"Hey, where did he go?"
Sister Li and the other four people were all stunned for a moment.
They looked around but couldn't find any trace of Qin Feng.
The tall male Assassin in the team was a bit confused: "This is an invisibility skill, right? Having an invisibility skill as an initial skill, what kind of profession is this? It's so cool!"
He had chosen the 'Assassin' profession on his own, but he didn't have an invisibility skill at the start.
After searching for a long time and failing to find Qin Feng, and not daring to leave the safe zone, the five of them could only return to Shell Town somewhat dejectedly.
Sister Li said in a deep voice, "It's too dangerous outside. Our remaining lifespan has been halved after we died once. Let's search around in the town first and see if there's any opportunity for improvement."
The soft-spoken long-haired girl's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes. Let's first look for treasure chests or NPCs."
The tall male Assassin had a good attitude and said with a smile, "Look at how nervous you all are.
Although this 'Abandoned by the Gods' game is a bit strange, it's absolutely absurd to say that it can affect our lifespan... In my opinion, since we've been resurrected, we can just go out and kill that Crawler directly."
Another male Warrior said, "I think so too. It took us a lot of effort to reduce its health by nearly half.
I'm afraid that guy who just left will take advantage of it."
Sister Li sneered disdainfully: "With the combined output of the five of us, we barely managed to reduce the Crawler's health by less than half. He's alone at most relying on invisibility to save his life. Wanting to kill the Crawler? He's just dreaming."
...
Qin Feng, of course, didn't know about Sister Li and the others' choices.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart.
Because there was nothing in the initial town that could help improve one's strength at all. It was just a place for players to have a safe rest.
At this time, Qin Feng, with the 'Stealth' skill activated, was walking on the dark scorched earth.
After becoming invisible, the sounds of walking, breathing, and heartbeat... would all be eliminated!
Except for still having a collision volume, everything else was as if this person didn't exist.
There was only one way to see invisible units.
That was through anti-stealth skills.
Of course, Qin Feng's profession, Shadow, came with '+1 Invisibility Level' by itself.
In the early stage, it was basically impossible for any players or even wild monsters to discover his invisibility...
Soon, Qin Feng left the town and walked over a hundred meters, arriving at a sparse forest.
From a distance, he saw the dark silhouette of a Crawler resting in the forest.
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[Crawler (Lv1)]
[Grade: Common (In the process of advancing...)]
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"Is this thing digesting the lifespan of those five players it just killed?"
Qin Feng narrowed his eyes.
He had seen this kind of thing a lot in his previous life.
After monsters hunted the lifespan from players, it took time to advance. Obviously, this Crawler in front of him was very greedy.
After hunting five players, it could have already found a safe place to advance, but it was still staying here, clearly wanting to kill more...
"Since that's the case, give me back that lifespan."
Qin Feng found a concealed corner.
When the invisibility time ended, he activated the 'Stealth' skill again, achieving a seamless connection between the two invisibility periods.
Qin Feng held the Worn-Out Iron Dagger and quietly approached the Crawler.
When he got closer, he could even smell the rotten stench on the Crawler, which was really unpleasant.
The dark silhouette gradually became clearer. It turned out to be a faceless figure with gray skin all over its body, with long and thin limbs, lying beside a tree, and there was grayish-white mist lingering around it.
That grayish-white mist was the visual representation of lifespan.
It meant that this Crawler was consuming lifespan and trying to advance.
"The lifespan that hasn't been digested by the monster in time will be converted into loot and dropped out according to a certain proportion after the monster dies..."
Qin Feng didn't hesitate.
While maintaining his invisibility, he came behind the Crawler and attacked instantly!
The Worn-Out Iron Dagger emerged from the darkness, turning into a glint of cold light and accurately landing on the back of the Crawler's neck.
The 'back of the neck' was one of the Crawler's weak points. As long as a weak point was hit, the damage would be increased by 50%, that is, 1.5 times the damage.
-372 (Weak Point Attack)!
With just one stab, grayish-white blood flowed out from the back of the Crawler's neck, and it instantly collapsed to the ground!
"This Shadow profession is really powerful!"
Qin Feng himself was shocked.
However, he was well aware that it wasn't just because of the Shadow profession.
The majority of his damage came from the 'Stealth' skill that had been evolved twice.
The additional 90 points of attack power had multiplied his damage by two or three times.
If it was just the initial Poor Quality 'Stealth' skill, the damage would be less than half of what it was now.
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[You have killed 'Crawler (Lv1)'.]
[You have obtained 10 experience points.]
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Besides that, on the Crawler's corpse, there was also a fist-sized ball of light formed by the grayish-white mist, which was the visual representation of lifespan and could be picked up.
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[You have obtained 3 days of lifespan (Tradable).]
[You have obtained 54 years and 155 days of lifespan (Non-Tradable).]
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The system prompt came, and Qin Feng shook his head.
"Those five people were killed, and each of them must have lost at least twenty or thirty years of lifespan. Added together, it definitely exceeded a hundred years."
"After going through the Crawler, only fifty-four years were dropped..."
"But it doesn't matter. Non-Tradable lifespan is useless for now."
Qin Feng was very clear about this.
People would consume [Non-Tradable Lifespan] every second while alive, and it didn't have any other functions for the time being.
Only [Tradable Lifespan] was the key!
"Consuming Tradable Lifespan can extract equipment, skills, and professions into reality!"
"But getting only three days of Tradable Lifespan from killing a small monster is too little."
"It's completely insufficient to extract any equipment or skills."
"Let's continue looking for monsters."
Qin Feng didn't think for too long.
Around his body, there was grayish-white mist lingering, which was gradually absorbed by him.
Then he reached out and picked up two more pieces of loot from under the Crawler's corpse.
One piece of equipment and one skill book.
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[Rotten Leather Boots (Poor Quality): Gray Quality. Physical Defense +3, Movement Speed +5%. Equipment Requirement: Level 1]
[Skill Book · Ice Cone Technique (Common Quality): White Quality. Mage-type Skill Book. Learning Requirement: Level 1]
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The Crawler was a level 1 common monster.
The loot dropped after being killed was most likely to be of Poor Quality, and only had a small probability of being Common Quality.
"Getting two items at once, not bad luck."
"Unfortunately, neither of them is of much use to me..."
Qin Feng put on the Rotten Leather Boots.
He was a bit disappointed.
This monster didn't provide him with Evolution Points, nor was it enough for him to level up.
Qin Feng could only continue using the 'Stealth' skill and walked deeper into the forest...
Just then, in Shell Town, other players also started to go out to explore.
Some of them formed teams, and some, bold as new calves, ran out alone or in pairs.
Not long after.
A young couple came to the place where Qin Feng had just killed the Crawler and saw the Crawler's corpse at a glance.
"Someone killed a monster here?"
"It seems this game isn't that difficult. I told you we didn't need to be so nervous, haha."
"Xiaoya, just watch. When monsters come out later, I'll take you and kill them all!"
However, this couple didn't notice...
On the tree above their heads, a huge black shadow appeared.