NOVPUBChapter 755: 181. The first subordinate at the Mortality-Shedding rank!_3
Upon hearing the Mysterious voice, Sima Liu hesitated for a moment and then asked, “Spiritual punishment? So there won’t be any physical wounds, everything is just an illusion?”
The Mysterious voice replied indifferently, “Yes.”
Sima Liu hesitated again before finally saying, “All right. I’ll use an opportunity to try it once.”
As soon as his words fell, the nine grid squares that had been filled and failed just now automatically emptied, and the next moment, a bolt of lightning struck down from the Nine Heavens!
With a “crack,” Sima Liu’s whole body shivered, almost throwing himself into the flames.
But the pain and tingling came and went quickly. When the pain subsided, Sima Liu regained his composure, inspecting his body carefully. He found no change in his injuries, as if it had all been an illusion.
“So this is the spiritual punishment?” Sima Liu’s eyes brightened slightly. He felt that this kind of punishment was acceptable!
Thinking this, he confidently started his game again.
Once people start, they can get uncontrollable. Soon, another bolt of lightning struck, and Sima Liu, still trembling, continued the game. Five minutes later, another lightning struck, followed by another six minutes later, and another seven or eight minutes later. Sima Liu, like a madman, continued to play the game while trembling.
It wasn’t until the tenth bolt of lightning that Sima Liu screamed in frustration twice, and the game failed. But this was only the first round. In Sima Liu’s eyes, he once again came to the simple, almost idiotic, first level.
Originally thinking of stopping after this game, Sima Liu hesitated when it restarted. He immediately immersed himself again: After all, after using up 10 opportunities, he had seen the dawn of victory! It seemed he was just two levels away from clearing the game!
He felt that his failure was due to his first time playing. With another try, he would surely clear the game! Moreover… he had already been struck by lightning ten times. If he didn’t continue, wouldn’t it be a waste of those electric shocks!
More importantly, since the lightning was only spiritual, he felt he could completely withstand it!
Thinking this, Sima Liu rubbed his hands and continued the game….
Meanwhile, hiding in the void, Fang Ze watched Sima Liu, who was immersed in the game, and yawned boredly, “Sure enough, these kinds of games have magic power no matter what world you are in.”
That’s right, Fang Ze was letting Sima Liu play a small game from his previous life: Grass Magic.
This game was originally a very simple mini-game, but because of its simple yet addictive gameplay, the huge gap in difficulty between the first and second levels, and the ultra-high failure rate of 99.999% in the second level, it was all the rage in Fang Ze’s previous life, breaking down countless players’ defenses and crushing their spirits.
Fang Ze also had a sudden idea to use this “spiritual attack method” while preparing to interrogate Sima Liu today to see if it could break Sima Liu’s spirit.
Of course, to achieve this, Fang Ze also added some magical modifications: For instance, trying to “cheat” would result in being struck by lightning; the difficulty was set to MAX, making the game impossible to pass; he drew an outrageously large reward, and he used the [Emotion Snake] to instill an addictive emotion in Sima Liu….
From the looks of it now, these measures were effective, albeit slow….
So, under Fang Ze’s observation, Sima Liu went from initially casual to step-by-step immersion into the super-addictive game, becoming increasingly addicted.
At first, Sima Liu would still consider and hesitate whether to give up when punished. But later, he no longer considered at all; as soon as he failed, his eyes turned red, shouting, “Go again! Go again! Go again!”
Bolts of lightning struck him one after another, and he himself had already been seriously injured. Even though these lightning bolts were only spiritual attacks, they still caused severe damage to his soul. Coupled with the torturous and bewitching nature of the game, Sima Liu’s spirit deteriorated further.
Finally, after countless attempts and countless lightning strikes, still unable to clear the game, Sima Liu despairingly looked up and screamed, “No! There’s definitely something wrong with this game!!” Then he collapsed to the ground.
Fang Ze, who had been hiding aside all the time, couldn’t help but blink and said in surprise, “Did he really have a mental breakdown?”
“This game is just too terrifying, isn’t it?”
“No wonder my friends used to stay up all night playing it, and were angry enough to want to burn down the game’s company headquarters.”
Thinking this, Fang Ze shook his head wistfully, muttered about the harm of the game, and without hesitation, used his ability [Personal Deprivation] on Sima Liu.
Accompanied by the use of the ability, multicolored lights fell on Sima Liu’s body. In just a moment, Fang Ze felt a faint connection with Sima Liu. This also meant that the ability had taken effect, and Fang Ze had truly deprived Sima Liu of his personhood.
“To think it worked like this? I have my first Mortality-Shedding stage master under my command?” Sensing the established connection with Sima Liu, Fang Ze’s face showed a faint smile.
With this Mortality-Shedding stage, he could not only greatly strengthen the power in his hands, but also obtain the secret to advancing to the Mortality-Shedding stage, allowing several of his generals to all advance to the Mortality-Shedding stage!
Moreover, knowing that secret, the arrival provided by the Midnight Investigation Room could also be given. For a moment, Fang Ze looked at Sima Liu like he was seeing a treasure!
