Chapter 40: Skill Upgrade

Name: Chen Yongren.

Age: 20.

Native place: Fenghua.

Military rank: Second Lieutenant.

Position: Deputy Squad Leader, Acting Squad Leader of the First Squad, First Team, Action Section, Military Intelligence Bureau.

Medal: Fourth Class Yunhui Badge.

Weapons: Belgian Browning pistol, Walther pistol (system reward).

Existing skills:

【Insight Lv2】: Knowing oneself and the enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles; the master can freely listen to the inner voices of everyone within a 20-meter radius centered on themselves.

【Insight Lv1】 (pending upgrade)

【Ultimate Acting Expert】: Born in tumultuous times as an intelligence officer, how could you easily reveal your identity? Bring out your finest acting skills to confuse those around you!

【Danger Sense Lv2】: Within a 50-meter radius, any danger will trigger an early warning signal for the master, ensuring the master can survive smoothly in future espionage endeavors.

【Dagger Mastery】: No one can defeat you in dagger combat.

Cannot be upgraded.

【Divine Cosmetology】: Utilize your superb makeup skills to roam the espionage world.

Cannot be upgraded.

【Prisoner Binding Technique】: Those bound by you cannot escape (though binding is good, please do not misuse it).

Cannot be upgraded.

【Spiritual Control Lv1】: Can break down the target's inner defenses; even the most resolute will cannot resist.

【Full Concentration】: Can highly focus attention, detect subtle changes in the surrounding environment, judge and retain useful information for oneself.

Cannot be upgraded.

Chen Yongren discovered that another skill had appeared on the skill panel.

Huh?

Seeing this reward, Chen Yongren's eyes lit up.

According to this skill's annotation, in the future when activating area-wide Insight, wouldn't it be able to quickly filter out useful information and block out those useless inner voices?

There's an opportunity to give it a good try.

After organizing the panel, Chen Yongren launched a carpet-like search indoors.

Forget about things like radios and codebooks.

Chen Yongren did not hear these from Xi Ye Xiangtai's inner voice.

That said.

But Chen Yongren still discovered a hidden compartment under a floorboard in Xi Ye Xiangtai's house, inside which lay a small box.

Holding out the box, opening it, Chen Yongren's eyes instantly lit up.

Golden light glittered.

After a thorough count.

The box contained 800 fabi, 100 taels of silver, and 50 yellow croakers.

"Whoever sees it gets a share, we'll split it fifty-fifty!" Chen Yongren said generously.

Hearing this, Zhang Haifeng's expression showed astonishment.

Just now Chen Yongren still looked like a murderous killing god; how did he turn into a money-grubber in the blink of an eye?

Which side is the real Chen Yongren?

Zhang Haifeng increasingly felt that he could not see through Chen Yongren.

"What are you staring at?" Chen Yongren lightly kicked Zhang Haifeng's foot.

"Ah? Oh, nothing, nothing." Zhang Haifeng waved his hand, refusing: "This is what you found; by the rules, I can't take it…"

This silly kid, won't even take money?

Chen Yongren also couldn't be bothered to say more; he just kept the money for Zhang Haifeng for future use.

"Haifeng, since we already know the hiding place of this group of Japanese spies, let's not waste time; let's act now and wipe out the remaining Japanese spies!" Chen Yongren said in a low voice.

Since pangolins like to hide, we'll just keep killing until it dares to show its head.

Zhang Haifeng was about to say something, but seeing Chen Yongren ready to act, he immediately nodded: "I'll follow your lead."

Chen Yongren immediately brought Zhang Haifeng to the first warehouse.

This warehouse is at Huangpu Port No. 36; the Japanese spies in charge of the warehouse disguised themselves as laborers.

Following the address given by Xi Ye Xiangtai, the two first arrived at a slum.

The house was just a simple shack; its inhabitants were migrant laborers from all over, and the air was filled with a foul stench.

"Damn, they really know how to pick a place; who would've thought there'd be Japanese spies here?" Zhang Haifeng covered his nose and couldn't help but say.

Chen Yongren said nothing; following the address provided by Xi Ye Xiangtai, he led Zhang Haifeng to the door of a dilapidated house.

Inside, only an oil lamp illuminated the table.

Faintly, three Japanese spies could be seen sitting barefoot on stools, heartily eating a bowl of gruel.

"I really don't know how long this kind of life will last; I'm fed up with living here, and I'm fed up with this bowl of nasty pig feed!"

"Exactly, this place is even worse than our dog kennel; I really don't know how those Chinese people can endure staying here."

"Just hold on a bit longer, the mission will soon be over."

The three Japanese spies complained to each other.

The oil lamp on the table burned out its kerosene and went completely dark.

Taking advantage of the moment, Chen Yongren pushed the door open and went in.

Who's there?

The three spies were highly alert, all looking toward the door, yet they saw no one.

Just as they were puzzled, they felt a flash of cold light before their eyes, and then their necks turned icy cold.

Chen Yongren moved like a ghost, and in an instant he took out those three spies.

The three spies clutched their necks, desperately opening their mouths, but because blood was flowing back, no matter how they shouted, they could not make a sound.

Not long after, the three spies collapsed one after another.

At the same time.

Chen Yongren's ear was filled with successive system alert tones.

【Congratulations, host, you have successfully eliminated three Japanese spies and earned three lottery chances】

【System lottery in progress…】

【Congratulations, master, you have obtained the skill, Danger Sense LV1】

【Congratulations, master, you have obtained silver dollars, 100 pieces】

【Congratulations, master, you have obtained black tear-resistant stockings, 1,000 pairs】

Holy shit.

This damn system is really not serious at all.

The first two rewards are easy enough to understand, but what's the meaning of the final 1,000 pairs of stockings?

And it's tear-resistant to boot.

After cursing the damn system in his heart, Chen Yongren immediately took Zhang Haifeng and headed to the next target location.

After confirming the identity of the Japanese spies, Chen Yongren simply uttered one word.

Kill.

Today we must definitely let the Migratory Bird Spy Squad set off together, neat and tidy.

The two worked until 1:30 a. m., directly wiping out all the Japanese spies of the Migratory Bird Squad.

Chen Yongren took out 14 of them, and the lottery draw was quite satisfying.

Among them, he also drew an Insight, upgrading his Level 2 Insight directly to Level 3.

【Insight LV3】: Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles; the master can freely listen to the inner voices of everyone within a 25-meter radius centered on himself.

The Insight range expanded to 25 meters, and the safe range for tracking a target increased by another 5 meters.

Moreover, there were two more Danger Sense uses, and this skill directly upgraded to Level 3.

【Danger Sense LV3】: If any danger arises within a 55-meter radius, the master will receive an early warning signal, ensuring the master can survive smoothly in his future espionage career.

Just like Insight, it also adds another 5 meters of perception range, greatly increasing the survival odds.

Aside from the two skills, Insight and Danger Sense, both upgraded to Level 3.

Chen Yongren also drew 20 kilograms of explosives.

This is really good stuff.

Looking at the 20-kilogram explosives in the item bar, Chen Yongren's eyes lit up as he schemed that, once he found the pangolin, he would definitely make that old devil take a ride in an earth-plane.

Let that old devil put on a flying trapeze act!

The remaining rewards were things like silver dollars, gold bars, and Indian God Oil, etc.