My Endless Life

"Have you heard that someone killed a red-winged bird yesterday!"

"What's so great about killing a red-winged bird? Any fog explorer can do it, right?"

"But I heard that the one who killed it was a newcomer who had just entered the fog zone!"

"What?! A newcomer!!? Are you kidding me!?"

"Can I still lie to you? Go to the backyard of the association now, the body of the red-winged bird is there!"

In the hall of the association, fog explorers were chatting among themselves.

They were talking about the newcomer who killed the red-winged bird.

The red-winged bird itself is nothing. As long as you know the way, not to mention the fog explorer, even the heavy fog explorer can kill the red-winged bird without injury.

But what if the person who killed the red-winged bird is a newcomer who has only been in the fog zone for one day?

A novice fog explorer at the light fog level hunted the second-level fog zone overlord on the first day of entering the fog zone, and also saved several high-level fog explorers. This kind of legendary thing will certainly cause widespread discussion among the people.

Ronnie stood aside and listened to their discussion with a bit of fascination, until his partner Emma called him, he came back to his senses.

"Hey! Ronnie! What are you daydreaming about! Sign up for special training!"

Emma, ​​who holds the second-level relic dragon scale and has the strength of a dragon, dragged Ronnie by the back of the neck and dragged him to the place where he signed up for special training.

Ronnie, who had been accustomed to Emma's strength over the past few days, let Emma drag him and said excitedly:

"Emma, ​​did you hear it? A newcomer from the Tanwu family killed a red-winged bird! That was a red-winged bird!!"

"Yes, yes, I heard it, but what does it have to do with us? We are not even the Tanwu family now!"

Emma rolled her eyes and dragged Ronnie to the registration office before letting him go.

Ronnie tidied his clothes skillfully and said to Emma:

"Since he is a newcomer, do you think it is possible for us to meet him? Is it possible for him to teach us a thing or two?"

"Don't think about it." Rumi in the crowd pushed his glasses: "This kind of genius will definitely be sent to the capital for professional training. Maybe he will be the next Black Mist. We can't compete with him. Let's take it step by step with our feet on the ground."

"...Think about it."

Ronnie muttered.

He is a person who loves fantasy. Even if he contracts a fourth-level relic, it can't stop his fantasy and enthusiasm.

Besides, isn't it played like this in novels and stories? The protagonist encounters a senior or something, and then is favored by the senior to teach him unique skills, and then soars to become a great fog explorer...or something like that.

Although Ronnie doesn't think that he, who has only contracted a fourth-level relic, is a protagonist, but...what if?

Ronnie thought about it and discussed with his friends about the very strong newcomer.

After discussing for a while, they suddenly stopped again.

Because they heard the name of the 'protagonist' in those people's mouths.

"By the way, do you know the name of that powerful newcomer?"

"You've asked the right person. I was nearby when he came back yesterday! I heard from that mist-level little girl... ahem, the senior of the Tanwu family said that his name seemed to be... Li Qi? Yes, that's the name, his name is Li Qi."

Hearing this name, Ronnie and the other two were all stunned.

Ronnie's eyes widened and he murmured: "... Li Qi?"

Rumi and Emma also had dull expressions and couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

"Are you kidding me...?"

They would never have thought that the 'protagonist' discussed by these Tanwu families in the association was actually the little friend in the welfare home who grew up with them.

That annoying guy who no one could get close to was actually so powerful?

In an instant, several people were filled with a strong sense of unreality.

...

"Did you really kill the red-winged bird?"

In the reception room inside the association, Maru looked at Li Qi in disbelief.

Li Qi calmly drank the milk tea that Carol had brewed for him, leaned on the sofa and squinted his eyes and said:

"The deputy captain can prove it to me, and... is there any point in me lying?"

Whether Li Qi killed it or not, we only need to try it to know.

If Li Qi does not have the ability to kill the red-winged bird, he will soon be exposed, and there is no point for Li Qi to lie.

Maru also knows this, but he also feels unreal in his heart.

It's not that he has never seen geniuses.

Weiner, a genius who became a black fog at the age of only 25, only took one day to defeat the heavy fog explorer who was older than him.

In one year, he completed the promotion from thin fog to black fog, and since then he has been leading the exploration team to explore deep into the fog area.

He is the genius in Maru's eyes.

But even for Weiner, his growth trajectory is obvious, and he did not kill the overlord of the second-level area right away.

But Li Qi...

Maru stared at Li Qi and thought, Carol suddenly asked:

"You have mastered the 'qi', right? When did it happen?"

Li Qi: "?"

Qi?

What the hell? ?

Why does the style seem to have changed to martial arts fantasy?

Li Qi stared at Carol blankly, not understanding what the 'qi' Carol was talking about.

As soon as they saw Li Qi's expression, Carol and Maru knew that he had no idea what 'qi' was.

