The Price of Using the Twin-Eye Bow!

"Love." When Luo Fan asked about the advancement requirements for her Professional Sequence, An Xiaoran gave him that answer.

"Love?" He looked at An Xiaoran in surprise, not quite understanding what she meant.

Love? What kind of advancement requirement was that? And how exactly was she supposed to do it?

But faced with Luo Fan's questioning gaze, An Xiaoran showed no intention of answering further.

Well, seeing that An Xiaoran had withdrawn into herself again and did not feel like talking, Luo Fan did not press her.

Rose returned to her own van, while Luo Fan and the others confirmed that each of them owned a share of the oil in the tanker, according to the proportions they had agreed upon earlier.

Besides, they rarely had more than thirty hours to rest. Once Luo Fan and the others had returned to their respective vehicles, the survivors took the fuel they had brought out and went to Niu Dagang and Zhao Chunfeng to trade for survival supplies.

Although Luo Fan had led everyone out of Jiangxin Town, perhaps because of how readily he had killed people at the Oil Refinery, the members of the Hope Convoy were all somewhat afraid of him.

By comparison, Niu Dagang and Zhao Chunfeng seemed easier to talk to, so those exchanging gasoline for supplies mainly went to those two.

Naturally, Luo Fan did not mind. He was happy to be left in peace.

Back in his truck, Luo Fan took out a Mara Flower Petal, tore it into pieces, then chewed it slowly and swallowed.

After swallowing the petal, Luo Fan could feel an incredibly rich surge of power rising from his abdomen and quickly spreading throughout his limbs and body.

Immediately afterward, Luo Fan's aura surged. He knew his Sequence level had risen to Lv7!

Just one Mara Flower Petal had raised his Sequence level by one? This really was good stuff.

Luo Fan opened his mouth and ate a second petal. His power increased a little more, but he did not level up.

Luo Fan ate the third petal, then the fourth...

Only after swallowing all six Mara Flower Petals he had received from Rose did Luo Fan's Sequence level just manage to break through to Lv8.

It seemed this wasn't simply the effect of the Mara Flower Petals. After that trip to Jiangxin Town and all that hard fighting, he had probably already been close to breaking through to Lv7.

The first breakthrough had taken only one petal, but the second had required five. Luo Fan mulled this over.

He still had the last eight petals wrapped around the Mara Fruit. Perhaps those could get him to Lv9?

After some thought, Luo Fan decided not to rush into eating them.

Perhaps eating too many in a short time had weakened their effect? He would try eating them again in a couple of days.

Check-in successful. Received 80 yuan. Current balance: 300 yuan.

After he had lain in his truck and rested for several hours, the system notification arrived on schedule in the early hours of the morning.

Seeing that his balance had reached 300, Luo Fan felt very satisfied.

He was getting closer and closer to the Level 10 threshold.

Rolling over, Luo Fan fell into a deep sleep.

He did not know how long he had slept. Feeling fully refreshed, Luo Fan opened his eyes to pitch darkness.

Huh? It wasn't light yet? How many hours had he slept? He already felt this refreshed?

"Huh, no!"

The moment that thought arose, Luo Fan realized something was wrong and abruptly sat up.

He was a Lv8 Sequence User, after all. All five of his senses were far better than an ordinary person's. Even if it really was nighttime, there was no way he would be unable to see anything, was there?

"Xiao Ran? Are you there?" Luo Fan asked.

"Yes." An Xiaoran's voice came from beside him.

"Is... is it still dark outside?" Luo Fan asked.

"It's already light." An Xiaoran's answer made Luo Fan's heart sink.

He rubbed his eyes hard and opened them again, but everything before him remained pitch-black, as though someone had covered his eyes with a black cloth.

He was done for. Had he gone blind? How could this have happened?

He had been perfectly fine before going to sleep last night. Why had he woken up blind?

Taking a deep breath, Luo Fan considered why this had happened.

Could it be because he had eaten too many Mara Flower Petals last night? But Zhao Chunfeng hadn't warned him about anything like this.

Or had he been afflicted with some unknown curse at the Oil Refinery yesterday?

Or perhaps...

One possibility after another surfaced in his mind. Then Luo Fan thought of his Twin-Eye Bow.

As an Uncanny Artifact, it came with a price for its use. He had used it quite a few times over the past several days, yet had never discovered what the price of using the Twin-Eye Bow was.

Could the price be going blind?

Was this temporary or permanent?

"Luo Fan, why did you get up so late today? Do you still have any Baby Bok Choy?" Just then, Niu Dagang's voice rang out as he asked Luo Fan a question.

"Luo Fan, your eyes..." Then, when Luo Fan turned toward his voice, Niu Dagang saw his eyes and cried out in alarm.

"Brother Niu, I was fine when I went to sleep, but now I'm blind."

Luo Fan had no intention of hiding it, and he could not conceal his blindness anyway, so he spoke frankly.

"Wait here. I'll go get Old Zhao." Leaving him with those words, Niu Dagang hurried off.

Before long, Zhao Chunfeng arrived and examined Luo Fan's eyes closely.

His previously black eyes were now a grayish white, looking as though he had developed extremely severe cataracts.

Then Zhao Chunfeng asked Luo Fan about his condition as well. He had been fine before going to bed last night, only to wake up blind?

"Hmm, barring anything unexpected, this should be the price of using your Twin-Eye Bow." After hearing Luo Fan's guesses, Zhao Chunfeng thought the Twin-Eye Bow's price was the most likely possibility.

"Old Zhao, what are we going to do if Luo Fan's blind?" Niu Dagang asked urgently.

"What else can we do? Are you going to drive Luo Fan away first? Now that he's no use, you want to kick him out? Who would've thought? Dagang, you look so honest and upright, but you're actually this ruthless."

Zhao Chunfeng clicked his tongue as he ribbed Niu Dagang.

"Old Zhao, what nonsense are you talking about? I..." Hearing Zhao Chunfeng's words, Niu Dagang grew anxious and immediately tried to explain.

"So my blindness should only be temporary, right?" At that moment, Luo Fan suddenly spoke.

"Oh? What makes you say that?" Zhao Chunfeng looked at Luo Fan in surprise.

"If it really were permanent blindness, you wouldn't be making jokes like that." Luo Fan looked calm.

"Tch, no fun. Even this can't scare you."

Seeing that Luo Fan could still think so calmly despite being blind, Zhao Chunfeng shook his head, finding it no fun.

"Using an Uncanny Artifact does indeed come with a price, but that price generally follows the principle of equivalent exchange."

"In other words, the more powerful an Uncanny Artifact is, the greater the price of using it."

"Apart from guaranteeing a hit, your Twin-Eye Bow doesn't improve your damage or anything else. That ability isn't particularly powerful."

"If using it for just these few days left you blind, the price would clearly be too high."

"So this blindness is most likely temporary, but there's no knowing exactly how long it will last," Zhao Chunfeng explained to Luo Fan.

Hearing this, Luo Fan inwardly let out a breath of relief and nodded silently.

After that, Luo Fan waited patiently in his truck, feeling somewhat uneasy. Just how long would this blindness last?

After waiting like that for about half an hour, Luo Fan finally felt his sight return, as though the black cloth that had shrouded his eyes had been pulled away...