Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 124 Trait Fanaticism
In the south aisle of the cathedral, from the open gate of the underground passage stairs, dull rumbling and explosion sounds continued to come from it.

Even though I was a long distance away from the source of the sound, I could still clearly hear the terrifying and chilling noise.

"No, I can't wait any longer."

The cunning rabbit drew out the two daggers hanging from his waist, and with a determined look, he was about to step into the underground passage.

But a hand grabbed her forcefully: "The boss asked us to stay here, this is an order."

The Cunning Rabbit shook off Pinocchio's hand and said, "The Black Rabbit must have met some terrible enemy. I'm going to help him."

"This is the boss's order," Pinocchio repeated.

"Orders, orders... puppets are rigid. Black Rabbit needs help now, not just standing here following orders." The Cunning Rabbit sneered, ignored Pinocchio, and walked straight into the underground passage.

Pinocchio was startled, with a very complicated expression. Seeing that the cunning rabbit had stepped into the passage, his left hand changed into a hook chain and swung it out in an instant.

The cunning rabbit didn't expect Pinocchio to suddenly attack, and he didn't react for a while. He was tied tightly with iron chains and pulled back to the entrance.

"The boss brought a group of trackers with him, but he didn't take us two with him. You should understand the boss's meaning better than me."

After saying this, Pinocchio did not loosen the chain and ignored the rabbit's struggle.

The noises of battle coming from underground were so horrifying that it was hard to imagine what kind of enemy could make such horrifying noises during a battle.

The two people's trip to the underground laboratory was not a help to Li Nanke, but a burden and a nuisance.

Soon after, the frequency of the rumbling thunder-like noise underground weakened, and Li Nanke limped out of the passage.

His face was pale, with bloodstains at the corners of his mouth, nostrils, eyes and ears. His clothes were torn and his chest was slightly sunken. He looked as if he had been hit head-on by a speeding chariot.

"Let's go quickly, the enemy will catch up with us soon!"

The two were extremely surprised to see him return alive. Seeing that Li Nanke looked extremely weak, Cunning Rabbit hurriedly carried him on his back, but felt that Li Nanke's whole body was limp and he didn't know how many bones were broken.

Li Nanke fought hard with the champion Victor and crippled his enemy's left hand, but his injuries were even more serious.

"What about the rest?"

"All dead, go!"

Even though the two had been mentally prepared, they were still horrified when they heard the news of the entire army being annihilated. They couldn't imagine how powerful the enemy was to be able to kill a group of pursuers. Even Li Nanke was seriously injured and had no choice but to flee and retreat.

Without asking any more questions, the two men quickly took him outside the church, started the old car and drove away from the cathedral.

Leaning on the passenger seat, Li Nanke closed his eyes, removed his pain shield, and felt the serious injuries in his body.

The humerus and radius of both hands were broken, and the sharp edges of the bones pierced the surrounding muscles. Multiple ribs in the chest were broken, and one of the broken bones pierced deeply into the lungs. Every breath was accompanied by severe pain, as if countless needles were piercing through the lungs.

Multiple fractures of his pelvis restricted the movement of his lower limbs, his liver was severely bruised, and the pain in his abdomen was like a burning fire.

Large areas of muscle tearing caused the blood stasis under the skin to look like dark clouds. The impact and shock to the spinal cord caused temporary neurological dysfunction and difficulty in exerting force on the limbs.

A normal person with such serious injuries would be paralyzed on the ground and unable to move. Only Li Nanke had an extremely strong body and could continue to move.

With such serious injuries, even if his body has strong recovery ability, he can't expect to recover his combat effectiveness in the short term.

He pondered for a moment, then flipped his wrist and a palm-sized square wooden box appeared out of thin air.

When the wooden box was opened, inside was an ointment that looked like snow-white butter, and a strong herbal scent emanated from it.

This is exactly the node reward of the last forbidden dream, 'Healing Holy Anointing' (Chapter 64).

Li Nanke dug out a whole piece of holy ointment and swallowed it directly.

He closed his eyes again, and the three main animal qualities of 'Deep Sea', 'Blood Moon' and 'Pain' all exerted their power.

The internal organs strengthened by the 'deep sea' allow the digestive organs to quickly absorb the medicinal power of the holy ointment taken internally.

Control the muscles to move and piece together the broken bones. Through the blood control of the 'Blood Moon', quickly transport the blood containing the medicinal power of the holy ointment to various injured parts.

The super recovery of 'Pain' allows him to control the healing of injuries very finely.

Broken capillaries become tougher after being repaired, torn muscle fibers become thicker and stronger after recovery, and even after broken bones heal, the bone density is higher than before.

Under the combined effect of the three main animal essences, it was as if there were countless tiny nanorobots inside Li Nanke's body, powered by the 'Healing Holy Ointment', working at full capacity to repair every injury on his body.

The cunning rabbit in the driver's seat tilted his head slightly, watching his face turn from pale to ruddy. Various tiny noises came from inside his body, the sound of blood rushing, the gurgling of his internal organs and intestines, the crackling sound of bones and joints joining together...

