The Three Realms Thief Chapter 17

As several people were busy, they suddenly saw seven or eight classmates walking out of the street opposite.

“Jiang Xueyao!”

“It’s Yang Xiaobing and the others!”

The students’ eyes lit up, and they all ran to them.

“It’s a gun!”

“Finders keepers!”

“Give us some!”

As they spoke, they were blocked by the policeman.

“Who are you people? Don’t interfere with my duties, disperse immediately!”

The policeman shouted sternly.

Someone retorted unhappily, “They can all get guns, why can’t we—”

“They helped me kill two monsters. Who are you? What have you done?” The policeman said disdainfully.

Only then did everyone react.

That’s right.

This is an exam!

If they didn’t do anything, how could they expect to gain military power and soar to the sky in one go!

The teachers must have set everything up!

Then they looked at the policeman.

His hand was already on his gun.

If they continued to act unreasonably, things might not be so simple.

In the event of a demon slaughtering the city, if they couldn’t help and only caused trouble…

They probably wouldn’t even pass.

“It’s our fault.”

“Sorry.”

Several students apologized sheepishly, backed away a few steps, disappeared into the darkness, and continued in other directions.

Xu Yuan, fully equipped, smiled and said to the policeman:

“I am Xu Yuan. How should I address you?”

“Liu Shanxing,” the policeman said.

“Officer Liu, is there anything else we can help with?” Xu Yuan asked.

Yang Xiaobing, Jiang Xueyao, and Zhao Afei were about to leave, but hearing him say this, they were all stunned.

Xu Yuan shook his head at them, indicating for them to calm down.

—They were still students, so naturally, they didn’t know that at this time, they needed to brush up on the characters’ “favorability” and, by the way, gather intelligence.

Don’t miss it if you pass by.

Old seasoned pros would do anything to explore the plot.

Specifically combined with this moment—

His actions were like earnestly helping with urban security, not abrupt at all.

Even from the perspective of an exam, it made perfect sense.

Officer Liu said unexpectedly:

“Don’t you still have something to do?”

“Thank you very much for providing the equipment and weapons. Our matter is not that important. If you need support here, we will not decline,” Xu Yuan said.

A smile appeared on Officer Liu’s face:

“Your strength is extraordinary, and you can indeed help me.”

“Please tell me,” Xu Yuan said.

“How about you patrol Chaoyang Road for me—I need to go back and arrange for someone to handle things here?”

Officer Liu asked.

“No problem!” Xu Yuan readily agreed.

Officer Liu nodded, pulled off his police badge, and took a police walkie-talkie from the car and handed it to Xu Yuan, saying:

“The police badge and walkie-talkie are enough to represent that you are assisting me. Go!”

“Mission accomplished,” Xu Yuan said as he took the police badge and walkie-talkie.

He looked back.

He saw Zhao Afei full of excitement, Yang Xiaobing’s eyes sparkling, and even Jiang Xueyao nodded at him.

He had gained the identity of assisting in the case!

—Everything will be much more convenient now!

Xu Yuan also somewhat understood the basic “game logic” in his heart.

Contribute to this city.

The city will reward you and help you go further in the exam.

For example—

The four of them had just saved Officer Liu.

Now they had gained the identity of “assisting in the investigation” and could help enforce the law in public security incidents.

The exam itself tests the students’ abilities and contributions in the incident.

This will definitely add points!

“Is it to assess students’ abilities and character from the perspective of contribution…”

Xu Yuan thought silently.

But he saw Yang Xiaobing run to the bus stop in the distance to check the city map on the sign.

Officer Liu had also left.

Xu Yuan was about to go up and look at the map with Yang Xiaobing when he suddenly felt something and looked up.

Not just him.

Jiang Xueyao, Yang Xiaobing, and Zhao Afei all looked up at the sky at the same time.

Deep in the night sky.

Just in those layered dark clouds—

Something was moving.

What exactly was it?

Yang Xiaobing pulled out a talisman from her sleeve, aimed it at the sky, and softly chanted:

“By decree! Track and trace!”

The talisman immediately turned into a white paper, with a line of flickering numbers flashing wildly on the paper, finally stopping at “3100.”

3100 points!

“The stock market has been falling sharply recently,” Xu Yuan lamented.

“This is the strength fluctuation of the enemy—usually, if this value surpasses the peak of Foundation Establishment, it is an existence above the Golden Core stage,” Yang Xiaobing explained.

Above Golden Core!

The Director of Education had said that the divine artifacts were still unstable, and only Foundation Establishment stage teachers and Qi Refining stage students could enter.

So—

Xu Yuan was deep in thought when he suddenly saw all the clouds in the sky disperse.

A black flood dragon, several hundred meters long, appeared before everyone’s eyes.

“Flood dragon…ah…”

Everyone chanted in unison, the “ah” prolonged and unbelievable, as if as long as they didn’t finish chanting, all this would just be a dream, not real.

