Chapter 002: Life

After about half a month of hiding by day and coming out by night, Wang Bo quickly adapted to this kind of life.

He is now a night security guard at a department store, working from seven in the evening to seven the next morning.

Although the salary was not much, Wang Bo was already quite satisfied.

Around six thirty in the afternoon, after eating dinner, Wang Bo left the house.

It was summer now, and the daylight hours had stretched out; even at six thirty, the sky was still bright, the sun hanging lazily in the western sky, still refusing to set.

Wang Bo did not face the sun directly, but moved quickly along the shadows between the residential buildings.

But even so, his body was still slowly absorbing the sunlight in the air.

Of course, because it was now approaching evening, and the sun was about to set, the sunlight was no longer as intense as at noon, so Wang Bo's efficiency in absorbing sunlight had become very low, hardly worth mentioning compared to the first month.

Wang Bo nodded with great satisfaction at this.

More than ten minutes later, Wang Bo arrived at his workplace.

Orchid Department Store.

This building was erected only the year before last, eight stories in total, about thirty meters high. The first floor houses a jewelry store; the second and third floors, men's clothing; the fourth and fifth, women's clothing; the sixth, sports equipment; the seventh, men's and women's shoes; and the eighth floor, a restaurant.

There is also a basement level, which is a huge supermarket.

Wang Bo's workplace was an office in a corner on the third floor. He pushed the door open and walked in. The office was empty, not a single person there. Li, who was supposed to be on duty with him tonight, had not yet arrived.

Wang Bo clocked in, pulled over a chair, and sat down.

It's not yet work time, so Wang Bo can still slack off.

The business hours of Orchid Department Store are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

After nine o'clock, the department store would close, and then it would be Wang Bo and his colleague Brother Li's turn to take the stage. Every hour, the two of them had to patrol from the first floor to the eighth floor to make sure nothing was missing in the store.

If anything went missing during their shift, the two of them would have to take full responsibility.

Not only would they have to pay compensation at the full price, but they might also have their wages deducted for dereliction of duty.

However, this situation rarely occurs.

His colleague Brother Li had worked here for a year and had never heard of anyone coming here to steal.

After all, even at night, every corner of each floor of the mall has surveillance cameras.

Wang Bo sat in the office for a while. With five minutes still to go until seven o'clock sharp, Brother Li finally arrived, pushing the door open and walking in.

"Yo, you're here." Seeing Wang Bo, Brother Li's face broke into a simple, honest smile.

Wang Bo nodded at Brother Li. Brother Li had a simple, honest face, but his physique was extremely explosive, as burly as a boxer in the ring.

I heard that Brother Li used to be in the military, but later, because of a minor mistake, he was discharged outright.

Now one can only make a living as a security guard.

But Brother Li had a very beautiful girlfriend, exceptionally good-looking, not at all inferior to the stars on TV. Even more astonishing, Wang Bo had once heard that Brother Li was ambiguously involved with the female general manager of this department store.

This made Wang Bo suspect for a moment that this guy might just be the protagonist of some urban soldier king novel.

Of course, this was merely suspicion.

After clocking in, Brother Li sat across from Wang Bo, took out his phone, and started playing with it.

Neither of them had any intention of patrolling.

Time slipped away imperceptibly.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the shopping mall closed its doors, and the customers who were still inside left one after another.

Around nine thirty, most of the mall staff had left, with only a few remaining.

At this moment Brother Li looked at the time, stood up, and said, "Let's go, Xiao Wang, time for patrol."

Wang Bo nodded and followed behind Brother Li, starting their patrol from the first floor. He urged the employees who had not yet left to hurry up.

After more than ten minutes, the two had made a round, locked the doors and windows, and returned to the office.

Next, the two only needed to patrol once every hour.

If you feel that one hour is too short, you can also extend it a bit, and two hours per patrol round is also fine.

It was the middle of the night. Brother Li yawned and said, "Xiao Wang, I'll get some sleep first. Call me when it's time for patrol."

Wang Bo nodded and said, "Good."

Brother Li lay on the table and soon fell asleep.

Wang Bo took out his phone and started reading a novel.

This was his way of passing the time. Besides novels, Wang Bo's phone also had anime, movies, TV series, games, and so on downloaded on it.

An hour later, Wang Bo got up to patrol.

As for Brother Li, he couldn't be woken up. Once he fell asleep, even beating gongs and drums might not be enough to rouse him.

Of course, it's also possible that this guy did it on purpose.

After calling out a few times, Wang Bo never tried again to wake the sleeping Brother Li.

Anyway, patrolling was something he could do alone.

After several patrols, time gradually moved toward morning.

Around six in the morning, Brother Li woke from a deep sleep. Refreshed, he glanced at the time and, seeing that it was already six o'clock, couldn't help apologizing to Wang Bo a few times.

"It's okay." Wang Bo was not the kind of person to haggle over every little thing.

If he were to have a conflict with Brother Li at this time, he would be very likely to get fired—after all, according to rumors, this guy has a very good relationship with the female general manager of the shopping mall.

Wang Bo had also seen this guy walking with the female CEO more than once.

Of course, as for what exactly the relationship between the two was, Wang Bo did not delve into it.

He's not the kind of person who would die if he didn't gossip.

At 7:01, Wang Bo clocked out. Li sat in his chair playing on his phone without looking up and said, "Xiao Wang, you go ahead. I'm waiting for someone to take over."

Wang Bo nodded, said "Thanks, Brother Li," and turned away.

He arrived on the first floor, opened the staff passage, and found that the sun had long since risen high, its brilliant radiance spilling across the earth, bestowing vibrant life upon all things without reserve.

This made Wang Bo's brow furrow involuntarily. If there was anything unsatisfactory about this job, it was that it ended too late; every time he got off work, the sun had already risen.

Whenever this time came, it was when Wang Bo's strength rapidly improved.

Although he always moved in the shadows between the buildings, his body still absorbed sunlight without reservation.

Fortunately, this period did not last too long, and Wang Bo could endure it.

After more than ten minutes, Wang Bo returned home, washed his face, lay down on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

Wang Bo had a dream.

In his dream, although he kept restraining himself, his strength improved rapidly, and before long, Wang Bo became very, very powerful.

One day, while walking on the street, he accidentally collided with an out-of-control car.

He was fine, but the car was wrecked. Even worse, the driver inside the car was dead.

This time, the entire street was stirred up.

Someone uploaded this scene to the internet, and the whole country was stirred.

Although the state quickly deleted these videos, Wang Bo caught the attention of those with ulterior motives.

Many people want to come and study Wang Bo.

And so wave after wave of probing came one after another.

To survive, Wang Bo had no choice but to actively accept sunlight and continuously grow stronger. In this process, he experienced a series of events: being hunted, growing stronger, and then killing his pursuers in turn.

Slowly, Wang Bo grew stronger and stronger, while the forces hunting him grew fewer and fewer.

In the end, when Wang Bo walked out of the nuclear explosion unscathed, the world fell silent. Unable to live an ordinary life any longer, Wang Bo had no choice but to embark on the path of conquering the world.

A year later, the world was unified.

Wang Bo became the first Grand President of the Human Alliance!

Then, the dream ended.