The King of Black Fog

The empty bus, devoid of even a driver, hummed along the coastal road.

The three sat motionless in their seats, quietly and greedily enjoying the air conditioning as their missing bags suddenly reappeared on the seats.

After a while, Li Qianxia lazily asked, "What do you guys plan to add your attribute points to?"

"Perception," Yang Qinglan replied, equally exhausted, "That gives me 5 points, so I can be responsible for the team's vigilance."

Base Perception starts at 3 points? That's much sharper than the average person.

'Does that mean she knew I was peeking at her legs?' Li Changzhou thought, suddenly struck by the thought as he analyzed.

"'Wolf Howl' increases speed; should I allocate attribute points to Strength?" Li Qianxia asked thoughtfully.

"Agility," Li Changzhou said with conviction. "Rather than being half-good at everything, it's better to excel in one area."

"I agree with that allocation as well," Yang Qinglan concurred.

"I'll go with your suggestions," Li Qianxia had no objections.

It wasn't that she often listened to her brother, but she trusted him unconditionally.

Li Changzhou added, "I'll add one point to Constitution and one to Strength. The recoil of the two guns is still too much for me."

Li Qianxia wasn't concerned about her brother's allocation, while Yang Qinglan just hummed in response.

After adding attribute points, Li Changzhou shifted his focus to the white 'Identity Card,' assessing what uses the money on it could have.

Just by recalling them, the functions of the 'Identity Card' emerged in his mind just as his own memories would.

In stores without a black card, money from a white card could only be used to enhance skills.

To upgrade from level F to E, only 100 points were needed, Li Changzhou didn't hesitate and immediately upgraded "Concentration."

"E-level Concentration: When highly focused, there is a 15 percent chance of entering concentration."

"Concentration: Intelligence +1, Perception +1."

The improvement was five percent more than before, having never actually used it, he wasn't sure if it was worth it.

After one instance, Li Changzhou's attributes had greatly improved.

Black card.

"Nickname: King of Black Fog"

"Name: Li Changzhou"

"Value: 2 (0/200) (Twins)"

"Instinct: Physical Enhancement" (You are very obsessed and confident in all aspects of your body)

"Instinct: Twins" (Value completely shared, Instinct effects halved, backpack completely shared, money completely shared) (No one likes the big brother more than you) (Source: Li Qianxia)"

"Skills: 'Rifle Mastery' (F-level), 'Unlearned,' 'Unlearned,' 'Unlearned,' 'Unlearned,' 'Unlearned'"

"Strength: 6" (Typical professional athlete)

"Agility: 5" (Average person)

"Intelligence: 7" (Genius)

"Constitution: 7" (Top professional athlete)

"Perception: 2" (Average person)

"Charm: 9" (Male protagonist)

"Equipment: None"

"Inventory: 'AK-47,' 'M95 Sniper Rifle' (Li Qianxia: 'Mosquito Style Blood-sucking Gun,' 'Empty')"

"Money: 260 coins (Li Qianxia: 0 coins)"

White card.

"Nickname: 'Unnamed'"

"Name: Li Changzhou"

"Value: 1 (36/100)"

"Instinct: Mysterious Black Fog (Unknown · Incomplete)"

"Skills: 'Concentration' (E-level), 'Unlearned,' 'Unlearned,' 'Unlearned,' 'Unlearned,' 'Unlearned'"

"Strength: 6" (Typical professional athlete)

"Agility: 5" (Average person)

"Intelligence: 7" (Genius)

[Constitution: 7](Top professional athlete)

[Perception: 2](Normal person)

[Charm: 9](Antagonist boss)

[Equipment: None]

[Backpack Slot: 'Empty']

[Money: 50 coins]

There was another extra, most advantageous, and necessary to hide piece of information—The black fog could plunder "Instincts" from others' Identity Cards.

Li Changzhou was thinking about this when suddenly, he heard Yang Qinglan say, "Qian Xia, cover your brother's eyes, I'm changing my clothes."

"Okay." As Li Qianxia's voice echoed, Li Changzhou's eyes were covered.

He didn't close his eyes. Through the warm little hands of his sister, he could see the red sunlight.

Li Changzhou instinctively perked up his ears, ready to listen for the rustling sounds.

But Yang Qinglan didn't give him a chance. As she changed her skirt, she talked to cover up the noise, "You guys should tidy up too so that when we get off the bus, the cameras don't catch leaves or mud on us."

"There are no cameras on the bus?" Li Changzhou curiously asked.

"No," Yang Qinglan said, "Only when we leave the instance and return to the real world will things like cameras and TVs appear. Okay, done."

Li Qianxia let go of her hand, and Li Changzhou instinctively looked towards Yang Qinglan.

She folded her sport pants back into a white cloth bag, which was a part of the merchandise from a certain bookstore, and even had the bookstore's name on it.

"This is so troublesome every time," Li Qianxia vigorously smacked Li Changzhou's head, dusting it off, "The officials surely know about the value game, why don't we join them?"

"Don't make a decision without understanding," Yang Qinglan said.

Li Changzhou's head shook as his sister swung it around; his eyes observed Yang Qinglan who was sitting on a single seat and noticed how vigilant she was of the outside world.

Was this the reason why her Perception was higher than the average person's?

Or was it because her Perception was so high that she was so cautious?

Once they had tidied up, the three who had experienced a life and death crisis fell silent again.

The bus drove along the seaside road, the sea was azure-blue, and apart from being too quiet, it felt almost like they were on a vacation.

Gradually, the trio fell asleep.

（'Ming City University' has arrived. Please be careful when opening doors and watch your step when exiting.）

Li Changzhou suddenly woke up.

Cicada sounds, voices, and the rumbling tremors of the engine all rushed into his eardrums at once.

So noisy!

They had returned.

The trio got off the bus, their initially somewhat cold skin immediately began to warm up.

"Where are you going?" Li Changzhou asked Yang Qinglan as she followed him off the bus.

"Where else can I go if not to school?" Yang Qinglan said, carrying a bag and wearing a hat, as she walked towards the gates of Ming University.

"Our school has such beautiful people?" Li Changzhou incredulously asked his sister, "How come I didn't notice before?"

"You're always in the dorm, what would you know? Qing Lan is in the philosophy department, and she's also a sophomore," Li Qianxia left her brother behind and walked ahead to link arms with Yang Qinglan.

Li Changzhou felt his life suddenly burst open like fireworks, becoming very interesting, not only because of the value game but also because a beautiful girl from the same school had appeared in reality.

"My brother is definitely fantasizing right now about living an embarrassing college life with you, Qing Lan."

"Hmm, I can feel his creepy aura."

"Does five points of Perception make you that powerful?"

"Yeah, he's pretending to look away, but he still glanced at my waist."

The fireworks in Li Changzhou's eyes instantly extinguished, turning into a stale pond.

The difficulty was too high, whether it was the value game or this beauty in reality.

As the three walked into the campus building, they strolled under the canopy of plane trees.

This was a straight shaded path, with dense treetops intertwining above to form a cool archway.

It was eleven o'clock in the morning. The sun was scanning the ground like an AK-47, and at this moment, Ming University's campus was as quiet as the Moon before Armstrong's arrival, except for the cicada sounds.

Listening to his sister's whispers with Yang Qinglan and looking at the rich plane tree shadows, Li Changzhou pondered a training plan about 'Physical Enhancement.'