Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland.

Chapter 157 Promotion and Identity (Combined Chapter)

Although during the period of settling down, Lu Meng had taken care of the blacksmith workshop and official shop at home, and he was also a blacksmith on the surface, but his main focus was not on improving his forging skills. .

Lu Meng is much more familiar with Scone Town at night than during the day.

Almost every now and then, he would sneak into the store late at night and visit the stores he visited last time.

Lu Meng was already familiar with the entire route and process.

He did this not because he wanted something now, but simply to improve his skills.

[Stealth 32→38 (Mastery)]

[Lockpicking 19 → 24 (skilled)]

[Master 28→30 (Mastery)]

After the incident of the black robbers, Scone Town strengthened security patrols for a period of time.

But as Lu Meng's stealth skills improved, his actions in the middle of the night became even more difficult to detect.

As long as they didn't run into Shaq's guard head-on, even if the security chief was present, they wouldn't be able to find any trace of Lu Meng.

As for Lu Meng’s goal.

Following Yue Yu's experience, big stores have increased their defenses, and the guards' nerves have been tense to the extreme. They will immediately issue warnings when they find the slightest sign of trouble, and even have several false alarms.

Lu Meng, who was simply training his skills, had no need to challenge them at this time.

The stealth skill is not far from the "expertise" level, so he will be more confident in avoiding the vigilant sight of the guards.

However, after learning the intelligence brought by Calvin, he had already set his sights on the prison tower.

Those men in black hiding inside are hidden dangers after all.

Lu Meng had already made some guesses about their identities, but there was no definite evidence.

He has no intention of actively participating in the political struggles of the Shark Kingdom - provided they do not affect his own life.

Yue Yu's shop is not the largest in Sikun Town, nor is its defense the weakest, but he is the only one who has become the target of robbers.

From this point of view, the more important reason may be his race.

——Plain man.

It is indeed rare for humans to achieve such achievements as him in Skun Town.

The people behind the black robbers cannot be allowed to taste the sweetness.

Otherwise, wanton looting of shops in the city will become the norm, and the living environment for humans like them will become even worse.

At least these robbers who attack directly cannot be allowed to escape unscathed.

Only in this way can the other party re-evaluate the costs, pros and cons of acting again.

For their hiding place, the prison tower in the town of Skun.

Lu Meng has gaming experience, and even stayed in it for a long time due to an accidental mistake in the "past".

He was a big brother eating prison food, escaped from prison as a prisoner, beat and was beaten to death by guards... It can be said that he was no stranger to the structural layout of the tower.

But understanding is understanding, and now Lu Meng is not absolutely sure of sneaking into the prison tower from the outside.

Not to mention frontal intrusion, even if it was stealth and concealment, his skill level was not enough.

Lu Meng would not act rashly, and eliminating hidden dangers did not mean adding other troubles.

He also needs to practice with other targets.

Those small shops from last time are very suitable.

These small shops often only have one or two people plus the boss himself. Even though they are very worried and scared, they really can't spare the extra energy and hire extra guards.I might as well just fall asleep on the bed every day and not care about the robbers in black.

If you can wake up the next morning, then go to work as usual; if you can't wake up, you don't know anyway, and there is no pain.

When Lu Meng opened their lock, he was even more familiar with the road.

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As his lockpicking skills improved, he also understood the double locks of the store he had never entered before.

This kind of door lock can be adapted to two types of keys: a main key that can open the door normally, and a secondary key that rotates very slowly after being inserted and makes a sound to remind people inside the door.

The former is usually held by the host himself, while the latter is usually distributed to guests.

This can not only express the familiarity between the two parties, but also reflect the difference between the subject and the guest.

For use in shops, the secondary key is probably for hired workers.

Lu Meng spent a lot of effort to simulate the path of the master key and open the door.

There are also many rewards for unlocking skills.

At that time, out of curiosity, Lu Meng went in to check it out.

In his impression, this store had no valuables and sold ordinary items. But now it only had the best door lock in the neighborhood.

Excluding the factor that the store owner is overly cautious, there might be something worthy of your attention.

With such expectations, Lu Meng was very energetic.

The result disappointed him greatly.

The furnishings inside are not much different from other stores, and are even a little poorer.

Apart from that, I didn’t have much cash, and it seemed like the store owner was a spendthrift.

In the bedroom in the rest room, there was only a man sleeping soundly with a woman in his arms.

The man almost woke up midway, so Lu Meng had no choice but to knock him out and give his wife a hit as well.

He didn't do it harshly, it just made the couple sleep for half a day longer, and the impact was not big.

Judging from the vigilance of men.

The shop owner was probably more cautious than others, so he changed the door lock, which was nothing special.

