After leaving the rooftop, Kai immediately activated his Invisibility Talent and headed toward the North Campus.
If ordinary people heard his current plan, their worldview would probably shatter into pieces—because Kai had decided to raise all four of his attributes to the current world's maximum on the very first day of the apocalypse: 100 points each!
To put it bluntly, Kai wasn't even playing the same game as the rest of the survivors.
Without the rain's enhancement, the average person's attributes were around 1 point.
And while everyone else was still scrambling for scraps to survive, Kai was targeting the system's attribute cap—on Day One.
Of course, he wasn't doing it just to get stronger.
He was doing it to exploit a bug.
See, when a player is the first in the world to reach Level 3, they receive a global announcement reward of +3 to all attributes.
If someone's stats were below the cap, those +3 would be just normal points—not helping to break the upper limit.
But if one's attributes were already maxed out at 100, the +3 would push past the ceiling—to 103, effectively breaking the system's cap.
In his previous life, Kai had no idea there was an upper limit like this—and missed the opportunity.
But this time, he would surpass that limit. He would become unstoppable.
For ordinary people, even dreaming of hitting 100 in all attributes was nonsense.
Especially on the first day of the apocalypse.
But with Kai's bugged Fireball, it was entirely possible.
Each time he burned a Level 0 dimensional bug's corpse, he earned +0.1 to a random attribute.
To hit 400 total attribute points, he needed to burn 4,000 corpses.
Easy.
Even in his past life, Kai had reached the cap early—he just didn't know how to go beyond it.
Now? He had a clear goal.
Under cover of rain and shadow, with over 60 points in Speed, Kai traversed the campus like a ghost. It took him only minutes to reach the North Campus athletic field.
The field was swarming with students—and even some faculty.
And more importantly, there was a massive dimensional rift here—far larger than the one on the rooftop.
Bugs were pouring out of it at a rate of 30 to 40 per second.
But the crowd here was huge.
Because of the open space and sheer number of people, no one was charging an entrance fee like at South Four.
Still, the core bug zones were monopolized by the strong.
Everyone else could only hang back and wait for scraps.
Some chatted idly, annoyed that the powerful players were killing too quickly—leaving no monsters to grind.
Others were tasked with clearing out the bug corpses.
But even with that effort, the piles had already grown into literal hills—much bigger than the ones on the rooftop.
Kai looked at the mountain of corpses and knew—they were more than enough for his purposes.
He didn't greet anyone.
Still invisible, he simply raised his hand—and fired off a Fireball.
Once again, the burn took over 30 seconds.
And during that time…
Ding! You have gained +0.1 Strength.Ding! You have gained +0.1 Constitution.Ding! You have gained +0.1 Speed.Ding! You have gained +0.1 Spirit.
The system prompts rang out non-stop.
Until finally—
Ding! Your Strength has reached its maximum value!
Ding! Your Speed has reached its maximum value!
Ding! Your Constitution has reached its maximum value!
Ding! Your Spirit has reached its maximum value!
All four attributes were now at 100.
Maxed out.
Only then did Kai smile in satisfaction.
But his massive cleanup didn't go unnoticed.
People started to panic—was there some kind of monster devouring the corpses?
Kai didn't plan to stick around.
Just as he turned to leave, however—he felt a cold gaze on him.
He tilted his head slightly—and saw a stunning girl standing at the center of the battlefield.
Her skin like porcelain, her lips cherry red.
It was Su Ling—the reigning three-year campus beauty queen.
Su Ling was a quiet, elegant beauty.
Though often the subject of gossip, she rarely appeared in public.
Now, she stood tall with her bow in hand, her long hair drifting in the wind—her cold eyes locked onto Kai.
Kai wasn't surprised she saw him.
Because he knew—Su Ling's Talent was S-grade.
And not just that.
She had already awakened a Hidden Class!
Right now, no one else likely realized that under her cascading hair, Su Ling was hiding her pointed elven ears.
Most players couldn't choose a class until Level 10.
But certain individuals were special—some awakened hidden classes on Day One.
These classes came with high risk and high reward.
The reward: Tremendous growth potential.Ordinary players only got +1 free stat point per level.But class holders got fixed stat increases + bonus free points, depending on class rank.For example:
3-star classes = +3 free points per level
9-star classes = +9 free points per level
But the downside?
Class holders couldn't level up without completing their class quest.
And Su Ling's class was a 7-star Ice Archer.
Her quest's difficulty could be imagined.
Worse yet, because she awakened the class at Level 0, she had to complete it before leveling up at all.
Many players in Kai's past life died trying.
Others were stuck at Level 0 forever.
But those who succeeded became monsters—towering above everyone else below Level 10.
Su Ling was one of those monsters.
In Kai's last life, she earned the title of "Elven Queen."
To the world, she was an unreachable goddess.
But to Kai? She was just a slightly shinier ant.
He knew she had spotted him—but after a single glance, he turned and walked away.
Meanwhile, the panic caused by the disappearing bug corpses died down.
Su Ling had calmed the crowd with a few words.
A middle-aged man beside her asked quietly, "Miss Su Ling, did you see something?"
She shook her head without elaborating.
But as the fight resumed, her gaze occasionally flicked toward the empty air, thoughtful.
As for Kai?
Having maxed his stats, he soon returned to South Four's rooftop.
Aiya was still there, lost in thought, her eyes unfocused.
"What are you thinking about?" Kai's voice startled her.
She snapped out of her daze, flustered, then quickly composed herself. "Nothing much… I was just… reading the regional chat."
She sneaked a glance at him—he seemed to be in a good mood—so she hesitantly added:
"Um… the ones who escaped earlier from the rooftop… they're all talking crap about you in the chat…"