I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

Chapter 174: The Complete Third Trait, the Mist Brain Plague with Built-in Anti-Armor

Sap stared coldly at Klaus.

He knew very well what kind of personality this old man had.

He could sense that the other person was hiding something from him, but he also knew very well that he wouldn't get the answer by questioning them like this.

He needs a suitable opportunity to turn the other party into his employee.

Once you sign that contract, everything the other party owns becomes yours.

So he didn't dwell on the matter and changed the subject, asking, "Now that these witchers have been rescued, will it affect the subsequent plans?"

Klaus shook the half-grotesque head that was now gone: "The person has been rescued, but we have enough blood."

"Martin and his colleague were only responsible for a small part of the plan."

"Even if Puru (the ghoul wizard) gets captured, you don't need to worry about this."

"I've secured his memory; those guys aren't capable of getting any information from it."

Sap didn't have many doubts and nodded slightly: "Yes, after all, you secretly designed that interrogation system."

"Since the plan isn't affected, I'll proceed according to the originally scheduled deadline."

As he spoke, Sap stood up, his eyes deep and his tone warning.

"I hope we can achieve a win-win situation in this matter."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't mind letting you experience the punishment of being deprived of gold."

Klaus smiled slightly: "Don't worry about that, dear Tommy, just like I was your investor forty years ago."

"This time, I am still the investor who will change your destiny."

Sap nodded slightly, then his body disappeared into the dream world.

After Sap left, Klaus grinned, revealing his menacing mouth full of frightening fangs, his voice trembling.

"Arkham, blessed by a great and merciful God—"

"As long as I have you! As long as I have you! I will have the opportunity to completely contain the skeletal holy child."

"To become a high-ranking financier with the lifespan of a ghoul!"

As he was being corroded by the blood, Klaus also clearly felt the immense power contained within it.

Various inexplicable toxins, extraordinary properties, and demonic auras —

He couldn't perceive what many of these things were or where they came from.

But among those deadly forces, he still sensed a familiar aura.

That was the aura of the great and merciful god, the sinister king of bones.

The aura was completely different from the aura they usually exuded during their rituals.

More moderate, more broad.

If they usually faced the oppressive aura of a giant looking down from above.

The aura within Ivan's body was like a father's care for his child.

The racial cap for ghouls means that their highest level can only reach Master.

Only a few who were granted divine power were able to rise to the rank of lord or superior.

But they are a very small minority, each one being at the level of a divine messenger.

To reach this level, one needs to allow their body to absorb more power from the gods.

However, the normal power of a god is too violent, and his body has a limit.

If he could obtain Ivan's blood or body, he could withstand more divine power.

It's even possible that he could completely merge with the soon-to-be-born skeletal holy child and ascend to a higher position in one step.

"Arkham————"

Klaus touched his face, which was half corroded.

The power within that blood was so complex and violent.

It seemed to be composed of countless complex poisons and supernatural powers, so much so that his self-healing abilities were no longer able to heal these wounds.

Feeling the stinging pain of the wound —

The stronger the sting, the more it stimulated Klaus's desire.

"Next time, I'm definitely going to have you!"

It was sunny on March 12.

A sneeze!

At 7:30 in the morning, Evan, who had just gotten out of bed after a good night's sleep, sneezed.

"Which beauty is talking about me behind my back again? Is it my senior sister or Eldin?"

Evan muttered, rubbing his nose.

"You chicken~!"

With a nimble step, Evan felt his mental state return to normal.

The extreme arrogance and narcissism I felt yesterday, stemming from an overly strong sense of self, has disappeared.

That means—

Then, just as Evan was about to look at the panel, he discovered that he had gone blind in one eye.

He rushed into the sanctuary and found that half of his head and half of his neck had turned to rust.

He paused for a moment, then raised his arms to take off his clothes and said in a low voice.

"This is a trial."

Five minutes later, Ivan stuffed the half-skull along with the rusty trachea into the bed.

Covered in sweat and pale with pain, Evan sat down and looked at the control panel.

The first thing you'll see is the reverse effect of the Energy Potion and the Purification Potion.

Unfortunately, there is a huge difference between this regular version and the fast-acting version.

You reversed the side effects of the energy potion.

