No one could see Qin Feng sneering.
When he had first met "Pear" earlier, Qin Feng hadn't recognized her.
After all, he had met so many people in his previous life. How could he remember every one of them?
But hearing the name "Great River Industries" jogged Qin Feng's memory.
This woman who looked like a pampered heiress was Jiang Li, the daughter of the chairman of Great River Industries!
In his previous life, she had done plenty of ruthless things.
For example...
She had offered cash to buy tradable lifespan, only to refuse to honor the deal once she returned to reality. Then she had pretended she would pay and used the opportunity to murder the sellers in the real world!
At least a dozen people had fallen victim to her.
Back then, society had already descended into chaos.
Murders in the real world had become commonplace.
With the tradable lifespan she had acquired and her own hidden class, Jiang Li had rapidly risen to prominence!
Qin Feng remembered that Jiang Li hadn't gotten what she deserved until the fourth or fifth year after the Godforsaken Game arrived...
Of course.
None of that had much to do with him.
In his previous life, he had been looking after Qin Xiaoyou, so he hadn't leveled particularly fast early on and had barely crossed paths with Jiang Li.
As for now, Qin Feng certainly wouldn't believe her nonsense.
Ten million RMB?
For the moment, that money was still useful, but that depended on whether he could survive collecting it.
Although Qin Feng was stronger than everyone else in the Godforsaken Game, he was still an ordinary person in reality.
Great River Industries, which backed Jiang Li, kept a whole pack of hired thugs!
Would Qin Feng dare go collect the cash?
Doing so would mean certain death!
Besides, cash will soon become useless in this world.
The currency used for transactions across the world will soon be-lifespan!
Thus, Qin Feng remained cold.
He couldn't even be bothered to acknowledge Jiang Li!
Qin Feng's attitude left Jiang Li stunned for a moment. She apparently hadn't expected him to completely ignore the lure of ten million.
Jiang Li frowned. "Dark Shadow, you may be pretty strong in this game, but right now, no one knows what this game is really about. If you work for me, I guarantee you'll live the good life. Cars, houses, women-you can have it all!"
Qin Feng waved her aside. "If you're not buying, move along. Don't get in the way of my business."
"You!"
Jiang Li was nearly beside herself with anger.
Ever since she was little, her family had treasured her. To outsiders, she was the heiress of Great River Industries, doted on by its chairman. Who would dare mistreat her?
Jiang Li had never been treated like this before!
A vicious gleam flashed through her eyes as she looked at Qin Feng, but she quickly concealed it.
She smiled. "Fine. If you're not interested, forget it."
She turned and left, her expression darkening again.
Qin Feng watched her walk away without giving it much thought.
At this point, no one knows that tradable lifespan can be used to bring equipment and skills into reality...
No one knows that the Godforsaken Game will bring down the real world's social order.
Only your own strength is the foundation of everything...
As for Jiang Li, her backing from Great River Industries, which she was so proud of, would soon become meaningless!
After leaving Shell Town's central square, Jiang Li began planning how to uncover Qin Feng's real identity.
Just then, a young man with bare arms and a tattoo on one of them approached Jiang Li.
"Sister Pear, my name is Mao Lijun. You can call me Old Mao."
The young man grinned. "I'm level 2 now, and I know a few tricks to leveling up. I can help you level. Is that ten-million offer still good?"
Hearing that, Jiang Li raised an eyebrow. "Tricks? What tricks?"
The young man whose alias was "Old Mao" said bluntly, "I wouldn't tell just anyone. But since it's you, Sister Pear... I'll tell you as a show of sincerity. To level up under the current conditions, you have to put all five of your starting attribute points into agility."
"That makes our full sprint just a little faster than the Crawlers... You get what I mean, right?"
Hearing this, Jiang Li felt as though everything had suddenly clicked.
But the heiress soon frowned again.
Because...
She had already put her five starting attribute points into strength.
She had thought high damage was all that mattered.
Instead, packs of Crawlers had killed her so many times she was dazed...
"Fine. Help me level up."
Jiang Li soon said generously, "But you're not as strong as Dark Shadow, so I can give you five million. Deal? Get me to level 3, and I'll pay you cash when we return to reality."
Old Mao readily agreed. "No problem."
As he spoke, Old Mao was thinking, Dark Shadow may be strong, but is there something wrong with his head? Turning down such an easy ten million-what an idiot.
Unfortunately, he had no idea what kind of person Jiang Li was.
That five million...
How could it possibly be so easy to collect?
Meanwhile, Qin Feng soon sold everything.
Equipment was considerably cheaper than skill books.
He still had two Bronze Grade pieces, one for Warriors and one for priests. Their stats were fairly average, so each sold for only thirty or forty days of tradable lifespan.
The other low-quality equipment and skill books fetched even less.
After selling all ten pieces of equipment and skill books, Qin Feng had gained nearly three hundred days of tradable lifespan.
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[Tradable lifespan: 546 days!]
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Not a bad haul.
By now, that Cursed One should have advanced to Silver Grade, right?
Qin Feng packed up his stall and left Shell Town.
While invisible, he hurried toward the Cursed One's location.
Along the way, he saw a young man named "Old Mao" heading out with Jiang Li, apparently preparing to help her level.
One look was enough for Qin Feng to know how Old Mao would end up...
But he naturally couldn't be bothered to warn him.
As far as Qin Feng was concerned, as long as people didn't provoke him, he couldn't be bothered with their affairs.
A little over ten minutes later.
Qin Feng ventured deep into the Dark Gloom Forest!
He reached the spot where he had seen the Cursed One earlier. Sure enough, the boss had advanced to Silver Grade. Gray mist swirled around it, and it was actually still advancing...
Advancing from Silver Tier to Gold takes at least seven or eight hours.
I'm not waiting around.
Qin Feng decided to strike.
There would be plenty of Gold bosses later. There was no reason to wait here doing nothing. Killing the boss now and growing stronger was the right move!
Danger lurked everywhere in this place.
Demons were scattered throughout the dense forest.
Only Qin Feng could reach this place thanks to his permanent invisibility.
Without hesitation, he silently slipped behind the Cursed One, which resembled a withered treant. A Deadly Poison Dart shot out in an instant, striking the boss directly in the head!
A Silver Tier boss has two to three times as much health as a Bronze boss.
That's just two or three Deadly Poison Darts.
Qin Feng threw his dart and turned invisible.
The Cursed One instantly suffered a grievous hit, losing nearly a quarter of its health bar while continuing to take poison damage!
But when it turned around...
It couldn't see a single soul!
The Cursed One let out an angry sound and raised its dry, scrawny arms. Gray elemental energy swirled around its hands, gathering before-expanding!
An area-of-effect skill more than twenty meters in diameter erupted instantly, engulfing everything around it!
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