought, in this cat-and-mouse game, the more perfect the teasing, the more reward options there are.

This was also the first time he had seen four reward options to choose from.

Moreover, the prefixes are even higher.

So how should he choose?

First, the shoulder-mounted RPG with ten matching shells was directly ruled out by Xu Mo.

"You're kidding!"

Who the hell would dare to run around Yangcheng, a big city, carrying a shoulder-mounted RPG?

Do you think this is the Middle East?

Doing this in Yangcheng is asking for death, even if it's a variety show, it's the same.

Unless Xu Mo really wants to be the lawless rogue Zhang San.

He ruled out that option.

Then the choice becomes simple.

Between two superb skills and one expert-level skill.

Xu Mo chose the expert-level anti-surveillance ability.

First, the expert-level ability is obviously better than the superb one, but he didn't just blindly pick the highest prefix; he chose the ability that best suited his current situation.

Xu Mo now is an escapee!

After those experiences, the Investigation Team members obviously won't be careless with him anymore.

The first time can be said.

Xu Mo took advantage of an information asymmetry, exploiting the moment when the Investigation Team thought he was just a corporate drone, to pull off this stunt.

Next.

The Investigation Team now understands him.

The operation definitely won't be as simple as the first time.

So, as an escapee, Xu Mo needs expert-level anti-surveillance ability to play this game with the Investigation Team.

In the next moment, a flood of knowledge surged into his mind, imprinted directly onto his active brain cells, and he immediately felt various investigative knowledge and means active in his mind.

This feeling was as if he were born with it.

It was truly wonderful.

Next, Xu Mo didn't need to deliberately seek out; he could notice the surveillance cameras on the street.

There were three in total.

Interesting.

Really interesting.

This made Xu Mo increasingly interested in continuing this cat-and-mouse game; if it weren't for the existence of this game, he would have quit as soon as he first discovered the program crew.

……

At the same moment.

"Xu Mo, you idiot, why didn't you run earlier? I finally fought for this chance, but I've barely shown my face a few times before the show wrapped up—I'm furious."

Yang Jingxuan was also near the snack street.

In her view, she was really worried sick.

As a "hostage," she actually ended up worrying about Xu Mo, the "kidnapper."

This is really hilarious.

"I'm so hungry, let's find something to eat."

Yang Jingxuan, for this show, had been locked in the car trunk for several hours, hadn't eaten dinner, she felt her clothes and had no money.

Then……

The phone rang.

It was the phone assigned by the program crew.

Yang Jingxuan answered the phone, "Hello?"

"Where are you?"

Xu Mo's voice came from the speaker.

"Huh?" Yang Jingxuan, hearing that, was instantly dumbfounded: "Haven't the Investigation Team gone to look for you yet?"

In her view, if the Investigation Team went after Xu Mo, he would have been caught already—how could there still be a chance for him to call her?

"What do you think?" Xu Mo said with a faint smile.

Yang Jingxuan felt something was off; after such a long time, the Investigation Team couldn't possibly not have looked for Xu Mo.

Unless…

Xu Mo escaped from under their control.

Yang Jingxuan could hardly believe that speculation.

But only this could explain why Xu Mo was still able to call her.

This Xu Mo is a bit more than simple!

Yang Jingxuan suddenly became excited; on the surface she was a hostage kidnapped by Xu Mo, with a tiny camera on her, which basically made her Xu Mo's camerawoman, so the more impressive Xu Mo acted, the better it was for her.

Not long after.

Yang Jingxuan then saw Xu Mo.

"He really ran?!"

Speculation aside, actually seeing Xu Mo approach still left Yang Jingxuan with a burst of surprise; she wasn't unaware of the Investigation Team guys' background, but she hadn't expected Xu Mo could truly get away.

This guy is just too fierce, right?

"I'm standing right in front of you, what do you say?" Xu Mo said simply.

