Yue City, Jinjiang Residential District.
Ten o'clock at night.
"Do you cloud players even understand anything?"
"Watch closely and learn!"
"A Dragon Knight focusing on passive skills in the laning phase can crush anyone!"
"I'm too bad?"
"I reached the Central Army at such a young age, and you actually say I'm bad?"
"This batch of stream friends is really hard to carry!"
As a small streamer, Chu He mainly plays a competitive game called DOTA2.
Although his gameplay is average, he often creates interesting content, so his monthly income is decent.
As the game ended, Chu He watched his base explode and sighed.
"Brothers, it's not that I'm bad, it's that my teammates can't carry me."
"I've already lost five games in a row today. I'm ending the stream to rest now, and I'll continue tomorrow."
Chu He exited the game, turned off the stream, picked up his phone, lit a cigarette, and prepared to scroll through some short videos to relax.
"Dense fog has appeared in Yangcheng Times Square. According to citizens who entered the fog, they lost their sense of direction inside. Many experts have expressed their views on this."
"Dense fog has appeared around the Yuanmao Building in Licheng, and passersby have heard the roars of beasts coming from within the fog."
"A massive fog has suddenly appeared in the suburbs of Yuncheng, covering an area of over ten kilometers with extremely low visibility."
Seeing short videos repeatedly reporting dense fog in various places, Chu He felt a bit strange.
It is summer now; why would dense fog appear so frequently in various places?
Moreover, even he had encountered dense fog a few days ago on his way home from the supermarket.
After entering the fog, not only was visibility extremely low, but he also completely lost his sense of direction. It took him a long time to find his way out.
After scrolling through short videos for over ten minutes and finding that most of them were reports related to the dense fog, he closed his phone with little interest and prepared to start another game to secretly climb the ranks.
At this moment, his phone rang.
Chu He glanced at the caller ID; it was a roommate from his college days.
The two had been bunkmates and had a very good relationship during college.
Answering the phone, Chu He asked with a smile, "Da Wei, what made you think of calling me?"
"Brother, I'm at the gas station on Tongxi Road in the Old Urban Area. Can you come over here?" Da Wei asked, his tone hurried and uneasy.
"What happened?" Chu He asked.
"I can't explain it in a few words. Can you come over first?" Da Wei said anxiously.
"Alright, I'm coming right now." Chu He hung up the phone and hurried out.
Chu He rode his electric scooter toward Tongxi Road in the Old Urban Area.
Half an hour later, Chu He met Da Wei.
The gas station on Tongxi Road had been shut down for rectification after being exposed for intentionally overcharging customers a while ago, and it was completely deserted.
Da Wei was sitting on a bench near the gas station, with cigarette butts scattered all around his feet.
Chu He frowned. He remembered that Da Wei's family was in business, their financial situation was quite good, and Da Wei himself was very particular about his personal image.
But now, he was wearing a security guard uniform, had a riot baton tucked into his waist, his face was covered in stubble, he looked unkempt, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"Da Wei, did something happen at home?" Chu He walked up to him and asked with concern.
Seeing Chu He, Da Wei dropped his cigarette butt. He looked like someone who had been starving for a long time seeing a delicious feast, his gaze appearing excited and frantic.
"Brother, if I did something to wrong you, could you forgive me?"
Facing Da Wei's sudden question, Chu He was a bit confused.
After speaking, Da Wei took off a black wristwatch from his left hand.
"Can you put this wristwatch on?" he asked with a hopeful expression.
"What is this?" Chu He looked at the black wristwatch handed to him and asked in doubt.
"Brother, I beg you, can you put it on?" Da Wei grabbed Chu He's hand, suddenly knelt down, and pleaded.
"Da Wei, we are brothers, there's no need for this."
"What exactly happened?"
"And what is this wristwatch?" Chu He immediately helped him up and asked.
He looked at the wristwatch over and over, but didn't find anything unusual about it.
"Put it on first, and then I'll tell you, okay?" Da Wei said, his voice trembling.
Chu He looked at him deeply and nodded slightly.
"Alright."
Seeing Chu He put the wristwatch on his left hand, a crazed smile appeared on Da Wei's face, and he immediately shouted, "Transfer player qualification!"
As his voice fell, Chu He heard a cold, emotionless mechanical voice ring out in his mind.
"Player qualification transfer initiated..."
"Player qualification transfer successful!"
"Player attributes generating..."
Chu He stood there stunned, the mechanical voice in his mind leaving him looking surprised.
"What is player qualification?" Chu He looked at Da Wei and asked.
"Brother, I'm sorry!"
"But don't worry, after you die, I will definitely collect your body."
"During holidays, I will definitely visit your grave."
"All my equipment is yours!" Da Wei first looked guilty, then his expression gradually became excited to the point of distortion.
