Silent Shadow Escape

On his way down the mountain, Xiao Fan texted Zhou He, telling him about his escape.

Zhou He replied almost instantly.

What exactly happened when you went up the mountain?

Xiao Fan didn't hide anything. He told them that after they went up the mountain, they encountered a blizzard, then the Game System malfunctioned, he took shelter in the house he had prepared in advance, discovered two extra people while distributing food, and that Night Blade and Justice Alliance players had disappeared.

Zhou He found it increasingly unbelievable as he listened.

Two more people suddenly appeared, and in the blink of an eye, all the players mysteriously vanished. What kind of terrifying event is this?

Zhou He had never encountered anything like this before.

"Oh right!" Xiao Fan suddenly remembered the strange thing about Luo Yi, and then recounted what happened next, including his entry into the mysterious secret realm, and how he only returned to the game after the secret realm ended.

I will immediately send someone to investigate the matter in Luo Yi.

After hearing Xiao Fan say that he had entered the secret realm and cleared the level, Zhou He made another guess.

"Could it be that the Night Blade gang and Qingfeng and his group were also pulled into the secret realm, but they just haven't cleared it yet?"

Xiao Fan thought about it and decided not to rule out this possibility.

However, the secret realm he entered, "Game Invasion of Blue Star," is a time-based secret realm. If others also entered this secret realm, Ye Bugu and the others should have come out a step earlier than him.

Could there be some hidden rules in this secret realm of time?

Hearing Xiao Fan say this, Zhou He became somewhat uncertain again.

You can't have two secret realms in one house, can you?

Xiao Fan then remembered Jian Qingfeng's matter and asked Zhou He about it.

Sure enough, Zhou He told him that Jian Qingfeng had gone up the mountain to rescue them a day earlier, but they could no longer be contacted.

Zhou He has already assembled a team of people and Analysis Team, and plans to personally lead them to the Snow Mountain to see if they can discover any new information.

Now that he saw Xiao Fan reappear, he asked.

"Brother Xiao, what do you think we should do now?"

This matter is indeed thorny. Even someone like Jian Qingfeng is deeply involved. If they rashly go up the mountain to rescue him, they might also get caught up in it.

Now that Dragon City has just been established, the disappearance of so many high-level players is not a good thing for the Dragon Nation.

Xiao Fan frowned; he couldn't think of a good solution for the time being.

This matter is too bizarre; it cannot be resolved simply by having power.

Suddenly, Xiao Fan remembered Luo Yi.

Before he entered the secret realm, the people from Luo Yi and the Military District were still in the house. Could it be that they hadn't actually disappeared?

Xiao Fan even suspected that the disappearance of these people might be related to Luo Yi.

Otherwise, why were Luo Yi and the others still there when everyone else disappeared that night?

Moreover, the moment he entered the secret realm, Luo Yi's eyes were too calm, showing no fear whatsoever at the player suddenly disappearing in front of him, as if he already knew he would disappear.

Xiao Fan told Zhou He his guess.

Zhou He found it hard to believe. Luo Yi was just an ordinary level 70 player. How could he make other players disappear?

More importantly, how did he manage to disable the Game System?

Xiao Fan suddenly stopped and sent a message to Zhou He.

"Brother Zhou, now that you've brought your men, wait at the foot of the mountain. I'll send you a message before you come up."

Zhou He: "Okay, but what do you want to do?"

Xiao Fan: "Find that group from Luo Yi."

Zhou He: "Don't act rashly. What if he really has the ability to make players disappear? Wouldn't you be in danger again?"

Xiao Fan: "Don't worry, I have a plan."

Zhou He: "Then be careful."

After turning off friend notifications, Xiao Fan found a place at a lower altitude.

The only way to avoid being discovered by Luo Yi and his group is to become invisible!

Xiao Fan still has four chances to create skills, and in order to find out the truth about this matter, he plans to create an invisibility skill.

Xiao Fan opened his personal information and looked at his characteristics section.

He possesses a Disguiser trait, allowing him to create movement skills such as invisibility.

To ensure the skill creation was successful, Xiao Fan changed his title to "[Oh My God! ]", which increases attribute points.

"Creative skills."

"Skill creation complete. Upon inspection, this skill has not appeared in the game before and requires system review. There is a chance of failure. Do you wish to continue?"

"Continue."

"System review in progress, please wait."

Less than a minute later, a system notification sounded.

"Congratulations, player! Skill creation successful. Would you like to view it now?"

"Check."

Skill Name: Silent Shadow Escape

Skill Rank: Heaven Rank

Skill Description: Upon active activation, consumes 100 mana points to immediately enter stealth mode. In this state, movement speed is increased by 30%, and no trace is left. Using this skill at night will not be detected by any reconnaissance methods.

Attacking or using skills will break stealth. The first attack will trigger a 100% critical hit and slow the enemy by 50%. After the attack ends, you will gain a Shadow Breath Shield, which briefly makes you untargetable and removes negative effects.

Cooldown time: 180 seconds

Creation Attributes: Spirit 80 (+), Agility 80 (+), Constitution 80 (+)

Creative traits: Moonlight type and Disguise type.

Xiao Fan nodded in satisfaction; this skill was indeed very powerful.

He deliberately added all these skill effects so that he could deliver a surprise attack after going invisible.

He can suffer minor injuries, but he cannot be spared any.

However, because it has so many effects, this skill has a rather long cooldown, and since it's not marked as upgradable, the cooldown cannot be changed.

Fortunately, this invisibility state won't disappear unless the player actively cancels it, so overall it's still very useful.

To avoid leaving footprints in the snow, Xiao Fan specifically added a "no trace" feature—perfect!

"Congratulations to the player for creating a Heaven-Tier Skill. This is now being announced server-wide. Would you like to hide your ID?"

"Hide."

After making his choice, Xiao Fan stopped looking at the system.

He summoned Big Iron Pot, drank continuously, and after his stamina was fully restored, he activated his new skill, <Silent Shadow Escape>.

The next second, Xiao Fan's figure merged with the air.

Xiao Fan stretched out his hand to test it, and he was only satisfied when he could no longer see his own body.

"Now we should go find Luo Yi and his group. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be ahead."

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan turned around and went back in the original direction.