Chapter 521: It

In the villa.

A short ad that Zhou Qiaoqiao could almost recite by heart was playing on her phone: "Heavy Snow Blocked the Mountain, you decide?"

Zhou Qiaoqiao broke down.

"Heavy Snow Blocked the Mountain, Heavy Snow Blocked the Mountain, again Heavy Snow Blocked the Mountain! Ahhh!!!"

It wasn't only Zhou Qiaoqiao who was driven mad by the second level of the mini‑game; the other three weren't any better, and they were all complaining about the game.

"This isn't 'Sheep a Sheep' at all, it's clearly a wolf in sheep's clothing!"

"I failed again, Sister Qiaoqiao, I'm also stuck on Heavy Snow Blocked the Mountain 5555…"

"Why is the second level so hard!?"

Just as the three were being tormented by the mini‑game, Xu Mo came back.

He had been likely to work overtime today, maybe even pull an all‑night shift, but thanks to a reward from the system, after using one, the case was solved shortly thereafter.

With the case solved, there was no talk of overtime.

"What are you all doing, pouting like that, what's up?" As soon as he entered, Xu Mo saw the four girls gloomily sitting on the sofa fiddling with their phones.

"Do you know 'Sheep a Sheep'? We're trying to get past the second level."

"I know that game," Xu Mo nodded.

It would be strange if he didn't know the game!

Come to think of it, Xu Mo even wanted to thank the game's developer: they make a torture game and fleece users with ads, while Xu Mo makes a profit by selling clearance guides through the system.

Because the game has already cultivated a huge group of players whose sole focus is clearing levels to bring glory to their province, the clearance guides sell exceptionally well.

Xu Mo doesn't have to do anything; he just lies down and collects money.

"Do you know? Did you clear the second level?" Yang Jingxuan's competitive spirit flared up the moment she heard it.

Xu Mo shook his head: "No."

"But no matter how hard the game gets, what's the point? It's just a match‑3 game, we can beat it in minutes." ωωw.. net

Hearing that, the four girls abandoned the game and all turned to look at Xu Mo.

There was a time when they thought the same.

When they saw netizens claim the game was hard, they thought, "It's just a match‑3, how hard can it be? Let me beat it for you in two minutes!"

With a try‑it‑out attitude, they started playing, but the difficulty was far higher than they imagined; the four played all afternoon and still couldn't clear the second level, stuck there.

"What do you mean 'it's just a match‑3'? This game is hard!" Yang Jingxuan argued.

Zhou Qiaoqiao beside him also chimed in.

"Right, the game is hard; the four of us played all afternoon and couldn't clear the second level, it's especially hard! Don't underestimate it just because it's a match‑3."

An Youyi: "Exactly, this isn't an ordinary match‑3!"

"What, it's still just an ordinary match‑3, could it be the match‑3 from Wang Wei's poems? What's hard about a match‑3? If a person can't, don't blame the road for being uneven."

Zhou Qiaoqiao: "???"

Yang Jingxuan: "???"

An Youyi: "???"

Li Jiaxin: "???"

They finally saw it; Xu Mo had never taken the game seriously—he had no idea how hard it was!

They had to make him realize just how hard the game is! Zhou Qiaoqiao thought that and handed her phone to Xu Mo.

"It's really hard; if you can't, you try it! Play it once and you'll know!"

Zhou Qiaoqiao thought that after Xu Mo played a round, he would know exactly how hard the game is.

Then, Xu Mo would feel ashamed of the brag he just made, just like when they first played the game…

"Just a try, it's only a match‑3, give me two minutes!" Xu Mo took the phone and started playing.

Seeing Xu Mo start the game, the four girls crowded around him.

"You definitely can't get past it, this game is really hard," Yang Jingxuan said, clutching her waist.

"Two minutes will definitely be enough, we can give you twenty minutes."

"Two hours works too; we've been playing all afternoon and are still stuck on the second level,"

At first, the four thought Xu Mo would definitely fail the second level, just like them.

In fact, they were all waiting to see Xu Mo make a fool of himself, giving them a reason to mock him.

But what they never expected… Xu Mo cleared the game, and he did it right under their noses!

"Is this game… hard?" After clearing it, Xu Mo gave the four girls a casual glance.

The only response was the four girls' wide‑eyed stares.

At that moment, the air seemed to solidify.

In the villa's living room, aside from the mini‑game's music, there was no other sound.

A few seconds later.

"You actually cleared it?!" Zhou Qiaoqiao stared at Xu Mo, her voice involuntarily rising a few pitches.

She had originally been waiting to mock Xu Mo, but who knew he would breezily clear it in one go, without even pausing to think.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" After a brief daze, Yang Jingxuan spoke: "The phone must be faulty; the second level isn't that simple. Try playing on my phone."

Saying that, she handed her phone to Xu Mo: "Try it on my phone; it must have been a coincidence just now!"

Xu Mo said nothing, just smiled.

When he was at the Police Station, Xu Mo glanced at the clearance guide; although he didn't try it, he already knew how to clear the game.

Others might need luck to clear it, but Xu Mo didn't; he could achieve a 100% clear!

After taking Yang Jingxuan's phone, Xu Mo cleared the second level again; this time he did it twice as fast, using only half the time of before.

"Alright."

Yang Jingxuan: "???"