Trembling At A High Altitude

The gameplay was somewhat similar to the GTA that Li Teng had played before, but the control modes were much richer.

It could be controlled using a mouse and keyboard or a gamepad.

It was also possible to switch to voice control or even body control.

With voice control, he simply had to say a phrase in front of the computer like, "Go across the street and buy a popsicle!"

The character of the delivery driver on the screen would automatically walk to the curb, cross the street when the light turned green, find the popsicle vendor across the street, ask the vendor for a popsicle, and then pull out a phone to scan and pay.

The body control was even simpler, after switching to body control mode, whatever Li Teng did in front of the computer, the character on the screen would mimic.

The most useful feature about this character was the delegation function.

Li Teng could roughly arrange the daily life of the character and then delegate the specific operations to the system, which would act according to Li Teng's arrangements, allowing the character to operate independently.

Just like this delivery driver, Li Teng could set him to continue making deliveries. He would mechanically complete the delivery tasks under the system's control, and the money he earned each day, after covering his own expenses, could be transferred to Li Teng.

This was a typical strategy in online games: using a secondary character to accumulate resources for the main character.

However, Li Teng now faced a problem.

That was, the delivery driver's electric scooter had been wrecked, and he couldn't make deliveries automatically anymore.

To delegate automatic operation to the system, the preconditions for its operation had to be set up properly.

"Hey! Stop! Are you the one who was in the crash at the intersection? Why are you running with all that blood?"

A shout came through the speaker.

Li Teng controlled the delivery driver to look in that direction and saw a traffic cop running over.

Following the traffic cop was the female driver.

"Officer, listen to me, just now..." The female driver said breathlessly as she ran.

A chubby man followed behind the female driver, also breathlessly running over.

Li Teng quickly controlled the delivery driver to lie down, slowly collapsing next to a tree.

"You're badly injured, I've called an ambulance. Don't move anymore, the paramedics will be here any minute," the traffic cop said to the lying delivery driver.

"I don't have money. I'm not going to the hospital."

Li Teng switched to body control, and sure enough, whatever he said, the delivery driver repeated.

"How can that be? Your head must have a serious injury," the traffic cop shook his head.

"I want to settle this privately with her," Li Teng pointed at the female driver.

"You ran the red light, it's entirely your fault!" the female driver quickly said.

"At most, he's primarily responsible. You were speeding in the city and didn't slow down at the intersection. You also have subsidiary responsibility. After the accident team reviews the footage, if your speeding was severe, both parties might share the responsibility," the traffic cop corrected the female driver.

"Can't argue the weaker party is right, can we? Would this have happened if he hadn't run the red light?" the female driver argued.

"You wouldn't have caused this if you weren't speeding and had slowed down at the intersection, right? And why are you driving in high heels?" the traffic cop pointed at the female driver's high heels.

"Enough talk! Big guy, how do you want to settle this privately?" the chubby man cut off the female driver, walking over to the bloodstained delivery driver lying by the tree and asked.

The chubby man felt very guilty at that moment. The car was actually registered under a false plate. The female driver... his wife, was unaware.

The car was registered with the license plate of another car he had bought for his mistress who lived out of town. The two cars were the same model, and if they continued to argue, and the traffic cop noticed something was off, they would be found primarily accountable, and insurance wouldn't cover it, which would lead to a huge loss.

If the delivery driver actually went to the hospital for a full checkup and ended up hospitalized for a few months, they would have to pay tens of thousands of yuan at least, so it would be best to settle privately with a smaller sum.

"Without the electric scooter, I can't make deliveries. Fix the scooter for me, give me some money for medical treatment, and we'll leave each other alone," Li Teng proposed to the chubby man.

"That scooter is basically destroyed, probably unrepairable. How about this, I'll give you five thousand yuan as compensation for the scooter and medical expenses, what do you think?" the chubby man negotiated with Li Teng.

"Five thousand? Are you crazy? Why not deal with it through the insurance company?" the female driver interjected.

"Shut your mouth!" the chubby man roared angrily at the female driver.

When he was coming over earlier, he had seen the skid marks on the ground and the blood flowing from the delivery man's head and knew that the female driver was seriously speeding, least equally to blame. If the fake license plate was exposed, it wouldn't just be a matter of equal responsibility anymore.