Your electrical resistance is permanently increased by 2%.

You reversed the side effects of the purification potion.

Your silver resistance is permanently increased by 2%.

"This regular version of the oral potion is weak."

"The increase in electrical resistance from the energy potion has been reduced from 5% to 2%, and the increase in willpower has also been removed."

"The silver resistance of the purification potion has been reduced from 4% to 2%, and the moon affinity is gone too."

"Tsk, trash!"

He muttered a comment and continued reading.

You reversed the side effects of the Gecko Potion.

Your blood quality will improve by 25% within the next 168 hours.

"After my physique improved, the side effects of the basic magic potion began to weaken."

At this stage, the side effects of the three potions have been reversed.

The oral Penetrating Potion won't arrive until nine o'clock.

The remaining three potions for rectal absorption—Lion, Insight, and Sharpness—each have a duration of sixty hours, leaving forty-two hours remaining.

After reviewing the potion's reversal effect, Evan quickly looked at his third trait, Mist Brain Plague.

[The Misty Brain Plague has absorbed the Ghost King's blessing, and its characteristics have been enhanced!]

[The Fog-like Brain Plague has absorbed the Ghost King's blessing, progress increased by 30%.]

【warn! 】

[Exceptional Trait: Fog Brain Plague has reached 100.4%, and the final effect is about to be unlocked.]

[Upon unlocking the final version, it greatly enhances your mental resilience, allowing you to directly attack the opponent's soul with Brain Plague; upon receiving a fatal attack, it automatically injects the attacker with Misty Brain Plague.]

[Warning: This effect is a cumulative extraordinary property, not a drug, and its side effects cannot be reversed.]

[Upon activation, you will gain the following weaknesses:]

[1. Advanced Nihilism: Your self-awareness decreases by 70%.] (Total cumulative across three stages)

[2. Advanced Collapse: Your constitution decreases by 6 points.] (Same as above)

Upon seeing the final effect of the entire Fog Brain Plague, Evan burst into laughter.

"Hehe—hahaha—hahaha!"

Although he tried hard to suppress his laughter, he couldn't hold it in in the end.

"Awesome! Absolutely awesome!"

"Wouldn't that turn me into a plague ball with anti-armor? You can crush me and spray some of it all over you."

"If you bump into me, I'll spit in your mouth!"

"By injecting it, I can use the fog brain plague to disrupt the attacker's thinking, even infect their soul, and then inject the virus."

"Hahaha! That bastard Klaus! Next time—"

"I'll show you what it means to be haunted by nightmares!!!"

Ivan then clicked to activate.

At the moment of activation, he discovered that three points of his physique had been deducted.

My physical fitness, which I had finally managed to improve over the past few days, has dropped from 10.682 to 7.682.

The remaining 40% of self-awareness has now been completely wiped out.

As his attributes were deducted, Evan immediately felt himself back in that mist.

It's just different from the feeling of my brain being constantly blocked last time.

He felt as if he had become the very essence of the mist.

He could freely roam through the mist and manipulate its shape.

Stretch and deform at will.

He can even compress this fog to form a sphere that is as solid as a physical object.

At the same time, he can calmly allocate the types and concentrations of viruses within this fog.

Just as Yiwenhua was wandering in that mist, he once again sensed two enormous beings outside the mist.

This time he could vaguely see what it was.

To the left was a huge, completely indistinct shadow; he could only vaguely make out two enormous horns, and all around him were countless eerie winds and skeletons.

On the right, however, was a chaotic mass that defied description.

Countless twisted things churned within, their numbers indistinguishable, like a large pot of boiling soup.

The two did not seem to have a good relationship; they were quite far apart as they looked at each other.

He was caught between these two behemoths, as insignificant as a speck of dust.

"Holy crap! Oh no! My spirituality—huh!?"

Just as Iven instinctively felt things were going wrong again, he discovered that his spiritual vision had not improved and his spirituality had not been damaged.

Only then did he realize that he was now hidden in the fog.

Looking outwards was as if through a veil; he could barely see clearly, but it did not have any impact on his spirit.

Call ~

He opened his eyes without realizing it and found himself back in the old apartment.

Looking down, I found that my body had not changed at all.

