“Go ahead and enjoy it, kid.” Slime’s voice drifted down from above. “Their price was cheaper than yours. But I figured you’d definitely want to check their abilities, so I just charged you for a detailed information package.”
“See for yourself!”
Zhu Yan did, in fact, want to check the abilities.
He glanced up at Slime without saying anything, then began reading the sheet in his hands.
“Name: Qiu Lingfeng
Gender: Male
Special Identity: Hunter No. 3
Living Relatives: Qiu Lingxiao (biological brother), Qiu Lingkai (biological brother), Shen Li (wife), Shen Shi (father-in-law), Qin Shushu (lover), Cheng Xiaoli (lover), Wang Kexin (lover), Mu Jiahe (godfather)”
Zhu Yan stared at the page, dumbfounded.
“What’s wrong?” Slime asked.
“…Lovers and godfathers count as relatives too?”
“Yes,” Slime replied. “You should be grateful, kid. Listing all those complicated relationships for you is a sign of responsibility.”
No. This wasn’t responsibility.
Zhu Yan’s hand was trembling as he gripped the sheet.
This was a straight-up shock!
His plan was to take over the role of Hunter No. 3, pretend to be him for a while, or use something else to replace him.
But with this many lovers…
Wouldn’t that make it much harder to accomplish his goal?
Zhu Yan was completely at a loss.
He raised a hand and pressed it against the spot between his nose and upper lip, then continued reading.
“Special Reminder: The inquirer should be aware that, because Mr. Qiu Lingfeng used abnormal means to devour his father, Qiu Dehai, and impersonate him, two of his three lovers were acquaintances of Qiu Dehai during his lifetime.”
“If you need to deal with them in the future, please be careful to distinguish between them.”
Zhu Yan was reading so quickly that his eyes were practically going blind.
This was insane.
Hunter No. 3 had put his eyes through hell. He absolutely had to take the man’s life!
“Benefactors: Shen Shi, Qiu Lingkai, Li Yuanchang, Huang Yunhe, Ding Xihua, Zheng Yike, Mu Jiahe, and several others.”
Wow.
As expected of someone with status and influence. Even his list of benefactors was ridiculously long.
“Player Abilities: 【This Skin Suit Feels Great】 Lv. 7, 【Eat Clean】 Lv. 5, 【Seek Gain, Avoid Harm】 Lv. 6.”
“Boss Ability (confirmed but not yet fused): 【Fulfill a Vow】 Lv. ?”
Interesting.
This was what Zhu Yan had really wanted to see!
He brought the paper a little closer and began reading the detailed descriptions of the abilities.
“【This Skin Suit Feels Great】 Lv. 7: I possess a bloodstained human-skin suit filled with resentment. Once I put it on, I become someone else.”
“A player with this ability can obtain a skin suit by completely skinning a human corpse. However, not every human skin can be made into a skin suit.”
“The deceased must have died in a state of extreme agony, filled with unwillingness and resentment. Furthermore, the deceased player’s level must not be higher than the ability’s level.”
Those few paragraphs made Zhu Yan feel sick to his stomach.
“Once a player obtains a skin suit, they can assume another identity and use that identity’s player account and abilities. If the player wears the skin suit and clears an instance under the other identity, the completion rewards and level-up rewards will be transferred to the player’s skin suit as well.”
In other words, the skin suit could be leveled up.
But the way one obtained a skin suit was far beyond anything Zhu Yan could accept.
“Please note: This ability has a special leveling method. It can only be upgraded by obtaining a new skin suit. The skin suit’s own level affects the strength of the upgrade. The higher the skin suit’s level, the faster the ability can be upgraded.”
Level seven.
Just how many skin suits had this Qiu Lingfeng collected?
Zhu Yan suppressed his nausea and continued reading.
“When using this ability, the player must remember to replenish their 【Shivering Pleasure】 in time. If the player is unable to purchase 【Shivering Pleasure】, they should consume the flesh of someone who died in agony.”
“If you fail to replenish the required nutrients in time, excessive use of this ability may cause irreversible damage to your soul.”
Zhu Yan had no idea what was wrong with this ability.
It looked as though it belonged to an entirely different genre from the others. Even its description was several times longer.
He patiently read the ability description twice more before moving on to the next one.
“【Eat Clean】 Lv. 5: You can eat anything humans can eat, including other players. When used on a player, this ability allows you to consume their skin, flesh, and bones, as well as obtain the Bone Coins in their account. However, this ability cannot help you take their abilities.”
“Note: This ability only works on players at level five or below.”
Zhu Yan knitted his brows tightly.
“What’s wrong?” Slime asked.
“Why are all of this person’s abilities so… um…”
“You want to say cruel,” Slime said, bobbing down slightly as if nodding. “Abilities are generated according to a person’s natural aptitude. You’ll have to ask him yourself.”
By comparison, Auntie’s family’s 【Telekinesis】 and 【Bring Glory to the Ancestors】 were practically angelic.
Of Qiu Lingfeng’s three abilities, the only remotely normal one was the final one, 【Seek Gain, Avoid Harm】.
“【Seek Gain, Avoid Harm】 Lv. 6: This ability can help you determine the intentions behind a choice, a horror creature, or a person, and provide a red prompt (representing harm) or a green prompt (representing benefit).”
“The higher the other player’s level, the more concise the prompt. At present, this ability can see the information of players at level eight or below.”
“Note: For level-eight players, only a red or green dot will appear, without any written explanation.”
All right.
Taken together, these three abilities formed an absolutely devastating combination. The man was obviously a cheat-level player.
“Current Assets (Player Account Only): 150,000 Bone Coins.”
Zhu Yan rubbed the bridge of his nose, his head aching. After thinking for a moment, he asked, “Is there any way to seal my personal files? Zhu Zeyu, Zhu Yan, and Hunter No. 1—all of them. Seal them all.”
Slime’s eyes spun around in their sockets.
“You want to seal away all your information, including the channels through which your files can be accessed?”
“Yes.”
Qiu Lingfeng was difficult to deal with. He also had a brother who had possibly been officially certified by Frenzied Paradise as “Cautious” and “Holding All the Power”—Hunter No. 2.
More accurately speaking, Qiu Lingfeng himself was already someone who held all the power.
Zhu Yan felt that once Qiu Lingfeng learned they would be going on a mission together, there was a chance he might use some method to investigate him.
In any case, it was better to see whether he could cut off that risk.
Slime sat atop the mushroom cap, deep in thought.
“Two months,” it said. “Sealing them for two months will cost ten thousand Bone Coins.”
Expensive.
But Zhu Yan was willing to pay for safety.
Besides, there was that other matter.
Qiu Lingfeng had 150,000 Bone Coins in his player account. Zhu Yan had no idea how many were in the Hunter account.
If he could find a way to take them all back, then this wouldn’t be a losing deal!
“Deal.” Zhu Yan held out his palm. “Seal them immediately. The sooner, the better!”
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
