The King of Black Fog

Streams of powerful, mysterious energy surged uninterruptedly from within his body, only to meld back into every part of his body.

It was like a waterfall after a heavy rain, roaring as it washed everything away, then rising and turning back into clouds and rain, and becoming the force of the waterfall once again.

In this cyclical process, a limitless power, like the vast ocean, joined in and made the waterfall's momentum even more magnificent.

Under the scourge of this mysterious force, Li Changzhou's bones, internal organs, blood, muscles, and skin were undergoing drastic changes, with every single cell voraciously swallowing and growing rapidly.

He wasn't deeply aware of the changes in his internal organs and blood, but the alterations in his bones and skin—the ones he could physically feel and actually see—were very apparent.

Every bone in his body trembled, each subtly and collectively adjusting its position.

Every inch of his skin was splitting open, revealing underneath a layer of sturdier, more symmetrical jade-like skin, even paler and tenderer than before.

Such intense changes should have been accompanied by pain enough to drive one insane.

It was indeed painful, but as his bones, internal organs, blood, muscles, and skin all shifted in a favorable direction, the only response his body sent to his brain was a series of excitement and joy.

This was an evolution of life, his instinct rejoicing and his brain trembling.

When the streak of white light at the horizon spread out, tinting the whole sky, preparing for the sun's arrival, the joy and excitement began to subside.

The next moment.

[Detected Player Attribute 'Strength' at full value, breakthrough limit?]

[Detected Player Attribute 'Agility' at full value, breakthrough limit?]

[Detected Player Attribute 'Constitution' at full value, breakthrough limit?]

[Breakthrough limit?]

[Breakthrough limit?]

[Breakthrough limit?]

...

Game notifications popped up frantically.

Like soldiers unable to hold their ground, desperately calling for help.

Or like a police officer grabbing the hands of a suicidal person, about to lose grip, that hysterical roar!

Li Changzhou glanced at his attributes.

[Strength:10] (Limit)

[Agility:10] (Limit)

[Intelligence:7] (Genius)

[Constitution:10] (Limit)

[Perception:7] (You can hear a caterpillar eating leaves five meters away)

[Charm:9] (Protagonist)

It wasn't insanely high, quite ordinary, just a 3-point increase, far from matching the joy of that evolution.

(No)

[Breakthrough limit?]

Another prompt popped up, and the game notifications slowly faded, similar to how a webpage reacts when clicked too quickly, seemingly closed but then popping up again with a delay.

And then, something changed again.

Strength, Agility, Constitution kept flashing, the blue flames flickering as if on the verge of being extinguished, as if someone was blowing on them.

'Whoosh!' like fanning the flames in a hearth.

The blue flames swelled as if given life, then gradually stabilized.

[Strength:11] (Rule-breaking) (Locked)

[Agility:12] (Rule-breaking) (Locked)

[Constitution:12] (Rule-breaking) (Locked)

At that moment, Li Changzhou's body truly completed this evolution.

But before he could closely feel the explosive power, vigorous energy, and sky-soaring speed, the game issued another notification.

[About to release a global notification, Detected Player 'Li Changzhou' with two Identity Cards, please select a nickname...]

This time it couldn't be called "King of Black Fog," he had to think of something new.

Choosing a nickname, probably every modern person's agony, Li Changzhou was deeply afflicted, and this wasn't like WeChat or QQ where he could simply use 'Changzhou'.

It needed to be something unrelated.

Headache.

Forget it, just pick the last character then.

(Master)

[Game Notification: Player 'Master' has carried out a rule-breaking act, the act has been globally locked]

[Game Notification: Killing Player 'Master' will reward the unique Rule-breaking Player spot]

[Game Notification: Players in the same instance competing with 'Master' will receive the notification of 'Master's' arrival]

[Game Notification: 'Master' in First Stage is unmatched, requesting all players in the instance to unite]

Li Changzhou was immediately troubled.

Being locked meant that 'Perception' could at most be 10, 'Strength' could only reach 11, while 'Constitution' and 'Agility' were 12—this imbalance!

He was a bit of a perfectionist.

"Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~"

His phone vibrated incessantly in his pocket.

Li Changzhou took it out, unlocked it, clicked into WeChat, ready to bask in his sister's admiration while planning to take advantage of her and ask her to buy him clothes.

[Three Sisters]

'Qian Xia: Me!'

'Qian Xia: Now!'

'Qian Xia: Definitely!'

'Qian Xia: Have C!'

...

Huh?

[Three Sisters]

'Qian Xia: Body side photo.jpg'

In the photo, Li Qianxia, headless, just her upper body, wearing a T-shirt nightgown, focusing entirely on the side of her chest.

From this angle, indeed they looked ample, possibly a true C.

Li Changzhou long-pressed the picture, deleted it.

Such photos of his sister on a brother's phone would only make the brother feel awkward and disgusted.

[Three Sisters]

'Qing Lan: Just a bit off'

'Qing Lan: Body side photo.jpg'

'Qing Lan: This is C'

In that moment, the power of a Rule-breaking Player manifested before the world for the first time—'Master' long-pressed the photo, clicked save!

The next moment.

[Three Sisters]

'"Qing Lan" has retracted a message'

Li Changzhou felt a thrill inside, ready to exit WeChat to carefully check his spoils in the photo album, but the chat popped up with another message.