The person following Shiqi was a middle-aged woman.
She was as tall as a man. Time had left its marks on her face, but she was still attractive, with a hint of comfortable affluence about her. Large auburn waves fell to her shoulders, and her black, stand-collared trench coat and tall boots made her look sharp and capable.
But none of that was why everyone frowned.
As she entered, a faint aura spread throughout the room.
Ordinary people would merely have felt uncomfortable under that aura, but to those on the Mystery Side, it was a display of strength.
[Intimidation: you are within your opponent's intimidation range. Your mental attribute passed the check. No abnormal status occurred...]
The combat log began flashing across Qin Ran's vision.
His gaze turned hostile as he looked at her.
Whatever her purpose in coming to Black Street No. 1, this display of strength was provocative and ill-intentioned.
So Qin Ran struck back without hesitation.
[Dead Gaze]!
The [Half-Dead Man's Gaze] on Qin Ran's right index finger flashed with an eerie light, and the middle-aged woman's rosy complexion instantly changed.
But a glimmer of gold immediately lit up beneath her hair.
It freed her from the terrifying illusion.
An earring!
A golden, snake-shaped earring.
An enchanted item that protects against mental attacks?
Qin Ran was taken aback.
The mental attribute held a special place in the Underground Game, and the same was true in the dungeon worlds.
Or rather, it was precisely the lack of skills corresponding to the mental attribute and the scarcity of related skills and equipment in the dungeon worlds that gave the mental attribute its special status in the Underground Game.
Players born with powerful minds were even called "Chosen Ones."
And throughout all the dungeon worlds he had