Not only that, Li Nanke's whole body was hot, like a red-hot furnace. The sweat that was flowing out just evaporated into white mist with a sizzling sound.

Just sitting next to him, I can feel his hot body temperature.

Soon, Li Nanke opened his eyes, moved his hands and feet, and felt that his injuries had almost recovered.

Cunning Rabbit was stunned, but before she could sigh, she heard a deafening roar coming from the church area far behind her!
A huge green shadow climbed up to the top of the church spire and looked at them with crazy eyes. Just by looking at the muscular body, one could feel the explosive power contained in it.

Champion Victor clearly saw the vehicle speeding through the streets of the town. He jumped off the church spire and strode towards the vehicle.

Amidst the loud rumbling noise, one dilapidated house after another collapsed, countless wood chips and debris flew everywhere, and smoke and dust rose into the sky.

Champion Victor was like a rampaging bulldozer, ignoring the houses blocking his way and charging straight towards the vehicle.

Even though they were far away and the view was blocked by houses, but looking at the rising yellow dust, one could tell that the enemy was chasing them relentlessly and looked as if they were going to catch up with the car.

"What kind of monster is this?" A trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the cunning rabbit.

Li Nanke briefly explained what happened underground and ordered the cunning rabbit to increase the speed and drive at full speed.

The car driven by the Ego Crystal is powerful and its speed at full speed is no less than that of a modern sports car. It's just that the roads in Moonlight Town are a bit rough and bumpy, so it can't quickly get rid of the enemy.

Pinocchio stood in the back seat of the car. If any remaining zombies approached, the flamethrower on his left arm would turn the enemy into a charred corpse.

Li Nanke let the champion Victor chase him wildly behind him and took out the alchemist's notes to check. He knew that the enemy would never be able to catch up with him.

When Li Nanke opened the black cover of the notebook, the first sentence of the preface made him excited.

[The origin of everything comes from the fallen star——Giuseppe Giappetto. 】

Geppetto is the genius alchemist who created Pinocchio, and he is also the great inventor of the Ego-powered puppet.

The owner of this notebook is none other than Geppetto, who is known as the father of puppets.

【In ancient times, a meteor streaked across the night sky and fell to the ground. 】

[This star carries a mysterious blue energy that completely changed the world and the fate of everyone. ]

[People in ancient times discovered that by praying to the stars, they could, through some means, gain special abilities beyond ordinary people.]

[The stars thus became people's wishing wells, constantly fulfilling the various wishes of the ancients. ]

[Initially, these wishes were mostly for health, wealth, and happiness, but as time went on, some greedy humans came up with an extreme wish - immortality! ]

【Humans are no longer satisfied with short and fragile lives and are eager to gain eternal life. 】

[The stars responded to their prayers as always, sublimating the flesh and blood of these people and transforming them into an unprecedented, more advanced blue life form.]

[These life forms possess incredible abilities. They are considered to be able to live forever, wandering aimlessly in the world, as if they have truly achieved eternity.]

[As time went by, these beings were gradually misinterpreted as angels or gods by myths and legends.] [Perhaps this is not a misinterpretation. For ignorant people, eternal and immortal beings can indeed be called angels or gods in a sense.]

[Ancient humans believed in them fanatically, believing that they were supreme beings who could bestow blessings or bring disasters.]

[However, in ancient civilizations, some people were afraid of new life forms, believing that these new life forms would bring unpredictable disasters.]

【So they decided to destroy these life forms, and surprisingly succeeded. 】

[The documents and legends do not record how they succeeded, but I guess they still used the power of the stars. The stars can grant eternal life, but of course they can also bring death.]

[Those former angels have become 'torn gods', and the stars that could fulfill all wishes have also disappeared. 】

[The only physical object left by the 'Torn God' is a severed arm, known as the 'God's Arm'. ]

[And its life form turned into countless blue particle energies, floating in every corner of the world, silently affecting the entire world. ]

【This particle energy is the origin and end of everything - ego element. 】

[Finally, the 'Arm of God' ended up in the hands of the Alchemist Group, where it was controlled and studied by the group leader Simon.]

[In the process of studying ego element, God's arm, gold coin fruit and petrification, Simon discovered the truth. ]

[Petrification is not a disease, but a kind of 'purification', or even 'evolution'. It's just that ordinary people cannot accept purification at all, and become the eliminated products of death.]

[The ultimate goal of evolution is the legendary new life form, that is, angels and gods, who can gain immortality. ]

[Simon thought this was a perfect opportunity. He needed to ascend into the immortal world through flesh and blood, and create an eternal world where only angels and gods existed.]

[So he cooperated with the city government, secretly spreading petrification in the name of researching a panacea, and used a large number of patients to study evolution.]

[Champion Victor only completed purification, but failed on the road to evolution. He did not become complete, let alone become an angel.]

[And Laxia, the nun in the church who loves Simon, the silly woman who volunteered to be the subject of the experiment, has also completed the purification. I know that she will definitely not succeed in evolving, but she is already the closest to being complete among countless experimental subjects. ]

[Simon and I have a fundamental conflict in our research philosophy. He has taken the wrong path. How can a weak flesh and blood bear the eternal immortality?]

