At this time, some important officials from Jianghai City gathered together.
Some of them were gamers, and they were now interested in the God Forsaken Game.
One official, after hearing the report from Wang Meng, asked, "Wang Meng, if this 'Shadow' was level 3 half an hour ago, why hasn't he returned to reality? Doesn't he have family to notify?"
Wang Meng shook his head. "I'm not sure, maybe he doesn't have any relatives."
A clear, pleasant voice interrupted: "Could he be a time traveler? Aren't they orphans who level up quickly?"
Everyone turned to look, seeing a beautiful policewoman with a natural demeanor, wearing an elegant uniform. She had long, straight legs and an attractive figure.
Seeing everyone stare at her, she blushed. "Was I wrong?"
A senior official sighed, "An Yu, I told you not to read so many novels. Don't joke in serious meetings."
An Yu stuck out her tongue and stayed silent.
The discussion continued. "From Wang Meng's report, this 'Shadow' seems to be a good person."
"Yes, his temper may seem strange, but he helped Wang Meng and others, so he can't be that bad."
"Seems like we need to befriend him."
The officials agreed on a plan. Wang Meng and An Yu were tasked with learning more about 'Shadow.'
Their goals:
1. Learn about his character.
2. Investigate his true identity.
3. Establish cooperation with him.
They also discussed the life span issue. "Some elderly players died in the God Forsaken Game, and their life spans kept halving after each death," one official said. "If a player's life span drops below one day, they die immediately if they die in the game."
"Clearly, this game is extraordinary," another official noted. "Countries worldwide are taking it seriously."
The officials were split into two tasks:
Maintaining stability.
Investigating the God Forsaken Game.
The game's impact on life span made it a global concern. But even more crucial was the discovery that players who reached level 10 would get a system prompt. They could extract their in-game attributes, skills, and equipment into reality by sacrificing tradable life span, which could trigger worldwide chaos.
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An hour later, Qin Xiaoyou forced herself to sleep in the dormitory and entered the game.
She chose a random profession and got the hidden profession 'Life Sacrifice.' It had higher healing potential than normal priests and helped teammates survive better.
In her previous life, Qin Feng had been an ordinary warrior, often underestimated by Qin Xiaoyou despite his strength. But he chose the warrior role to protect her. In this life, without Qin Xiaoyou, he became a 'Shadow' — a unique hidden class with much greater strength.
Qin Xiaoyou smiled. "Great, I got a hidden profession. Brother Song Fei will be impressed, right?"
She thought of Qin Feng again. "Why hasn't he apologized yet? With the God Forsaken Game now, I have a hidden profession. Don't expect me to help you level up!"
Feeling proud of herself, she was confident with Zhang Wei's help. But she didn't understand the difficulty of the game, which would soon torture her.
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In Shell Town, Yang Shung packed his loot and prepared to return.
"Good thing I got a storage bag. Though it only has five slots, it can hold a lot of loot."
Initially, players start with a 10-slot backpack. Now, Yang Shung had a second 5-slot black cloth bag on his waist.
He calculated quickly. These items could be worth at least 500 days of tradable life span.
After killing the silver BOSS "Curser," he earned more than 600 days of life span. The 500 days from his loot were a good haul.
As he walked in stealth mode, he noticed two people.
"Jiang Li from Dajiang Industrial?" he thought, passing them silently.
He overheard their conversation.
Lao Mao, a young man with an ordinary shooter class, said, "Miss, you've reached level 3. Time to fulfill your promise, right?"
Yali, the woman from Dajiang, responded, "Don't worry. Dajiang Industrial doesn't owe you. Let's go back to reality. I'll give you my number, and you can contact me. By the way, sell me your tradable life span. I'll pay you 10,000 per day of life."
Lao Mao agreed happily, excited by the prospect of making money.
Yang Shung ignored them and returned to Shell Town. He went to the central square's basement, where he found a petrified portal. He reached out and touched it.
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[Congratulations! You have activated the teleportation array in Shell Town!]
[Shell Town is now connected to other initial towns in Jianghai City. You can teleport once per day for free. Multiple teleports require tradable life span.]
[You gained 1 reputation!]
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Yang Shung stood tall as the black-robed assassin with a veil over his face, drawing envious, jealous, and admiring gazes from the players around town.