Lu Meng decided that apart from practicing lock picking, he would do nothing in the future.

Unexpectedly, the next day, he heard that the owner of the store was having a fight with someone.

Lu Meng thought he had left some traces, so he hid in the crowd to see what was going on.

It was only after he saw this that he realized.

I didn't make a careful identification last night, but the man I knocked unconscious was not the boss at all.

Because the man and woman were in a deep sleep, they did not wake up before the real store owner arrived.

Lu Meng: "..."

He now knows why.

The store owner probably didn't know much about door locks - he just took the secondary key.

Lu Meng had no interest in the ensuing fight and went home before the guards arrived.

It was only after I heard that the boss decided to close the store and put it on sale that I went to purchase a batch of goods as a craftsman.

Compared with others, the price given by Lu Meng was quite fair. He did not take advantage of the opportunity to squeeze out money, deliberately lower the price, or rub salt into the other party's wounds like his peers. This made the mentally and physically exhausted store owner feel a touch of human warmth.

"Oh, thank you, Master Lu..." The shop owner, who had lost weight, held his hand and said with mixed feelings, "What a good man!"

Lu Meng felt that he could afford this thank you, so he said nothing more.

——Although it is on another level.

In Scone, the circle of craftsmen is actually very small.

The shop owner himself is also a blacksmith. A person like him who relied on his own skills to build a shop in Scone Town was originally disdainful and wary of this new craftsman.

but now.

The frustrated store owner no longer wants to stay in this sad place and continue to work in this industry.

Over the years, he had saved a lot of Kai coins and was preparing to leave the city and go back to his hometown tribe to live a life.

Without the conflict of interest, he no longer had any hostility towards Lu Beiyou.

At this moment, my view of this new craftsman who I had never come into contact with before was greatly changed.

It's a pity that it stops there.

Lu Meng also purchased a batch of blueprints from the shop owner at a low price, all about weapon forging.

These drawings are relatively basic and are no secret in the circle of craftsmen. Anyone who has gone through the stage of "apprentice - master craftsman" and has a normal master-to-master relationship can learn from them.

But it turns out that Lu Meng’s inheritance was fake.

As for those high-end drawings, although the shop owner wanted to sell them, Lu Meng had no intention of taking over.

Firstly, the price is not cost-effective.If he planned to ask for it, he could just take it that night.

Secondly, compared to the well-known craftsmen in the big shops in the city, this shop owner's level is still too low.

Even if he has some high-level drawings in his hands, they are all copied or drawn based on impressions. There are too many mistakes and omissions, and the reading efficiency is not high.

It is better to wait until your forging skills have reached the corresponding level and you need to forge higher-level equipment before borrowing it...

All in all, Lu Meng vacated half of the store in an upright manner.

If we only rely on midnight to purchase these goods, we will have to work for ten days and a half.

With this time, you can make enough money by doing some serious business without taking risks.

The brotherhood was partially reimbursed for the equipment and raw materials used for forging. The price was still much lower than the market price. Ashu didn't have any objections. He even praised him for his "keen business sense" based on the matter. He was able to seize the bargains when he first arrived in Sikun Town. Available space.

Lu Meng didn't say much.

You can't tell him that this opportunity was indirectly promoted by you.

It sounds ridiculous.

The purchased forged products are of innocent origin and can also be used to enrich the shelves of one's own unknown store. Mixing genuine and fake products can not only increase the reputation of the store, but also make a lot of difference in price when resold.

Lu Meng paid for the remaining usable furniture, counters, display racks, etc., brought them back and stuffed them into the longhouse.

After placing them for a while, the whole home looks much more substantial.

Lu Meng was no longer interested in items such as clothes, washing utensils, and mattresses that had been slept on by who knows how many people.

Contaminated with too many other people's breath, it is not only unaccustomed to use, but also unhygienic.

As for the store owner who sold these items, he did not suffer any loss.

After all, no matter what, it is better than making money to raise other people's children.

It can be considered a win-win situation.

This incident was just a small episode in Lu Meng's leveling journey. Most of the time, he would sneak around, unlock the door, close the door... and follow a set process to complete the task.

Sometimes I find that the store's door locks are worn or broken, and they will repair them.

Make sure that no one can open the door of this store easily except yourself and the store owner.

It can be said to be quite kind.

The process has been simplified, and the lockpicking skill has reached level 24 so quickly, from basic to proficient level.

Apart from touching corpses and collecting trophies, Lu Meng had little practice in his skills.

But because of the passive bonus from the experience module and foundation, it has reached the level of mastery at level 30.

In addition, Lu Meng often moves late at night, so agility in action is very important; in order to avoid the frequently patrolling guards, he also needs to take advantage of the gaps in shifts to run and sprint.Therefore, in terms of physical fitness, "speed" has improved the fastest recently, reaching 48 points, and will soon break through the 50-point mark like "strength".