With the delivery man's injuries, just staying briefly in the hospital meant they wouldn't be compensating just tens of thousands anymore. Managing to settle privately for five thousand yuan would already be the best outcome.

"I bought that electric bike for six thousand, and the medical treatment costs four thousand. Compensate me ten thousand, and we won't contact each other anymore," Li Teng, sensing that the fatty agreed too readily and suspecting there was an issue, jacked up the price there and then.

"Six thousand for that crappy electric bike? Who are you trying to fool? Why not go through insurance?" the female driver interjected again.

"Can you shut your mouth? I said I would handle this. Why are you butting in?" the fat man shouted angrily.

The female driver, confused and annoyed, snorted and retreated to a distance after being yelled at.

"Big brother, five thousand is enough to buy a decent electric bike. I'll add another three thousand for medical costs, making it eight thousand total. What do you think?" the fat man continued to negotiate with Li Teng.

"Ten thousand, or we might as well trouble the police officer to decide on the responsibilities," Li Teng felt that the fat man could agree to ten thousand yuan. He couldn't ask for too much either; if they went to the hospital and found out his injuries had already completely healed, it would be hard to explain.

The traffic policeman frowned, sensing that something was fishy.

"Alright, alright! Ten thousand it is! But we need to sign a letter of understanding," the fat man hesitated briefly then agreed.

The transaction for ten thousand yuan proceeded, sealed with a letter of understanding signed under the traffic policeman's supervision.

"You better think this through, once you sign this, you'll give up the follow-up determination process. If your injuries are severe..." the traffic policeman warned Li Teng.

"I've thought it through," Li Teng received a digital transaction of ten thousand yuan from the fat man and promptly signed the letter of understanding.

Running a red light is not good; the delivery man was at fault first, and he wasn't injured, so what was there to discuss?

"Alright, now let's talk about your car," the traffic policeman, after seeing the fat man had paid up, began walking with him towards the site of the street accident.

"Ah?" The fat man's face instantly turned deathly pale.

After handling the traffic accident, Li Teng directed the delivery man to a nearby public restroom to wash his face and head. The system repaired the delivery man's injuries; actually, there were only bloodstains left on his head and face, no wounds.

The clothes were waterproof, so the bloodstains were easily cleaned off.

After tidying everything up, Li Teng returned to the street and took a bus to a used trading market, where he spent two thousand yuan on a used electric bike suitable for delivering orders, as required by the system.

Finally, he could entrust the system with subsequent operations.

"There are three delegation modes available.

"A, Safety Mode: The delivery man will deliver in the safest manner possible, disregarding delivery deadlines, strictly adhering to the traffic rules and various safety measures. Note: This mode pays very little, and it's likely to encounter numerous complaints leading to negative earnings.

"B, Standard Mode: The delivery man will balance safety and delivery deadlines, considering running a red light depending on the situation. Note: This mode has certain safety risks, pays less, and could still face a few complaints, resulting in very low income.

"C, Speed Mode: The delivery man, in order to meet delivery deadlines, will disregard everything and sprint at maximum speed on the road, running through intersections regardless of traffic lights. Note: This mode offers the highest earnings but has substantial safety risks and could be fatal at any moment.

"Note: If the avatar gets injured or dies, the system will not repair it."

Seeing these three options gave Li Teng a headache.

Earning money as a delivery man truly isn't easy! It's literally risking one's life!

If he chose Safety Mode, fully complying with traffic rules, it wouldn't make any money, and might even incur losses! No wonder these delivery guys risk their lives to defy traffic rules for the sake of meeting delivery deadlines.

Eventually, Li Teng decided on Standard Mode.

...

After setting up the avatar's delegation, Li Teng began to organize his thoughts.

Where would the difficulty in this super mission manifest?

At least from what he had seen so far, he hadn't identified any particularly difficult aspect.

Would just following the rules complete the mission?

Li Teng didn't think it would be that simple.

This mission world was an unfamiliar world.

There was neither Zhang Mengdi nor Anna.

There was not a single person he knew.

Even He City was nowhere to be found.

Therefore, the place Li Teng was staying in now wasn't his original home.

Hopping through different worlds on various tasks, Li Teng had grown accustomed to it.

Only the first two tasks, which had included Zhang Mengdi and Anna, inadvertently made him start feeling a bit at home.

Now suddenly without them, he couldn't help feeling a bit dejected.

Was he getting old? Had he started to become overly sentimental?