After saying this, he took off his security guard uniform, threw the riot baton on the ground, and ran away at full speed.
"Da Wei..." Chu He wanted to chase after him.
He suddenly discovered that everything around him had turned into countless dark blue grid lines, with a large number of '0' and '1' digits moving around the grid.
"Player qualification successfully generated."
"Detected that player qualification was transferred and is currently during a promotion match, compensation mechanism activated..."
"Player will receive an adaptive talent based on their profession!"
"Talent generating..."
"Talent generation successful!"
"Obtained initial skill!"
"Obtained 10x10 player backpack!"
When the mechanical voice sounded in his mind again, Chu He saw a dark blue personal panel appear before him.
【Player: Chu He】
【Player ID: Yuecheng9527】
【Rank: F】
【Talent: DOTA2 Passive Master（All your skills will originate from characters in DOTA2. You cannot use any active skills, but your passive skill effects double）】
【Skill: Dragon Bloodline LV1（Restores 10 health points per second and increases defense by 10 points）（Highest skill level LV10）】
【Strength: 8（Affects arm strength, melee combat damage, and load-bearing capacity）】
【Stamina: 9（Affects health points, health recovery speed, defense power, and physical endurance）】
【Agility: 8（Affects attack frequency, movement speed, critical hit rate, and reflexes）】
【Spirit: 7（Affects negative status resistance, magic resistance, magic damage, and magic points）】
【Health Points: 90】
【Magic Points: 70】
【Attack: 8】
【Magic Damage: 7】
【Defense: 9+20】
【Magic Resistance: 7】
【Mist Game Count: 0（Complete two mist games to unlock the promotion match）】
Looking at the attribute panel in front of him, Chu He had a strange expression.
"Because my player qualification was transferred to me by Da Wei, the compensation talent is based on my profession?"
"I am a DOTA2 streamer, so the talent is related to DOTA2?"
"If I were a doctor or a teacher, would the talent be related to being a doctor or a teacher?" Chu He asked in surprise.
Moreover, he was very familiar with the Dragon Bloodline skill.
It was the passive skill of the Dragon Knight, his favorite character to play in DOTA2. Focusing on this skill during the laning phase was considered unbeatable.
Ding-ding! Ding-ding!
The wristwatch emitted a sharp sound and lit up at the same time.
A 3D mission panel emerged from the interface.
【Due to the transfer of player qualification, the promotion match has been changed to a regular match. Since the player received compensation, the difficulty remains unchanged.】
【Game Name: Fear of the Walking Dead】
【Game Difficulty: F+】
【Game Type: Single-player survival】
【Game Completion Condition: Survive for thirty minutes or kill the Corpse King】
【Game Start Countdown: One minute】
【Warning: Leaving the red light screen means game failure!】
Chu He saw a red light screen appear around the gas station, and dense fog appeared out of thin air outside the red light screen.
Looking at the mist outside the red light screen around the gas station, Chu He suddenly realized.
"So that's how it is. The mist appearing all over the country is not a natural phenomenon, but because of this Mist Game."
"During the game, others who enter the fog will lose their sense of direction, which must be to ensure the game proceeds smoothly!"
"Leaving the red light screen means game failure."
"Then what is the penalty for game failure?" Chu He didn't understand, but he didn't dare to leave this game area casually.
Now, because of that bastard Da Wei, he had been dragged into this dangerous game.
No wonder the first thing the other person asked when they met was if he would forgive him if he did something to wrong him.
That bastard!
Before leaving, he should have at least told him what this Mist Game was all about.
He took out his phone to call Da Wei, but found that the phone was being interfered with by a magnetic field, and the screen was full of garbled characters.
There was no other way; now he had to rely on himself.
He looked at the security guard uniform and riot baton that Da Wei had thrown on the ground and walked over to pick them up.
Before his eyes, corresponding information appeared on the security guard uniform and the riot baton.
【Equipment Name: Security Guard Uniform】
【Level: F-Rank】
【Equipment Slot: Top】
【Effect: Increases defense by five points when worn】
【Note: Put on the security guard uniform, and I am the coolest guy in the whole residential district!】
【Equipment Name: Riot Baton】
【Level: F-Rank】
【Equipment Slot: Weapon】
【Effect: Increases attack by five points when equipped. Attacking an enemy's head has a chance to cause Stun】
【Note: With the riot baton in hand, the world is mine!】
"It's actually equipment from the Mist Game. That bastard Da Wei at least left me something so I wouldn't be empty-handed!"
Chu He immediately equipped the security guard uniform and the riot baton, and he could clearly feel his strength increase.
He swung the riot baton and felt it was extremely handy.
For the upcoming Mist Game, besides fear, he also felt a faint sense of anticipation.
(End of this chapter)
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