Chapter 10

The classroom quickly descended into chaos.

The middle-aged teacher, with his balding head shining, raised his voice, "Students, we'll end this lesson here. I need to speak with the school leadership."

After saying this, the teacher hurriedly left the classroom, likely to make some calls and find out what was going on.

The students, left behind, buzzed with whispers and gossip, all taking out their phones to snap pictures and upload them online, where the discussion was already ablaze.

Qin Xiaoyou and Chu Yan, however, remained in their seats, silently scrolling through their phones.

Soon, Qin Xiaoyou's brows furrowed slightly. "It seems like this is a global phenomenon. Especially in countries where it's nighttime—everyone who falls asleep turns into this translucent state."

Chu Yan, clearly worried, asked, "What's really going on? I should call my parents. Xiaoyou, aren't you going to check in with your brother to see if something has happened to him?"

Qin Xiaoyou shook her head, her tone cold, "I'm not going to reach out to him first."

Chu Yan sighed, exasperated, "Come on, with something like this happening, isn't it time to stop holding grudges against family?"

Qin Xiaoyou scoffed, "Family? He's always trying to control me. How is that family? I can't be bothered with him unless he apologizes to me first."

If Qin Feng could see this, he'd probably find it amusing.

In his past life, Qin Xiaoyou had the same attitude.

She wouldn't reach out to him, not even replying to his texts or answering his calls.

It wasn't until the evening, when Qin Feng had personally gone to her school, apologized, and begged her for reconciliation, that she finally allowed him to take her home like a queen, entering the Forsaken Game together...

But this life was completely different!

She didn't want to contact Qin Feng.

And Qin Feng certainly wouldn't take the initiative to contact her!

In Qin Feng's eyes, the sister he had cared for over ten years no longer existed.

From the moment she had personally gouged out his eyes...

Qin Feng would never see her as family again!

...

The strange phenomenon was happening all over the world.

Governments worldwide quickly released statements after research, explaining that anyone who fell asleep would enter a semi-transparent state. The cause was unknown, and they urged people to avoid sleeping while experts investigated.

So far, no one who had fallen asleep had woken up.

Thus, those awake had no idea what was really happening.

Meanwhile, in the Abandoned Land of the Gods...

In town after town.

The players who had entered the Forsaken Game upon falling asleep had begun to take action.

They formed teams and set out to hunt monsters!

"For first-time players of the Forsaken Game, there's a prerequisite to logging out... You must reach level 3!"

Qin Feng was relentlessly killing monsters in the dark forest.

In the Forsaken Game, leveling up was notoriously difficult.

Soloing was almost impossible early on, and if you were in a group, experience and tradable lifespan were split, making the leveling process frustratingly slow.

In Shell Town, it wasn't until 20 minutes after Qin Feng had unlocked the leaderboard that another player finally reached level 2.

It was a team led by someone codenamed 'Wang Meng,' an elite group of hidden-class players.

All six of them leveled up to 2 at the same time.

They occupied the second through seventh places on Shell Town's leaderboard.

As for the golden-haired youth, who had led dozens of players out to hunt monsters, they quickly discovered a disturbing problem… No monsters dared to approach them!

No matter what kind of monster it was, the moment they spotted the group, they would immediately turn and flee.

As a result, the group didn't gain much.

The only real benefit was that they got to familiarize themselves with the terrain outside the town…

"I've finally gathered 3 evolution points!"

As Qin Feng killed yet another level 1 Crawler with a single slash, the system notification brightened his mood.

Just earlier, he had systematically slain all twelve spiderlings that had surrounded the Broodmother.

Those twelve spiderlings had only yielded 2 evolution points, one of which was gained using Greedy Hand...

This showed just how difficult it was to accumulate evolution points from small monsters unless you encountered a boss.

After dealing with the spiderlings, he had searched for more monsters.

Thanks to his constant invisibility, Qin Feng moved through the dark forest like the wind.

He quickly killed five more level 1 Crawlers.

The fifth one finally gave him another evolution point.

"Time to evolve."

Qin Feng opened his attribute panel.

He decided to further evolve the 'Greedy Hand' skill!

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[You consumed 3 evolution points. Remaining points: 0.]

[Greedy Hand (Gold → Platinum): Assassin skill. Can be used on monster corpses, increasing the chance of obtaining an additional loot drop from 70% → 110%.]

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The evolution effect exceeded expectations.

Qin Feng knew that in the Forsaken Game, probabilities exceeding 100% still worked.

With a 110% chance, Greedy Hand guaranteed an extra loot drop and added a 10% chance to get a second extra drop—essentially a third loot drop!

"Perfect."

After the evolution, Qin Feng activated Greedy Hand on the Crawler's corpse before him.

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[Greedy Hand skill successfully activated!]

[You gained 1 evolution point!]

[You gained 1 evolution point!]

[You gained 3 days of tradable lifespan.]

[You gained 3 days of tradable lifespan.]

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Qin Feng's eyes lit up.

That one activation triggered the extra 10%, giving him two additional rewards!

"Unbelievable…"

Even Qin Feng was a bit shocked.

He decided not to use the 2 evolution points for now.

"It seems that evolving the same skill for a fourth time requires 5 evolution points, not 4."

"It looks like the number of evolution points needed doesn't follow an arithmetic sequence."

"I'll understand the exact pattern once I evolve Greedy Hand again."

At the moment, Qin Feng didn't lack damage or survivability.

Even if he encountered a boss, he could handle it with ease.

Therefore, his priority was evolving skills that would boost his progress the fastest.

Greedy Hand was the best option for that.

Qin Feng checked his stats.

"My tradable lifespan is now at 146 days."

"But to extract equipment and skills into reality, the minimum requirement is at least two and a half years…"

"To be precise, 900 days!"

"Plus, I'll need to reach level 10 first."

Remaining invisible, Qin Feng continued through the forest.

Suddenly, he noticed the sounds of a battle up ahead.

He crept closer and smiled to himself.

What appeared before him was yet another Bronze-tier boss, and this one was a level 2 monster!

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[Charger (Lv2)]

[Rank: Bronze]

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It was a humanoid creature with six legs, similar to the Crawlers, but without eyes on its head. Instead, it had a rotting mouth, and its six legs moved at lightning speed!

At least twice the speed of a beginner player!

For any new player encountering this boss, it would be extremely unlucky. There would be no chance of escaping.

And killing the Charger would be even harder than taking down the Broodmother!