The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

Lin Yuwei's message: "Did you see the news about the gray fog infection on the channel?"

Su Mu replied with an "Mm".

The reply came almost instantly: "I did some research and asked a few other guilds. This gray fog infection only affects those below level four; they won't be affected after level three job advancement."

The lower the level, the faster you drop. There's another condition... cable cars above level three won't be affected by the fog.

Su Mu looked at the line of words and his heart stirred slightly.

He had just sifted through the channels to get a rough conclusion, and Lin Yuwei had already confirmed even the conditions for the cable car's class.

"The intelligence gathering is incredibly fast," he remarked.

However, it must be said that the other side used to be very fast at gathering intelligence.

Just then, Lin Yuwei sent another message: "You should have guessed my talent by now, right?"

Su Mu was taken aback.

He instinctively sent a question mark: "What do you mean?"

There was no immediate reply from the other end.

Su Mu frowned.

This is so sudden.

After waiting for a long time, the other party did not reply.

Su Mu found it increasingly strange, but he didn't press the matter.

He reopened the world chat. At this moment, discussions about the gray fog infection had taken up a significant amount of space.

"So we can't survive without changing jobs? This world is forcing us to level up."

"That's just how it is. Think about it, if everyone could just stay inside the cable car and farm, who would want to go out and risk their lives?"

"Currently, the fog can infect levels below three. What about later? Will it also infect level four?"

"Don't scare yourself. But to be honest, I kind of believe it. The rules of this world are forcing us to move forward."

"I used to think that having dungeons would guarantee a minimum reward, and I could just grind it out. Now that dungeons are gone, and if you're not high enough level, you'll lose stamina. It's really not a way out."

Most people in the channel were agreeing.

Su Mu looked through them one by one and quickly understood the overall trend.

Although everyone had entered this world before, as time went on and they gradually gained a foothold, their fear actually subsided considerably.

With the food problem solved, items can be exchanged at the exchange, and once dungeons appear, monsters can be fought and leveled up under relatively safe rules.

Many people are beginning to feel that although the world is difficult, they can still survive by taking things slowly.

But the gray fog infection came as a complete shock.

It tells everyone: in this world, you will die if you don't fight or level up.

Su Mu thought to himself that this rule had always existed, but it was only now being perceived on a large scale.

He recalled that when he first entered this world, everyone was afraid.

I'm afraid of monsters, afraid of eerie things, afraid of those inexplicable things at night. Later...

When fear lingers for too long, it becomes a habit. Especially after the intervention of the strong wind organization, the situation has clearly eased a lot, and many people have become complacent.

The emergence of the gray fog infection is like an invisible whip lashing down from behind.

Those who are not strong enough will be gradually weeded out.

But who knows what the criteria will be for the next screening?

If level three is the current minimum, will it become level four? Level five if the gray fog intensifies again? Will the threshold for professionals be raised again and again?

No one can provide the answer.

Just then, the communicator vibrated again.

Lin Yuwei.

More than ten minutes have passed since the last message.

Su Mu clicked on it.

"My talent is that I can get one piece of information every day, and there is a chance that two or three will appear."

Su Mu stared at the line of text, momentarily stunned.

One piece of intelligence per day, with a chance to obtain multiple pieces.

This is almost identical to his "Daily Intelligence".

He subconsciously thought of his talent for choosing one of three options.

Could the information-related talents that appeared in that talent pool have been extracted from existing talent types?

But Lin Yuwei clearly wouldn't stop just because of his brief silence.

The next message popped up immediately:

"Of course, the talent I'm telling you about isn't my true talent. Or rather, it's just a branch of my true talent."

Su Mu was stunned.

He hadn't yet snapped out of thinking that "the other person's talent is very similar to his own" when he saw this line of text.

True talent? A branch of talent?

His fingers remained on the virtual keyboard of the communicator, but he didn't type.

Meanwhile, messages from the other party continued to come in:

"My true talent is... talent refresh."

Su Mu stared at the line of text, his pupils dilating slightly.

He understood the weight of those four words almost instantly.

Lin Yuwei clearly didn't intend for him to guess. She calmly continued sending a long message, as if she had already thought about what to say:

"One new talent can be refreshed each week. The refreshed talent will be retained and will not overwrite previously acquired talents. I can choose which talents to deploy, but the total level of all deployed talents cannot exceed 3S."

Su Mu read through all the contents word by word.

Then he slowly exhaled.

Lin Yuwei is not an ordinary information-based talent. She is a growth type.

One talent per week, retained continuously, and freely combined.

This means that her intelligence talent, and any other talents she might develop in the future, are merely pieces of the puzzle of her true abilities.

"Two S's plus one S, or three S's, 3S equals one three S, that's the idea," she added.

Su Mu was genuinely surprised.

He had considered that Lin Yuwei might have some talent, but he hadn't expected it to be like this.

Talent refresh. For an ordinary person, it might just mean a random draw once a week. But in the hands of someone like Lin Yuwei, skilled at selection and combination, it becomes an ability with limitless growth potential. It's even stronger than a single S-level talent.

"Why did she suddenly tell me all this?" This question popped into Su Mu's mind.

This is no ordinary trump card. For someone like her, who always keeps to herself, to reveal a secret of this magnitude directly is practically tantamount to handing over half of her lifeline.

Unless she has ulterior motives.

Su Mu's heart sank as he waited for her next words.

Lin Yuwei didn't keep him waiting too long:

"You're probably wondering why I'm telling you this, right?"

Su Mu remained silent.

"Because this is my sincerity."

The news wasn't over yet; the latest post seemed to have a deliberate pause.

Two seconds later, a line of text appeared:

"I've decided to stay with you at the same accommodation."

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