7: Chapter 7: A Massive Social Scene

Fang Che walked in front, with Jiang Ning following behind, the two separated by a distance of three or four steps.

Her gait was somewhat awkward; with every step, she felt a strange sensation in her inner thighs.

Just as they were about to reach the point where the outline of the Train was visible, Fang Che suddenly stopped and squinted at the carriage.

That row of long, narrow observation windows on the carriage wall seemed... a bit lively right now?

A row of heads was pressed tightly against the glass, filling the narrow observation window completely.

Their gazes were a mix of mockery, envy, shock, and a gossip-mongering curiosity that was about to overflow.

What are these people... looking at?

Jiang Ning, behind him, also noticed it. She looked up, saw the scene, and froze.

"What... are they doing?" she asked in a low voice.

Fang Che didn't speak, he just quickened his pace.

As the two approached the platform, the gazes from inside the carriage became even more intense.

Hiss.

The carriage door sensed someone approaching and automatically slid open.

As soon as the door opened, two figures immediately rushed out.

It was Chen Keke and Xu Zhaozhao, Jiang Ning's two best friends.

"Ningning, my dear Ningning!"

Chen Keke grabbed Jiang Ning's arm, winking and grinning with an extremely suggestive expression.

"How does it feel? What kind of experience was that?"

Jiang Ning's brain went blank on the spot.

She blinked, looking completely bewildered.

"What... what are you talking about?"

"Stop pretending!" Xu Zhaozhao pointed to the top of the carriage, her expression clearly saying, 'Don't act anymore.'

"The System Announcement... just now, a mandatory announcement popped up on all the public screens in the carriage, and we couldn't even turn it off!"

Jiang Ning looked up in the direction her finger was pointing.

She saw that a line of the System Announcement still remained on the public screen inside the carriage.

[ ...Creation Agreement complete. Fang Che × Jiang Ning, union successful. Initial reward obtained! Attribute enhancement complete! ]

Jiang Ning felt her vision go dark, her legs went weak, and she nearly lost her footing.

There seemed to be lingering warmth inside, making her whole body tremble.

The whole class... watching... the whole process... broadcasted via audio?

The things she and Fang Che had just done outside... had been listened to as a live broadcast by all thirty-five people in the class, plus the teacher?

"Ahhhhh, Fang Che, I'm going to kill you!!!"

She let out a roar, charged forward, and chased Fang Che all over the platform, hitting him.

The girls in the carriage saw this scene and immediately burst into laughter.

"Alright, alright, stop messing around!"

Teacher Qin Bing's voice came from the carriage, finally putting an end to the farce.

Several girls pulled the still-rampaging Jiang Ning back into the carriage.

"So, how much did your attributes actually increase?" a short-haired girl named Zhou Wei couldn't help but ask.

Everyone's gaze instantly focused on Fang Che again.

Fang Che muttered to himself.

A semi-transparent panel, visible only to him, popped up out of thin air.

[ Fang Che — System Panel ]

Level: LV1

Talent: Absolute Critical Hit (SSS)

Strength: 18 (8 + 10)

Agility: 19 (9 + 10)

Constitution: 17 (7 + 10)

Spirit: 21 (11 + 10)

Defense: 34

Mana: 42

Skill Slot: Empty

Equipment Slot: Empty

Inventory: Empty

Survival Coins: 0

Merit Points: 0

He tapped the green plus sign next to Strength.

A line of small text popped up.

[ Creation Agreement (First Time) Triggered — All Attributes + 5 ]

[ Talent: Absolute Critical Hit Triggered — Critical Hit Multiplier × 2 ]

[ Actual Gain: All Attributes + 10 ]

So that's how it is.

Fang Che stared at the panel for two seconds, and he had an idea of how it worked.

"How much is it? Tell us quickly!" Lin Xinyi urged.

Fang Che looked up at the pairs of expectant eyes in the carriage and said, "The base bonus provided by the agreement is five points to all attributes."

The carriage fell silent for a moment.

Then, he added the second half.

"My talent triggered a 2x Critical Hit."

"So, it's a total of ten points to all attributes."

This sentence caused an uproar in Carriage 774.

"Ten points?!"

"All attributes?! Ten points to every single one?"

"My god! I only have eight points of Strength in total!!"

"My Agility is only six points! He gets a ten-point increase all at once? How are we supposed to live?"

The girls' voices became a chaotic mess, with screams, exclamations, and gasps intertwined.

This was too absurd.

Su Qingxue stood in the middle of the carriage and adjusted the non-existent glasses on the bridge of her nose. Her voice clearly reached every corner of the carriage.

"A normal person's starting attributes have a maximum of ten points for a single stat, with the average falling between five and eight."

"A ten-point increase to all attributes means that every one of his base attributes is now more than double the starting value of a normal person."

This sentence made the lively carriage go quiet for another moment.

Then, the discussions became even louder.

"Double?! It doubled just by doing it once?"

"My god... how are we supposed to play now?"

"Doesn't that mean... Fang Che alone is stronger than two of us, no, stronger than three of us combined?"

Su Qingxue ignored the exclamations of the crowd and turned to look at Jiang Ning.

"Jiang Ning, what about you? How much did you increase?"

Jiang Ning, who had been pulled back into the carriage, was still blushing and panting. Upon hearing this, she froze for a moment, then closed her eyes and muttered to herself.

The panel popped up.

Her body trembled slightly.

"...The same."

"Ten points to all attributes, the Critical Hit bonus... I have it too."

"She has it too?!"

"Is the Critical Hit bonus shared by both parties?"

"This..."

A girl couldn't help but curse out loud.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the carriage changed completely.

If only Fang Che had become stronger, he would be a strategic resource, the core that everyone needed to protect and utilize.

But now, Jiang Ning had also received the same astonishing increase.

This meant that the Creation Agreement was also an opportunity for the woman to skyrocket to success!

"Ahem." Teacher Qin Bing cleared her throat, trying to steer the derailed conversation back. "Let's put this matter aside for now. Right now..."

"Teacher, we can't put it aside."

A clear voice rang out from the back of the carriage.

It was the study committee member, Mu Waner, the girl with the round face, whose expression was unusually serious.

"This isn't a question of whether we can put it aside or not."

"We have nothing right now, not even clothes. What will we do when we encounter monsters later?"

"The average attributes of all of us combined might not even add up to thirty points."

"Fang Che's single attribute increase is already double our total."

"And this agreement adds to both sides, and Jiang Ning now also..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood the meaning.

Teacher Qin Bing was silent for a few seconds.

"Mu Waner is right."

She acknowledged this cruel reality.

"However," her eyes swept over every girl in the carriage, each with different thoughts, "the System rules are written very clearly: it must be completely voluntary for both parties, and it is invalid if either party resists."

"Therefore, this matter cannot be rushed, and it certainly cannot be forced."

"The most urgent thing right now is to get off the Train and scavenge for supplies!"

"Clothes, food, weapons—whatever we can find counts!"

"The station stop lasts for five hours, and we've already wasted nearly an hour!"

Hearing this, Fang Che chimed in: "We did a rough scout earlier. It's very quiet around here, and we didn't find any traces of biological activity. It should be a safe beginner zone."

"Everyone get off the Train!"

Teacher Qin Bing slapped the armrest, making the decision.

"Everyone, start exploring immediately! We need to find supplies first!"