"Grand Prize…Robbery 10 seconds..."

Xun Xie pondered over and over, and couldn't help but think literally: Rob someone in 10 seconds? What happened if he did? Would the spoils be multiplied or something?

Otherwise, why is it called a robbery and why must it be in 10 seconds?

Unless it's like areal robbery and there’s a penalty which is getting caught but what would be the penalty if he failed to finish in 10…

It wouldn’t be something horrific, would it?

Xun Xie inadvertently felt a chill run down his spine.

…

Riding a donkey, da da da.

Xun Xie entered Blue Brain Town as usual, it was still early, the street was relatively deserted, and there were only a few people.

The stall selling breakfast has opened.

Xun Xie sat down at the dining table.

"Little brother, what would you like to eat today?" the vendor asked with a warm smile.

Xun Xie came here every day for breakfast. He was showing his face and forming a routine. The vendor regarded him as a regular customer.

The most important thing is that Xun Xie eats a lot and never takes credit. There is no reason why the vendor wouldn't like such a customer.

"It's the same as yesterday." Xun Xie's appetite was basically fixed. For breakfast, it consisted of a large bowl of bean curd, two fried dough sticks, a meat bun, a vegetable bun, and two eggs. Of the available options, they were not only the most tasty but the most nutritious. Milk cubes and beef honey skewers were best saved for lunch or dinner or as a treat.

"Okay."

The vendor immediately prepared and brought them to the table.

Xun Xie eats at a leisurely pace. He doesn't like to gobble, chew slowly, taste delicious food, and let the taste of each ingredient and flavor fully bloom on the tip of the tongue.

This is the enjoyment of life.

To live, there is no need to be in such a hurry.

If a person doesn't even have time to eat well, then he will not be very happy.

Moreover, this was in a situation with No taxes, No unreasonable societal expectations based on other people's wishes, no boss to suck up to, no need to work for a living, and no need to worry about a house…at least in the short term.

Maybe his internet addiction previously was like consuming food, he had consumed so much that he ate everything and was just repeating the same thing, so somehow the withdrawal symptoms of the lack of internet never got to kick in…

Although he was keeping himself entertained, like exploring the town like a game, he leisurely spoke with people to help with his writing and to increase his knowledge of the area and time period.

Sadly, despite the size of this place it was equivalent to a town of hundreds in the countryside of ancient times, the villagers barely knew anything and didn't care to know more outside of their lives. So his goal of hearing of an empire or dynasty with influence nearby went up in smoke.

The town's craftsmanship was also quite interesting, he was used to fake or suspected fake antiques but here he was seeing them firsthand although technically they weren't antiques yet, moreover hygiene in this town at least, was not that much of an issue.

As long as he avoided thinking about the past, he wouldn’t get sad. On the contrary, this world was exciting, like a new game or a child reminiscent of his current development stage, seeing and learning new things excited him!

Just like that, before I knew it, a delicious breakfast was ready.

Xun Xie took out the money and threw it on the table, ready to get up and leave.

“There's that matter too, I can’t run from it forever, might as well..oh?”

At this moment, a child holding a big lollipop passed by himself.

The little fellow was joyfully licking the sweet he saved a month of gifted money for when a giant hand swiped it from him.

His little bean eyes and yellowish face with a smidge of dirt looked up to a boy older than him with an evil smile on his face with his lolly in his hand!

“Give..Gimb!” He called out incoherently.

“Hehe Robbery…”

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Waaah~

“…”

Seeing the crying child who he stole from to test the effects of his ability, Xun Xie wasn’t sorry but puzzled. Such a small robbery even if it went wrong by some conniving plot of lady luck to curse him, wouldn’t have a severe backlash. But even the suspected reward was missing much less a backlash.

How?

Ah, that’s it

“Sorry little one, I didn’t mean it, here’s your candy back.”

“Uh?” The little fellow mumbled in surprise seeing his lolly in his hand again.

Xun Xie quickly activated his ability with his mind and reached out to grab the candy stick again with an evil grin.

“Ha! Robbery!”

But the next second!

The little boy had lost balance from the rough grab and was falling but he stopped mid-fall!

Beside him, passers-by who were giving him unkind looks for bullying the tyke also froze.

Xun Xie was stunned for a second, then looked around at them carefully, two seconds, four seconds, six seconds!

"Not moving..." Xun Xie shifted his gaze, looking around, nine seconds, ten seconds!

The passersby continued walking while looking at him from the corner of their eyes as if they had never stopped.

The kid also began crying increasingly louder after he fell forwards.

Everything around me is flowing again...

Xun Xie's expression was sluggish, his mind shook violently, and the effect of the hourglass Grand Prize was figured out.

"Robbery for 10 seconds, stop time for ten seconds!"

Truly worthy of being called a Grand Prize!

Xun Xie got goosebumps with excitement, this plug-in is super buggy!

