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

[Shadow Flash Slash (Silver)]: An assassin skill. Blink in a direction (up to 15 meters) and enter stealth mode (lasting 5 seconds), dealing three slashes to all enemies along the path. Cooldown 12 (10.43) seconds. Requirement: Level 4

[Slash Width: 2.1 meters. Each slash adds 100 attack power, guaranteed as a backstab, but cannot cause critical damage.]

Qin Feng held the skill book and learned it directly.

If he had learned this skill earlier, it would have taken him half the time to kill that silver-level Cursed One!

The most important thing is...

This skill not only keeps him in stealth but is also an area-of-effect skill!

As for the cooldown time, 12 seconds is the base cooldown, while 10.43 seconds is the effective cooldown.

After all, Qin Feng carried a 15% cooldown reduction attribute.

"A 15-meter-long, 2.1-meter-wide attack range."

"Perfect for dealing with small mobs."

"Through evolution, the range should improve... but there's no rush for now."

Qin Feng focused his attention on 'Greedy Hand.'

He had evolved the Greedy Hand four times before; now, it was the fifth evolution.

The evolution points required were 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 points, respectively.

"So, the evolution points needed for each skill evolution equal the sum of the previous two evolutions?"

"If I'm right, the sixth evolution for any skill will require 13 points?"

While thinking about this, Qin Feng spent 8 evolution points to evolve the Greedy Hand once again!

[You spent 8 evolution points, 4 points remaining.]

[Greedy Hand (Emerald → Diamond)]: Assassin skill. Can be used on monster corpses with a 160% → 220% chance to obtain an additional loot reward. The extra loot has a 20% → 40% chance to increase one grade.

Seeing the enhanced skill effect, Qin Feng couldn't help but gasp.

"Now, with each kill, I get two extra loots!"

"Killing one monster equals others killing three!"

"And there's even a 20% chance for three extra rewards..."

"Plus, a 40% chance to upgrade one grade!"

With the evolution of this skill, Qin Feng felt increasingly overpowered!

When he looked at the conditions for the next evolution of Greedy Hand, he found that it indeed required 13 points for the next evolution.

Without the Greedy Hand, Qin Feng might have taken a long time to gather those 13 points...

But now, with Greedy Hand, as long as there are bosses, evolution points come easily!

"Still 4 evolution points left, let's boost the combat power first."

Qin Feng realized he could no longer one-shot silver-level bosses.

So, boosting combat power was necessary; otherwise, prolonged fights with higher-level bosses could be dangerous.

[You spent 3 evolution points, 1 point remaining.]

[Shadow Flash Slash (Silver → Gold → Platinum)]: Blink in a direction (up to 15 → 18 → 21 meters), enter stealth mode (lasting 5 → 6 → 7 seconds), and slash all enemies along the path 3 → 4 → 5 times. Cooldown 12 (10.43) seconds.

[Slash Width: 2.1 → 2.6 → 3.1 meters. Each slash adds 100 → 150 → 200 attack power.]

"Evolution of Shadow Flash Slash didn't reduce cooldown?"

"A bit disappointing."

"But... relying on Shadow Flash Slash alone, I can achieve infinite stealth."

"Three slashes become five slashes; the damage is explosive!"

With 1 evolution point left, there were no skills available for evolution.

Qin Feng glanced at the remaining loot.

Nothing useful for him, but there was a silver-level warrior skill book 'Battle Cry,' which boosts the team's attack and defense by 20 points upon release.

This skill book, once learned, could double the team's damage and durability in the early stages!

"If the warriors from the previous life had this skill early on, they'd be invincible."

"But now, this skill book can only be sold..."

Qin Feng felt a bit regretful.

He stayed stealthy and surveyed the surroundings...

This dense forest was already a level 4-5 monster refresh area. The Cursed One, initially level 2, had risen to level 4 after digesting life force, which is why it dropped level 4 loot for Qin Feng.

In the shadow of the distant woods, three 'Rotten Limb Creepers' were cautiously observing the corpse of the Cursed One.

Before they could react...

Shadow Flash Slash!

-725!

-725!

-725!

...

Level 4 ordinary mobs had around 1000 health points.

But with one Shadow Flash Slash, Qin Feng's figure briefly appeared for about 0.1 seconds before instantly traversing over ten meters away.

Along the path, each of the three 'Rotten Limb Creepers' received two slashes and was instantly killed!

[You have killed 'Rotten Limb Creeper (lv4).']

[You gained 80 experience points.]

[You obtained 5 days of lifespan (tradable).]

[...]

A series of system prompts echoed in Qin Feng's mind.

After effortlessly slaying three mobs, he returned to the corpses and used 'Greedy Hand'...

"Fortunately, Greedy Hand isn't on cooldown."

"Too bad each monster corpse can only be looted once..."

If anyone knew Qin Feng's thoughts, they might have scolded him.

Isn't 100% triple rewards satisfying?

Still wanting to loot multiple times?

Have some shame?

With the learning of 'Shadow Flash Slash,' Qin Feng's efficiency in farming mobs increased significantly!

"It seems reaching level 10 is just a matter of two hours."

Qin Feng's lips curled up slightly.

...

Just as Qin Feng was preparing to hit level 10 and bring abilities into reality...

In the real world, on Blue Star.

People around the globe were finally reaching level 3 and returning to reality.

Initially, more and more people were entering the Godforsaken Game in their sleep.

In reality, their bodies turned semi-transparent, causing panic and even end-of-the-world theories to spread rapidly!

But as level 3 players returned to reality...

The truth was finally known to the public!

"After falling asleep, our consciousness enters a god-forsaken land?"

"Godforsaken Game? Like an online game?"

"Playing the game makes you stronger? I'm invincible, I swear!"

"Don't get too optimistic. I heard most people keep dying, and each death deducts half their lifespan."

"You can gain lifespan by killing monsters in the game? Does that mean immortality?"

"Who knows if this is real?"

"Who can explain the power that makes everyone enter the game in their sleep?"

"It's true. In my small town, an old man with little lifespan left died a few times and instantly dropped dead. The entire town received a death announcement, but we don't know if he really died in reality..."

Countless discussion threads appeared on forums across the globe.

The Godforsaken Game became the top trending topic on every website worldwide!

In Jianghai City, Jianghai Normal University.

Qin Xiaoyou and Chu Yan, who had returned to their dorms to rest, were also aware of the Godforsaken Game incident!