Just moments ago, seeing his mother in the police station through his mind’s eye, Lin Feng’s heart clenched with worry, and now his fears had come true, leaving him in a panic. Lin Feng gritted his teeth in fury, his anger instantly ignited. What to do, storm into the police station to get his mom back? On what grounds? Cao Lei must be struggling to find a reason to arrest him; going there would only give him an excuse! He couldn’t panic, mustn’t lose his composure. They didn’t have solid evidence to prove he was at the criminal hideout last night. Moreover, Cao Lei and Li Xiangdong were in cahoots, doing no good themselves; they couldn’t openly threaten him. They tricked his mom into going to the police station, probably to use her as leverage in their upcoming scheme. Stay calm; they are still trying to restore his reputation, which is a good thing. Why be anxious? Until their true intentions are revealed, he must not alert them. His mom, just a housewife, was in the police station, not in the hands of Cao and Li, so she should still be safe. But if these two bastards dare to use his mom to threaten him, humph! If even a hair on her head is harmed, he’ll make sure they pay! They want to play games with him, huh? With Nuonuo’s surveillance ability at his disposal, he could easily discover their tricks. They wouldn’t even dream of how effortlessly he could track their moves! Yes, that’s the plan; regardless of their schemes, he’ll play dumb about last night’s events, and they won’t be able to do anything to him! But since these two bastards dare to act so arrogantly, now that they’ve fallen into his hands, he won’t let them off easily. He’ll give them a good thrashing and earn back some moral points. Lin Feng suppressed his impulse, thinking that he always held the initiative, they were the bad guys, why were they always so anxious? It’s not like Yushan City was their kingdom. Instead, he decided to turn the tables, gather their criminal evidence, and launch a preemptive strike! Saying it, doing it, having figured out the key, Lin Feng’s spirit lifted, and he immediately hailed a taxi to the electronics market. Although Nuonuo was powerful, the information it gathered was visible only to him. If he could find a way to transfer or store his memories externally, he could instantly send out a whistleblower email and bring down the corrupt police officer Cao Lei and the gang leader Li Xiangdong. Having learned from past mistakes, and since his surveillance mode wasn’t always available, Lin Feng decided to equip himself with some gadgets to prevent future troubles. With plenty of money in his pocket, what high-tech surveillance equipment couldn’t he afford? Lin Feng pulled out the card given by Xiao Qiang and made a call, setting up a meeting place. On the phone, Lin Feng merely mentioned that he was the guy from this morning, and the other side immediately laughed, saying they had been waiting for his call. This person was indeed a black-market money changer. After meeting, they quickly agreed on a price, and Lin Feng, in urgent need of funds, directly paid $10,000 in cash to Xiao Qiang for the transaction. His generous move immediately lit up Xiao Qiang’s eyes, who then tried to probe Lin Feng’s background, looking at him with a more peculiar gaze. This deal evidently made Xiao Qiang quite a profit, thus he became even more enthusiastic towards Lin Feng. However, Lin Feng’s cool demeanor made it hard for Xiao Qiang to gauge him, and when he tried some small tricks to get closer to Lin Feng to see if he had more goods, Lin Feng cleverly dodged them. Knowing Lin Feng had some skills, Xiao Qiang didn’t dare to act rashly. In the end, Xiao Qiang made a playful remark and agreed to meet for future transactions, boasting about their influence in the area and their ability to handle any amount of goods. “Definitely, definitely!” Lin Feng wasn’t interested in dealing with them, and he wasn’t afraid of Xiao Qiang having any crooked ideas. He saw through him; Xiao Qiang was just a small-time runner. Moreover, Lin Feng had another purpose in mind; this was his way of testing the waters, trying to understand their true capabilities, especially since he had over a million in unaccounted money to launder. This was his first interaction with people from the underworld, and he thought he had been quite cautious. Usually, he only heard about how great US dollars were, but in China, spending them was indeed inconvenient. If he had known earlier, he would have definitely chosen to deal in RMB. After parting with Xiao Qiang, Lin Feng rushed directly to the largest electronics market in the city. Binoculars, pinhole cameras, infrared listeners, remote scanners… In the electronics market, Lin Feng instantly became the top client for various underground merchants. These elusive salesmen, hearing of his arrival, eagerly approached him, selling all kinds of novel so-called cutting-edge devices.
As for Lin Feng, he was quite welcoming to all who came to him. As long as their arguments were persuasive, he would take them all. In just a moment, his backpack was stuffed full of interesting things. This did not include the items he had secretly stashed away in his storage space to avoid alarming others, for which he carried a backpack as a cover. The storage space was soon filled to the brim, and the more than sixty thousand yuan he had just exchanged was almost all spent by his lavish hand. The result of this shopping spree made him feel like a big spender, but while he was in high spirits, he couldn’t help but complain about the capacity of Niuniu’s storage space. Indeed, human desires are insatiable, and when the system notified him that there was no more space for storage, Lin Feng couldn’t help but curse the unseen ‘developer’ who worked hard but received no thanks. Each storage compartment could only hold one type of item; for similar items, there seemed to be no upper limit (at least up to now, with his volume of single item storage, he hadn’t encountered such a bottleneck). However, even if the volume or weight of different items was negligible, each still occupied a precious storage compartment. The settings of Niuniu’s storage space were surprisingly similar to the inventory system of game characters. Niuniu’s storage space seemed to be divided into inner and outer layers. The outer layer was what he could freely control, allowing him to store and retrieve items at will. However, the inner layer, where the Whirlwind Slash and the magic cards he synthesized earlier were stored, remained off-limits. The items inside were blocked by an enchantment he couldn’t break, and although his mental force could freely probe these items, the range was limited to his spiritual sea, and he couldn’t freely retrieve these items like ordinary ones. Once he selected such an item, the system would automatically provide him with many options like activation, transfer, exchange, synthesis, and so on. This internal space seemed to lack many functional modules, and the options that popped up, although numerous, were mostly greyed out and disabled except for a few he had tried before. The outer space, however, had fewer restrictions; as long as there was space, items could be stored and retrieved at will. The only downside was that when the outer storage space was completely filled, the load on his body suddenly increased by ten percent, causing Lin Feng’s agility to drop two levels, bringing him back to a level similar to that of an ordinary person. This unexpected discovery made Lin Feng puzzled once again about the existence of Niuniu – was it really just equipment dropped from a game???
But for things he couldn’t figure out, Lin Feng, who always adopted an ostrich policy, shook his head to temporarily dismiss this new problem and continued his journey in silence.
