The first thing Li Ang did after teleportation ended was to rush into the plastic curtain compartment of the Alchemy Workshop.

He started the disinfection shower, first rinsing the outermost protective suit. After taking it off and storing it in his backpack slot, he went to the adjacent air filtration compartment and waited for a while. Then, he returned to the disinfection shower compartment to wash the second protective suit he wore underneath.

Only after both protective suits had been cleaned did he decontaminate himself to ensure that his body was free from any pathogens brought back from the Abnormal World.

Being Carefully Cautious was never a mistake. If inadequate preventive measures led to him waking up to a room full of ineradicable Flesh Fungi Blanket, Li Ang might well be beaten to death by the landlady when she rushed over after hearing the news...

After tidying up, while still wearing his gloves, he threw the bucket full of residual disinfectant liquid and the outermost protective suit into the Forging Furnace.

The furnace could only forge equipment or items from materials with extraordinary properties. However, if one insisted on throwing garbage like plastic bags and disposable chopsticks into the funnel, the forging function could still be activated, though the final product... would be a pile of utterly useless dust.

This feature seemed futile, but Li Ang keenly discovered two uses. The first was that he could throw all household trash into it, saving time on waste sorting. He wouldn't have to go downstairs to the sorting station and face the seniors' interrogations of 'What kind of trash is this?' The second was that he could easily dispose of some difficult-to-handle waste: for example, a piece of meat almost as heavy as a whole deer, flammable and explosive chemical waste, processed steel scrap, blood-stained ill-fitting clothes, and so on. He no longer needed to run to the outskirts of the city under cover of darkness, stuffing all sorts of hard-to-deal-with trash into a Snake Skin Bag, tying it to a stone, and sinking it in the river. Pretty convenient.

After dealing with the garbage, Li Ang finally walked out of the Alchemy Workshop. He lay back on the sofa and heaved a long sigh of relief. That was close. This mission's script was incredibly complex: two teams in team competition mode with mission completion conditions allowing cooperation or conflict; plot characters who could be trusted or killed outright; an Aberrant Progenitor with unbelievably strong endurance; and a nuclear self-destruct mechanism capable of destroying both the lab and the players.

A slight slip could lead to a reduction in players on one's side, forcing an early engagement with the other team. Even if some members of the opposing team were eliminated, one's own team could suffer losses due to backlash, ultimately failing to achieve the scoring target.

The System really has a nasty sense of humor...

Li Ang shook his head and allowed Chai Cuiqiao to emerge from his chest to check the rewards for this mission.

[Reward Settlement in Progress]

[Player Overall Performance: S, earnings of Game Coins and Experience Points increased to 155%]

[Mission Reward 1: Excellent Quality Skill Scroll*1]

[Mission Reward 2: 800 Experience Points, 800 Game Coins]

"Wow..."

Li Ang's eyes lit up. The Experience Point reward this time was a staggering eight hundred, higher than any mission he had undertaken before. According to the mission note '200 points (Game Coins, Experience Points) * final positive score,' I not only completed tasks 1, 2, and 3 but also earned a kill score by taking out a member of the enemy team.

They were probably digested by the Aberrant Progenitor's stomach acid, Li Ang mused. I'm just not sure which one of them—Stonemason, Black Holy Son, or Zhuang Pengpai—it was...

At that moment, just as the Aberrant Progenitor was about to strike Li Ang with its tentacles, a violent roar erupted from its abdominal cavity, momentarily stalling its attack and buying Li Ang time.

This might have been the handiwork of Stonemason and the others. It was probably because of this assist that Stonemason and his group were recognized by the System as having participated in killing the Aberrant Progenitor, thus earning a critical point. Plus, I took away the Origin of Life, which prevented the remaining two from being wiped out directly.

The overall evaluation for this mission is S-rank. If I had completed mission objective 4—destroying the Origin of Life—and killed a few more enemies, I would have gotten an S+.

After multiplying by a coefficient of 1.55, Li Ang gained a total of 1,240 Experience Points and 1,240 Game Coins.

Confirming the upgrade, his current level was Lv10, and his Experience Bar was at 599/1,000.

His Game Currency also rebounded to 4,230.

Meanwhile, the player information panel changed again. In front of his nickname, "Li Rising," new characters slowly emerged:

[Title: Flesh Cutter]

[Activation: Passive]

[Special Effect: When hitting enemy units with physical attacks, extra pieces of flesh are gouged from the enemy's wound. The amount gouged is determined by the attack's strength, breadth, and depth.]

[Cost: None]

[Note: Even if you want ten pounds of inch-gold cartilage, you have to finely chop it into mince, and see no sign of flesh remaining.]

The image corresponding to the title showed Li Ang crouching on the ground, dissecting the Mothman with keen interest, and another scene where he used the Virulent Poison Short Dagger to gouge the Origin of Life from the back of the Aberrant Progenitor.

"Hmm..." Li Ang squinted, stroking his chin. This Title Skill's name is a bit lame, but it's actually quite useful. During combat, whether through a barrage from firearms or a cut from a short dagger, it's easy to trigger the passive Special Effect and directly gouge out a large chunk of flesh from the opponent, effectively destroying their remaining combat ability. It would be quite handy for assassinations in the real world too. For instance, if I randomly threw a toothpick while walking down the street and hit someone's forehead, I could easily gouge out flesh from their brow. The only drawback is probably the note, which seems to plagiarize 'Lu Tixia Beats Zhen Guanxi'...

Player skills are incredibly diverse, with unpredictable and ever-changing effects. Assassinating ordinary people would be ridiculously easy if one chose to.

It's still just the early stages of the Killing Game. If we wait until the players' paths to promotion are completely clear and the truth of the Killing Game is revealed to all of humanity, the existing social order will likely undergo unprecedented, massive changes.

Li Ang, from the perspective of a keyboard politician, considered several possible future social models and couldn't help but scratch his head.

No matter how things change, for the vast majority of the general public, perhaps the current serene and stable social order is the most comfortable, safe, and happy... An uneventful situation is truly the best situation.

After thinking for a long time without reaching any conclusion, Li Ang decisively pushed the problem of exploring the ideal social model to the back of his mind and clicked on the Excellent Quality Skill Scroll in his inventory.

[Skill Scroll Name: No One Can Defeat Me In My BGM]

[Property: Learning type, disappears after one use]

[Type: General]

[Grade: Excellent]

[Activation: Active]

[Special Effect: When well-known music plays nearby, it bestows buff effects on the user. The type of buff effect is consistent with the emotional core of the music track.]

[Cost: 20% of total Sanity Value]

[Cooldown: 5 minutes]

[Learning Requirements: Charm Attribute ≥ 4 points, Strength Attribute ≥ 6 points, Physical Attributes ≥ 6 points]

[Note: Players can trigger the skill's Special Effect by carrying a music-playing device or by singing themselves. The buff effect gained from carrying a music-playing device is stronger than singing oneself; moreover, the larger the music device and the louder the sound, the stronger the buff effect.]

[Note: Qiao Feng, the Beggar King of the Great Song, is not only high-spirited and honorable in his actions, with a broad mind, but his Martial Arts are also among the best in the world. However, no matter where he goes, he never removes the hat from his head. Those in the know claim that hidden within that old, large hat is something called a 'sound system,' the very source of Lord Qiao's undefeated record.]

[Note: Sing the battle hymn!]