Liu Bo's voice boomed loudly, causing everyone sitting on the ground to turn their heads toward him.
"What's going on? Why the sudden outburst?"
Zhang Ziming stood up, his face full of confusion, and jogged over.
"Look for yourself. There's fog appearing out of nowhere ahead."
"Huh? What the hell? What's happening?"
Ji Bo, standing nearby, also widened his eyes in shock. He swallowed hard and looked at Su Yang. "Yang-ge, this isn't normal, right?"
Su Yang's expression turned serious. "Fog appearing out of thin air… something's off. Everyone, stop resting. Let's move out now and get out of this forest first."
As he spoke, he waved at the others and called out to them.
Seeing this, the group quickly got to their feet. But just as they stood up, Ye Wan suddenly shouted, "Look behind us!"
Hearing her, everyone turned around. About seven or eight meters away, translucent mist had begun materializing in midair.
Su Yang immediately frowned and yelled, "Stop looking! Let's go, now!"
"Right, right, got it!"
"Avoid touching the fog if you can! Go around it!" Su Yang warned loudly.
The sudden appearance of the fog instantly turned the previously relaxed atmosphere tense.
The ten of them hurried toward the northeast direction of the forest. But after only a few steps, another thick patch of fog emerged ahead, dense enough to block their vision.
At first, the mist had been translucent, but now it had turned completely white—like the sudden fog banks that appear on highways.
Before they could react, the white mist erupted from all directions at an alarming speed, swallowing the entire visible area in an instant.
The process was frighteningly fast. In less than five seconds, the fog had obscured everything.
At that moment, Su Yang felt a wave of dizziness wash over him, but it vanished as quickly as it came.
"Damn it!" Su Yang shouted, "Stay calm, everyone! Don’t panic, and don’t get separated!"
But by the time he spoke, he could no longer see anyone around him—nor did anyone respond.
Even Liu Bo and Pan Ning, who had been standing close to him just moments ago, were now silent.
"Goddammit!" Su Yang cursed under his breath before yelling again, "Pan Pan! Fatty! Little Lu!"
"Yang-ge! Where are you?!" Liu Bo's voice came from a few meters away.
Hearing him, Su Yang felt a surge of relief. "Fatty, you okay? Stay where you are—I’m coming to you."
He moved toward the direction of Liu Bo’s voice.
Only when he got close enough to touch Liu Bo’s shoulder could Su Yang barely make out the figure in front of him.
The visibility in this fog was terrifyingly low—anything beyond twenty centimeters was completely invisible.
Liu Bo swallowed nervously. "What the hell, Yang-ge? One second everything was fine, the next, I can’t see a thing. Where are the others?"
"No idea. You alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Let’s call for them!"
"Got it!" Liu Bo agreed, and the two began shouting for the rest of the group.
"Pan Pan! Little Lu! Little Tang! Ji Bo!"
They called out every name, but still, no one answered.
"Shit! Did they just… vanish into thin air?"
"No way. If they disappeared, why are we still here?"
"But we can’t see anything, and we can’t just wander around blindly. What do we do?"
"Stay put for now. Let’s wait."
With visibility this bad, moving around was too risky, so they stayed where they were.
If even Su Yang could barely see, Liu Bo stood no chance.
"I swear, how did this fog come out of nowhere like this?" Liu Bo muttered in frustration.
Su Yang shook his head. "First time I’ve seen anything like it. You got any signal on your phone?"
Hearing this, Liu Bo quickly pulled out his phone and squinted at the screen. "Damn it—no service!"
"Same here. Fuck!"
Just then, a faint voice reached Su Yang’s ears.
"Wait!" Su Yang cut Liu Bo off.
"What?"
"I heard something. Pan Pan! Little Lu! Is that you?" Su Yang tilted his head, trying to see who it was.
But it was useless—he still couldn’t make out anything.
"Su… Su Yang-ge?" A soft female voice responded from nearby.
"Qianyu?!" Su Yang recognized her voice.
"Yeah, it’s me. Where are you?"
"Don’t move—I’m coming to you!" Su Yang called out.
"Okay~"
"Yang-ge, I’ll go with you!" Liu Bo said.
"Alright, stick together. Who knows what else might happen? Sounded like she was about ten meters to our left."
"Hold onto me. Watch your step."
"Got it!"
Liu Bo grabbed Su Yang’s arm, and the two slowly made their way toward Meng Qianyu’s location.
"Qianyu! Keep talking!"
"I’m here, still in the same spot!"
"Okay!"
After a moment, they finally reached her. She was sitting in the thick fog, hugging her knees.
"Su Yang-ge! Fatty, you’re here too?"
"Yeah, I’m here. Where are the others? Why didn’t you answer when we were shouting earlier?"
"I don’t know… I passed out. Just woke up and heard your voice."
"Passed out?" Su Yang and Liu Bo crouched down.
"Yeah. The moment the fog appeared, everything went black, and I lost consciousness."
"You think the fog’s poisonous?" Liu Bo guessed.
Su Yang turned to him. "Did you pass out?"
"No, just felt dizzy for a second."
"That’s so damn weird. The others probably fainted where they were too. You two stay here—I’ll go check."
"Su Yang-ge!" Meng Qianyu grabbed his sleeve anxiously. "Don’t… don’t leave yet. I’m scared."
Su Yang gave her a reassuring smile. "It’s okay. Fatty will stay with you. If the others just fainted, they’re still nearby. I won’t go far."
"Alright…"
"Fatty, keep an eye on Qianyu. Call out if anything happens."
"Don’t worry, Yang-ge. We’ll be fine."
"Good." Su Yang nodded, stood up, and stepped back into the fog.
The moment he took that step, Liu Bo lost sight of him completely.
"Jesus, what kind of freaky fog is this? It’s so thick!"
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grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
