The King of Black Fog

The exhilarated Li Changzhou continued to examine the Identity Card.

[Nickname: Bubblegum Girl](10)

[Name: Tali Anoson]

[Value: 0]

[Instinct: Invisibility Lantern]

[Skill: "Snake Style Dance" (F grade), "Snake Style·Soft Body" (E grade), "Snake Style·Quick Reaction" (C grade), "Unlearned", "Unlearned", "Unlearned"]

At that moment, Li Changzhou was instantly imagining: Yang Qinglan performing the snake dance along his body, wriggling her slender waist, slowly slithering over from his lower half, her radiant face coming close, gazing into his eyes for a while, then she smiled sweetly and exhaled warmly towards his face.

He wiped his nose, feeling like something was about to flow out.

When Li Changzhou looked up, Yang Qinglan's radiant top-class beauty was indeed in front of his face, but her demeanor hadn't changed, still mild but slightly cool.

No, it was cool with a slight touch of mildness.

"What are you thinking?" she asked.

"Hm?" Li Changzhou nonchalantly smiled and softly said, "What was I thinking?"

His voice a bit deep, his enunciation clear, making girls under twenty-five blush and their hearts race, while women over twenty-five felt the need to rub their knees.

Caught off guard, Yang Qinglan's heartbeat resonated momentarily with his voice.

She adjusted her hair again, admitting she had underestimated the power of a 9-point attractiveness, and shouldn't have leaned so close.

With a bit of Intelligence restored, becoming Intelligence 6, Li Changzhou looked at her with a smile, and after getting a glare from her, contentedly averted his gaze.

[Name: Invisibility Lantern]

[Type: Item]

[Quality: C]

[Special Effect: Once lit, the Lighting Person can choose to make an object enveloped in the light invisible]

[Minimum Use Conditions: Intelligence 4, Constitution 3]

[Introduction: The higher the Intelligence, the stronger the Lighting Person's control over the range of the light, up to fifteen meters; consumes 1 point of Constitution per minute;]

[Note: It only disappears from the concept of sight, the best invisibility in the world is suicide.]

"I'll give this to you," Li Changzhou said.

"Okay," Yang Qinglan replied.

The two didn't bother with formalities.

This item was useful to everyone, but compared to Li Changzhou, who needed to fight, Yang Qinglan, who provided control, needed the life-saving item more.

During the fight that evening, it seemed like Li Changzhou was dominating on all fronts, but the main contribution was actually Yang Qinglan holding off the opponents and disrupting their formation at critical moments.

The Czar Princess also had a significant role, blocking bullets and acting as a nuclear bomb.

Li Changzhou believed that his few moves, with his Strength and Speed, were merely mediocre, with only his decisiveness and coordination worth mentioning.

Based on their contributions, the "Invisibility Lantern" shouldn't go to him.

But still, there were no formalities between them, just as Li Changzhou took all the Points without a word, and Yang Qinglan had no objections.

Their goal was "Honey Pot World," and they needed a large number of Points.

Li Qianxia had already appeared in the eyes of players worldwide, and their identities were consequently revealed. There was nothing significant about this, but now having made an enemy of Wang Donghua and needing to be wary of a Czar Princess, their previously imagined safe house was no longer secure and could only be used to store food.

For them, who were particularly sensitive, only a world of their own could provide peace of mind for sleeping and resting; otherwise, they would inevitably suffer from anxiety and depression.

Not just them — this lack of security would likely be a concern for all players for a long time.

The third card belonged to that guy who looked at female celebrity photos, and despite several attempts to act, Yang Qinglan's vigilant gaze stopped him. Surprisingly, it was a blank card, and Li Changzhou grew curious about his Instinct.

[Nickname: Jiang](30)

[Name: Jiang Tai'an]

[Value: 0]

[Instinct: A Page of Photobook]

[Skill: "Goat Style·360° Vision" (F grade), "Unlearned", "Unlearned", "Unlearned", "Unlearned", "Unlearned"]

360° vision was miraculous for humans, but in the grand scheme of nature, which represented miracles themselves, it was utterly mundane. Li Changzhou didn't spare another glance at the Skill, but directly checked "A Page of Photobook".

