“Thud!”

A muffled sound. In the chaotic bank, Yang Ling had just run in when he saw stars and collapsed on the ground.

Because his family was poor, he had dropped out after high school to work. Through a friend, he got a job as an auxiliary police officer in the local patrol unit.

He had only been working for two months when he ran into a bank robbery. Fatefully, he was patrolling nearby. The moment he stepped inside the front door, he was struck on the head by a fire extinguisher and lost consciousness.

As he lay fading, a voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

“Ding, Wish System binding successful. Drawing the Novice Gift Pack for the Host.”

“Ding, congratulations to the Host for receiving three chances to make a Wish.”

The groggy Yang Ling couldn’t think straight. There was only one thought in his mind: I don’t want to die.

“Ding, Wish successful. Host acquires skill: Injury Recovery.”

“Description: No matter what kind of external injury the Host sustains, recovery is guaranteed within five seconds.”

As the system’s voice fell silent, Yang Ling felt a warm current flow into his body. In the next moment, he regained consciousness. He touched his head and stood up as if nothing had happened.

Even a clay Buddha has a three-point temper, let alone the spirited young man Yang Ling. Once he came to his senses, he didn’t care about anything else and loudly roared, “Which bastard hit me?! I’ll bash your head in!”

“Ding, Wish successful. Host acquires skill: Throwing Mastery.”

“Description: Within the limits of the Host’s strength, the hit rate for thrown objects is 100%.”

Another warm current flooded his body. Yang Ling yelled, grabbed a nearby fire extinguisher, and hurled it at the closest robber.

“Bang!”

The fire extinguisher, like a guided missile, accurately smashed into the masked robber’s forehead. Following a dull thud, the man dropped to the floor with a flop, his condition unknown.

The incident was so sudden that everyone, from the panicked bank staff to the robbers, was stunned by the young man in the auxiliary police uniform who had suddenly leaped up.

One of the robbers, whose face was covered by a stocking, snapped back to reality. He shouted and raised his pistol, ready to shoot!

Yang Ling was startled, but he had no other objects available to throw. In a moment of quick thinking, he remembered the coin in his pocket!

“Ding, Throwing Mastery skill activating.”

Smack!

In a flash of lightning, the coin shot directly into the robber’s wide-open mouth. The robber’s entire body stiffened, and he immediately collapsed to the ground, clutching his throat and rolling in agony.

“Boss!”

The last remaining robber, a fat man, cried out, grabbed the machete he was holding, and charged at Yang Ling.

Having taken down two robbers in quick succession, Yang Ling was highly focused. He didn’t care about the consequences and roared in his mind, “I want to make a wish! Grant me the ability to defeat this robber!“

“Ding! Wish successful. Host acquires skill: Tai Chi Mastery.”

As another warm current entered his body, the fat robber had already rushed forward.

“Using force against force!”

Yang Ling shouted softly, dodged the machete slash, and used the momentum to pull the fat man, instantly throwing him off balance.

He followed it up with the move Parting the Wild Horse’s Mane, clapping his hands directly onto the back of the fat man’s head.

The fat man felt a crushing blow. He turned his head with difficulty to look at Yang Ling, and before he could even scream, he instantly frothed at the mouth and collapsed to the floor.

Silence. A deathly silence.

Three robbers, defeated just like that?

The bank staff and citizens who were preparing to flee with their heads down were petrified, staring at the little auxiliary police officer. The scene was incredibly awkward.

“Ding, you crushed the robbers’ wish to rob the bank, acquiring Free Attribute Point +1.”

“Ding, you fulfilled the wish of the people present to be rescued, Wish Value +1.”

“Description: When your Wish Value reaches 10 points, you can make one Wish.”

Yang Ling was also petrified. He listened blankly to the system voices ringing in his mind, his heart filled with a mixture of emotions.

System? What system?

Could it be… I’m about to get rich!?

NOTES

Auxiliary police officer: A non-sworn, temporary, or semi-official police assistant, often used for patrol or minor duties in China.

Parting the Wild Horse’s Mane: The direct translation of a specific movement in Tai Chi, kept for flavor.