At 5 a.m., after assigning tasks to her two spiritual pets, Xu Zhi once again opened her inventory and clicked on the stacked "Cup" attribute cores. A selection interface popped up.

【Would you like to briefly understand this attribute?】

Xu Zhi clicked 【Yes】, and knowledge about the 【Cup】 attribute appeared on the screen.

【Cup: The Principle of Fertility and Feast】

【It encompasses sensory desires, fertility, temptation, suffering, blood, and longing. Its focus lies in the fulfillment of desires, leading to thirst and hunger. It often embodies inhuman desires and irresistible charm, occasionally leaning towards greed, intoxication, dizzying fragrances, and spiritual delight.】

"...It doesn't seem like something good."

Compared to the chaos and self-centeredness of the 【Moth,】 the 【Cup】 appeared even more maddening and sinister.

After reading the brief introduction to the 【Cup】attribute, Xu Zhi understood why those fanatics were the way they were. They were merely captives of desire, unable to resist the influence of the 【Cup,】reduced to lowly, mindless creatures.

As for the rational glasses-wearing man, he was still a follower of the 【Cup,】but he had better control over himself and wouldn't completely lose himself in desire. However, his code of conduct was still centered around fulfilling his inner desires and longings.

"But it seems that those who possess this attribute are somewhat different from those with other attributes..."

Xu Zhi hadn't encountered many superhumans with attributes yet. Based on what she knew so far, at least other attributes didn't have such obvious external manifestations or naturally gather together.

As for whether there was a hierarchical system or a "collective consciousness" like the "Cup" followers, Xu Zhi believed she needed to meet more superhumans before she could determine that.

However, she was certain that she had no intention of submitting to any superhuman more powerful than herself.

As she learned more, Xu Zhi realized that she actually knew very little, and her curiosity grew. It seemed that there was still a long way to go for her in understanding supernatural abilities.

"I hope I can encounter some living superhumans this time."

With this thought in mind, Xu Zhi opened the spiritual body interface, placed four 【Cup】 attribute cores into the slot, and clicked confirm.

【Number of cores deposited: 4】

【Duration of spiritual body's existence: 20 minutes】

【Randomly generating attributes...】

【Random generation completed】

【Spiritual Body

Spirit: 200

Physique: 100

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Traits: Bloodlust Lv2, Craving Lv3】

Xu Zhi frowned at the unexpected attributes, surprised that just four cores could randomly generate 200 points of spiritual power.

And there were even two traits. She was familiar with 【Bloodlust,】 but 【Craving】 gave her a sense of unease.

But it was too late to back down now. The game wouldn't give her a chance to change her mind.

【Searching for a random deployment location...】

【Deployment successful.】

The next moment, Xu Zhi's vision went dark, and she knew that when she opened her eyes again, she would be inside her spiritual body.

Xu Zhi didn't rush. She first tried to sense her surroundings, such as sounds or temperature, but she couldn't feel anything. It seemed that she couldn't "cheat" in this way.

With no other option, she opened her eyes and solidified her spiritual body.

During the two seconds of invincibility, Xu Zhi quickly scanned her surroundings. Fortunately, this time she wasn't as unlucky as to be randomly deployed to an extremely dangerous location.

She stood in a small alleyway, surrounded by thick mist, but her vision was unusually clear. At least, it was much clearer than her physical body's.

In addition, Xu Zhi could feel a subtle restlessness in her thoughts. She wanted to do something, but she didn't know what. She felt like she shouldn't just stand there idly.

This inexplicable restlessness made Xu Zhi's mind somewhat agitated, but fortunately, due to her years of illness, she had become accustomed to suppressing her emotions. At this moment, she was able to forcibly push the restlessness down to the bottom of her heart, so that it wouldn't affect her.

"Is it because of the 'Cup'?"

After much thought, this was the only possible explanation.

She now had a better understanding of those fanatics. Perhaps they had even stronger, uncontrollable restlessness in their minds, which made them irritable, unable to think, and prone to impulsive actions.

Xu Zhi didn't stay in the alley for long. Once she had suppressed the restlessness in her heart, she stepped out of the alley.

She didn't know where she was, after all, Yuncheng was a big city with many places she had never seen before.

Xu Zhi chose a direction at random and began searching for black fruits on the ground. She didn't bother to hide her tracks, since this was just a 20-minute spiritual body. Being too cautious would only slow her down, and she also wanted to see if anyone would notice her.

The 100-point physique seemed to be just a baseline. Xu Zhi could feel that this body was more relaxed than her physical form, as if all the shackles that had bound her were gone. But that was all. This body had no strength, no defenses, and its endurance was even worse. It was probably comparable to a somewhat sedentary and weak ordinary person's body at best.

It would struggle to climb even five flights of stairs.

Since the arrival of the black fog, Xu Zhi's luck had been fairly good, except for being abandoned by her family. Of course, she no longer believed that was due to bad luck.

And now, this was further confirmed. Within ten minutes, she had discovered living people.

No, perhaps it was more accurate to say that they had discovered her, and had likely been observing her for some time, determining that she was not one of the fanatics, before choosing to reveal themselves and speak with her.

Their behavior was also cautious. Instead of immediately approaching her, they stayed at a distance and called out, "Hey, the person up ahead, can you hear me?"

One of Xu Zhi's goals was to see how other supernatural beings in the city were doing. Naturally, she responded to the person, and the fact that they didn't immediately rush towards her but instead greeted her from a distance and maintained a safe distance was enough to indicate that they were not low-level fanatics.

Xu Zhi replied that she could hear and remained in place. Since it was just a spiritual body and she hadn't made any discoveries yet, she felt no pressure and could stand still to show her goodwill.

To her surprise, after she showed her friendliness, the other person paused for a moment, as if they were doing something, and then asked her a very familiar question: "Are you alone? Would you like to join us?"

"Uh...?"

Amidst Xu Zhi's bewildered voice, a scolding tone came from the other end, possibly from a companion reprimanding the person who had asked the question.

Then, a slightly calm and steady middle-aged male voice spoke: "I'm sorry, she was a bit too reckless."

Xu Zhi paused for a moment and said, "Uh...it's okay."

"But do we have to keep shouting like this?"

Shouting back and forth like this really was a bit strange!