After Beating the Game, I Became the Villain BOSS-Chapter 94 - 90: Intercepted Intelligence

Su Mo finished his shopping and didn't linger in the black market, preparing to head home.

The Rusted Wall Level has inspection equipment, and the Hawkeye drone he bought came from the Public Security Bureau, so it obviously couldn't be brought in directly.

However, entering the Inner City from the outskirts doesn't necessarily require going through the Rusted Wall.

As mentioned before, New Moon City has an incredibly vast sewage network.

This complex system runs through both the outskirts and the Inner City. As long as one is familiar with its structure and finds a way to avoid the Public Security Bureau's underground patrols, it's entirely possible to "smuggle" into the Inner City.

Those criminals without citizen status who can travel between the outskirts and the Inner City almost always use the sewers.

To navigate the sewers easily requires extensive experience.

Of course, for Su Mo, who has a map in his head, this is no big deal.

He carried the goods he bought, passed through the sewers into the Inner City, returned home, and began the modifications for the Future.

Future was highly efficient, and by the next day, the drone and eavesdropping equipment were modified.

The original Hawkeye drone had limited shooting precision, but after Future's modification, its lens precision greatly increased, and multiple components were added, significantly reducing noise while enhancing powerful anti-jamming capabilities.

The eavesdropping equipment was even more exaggerated. Originally a button-sized device, Future dismantled and reconstructed it using microcircuit techniques into the size of a grain of rice.

She even added wireless remote-controlled mobility components, allowing this bug to crawl like a spider, transforming from a "bug" into an "eavesdropping robot."

Within just a day, they used materials bought from the black market to create top-tier spy-level equipment...

Apart from saying "awesome," Su Mo didn't know how else to describe it.

Future didn't show any emotional fluctuation about it, saying it was just making two "toys" and not challenging at all.

She compiled the operation instructions into a document and sent it to Su Mo, saying, "Boss, you can follow the manual to learn the controls; I need to continue researching the gun's bullets."

"Alright, spirit, you go ahead." Su Mo ran out of the lab, carrying the drone and eavesdropping equipment.

After learning the operations, he headed near the Libetong Mansion with the equipment.

He hid in a deserted corner, using the drone to carry the mini eavesdropping robot, controlling it to ascend.

The drone flew towards the floor of Tareg's office and transmitted real-time footage back to Su Mo's imaging glasses.

The Libetong Foundation was established by Tareg's father, and the Libetong Mansion was like her home, so she often didn't go home at night.

As night fell, she was still in the office on the phone, and from her sweet demeanor, she seemed to be chatting with Ou Chenyu.

It looked like Ou Chenyu was taking the strategy route with Tareg.

Su Mo thought: You're really not picky, dude.

He maneuvered the drone near the building, stopping at the neighboring windowsill, and then activated the eavesdropping robot.

The eavesdropping robot had tiny hooks on its underside, moving like spider legs, agilely crawling off the drone.

It moved along the building to Tareg's room, silently entering the window, circumventing the blind spot to her back, and finally attaching to her skirt.

Once the securing claws retracted, the eavesdropping robot was secured and wouldn't fall off while she walked.

After finishing all this, Su Mo retrieved the drone, erased the scene's traces, and quickly returned home.

He hid in his room, connected the eavesdropping robot to his computer, and began listening to the noises coming from inside.

From the conversation, it was deduced that these past days, Ou Chenyu had been following Tareg's personal subplot.

Recently, he frequently accompanied Tareg on daring adventures at the slaughterhouse, beating anyone who obstructed them, displaying great bravado. Coupled with his handsome appearance and status as a Mercenary Corps Leader, their relationship progressed swiftly.

Just how swiftly?

They were just chatting.

Now they've made plans for drinks together.

With a few drinks, they've ended up in bed.

Due to the dynamic network narrative of the Dawn Realm game, a large number of storyline intersections occur simultaneously, and mission progression isn't fixed.

Which task is completed first or last could lead to different branching directions, with several possibilities in process.

Hence, Su Mo currently couldn't directly determine the next stage of the plot development.

To know what Ou Chenyu would do next, Su Mo had to concentrate on eavesdropping, not missing a single word.

With a clear mind, he meticulously captured potentially useful information from the sounds.

…

"Hehe, come over here."

"You're so annoying~"

Useless information.

...

"Huh... so are we a couple now?"

"Mm-hmm, when will you come home with me to meet my parents?"

"Will they like me?"

"Of course, you're a Mercenary Corps Leader."

Useless information.

...

"Buzz buzz." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Your phone's ringing, I'll get it for you."

"Who's ruining our private time, I'll teach them a lesson!"

"Here you go, who's this?"

"Oh... a partner, I'll take the call."

"D, what an interesting name."

Useful information!

Su Mo squinted his eyes.

D was the note for New Moon City's notable intermediary "Dress" on Ou Chenyu's phone.

Dress was a major intermediary on par with Audiana, backed by giant corporations and with countless social connections.

Su Mo focused intensely, listening closely to Ou Chenyu's words.

"Hey, Old D... yeah... yeah... the day after tomorrow? The timing's so tight? Hmm... hiss... I intended to refuse, but what you offered is too much to turn down... okay, I accept, send the information to my email... Ta, I have work, I must leave first."

"It's our first time alone, can't you stay a bit longer with me..."

"Sorry, baby, this is really important work, I'll make it up to you next time."

As the sound of the door closing resounded, no more dialogue could be heard.

Su Mo compared the intelligence he heard with the "game flow" in his memory, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"The task issued by Dress... the day after tomorrow... September 15th... is [Raging Sand]!"

Su Mo smiled with satisfaction.

As mentioned earlier, the Dawn Realm game features seven indispensable props for clearing, each capable of breaking conventional boundaries.

Ou Chenyu's personal talent is strong, undeniably a genius.

Yet the Dawn Realm isn't lacking in geniuses.

What's the significance of being a genius?

The upper limit for an Extraordinary Being is there; even at the pinnacle, everyone is almost the same.

If you reach the top as a genius and try to stir trouble, others will send ten equally peaked geniuses to gang up on you, and wouldn't you still meet your end.

Ou Chenyu, being the official protagonist, can crush all the strong and transcend the rules of this realm thanks to those seven items that break the limits.

The initial locations of the seven items were in areas Su Mo couldn't touch currently, not possible to seize outright early on.

But as the plot progressed, their locations would change, presenting "opportunities" specially tailored for the protagonist.

In the current storyline, as per the original game progression, during the task called [Raging Sand] the day after tomorrow, Ou Chenyu will gain the first clearing item through an opportunity.

This item is like the "Old Grandpa in the Ring" from web novels, marking the beginning of Ou Chenyu's life transformation and his foundation to rise to the peak.

If it were lost, Ou Chenyu would significantly lose his "protagonist destiny."

The plot opportunity had appeared, the gears of fate were about to turn.

And now, the chance to take it was right in front of Su Mo!