Time to Wake Up, Warrior, Let’s Burside World to Ashes—

  The driver was a bit surprised, thinking the guy in front of him might be a bit crazy. But he holy cpped his big hands together:

  "What’s this? I’ll give you ara box for free!"

  Li Aozhi didn’t haggle, trading his terminal for ten boxes of ‘Romantis’ cigarette cases.

  These cigarettes themselves had no special meaning but were part of a quest achievement in the game.

  He had already pleted all three [Dest] tasks by speaking with people, unlog all pyer funs, including: [Game Forum], [Limited Time Events], [Abyss Auto Chess], [Game Mall], and 19 other funs.

  Some features, like the [Game Mall], he hadn’t had time to check yet. Is like [Pyer Forum], [Limited Time Events], and [Auto Chess] were still gray, meaning they were locked.

  "Maybe they’ll unlock with a version update. Some features were added in ter versions, like auto chess and mini-games, which came after 4.0."

  However, some funs were avaible from the start. Li Aozhi had worried that as an NPC tempte, he might not be patible with the pyer system, but it seemed most funs were usable.

  This included the [Career Achievements] fun.

  In 'Abyss of Stars,' there were hundreds of thousands of achievements, each providing various bes to pyers.

  Li Aozhi knew of a stage achievement that could be pleted on Azure Star and wasn’t too difficult, involving these ‘Romantis’ cigarettes.

  He had already opehe cigarette packs in front of the driver, returhe cigarettes, ahe cases. He peeled off the foil yers between the cigarettes and the boxes.

  Uhe driver’s disdainful gaze, Li Aozhi folded the foil yers acc to the creases, making cards out of the tes.

  [You have obtained one card of the 'Romantic Messenger' series: Achievement unlocked—Sleep Talk]

  [You have obtained one card of the 'Romantic Messenger' series (duplicate)]

  [You have obtained one card of the 'Romantic Messenger' series (duplicate)]

  [You have obtained one card of the 'Romantic Messenger' series: Achievement unlocked—Lovesick]

  [You have obtained one card of the 'Romantic Messenger' series (duplicate)]

  ………………

  [You have obtained one card of the 'Romantic Messenger' series: Achievement unlocked—Crazy Song]

  [Accumuted three 'Romantic Messenger' cards, obtained perma specialty: Love Hunter]

  [Perma Specialty ? Love Hunter]——:

  Cuisi Di Romantis was a charming and passionate man, a crazy guy who could attraen and women before being a sharpshooter in Nasik.

  Swearing on his great-grandmother’s name, even robots couldn’t resist Cuisi Di Romantis’s romantic advances.

  However, a man’s most attractive quality isn’t his looks but his unwavering pursuit of his initial passion.

  Cuisi Di Romantis abahe allure of panions and resolutely carried his gun into Nasik's hunting grounds, fag the fiercest and most evil beasts.

  Here lies the hunter's true home.

  [Effect]: Main attribute growth +1.

  [Perma Effect]——If the main attribute is [Charisma], main attribute gains +30%.

  "Great, this is it!"

  Li Aozhi nodded.

  Specialties are a direct refle of a pyer’s and NPC’s bat power, providing buffs aance.

  A good specialty even pensate for attribute differences.

  Thinking about this, Li Aozhi looked at the driver more favorably.

  If the driver hadn’t given him ara box, he might not have drawn three different cards.

  Perma specialties are rare and only activate under certain ditions, usually reted to ability growth.

  Li Aozhi focused on his main attribute, [Charisma].

  As a veteran pyer, he khat a low core attribute made any profession painful to py.

  The [Starfall Master] and its initial profession, [Mutant], especially felt like a life sentehout a strong core attribute, produg negligible effects.

  "I almost fot, although Frost is a pce of poverty and viliny, it’s also where you get the most specialties!"

  Many female pyers from Frost, though their levels were suppressed by pyers from other tries, each had at least five specialties in arena matches.

  One professional pyer even had 24 bat specialties by level 60!

  Many couldn’t collect that many specialties by level 100, and they were all bat specialties, equivalent to having three extra pieces of equipment in a fight.

  This allowed that female pyer to domihe solo rankings for two versions.

  The 'Romantic Messenger' series had 13 cigarette box cards. Colleg them all gave a signifit [Charisma] boost, perfeutant].

  "Also, heading to the shelter, I should be able to get that rare specialty..."

  Li Aozhi squinted.

  Although not a [Charisma] specialty, it had an enviable effect that could reverse the early-stage struggles of a [Mutant].

  "Better get off the truck before it gets too dark and you freeze to death."

  The driver started urging him out. Li Aozhi didn’t linger, grabbed his luggage, and opehe door.

  Whomp, whomp, whomp, g, g, g————

  The howling wind whipped up id sand, pounding the door. Li Aozhi, used to this, ed his scarf around his head like a bandit, leaving only a slit for his eyes. He calmly stepped out, closing the door heavily. The sound of the door smming was drowned in the wind, almost inaudible.

  As soon as he closed the door, the driver hit the gas, eager to leave.

  Li Aozhi turned, not fog on the driver’s hasty departure but looking up at the sky.

  The outside world’s sky.

  The cold sky was ed in eerie bd red gases, no sunlight pierg through the thick clouds. The cold air carried a ing smell. Without sunlight, the ground was covered in snow, the low temperatures preventing it from melting, coating the barren gravel with a thin yer of frost.

  Snow and sand cshed violently in the wind, their fine particles colliding and creating a subtle sound, whispering like voices in his ear. Stepping on the ground, the soft snow and sand deformed, making a creepy creaking sound, twisted by the wind into eerie whispers.

  Cold, despair, lifeless.

  This was the world abandoned and exploited by the four tries, c 70% of Azure Star.

  The massive atmosphere, surrounded by yers of nano-meical particles, intercepted and absorbed sunlight. The four tries established orbital elevators around the os, using sor energy collected by the nano-clouds for power, monopolizing resources.

  "Humanity's cruelty to its own far surpasses that of the void and demons."

  Li Aozhi mocked, wiping the frozen sand from his eyeshes. The ade him shiver, the real skin feedback reminding him he was no longer a pyer in this world.

  This was his life.

  Pyers could restart, but in this deathly wastend, he had only one choice.

  quer.

  Not just survival, this wastend also harbored danger and cruelty. Only the stro could survive here.

  "Wele to the outside world."