Li Teng chuckled.

What is old?

Does living more than a thousand years count as old?

Lately, there did indeed seem to be a problem with his mindset!

If the task wasn't urgent, he decided to slow down a bit.

To search for the feeling of life.

After a while, Li Teng canceled the system-assigned tasks and began manually controlling the delivery rider.

He originally intended to control the delivery rider with a relaxed mindset.

But as the orders increased, Li Teng unwittingly shifted into crazed mode.

Running red lights, weaving through traffic, dashing with the bag...

After several hours of high-intensity work, the delivery rider eventually flopped to the ground, unwilling to get up.

The stamina bar was completely empty.

"Cough... I completely turned it into a game..."

Li Teng quickly switched the delivery rider to free-living mode, leaving him to find a place to eat and rest.

Yet, the smartwatch popped up new information.

It turned out that due to the high efficiency in delivering orders within those hours, he had reached the occupation's ceiling.

Thus, he was awarded a new little account raffle opportunity.

Li Teng immediately proceeded with the draw.

"Congratulations, you've drawn a Bronze level little account...

"Searching for little account..."

A prompt popped up on the smartwatch.

Li Teng didn't bother with the watch anymore because he knew that after drawing a little account, he must find a recently deceased person that matched, or he'd have to keep searching.

The next morning, while Li Teng was boredly controlling the delivery rider, the smartwatch popped up a notification.

It said it had found a suitable little account.

...

At a university,

a middle-aged male lecturer was giving a history class to the students.

Sticking to the script, the students below were dozing off.

Some had already fallen asleep, others were quietly chatting, and a few were sneakily playing with their phones under the desk.

Suddenly, the middle-aged lecturer clutched his chest, his body slowly tilting and falling down.

Out of the twenty-something students, each occupied with their own things, nobody noticed the lecturer collapsing by the classroom desk and blackboard wall.

A student unconsciously looked up only to see no one there, found nothing strange, and continued with their own activities.

A moment later, the middle-aged lecturer stood up again.

His formerly pale complexion now flushed with color.

Of course, the person had been swapped.

The middle-aged lecturer had just died of a sudden heart attack, and now he had become Li Teng's little account.

"Bronze level? A greasy middle-aged man, not even better than a delivery rider!"

Li Teng couldn't help but complain as he looked at this little account on the computer.

Was this task supposed to allow him to experience different kinds of lives?

Was this supposed to be teaching a class?

The students below really didn't show any respect, right?

Especially this girl in the first row, if you're going to sleep, why not hide in the back rows? Sleeping in the first row was like openly challenging and insulting the teacher!

"Wake up!" Li Teng, controlling the middle-aged lecturer, approached the girl's desk and tapped on it.

The girl woke up, looking utterly bewildered.

"I'm up here dying of fatigue, and you can't even move a muscle down there! If you're not cooperating, that's one thing, but you don't even react! If you find nothing in your stomach later, don't blame the teacher for being incompetent!" Li Teng chastised the girl loudly.

The entire class was stunned and then burst into laughter.

The chastised girl felt there was something off about the teacher's words, but couldn't quite pinpoint the issue for the moment.

Returning to the podium, he saw that the day's lesson was about the Three Kingdoms.

Li Teng decided to lecture them on Yi Zhongtian's Insights on the Three Kingdoms.

This task world apparently had no knowledge of Yi Zhongtian, so the students listened with great interest.

No one else fell asleep after that.

Even the students playing with their phones were captivated, recording the lecture about the Three Kingdoms and posting it online.

At the end of the day's classes, the smartwatch popped up another message.

Today's lectures had reached the career ceiling for a history lecturer.

Therefore, the system awarded another new little account raffle opportunity.

"No way, that easy? Could it be that the more little accounts obtained within the assigned task time, the higher the task completion rate?" Li Teng slowly theorized about this task's main storyline.

He decided to draw this third little account first.

It was another Bronze level little account.

Two hours later, a suitable little account was found.

Doctor.

...

At a hospital,

on a gynecologist's examination table,

a male doctor was checking a female patient.

Whether it was because the female patient was too attractive,

or for some other reason, the male doctor suddenly suffered a heart attack from the excitement...

Fortunately, there was a curtain between them, and the lying patient didn't see it happen.

A moment later, the male doctor stood up again.

"My God! What is this?" Li Teng was shocked when he saw everything in front of him.