It can be said to be a combination of strength and speed.

It is also very suitable for the use of weapons in the "Machete" series, and the damage bonus can be maximized.

Measured by the value of basic attributes.

The average physical limit of primitive humans who have not experienced genetic modification and mutation evolution is about 25 points.

The current Lu Meng could be called a "Superman" in the era he lived in.

But this analogy makes no sense.

In this world, who among us has not mutated?

Too much time has passed. Not to mention the ancient humans who were able to colonize the stars in the golden age, or even compared to the monsters in the wasteland, Lu Meng's current physical fitness is far inferior.

——Fortunately, he has no need or chance to compete with them.

In Lu Meng's current living environment, with such a level of running speed and agile reactions, in fact, whether he encounters sand bandits and bone dogs in the wild, or provokes guards in Scone Town, just by escaping, the other party will All we can do is chase behind and eat dust.

Of course, if there is really trouble in Scone Town, subsequent arrests will be even more troublesome.

Although Lu Meng is busy every day, because most of his activities are at night, no one except the people (dogs) who are close enough to him know what he does.

This makes outsiders think that he is simply a lazy guy who sleeps until late afternoon every day and doesn't like to go out.

Especially in the eyes of Calvin.

The difference is that this hornless man is not disgusted at all.

With less work and more leisure, what else is there to be dissatisfied about?
Since he became an apprentice, he has not seen his master work even a few times, and there is no forging task assigned to him. He is even granted a special leave, allowing him to continue his work of removing corpses in prisons.

After dumping the body and reporting back, there was almost nothing to do all day long.

After taking some time off, the forging bench in the nameless shop was polished by Carvin, making it look like brand new.

We are also very comfortable getting along with each other on weekdays.Other craftsmen frequently beat and scolded their apprentices and deprived them of food, but my own master was not very close to him, but at least he never deliberately humiliated him.

How rare such a person is, only Kavin, as a hornless man, knows how rare it is.

You must know that even Ashu, as a waiter, will subconsciously show contempt for him.

What's more, Lu Beiyou was the ruthless man who killed three Shaq warriors in a duel?

Kavin sometimes thinks.

The reason why low-level people like them, who are worthless, are still allowed to live is not because they have any value in existence.

Just because some people need to stand on them to show nobility.

With the difference in status, warriors will bravely die in order to keep their swords; the people with broken horns do not want to end up with all their horns dug out, and can only serve their masters loyally; the people without horns...the people without horns do not have Nothing to lose.

The only meaning of our lives is to warn those of our kind who still have hope, and to warn them not to end up in the same situation as us.

For this reason, all humiliation is deserved.

But what Master Lu... did was beyond Kavin's knowledge.

——This person does not seem to need to prove himself through identity.

Although he is not a warrior, his strength can easily kill Lao Chai, Lao Fei and Lao Wu; as his own master, he will not gain a sense of superiority by belittling and insulting his apprentices.

For any Shaq young man, if he has Master Lu's strength but has not yet become a warrior, even he himself will feel ashamed and uneasy, feeling that he has failed to live up to the expectations of his parents, teachers and friends.

At this time, even if he were to die on the battlefield, he would not hesitate at all... How could he still remain calm?
……

inside the store.

"Come and try it," Huo Buyang handed Kavin a piece of bread, "Brother Lu is very good at making it."

Kavin quickly took it.

In fact, this was not the first time for him to eat the food made by the master. There seemed to be no rule here that the apprentices of the Hornless Men could not serve it - after all, even the dog could serve it.

Lu Meng was on the side trying the freshly baked creations.

The aroma of wheat is rich and the flavor is soft and leisurely.

His "cooking skills" have reached level 20.

For three meals a day, he almost turned the heating stove in the store into an oven.

——No need for nothing.

Lu Meng also knew that Calvin, a cheap apprentice, was very idle.

But in fact, his own weapon forging progress has not even started yet.

"Hey, everyone is here." Ashu opened the door and came in.

"Brother Lu..." He approached Lu Meng, "There is news."

"Scone Town is recruiting troops again!"

As a young Shaq, Ashu failed to catch up with the war era and failed to become a soldier. Instead, he joined the Brotherhood.

"Do you think I want to go?"

Lu Meng glanced at the recruitment order in Shaq's hand: "Don't worry about that for now, just eat some bread."

He broke half of the bread in his hand and handed it to Ashu.

This one is slightly older.

"what……"

Ashu frowned as he was blown away by the hot air.

He said in his heart that this new brother is more like a cook than a craftsman.

But his stomach still rumbled unsatisfactorily.

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