Online game: God-level Assassin, I Am the Shadow.

The classroom erupted into chaos.

The middle-aged, balding teacher shouted loudly, "Class is dismissed for now. I need to speak with the school leaders."

With that, the teacher hurriedly left the room, presumably to make a call and get more information.

Meanwhile, the students in the classroom began to murmur among themselves, taking out their phones to snap pictures and upload them. The topic quickly spread online, sparking heated discussions.

Qin Xiaoyou and Chu Yan didn't participate in the chatter. Instead, they sat at their desks, quickly scrolling through their phones.

Soon, Qin Xiaoyou furrowed her brow. "Looks like this is happening all over the world. In some countries, it's nighttime, and many people who are asleep are entering this state."

Chu Yan, worried, said, "What's going on? I need to contact my parents. Xiaoyou, shouldn't you check in with your brother, see if he's okay?"

Qin Xiaoyou shook her head, her voice cold. "I won't contact him first."

Chu Yan sighed, "But with something like this happening, don't you think it's unnecessary to keep fighting with your family?"

Qin Xiaoyou chuckled bitterly. "Family? All he ever does is try to control me. Is that what you call family? Anyway, I can't be bothered to talk to him unless he apologizes first."

If Qin Feng had seen this, he would have probably laughed.

In the previous life, Qin Xiaoyou was exactly like this.

She not only refused to contact Qin Feng, but even ignored his messages and calls. She didn't respond until evening when Qin Feng personally came to the school to apologize and beg for reconciliation, after which she reluctantly agreed to go home with him and join the Godforsaken game.

But this time, it was completely different!

She didn't want to contact Qin Feng.

And Qin Feng would never contact her first!

In Qin Feng's eyes, this younger sister, whom he had cared for over the years, might as well not exist anymore.

Ever since she had gouged out his eyes with her own hands...

Qin Feng could never again recognize her as his sister.

...

The strange phenomenon spread across the globe!

Governments of various countries quickly conducted investigations and released statements, explaining that as long as people fell asleep, they would enter a semi-transparent, ethereal state. The cause was still unknown, and they urged people to avoid sleeping for now and wait for experts to study it further.

Up to this point, no one who had fallen asleep had woken up.

Therefore, the outside world had no idea what was going on.

Meanwhile, in the Godforsaken game...

In towns scattered across the land, many players who had entered the game while asleep began to take action.

They formed teams and began hunting monsters.

"To log out of the Godforsaken game for the first time, there's a prerequisite... you must reach level 3!"

Qin Feng was relentlessly killing in the dark forest.

Leveling up in the Godforsaken game was difficult.

At the beginning, solo grinding was nearly impossible. If you were in a team, experience points and tradeable lifespan would be split, making it slow to level up.

In Shell Town, it wasn't until twenty minutes after Qin Feng opened the leaderboard that someone else finally reached level 2.

That person, going by the codename "Wang Meng," led an elite team of hidden class players.

Six of them reached level 2 simultaneously, occupying positions 2 to 7 on the leaderboard.

As for the golden-haired young man, he led dozens of players out hunting monsters. However, they quickly discovered something terrifying… Not a single monster dared to approach them!

No matter what kind of monster it was, as soon as it saw this group of players, it immediately turned and ran.

As a result, this group ended up with very little loot.

Their only takeaway was becoming familiar with the terrain outside the town.

"Evolution points, I finally have 3!"

After Qin Feng slayed a level 1 crawler, he heard the system prompt and his eyes lit up.

Just now, he had systematically taken out the baby spiders surrounding the nurturer.

Out of twelve baby spiders, they only granted him 2 evolution points, and one of those came from his 'Greedy Hand' skill.

Clearly, without encountering a boss, obtaining evolution points from small monsters was extremely difficult.

After clearing out the baby spiders, he searched for other monsters.

Always keeping his invisibility active, Qin Feng moved swiftly through the dark forest.

Before long, he had slain five more level 1 crawlers.

At last, the fifth crawler dropped an additional evolution point.

"Time to evolve."

Qin Feng opened his attributes panel.

He was ready to evolve 'Greedy Hand' once again!

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

[Greedy Hand (Gold → Platinum): Assassin-class skill. Can be used on monster corpses with a 70% → 110% chance of gaining an additional loot reward.]

The evolution exceeded expectations.

Qin Feng knew that in the Godforsaken game, even a probability above 100% would still activate.

With the 110% chance, the 'Greedy Hand' skill guaranteed one extra loot drop, with a 10% chance for a third one!

"Perfect."

After completing the evolution, Qin Feng turned to the crawler corpse before him and used 'Greedy Hand'.

[Skill 'Greedy Hand' success!]

[You have gained 1 evolution point!]

[You have gained 1 evolution point!]

[You have gained 3 days of tradeable lifespan.]

[You have gained 3 days of tradeable lifespan.]

Qin Feng's eyes lit up.

This time, the 10% chance activated, granting him two extra rewards!

"Invincible..."

Qin Feng was stunned.

The 2 evolution points he had just earned, he wasn't planning to use yet.

"To evolve the same skill for the fourth time, it requires 5 evolution points, not 4."

"It seems that the required evolution points don't follow an arithmetic progression."

"As for the exact pattern, I'll figure it out once I evolve Greedy Hand again."

For now, Qin Feng didn't need more damage or survival capabilities.

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

His focus was on evolving skills that would speed up his development.

Greedy Hand was the best choice.

Qin Feng checked his current tradeable lifespan.

"I now have 146 days of tradeable lifespan."

"But to extract equipment and skills into the real world, the minimum required tradeable lifespan is two and a half years... precisely 900 days!"

"Also, I need to reach level 10 first."

Still invisible, Qin Feng continued to move through the forest.

Suddenly, he sensed a battle ahead.

He sneaked closer and felt a surge of excitement.

Before him stood another bronze-level boss—a level 2 monster!

[Swift Runner (Lv2)]

[Rank: Bronze]

It was a six-legged humanoid crawler, similar to the crawler he had just slain. Its head lacked eyes, but its rotting mouth was its most distinctive feature. Using all six legs, it moved with incredible speed—at least twice as fast as a new player!

A new player encountering this boss would have no chance of escaping.

As for defeating the 'Swift Runner,' it would be even more challenging than taking down the Nurturer!