Chapter 1

A series of system prompts flashed across his ears, but Li Ang didn't have time to pay attention to them. He bent down to check Shi Qingsong's injuries. Shi Qingsong had already fainted.

"Phew, good thing, good thing, just a broken rib. He won't die."

Although Li Ang was quick-witted and unconventional, he still had some respect for his teacher. He held back during the fight and didn't go for the kill.

He reached into Shi Qingsong's pocket through his sleeve and took out his phone. He dialed 120 for emergency services.

When the call connected, Li Ang raised the soft palate in his mouth to increase oral resonance, shifting the resonance point from the lower teeth to the soft palate while lowering his pitch. He disguised his voice to sound genderless and untraceable.

"Shi Qingsong, male, 34 years old, teacher at Yin City Experimental Middle School. Injury: a closed rib fracture caused by external force, no wounds on the chest, rapid breathing, skin hematoma, currently unconscious. Exact location: the north entrance of the second underground level of the Yin City Experimental Middle School underground parking garage."

The 120 dispatcher on the other end was taken aback. "Okay, we'll send an ambulance immediately. Please don't hang up..."

*Click*. Li Ang hung up the phone, stuffed it back into Shi Qingsong's pocket, and tore Shi Qingsong's clothes into two long strips, using them to apply pressure to the rib fracture.

Then, Li Ang carefully dragged Shi Qingsong to the entrance of the underground parking garage, ensuring that the ambulance could find him as soon as possible.

He returned to the parking garage to clean up any traces that might expose his personal information, including footprints, fingerprints, and hairs.

Once he finished cleaning, Li Ang walked out of another exit of the parking garage. After confirming that he heard the ambulance siren, he headed straight for the teaching building.

"Oh, look who's gracing us with his presence. Li Ang, is there any day you won't be late?" The teacher, who was in the middle of an English class, sighed helplessly.

Li Ang's lateness had become a daily occurrence in this class. If it weren't for his grades, which were among the best in Yin City, the teachers, including the homeroom teacher, would have already advised him to drop out.

As long as it doesn't affect the other students...

Li Ang chuckled and skillfully returned to his seat, starting to check the fully online system.

The system panel was presented in his vision like a VR phantom, consisting of large modules such as Player Information, Attributes, Inventory, Equipment, Skills, Quest Log, Store, and Backpack.

First, there was the Player Information.

The Name, Age, Race, and Player ID fields were already filled in. Only the Player Nickname field remained to be filled.

The Player ID was composed of a string of alphanumeric characters, cumbersome and complex. According to the system's annotation next to it, the Player ID was mainly used by the system to identify specific players.

The Player Nickname, on the other hand, was mainly used for social activities among players. If two players were to carry out a mission together in the real world, a good nickname could not only be convenient for addressing each other but also hide the player's true information.

Li Ang entered a nickname,

"Shou Xian Wu Shou Xian Wu Reng Shi Ji Qiantian Xiaoxin De Neiku Quming Zhen Shi Nan Mingzi Zhen Nan Qu Lve Lve Lve Shou Shang De Rou Ci Balumengge Amsitelang Jiazu Daidai Xiangchuan Amsitelang Pao"

Nickname available, confirm?

Li Ang frowned, chose to cancel, and entered the nickname "God."

Nickname available, confirm?

"Ye Ao Nai Wo He", "Mian~ Hua~ Tang←", "banzheng177*****9527", "Ce Suo Xun Qu"...

Li Ang tested hundreds of IDs, not because he was creatively bankrupt or had a twisted sense of humor, but to test the system's bottom line.

"Some vulgar IDs can pass the review, some obviously commonplace IDs don't prompt 'Nickname already exists, please choose another', and even a few thousand digits of pi can pass."

"This game's system is really strong..."

Li Ang curled his lip and entered the nickname "Li Risheng."

Simple and clear.

Below the Player Nickname was the

green experience bar. Since Li Ang had just completed a mission and received 120 experience points, the green experience bar was already full.

