Chapter 102

Li Cheng brainstormed while opening his player panel; this quest had unlocked a new trait.

【New Human: 1 Constitution, 500% Fertility】

"Puh!"

Li Cheng instantly spat out a mouthful of iced cola, nearly choking as it shot toward his nose.

"What the hell? Fine, the 1 Constitution I'll accept—but 500% fertility? Are you kidding? One shot and you're done? Warning: I'm a minor, no lewd stuff."

With a grimace, Li Cheng opened the trait details; the system automatically projected a scene of him, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jin Huiying stepping out of the studio and into the wilderness.

Hmm. In a way, this trait was oddly fitting. From the script world's perspective, the Catgirl civilization had boarded a spaceship to explore the deep cosmos, returning Earth to humanity.

Even Confucius, if transported to now, couldn't solve a chemistry problem.

Just as Li Cheng was mentally grumbling,

【Intelligence: 9】 (Genius)

The tremor was mild, coming fast and fading quickly. Teachers in every class struggled to maintain order. Thousands of students crowded onto the grass, whispering and clamoring.

Probability and statistics, solid geometry, functions, trigonometry, analytic geometry, sequences.

Mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, electricity.

Organic compounds, chemical reaction rates, chemical calculations.

In the midterm exam room, students scratched their heads, wore pained expressions, sweated profusely while biting their lips, or constantly shook their legs and spun their pens.

"Hmm," Li Cheng said, "Only S-waves, no P-waves."

Only S-waves and no P-waves meant this wasn't a normal earthquake.

"If even a Level 10 player is this strong, I can't imagine how powerful Level 30 or 40 players must be…"

【Strength: 9】 (Human Limit)

Still, to avoid deviating too much from his original persona, he continued solving problems at a steady pace, occasionally making deliberate mistakes to precisely control his score.

(Charisma not counted)

Roughly equivalent to the average Level 12 player—this rank was already considered core strength by major guilds.

Meanwhile, Han Letian, sitting in front of him, seemed stuck on a hard question; he'd given up thinking and wrote ABCD on all four sides of his temple-ritual eraser, deciding multiple-choice answers by tossing it, muttering softly, "Confucius, save me!"

【Equipment Slot: Holographic Bone Corridor, Bat Hook Claw Gun, 170 Straight Blade, Nuclear Lighter, Thunder Horn】

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Li Cheng wiped off the cola, thought for a moment, then decided not to message his friend for details—it felt weird.

"Following this logic, Little Red Riding Hood and Jin Huiying might have triggered the same trait."

Li Cheng mumbled, got into bed, turned off the light, and went to sleep. He had school tomorrow.

【Lv8. Experience: 200/800】

Since free stats were free to take, he promptly equipped the trait and allocated his two free attribute points from leveling up from Lv6 to Lv8—adding one to Intelligence and one to Perception.

【Perception: 8】 (Top Hunter Level)

【Charisma: 6】 (Cute)

"Earthquake in Yin City too?"

【Sanity: 240】

"Got your phone? Can I borrow it? I need to call home and let them know I'm safe."

"989986."

Li Cheng assessed his current combat power: "If I went all out and slaughtered freely, I'd be equivalent to an entire fully armed special ops team with heavy weaponry."

【Skill Slot: Mist Concealment, Multi-Threaded Brain Method, Role-Playing Experience Method, Death Curse Torrent (Temporary), Bloodlust Rage (Temporary)】

At the school broadcast's instruction, everyone left the building and headed for the playground.

"Figured it out?" Yuan Zhixia raised an eyebrow.

So now his player panel read:

【Life-or-Death Gambler · Master Pi Fu】

Listening to others' chatter, Li Cheng quietly slipped away from his class line and found Yuan Zhixia, who was also staying apart from the crowd, playing with her phone under the tree shade. "This earthquake feels off, doesn't it?"

Seismic waves, classified by propagation method, are divided into P-waves (primary), S-waves (secondary), and L-waves (surface).

Thinking of it, he couldn't help but feel admiration for the Special Affairs Bureau, the Global Supernatural Alliance, and other official organizations.

Without these groups keeping things in check, the power-hungry transcenders would've already plunged society into chaos, trampling order beneath their feet.

"Clearly didn't pay attention in geography. Broadly speaking, China's southeastern coast lies near the Pacific Ring of Fire—Yin City is no exception. I'd guess this quake's at most 4 to 5 on the Richter scale, and the epicenter's far from the city center. No big deal."

"The Bat Hook Claw Gun ensures mobility, the Bone Corridor's Bloodlust Rage and the 170 Straight Blade handle close combat, the Nuclear Lighter and Thunder Horn deliver area damage, and Mist Concealment aids evasion."

A dull, thunderous rumble came from far away; then desks, classrooms, and the entire building began to shake slightly. Windowpanes warped under pressure, emitting twisted, creaking groans.

The middle-aged teacher, who had been calmly sipping tea from his thermos behind the podium, instinctively stood up, froze for two seconds, then shouted: "Earthquake! Get out now!"

Calculating based on an untrained adult's base stats of 5 across all attributes, he'd now added 18 total attribute points.

【Agility: 8】 (Top Sprinter Level)

Confused students scrambled out of the classroom under the teachers' urging. Li Cheng stood, tapped Shao Wangshu on the shoulder—she was so absorbed in her exam she hadn't even noticed the quake.

"What's going on? Earthquake?"

P-waves arrive before S-waves, so during an earthquake, the ground first jolts vertically, then shakes horizontally.

Li Cheng stared at his panel stats, curled the center of his lips upward while pulling the corners down—smiling as he gave himself a thumbs-up.

Pure-blooded human men and women needed to reproduce, excavate technology from the Old Night era, and rebuild a second-generation human civilization. Hence the "New" in the trait.

【Constitution: 9】 (Human Limit) (New Human: 1)

P-waves travel straight and fastest, causing vertical shaking in buildings. S-waves move in a wavy upward motion, slower, causing the ground to shake front-to-back and side-to-side.

Boom—

Li Cheng sat in the back row with a calm expression; having maintained the Multi-Threaded Brain Domain Method for a long time, he had absorbed far more knowledge than his peers, and even without activating the Multi-Threaded Thinking Mode, brushing through these exam papers was as easy as playing.

【Inventory: Insect Lord Divine Corruption Crystal, Akili Toy Factory Key x3, Wound-Stop Gel x6, Ten-Eye Communication Earpiece, Emergency Escape Card, SCAR Assault Rifle, Drone, Erotic Dao Robe】

【Game Currency: 5050】

【Spirit Power: 425】

Since Li Cheng had already noticed, Yuan Zhixia had no need to hide it—she showed him the phone screen. "It's definitely an anomaly event, Red Alert level; it'll likely escalate to Deep Red soon."

A Deep Red Alert, if not handled in time, will endanger an entire city.

(End of Chapter)