Yang Jingxuan circled him, marveling and scrutinizing him from the side.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Yang Jingxuan pursed her lips: "I feel like getting to know you again, you big kidnapper."

"Haha…"

Xu Mo smiled, also understanding the Program Crew's setup, and said with a laugh: "Then this big kidnapper of mine is about to Tear Ticket; can I kill you?"

"How to kill?"

Yang Jingxuan, of course knowing it was a joke, asked.

"Stick a piece of paper on your head that says 'dead', tell the Program Crew I killed you, and they won't have to bring you along," Xu Mo said with a relaxed smile.

Before, when facing the popular young actress Yang Jingxuan, he might have been under pressure.

But now,

Sorry, with the miraculous change in Xu Mo, he naturally no longer treats Yang Jingxuan specially.

The Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room, hearing his words, immediately called him awesome.

"6666, why is this Xu Mo always different from others."

"If it were me, partnering with a female star of Yang Jingxuan's level, I'd love to spend more time with her."

"Hahaha, Xu Mo actually wants to kill Yang Jingxuan, that's killing me with laughter."

"Yang Jingxuan definitely didn't expect that, with her huge star status, she'd be handed a boxed meal right away."

……

"Then I won't do it," Yang Jingxuan shook her head, "At the very least, let me live a bit longer; being handed a boxed meal right away, I can't stand it…"

Speaking of that…

"Gurgle!"

Yang Jingxuan's stomach made a sound.

"Haven't eaten?" Xu Mo naturally heard it.

Yang Jingxuan nodded, "You, on the other hand, ordered takeout, while I haven't had a sip of water all night, let alone a meal."

"I only took one bite of the takeout, not even a proper meal," Xu Mo said.

After such intense activity for a while, plus his body's changes, he indeed felt hungry.

Then he casually found a Chaozhou Handcrafted Beefball Shop and went inside.

"How much money do you have on you?" Xu Mo asked Yang Jingxuan.

Yang Jingxuan, hearing that, replied uneasily, "You aren't going to tell me you have no money, are you?"

"I only have fifteen bucks on me," Xu Mo said.

"No way?" Yang Jingxuan, hearing that, quickly looked down at the menu.

Beefball rice noodles: 18.

Pork offal noodles: 16.

Wet‑fried beef ho fun: 17.

……

The more he looked at her, the hungrier his stomach felt, and he was speechless: "Where's your phone? Can't you use WeChat Pay?"

"Are you stupid? My phone right now would definitely be tracked by the Investigation Team; once I pay, everyone would know my location." Xu Mo, with a head full of anti‑investigation knowledge, immediately retorted: "You can't use my phone to pay; what about you, don't you have a phone?"

"This phone was assigned by the Program Crew, it has no money," Yang Jingxuan replied helplessly.

"Then we can ask the owner if we can order two plain bowls of noodles without any add‑ons."

Xu Mo quickly called the owner.

The owner said no problem.

Yang Jingxuan muttered, "I want beefball."

Xu Mo pretended not to hear.

But, as luck would have it, the whole shop was wafting with beef aroma, Yang Jingxuan's stomach gurgled, and for the sake of eating she went all out, "Xu Mo brother, I want beefball."

Xu Mo continued to act as if he hadn't heard.

Yang Jingxuan shook Xu Mo's arm: "Beefball."

"You really want beefball?" Xu Mo finally replied.

Yang Jingxuan nodded, "Hmm!"

"Then let's ask the Program Crew to 'borrow some money'," Xu Mo said with a smile.

Yang Jingxuan really thought it was borrowing money, and said, "Can we still ask the Program Crew for money?"

"You'll know in a moment," Xu Mo said, not saying more.

This made Yang Jingxuan feel a bit curious.

Their conversation made the Live Broadcast Room's Water Friends laugh uncontrollably.

"Hahaha, I'm amazed, two broke idiots can't even afford a bowl of sixteen‑yuan beef meatball rice noodles."