Half an hour later.

Zhou Yi looked at the debuffs on his body and fell into deep thought.

Many resources can only be found at night. If you are always shrouded in darkness, how can you quickly widen the gap with others?

It must be eliminated as soon as possible.

Character selection screen.

The large one still stood alone at the back.

The server opened at 18:00 last night, and it has been 12 hours since then.

When Zhou Yi selected to exit, a prompt suddenly popped up on the screen.

[Player has 1 evolution point. The first stage of feedback to reality can be activated. Activate?]

[Note: This is the first phase of feedback, aimed at improving the player's physical strength.]

"Activate".

[Ding! Activated! Please provide sufficient energy.]

The scene before Zhou Yi's eyes flashed, and his gaze returned to the dilapidated wooden house.

However, the body is still semi-transparent and has not truly returned. You can choose to return now or re-enter the game.

This is a good setup; at least this way, you don't have to worry about being ambushed.

The stepdaughter, Zhao Yiyi, was curled up next to the phantom, still asleep, clutching her blanket.

"return."

The next second, a beam of white light shot out from the mysterious spire in the center of the Demon City, entered the slums, pierced through the walls, and struck Zhou Yi.

No neighbors witnessed this scene.

But in the city center, various factions that have been keeping a close eye on the Spire have already taken action.

This is the first unusual phenomenon to occur since the spire appeared.

"The target of the white light is the 88th district on the edge, but it is too far away to see the specific location."

"What could it be?"

"Send people to search immediately!"

Zhou Yi is currently experiencing changes in his body.

Breathing, touch, and sight all return instantly.

I played games all night and felt fine; in fact, I felt refreshed.

My back doesn't ache anymore, and my testicles don't hurt anymore.

Zhou Yi clenched his fist, and it cracked loudly.

This is a sense of power I've never felt before.

Something seemed to be breaking out of my mind.

Zhou Yi focused his mind, and the next second, a fireball the size of a ping-pong ball suddenly appeared in his palm.

Zhou Yi was deeply shaken!

Fireball!

In the blink of an eye, the fireball disappeared, and an intense feeling of hunger swept over his body.

Zhou Yi felt a sense of panic, and every cell in his body was craving energy.

At this moment, with a soft whimper, Zhao Yiyi woke up, her hazy eyes looking pitiful.

"Dad, I'm hungry..."

Zhou Yi immediately got up, "Come on, your godfather will treat you to a big meal!"

He quickly walked to the door.

But the little stepdaughter remained lying in bed, her face pale.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Zhou Yi reached out and touched his little stepdaughter's forehead; it was burning hot!

He has a high fever!

He was about to pick up Zhao Yiyi when he suddenly felt dizzy and his hands went weak.

"No, we need to fill our stomachs first."

"Wait at home, I'll be right back!"

Zhou Yi quickly walked out.

With tears welling in her eyes, Zhao Yiyi murmured softly, "Daddy, don't abandon me..."

She tried to get up, but she was too weak and hungry, and had no strength at all.

Watching Zhou Yi's departing figure, Zhao Yiyi was overcome with grief.

She had long anticipated this day, but she hadn't expected it to come so soon.

She was abandoned; she was going to die.

Zhou Yi closed the door, watched the sun rise in the east, and tightened his clothes.

The temperature dropped last night, and frost covered the rooftops, partially obscuring the decay of the slums.

Snow fell in June.

After the disaster, the weather became increasingly strange.

The stepdaughter likely developed a high fever last night because she was chilled.

Zhou Yi quickly went to the ATM and withdrew 1,000 yuan.

To avoid trouble, he only transferred 1,000 yuan from the Gods account.

As soon as he left the ATM, Zhou Yi keenly sensed that someone was following him.

Turning around, I saw a furtive figure immediately shrink back into the corner.

Zhou Yi turned left and right until he arrived at the isolation wall, where there was a relatively clean street.

"Hey! Zhou kid, I heard you made it big recently?" a cocky voice rang out.

A blond-haired man strode over with an arrogant air, wearing earrings, a nose ring, a big gold chain, and ripped jeans.

Wu Qian is one of the low-level leaders of the Tiger Head Gang in the slums.

"Which starting village are you in? What level are you?"

Zhou Yi feigned confusion and asked, "What newbie village?"

He muttered to himself, "Sure enough, someone's targeting gamers."

"Never mind..." Wu Qian waved his hand with a disappointed look. "I heard you killed that scoundrel and that black guy yesterday?"

"What! That good-for-nothing is dead?" Zhou Yi continued to play dumb.

He said with a smug look on his face, "I told you he was a short-lived bastard, always hanging out with black guys, he'd turn straight into gay..."

Wu Qian looked at Zhou Yi with a face full of suspicion.

It really wasn't this kid who did it?

After a moment's thought, he shook his head.

Given this kid's sickly state, it's highly unlikely he could take down both the punk and the black guy at the same time.

"What are you doing here? You're not here to see your pretty sister-in-law, are you?"

Zhou Yi chuckled and said, "Yeah! Want to come along?"

Wu Qian subconsciously swallowed, feeling quite tempted.

Just then, there were several loud crashes.

Several large, dark-skinned men flew out of Xue Ru Dumpling Shop like dumplings being dropped into a pot, rolling several times on the ground.

Zhou Yi recognized two of them; they were Black Pockmarked and Bald Qiang, the men who had come to collect debts yesterday.

"Gong Yan! You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences! Just you wait!" Black Pockmarked Man and the others staggered away, supporting each other.

Wu Qian's eyes widened.

Holy crap! Isn't one of them his boss?

Zhou Yi asked again, "Brother Qian, would you like to come along?"

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