However, he could clearly feel a mass of seawater-like substance appearing in his mind.

This stuff is as viscous as oil, constantly swirling and thumping in my brain, as if my brain is filled with water.

But this feeling was neither uncomfortable nor annoying.

Instead, it feels like the entire brain is enveloped, protected, and lubricated.

"Awesome!"

"It took about two weeks to activate the complete fog encephalopathy, and the side effects were truly frightening."

"A total of six points of physical fitness and 70% of self-awareness were deducted."

"This would be unbearable for any normal person."

"No wonder the second side effect is called Advanced Collapse."

"Any normal apprentice-level superhuman would probably collapse into a pile of pus after having six points of physique deducted."

After activating his extraordinary abilities, Ivan felt his muscles shrink even more.

"On the bright side, less strength means less food to eat."

Thinking of this, Ivan grinned: "Today's another day of making a killing."

He then quickly changed his clothes and went out to eat, because it was Monday and he had to go to school.

He wasn't in a hurry to look into the ghoul wizard's memories, after all, he might see something unexpected.

What if it's another week of three ghosts knocking on the door?

I'll make two bottles of fast-acting potion tonight and be fully prepared before we talk about it.

Ivan then went to the Bee Restaurant.

The place was still overcrowded, with all sorts of workers crammed together, eating voraciously.

The sounds of various conversations, the clinking of forks against plates, and chewing mingled together.

Instead of finding these sounds noisy, Evan felt a sense of comfort upon hearing them.

Because this is the environment and rhythm he is most familiar with every day, so familiar that it allows him to instinctively relax his vigilance and be wary of the unknown.

Despite consuming three times the energy of the Black Sun Wings, Evan felt that a mere dollar's worth of food in the morning was barely enough due to his weakened constitution.

While eating, he listened to the discussion around him.

After finishing his meal, dockworker Uncle Prey rolled a cigarette and talked as he smoked.

"Did you read the newspaper? Yesterday, a group of thugs attacked the Bolton City Public Library."

The mechanic sitting next to him, Pick, yelled, "What a bunch of lunatics! What's the point of attacking the library?"

"If they went to rob those capitalists' banks, I'd be willing to call them Robin Hood."

"Libraries are an important channel for many people to learn knowledge."

"These guys are fucking inhuman!"

After Pique finished speaking, Uncle Pre turned to him and asked, "Hey! Aubrey, what are you thinking about?"

"Why do you seem so dazed lately?"

Aubry, who was sitting to the side, came to his senses and scratched his head: "It's nothing, it's just that my memory hasn't been very good lately."

Pique sighed, "Uncle Aubrey, I advise you to eat less of those church copper pills."

"I've heard many people say that their memory gets worse after eating this stuff."

Aubry sighed, "There's nothing I can do about it! Now that I'm getting older, my back and shoulders hurt terribly every day."

"Regular painkillers are no longer working; only this can keep me going every day."

Evan swallowed a piece of steak, then turned to ask, "Uncle Aubrey, did those nuns come looking for you after you ate the copper pill?"

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Aubry shook his head: "No, those nuns are very nice. As long as you don't take the medicine to resell, they won't cause you any trouble."

Evan said "Oh," and asked, "Are there many people eating this on Guding Street?"

Aubry asked curiously, "Arkham, why are you suddenly interested in these things?"

Evan grinned: "I've started my internship at the medical school now, and I've been helping out at the hospital for the past two weeks."

"There are some similar patients in the hospital, so I thought we'd all be neighbors in the same community, so I thought I'd help with the statistics."

Upon hearing this, the surrounding workers immediately cheered and whistled.

"God Father above! Is a respectable doctor about to emerge from our Guding Street?"

"Hahaha! Arkham, congratulations!"

"Hey! Can't you see my son? There's still hope in his studies! No going out tonight, you'd better study!"

The last boy let out a pitiful cry: "Dad~~"

Amid the commotion, Evan chatted with the others for a while and learned that there were about forty or fifty people steadily consuming copper pills throughout Guding Street.

The normal dosage is two pills per day.

The longest period of time that has been spent eating these foods is now ten days, and the shortest is about two days.

Aubry has been eating here for seven days.

My body doesn't hurt anymore, but my memory isn't very good.

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