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

At this moment, several high-ranking officials from Jianghai City had gathered together.

Some of them were regular gamers and had developed an interest in the Godforsaken Game.

Of course...

As officials of the Great Xia nation, their top priority was stability maintenance!

After hearing Wang Meng's report, one of the officials frowned and said, "Wang Meng, according to your report, Shadow reached level 3 half an hour ago. So why hasn't he returned to reality? Could it be that he doesn't have any family in reality, so there's no need to notify anyone?"

Wang Meng shook his head, "I don't know. Maybe he really doesn't have any family."

At that moment, a clear and pleasant female voice interrupted, "Uh, could it be that this Shadow is a time traveler? Aren't time travelers usually orphans, who then rise up quickly?"

???

The others were stunned, turning to look at her.

It was a beautiful female police officer, dressed in an elegant uniform with a slightly dazed expression on her face.

Her long, straight legs and curvaceous figure were quite eye-catching.

Seeing everyone staring at her, the beautiful officer blushed and said, "Was I wrong?"

A minister-level official sighed and said, "An Yu! I told you not to read so many novels... This is a serious occasion, not the time for jokes."

"Oh."

The female officer stuck her tongue out, fell silent, and the officials continued discussing Shadow.

"From Wang Meng's description, Shadow's personality doesn't seem bad." "That's right. Although his temper seems a bit strange, saving Wang Meng and the others shows he's a good person."

"Looks like getting to know this Shadow might be a good idea."

After a brief discussion, the officials quickly made a decision to assign Wang Meng and An Yu to get to know Shadow in the game.

The first task was to understand Shadow's personality.

The second was to figure out Shadow's real-world identity as much as possible.

The third was to establish official cooperation with him!

"As for the lifespan data, we've received confirmation from higher-ups about its authenticity."

"Some elderly players who died in the Godforsaken Game have had their lifespans repeatedly halved after dying in the game multiple times."

"If their remaining lifespan is less than a day, death will result in a forced deduction of one day's lifespan, leading to actual death!"

"So, this game has been confirmed to be extraordinary, and all countries have placed great emphasis on the Godforsaken Game!"

...

Right now, the government had two busy tasks.

One was maintaining social stability.

The other was exploring the Godforsaken Game.

With human lifespans controlled by a mysterious game, it was impossible for any country not to take the game seriously!

However...

At this moment, all the countries and the world only knew that the game could affect lifespans.

What was truly important was...

Once someone reached level 10, they would receive a system notification.

They would be able to extract their level, attributes, equipment, skills, and everything from the game to reality by consuming tradeable lifespan!

At that point, global chaos would begin!

...

An hour later.

Qin Xiaoyou forced herself to fall asleep in her dorm room and entered the Godforsaken Game.

Just like in her past life.

She chose a random profession...

And received the hidden profession "Life Priest!"

This profession had higher healing capabilities than an ordinary priest and could maximize the survival rate of teammates.

In her previous life, Qin Feng had been just an ordinary warrior, which made Qin Xiaoyou look down on him...

Even though Qin Feng was very strong.

Qin Xiaoyou still didn't respect him much...

But she never knew that Qin Feng had chosen the warrior profession just to protect her in the game.

This time, without her, Qin Xiaoyou, Qin Feng directly received the unique hidden profession "Shadow!"

Although both were hidden professions, their tiers were different.

The "Life Priest" was an ordinary hidden profession, which others could also obtain.

But Qin Feng's "Shadow" was unique!

Its strength was much higher than that of an ordinary hidden profession!

"Great! I've received a hidden profession..."

"Now, I must be worthy of Brother Song Fei, right?"

Qin Xiaoyou was overjoyed.

Then she thought of Qin Feng and frowned, "Why hasn't this person apologized to me yet? What's going on? Well, since the Godforsaken Game is out, I'm now a hidden profession... Don't come to me asking for help with leveling!"

With her hidden profession, Qin Xiaoyou felt quite inflated.

Moreover, Zhang Wei had already promised to help her, which made her feel even more confident.

However, she clearly misjudged the difficulty of the Godforsaken Game, which would definitely have her struggling in a way that would make her wish she were dead!

...

At Shell Town.

Qin Feng filled his bag with loot and was planning to return and process it.

"Luckily, I got a storage bag, although it only has five slots, it's enough to store five pieces of loot..."

In the Godforsaken Game, players initially had a 10-slot bag, hanging on their left hip.

Now, Qin Feng had a black cloth pouch on his right hip, adding five more slots.

Qin Feng did a quick calculation.

These items could be sold for at least five hundred days' worth of tradeable lifespan!

After killing the silver boss "Cursed One" and grinding for a while, Qin Feng had just barely reached over six hundred days of lifespan.

Five hundred days was already quite a lot.

While invisibly making his way back, he saw two figures...

"Jiang Li from Dajiang Industries?"

Qin Feng silently passed by them.

He overheard their conversation.

Lao Mao: "Miss, you've reached level 3. The promise should be fulfilled now, right?"

Ya Li: "Don't worry, Dajiang Industries won't owe you anything. We'll return to reality now, I'll give you my phone number and you can contact me... By the way, sell me your tradeable lifespan, I'll buy it for 10,000 per day, are you selling?"

Lao Mao: "Sure, haha."

The young man, Mao Lijun, was just an ordinary profession, a self-chosen archer who had focused on agility at the start, making leveling easier.

Now, he had taken Ya Li to level 3, and it was time to collect!

"Shadow... even though you've reached level 7, it's still just a game."

"Like me, seize every opportunity to turn game abilities into cash—that's what a truly smart person does!"

"Even if this game affects lifespans, the lifespan can be grinded anytime, so why rush?"

Mao Lijun was smug.

He was already excited about the nearly six million he was about to pocket!

...

Qin Feng couldn't be bothered with the two of them.

He soon returned to Shell Town.

Still in stealth, he made his way to the basement of the central square, descended the stairs, and found a petrified teleportation portal!

He reached out and touched it.

[Congratulations, you have activated the Shell Town teleportation array!]

[Shell Town is now connected to other initial towns in Jianghai City (Great Xia Nation). You can teleport for free once per day (multiple teleports require tradeable lifespan)!]

[You have earned 1 Reputation!]

After completing this, Qin Feng returned to the square.

He resumed his appearance as a veiled assassin in a black robe, stepping into the view of the players in the town, drawing countless envious, jealous, and admiring gazes!