[After all, he is just a usurper. Even if he controls the daughter of the former leader Valentin, the only listener left in the world, he cannot change his failure.]

[Because the person at the end of eternal life is not a human, but a robot doll...]

【…】

Li Nanke closed his notebook. It turned out that the angels just prayed to the "stars" in order to evolve into higher-level life forms.

Now that the 'stars' are missing and it is impossible to pray, Simon leads the alchemists to spread petrification. Their fundamental purpose is to study how to become a more advanced life form and thus gain eternal life.

Becoming a higher-level life form needs to be achieved step by step. The first is purification, then evolution into a so-called complete being, and the final evolutionary end point is an angel.

Geppetto's philosophy is completely opposite to that of the leader Simon. He believes that humans cannot become angels without prayer, and only mechanical puppets can become eternal through human means.

[Nightmare, you have completed the hidden node: Find the alchemist's notes hidden in the cathedral area and learn the secrets of the angels! ]

[Since you have triggered the hidden node (initial), the hidden node (subsequent) will be triggered at a specific occasion in this forbidden dream! ]

[Hidden node rewards: trait 'fanaticism' (to be claimed), unlock some special redemption permissions, and improve dream settlement score! ]

As the synchronous prompt sounded, the last page of the notebook emitted a bright white light.

"Trait fanaticism...it sounds like animal subordination."

Li Nanke had a bad feeling and immediately turned to the last page of his notes.

I saw a mysterious symbol appear on the blank paper. The symbol looked like a pair of burning eyes in a ball of fire.

He felt the symbol carefully, and confirmed in his heart that this was definitely not an animal trait.

Li Nanke took a deep breath and reached out to touch the symbol.

The powerful mental erosion that followed not only did not make his mind sink into madness, but instead made him feel refreshed, as if he had taken a tonic.

No, to be more precise, if one absorbs this trait alone, one will inevitably suffer from mental erosion that will lead to dementia.

However, the imbalance of animality makes this trait produce an effect similar to fighting poison with poison.

[Trait: Fanaticism]

[Subordinate: Humanity]

[Rank: 2th rank]

[Level: 0/10]

[Details: With this trait, you can hypnotize yourself with your powerful mental power and special mental skills, allowing the fanatic spirit to fill your mind and burst out with more powerful combat power. This trait can also hypnotize the enemy, making them crazy and insane, but it will not increase the enemy's strength. The weaker the enemy's basic consciousness, the more obvious the degree of madness. ]

[As this trait improves, your spirit will become more fanatical, and you can even use your mental strength to significantly increase your combat effectiveness. ]

[Note: I know you are in a hurry, but don’t be in a hurry. ]

Li Nanke was stunned. The second-level human trait was fanaticism. He used mental techniques to hypnotize himself and could also hypnotize the enemy.

The cunning rabbit who was driving beside him kept looking back at the terrifying enemy who was chasing him relentlessly.

At this time, the number of houses outside the car was gradually decreasing, and we were almost out of Moonlight Town.

The cunning rabbit looked back again, and his tense body suddenly relaxed. He let out a long sigh and said, "Champion Victor seems to know that he can't catch up with us, so he slowed down his pursuit."

Li Nanke's heart moved: "Come, look into my eyes."

The cunning rabbit turned its head and looked into his eyes in confusion.

In an instant, the cunning rabbit seemed to fall into a strange world, surrounded by endless wasteland, the sky was dyed red by the blood-red sunset, and the earth was dyed dark brown by blood.

The shouts of countless soldiers and the clashing of swords echoed in the ears. The booming of war drums and trumpets made the brain congested and extremely excited. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and everywhere one could see soldiers fighting frantically, regardless of life and death.

She was at the center of the battlefield, surrounded by many soldiers, with pairs of expectant eyes staring at her, and the ferocious-looking enemy in front of her was already rushing towards her.

At that moment, the cunning rabbit forgot everything and chopped at the enemy with the weapon in hand without any hesitation.

In a flash, she was back in the driver's seat. There was no bloody battlefield at all. The fights for life and death seemed like an illusion.

Li Nanke had been carefully observing the cunning rabbit. After being hypnotized by "fanatical", the other party's face turned red, his breathing became rapid and heavy, and he gripped the steering wheel tightly, his whole body tense. He even unconsciously increased the speed of the car a lot, and he was just short of stepping on the accelerator to start the engine.

Although she was still far from going crazy or losing her mind, her mind had become extremely excited and agitated.

"Honey, what happened to me?"

"Nothing." Li Nanke patted her back and soothed her, "Slow down and let the enemy catch up."

Even a sane rabbit could be affected by "fanalysis" to this extent, not to mention the already insane monster.

Li Nanke's injuries are now basically healed, and he has also acquired a new trait "Fanasis". There is naturally no need to wait until the next day to take revenge on the spot.

His eyes were stern and his tone was cold as he said, "Moonlight Town is not far from the shore. When the enemy catches up with us, we will head towards the sea."

(End of this chapter)