Learn one small skill every day

The whole town was too quiet; every house we passed had its doors and windows tightly shut.

Are the electronics stores still open?

Bai Miao couldn't help but think.

This concern was quickly resolved; the electronics store was not only open, but also quite bustling.

This is not just an electronics store, it's also an arcade.

The arcade was filled with the sounds of gunfire and fistfights, and about a dozen people were engrossed in playing arcade games.

Is there anything I can help you with?

A sales assistant-looking person walked over, with a large mouth that took up two-thirds of his face.

Bai Miao didn't speak, but simply took out a slip of paper listing the items he needed.

The package includes a chip, a soldering iron, and other accessories such as solder wire, rosin, and desoldering wick.

"Please wait a moment, go to the cashier over there to pay."

The man took the note from Bai Miao and jogged away.

When Bai Miao turned his gaze to the two people battling in the arcade, he suddenly turned his face away and walked towards the cashier as if nothing had happened.

These two were the students who, in White's memory, had bullied him at school.

I always feel like it would be troublesome if I were recognized.

Chapter Forty-Nine: Father Returns from Fishing

Even though Bai Miao was trying his best to act like an ordinary passerby, his light gray hoodie and short brown curly hair still made him stand out.

"Oh my! Look who's here? Isn't this our Miss White?"

The two men approached with mocking smiles, constantly provoking Bai Miao with their words.

"Come on, I'll give you a chance. Kiss my butt, and I'll let you go."

In my memory, the short-haired boy wearing a red plaid shirt was named Barney. He wore earrings and had several tattoos on his hands.

His mouth was upside down, and the other black man in the yellow shirt, named Duke, had two mouths and spoke with emphasis.

Duke stood to the side, swinging his wrist casually from side to side, looking like he might punch Bai Miao in the face at any moment.

"Quick, quick, I'll give you ten seconds."

Barney shoved Bai Miao against the wall and started wiggling his hips.

This is the most basic thing they could do to insult White.

Unfortunately, they have now encountered Bai Miao.

As Barney turned around, presenting his backside to Bai Miao, Bai Miao kicked him with his toes. Then, before Duke could react, Bai Miao pulled a wrench from his pocket and slammed it down on Duke's forehead.

"Ahhhh!"

"what!"

The two men were on the ground, one clutching his buttocks and the other his head, howling in pain.

The attack is fine, it just looks like a monster, but it's actually just as weak as a human.

Should we exterminate all the monsters here?

Bai Miao believed that if these oddly-looking guys were on par with Duke and his team, he was confident he could wipe out not only this arcade, but the entire town within a day.

But considering this is the United States, a country with a strong martial spirit, what if someone has a gun?

I am far from being able to withstand bullets.

Just as Bai Miao was thinking this, Barney shakily reached out a hand and touched his waist.

Holy crap, he actually carries a gun?

It matches my image of the United States very well.

Bai Miao stepped forward and stomped on Barney's wrist, breaking his bone, then bent down and snatched the pistol from his waist.

[Firearms Proficiency LV1: You are proficient in using various light firearms]

This was a skill that Bai Miao might never use in his entire life, but when he touched this Glock 26, he instantly mastered all the features of the pistol.

They even knew that only eight bullets remained in the pistol's 10-round magazine.

The pistol can be stored in the item inventory, but it also doesn't have a rating.

Only then did the commotion attract the attention of the arcade staff.

Several people came over to calm Bai Miao down.

The method to calm Bai Miao down was to pull out a Glock 21 with a larger caliber than Bai Miao's own.

"Put the gun down!"

Bai Miao had no choice but to comply, but as he put down the gun, he secretly put it into his prop backpack.

"This kid was being bullied by two thugs, and now you're pointing guns at him?! My God, can't you see clearly why you didn't help him earlier?"

An elderly man with gray hair couldn't stand it anymore and criticized him from the side.

Bai Miao noticed that the old man looked no different from a normal person.

There was no distortion of the facial features or body.

To everyone else using the Qi Observation Technique, everything appeared as a shaky and distorted distant view under high temperature, but this old man emitted a very soft white halo.

Are there even normal people left?

Bai Miao nodded his thanks to the old man, then ignored the guns pointed at him and walked toward the cashier.

My things have arrived.

It cost a total of over three hundred yuan.

After returning home, Bai Miao set up a makeshift workbench in the garage and removed the circuit board that needed repair.

It took Bai Miao about three hours in total to replace the chip.

Around 4pm.

"White, I knew you could do it! Tonight, Mom will make your favorite beef sauce spaghetti!"

When Mom saw that the TV was back to normal, she was overjoyed and hugged Bai Miao, kissing him on the cheek.

Squeezing it is disgusting.

Bai Miao wiped the lipstick off his face and started watching the evening news.

Now I can finally hear what they're saying clearly.

In short, there is a murderer in the town of Hadman, and some residents in the north and northwest have already been killed. Based on the situation at the scene, the murderer is likely to have committed the crimes by breaking and entering.

The victims also appear to be young people under the age of 20.

Often, the victim's parents wake up the next day to find their child dead in bed, and the entire room covered in dried blood.

So, do I need to survive here for a few more days, or do I need to catch the murderer?

With the mission conditions disrupted, Bai Miao can only proceed cautiously, taking things one step at a time.

Progress is being made gradually.

Bai Miao watched some other TV programs. The current story was set in May 2011. Bai Miao had never watched foreign programs before, so he couldn't quite tell whether they were real or fake.

But the people on TV all looked normal; none of them were deformed.

At six o'clock, Bai Miao heard the sound of brakes coming from outside.

"Your dad's back from fishing, aren't you going to go say hello to him? See what good catch he's made today!"

In the kitchen, White's mother scolded Bai Miao again.

Bai Miao was also curious. From what he could see, the mother's words were actually guiding, so he gladly went to the garage.

Look at this father I've never met, what a strange shape he is.

There was an old Santana parked there, and a figure was busy doing something in the trunk.

Bai Miao leaned closer, took a look, and his eyelids twitched in fright.

If White's mother still looked like a human being, except for her crooked eyes, then White's father, apart from having a head, hands, and feet, didn't resemble a human at all.

But the head was an oval-shaped object made of thin, muscular muscles pieced together haphazardly, with two eyes randomly embedded in it, blinking as it looked at Bai Miao.

His limbs were all bare flesh and blood, without a trace of skin.

Wearing a denim vest and jeans, he looked like someone who had just come back from fishing, regardless of his appearance.

"I love you, I love you..."

"Hello."

White's father looked at Bai Miao and repeated his words haltingly.

Bai Miao looked at the fish tank in the trunk; the fish inside were still lively and jumping around.

Thank goodness, he really did go fishing.

Bai Miao enthusiastically helped carry the fish box out, and White's father chuckled twice.

"Looks like we can add another fish tonight."

White's mother smiled and grabbed the fish, then walked into the kitchen.

White's father lounged comfortably on the sofa, watching the baseball broadcast, occasionally muttering words the announcer had said.

He looks like someone who has just started learning English.

So, is this imitating humans?

Bai Miao came to this conclusion.

Was White's mother also imitating humans? She had already become remarkably similar in appearance?

Bai Miao retained this conjecture: if that were true, there would be very few living people left in this small town!