I just don't know, how far does time stop, is it this place or the whole world?

"With these ten seconds to stop, then I..."

Can you kill that big bear?

Xun Xie thought about it and gradually calmed down. After all, the pause was only ten seconds.

What can you do in ten seconds, and how much can you do?

Not to mention, within a day, there is only one time-off session, and it will be gone when it is used up.

"Well, more tests are needed to figure out what I can and can't do during a ten-second stop.

For example, during the ten-second pause, can I swipe someone's neck with one knife? "

Xun Xie completely calmed down.

Then left sucking on a lollipop.

The day passed quickly. With a pitiful child missing his candy stick stolen by a heinous great villain.

The following day he won the Treasure Hunter (Seeker) with an effective range of 1000 meters. He once again went to sweep the town, before, during, and after practice at the Hu Mansion.

Interestingly enough, he discovered another jackpot!

“130 meters to the North, 632 meters underground there is Blood Dragon Saber soaked in the blood of a lesser dragon creature. Possess lethal effects to low and mid-level weird with great sharpness that cuts iron like mud.”

Anything to do with dragons was surely amazing!

But…

Xun Xie looked at the large mansion that was a bit bigger than Hu Piao’s. Heavily guarded and imposing. Just by being near he got several warning glares.

Upset, he stole three candy sticks from children on his way back.

The next day, this great villain got up as usual to wash, prepare fodder, feed the donkey, and spin the lottery.

when!

when!

The wheel glowed, spun, and finally stopped.

“You spun the lottery wheel and won Invisibility."

“Duration: 1 day.”

“Critical activated, thousand critical obtained.”

“Invisibility active for 1000 seconds.”

Xun Xie blinked.

“Fucking Finally!”

He excitedly jumped up.

He would finally get some time to use this ability.

Xun Xie realized he had never actually used it although he could have, but he had disdained the meager period of 1 sec. Now was the perfect time to test, and he had just the place.

Sneakily activating his ability a distance away from the mansion he found yesterday, he waltzed right through the gate and mocked the guards a bit by making faces before entering.

Trotting a luxurious red jade path, he saw fountains with actual silver in them, several beautiful maids, imposing muscular guards with the scent of war and bloodlust, exquisite carvings and sculptures, and so on.

After reaching halfway through his journey and seeing the countdown at the corner of his vision, he realized he didn’t remember the exact location of the Saber. Cursing inwardly for a while, he decided to continue exploring anyway and make a preliminary map inside his mind of the mansion.

“?!!!”

“Susu.”

“Yes mistress.”

“Get me, my flowered robes instead, I’ve decided against the pure white ones.”

A graceful figure with a bountiful chest appeared in his sight. Half obscured by a curtain and surrounded by steam from the bath, served by a lovely maid. Seeing the two pink dots and lovely white rabbits bouncing, Xun Xie’s youthful figure couldn’t hold it and he ran away immediately.

The woman turned to the direction he left.

Was it my imagination? Yes, its impossible for anyone to get this close without me noticing. The heat from the bath must be affecting me. My eyes have been tempered by the moon gazing technique so it's even more impossible to miss anything.

The woman had curved phoenix eyes with black pupils and black hair cascading down her back like straight tassels on a piece of cloth. Her figure was perfect and round in all the right places and thin where it should be.

She had an aura of nobility around her that was evident in the most casual of movements but her face was truly a show-stopper. A real femme fatale that could cause the downfall of ten thousand men.

***

“Wait why am I running? I’m a man! Wait technically I’m a boy but my mind is that of an adult.”

Xun Xie halted his escape, pondering turning back to prove himself but seeing the countdown getting lower and seeing the need to have time to create distance between him and the mansion to leave safely, he decided against it and left. It had nothing to do with being scared or indecisive at all. His brain was at max capacity, he couldn't memorize anymore or he would forget the earlier parts! This could only be a long-term plan due to this which was... unfortunate. After all, such a big house to memorize.

“Those were really…” Xun Xie’s mind couldn’t get that scenery out of it.

Unable to extricate himself for a while, he was left speechless by himself.

Is this body going through puberty?

“More importantly, invisibility has preliminary tests which went well except for that last part and not remembering where the saber was…still it’s not like I can write it down. That would be suspicious if someone found it…unless I wrote it in code only I could understand. Although that might not be necessary, the instructions weren’t complicated it was just that I didn’t bother focusing on it before. Was it 132 underground or was that the distance and it's 660?”

“Forget it, now everything has been tried and proven! All my cheats have been used!”

Xun Xie immediately looked inside his mind at the glowing stone wheel.

The hourglass that glowed dark gold, signifying the Grand Prize: 10 second Robbery.

The three coins that glowed with verdant green, representing Treasure Seeker

The crown glowing purple-white, showing Great Clarity

And the cloak that had a colorless glow that reflected the cheat of Invisibility.

These were his foundation to bring this world to its heels!