Wandering America: My kill threshold is far ahead

After confirming the shipment, Ma Jie walked towards the black treasure chest, grabbed the handle on top and pulled it up. There was quite a lot of junk inside, piled up in several layers.

It has a slight odor, but it can't compare to the green bin next door, which is mostly filled with kitchen waste. After a day of fermentation, you can imagine what the situation will be like.

She pulled out a pair of white gloves from somewhere, put them on elegantly, and began rummaging through them.

"Oh, you're kidding, Jack? I thought only Jimmy liked opening treasure chests."

Sandy looked at him with disdain; after all, there is a hierarchy of contempt among the homeless.

A decent homeless person will have a legitimate job. For example, Fiona sleeps on the streets simply to save on rent or as a temporary measure.

Next are people like Sandy, who engage in street pickpocketing and do jobs for the gang.

Only the most destitute person would stoop to collecting cans.

Of course, many people are not incapable of working, but rather have been in a state of decadence for too long and cannot return to their former state.

"This is my hobby, that's his job, how can they be the same?" Ma Jieke replied dismissively, and quickly found a hard cuboid from a pile of old clothes.

Upon taking it out, it was indeed as marked on the list—a power bank that was 90% new. I guess I didn't check it carefully when cleaning out the clutter.

Judging from its pinkish appearance, the original owner was either a young girl or a burly man.

"See that? This hand of ours has definitely been blessed by Lady Luck."

Huh? Sandy was a little stunned. What kind of incredible luck was this?

"Could it be broken?"

"Why don't you try it with your phone and you'll know?"

Sandy took the power bank, attached it to the back of the phone, and the screen immediately lit up, showing that it was charging.

"Wow, it really works! This style is quite new."

"If you like it, I'll give it to you." Ma Jie was very generous, but the color was wrong and could easily cause misunderstandings.

"Really? Thank you so much! I just need that."

This girl was overjoyed to get a free power bank; if she remembered correctly, it sells for $35 on Amazon.

He walked and stopped frequently, and Ma Jie didn't miss a single trash can he saw along the way.

But inside, there were either only jars or small trinkets worth a few dollars, not worth opening at all.

Another question is that the basic resources in the treasure chests are very scarce, with only a handful of jars and even some empty chests.

Could it be related to the timing of jungling? I guess I'll have to ask my new mentor when I get back; there must be some explanation for this.

Turn a corner and walk across the street to the 711-Eleven convenience store to start the paid shopping mode.

First, we ordered food for the gathering. We ordered two large pizzas of different flavors. A whole box like this costs only $20, enough for five or six people to share.

Then there were the 99-cent special burgers, the $2.50 hot dogs with sausages, the $3 Mexican chicken wraps, and the $1 skewers of beef balls.

Take as much as you can. It's not like it's some kind of delicacy. If you don't let people eat their fill of carbs, that's just too stingy.

Of course, these are all local foods, and their prices are relatively affordable.

Neon-style rice balls, oden, and miso ramen are more expensive, costing $6 to $8 per serving.

There's not much to say about the beer; it's mostly the most common local brands. The cheapest 500ml can is 1.5 yuan, and the most expensive craft beer is 7 yuan a can.

MaJack got a middle price and bought ten cases of six-can packs of industrial beer to try each flavor.

But after calculating, I was still more than a hundred dollars short of completing the task, so I simply took a few more packs of Camel cigarettes, as well as some snacks such as chocolate, sandwich cookies, and potato chips.

He left a 10 yuan credit limit for car use; his planning was incredibly meticulous.

When the taxi arrived at the camp, Max and his men were already waiting, unloading things from the trunk.

Seeing the piles of food and beer, Max exclaimed in disbelief, "What the hell are you doing buying so much? Are you burning money?"

"You think that's all?" Sandy started digging up old dirt: "He also spent $500 on a bicycle today, and after riding it for less than five minutes, the bike was completely totaled."

"Keep getting cocky. You'll see how cruel reality is when you're short of money in the future."

Ma Jie didn't take Max's motherly lecturing to heart at all.

The future is the future, the present is the present, free America, happy every day.

While everyone was unloading, I glanced at the task panel and saw that the main task was completed, and I had entered the three-option happiness mode.

【Equivalent Exchange】: Select any skill and randomly transform it into another skill of the same level.

【Rap Art lv1】: Permanently enhances your ability to create hip-hop music. Multiple selections can be used to upgrade.

[American Iaijutsu Lv1]: Permanently improves your draw speed and shooting accuracy when using various firearms. Can be upgraded multiple times.

Damn... equivalent exchange, this mechanism is not bad. Upon seeing this skill description, Ma Jie's first reaction was that there is room for error.

If the advanced skills you acquire are not useful, then the margin for error comes into play.

Of course, you can't guarantee that the new skill you randomly get will be stronger than the original skill.

Moreover, some skills may seem useless, but if you actually put in the effort to learn them, they might not turn out to be so.

For example, the two-star skill that temporarily increases movement speed that I didn't get before.

【Ghost Blade Unseen (Active)】: Increases movement speed by 25% for 15 seconds after use. Cooldown is 2 hours.

Your first reaction is definitely that it's a meme, and your second reaction is that it's an amazing escape technique.

But what if you use it to train for the 100-meter sprint? As long as you put in the time and effort, you might not be slower than Bolt.

There's also the passive skill [Working Saint Body] that I've already acquired, which provides an extra 80% stamina bar. If I used this to participate in a marathon, I'd be willing to break my opponent's mentality no matter what.

In short, as long as you open your mind, all roads lead to Rome.

Unfortunately, I don't have legal status right now, so I can't participate in any activities that are even slightly formal.

There's only one shortcut to getting legal status: spend money, throw money at the IRS.

On this point, the U.S. government doesn't care what nationality you are, let alone whether your income is black or white.

You paid protection money... no, you paid taxes, so you're a taxpayer. The more you pay, the faster your progress unlocks. It's that simple.

As for those procedures and formalities that are out in the open, they're all complete nonsense.

After all, you're a country; you can't just act like a hooligan with your bare bottom exposed, can you? You still need to wear underwear.

Skipping the second skill entirely, even glancing at it, is disrespectful to oneself; vocational school rap is a mess.

As for [American Iaido], it's the ceiling of basic skills, and there's simply no reason not to learn it.

If all else fails, I'll go back and get a black gun from Xiao Fu. I'll equip myself with it first, even if I don't shoot anyone, I still need to defend myself.

We can't just stay in Guanzhong forever. We have to explore the advanced maps. If you don't even dare to go, how do you know you can't win?

Checking the skill list again, I successfully upgraded to [American Iaijutsu lv2], making today a perfect ending.

"Hey Jimmy, how was your day?"

Upon arriving at the dinner venue, Ma Jie greeted the new mentors warmly.

The latter sat on the ground with a slumped face, looking very depressed.

"What happened? Did someone break your back?"