In the online game "Gods and Demons," a character's appearance reflects the player's real looks. Of course, if players don't want to reveal their appearance, they can choose to wear a mask or use some disguise. John Carter has always used his real appearance. In other words, John Carter's in-game look is exactly the same as the guy sitting at the desk.

Could it be... that his in-game character, the ghost slayer, "An Jian," has "jumped" out of the system and come into the real world?

That's why the system lost the data—everything seems quite "reasonable" when explained this way. But... could something like this really happen?

John Carter touched "his" face; the sensation was exactly like a real person's, but that person seemed to have no consciousness, just like a robot.

John Carter suddenly realized a ridiculous possibility. He picked up the gaming helmet, put it on, and started the game.

"Beep—" System prompt: Ghost slayer "An Jian" character does not exist, system data lost, reason for loss: unknown.

However, even though the system gave this prompt, John Carter still entered the "game." His vision was blurry at first, then cleared up. The character switch was successful, but the scene before his eyes was not the in-game Pangu City, but his very familiar Dorm 522. And right in front of him sat "himself" wearing the gaming helmet.

In other words, his consciousness had switched from his original body to that of the ghost slayer An Jian, and yet both of them were in the same room.

Good grief, this joke has gone too far!

John Carter moved his "new body" a bit and checked his own attributes: Strength: 40, Agility: 120, Stamina: 40, Magic: 20, Spirit: 20.

He casually jumped, leaping directly from the desk to the doorway, covering a distance of five or six meters in a single bound.

John Carter took a deep breath, pulled out the Thief's Key from his body, activated the lockpicking skill, fiddled with the door a couple of times, and—snap! The door opened.

His abilities were exactly the same as in the game!

He felt a bit dazed and walked to the balcony, looking down from above. It was just past 2 a.m., the night was deep and quiet, not a soul outside, and behind the dorm building was the school's back mountain, which was rarely visited even during the day.

John Carter steeled himself, gritted his teeth, and jumped down.

This was the fifth floor. Although John Carter had done similar moves many times in the game, trying it once in real life still made his scalp tingle.

The howling wind rushed at him. John Carter felt like a big bird, his body incredibly light.

"Smack!"

He landed safely. John Carter rolled on the ground to absorb the impact. His legs felt a little numb, but it wasn't a big problem. It actually felt even more real than in the game.

Looking up at his dorm, it had almost disappeared into the darkness. Even though the scene was incredibly real, he still felt as if he were in a dream.

Jump!

John Carter leaped four or five meters high in one go, grabbing onto the second-floor balcony. Then, using his arms, he jumped again, climbing up the dormitory wall like a gecko. In just half a minute, he had climbed from the ground to the fifth floor, returning to his own dorm balcony!

It really was exactly the same as the ghost slayer's abilities in the game!

John Carter took a deep breath, and a surge of excitement and joy gradually welled up in his heart.

Right now, John Carter was short on money—very short. So after gaining control of the ghost slayer, the first thing he thought of was how to use it to make money.

To put it bluntly, a ghost slayer is just a thief or an assassin. But in the real world, stealing and killing are both illegal—he couldn't do that.

It's a pity there are no more Olympic Games. Otherwise, using his physical advantages to participate would surely win him plenty of gold medals and prize money.

The Olympics were canceled fifteen years ago, mainly because of the rise of ancient martial arts. Disciples of the ancient martial arts families could easily break world records. For them, participating in the Olympics was just a contest of whose martial arts were better.

After humanity experienced the disasters of the mid-20th century, ancient martial arts gradually began to permeate real society. In Huaxia, there are seven great ancient martial arts families. To ordinary people, they are figures high above. Under normal circumstances, John Carter would never have any interaction with them.

Go be an instructor or elder at an ancient martial arts family and earn a high salary?

That doesn't seem possible either. After all, he's still in school. Besides, the ancient martial arts families have some connections with the government. If his secret of possessing the ghost slayer were discovered, the government would probably intervene, detaining and researching him in the name of exploring unknown science or maintaining national security. He might even end up as a lab rat.

Making money... making money... what's the most profitable thing to do?

It seems like starting a company, but what could he do with a ghost slayer to run a company? Opening a martial arts school seems more reliable...

Wait, start a company—John Carter suddenly had a flash of inspiration: open a bounty hunter company! Specializing in high-difficulty, high-risk jobs.

But starting a company isn't simple. He'd need a location and registered capital.

And a bounty hunter company obviously isn't a legitimate business. The government probably wouldn't approve it, so he'd have to make private arrangements with people. But then another problem arises: how to build a reputation, how to contact clients?

Should he post ads on utility poles? He might get beaten up by the city management squad. Even if he managed to post them, would anyone believe it?