Chapter 171: Unpredictable Defense

Chapter 171: Unpredictable Defense

Xiao Yu silently muttered, ‘Check in!’

【Ding! Congratulations, host, on a successful check-in!】

【System Reward: Ability – Mimicry Expert!】

【System Task Assigned: Crack the Assassin Group Case!】

【Limited Time to Solve the Case: Twenty-Five Days!】

【Complete the task within the time limit to earn an additional system skill: Squid’s Touch!】

【Fail within the time limit and your granted system ability will be revoked!】

【Task Countdown Begins…】

Xiao Yu was dumbfounded.

Unlike before, the system no longer force-fed his brain and body with data and abilities.

Yet his body, his eyes, his very cells were undergoing bizarre changes.

What kind of changes?

Xiao Yu’s memory and thoughts whispered to him.

He could now flawlessly mimic his target’s physical movements with ‘253’ precision.

No matter how intricate the movement, he could replicate it exactly.

He could even imitate voices, all thanks to his photographic memory…

Xiao Yu was shocked.

The sheer power of a photographic memory was terrifying enough.

And on top of that, he could perfectly imitate others?

Chilling!

But…only twenty-five days for the task?

It was the first time since gaining the system that he faced such a lengthy time limit.

How dangerous, terrifying, and nearly unsolvable could this case be?

Xiao Yu felt a piercing pain in his head, his mind reeling as the crisis of life and death loomed!

System, weren’t we supposed to be partners?

What are you planning now?

If the host dies, you’ll be in deep trouble too!

And as for that system skill, Squid’s Touch…

Forget it.

Xiao Yu looked at his phone.

Whether he could solve the case was secondary to saving his own life.

The smartphone was entirely black, with no SIM card inserted.

The home screen showed only one app icon and one document.

No SIM, no internet?

Xiao Yu tapped on the document.

Inside, like a computer file, there was a single line of text.

【Please connect to the internet and open the software!】

Xiao Yu frowned, took out his phone, and activated his hotspot.

Using his black phone to connect to the hotspot, he opened the mysterious app.

In an instant, the phone’s screen went completely black.

Not a crash, but the entire screen turned pitch black.

Just as Xiao Yu was puzzled,

half a minute later a line of text began scrolling across the screen.

【Enter the target’s name, age, occupation, address… and other details. Not everything is necessary—just enough to confirm their identity. Awaiting appraisal!】

Then, a typing dialogue box popped up.

Appraisal… squinting, Xiao Yu entered a name and some details into the box.

The intended target was arranged by Wang Dong’s team.

An undercover security operative!

Suddenly, the black interface on the phone crashed back to the original home screen.

Xiao Yu: ???

The other party forcibly terminated the dialogue and exited the app?

Could they really do that?

Yes, they could!

After all, the phone’s system is open-source; some apps don’t require installation through secure platforms.

This applies to Android systems—iOS would need to be jailbroken.

“Investigative info?”

Xiao Yu set his phone down. “Confirm the info first and then proceed with the appraisal? Is that the commission for a hit?”

His deduction was spot on.

The car’s brakes failing was merely a test.

They wanted to see how he’d handle things—and his reaction after a crash.

They wouldn’t care if the client got injured or even killed!

First, you must remember who they are—assassins!

Do assassins really care about your injuries or death?

If one client is gone, they just move on to the next…

“Taking three days just to contact me—surely you’ve dug into my identity, haven’t you?”

Xiao Yu muttered inwardly: Did you really have my permission to check my information so blatantly?

What channels do you even use to investigate someone’s identity?

Can ordinary people even access such info?

Countless questions swirled in his mind…

Hailing a taxi, Xiao Yu headed home.

Home—the hideout for his assumed identity!

Midnight.

Inside the master bedroom of the three-bedroom apartment.

Xiao Yu suddenly opened his eyes; his ears twitched ever so slightly… Wax Moth’s Ear.

In the next moment, he activated Python’s Sense.

The world began to shift.

Just as a python detects heat signatures in the dark, it picked up thermal infrared energy from living creatures…

Much like a temperature sensor.

Seconds later, Xiao Yu’s gaze fixed on the bedroom door as he sensed a burst of infrared heat, a slight smile forming.

It couldn’t be someone from Wang Dong’s team.

It had been decided—even in a life-and-death crisis,

he wasn’t allowed to cry out for help!

So, who could it be?

An assassin?

Or someone else?

What was their objective?

The bedroom door creaked open silently. Xiao Yu closed his eyes, feigning sleep.

A shadowy figure slowly crept into the room and approached the bedside.

He raised his hand slowly, and a knife materialized within it.

Suddenly, he swung the knife toward the sleeping Xiao Yu.

The stabbing motion wasn’t particularly swift.

A normal person would have easily dodged it.

Xiao Yu, having activated Cheetah Speed, Spirit of the Raccoon Cat, and even Bear Force, remained utterly still—almost as if he were sound asleep.

No, it wasn’t that he didn’t want to move.

He was simply confident he could dodge when the knife came within a centimeter of his body!

In the end…

The knife halted two centimeters above Xiao Yu’s neck.

A test!

Feigning sleep, Xiao Yu let out a cold laugh in his heart.

The first was the brakes.

Now, was this the second test?

This person clearly wasn’t a genuine assassin.

Just a petty lackey?

Even if caught, they wouldn’t pinpoint you—like some 2.2 case, perhaps?

Sure enough.

The assailant retracted the knife, shot Xiao Yu a puzzled look, then silently exited the bedroom, vanishing from sight…

Xiao Yu remained motionless, slowly opening his eyes and glancing at the bedroom window, watching the curtains.

“Is there an infrared detector outside?”

A mocking sneer played on his lips as he murmured, “Had I moved as soon as he left, you’d have caught me just the same.”

Living two lives, this was the first time he encountered an opponent like this.

So cunning, with tactics he’d never seen before.

Any misstep and they’d pick up on it immediately.

No wonder even top security personnel were powerless against them—they simply couldn’t be tracked.

The assassins’ methods were utterly unpredictable!