Chapter 20: Young Master Is Truly Incredible—He Can Kill Monsters Even in His Sleep?
On the rocky flats, a giant luxurious tent had been erected almost out of thin air.
Inside the tent, the lights blazed brightly, and the floor was covered with thick Persian carpets.
The long table at the center, draped in a spotless white tablecloth, was filled with freshly prepared delicacies.
“Come, Young Master, open your mouth~”
A young woman in a black-and-white lace maid outfit knelt beside Lin Mo, using a silver fork to lift a piece of meat for him.
Lin Mo opened his mouth without the slightest guilt and bit into the steak.
That melt-in-the-mouth texture, bursting with searing heat the instant it touched his tongue, made him narrow his eyes in satisfaction.
“Mmm... this Flame Demon Boar pork belly is roasted just right. Crisp on the outside, tender on the inside.”
Lin Mo gave his evaluation through a half-full mouth.
【“Fireball” is swallowing wildly: Delicious! So delicious! Quick! Another piece! Are your hands just for decoration?】
“So long as Young Master likes it.”
The maid covered her mouth and laughed softly, her body brushing lightly against Lin Mo’s from time to time.
“That is because Young Master is in such fine condition. No matter how much he replenishes himself, he can handle it.”
“If it were someone else, they probably would have had a nosebleed already.”
As she spoke, she reached out and gently wiped a spot of sauce from the corner of Lin Mo’s mouth.
Just as Lin Mo was about to speak, the tent flap was pulled open.
Ye Hongyu strode inside.
“Young Master, the special operations battalion has already assembled and is awaiting orders in the outer perimeter.”
“Your bed has also been set up. All bystanders in the surrounding area have been cleared out. You may level in peace.”
“That fast?”
Lin Mo glanced at the feast on the table, which had already been mostly finished, wiped his mouth, and stood up.
“All right, then. I am full, so let’s begin.”
...
Lin Mo walked out of the tent.
A familiar custom-made oversized bed appeared before his eyes.
Around that bed, dozens of fully armed special ops soldiers stood in grim formation, ready for battle.
Lin Mo dropped onto the soft mattress in one motion.
“Comfortable.”
“Young Master!”
As soon as Lin Mo sat down, three burly men immediately stepped forward and saluted in perfect unison.
Ye Hongyu walked over and began the introductions.
“Young Master, this is Ahu, a Berserker. This is Erniu, a Ranger. And this is Shitou, an earth mage.”
“They will be leading the team tonight and delivering weakened monsters to you.”
Ahu patted his chest and guaranteed, “Rest assured, Young Master! I can promise that any monster we send over will have no more than 5% of its HP left. You only need to move a finger and finish it off.”
Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction.
“Good. Thank you for your hard work, brothers.”
“Let’s begin, then.”
With that, he pulled out his phone and turned it sideways with practiced ease.
He was not sleepy yet after eating, so he could play a few games first.
“Yes, sir!”
At the command from the three men, the surrounding special ops soldiers instantly turned into shadows and scattered into the night.
...
It was not long before—
“ROAR—!”
Along with the howl of a beast, Shitou’s voice rang out.
“Young Master, incoming! Three o’clock!”
The next instant,
a blood-soaked 【Wasteland Demon Wolf (Lv.6)】 with one leg broken was hurled high into the air and sent flying with perfect accuracy toward the right side of the bed.
Lin Mo remained completely focused on his ranked match.
【“Fireball” is excited: Die for me!】
WHOOSH—!
An orange-red fireball shot out and struck the demon wolf squarely in the head while it was still in midair.
【Wasteland Demon Wolf slain, EXP +35!】
“Beautiful!”
Shitou, who had just thrown the monster over, lit up at once. The precision and prediction of that strike were simply godlike.
“Young Master, twelve o’clock! Two of them!”
Ahu’s booming voice rang out.
Two heavily wounded Venomous Lizards were thrown over.
Boom! Boom!
In barely two seconds, two bursts of fire exploded.
A double kill!
“Good heavens...”
Ahu, who had just returned, nearly had his eyes pop out of his skull.
He exchanged a glance with Shitou and could not help swallowing.
“Captain Ye said Young Master’s fine control was incredible, and that he even had the miraculous ability to split his attention... I did not believe it at first. I never imagined it was actually true...”
