After learning that an organization called Shadow Stream existed, Ke Meng felt that this world was not safe enough.
A resistance of 9.2 still was not reliable enough. He needed higher resistance.
Drinking water was a good way to get there. Speaking of drinking water, Ke Meng went to the bathroom again.
But drinking water was not a permanent solution. By the time Ke Meng finished grinding, he no longer felt thirsty.
That was the benefit of high resistance. As long as he stacked enough of it, he would not have to fear being controlled.
Since he no longer feared thirst, Ke Meng decided to drink the Random Skill Water.
He had worried about its side effects before, but now his resistance had weakened the side effect of drinking water. There was no need to chicken out.
All he had to do was drink it to gain a skill. A reward that good was too good to pass up.
He uncorked the bottle and brought it close for a sniff. The smell was the same, but he did not feel thirsty.
Gulp, gulp. He tipped his head back and drained the Random Skill Water in one go, leaving not a single drop.
The moment he drank it, Ke Meng felt his body grow hot.
It was as though he stood in a desert beneath a blazing sun, his mouth and tongue parched.
The urge to drink water surged fiercely into his mind once again.
Sure enough, gaining a skill out of thin air was not that easy.
Sniffing it had only exposed him to the water molecules evaporating from the "skill water." Now, an entire bottle of liquid was exerting its side effects at once.
Ke Meng sat down and clenched his hands, suppressing the urge to drink.
He had