Awakening the Daily Intelligence System

It seemed as though he had seen through Kudo's concerns, Lin Mo deliberately picked up the largest piece of meat, chewed it in his mouth, and said: "If you don't replenish your energy, you might be eliminated at any time. Don't worry, I don't have Ba's kind of peculiar taste." Kudo forced himself to endure the discomfort within, resisting the tempting aroma of the noodles in front of him, ultimately deciding to eat some. After all, Lin Mo was right; in this cruel virtual escape world, maintaining good physical condition is key to continuing forward. Since Lin Mo mentioned that it was beef, perhaps there really wasn't any issue. "Thank you, Mr. Clown..." Kudo sat opposite Lin Mo and meticulously picked out the beef with his chopsticks before cautiously taking a bite of the noodles. Unexpectedly, the noodles tasted particularly delicious, a unique flavor spread across his tongue, surprising him a little, as he had never tasted such delightful noodles, whether as a primary school student or a high school student.

"Hurry up and eat, I'm going to take a shower. Don't worry, I won't turn out like Ba." Lin Mo stood up from the chair, walked over to Kudo, lowered his voice in a mysterious manner and said: "I prefer it raw." "Cough... cough cough... cough cough cough..." Kudo was frightened by this remark, and the noodles he had just swallowed instantly spewed out from his mouth and nose, looking at Lin Mo in panic, fear in his eyes. "Haha..." Lin Mo let out a strange laugh, explaining: "Just joking. If you don't believe it, you can check the fridge, 'those' meats are intact inside, not a single piece is missing, and moreover, defrosting them would take time, couldn't add them to the noodles in time." After saying this, Lin Mo didn't linger, striding into the bathroom. Kudo sat stunned at the dining table, facing the noodles in front of him, caught in the dilemma of whether to eat or not, ultimately unable to overcome his inner fear, getting up to the refrigerator, choosing other food for a simple hunger alleviation.

At the same time, the internet livestream room was already bustling. "Haha, didn't expect Lin Mo to be so interesting!" "Call this interesting? Haven't you noticed the atmosphere in this livestream room is completely different from others?" "You're right! Watching other contestants' livestreams only feels tense and thrilling, but Lin Mo's room always gives me nightmares!" "What exactly is Kudo eating?" "It's definitely 'special' meat!" "Don't guess recklessly! Lin Mo livestreamed the whole cooking process, he didn't even open the lower section of the fridge!" "True, it should be just regular beef. But sitting there covered in blood eating noodles is indeed chilling." "I think the show could come out with a figurine of this look, I'd definitely buy it, it could ward off evil at home!" "This move, I guess it left a psychological shadow on Kudo."

While the netizens were discussing, inside the virtual escape pod, both Kudo in the living room and Lin Mo in the bathroom heard the show notification at the same time: "The city is now completely locked down, and the Shenghong District where you're hiding could face a carpet search at any moment. You are facing three choices now: 1. Wait here to die, 2. Flee on your own! 3. Go to the Agricultural University, kidnap 'Moon Beauty', and use her to escape Yingzhong City!"

Inside the bathroom, warm water cascaded down, flowing freely over Lin Mo's body, quickly washing away the bloodstains clean. Just as he raised his hand to wash his hair, he happened to hear the program's prompt. "Wait here to die? Flee alone?" Relying on his accumulated experience within the virtual world, Lin Mo almost instantly ruled out the first two options, to him, choosing these two routes was undoubtedly akin to seeking one's own doom. "Head to Agricultural University, kidnap 'Moon Beauty', and use her to escape Yingzhong City?" By repeatedly considering the third option, a bold and crazy plan gradually emerged in Lin Mo's mind, the corners of his mouth raising into a meaningful curve. He slightly raised his head as the water washed away the clown makeup on his face, soon afterward, the mirror reflected a completely different image—that of a handsome, gentle young man.

"Living with the mask for so long, I almost forgot what I originally look like." Lin Mo stared at himself in the mirror, momentarily lost in thought. However, he knew very well that the planned operation ahead wasn't suitable for wearing the exaggerated clown makeup. And during the portrayal of "Lord Chou", he had already honed his disguise skills to a master level, just never had the chance to showcase it. Now, the task to go to the university happens to be an excellent chance to practice.

Approximately five minutes later, after freshening up, Lin Mo carefully chose clothing from the wardrobe for pairing. The upper body wore a simple pure white long-sleeve T-shirt, with a dark blue plain suit jacket over it, the lower body mixed same-color system trousers with dark jeans, and paired with a set of square-framed nonprescription glasses, making the whole person exude a gentle elegance, also carrying a touch of youthful freshness, completely different from the manic clown image before. After carefully checking and confirming the outfit was correct, Lin Mo pushed open the bathroom door. In that instant, not only was the elementary student Kudo dumbfounded, but all the viewers in the internet livestream room were also too shocked to speak.

The livestream room's bullet text was instantaneously flooded with various surprised symbols and questions: "Who's this handsome guy?" "What just happened? What has happened?" "Who is this person? Have I entered the wrong livestream room?" "????" "Is this really Lord Chou? Am I seeing things?" "Oh my god! Lin Mo turns out to be so handsome!" "I hereby announce my fandom for Lin Mo from now on! No matter what he did before, there must be reasons, don't blacken him anymore!" "Indeed, looks are justice, seeing such a handsome Lin Mo, it's hard to link him with a criminal." "Dear husband!!" As the message spread rapidly, numerous spectators from other livestream rooms flooded in to witness Lin Mo's brand new image. Everyone looking at this gentle, spring breeze-like Lin Mo, found it hard to associate him with the crazy clown, sighing that this was clearly not a fearsome criminal, but a sunny handsome brother-next-door.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the main livestream room was tense and lively. Host Bingbing held the microphone, attentively explaining the current competition status to the audience: "Dear viewers, we can see that the production team has just released brand new escape clues, the contestants are about to face the perilous challenges anew." She paused slightly, her gaze scanning the images jumping across the large screen behind her, continuing to analyze, "Judging from the current situation, the feasible road left for the contestants seems only to head to the Agricultural University, and kidnap the mysterious woman named Moon Beauty. However, we know almost nothing about this Moon Beauty. But enough to help a contestant successfully escape from the completely locked Yingzhong City, indicating she is definitely extraordinary, and the difficulty of completing the kidnapping task can be imagined."

Bingbing methodically sorted out the contestants' current state: "Currently, other than Detective L, Kira Moon, Bao Zheng, Gongsun Ce, and Lin Mo..." However, halfway through the sentence, her voice suddenly stopped, she froze on the spot. On the big screen, within Lin Mo's livestream room, a sunny, charming, temperamentally outstanding young boy slowly walked out from the bathroom. That handsome appearance between the brows, the graceful demeanor in actions, was completely different from the crazy clown image before. Bingbing confirmed the livestream room identification repeatedly, ultimately accepting the fact before her—this gentle elder-brother-like boy was indeed the constantly discussed Lin Mo.