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

[You have killed the 'Swift Runner (Bronze Level)'].

[You have gained 600 experience points].

[Congratulations, you have reached level 3!].

[Congratulations, you have gained 2 Evolution Points!].

[You have gained 55 days of lifespan (tradable)].

As the boss fell, Qin Feng's mind was flooded with a series of system notifications.

After throwing the deadly poisoned dart, he activated Shadow Step once more, re-entering his invisible state.

"The cooldown for Shadow Step is still 26 seconds, which is a bit too long."

"It impacts monster farming efficiency..."

"However, it's better to evolve 'Greedy Hand' with the Evolution Points if I can."

Qin Feng thought to himself.

He silently approached the 'Swift Runner' corpse and began collecting the loot.

To the six members of Wang Meng's team, this scene appeared nothing short of strange.

There was no sign of any figure.

Suddenly, the loot beside the boss's body disappeared?

"Friend, thank you."

Wang Meng, aware that the powerful figure was nearby, solemnly cupped his hands in the air, offering a sincere thanks.

"Thank me?"

Qin Feng's voice, seemingly coming from all directions, echoed back faintly: "Out in the wilderness, don't trust others so easily..."

These words made Wang Meng's face harden. "I understand. Thank you for the reminder, big brother."

In the Godforsaken game, only the small towns were considered safe zones.

Outside the town, players could kill each other. Upon death, both tradable and non-tradable lifespans would drop by half!

Of course, players could only pick up the tradable lifespan.

As for non-tradable lifespan, players couldn't directly collect it unless a monster absorbed it, and then they killed the monster to convert 50% of it...

Clearly, if Qin Feng wished to harm Wang Meng and his team, he could easily eliminate them now. But there was no need.

Because they wouldn't drop anything valuable!

These guys were too poor!

At this moment, Wang Meng understood as well.

If this powerful figure had intentions towards them, he wouldn't have bothered to offer a warning.

This made Wang Meng even more appreciative.

"We'll take our leave now, not to disturb you further with your loot. I'm Wang Meng. If you ever need anything, feel free to find me."

Wang Meng, ever considerate, said this before preparing to leave.

However, the girl covered in mud, the 'pretty' one behind him, suddenly waved her hand around: "Big brother, big brother, I'm Black Plum Big Grape, can I add you as a friend?"

"..."

Upon hearing the girl's in-game alias, Qin Feng nearly burst into laughter.

In truth, he recognized this girl. Of course, it was from his previous life.

Her name was 'Lin Li Yu'—her father's surname was Lin, her mother's surname was Li, hence the nickname 'Black Plum Big Grape'.

She was indeed beautiful, lively, and charming. Her figure was also quite alluring.

As for her class, she was a hidden class, the 'Prophet,' much stronger than regular mages.

In the previous life, Qin Feng had teamed up with her a few times.

"Looks like her start this time is the same as last life, directly teaming up with Wang Meng."

"Eventually, she became a member of the Daxia official team..."

Qin Feng thought, shaking his head.

There was no need to make connections with her now.

He coldly replied, "Sorry, I'm not interested in Black Plum Big Grape."

The girl, unwilling to give up, tried to pester him, but the middle-aged female priest in their group sighed, dragging her away as they turned to leave...

Watching them walk away, Qin Feng couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.

Wang Meng's class, 'Holy Shield Warrior,' was indeed tanky.

And the middle-aged female priest in their team was also a hidden class, 'Oracle Priest,' with healing abilities twice that of regular priests.

Otherwise, their team wouldn't have lasted this long.

"My attacks seem like they're instant kills..."

"But with the cooldown of Shadow Step, the attack intervals are still a bit too long."

"It took almost two minutes to kill the boss and three Pollution Creatures..."

With an ordinary team, they would have been wiped out under the Swift Runner's assault long ago...

Qin Feng shook his head, not dwelling on it too much.

This round, he had reaped plenty!

After Wang Meng and the others left, Qin Feng activated 'Greedy Hand' on the Swift Runner's corpse.

[Congratulations, you have gained 2 Evolution Points!]

[You have gained 55 days of lifespan (tradable).]

A Bronze-level boss had granted Qin Feng 4 Evolution Points in total, along with 110 days of tradable lifespan and five pieces of loot.

"Good haul."

"Among the drops, there are three pieces of equipment and two skill books..."

Only one piece of equipment was usable by Qin Feng.

In Godforsaken, there were so many classes that loot often contained items from other classes—this was common.

[Swift Runner's Skin Leggings (Bronze): Assassin Equipment. Physical Defense +9, All Element Resistance +5. Cooldown Speed +15%. Equipment Requirement: Level 2]

The defense and element resistance of this item were not very useful to Qin Feng.

But the 15% cooldown speed was excellent.

He equipped it immediately!

"The cooldown of Shadow Step, from 26 seconds, has decreased to 22.61 seconds. That's a good improvement."

In Godforsaken, there was no concept of 'cooldown reduction,' only 'cooldown speed.'

Later on, cooldown speed could be stacked to several hundred percent.

For example, 400% cooldown speed would make the cooldown four times faster—equivalent to one-fifth of the original time.

To put it simply, [Final Cooldown Time = Base Cooldown Time / (1 + Cooldown Speed)].

"Let's continue hunting monsters."

"With one more Evolution Point, I can evolve Greedy Hand to Emerald level."

Qin Feng stayed invisible and delved deeper into the Dark Forest.

At the same time, his tradable lifespan had reached 268 days!

"I still have plenty of equipment and skill books from other classes."

"Once my backpack is full, I'll head back to the town to trade them for tradable lifespan..."

"Then I can consider extracting the equipment and skills back into reality!"

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that Qin Feng's combat power and resource reserves now were already equivalent to the progress made after one or two days in his previous life.

It may sound like he developed very slowly in his previous life.

But...

This was inevitable.

As the number of players in the town increased, the monsters outside gathered in greater numbers.

New players would find it far more difficult to hunt monsters.

Instead, many player teams were wiped out by swarming monsters, constantly losing lifespan!

For instance, right now, at Shell Town...

Wang Meng and his hidden class team had returned to an area closer to the town, where only level 1 monsters spawned, not the level 2 ones.

What shocked them was that they soon saw a six-player team being attacked by over ten Crawlers!

If they fought a single Crawler, many teams could now manage it.

But...

More than ten Crawlers?

"Too many Crawlers? What the hell?"

A young man cursed in panic before being knocked down by three Crawlers, who began to tear and gnaw at him!