A fated encounter

[Resentment from Xu Longyun; +1]

The City Lord had concealed it well, but her emotions still exposed her true feelings.

Clearly.

Lin Bai had gone to the City Lord's Residence to watch the players level up for no apparent reason, yet had let nothing slip, leaving the City Lord feeling deeply insecure.

After all.

Everything the City Lord said hinted that she had his movements under her control...

"What a control freak!"

Lin Bai gave a derisive chuckle and paid little heed to the City Lord's attitude. As long as he kept growing and maintained an air of mystery, his safety should not be a problem.

Aside from binding people together through shared interests, how easy could it be to truly win a few friends in this unfamiliar world?

The only person Lin Bai trusted was probably himself.

The closed and open betas both posed greater threats than the City Lord.

On his way back to the Chef God Restaurant, Lin Bai gathered his thoughts and took stock of his gains.

While he was at the City Lord's Residence, the flawed creation system's reward quest had completed automatically, granting him the Seven Wounds Hand. That was also why he had suddenly taken his leave.

Seven Wounds Hand: seven wounds from one hand.

Tendon separation, Bone-Dislocating, meridian severing, Nail-Pulling, finger breaking, and Palm-Breaking.

That was the introduction to the Seven Wounds Hand Martial Arts. It had nothing whatsoever to do with the Seven Wounds Fist; it was a close-range martial art that targeted the hands.

Its drawback was that he had to get close, and it could only be used against hands;

Its advantage was that it consumed very little inner force...

Fuck your advantage!

*If I'm already that fucking close, why would I bother picking on