At the side, Shitou spoke in a low voice, “I am an earth mage. I know better than anyone how difficult this level of fine control and divided focus really is... As expected of Young Master.”
As time passed,
the special operations team’s coordination became smoother and smoother, and the frequency with which they lured in monsters grew higher and higher.
At first, they sent over one or two at a time.
Later, they came in groups of three to five.
All kinds of wasteland monsters, beaten to the brink of death, were tossed toward the area around that bed.
Second by second, time slipped away.
The night deepened.
Lin Mo played seven or eight ranked matches. After a winning streak came a miserable losing streak, and at last his mind could no longer hold out.
“Yawn...”
Lin Mo let out a yawn. His eyelids began to droop, and even the images on his phone screen became blurry.
“I cannot do it anymore... I am done for...”
He had just pulled an all-nighter yesterday, and today he had also fought through an Abyssalized dungeon. Even a man of iron could not take that.
Lin Mo casually tossed his phone beside the pillow, leaned to one side, and slid straight into the soft, warm silk quilt.
“Just... keep going. I am going to close my eyes for a bit...”
After saying that, Lin Mo found a comfortable position, buried his head in the pillow, and in less than three seconds, the sound of even breathing rose gently.
Not far away, Ahu had just returned carrying an 【Ironclad Rhinoceros】.
He had been about to shout, “Young Master, incoming,” only to see Lin Mo already tucked beneath the covers, and he froze on the spot.
At that moment, Shitou, who had gone to lure monsters from another direction, also came running back with a half-dead Porcupine in hand.
The moment he saw the scene, Shitou stopped short in astonishment.
“Uh... Young Master fell asleep?”
Ahu nodded uncertainly.
“It looks like he did...”
“Then... do we still throw them?”
Shitou looked at the porcupine in his hand, then at the rhinoceros in Ahu’s.
Ahu furrowed his brows and thought for two seconds before saying, “Captain Ye’s orders were to level through the night. She never said to stop just because Young Master fell asleep.”
Shitou hesitated a little.
“But Young Master is asleep. What if something happens?”
Ahu gritted his teeth and said, “It will be fine! We have already beaten these monsters down to a sliver of HP. If Young Master does not react, we will finish them off ourselves. There is no way they will so much as touch a single hair on his head!”
“All right! Then let’s try it!”
Shitou nodded as well.
“Off you go!”
Ahu put strength into both arms and lightly tossed the heavy Ironclad Rhinoceros toward the open ground beside the bed.
Hum!
A fireball condensed out of thin air, carrying a shrill tearing sound as it instantly pierced through the Ironclad Rhinoceros.
“!!!”
Ahu and Shitou turned to stone on the spot.
“H-He really is asleep?”
Shitou could hardly believe it.
“Young Master?”
Ahu called out tentatively, his voice not loud.
On the bed, Lin Mo showed no reaction at all.
“Young Master!!”
Ahu raised his voice a little.
“Mmm...”
Lin Mo frowned slightly, then hugged the pillow, turned over, and went right on sleeping soundly.
...
Ahu and Shitou looked at each other.
“He really is asleep.”
Ahu drew in a deep breath, his eyes full of shock.
“Even that turn looked completely natural. This is definitely deep sleep.”
“Incredible. Truly incredible!”
Shitou was trembling with excitement as he lowered his voice.
“Brother Hu, have you heard of it? In the legends, some top-tier Class Holders, in pursuit of ultimate combat instinct, deliberately train themselves to fight while asleep.”
“They do not need conscious awareness at all. They rely entirely on the instinctive reactions of the body and spiritual power to kill their enemies!”
Ahu frowned slightly when he heard that, his voice carrying a trace of hesitation.
“But... Shitou, no one in our team can do that, can they? Young Master only just awakened his class...”
“What do you know?”
Shitou rolled his eyes at him and replied in a firm tone, “Can we compare with Young Master? Who is Young Master? He is Commander Lin’s son! How could a tiger father produce a dog son?”
Ahu froze for a moment, then nodded heavily.
“That makes sense. Since he is the Commander’s son, being monstrously talented is perfectly reasonable.”
The two instantly reached a shared understanding, and the reverence in their eyes deepened even further.
“Then what are we waiting for? Back to work!”
“Let’s go!”