That was a flood dragon!

This was a mutated demonic beast whose combat power could not be measured by numbers.

It was born with various divine abilities, and its body was as strong as a magic treasure.

A Golden Core stage flood dragon would require cultivators of a higher level to contend with it.

And even then, victory was not guaranteed!

At this moment.

All the students taking the exam were lost in thought.

A flood dragon!

How could it be—

How could a flood dragon appear in this high school exam!

“Let’s go, the exam has officially begun.”

Xu Yuan said.

“Wait, where are we going?” Zhao Afei gripped the bus stop sign with both hands, feeling his legs go weak, unable to take a single step.

—The flood dragon was still circling in the sky, and they didn’t know what it was going to do.

What was it going to do?

Right.

Soon, this city would be destroyed!

This flood dragon was going to destroy the city!

The more Zhao Afei thought, the more terrified he became, when he suddenly heard a loud bang beside his ear, startling him.

He turned his head to look.

He saw Xu Yuan had already righted the overturned police car.

Xu Yuan got into the driver’s seat, fastened his seatbelt, and then turned the key—

The car started!

“Everyone get in the car, we’re going to make a run for it now.”

Xu Yuan shouted.

Everyone’s hearts stirred.

That’s right.

It was a pipe dream to expect high school students to deal with a flood dragon.

So this should be a survival-type exam!

—Escape!

As long as they survived, they should meet the requirements of the exam!

Jiang Xueyao leaped, jumped onto the car roof, and said:

“I’ll keep watch from above.”

“Okay—you two sit in the back,” Xu Yuan shouted.

Yang Xiaobing and Zhao Afei got into the back seat of the car.

Zhao Afei pressed one hand against a bag at his waist, craned his neck, and continued to stare at the flood dragon in the sky.

“Last month’s exam, we repelled the rat demons disturbing the farmland.”

“This time it’s a flood dragon…”

He murmured distractedly.

The car quickly started, speeding along the road like a whirlwind.

Along the way, more and more monsters began to appear in residential areas, supermarkets, parks, and other places.

Some students were also visible.

Yang Xiaobing poked Xu Yuan with her hand.

Xu Yuan looked back.

Zhao Afei’s face was covered in sweat, and he seemed to be on the verge of losing control due to tension.

“Afei, you’re responsible for observing our surroundings and telling me what’s happening.”

Xu Yuan shouted loudly.

“Ah—okay—”

Zhao Afei jumped up, hitting his head on the car ceiling without feeling any pain. He simply opened the car window and looked around.

“Liu Hao from Class 3 and his group hid in a supermarket.”

“Two groups of students are setting up defensive facilities on the street!”

“We’ve entered Chaoyang Road—wait! That’s Zhang Yang from our class, their group is fighting a wolf demon—Xiaobing, can you check the wolf demon’s combat power?”

Zhao Afei kept reporting the situation, seeming to gradually recover.

“Wolf demon?”

Yang Xiaobing held up a talisman, about to activate the power upon it.

But she heard Xu Yuan shout:

“Hold on tight!”

The car suddenly fishtailed.

The tires screeched as they rubbed against the ground.

Yang Xiaobing grabbed the handrail.

Zhao Afei gasped, pressing his hands tightly against the car window.

On the roof, Jiang Xueyao quickly shifted her footing and asked in surprise:

“What are you doing?”

But she saw Xu Yuan grab a pistol from the passenger seat, stick it out the car window, and as the car made a sharp turn and fishtailed—

Bang!

A gunshot.

Hundreds of meters away.

The pouncing wolf demon stiffened, stumbled a few steps sideways, and fell motionless to the ground.

The bullet had entered its eye socket and pierced the back of its skull.

It was dead.

Phantom Gold Coins emerged from the corpse.

The total amount of gold coins reached 33!

“Wolf demon killed during patrol on Chaoyang Road, mission complete.”

Xu Yuan picked up the walkie-talkie and said, then slammed on the accelerator. The car roared, accelerating away from the battle scene.

Zhao Afei was dumbfounded and couldn’t help but exclaim loudly:

“When did you learn firearms?”

“I found some time to learn,” Xu Yuan said.

“No—we’re together every day, but I’ve never seen you play with guns!” Zhao Afei said.

“Because you’re not diligent enough, you’ve never seen Los Angeles at four in the morning.”

“What’s that? Never mind, I’m going to learn too when I get back!”

Zhao Afei shouted loudly.

On the car roof.

Jiang Xueyao’s eyes lit up.

“3-0, looks like I need to get serious too.”

She thought silently.

Yang Xiaobing, however, had already withdrawn her gaze, pulled a talisman from her pocket, quickly folded it into a paper crane, flicked it out the window, and whispered:

“Go ahead and scout the way.”

The paper crane flapped its wings a few times in mid-air, then suddenly transformed into a White Crane, flying in front of the car, constantly observing the surroundings.