Don't provoke mentally ill people in the infinite flow genre!

[Haha, all that money I spent wasn't for nothing, I finally got to see Qin Shaoyu use his personal skill again.]

[I really don't understand, what exactly do you guys like about Qin Shaoyu? He relies on absorbing other people's talents to clear levels, like a bloodsucking leech. If this happened to you, wouldn't you feel disgusted?]

Please, with my skill level, how could I possibly be matched with a Grandmaster player in the same game? Unless he's really looking for a way to kill me, but that's impossible.

[Yeah, I was just watching for the fun. Every time I see him burn paper money and manage to steal someone's talent, leaving the other person angry and helpless, I get a strange sense of satisfaction—maybe it's a bit despicable, but the knife isn't stabbing me, so I just feel great!]

[I like Qin Shaoyu mainly because his name means "God of Wealth." Even a ghostly God of Wealth is still a God of Wealth, so I'll just top up my account as an offering to him.]

[For those who insist on making offerings, I suggest you offer them directly to koi fish dolls; at least those bring genuine S+ level luck. You're relying on a fake god of wealth for protection, aren't you afraid of bad luck?]

Qin Shaoyu's luck is S+ too! Otherwise, why would he get a five-star skill when his talents are all just average? The system always gives these lucky guys special treatment!

[Holy crap, who was that who mentioned the koi fish doll just now? Isn't that Tang Yunxi? She's here at Fourth Middle School too, is she going to rescue that guy whose talent Qin Shaoyu stole?]

[So they were teammates? ???]

[Huh? Why did the camera cut away again? I wanted to see if that guy was dead or not! Should I try to boost the koi doll's ranking?]

Friends, I have a feeling things are getting interesting!

……

Tang Yunxi finally waited until the wheelchair cooled down. Carrying a backpack full of collected resources, she drove the wheelchair to the Fourth Middle School in a hurry.

The map showed that Shen Yubai was also rapidly approaching her location.

She had a relatively smooth journey so far, avoiding all the zombies she could, but things started to get complicated once she entered the gates of the Fourth Middle School.

Holy crap, how come this school is so huge? And there are so many zombies?

Is it because the teachers and students are too obsessed that they refuse to leave even after turning into zombies, and insist on gathering here to wait for the college entrance examination?

Tang Yunxi had no weapons, and all she carried was an iron pot. It was barely enough to hold off low-level zombies, but dealing with the vengeful zombies was simply a pipe dream. The corrosive slime would burn the iron pot through in just a few seconds.

So she hurried along while nervously trying to bolster her spirits.

"Don't be afraid, Xizi! We've weathered many storms; do you think we'll let you down when it really matters?!"

[System prompt: Enable [Lucky Wheelchair]'s defensive mode?]

【Yes. 】

The wheelchair slowly slowed down to a constant speed, now roughly equivalent to a car traveling at 30 miles per hour, and a light golden halo formed around her.

This light shield can temporarily block some normal damage, but if it suffers severe fatal damage, it will become a one-time consumable.

As they passed the school's laboratory building, the two jealous zombies, who had been relentlessly pursuing them, finally found an opportunity to pounce on Tang Yunxi.

In theory, their gaping maws were enough to bite through Tang Yunxi's thin neck, but thanks to the light shield, Tang Yunxi narrowly escaped death.

The light shield shattered on the spot, and the wheelchair's 30-minute time limit expired.

With an iron pot on his head, Tang Yunxi ran forward like a madman. The two dots on the map were getting closer and closer, and they were about to completely overlap.

"Brother Shen! Brother Shen, help me!"

At the critical moment, Shen Yubai arrived on his motorcycle, a burning incense stick between his teeth—his Shadowless Incense.

He reached out and grabbed her around the waist, using the momentum to pull her to the back seat, then twisted the accelerator and sped away from the scene.

...The campus of the Fourth Middle School has become a veritable carnival for all kinds of zombies, and a large number of jealous zombies are eyeing it covetously.

Not entirely confident of breaking through, the two circled around and found a relatively secluded abandoned lecture hall, where they took their motorcycle with them.

There were a few zombies scattered around in the lecture hall. Shen Yubai picked up an entrenching tool and chopped off their heads one by one.

Tang Yunxi went to the stage equipment room and found two ropes to lock the door of the lecture hall firmly. She then pushed a bunch of tables and chairs in front of the door before turning back with lingering fear.

"Thank goodness you arrived in time, otherwise I would have been eaten alive by them."

Shen Yubai threw away the burnt-out incense stick, leaned on his entrenching tool with one hand, sat down on the ground, and breathed heavily with exhaustion.

"Actually, you don't have to come looking for me. Just hide in a safe place and wait for us to come find you."

"Where is there really a safe place out there? I can't just sit here and wait," Tang Yunxi said. "This is to save time, and I'm also worried about what might happen to you."

After she finished speaking, she keenly noticed that Shen Yubai's expression was not quite right, so she quickly stepped forward to ask him.

"Brother Shen, are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Shen Yubai sighed, "I wouldn't say I'm injured, but I have indeed run into some trouble."

"What? Tell me quickly!"

Do you know Qin Shaoyu, the Ghost God of Wealth?

"I know, that purple-haired guy from the Money Tree team, he's super flamboyant." Tang Yunxi nodded. "I've watched his live streams, and he was the one who approached me online when the Money Tree team wanted to recruit me, but I didn't agree."

"Why won't you agree?"

"This team sounds too tacky, and he implied that he thinks I'm lucky and wants to help me find items in the future—I feel like they don't respect me, and I don't really like them."

Shen Yubai said in a low voice, "You made the right choice."

"what?"

"Qin Shaoyu is definitely not a good person."

Of course, there are no truly good people in the game of Doom; this is just his subjective evaluation.

Tang Yunxi immediately realized: "His skill seems to be the talent for stealing people. Did you just run into him?"

"Yes, right there in the library, he traded his skills for my highest talent attribute."

He opened the system panel to show her, and sure enough, his highest talent, which was originally S- in damage tolerance, had now become B.

Tang Yunxi was shocked: "Qin Shaoyu's injury tolerance is so low? He's not much stronger than me!"

"If someone is strong in every aspect, what's the point of the system giving him this skill?" Shen Yubai said. "The essence of his skill is becoming a master by stealing."

"Damn it!" Tang Yunxi couldn't help but curse. "What are we going to do, Brother Shen? You're completely useless in this unit!"

"...Yeah, and there are side effects to being hit by Qin Shaoyu's skill. I couldn't get up for a while, and I almost died when zombies broke in." Shen Yubai rubbed his temples in annoyance. "If I hadn't lit an incense stick in time, our team would have had to be laid off."

To be honest, he didn't want to use his skills in such a pathetic place, but survival was the priority.

He had personally assembled the team for this bonus tournament, and if they failed before even getting started, he wouldn't be able to face his three teammates.

Tang Yunxi glanced at the map, then patted him on the shoulder, trying to make her tone sound as relaxed as possible.

"It's okay, Brother Shen, the three of us can protect you."

"Thank you, but this is causing too much trouble for the team."

"It's no trouble at all. What's the point of talking about trouble between friends?"

Despite this, Tang Yunxi grew angrier the more she thought about it and couldn't help but slap her thigh hard.

"Lanlan's almost here! We need to tell her about this; she'll definitely have a solution! I'm going to pluck all the hair from that purple-feathered chicken's head!"