9. Demonstration

"What's going on..."

Lin Qing looked at his own hands and couldn't help but frown slightly.

He had merely completed one full practice of the forty-six version of the Sunrise Training Method, and his body stopped absorbing the mysterious energy.

The cells in his body were like they had eaten their fill, refusing to absorb anymore.

"Looks like there's a limit to capacity..."

Lin Qing searched online for a while and finally understood.

Logically speaking, although his body had transformed to the First Limit, the cells should still be able to devour the mysterious energy, but they just wouldn't transform further.

Now, however, it was like they were full.

The body of an average person could only handle practicing once a day.

So, by these calculations, he would need sixty-five days to replenish the forty-six version of the Sunrise Training Method that he had used in advance.

"A little over two months, that's not too slow, you could even say it's quite fast..."

"But if I want to speed it up, it seems there are ways to solve this."

In this day and age, information is abundant, and the Sunrise Training Method is widely promoted, so information about it is naturally unrestricted.

Lin Qing quickly found a solution to this situation.

"The cheapest method... taking High Energy Release Liquid, which can make the body's cells hungrier. The K1 series is specifically for those who have not broken through the First Limit, and the price for a set of High Energy Release Liquid... a discounted price of 89,999 yuan?"

"Ninety thousand for a set, and that's the cheapest? And there's only ten in a set?"

Lin Qing was somewhat speechless.

Normally, people practicing the Sunrise Training Method have to practice hundreds or even thousands of times to gradually approach a perfect practice.

A vial of High Energy Release Liquid allows for only two extra practices per day, effectively tripling the efficiency.

Just ten vials for an additional twenty practices cost ninety thousand yuan?

If one needed to practice hundreds or thousands of times, wouldn't that require investing millions just to have enough?

"Indeed, only the wealthy can afford such things..."

Lin Qing felt a bit helpless.

Right now, he only had a few thousand yuan in savings, not even enough to buy one set.

In reality, he only needed two sets.

Twenty vials of High Energy Release Liquid for twenty days could allow him to practice twice more each day, finishing the remaining sixty-four practices in just over twenty days.

But one hundred and eighty thousand was way too much.

"I'll consider it when I have money."

Lin Qing pondered to himself, "After becoming official, a second-level Patrol Officer's monthly salary is four thousand, and a first-level Patrol Officer five thousand... indeed, not much, no wonder people are tempted to make extra money on the side..."

Even after passing the professional assessment and getting promoted to a third-level Patrol Department, his salary would only increase to seven thousand.

The main change upon being promoted to Patrol Department was the right to carry a gun, but the salary increase was not substantial.

His cousin, a second-level Patrol Officer, also only earns twelve thousand.

Compared to the average person, it's a high salary, but compared to the wealthy, it's nothing.

In fact, if he asked his cousin for a loan, he should be able to borrow it, but since she had already transferred her merits to him and now needed money urgently, he had no reason to burden her further.

What good would it do to break through sooner?

To quickly learn the seventy-seven version of the Practice Method?

Even with mastery of the seventy-seven version of the Practice Method, without learning two Combat Skills, he wouldn't be qualified to become a Deputy Captain, let alone join the Chaoyang Martial Arts Hall.

"I'll find an opportunity to make money later."

Lin Qing wasn't particularly in a hurry, "Right now is my period of rapid progress. Once I've mastered the seventy-seven version of the Practice Method and the Combat Skills, making money shouldn't be difficult. It's okay to take it slow."

Although he couldn't earn extra under Team Leader Han, after he passed the Patrol Major assessment and gained a meritorious deed or two, he could leave Team Two, and Team Leader Han wouldn't be able to govern him.

The stronger his power, the simpler it would be to make money.

If he could master the Original Chaoyang Method, even the City Inspection Bureau Team would invite him, and his status would be vastly different.

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Every day, he could only repay his debt once, and for the majority of the remaining time, Lin Qing focused on reading professional books related to the patrol exam.

The Inspection Bureau organized a professional exam every month on the 25th, and today was December 11th, with only fourteen days left.

With his current memory, as long as he was willing to work hard, he might be able to pass the exam this month.

While reading books until nine o'clock in the evening, his phone suddenly emitted a light sound.

Lin Qing tapped to check it and found a message from Team Leader Han on WeChat.

[Team Leader Han: On duty for tonight's patrol. Just wait at the entrance of your residential complex at ten sharp.]

"Wait at the entrance of the complex?"

Lin Qing was somewhat puzzled. Was she actually coming to pick him up?

...

The night was dark and chilly.

Lin Qing's physical condition was now much better than before. With the combination of warm undergarments and the patrol uniform, he didn't feel cold.

Even the temporary Patrol Officer uniform was only missing a shoulder badge; the material wasn't much different and was just as warm.

When the logistics department delivered the shoulder badge and patrol uniform tomorrow, he would officially be a Patrol Officer.

Just after ten o'clock, he saw a black patrol car that resembled an extended sedan speeding down the street, and it came to a steady stop in front of him.

The car window rolled down, revealing Team Leader Han and the others inside.

"Get in."

The space inside the patrol car was quite spacious, with seats facing each other in two rows behind the driver and front passenger seats; six people could fit if they squeezed a bit.

Apart from Team Leader Han, there was the delicate short-haired girl, 'Qin Qin', and three other male patrol officers.

One was driving, one sat in the passenger seat, and Qin Qin and a lean buzz-cut youth were seated across from Team Leader Han.

Lin Qing glanced around and then sat down next to Team Leader Han.

"Team Leader, why did you come to my doorstep to pick me up?" Lin Qing asked. "I could have just gone directly to the sub-bureau to meet up. It's not that far, after all."

"Just a convenience." Team Leader Han replied calmly.

"A convenience?" Lin Qing asked, puzzled.

"Ha ha..."

Qin Qin said with a smile, "It's not so much that we came specifically to pick you up, it's just that tonight's patrol mission is in Iron Stone Street, so there's no need for you to run back and forth."

"That's a coincidence?" Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Not a coincidence. We just specifically set the mission for Iron Stone District," Qin Qin said with a smile.

Lin Qing grew even more curious. "Specifically set?"

"It's nothing. New Patrol Officers who have just been promoted get this treatment."

Qin Qin smiled and continued, "First patrolling the areas around your home is also to make sure those unruly fellows nearby clearly recognize that you are now part of the Patrol Team, hmm, you can think of it as a show of force."

Lin Qing suddenly understood.

"There is indeed a mission as well."

Team Leader Han stated flatly, "A new gang organization has recently appeared on Iron Stone Street called the Blue Scarf Gang, and they seem to involve newcomers. It's a good opportunity to coordinate with the police and probe the situation."

Before long, the patrol car stopped at a secluded corner of Iron Stone Street, where the entrance to a neon-lit bar was visible not far off.

"The main members of the Blue Scarf Gang usually operate in Iron Stone Bar at night."

"According to undercover investigations conducted by temporary patrol officers who were previously on the scene, only the newly recruited members of Blue Scarf Gang carry blue scarf neckties, while the higher-ups are not particularly distinguishable, and the gang leader is known as 'Luo Tuo'."

"After we start the operation, Zhang Yufei, Liang Jun, you two are responsible for blocking the front and back doors of the bar."

"Lin Qing, Qin Qin, Wang Hengyi, you three get your gear ready and come with me to search the place."

"Everyone in the bar, whether a customer or a server, must have their faces and fingerprints recorded. If they can't be recognized, then blood samples will be taken for immediate DNA identification and compared against the database. That's a requirement from the police side."

"Begin the operation."

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