The King of Black Fog

As many players as there are, there are that many types of instinct; if they open shops (perform), for ordinary players, it's like a village that's just been connected by a highway, with old residential houses now equipped with flushing toilets and air conditioning.

In short, it's an irresistible temptation. Who can reject a flushing toilet? Everyone wants to spend money there, anyone with a bit of talent (instinct or skill) wants to dive in and make money.

"What do you think?" Zheng Qing asked the three, confidence evident in both her tone and smile.

"It's good, what a pity," Li Changzhou laid back down, continuing with his dice game, "I've lived a free-spirited life, and I love Wang Feng's 'Life in Full Bloom' where he sings, 'having the strength to break free from everything."

"..."

Zheng Qing never expected this outcome, that the enemy would be Wang Feng.

Until now, just bringing up these conditions had been extremely successful in recruiting players.

Not to mention anything else, just moving into the official district ensured a degree of safety for themselves and their families, which was a huge temptation for ordinary players.

She looked at the other two women. Li Qianxia sighed deeply, seeming very eager to join the officials, but she was sitting cross-legged in her chair when suddenly her "TiMi" alert sounded.

And Yang Qinglan...

"Officer Zheng, what's the third matter?" she said.

"Really not considering it? I can give you some time, no need to reply now." Zheng Qing felt rather demeaned.

It reminded her of a male soldier who had confessed his feelings to her; he had said the same thing then.

"With your three attributes, it's possible to enter the national team and enjoy the highest level of resources!" Zheng Qing continued to persuade earnestly.

"The national team?" Yang Qinglan asked.

Casual as a passing breeze, she spoke without any superfluous expression as though she was a sagebrush remaining pristine and beautiful even as the gale blew past.

(Some information can be revealed as long as it doesn't involve specific personnel.)

Given the permission, Zheng Qing said: "The national team is divided into four levels, having one attribute at maximum value qualifies for the first level national team; two at maximum value for the second level, three for the third level, and four for the fourth level."

"Are there any players now with four attributes at maximum value?" Li Qianxia exclaimed.

Her phone emitted the sound effect, "you have been slain", indicating her game character had been killed.

(Take note! Their attributes might be very high!)

(Speculation! Among the three, at least one person has two, or even three attributes at maximum value!)

Yang Qinglan didn't move, merely glancing briefly at Li Qianxia.

Li Changzhou noticed that look, but his sister didn't; oh well, it served her right for not keeping her eyes on Yang Qinglan.

'She'll definitely get a scolding later!' Li Changzhou rocked more leisurely.

Zheng Qing didn't rush to speak, not only because she couldn't casually reveal information about the national team to people, but also because of the intelligence report from the logistics team.

Two attributes at maximum value?

Each upgrade in value provides 2 attribute points.

Starting at the ordinary human starting point of 5 attribute points, two attributes at maximum value require 10 points, which equates to level 5.

Level 5...

According to the national database, integrating all Special Warfare Bureau players' instances, sixty percent of players can only survive, receiving five points of value per game.

Upgrading from level one to level two, requires 100 points;

From level two to level three, requires 200 points;

From level three to four, requires 400 points;

From level four to five, requires 800 points.

They would need to relentlessly...

"Enemy legendary!" Li Qianxia's phone once again emitted the game sound effect, signaling that an enemy had achieved killing seven people or more in a row.

...about that level.

To reach level 5 in one month, one would have to massively eliminate opponents in every game.

No wonder they refused to join the Special Warfare Bureau; with such formidable combat abilities, they must be supremely confident in themselves, naturally looking down on the Bureau's 'career planning'.

Of course, it's also possible they have high basic attributes, which would mean spending fewer points on upgrading.

But, these three, with their slim arms and legs, do they look like they have high basic attributes? Not counting intelligence and charm.

Even if basic attributes are high, 6 points is already the limit humans can achieve through training (strength, agility, constitution), and no one in the world, whether world champions or folk experts, has initial attributes higher than 6 points.

Not to mention Perception, which is at most 4 points.

Inside the national team, there are certainly players with higher attributes than Li Changzhou and the others.

After all, they are just three people with limited skills and game coins. There aren't many players in the national team with high attributes, but there aren't a few either.

But these are all products of the nation spending massive resources, using the best team configurations, top weapons, large amounts of game coins (to purchase skills), and also needing great luck to train painstakingly.

Even then, the limit is just three attributes at maximum value, with no one achieving four yet.

One reason is the short amount of time, and the other is extremely high mortality.

The higher the attributes, the better the team configuration and weapons, and the richer the skills, the higher the death rate—facing stronger opponents, there's never a safe game.

And losing a level three player pains like losing a third of an aircraft carrier.

Up to now, some smaller nations have already given up on developing players with attributes at their limits, simply because they can't afford the losses.

Only some larger nations or totalitarian organizations still have the capacity to continue training.

These training cores must be extremely careful in the game and also deal with other countries' assassinations.

In short, achieving max attributes is exceedingly difficult, requiring not only the full support of the nation but also a node of luck.

Even the states find it unbearably tough, grinding out only three attributes at maximum value; and here, relying on just the three of them… they had managed two at maximum value!