Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 61 Reform

Packing away the rolling pin, Li Ang then looked at the next quest reward.

[Quest Reward 4: Random Quality Random Scroll*1]

Having received the Steel Stick before, Li Ang didn’t hold out much hope for his luck today. After clicking on the scroll, light flashed.

[Skill Scroll Name: Fragment Scatter]

[Attribute: Learning Type]

[Type: Spiritual Energy]

[Grade: Common]

[Special Effect: Designate a direction to create a repulsion force in all directions, causing unsecured small items to simultaneously scatter in all directions, forming a burst radius of ten meters.]

[Consumption: 50 Spirit Power Value]

[Cooldown Time: 30 seconds]

[Learning Requirement: Intelligence Attribute higher than 7 points]

[Remark: Scram, you damned bugs!]

Hmm... Judging by the effect, it’s roughly equivalent to an ultimate beggar’s version of Shinra Tensei?

Li Ang evaluated, "The destructive power isn’t very high, probably nowhere near even the blast wave from a hand grenade, but it’s quite applicable.

"If it can affect the human body, then standing at a distance, one could silently cause an ordinary person’s internal organs to rupture. It’s extremely covert for assassination...

"As for players, they either possess Spiritual Energy-type protective items that can block long-range skills, or their bodies possess abundant vitality and have an innate resistance to Spiritual Energy spells, so an instant assassination upon meeting is unlikely."

Without hesitation, Li Ang learned the skill and allocated the two free attribute points he received after upgrading from Lv4 to Lv6 into Strength and Agility to meet the equipment requirements for the Steel Stick.

Just as Xing Hechou and the player forums had said, after reaching Lv6, the System interface underwent another change. After a brief delay, new lettering appeared in front of the player nickname on the player information panel.

[Title: Frenzied Ripper]

[Activation Method: Active]

[Special Effect: Gain an extra attack power bonus when attacking the enemy’s chest or abdominal cavity.]

[Consumption: 5% of total Stamina Points]

[Cooldown Time: 5 seconds]

[Remark: Butcher Pudge has arrived!]

After focusing his consciousness on the title, the System considerately projected an image of Li Ang smashing his fist into the chest and abdomen of a demon.

... Li Ang muttered to himself, "The effects of this title are okay. But why this name? It makes me sound like a serial killer with a rage disorder..."

The only pity was that this mission did not trigger a Trait that could increase attributes.

To summarize, Li Ang’s current player panel was:

[Frenzied Ripper·Li Rising]

[Lv6. Experience Gauge: 132/600]

[Strength: 8]

[Agility: 7]

[Intelligence: 7]

[Constitution: 7]

[Perception: 7]

[Charisma: 4]

[Equipment: Strange Eye, Face-Changing Mask, Soul-Calling Banner, Steel Stick]

[Inventory: AK47, Grenade, Molotov Cocktail, Fire Rat Fur, Strange Corpse, Plague Ghost Skin, White Bone Spine]

[Skill Bar: Adrenaline Activation Method, Ripple Breathing Method, Fragment Scatter]

[Game Currency: 2,660]

Just looking at his stats on paper, Li Ang would be considered among the stronger batch of players, even among those at the same level. Passive skills, active skills, functional equipment, and offensive weapons—he had it all. It was just these attributes...

Why is my Strength higher than my Intelligence? Am I supposed to develop into a melee mage like Gandalf, swinging a hundred-pound magic wand around to bash people?

Li Ang put aside his jumbled thoughts and turned over to sleep.

In the following days, the incident caused by Zou Zhengze gradually subsided. Officials attributed the collapse of the slum building to an underground gas pipeline explosion, while the collective amnesia of the slum residents was said to be caused by mass hysteria triggered by gas leaks.

The police, who had also followed the clues of the Zeng Weiming and Wang Fangni murder cases to Zou Zhengze, filed away the case after receiving an internal message from the Special Affairs Bureau and removed the police protection that had been assigned to Li Ang.

"The ducks know first when the river warms in spring." Despite the international situation remaining generally calm with some local turbulence, subtle changes could still be discerned from the news.

Several major banks in the United States merged into one. Giant pharmaceutical companies poured huge funds into researching new drugs. News organizations like Fox and CNN changed their tune, inviting some social science experts and scholars to produce a segment on LGBT-related topics, the content of which was surprisingly objective. Business magnates held consecutive charity galas, actively campaigning for the upcoming presidential election and raising large sums for campaign funds.

The U.S. military-industrial complex undertook bold internal reforms. Contradicting the typical greedy nature of capitalists, it disregarded economic benefits and slashed outdated projects. Various new projects that seemed unreliable at first glance (such as a global aerospace strategic bomber, prism tanks, etc.) were launched one after another. Netizens in the United States hotly debated whether this was another "Star Wars" scam targeting the country across the sea.

There were many similar international news stories. For example, the Prime Minister of Britannia resigned and was replaced by a staunchly traditionalist Protestant. As soon as this gentleman took office, he managed to topple the obstinate incumbent London mayor and revised the refugee policy, vehemently refusing to accept new refugees. A number of dark-skinned Britannian residents took to the streets to protest, claiming this move was a desecration of human rights.

Germany and France, while condemning Britannia’s disregard for human rights, simultaneously extended an olive branch, discreetly discussing the possibility of restarting the European Union. To sway John Bull, both the Gallic Rooster and Hans Cat were even willing to personally step in and kick out those useless allies who only knew how to ask for money.

The northern Bear was in constant turmoil. For instance, a certain oil tycoon’s son fled to Switzerland, claiming his father was under house arrest and deprived of personal freedom. He appealed to the United States and other free countries to lend a hand in defending human rights—unfortunately, nobody paid him any mind; the United States, at most, issued a verbal condemnation.

The old sage of South Asia’s White Elephant was on the news programs again, wildly boasting that the White Elephant should independently develop new types of weapons and build a strong military to adapt to the new international ecological landscape. To this end, the populace should be prepared to share weal and woe with the White Elephant and adapt to the impending tax hikes.

The behemoths in East Asia’s ’monster den’ were also stirring restlessly, constantly making small moves: the White Rabbit’s fishery regulatory ships were being built as rapidly as dumplings dropping into a pot; new ballistic missiles were successfully test-fired; Southern Stick’s chaebols invested in establishing private security companies; and Basin Chicken formed an alliance of religious figures, among other things.

Aside from Blue Star’s ’Five Great Ruffians’ and a few ’mascots’ making any moves, other regions remained in their same state of ignorant oblivion—lagging behind, yet seemingly content.

These scattered, serpentine clues, when pieced together, gradually wove a panoramic tapestry of the world on the cusp of a new era’s tide. As the Killing Fields game continued to advance, these colossal waves of change would eventually engulf all of humanity, and various secret organizations, long concealed behind the veils of history and the curtains of modern society, would also fully reveal themselves.

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