Translator: CinderTL

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Boom!!

Outside a new single-story villa in the dream world.

Five faceless figures appeared one by one and quickly engaged in battle with Chen Feng.

Buzz!

A punch was thrown with unmatched force.

At this moment, Chen Feng was in need of some targets to vent his negative emotions.

With a dull sound, a faceless figure was struck in the head and sent flying backward.

Swish!

However, the remaining four showed no emotions or feelings.

Ignoring the death of their comrade, they either punched, kicked, lunged, or circled around him, soon surrounding Chen Feng in the center.

"Explosive Fist!"

With a cold expression, Chen Feng suddenly charged forward and punched.

The air whistled, as if a vacuum had appeared.

Boom!

The faceless figure hit by the punch flew backward, its head caving in, knocking down a comrade.

Tat tat tat tat tat!

Footsteps echoed rapidly, and the howling wind could be heard from behind and around him.

Chen Feng knew it was the remaining two and immediately planted his left foot on the ground, twisting his body and spinning.

Swish!

A whip-like kick cut through the air and struck the faceless figure's head.

Crack! The sound of breaking bones resonated.

Chen Feng didn't even glance at the opponent flying backward, narrowing his eyes and pulling back his fist, driving his elbow up and crashing backward.

Boom!

The last faceless figure who tried to ambush him was hit at a vital spot and quickly fell silent.

"Ha!"

The battle ended, and Chen Feng stood in place, exhaling a breath.

He felt inexplicably better, looking at the faceless figures lying on the ground.

He suddenly felt that they were much more pleasing to the eye than some people in real life.

Swish swish!

At that moment, his figure flashed backward.

Five black lines of surprise attacks were avoided by him.

The sizzling sound rose from the spot, and foul-smelling gray smoke spiraled upward.

Upon steadying his mind and looking closer, a large pool of black water quickly evaporated, leaving behind a mass of struggling ants and corroded pits.

Chen Feng was already used to it and was unfazed.

In contrast, the rapidly vanishing bodies of the faceless figures caught his attention more.

"These faceless figures seem a bit stronger than before."

As the gray light orb slowly appeared, Chen Feng's eyes gleamed.

They had surrounded him in an attack, almost at an amateur fourth-tier level.

That was the feeling he had just experienced.

And this was a test he had to undergo in exploring new areas.

Shaking his head, Chen Feng didn't probe further.

Stepping closer, he quickly collected the five gray light orbs.

[You have acquiredfive Talent Orbs: Perception!]

[Perception +5!]

[Talent: Perception LV1 (71/100)]

A prompt appeared on his interface, and Chen Feng couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Unknowingly, his perception talent had already leveled up to this point.

From his experience, he figured that by the next area exploration, after killing six faceless figures, he would be able to level up his perception talent to LV2.

"Not bad."

He nodded in satisfaction, not wasting time, and quickly opened the iron gate, entering the new single-story villa.

The trees in the front yard had long withered, with half of the ground covered in dirt and the other half paved with gray bricks.

The exterior of the house was dark, and the deep brown wooden door was soon pushed open by Chen Feng.

Buzz!

The door creaked open, and Chen Feng's eyes moved as he immediately spotted what he had been looking for in the living room.

Four light orbs: three red and one white.

His eyes brightened as he quickly approached and touched the four light orbs.

[You have picked upthree (Limit-Breaking Light Orb)!]

[Limit-Breaking Light Orb: Residual Will of a Martial Artist]

[Quality: Primary]

[Effect: Can somewhat enhance martial arts skill proficiency]

...

[You have picked up a (Attribute Light Orb)!]

[Attribute Light Orb: The Spiritual Residue of an Extraordinary Being]

[Quality: Primary]

[Effect: Using it will increase 0.5 points of any of the four basic attributes, effect distribution is random]

...

Looking at his gains, Chen Feng summoned the interface, his gaze stopping at the '+' behind Judo.

[Judo: Mastery (10%) +]

"Mastery proficiency, one Limit Break Light Orb can only increase about 20%."

"Three Limit Break Light Orbs, even if I use them all, won't be enough to break through Judo to the Perfection level…"

He thought to himself and then glanced at the progress of Explosive Fist.

[Explosive Fist: Beginner (11%) +]

Shaking his head, he temporarily gave up on improving these two skills.

The reason was simple—tomorrow, he was going to the core class of the martial arts school.

According to Coach Lu's private reminder, Chen Feng knew he would soon encounter some basic martial arts techniques.

So, since both Judo and Explosive Fist couldn't be upgraded for now and wouldn't boost his strength immediately, he decided to leave the Limit Break Light Orb for later and see what happened tomorrow.

If he really got access to some martial arts techniques, maybe he could directly allocate points to beginner-level skills.

With that thought settled, Chen Feng's mind was clear, and he quickly turned his attention to the Attribute Light Orb.

Without hesitation, he silently thought:

"Allocate points!"

[Strength: 9.9]

[Agility: 9.3 → 9.5]

[Constitution: 9.6 → 9.8]

[Willpower: 10.0 → 10.1]

"This time, no points were allocated to Strength..."

His gaze flickered as Chen Feng felt a bit regretful.

He felt that if he could increase his strength a little more, he should be able to reach the amateur ninth-tier level.

But he wasn't too disappointed. Having points allocated was better than not at all. As long as there was improvement, it was a good thing.

With that thought, Chen Feng quickly calmed down and continued his search in the dream world.

Perhaps due to average luck, he didn't sense any more light orbs.

However, a new diary caught his attention.

[Alliance Calendar, Year 245, December 6.]

[This winter is colder than ever, and the Black Calamity has severed all roads to the wilderness.]

[The high walls have been eroded and rotted, dawn is far away, and the law enforcement teams can't hold on much longer.]

[We don't know if we'll survive.]

...

[Alliance Calendar, Year 246, January 19.]

[We survived the harsh winter, but the city's defense perimeter has shrunk again.]

[Food has run out, roads are blocked...]

[Aid from other cities has still not arrived. Perhaps they've also encountered the Black Calamity...]

...

[Alliance Calendar, Year 246, March 5.]

[In the darkness, I finally heard some news that could be considered good.]

[A newcomer in the law enforcement team has experienced a talent mutation, summoning the spirits of our ancestors...]

[Perhaps he will become our hope for survival?]

...

The diary ended here, with messy handwriting.

But Chen Feng's intuition told him this was likely written by a man.

Because in this villa, he only saw men's clothing and shoes.

"Alliance Calendar, Year 246?"

"The last Alliance History book mentioned that the High Wall Alliance was founded 240 years ago, so this history book must have been written in Alliance Year 240..."

"It also mentioned the Abyss and Black Calamity that appeared thirty years ago. So, the Black Calamity must have started in Alliance Year 210."

His gaze flickered as Chen Feng recalled the last Alliance History book he saw, trying to combine the information from it with the diary.

Then, looking at the final entry in this diary.

A thought struck him, and he suddenly remembered the first diary he found, written by a youth named Wang Yu.

It seemed that he, too, had joined the law enforcement team in the end?

(End of the Chapter)

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