From the Abyss of Stars Part 1

Untitled Part 5

005. Man of Action

Leaving the Frost Republic and entering the outside world seems like suicide, but that's not quite accurate.

It's more like going from one hell to another.

Li Aozhi was the night patrol security guard at Jianlin County Village Savings Bank. He had heard that working in a bank was lucrative, but he misunderstood two points.

First, banks make money, but being a security guard does not. The tellers work five days a week, but security guards only get one day off on National Day, and their monthly salary is only 2300 to 2400 Debbies, not much more than a supermarket cashier.

Moreover, being a security guard in a border area like Frost, the probability of encountering robber gangs, extraordinary criminals, and monsters like Spirit Fiends is very high. The bank is not a government institution and cannot afford to hire extraordinary beings, so pressing an alarm in a crisis is the best you can do for the bank manager.

Second, in the era of the four countries, it's not ordinary financial institutions that make real money, but the "Global Trade Bank," abbreviated GTB, a special armed monopoly organization.

Using the bank keys he managed as a security guard, Li Aozhi opened the riot equipment vault, taking out a fire axe and a bulletproof vest. He kept a close eye on the time, always calculating.

Next, he took the fire axe and smashed the counter, quickly looting the cash, roughly estimating about 40,000 Debbies. Li Aozhi spread the cash like a fan, counting it skillfully and quickly—this wasn't due to his banking expertise but rather a technique he learned playing card games in the past.

"14,2300 Debbies, not much. But enough to start that quest."

Li Aozhi was satisfied. He had no intention of robbing the bank vault. As a night patrol security guard, he didn't have the electronic key to the vault, and the bank's safes were nearly impossible to open without professional cutting tools.

Comparatively, looting the counter cash was the easiest.

"Since Rule Four arrests people indiscriminately and kills innocents for credit, I might as well embezzle."

"And if I pull off a big heist, robbing a bank is a serious crime. Maybe Rule Four agents will hunt me down. Initially, Rule Four agents are at most level 15. Taking them down would provide a substantial amount of experience."

Li Aozhi deleted the surveillance footage and struck Lanny Johns' corpse a few times, staging the scene to look like he had murdered for money.

Ordinary people instinctively fear law enforcement, but Li Aozhi didn't. On the contrary, he intended to use this as bait, luring them in.

As a pragmatist, Li Aozhi had no qualms about criminal activities. In his previous life, players caused havoc across the universe; this was nothing.

He quickly changed out of his security uniform. To prevent biological information tracking by Rule Four, he set a fire, burning away his biological information. He also removed the SIM card from his personal terminal and threw it into the morning garbage truck to prevent tracking.

Li Aozhi was a man of action. Within ten minutes, he was ready to set the fire. He didn't carry any extra items, lit a cigarette with Lanny's lighter, and took a deep drag.

Phew...

The complex aroma of tobacco lingered in his teeth, calming his mind completely. He wasn't a regular smoker, so the calming effect of the tobacco would last a long time.

Before six o'clock arrived, he threw the lit half-cigarette onto a pile of combustibles and turned to leave.

Boom!