Chapter 18: A sheep

That low blow punch left the Female Supervisor frozen for half a second, her movements sluggish.

It was a reward for the player’s impressive maneuver.

Xu Bei’s confidence was ignited.

(Handsome streamer, so cool)

(Handsome)

(A little spicy)

(Streamer, how does it feel?)

The public opinion in the Unfilial Son Livestream Room instantly reversed!

But just as Xu Bei slapped the ground with both hands and sprang up like a carp—

He was suddenly caught by the Female Supervisor’s counter technique, Scissors Leg. Her cold, muscular thighs clamped around his neck, and then she sat on his face, a small piece of striped cloth pressing over his mouth and nose.

“Mm?” Xu Bei grabbed the Female Supervisor’s thighs with both hands, trying to pry them apart.

But his strength was nowhere near enough to break free from her legs, which pinned him down like a vice.

Xu Bei could only flop around on the ground like a fish out of water, struggling desperately. He arched his waist and tried to knee the Female Supervisor in the back with a flying strike.

But the player’s martial arts were utterly useless against a monster.

“Whirr~” The sound of wind being sliced rang out!

The Female Supervisor gripped her long electric baton tightly, flipped her wrist, and brought it down hard on Xu Bei’s head.

The familiar line echoed again:

[No matter how strong you are in real life, it’s all fake. In our game, you’re just a rookie.]

But this time, there was no message about grinding monsters to level up.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Bei respawned in the Safety House.

His head was still buzzing from being electrocuted, the sensation of his skull being smashed lingering.

The coldness from those thick thighs still clung to his face, fueling an endless rage in his heart—this was the ultimate humiliation.

Of course, he refused to accept defeat and continued to challenge her!

And then…

There was no “and then”…

Xu Bei was ruthlessly slaughtered by the Female Supervisor for half an afternoon, dying dozens of times, forcing him to face a brutal truth.

In the face of absolute strength, anger was useless.

He’d thought that sliding in and landing a punch on the BOSS’s vital spot was just the beginning, but it turned out that was already his limit. After that, he never even touched the Female Supervisor again.

Because this Female Supervisor had an extremely sinister close-range counter technique: [Scissors Leg].

Xu Bei had thought that dodging her electric baton would give him a chance to counterattack. But every time he dodged the baton and tried to get in close, he was caught by Scissors Leg and pinned to the ground for a beating.

Xu Bei felt his consciousness growing fuzzy.

Helpless, he logged off to rest for a bit.

“Damn, this game really isn’t made for humans. Who could possibly beat that bikini monster woman?”

Muttering curses at the game designer, he left his rented apartment to get some fresh air and clear his head.

Xu Bei walked toward the Community, heading to the Park to watch the Retired Elders play Self-moving Chess, helping himself to a few free cups of tea.

He wore a solemn look, crossing his legs as he started to review the battle in his mind.

How could he possibly defeat that Female Supervisor?

Unfortunately, his pig brain never thought of looking up a game guide online.

There was no helping it—Xu Bei, a real-life tough guy, had never developed the habit of searching for guides online.

None of the ruthless people he used to hang around with ever looked up “how to kill someone” online, right?

People like them, to put it nicely, were old-school relics who believed in themselves. To put it bluntly, they were outdated geezers who barely knew how to use the internet.

What Xu Bei didn’t know was…

At that very moment, a group of muscle-bound guys were hiding in the bushes not far from the Park, watching him in secret.

They were the same ones Xu Bei had beaten back last time—Kujuto Bald Guy and his Fitness Bros, back for revenge.

But they knew Xu Bei wasn’t an ordinary guy—he was a Martial Devil. Regular muscle men like them were no match for him.

Still, their Gym wasn’t just for show. They had influence, they had a Boss, and, of course, their own Martial Devil.

Kujuto Bald Guy held a strange device that looked like binoculars, hiding in the bushes dozens of meters away and aiming at Xu Bei.

“Beep beep beep~”

The Special Mutant Detector emitted a faint warning sound.

A single character appeared on its tiny display: [Sheep].

“Heh, a sheep? I thought he was some powerful beast-type Demon,” Kujuto Bald Guy sneered, baring his teeth in a sly grin.

Because the Special Mutant Detector in his hands was actually a Magician Combat Power Detector, able to reveal a Demon’s hidden attributes.

For various deep reasons, at least eighty percent of Demons on the market had been implanted with mutant genes, making them Gene Modified Mutants.

And among these Gene Modified Mutants, ninety-nine percent had integrated Beast Genes, hoping to gain animal strength and surpass ordinary humans.

So the function of this Magician Combat Power Detector was to identify which Beast Gene a Demon had fused into their body.

“Kekekeke~ Let’s go report to the Boss. Tonight, let’s teach Yellow-Haired Guy a lesson.”

Kujuto Bald Guy finished his advance scouting mission, and with the huge good news, quickly led his bros away from the Park.

“Old Man, your D-rank card play is a mess.”

Xu Bei had no idea that even his underwear had been seen through. He was still at the Park, joking with the Old Man and drinking tea to relieve his gloom.

…

As night fell, Xu Bei went to the Convenience Store to pick up Sun Xiaohui after work.

This was a necessary part of the unemployed Yellow-Haired Bartender’s daily routine.

As always, right next door to this area was Meteor Street—a cute high school girl walking home at night just wasn’t safe.

Xu Bei arrived at the side of the Convenience Store and, peering through the glass, saw her. For some reason, it felt like he hadn’t seen her in ages, and he wasn’t used to it.

Because today, Sun Xiaohui hadn’t come home for lunch.

Sun Xiaohui was still the same Sun Xiaohui as always, no different from usual—a bit of a country bumpkin.

But she always tied her long hair into a braid for work, and in her store uniform, she actually looked even neater and more capable.

Xu Bei couldn’t help but glance a few more times, a smile tugging at his lips—he really liked Sun Xiaohui’s style.

“Brother Xu! What kind of Lunchbox do you want today?”

But as soon as it was time to clock out, Sun Xiaohui dashed out like a puppy, unwilling to work a second longer. Her cool and capable image instantly vanished.

How to put it? Xu Bei felt like he was raising a husky.

When a husky is still, it’s like a cool wolf. But when it starts acting up, it’s just a silly goofball.

Although, right now, it’s the “husky” raising him—he’s the one living off her.

“What half-price Lunchbox can I get today? It’s always Pork Chop Rice or Chicken Cutlet Rice, isn’t it?” Xu Bei smiled helplessly.

By the way, why could they eat half-price Lunchboxes every day?

Because at a certain time each night, the Convenience Store would sell off the day’s unsold Lunchboxes at a discount—usually at ten o’clock.

Sun Xiaohui, being a special employee, would sneak four half-price Lunchboxes every day when she got off work at six.

This was a privilege of hers as an Investigator Reserve of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

The job itself had been arranged by the Demon Investigation Bureau.

Supporting herself alone was more than enough with this job, but now that she had to support an adult man as well, it was getting a bit tight.

So Sun Xiaohui didn’t go straight home. In a soft voice, she said, “Brother Xu, I’m planning to take an extra shift at night to earn a bit more living expenses lately.”