A Brief Meeting (Part 1)

At Bai Yi's words, everyone looked outside.

Amid the originally dense white fog, countless specks of black had appeared. Moreover, the blackness was increasing at a visible rate.

"Is that black stuff... fog?"

Wang Ziyi asked hesitantly.

"I don't know, but I'm afraid this is the danger we'll be facing next!"

Watching the black fog continuously spread, Xie Xu silently calculated in his head.

"At most five hours before the black fog completely replaces the white fog."

"Looks like we don't have much time." Zhang Zhen's expression turned extremely grave upon hearing Xie Xu's words.

"But we can't skip this meeting. The team needs rules when it's formed, or we'll be dragged down sooner or later."

"Mm." Bai Yi nodded in agreement. "It's 11:17 in the morning now. Let's be quick and finish this, then everyone should make their preparations as soon as possible."

Everyone nodded and quickly took their seats.

The previously relaxed atmosphere vanished, replaced by the unshakable gravity and unease on everyone's faces.

Everyone present realized one thing: forming a team did not mean they were safe. The fog would relentlessly drive the players forward, and once it caught up to them, the price they paid would likely be their lives!

Glancing around at everyone's expressions, Zhang Zhen spoke. "Let's keep this brief. We'll mainly cover three things: division of roles, trading, and information sharing."

"Let's start with the division of roles. I'll go first. My shelter is an ordinary shelter, and my talent is resource-gathering related. I can provide a large amount of basic resources, as well as some wilderness equipment and special items. The latter depends on luck."

After Zhang Zhen finished, Li Zihua, seated to his left, took over. "My shelter is also an ordinary shelter. Both my talent and specialty are medically related. I can only handle external injuries simply for now, and I'm currently researching some basic medicines."

As he spoke, he took out two kinds of medicine, both of which Bai Yi recognized. One was the [Wound-Healing Injection] he had bought twice from Wang Ziyi before, while the other was the [Sanity Recovery Elixir] he had just drunk.

"The injections have a considerable output because I'm not short on raw materials, but they aren't very effective on people whose attributes exceed 9 points. I'm researching higher-quality injections and have already made some progress.

"As for the [Sanity Recovery Elixir], I only just formulated it, so production is very low. I'll improve it later and raise the output as soon as possible."

Listening to Li Zihua, Bai Yi nodded to himself. Having a doctor on the team was fortunate, and Li Zihua's Sanity Potion was especially useful to Bai Yi.

With that thought, Bai Yi said, "My shelter can treat physical injuries. As long as someone still has a breath left, it can save them."

After a pause, Bai Yi continued.

"Zihua, you can develop some temporary recovery medicines for emergencies. At the same time, I think you should focus on researching sanity-recovery medicines.

"Many skills and talents require sanity to use, and right now, we don't know how to increase sanity."

When Li Zihua heard that Bai Yi's shelter could heal physical injuries, his eyes practically glowed green. But he knew this was not the time to get to the bottom of it.

"Alright, Brother Dog. I'll reduce my efforts in that area and develop an injection that can temporarily suppress wounds. At the same time, I'll devote more energy to researching sanity."

Once Li Zihua finished speaking, Wang Ziyi eagerly opened her mouth as well. "My shelter is called the 'Seed of Life.' It's currently still displayed as a seed and hasn't sprouted yet.

"With my talent working together with my shelter, medicinal herbs I plant take roughly a few days to mature. I've already sent the specific varieties to the group chat. Come to me if you need any.

"Oh, and if you go out, remember to keep an eye out for plant seeds. Any kind of seed will do. Once I grow something from them, I'll sell it to you at cost."

Tang Zheng followed Wang Ziyi. After hearing the previous few speak, he seemed a little embarrassed.

"Well, mine is just an ordinary shelter, and my talent is combat-related too.

"Uh, all I can do is fight. My attributes have only just neared the limit, and I'm nowhere near as good at fighting as Brother Dog..."

The more he spoke, the less confident he became. Just as he was about to say that he did not want to hold everyone back and could leave the team, Zhang Zhen spoke up.

"Little Tang is a very loyal man, and he used to be a special forces soldier. He has extensive wilderness survival and combat experience. I observed him for several days before deciding to bring him in!"

These words highlighted Tang Zheng's strengths and cut off what he had been about to say.

"Special forces? Then you should be better with firearms, right?" Wei Fen spoke at this moment.

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Tang Zheng replied gloomily, "Yeah. I used to be the best shot in my unit, and I knew how to use the most guns. But there aren't any guns here."

Hearing that, Wei Fen tossed out a blueprint.

[Tactical Pistol Crafting Blueprint

Quality: Good

Durability: 1/2

Description: A basic tactical pistol equipped with seven bullets]

"A pistol isn't very powerful, and it only has seven bullets. They can't be replenished, so once they're used up, they're gone."

Seeing the blueprint before him, Tang Zheng was overjoyed. "That's not a problem. My talent is firearm-related, so I don't lack bullets."

As he spoke, he posted his talent in the group chat as well.

[Infinite Firepower (Active): Consumes sanity to load bullets. The more sanity consumed, the greater the bullet's power. (A bullet infused with 1 point of sanity has lethality equivalent to a 7.62mm round)]

It was an extremely powerful talent. Once he got a gun, he could even pose an enormous threat to Bai Yi.

The next person was Wei Fen, who had just given Tang Zheng the blueprint. She was a gentle woman.

"As for me, I have an ordinary shelter, and my talent is clothing crafting. I can make protective clothing, and I can also transfer equipment skills."

But the latter's success rate wasn't 100%; it depended on the compatibility between the two pieces of equipment. The higher the compatibility, the higher the success rate.

"If anyone needs it, you can come to me."

Wei Fen's voice was unhurried, and her tone was perfectly measured. Even in such a dangerous environment, she did not panic.

Next was Xie Xu. He spoke slightly faster. "My special shelter is called 'Nowhere Land.' As for its functions, I haven't figured them out yet. I still need to run some tests.

"As for my talent, I suppose it can be considered future sight!"

Although Bai Yi had already suspected it, hearing Xie Xu admit it himself still made him find it somewhat hard to believe. "Can you use it whenever you want?"

Xie Xu shook his head with a bitter smile. "Not for now. After the protection period ended, I used my talent once. I heard some things I shouldn't have heard and was noticed by an 'Unhearable' entity. I nearly died.

"But it was a blessing in disguise. My mental strength broke through its limit, and my sanity doubled."

"Unhearable"? Was it similar to "Unseeable"? The same type of entity?

Hearing those three words, Bai Yi fell into thought.

"No wonder we didn't hear from you for half a day." Wang Ziyi suddenly understood. "Does breaking through the mental limit increase sanity?"

Xie Xu shook his head. "There are too few cases. There's no way to tell whether it's accidental or inevitable."

Bai Yi thought of Little White. It had also broken through its mental limit, and its sanity was 200 as well.

"It should be inevitable. Little White also broke through its mental limit, and its sanity is very high too."

"I'm not even as good as a dog!"

Tang Zheng punched his own head in annoyance.

"Arf? Awooo—"

Little White protested indignantly.

But Bai Yi's attention was elsewhere. He had been thinking about Xie Xu's words all along. Future sight, future sight!

"Did you see our future? What's inside the black fog?"

"What can be said, you already know. What can't be said, there's no use asking."

Xie Xu raised his head and stared at Bai Yi with a strange look. He lifted one finger and placed it against his lips.

"Knowledge is poisonous.

"And prophecies kill people!"

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