The King of Black Fog

"Playing tricks!" Li Changzhou dismissed.

The black substance slipped through the door crack, transforming into a giant black hand, and slapped towards the doorway!

Whoosh!

The gust stirred up by the black hand filled the hallway, issuing a furious howling sound.

"How was it?" Yang Qinglan asked.

"Missed." Li Changzhou frowned slightly, "Shall we go out and take a look?"

Yang Qinglan lay in his arms, stared at the door for a moment, and said, "Forget it, we are still completely ignorant about this world and the power system. Your wife reminded everyone not to go out at night, we better get through this night first, and act during the day."

"What are you saying? My wife?"

"Della."

"..." Li Changzhou raised a hand, the black hand removed his thick glove, and he reached into Yang Qinglan's clothes.

"No! No!" Yang Qinglan immediately curled up like a hedgehog.

"Realized your mistake?"

"I know, brother." Yang Qinglan laughed.

"What was wrong?!"

"I'm your wife!"

"Not bad, your attitude is quite proper, but while you can be spared from death, living penalty is unavoidable." Li Changzhou moved closer.

"What's your mission?" she asked.

"To obtain three additional 'Great Powers.'"

"I'm tasked with getting the 'Great Power - Unapproachable.'

"'Unapproachable'? Can't get close? How do you obtain it then?" Li Changzhou half questioned half muttered.

"Maybe it's just life form that's unapproachable. Since the value game gave me this task, it proves there must be a way — what's your ability?"

"It's kind of like 'Black Fog.' After a pause, Li Changzhou hesitated," "I don't know if it's just my imagination, I feel it's like Black Fog, but—"

He carefully recalled that feeling: "To be precise, it's some energy similar to Black Fog in form, but fundamentally different in essence, devoured by my Black Fog. I can sense the existence of Black Fog."

"What about the original ability of the Black Fog?" Yang Qinglan asked.

Li Changzhou shrugged, meaning 'gone,' 'can't use it.'

"Don't move!" Yang Qinglan admonished.

The moment the blanket moved, the slightest breeze would chill to the bone.

She reached out to tuck the blanket tightly and snugly.

"And you?" Li Changzhou asked.

"The things my hands touch can turn into life forms similar to 'Origami Men.'

"Is there any expenditure?"

"None."

"How long does it last?"

"Until the life form dies."

"Then turn this house into life, we can trap them inside, at least we'll acquire the child's 'Great Power.'

"Husband, you're so stupid." Yang Qinglan's tone was incredibly gentle, but her words were quite harsh, "What if the child points it out?"

"Hmm—"

The two talked for a while longer, and Li Changzhou got up and prepared to return.

"I'll invite you tomorrow after dawn, and we'll take action together." He said.

"Alright." Yang Qinglan responded softly through her nose.

When Li Changzhou left the mahogany room, it was about half an hour before the kerosene lamp would extinguish.

Glancing briefly, the corpse had disappeared.

About a meter away in front and behind him, two black walls like corridor doors stood each way, and he strolled back and forth three times along the corridor, without encountering anyone daring to challenge him.

This was rather risky behavior.

Even with two black walls ahead and behind capable of resisting a corpse with strength far beyond human limits, it was uncertain whether they could fend off the child's green light and the unknown 'Great Power.'

But being fearful would make progress difficult.

By taking the initiative, he was the one knocking on others' doors — compared to being on the passive receiving end, Li Changzhou preferred to be the intimidating initiator.

The kerosene lamp was about to go out, and he didn't return to the lindwood room where the Shadow Team was. If the people inside were cautious and demanded a password exchange, without information from the value game, he couldn't possibly answer.

He went directly downstairs to the main hall.

Standing in the stairwell, his pupils contracted instantly, the corpse lay once again in the spot where it had died before.

At that moment, the kerosene lamp went out.

The heavenly light faintly arose, the wind and snow ceased, the world was eerily quiet, and the tavern hall resembled a mortuary.

A black hand placed the kerosene lamp on the table, Li Changzhou slowly walked towards the corpse, his muscles tense all over.

The black nail and black line inside the corpse had vanished, it was unknown whether it was because the distance exceeded fifteen meters, or due to some unknown power.

Getting within five meters, the corpse entered his maximum attack range.

The corpse was covered with a layer of Ice Frost, the frozen face maintained a pre-death laughing expression, whereas the corpse controlled by Li Changzhou last night showed no expression.

Appeared as if it hadn't moved all night.

What's going on?

Not the same corpse, or...

"Up so early?"

Fully on guard, Li Changzhou's breathing paused slightly, he turned around nonchalantly, seeing the tavern's hostess, Della, descending from the second floor with a kerosene lamp in hand.

Countless hair-thin black lines quickly retracted from under the tables and chairs — he seemed to approach the corpse without any defenses, but in reality, he had laid a trap around.

"Didn't sleep the whole night." He replied.

"Looks like you really need me to tell you a bedtime story." Della chuckled, she walked toward the fireplace nearest the stairway, using the kerosene lamp's flame to ignite it.

Behind her, Li Changzhou asked, "Someone knocked on the door last night."

"The one knocking may not necessarily be human." Della had an indifferent expression as if accustomed to it.

The fire in the fireplace quickly blazed up, Della took a breath, standing by the fire, warming her hands for a while.

Li Changzhou picked a chair to sit on, the black line extended from his shadow, continually adjusting its thickness and angle, discreetly threading into the corpse under the thick clothing to become black nails driven into the brow, heart, and limbs.