Everspring Skill Mastery

The monster died, and the fog briefly calmed.

The police discovered a pattern to the monsters' appearance in the fog. Roughly every fifteen minutes, a new group of monsters would emerge. Whether the previous group was dead or not, the monsters would automatically appear when the time was up.

Taking advantage of this lull, some of the police officers quickly evacuated the remaining people from the mall, while the rest discussed how to disperse the black fog.

Lu Chengchuan went to the back and found a place to sit down. He didn't participate in the discussions, focusing his attention on the Life-Sacrificing System.

Life-Sacrificing System

Host: Lu Chengchuan

Realm: Body Forging

Martial Arts: Everspring Skill [Yellow Grade/1st Layer] (Can be improved), Eagle Claw Iron Body Skill [Yellow Grade/2nd Layer]

Current Lifespan: 188 days.

Host's bodily functions are recovering, but the unknown disease has not been cured.

The Everspring Skill could be upgraded to Great Accomplishment, but that would consume one hundred days of his lifespan. This would use up most of his remaining life, and Lu Chengchuan hesitated.

But then he thought, if he didn't increase his strength, his illness wouldn't get better. Judging by the current situation, monsters would probably appear frequently. He wasn't worried about running out of monsters to kill, but rather about whether he could defeat them.

Once he understood this, Lu Chengchuan directly consumed one hundred days of his lifespan to upgrade the Everspring Skill to Great Accomplishment.

As soon as the thought appeared in his mind, the Life-Sacrificing System instantly deducted one hundred days from his lifespan. Then, a surge of energy arose in his lower dantian. The energy from the lower dantian flowed throughout his body, circulating six times before dissipating.

The whole process took less than a minute. The surrounding police officers didn't notice anything unusual. The Everspring Skill advanced to the 2nd Layer.

After reaching Great Accomplishment in the Everspring Skill, Lu Chengchuan felt even more energetic, and his five senses became sharper.

After the level-up, Lu Chengchuan immediately checked the Life-Sacrificing System. His realm hadn't changed, his remaining lifespan was now 108 days, and the Everspring Skill upgrade had added twenty days to his life, which was a good thing.

After upgrading his strength, the discussion on Zhou Yaning's side was still ongoing.

Someone suggested sending people in to take a look, but others asked who would go. The fog didn't look that big, but a bunch of monsters were rushing out of it. Everyone present knew that something was wrong.

They argued for a long time, and the minutes ticked by. Soon, the fifteen-minute period of calm was over, and the roars of monsters came again from the surging fog.

With the enemy at hand, there was no time for them to argue. The police officers picked up their weapons, and Lu Chengchuan also stood up.

Soon, dozens more monsters rushed out of the black fog. The police shouted to open fire, and gunshots rang out again in the mall. The first monsters to emerge were shot and killed.

But even more monsters came running out. Their vitality was too strong; bullets couldn't kill them unless they hit a vital point, and they couldn't even be stopped.

The monsters used the mall's cover to get closer to them. Lu Chengchuan stepped forward to block the monsters.

"Don't be afraid! The monsters won't come near us, walk slowly! Don't be afraid!"

The appearance of the monsters caused a commotion among the crowd who were being evacuated. The police officers in charge of the evacuation quickly shouted through loudspeakers.

There weren't many monsters this time, only a few dozen. Lu Chengchuan and the police surrounded them and eliminated them, preventing them from running out and hurting people.

After eliminating the second batch of monsters, Lu Chengchuan gained 47 days of lifespan.

This was like a monster spawning point from a game. It was a good thing for Lu Chengchuan, but for the people and police in the mall, it couldn't be worse.

The evacuation continued, and finally, in the last two minutes, everyone was completely evacuated.

With the people out, the police also breathed a sigh of relief. At least they didn't have to worry about the monsters hurting ordinary citizens. At this time, a line of military vehicles stopped outside the mall.

The police leadership had received the news from here and immediately applied for support from their superiors. After learning about the situation, the higher-ups directly ordered the army to enter the city and take over.

With the army's arrival, the police and Lu Chengchuan withdrew from the mall.

Lu Chengchuan was a little disappointed. He wanted to kill more monsters to gain lifespan, but with the army here, there was nothing for them to do. Lu Chengchuan could only leave with Zhou Yaning and the others.

The army quickly set up cover around the mall and mounted heavy machine guns, preparing to meet the next wave of monsters.

"Captain Zhou, with the army here, there shouldn't be anything for me to do, right?"

With no monsters to kill, Lu Chengchuan wanted to leave.

Zhou Yaning quickly stopped him. "Don't rush. The fog is strange. Stay with us for a few days."

"Me, stay here? I'm not a soldier or a police officer. It's not appropriate for me to stay here, is it?" Lu Chengchuan didn't want to leave either, but he had no reason to stay.

He still had to go home at night, otherwise, it would be difficult to explain to his mother. He had just recovered from a serious illness, and his mother wasn't completely at ease with him walking around outside, especially at this critical moment.

"You are a special consultant for our Investigation Bureau; no one can say anything. If you stay here, the Investigation Bureau will pay you a salary." Zhou Yaning didn't know what he wanted, so without thinking, she directly offered money.

When in doubt, just offer money.

"Money? How much? My time is precious; most people can't afford it."

He only had a little over a hundred days left to live. He had to find monsters to kill, otherwise, he would die even with great strength if his lifespan ran out. But if the other party was willing to pay, then it was negotiable.

He owed a lot of money that needed to be repaid. If the Investigation Bureau was willing to spend money to hire him, Lu Chengchuan would naturally be happy.

"One hundred thousand a day, paid immediately!" Zhou Yaning stated the price.

For the Investigation Bureau, money was no object. Not to mention one hundred thousand a day, she could double it.

With the money in place, Lu Chengchuan stopped talking about leaving. He took out a bank card and asked them to transfer the money.

Zhou Yaning knew what they meant when the bank card was placed in front of her. She immediately took the card and handed it to her subordinate, "Transfer one million to this card as an expense for asking Mr. Lu to cooperate with our investigation for ten days."

Zhou Yaning didn't hesitate at all, offering one million and ten days of his time right away.

The subordinate quickly took care of it. In less than ten minutes, Lu Chengchuan's phone rang. He opened it and saw the deposit notification.

One million was deposited into his account. The person returned the bank card to him. He had the money in hand, a full one million, enough to pay off a small portion of his debt.

Since the Investigation Bureau was so quick to pay, Lu Chengchuan didn't waste words. He would consider these ten days sold to the Investigation Bureau.

"We'll wait here for a few days to see if the fog dissipates. If it doesn't, we'll think of something else."

With soldiers guarding the area, the monsters shouldn't be able to break through. Zhou Yaning returned to the government office building. Right now, her mind was in a fog. She urgently needed some information to understand what was happening in this world.

Lu Chengchuan followed them to the office building. It was his first time here.

"Make yourself comfortable. We're going to look up some information."

In the conference room, Zhou Yaning and the others started typing on their laptops, contacting their superiors. Lu Chengchuan was an outsider and could only sit on the side and wait for news.

They worked on it for a long time. Lu Chengchuan sent a message to his mother, telling her that he would be busy for the next few days and wouldn't be able to come home, and that she shouldn't worry.

In the evening, several people with extraordinary bearing entered from outside.

Lu Chengchuan recognized two of them as the top two leaders of Guangnan Province.