[Name: A Page of Photobook]

[Type: Skill]

[Quality: B]

[Special Effect: Can turn an object exceeding general appreciation into a painting]

[Minimum Use Conditions: Intelligence 7, Constitution 4]

[Introduction: Appreciation levels vary from person to person, entirely subjective; drawing requires a ritual, before releasing the skill, a gesture must be set as the switch, and gaze must be fixed on the target;]

[Note: The picture quality is photographic-level.]

Li Changzhou and Yang Qinglan looked at each other.

"What should we do? I think the only people who can exceed average appreciation levels are Miss Yang and myself." He felt quite troubled.

"I'll tell Qian Xia about this," said Yang Qinglan.

"It's only problematic if a brother thinks his sister is pretty. I genuinely can't see whether she's pretty or not."

Li Changzhou hesitated about this skill, as the entirely subjective appreciation level was too hard to define.

A person with 6 points in Charm, he thought they were not bad, but wouldn't consider them as a girlfriend—does that count as exceeding general appreciation level?

Tasteless, yet a pity to discard, Li Changzhou decided to keep this identity card for now, to potentially give this skill to a completely loyal subordinate in the future.

But that would have to wait until he gained further control over the Black Mist.

Li Qianxia completely avoided discussing the Black Mist, plainly refusing to come a second time.

As for Yang Qinglan, not only did she keep her distance, but she also jokingly suggested that Li Changzhou treat it as a skill.

Only one card was left, a black card.

[Nickname: Heavy Machine Gun]（20）

[Name: Kenny Markson]

[Value: 0]

[Instinct: Heavy Machine Gun (Weapon)]

[Skill: 'Bear Style·Giant Power' (C-level), 'Dragon Blood Tree Style·Qilin Blood Exhaustion' (C-level), 'Unlearned', 'Unlearned', 'Unlearned', 'Unlearned']

"This one, 'Qilin Blood Exhaustion'," whispered Yang Qinglan immediately.

"My skills are already full," Li Changzhou replied.

"Swap out your Control Dopamine."

"That's a B-level!"

"Swap it," Yang Qinglan insisted.

"...I'll listen to you."

Yang Qinglan's tone softened a bit, explaining:

"When your intelligence was at 7 points, you didn't need Control Dopamine; at 6 points, you scorned Control Dopamine; at 5 points, mediocre, Control Dopamine was useless; below 5, you were just a dumb brawler."

About that, Li Changzhou had a deep understanding (except for the 'dumb' part), and he still remembered his weakness and contrition when considering Taoli's identity card.

"Do you think I'm flawed?" he asked, while manipulating the Black Mist to plunder 'Qilin Blood Exhaustion'.

'Control Dopamine' was not intended for others either, unwilling to give it neither to Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia nor to Maria Yafelona—unwilling to part with people in the former case, and unwilling to part with the skill in the latter.

He still hadn't trusted Maria Yafelona fully, intending to "kill" her with the Black Mist (for the skill), yet it was a pity.

"We all have flaws," said Yang Qinglan, "but we can be the people who help each other become better."

"What if we can't become better?" Li Changzhou asked.

"Even if we can't make each other better, we can still stand by each other."

The Black Mist swallowed the blue flame letters of 'Qilin Blood Exhaustion'.

On Li Changzhou's white identity card, 'Control Dopamine' dissipated, the text replaced by 'Dragon Blood Tree Style·Qilin Blood Exhaustion'.

"It's done," his voice lightened a bit.

"Hmm," Yang Qinglan's voice was also softer than before, "Later, you can upgrade this skill to B-level, no need to regret losing Control Dopamine."

Li Changzhou looked up at her, a suppressed laugh in his voice, "I'll listen to you."

If having 5 intelligence points meant being infatuated, then now at 6 points, it was flirting, and Yang Qinglan felt nothing, only glancing at him annoyed.

[Name: Dragon Blood Tree Style·Qilin Blood Exhaustion]

[Type: Skill]

[Quality: C]

[Special Effect: Condenses one's own blood into Qilin Blood Exhaustion]

[Minimum Use Conditions: Constitution 7]

[Introduction: Has immediate effects on stopping bleeding, dispersing bruises, relieving pain, generating flesh, contracting sores, external injuries; the stronger the life force, the more blood used, the better the effect of Qilin Blood Exhaustion.]

[Note: Buying the casket for the pearl, with the Dragon Blood Tree dubbed as the perennial lord, why not want its life force?! Oh, you're poor, you can't afford it.]