So the expressions of the two became even more surprised.

Carol even exclaimed:

"You killed the red-winged bird without even being angry?! How did you do it!? Don't tell me it was with your first-level relic! I know that thing. It's a toy that Chris has used before. It can’t kill the red-winged bird at all!”

Carol and Maru had seen the scars on Redwing.

The red-winged bird died very quickly. First, it was entangled with something, and then it was struck by some kind of sharp weapon into its forehead and brain, killing it with one blow.

The technique is crisp and decisive, without any unnecessary traces.

So they didn't quite believe that Li Qi killed the red-winged bird.

But there was no third person at the scene, and the deputy captain who was rescued by Li Qi was too frightened to say anything.

Ma Lu could only ask Li Qi.

Originally they thought Li Qi had mastered the existence of 'qi', but now it seems that Li Qi simply killed the red-winged bird with unknown methods!

So how did he do it?

Does he have any other relics on hand?

Li Qi remained silent. He didn't intend to tell how the red-winged bird died.

He only needs to maintain a mysterious "master" persona. As for how and how he does it, others don't need to know.

And Li Qi had more important things to ask than this.

"...Let's not talk about this for now. Please tell me first, what is 'qi'?"

Li Qi asked with a frown.

Qi... This thing is never mentioned in the Tanwu family's textbooks.

Maru and Carol looked at each other.

Although they still wanted to know how Li Qi killed the red-winged bird, since Li Qi didn't intend to tell, it wouldn't be good for them to continue questioning.

And now that Li Qi asked such a question again, the two simply used this step to continue the topic.

Maru said:

"You came out of the fog area, you must have experienced the backlash of the fog, right?"

"Yeah, it hurts, but it's bearable."

Li Qi nodded slightly.

The backlash in the fog zone seemed to Li Qi more like a special 'withdrawal' reaction.

Just like altitude sickness occurs when you go from a low altitude to a high altitude area, you will also experience a similar reaction when you come out of a foggy area.

A body that is accustomed to foggy areas will feel some kind of discomfort when suddenly leaving the foggy area.

This feeling is mild at first and then gets stronger.

It was so intense that every muscle in the body seemed to be breaking apart and dissolving.

After Li Qi turned on his superpower when experiencing the backlash of the fog, he discovered that some special things left his body. It was those things that left his body that caused his physical pain.

Li Qi guessed that those should be the 'fogs' that entered the body.

When a fog explorer enters a fog area, the fog will enter the human body, allowing the human body to gradually adapt to the environment in the fog area.

When you leave the fog area, the fog in your body will no longer have a source of existence and will leave your body on its own.

The reaction that occurred during this period was the backlash of the fog.

Perhaps this is why this phenomenon is called ‘fog backlash’. The root cause of this phenomenon is fog.

Li Qi thought about this, looked at Ma Lu, and asked him to continue.

Maru said:

"The body of a fog explorer will be strengthened by the backlash of the fog again and again. When experiencing too much fog backlash, or staying in the fog area for too long, after leaving the fog area, when experiencing the backlash of the fog, the body will There will be a special power.”

Carol then added:

"This power is 'qi', the 'qi' of mist..."

As she spoke, she suddenly raised her right hand, clenched it into a fist and smashed it against the long table made of stone.

Then there was a "bang" sound, and the long table cracked and the whole table was broken from the middle.

But Carol didn't seem to use much effort.

Carol said: "This is the application of 'qi'."

"..."

Li Qi, who had used his superpower to clearly see the operation of energy in Carol's body throughout the whole process, saw the power fluctuations that were similar to the energy of the ruins, and he came to a clear understanding.

It turns out...that the energy of my relics is 'qi'?

Li Qi thought for a moment, opened his palms and said to the two of them:

"If this is Chi, then I think I've got it."

He opened his palms, and there seemed to be nothing in them, but there was relic energy contained in them.

Qi cannot leave the body, even if it leaves the body surface. Looking at the way Carol and the others use Qi, they also use it to strengthen the body.

Therefore, it stands to reason that it is impossible to determine whether a person possesses Qi from the surface.

However, Li Qi believed that they should have a definite solution.

Sure enough, seeing Li Qi stretching out his hand, Ma Lu put his palm up without hesitation. The palms of his hands collided with each other. Li Qi felt that his 'relic energy' collided with the special energy in the opponent's body.

The palms of Malu and Li Qi separated at the touch of each other. He looked at Li Qi with a complex expression and said to Carol:

"Yes, this is indeed 'Qi'... He has indeed mastered 'Qi'."

After saying that, both Maru and Carol's expressions became wonderful.

As we all know, only after entering the fog area and enduring the backlash of the fog can you have a certain chance of mastering the flow of 'qi'.

So here’s the problem. Li Qi has never left the city or entered the foggy area before...

Why can he master 'qi'?

This is the common question deep in the hearts of Maru and Carol.