Prompt: Player's current experience is 120/100, can level up from lv1 to lv2. Players gain one free attribute point after leveling up. Upgrade?

After reading the relevant system instructions and confirming that upgrading would not cause golden light to flash or grant a buff to restore all injuries, Li Ang chose to upgrade.

Prompt: Player Li Risheng has been upgraded to lv2, gaining one free attribute point. Current experience is 20/200.

"Each time you level up, the experience bar's upper limit increases by 100 points..."

Li Ang nodded and shifted his gaze to the Attributes.

The Attributes displayed the player's approximate physical and physiological functions, divided into Strength, Agility, Intelligence, Constitution, Perception, and Charm.

Strength, Agility, and Constitution were easy to understand, roughly determined by muscle strength, nerve reaction speed, and other factors.

Intelligence was not equivalent to wisdom. Intelligence referred to the ability to recognize and understand objective things and use knowledge, experience, etc., to solve problems.

Wisdom, on the other hand, was the ability developed by a complex system composed of multiple subsystems such as the intelligence system, knowledge system, and methods and skills system.

Simply put, increasing Intelligence points would at most improve calculation ability, observation ability, and thinking ability, speeding up addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and solving multivariable equations.

It wouldn't help him reach the heavens in one step, ascending from four arithmetic operations to group theory, Euclidean space, and Clifford algebra.

Perception was the awareness of internal and external information, specifically manifested as the player's ability to discover traps, detect abnormalities, or, in other words, a feeling in the dark. As for Charm, it was the player's personal attractiveness to the outside world.

The six values of ordinary adult males were all 5, while Li Ang's attribute panel showed:

Strength: 6 {Level of a seasoned fitness enthusiast}

Agility: 6 {Level of a seasoned parkour enthusiast}

Intelligence: 7 {Genius}

Constitution: 6 {Level of a seasoned marathon enthusiast}

Perception: 6 {Level of a seasoned hunting enthusiast}

Charm: 4 {Ordinary appearance, slightly eccentric demeanor}

These six values were just rough indicators given by the system based on the player's physical functions, and did not mean that the one with higher values would necessarily have the advantage in actual combat.

For example, a bodybuilder with muscles all over his body and a professional boxing athlete, both had a Strength attribute {that is, relative strength} of 7 on the panel,

But the two had almost completely different force exertion techniques. The boxer's ability to mobilize muscle fibers instantly to generate explosive power completely overwhelmed the bodybuilder. Placed in a real combat environment, it would be a one-sided, merciless beatdown.

Considering that players would gain a free attribute point after leveling up, even if a player was an ordinary person with no special skills, leveling up to lv10 would allow them to rival professional athletes standing at the peak of human physical function.

Then what about lv15, lv20? The Killing Game had already started for seven months. Who knows how many superhumans and hidden masters had emerged from the vast crowd...

Li Ang exhaled a breath of turbid air, feeling the pressure again.

After much deliberation, he added the free attribute point to the Perception column, raising it from 6 points, "the level of a seasoned hunting enthusiast," to 7 points, "the level of a professional hunter."

After all, when facing unpredictable spirits, the Perception attribute might be far more important than other attributes.

Below the Attributes were the Inventory and Equipment slots. The slots in both columns were not limited. The Inventory was empty, while the Equipment displayed "Equipped: Strange Eyeball."

After the player panel was fully online, the specific values of the Strange Eyeball were also revealed.

According to the system prompts, the Strange Eyeball consumed mental energy, which was linked to the Intelligence and Perception attributes. The calculation method was {50% Intelligence points + 50% Perception points} x100 = Mental Energy points.

The Strange Eyeball consumed one point of mental energy per second when activating its effect, and five points per second during high-intensity operation. Li Ang had a total of 700 mental energy points.

"If I only use the ability to see through illusions, I can use it for 700 seconds. And if I create and maintain illusions, I can use it for 140 seconds. This value is about the same as what I tested before."

Li Ang nodded and shifted his gaze to the Quest Log and Store.