Chapter 240: Was Xu Mo Captured?

The rewards Xu Mo receives for successfully capturing three Escapees this time are: ten doses of Truth Serum, the Firearms Master title, and forensic theoretical knowledge.

Truth Serum: a potion that makes people speak the truth.

As long as you give someone an injection, they will answer whatever you ask without any concealment.

Firearms Master: possesses Absolute Gun Sense and can proficiently use all existing models of firearms.

Absolute Gun Sense means that within a certain distance, pulling the trigger guarantees a hundred‑percent hit rate, even without aiming—just by feel you can hit every shot!

In short, Absolute Gun Sense is muscle memory built up over years of continuous shooting training.

Forensic theoretical knowledge: a skill for examining corpses, allowing one to obtain a wealth of information from a body.

Xu Mo discovered that since the system upgrade, the rewards given are quite different from before.

A large portion of them are things police officers need.

Is this hinting that he should become a police officer?

It probably is.

After all, before the rewards were given for toying with the police, now they're given for catching Escapees.

Clearly, the system is hinting to Xu Mo, nudging him toward a police officer path.

Just as Xu Mo was daydreaming, Song Yixue on the other end of the phone suddenly spoke, pulling his thoughts back to reality.

"Are you still standing still instead of running? The taxi driver you kidnapped has already driven into the Police Station, and there are probably police officers on their way to catch you now. If you don't run soon, it'll be too late."

"I don't want to run, if I'm caught I'll be caught, let it be destroyed, hurry!" Xu Mo finished the half‑said sentence: "I don't want to play anymore, I'm quitting the program."

The idea of quitting the program had been in Xu Mo's mind for a long time.

Mainly because the system upgraded; no matter how he toys with the Investigation Team, he can't obtain a System Reward.

Now, only by catching Escapees can he earn a System Reward.

During the program's live broadcast, catching other contestants pretending to be Escapees and handing them over to the police is also a viable route.

But that's too troublesome; he would have to catch Escapees while also watching out for being caught by the Investigation Team.

Trying to do two things at once, yet only being able to claim one reward, that's a huge loss!

It's better to quit the program outright and, when he has time, catch some thieves or the like.

After catching them and sending them to the Police Station, he can still get a reward.

Upon hearing that Xu Mo wants to quit the program, Song Yixue's voice unintentionally rose several decibels.

"You want to quit!? You… have you thought this through?"

You have to know that this program is the hottest live broadcast right now.

And Xu Mo is the soul of the program.

If Xu Mo quits, it essentially means the program's lifespan is reaching its end.

As the Chief Director, Song Yixue naturally does not want this to happen.

So she still wants to persuade Xu Mo.

But Xu Mo has already decided; he is determined to quit.

"I've thought it through, I'm quitting; make sure the prize money is transferred to my card, don't forget."

After saying that, he hung up.

The Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room instantly erupted.

"WTF? Xu Mo is quitting the program?"

"Why quit? He's evading 200,000 a day, and he doesn't even care about 200,000 a day??"

"Xu Mo missing that 200,000 a day? He initially extorted the Program Crew for 10 million, now he's got another 20 million, and he also robbed a bank of a bunch of Gold Bars; just these add up to half a hundred million!"

"How much? Half a hundred million!? You didn't tell me I hadn't calculated it yet, damn… I remember he used to be a miserable corporate slave like me, and in such a short time his net worth is already half a hundred million??"

"Brothers, haven't you realized? If you want to get rich quick, join the program!"

"…"

Xu Mo stood motionless, staring at the Police Station several hundred meters ahead.

At this moment, dozens of police officers were sprinting toward him.

From afar, the officers looked down on Xu Mo's looks.

But as they got closer, they instantly recognized him.

Photos of Xu Mo and the other Escapees from the program had been distributed to them by the headquarters.

Moreover, the officers had also watched some of the live broadcast.

So Xu Mo was not unfamiliar to them.

"You are… Xu Mo?" the officer asked, his tone uncertain.

Seeing that familiar face, they instantly recalled Xu Mo's past deeds.

You have to know, he's a prodigy who can outwit the Investigation Team completely!

For a moment, the officers felt as if facing a formidable enemy.

They thought, this kid is standing motionless; could there be something sinister in his mind?

"I'm Xu Mo, don't worry, I mean no harm," Xu Mo said, pulling out a plastic bag: "The gun and the remaining bullets are here, you can take them."

He stayed here to return the gun and bullets he had taken from the Police Station back to the police.

In the program, he played a criminal, and a criminal illegally carrying a gun is normal.

But after quitting the program, he is an ordinary person, and an ordinary person carrying these items is indefensible.

As a law‑abiding five‑star good citizen, Xu Mo felt it necessary to return the gun to the police.

…

"What did you say? Xu Mo got caught??" on the phone, Han Fei received a shocking piece of news and was stunned: "Who caught him?"

"It's not like we caught him, right? According to the officers at the substation, Xu Mo hadn't prepared to run at all; he just stood still. He went to return the gun that had been taken from the Police Station to the Police," the officer on the phone replied.

Xu Mo, who had given Han Fei a headache for a long time, finally got caught.

But Han Fei couldn't feel any happiness at all.

Because… Xu Mo wasn't caught by his own hands, nor by any other officer.

He turned himself in!

He guessed that Xu Mo was tired from running and didn't want to keep hiding, so he did this.

As soon as the call ended, Song Yixue's call came in.

On the phone, Song Yixue also told Han Fei that Xu Mo had voluntarily withdrawn from the program.

This episode of the program can be considered to have drawn to a close.

Han Fei, after hearing it, felt a tangled mix of emotions.

It's like a damn dream.

Is that it? It's over?

That's too hasty!

But soon, Han Fei thought of something important.

Not long after the program began, he thought Xu Mo was a very promising talent; if someone like that could join their police force, they'd likely achieve something.

In fact, even if Xu Mo joined the police and did nothing, he still wanted to pull Xu Mo into the police ranks.

He felt it was necessary to instill a lot of positive thinking into Xu Mo, at least to prevent him from later becoming desperate and actually committing crimes.

Han Fei certainly didn't want to encounter a hard‑to‑handle opponent like Xu Mo in a real capture operation!

He asked Song Yixue for Xu Mo's phone number.

After a long period of wording, he called Xu Mo.

"Hello, this is Han Fei…"