Weird Game: My Talent is a Bit Strong

City X, Qingshan Prison.

Death row cells.

"Fan Chen, you will be executed in three days, but luckily, you still have the opportunity for probation and sentence reduction!" the prison guard said coldly.

Sitting on the bed, Fan Chen trembled and looked at the prison guard in astonishment.

"Do I still have a chance?"

"That's right."

The prison guard explained, "You've probably heard of the eerie world, right? This game has attracted the attention of the government."

"If you agree to become a player in the bizarre world and gather enough information within it, you will have a chance to redeem yourself."

"You might even regain your freedom and leave prison!"

Fan Chen's pupils contracted sharply. A bizarre world!

This is a game that has sparked heated discussions in the last two years. It is said that players who enter the game will experience all sorts of bizarre events.

If you die in the game, you will also die in the real world!

Even before Fan Chen went to prison, he frequently saw related news articles online.

However, he used to treat it as a pastime, but now that AI is developing rapidly, videos are no longer trustworthy, and he has always been skeptical of such things.

But now...

"Is the supernatural world real?" he asked, somewhat surprised.

The prison guard nodded: "That's right, but if you die in this game, you will also die in real life. You can refuse."

"I...I accept!"

Fan Chen hesitated for a moment, then agreed.

Rather than die a miserable death, he'd rather take a gamble in this bizarre game!

"Okay, someone will hand over the matters related to entering the game to you shortly."

After the prison guards left the cell, Fan Chen's face showed excitement in the quiet, dimly lit room.

He is 24 years old this year and was an intern at a large hospital in X city. He had a girlfriend from college.

Six months ago, his girlfriend suddenly told him, crying, that she had been raped by a rich second-generation.

How could Fan Chen, a normal man, possibly tolerate this?

He found the rich second-generation and stabbed him more than thirty times with a scalpel.

With his superb professional skills, he avoided vital organs with every cut, but he couldn't hold back with the last one and castrated him.

Fan Chen is an orphan, so he cherishes his girlfriend who brings him the warmth of family. He would rather go to jail than let her be humiliated.

But he underestimated the power of that rich second-generation family.

Afterwards, not only was he severely punished, but the hospital also colluded to report him for abusing his position to smuggle a huge quantity of prohibited drugs.

What drove him to despair the most was that his girlfriend had also been bribed and came forward to testify against him for his crimes.

then……

In just six months, he went from a promising doctor to a death row inmate about to be executed.

He thought his life was about to end like this, but he never expected to have a chance to escape the death penalty.

"A bizarre world game... I must regain my freedom!"

Fan Chen clenched his fist tightly and said to himself silently.

Next, Fan Chen signed a series of documents, and a specialist introduced him to relevant information about the bizarre world.

10 PM.

The prison guard handed him a black box.

"Is this the game login device?"

After opening the box, Fan Chen took out something that looked like a helmet. It was lightweight and the material was not discernible.

Can this thing really allow him to log into the game?

Under the watchful eye of the prison guards, Fan Chen put on his helmet and lay down on the bed.

A countdown appeared before his eyes: 10, 9, 8... 1, 0!

Welcome to the eerie game! Your information has been automatically detected!

Along with the notification, an attribute panel appeared in Fan Chen's field of vision.

Name: Fan Chen

Spirit Level: 1

Talent: None

Occupation: None

Spirit: 81/90

Life: 95/98

Stamina: 93/93

Money: 30

Items: None

The attribute panel displays the player's true status, and Fan Chen, who has already learned about the relevant information, knows the meaning of each attribute.

Spirit level is similar to player level in a regular game; the higher the spirit level, the stronger the player.

Players can also acquire bizarre professions, thereby gaining different professional powers.

Spirit, health, and stamina are the player's basic attributes.

Increasing your Spirit level will raise your attribute cap.

Money is the game currency, often called "ghost money," and is an important item in the game.

Each new player will receive 30 ghost money as starting currency.

And talent...

When players first enter the game and encounter strange occurrences, there is a small chance that they will gain their own talent.

Having talent is key to whether players can survive in this bizarre game!

Fan Chen's eyes showed anticipation, wondering if he would be so lucky.

At this time.

You are about to enter a bizarre instance: The Red Rose Restaurant!

Grade: F

Objective: Survive for four hours.

Synopsis: This is a renowned restaurant, but ever since that tragic incident, it has become eerily strange...

The eerie game has begun!

A mission prompt popped up in front of Fan Chen's eyes. After the familiar countdown, he felt a sudden dizziness.

The next moment, they found themselves in an unfamiliar place.

"Is this the world in the game?"

Fan Chen looked around in astonishment. Everything was incredibly real, including his own body, which was still wearing his original prison uniform.

Beside him were a dozen or so other men dressed in prison uniforms.

Like Fan Chen, they were all death row inmates at Qingshan Prison who chose to enter the bizarre game in hopes of getting a reduced sentence.

He is now looking around in fear.

This is a main street, and both ends of the street are pitch black, except for one building in front of you that is brightly lit.

It was a restaurant, its dim light enveloping the dozen or so players standing outside.

The restaurant's neon sign, "Red Rose," flashed with colorful lights, yet it appeared particularly eerie in the darkness.

A trash can was placed on one side, and a few strands of long hair were sticking out of it, swaying gently.

Fan Chen shifted his gaze and saw a woman in a waitress uniform looking over from behind the glass door of the restaurant.

With pale skin and a stiff smile, he kept waving outside, seemingly welcoming the players into the restaurant.

Fan Chen felt that the scene was indescribably eerie.

The other death row inmates also saw the waiter behind the glass door, were startled, and instinctively wanted to get away from there.

But soon, someone else discovered something.

"What are those?"

"There seems to be a shadow in the darkness!"

In the dark streets on both sides, staggering ghostly figures were approaching.

"I'm so hungry..."

They emitted eerie whispers.

A death row inmate was so terrified that he didn't notice a ghostly figure approaching him.

He saw rotting hands reach out from the darkness and grab his body.

Amid his terrified screams, they dragged him into the darkness.

Amidst the tearing sounds, the prisoner's screams quickly ceased.

[Warning: The streets are teeming with starving ghosts. Please seek refuge in a restaurant!]

A notification message appears simultaneously in front of all players.

"Let's go into the restaurant!"

All the players rushed to the restaurant.

"Get out of my way!" A death row inmate with a face full of scars suddenly shoved Fan Chen, causing Fan Chen to stumble backward into the darkness.

"grass!"

Fan Chen cursed angrily. The prisoner who pushed him was called Li Hu, nicknamed Brother Tiger. He was a gangster who often bullied him. He was definitely doing it on purpose!

However, Fan Chen's anger was quickly replaced by fear.

Rotten hands grabbed his body and dragged him into the darkness.

He heard the terrifying whisper of "Hungry, so hungry" all around him, and despair instantly descended upon his heart.

"Won't I be finished right from the start?"

Just as Fan Chen had this thought...

[Congratulations! You have acquired the talent: Soul Eater (Unique Level)!]

[Soul Eater: Unique Tier 1 Talent - You can absorb the strange attacks you receive and convert them into positive buffs.]

"I've gained a talent!" Fan Chen was overjoyed.

The next moment, those rotting hands began to tear at his body, and the hideous mouths gnawed at his flesh.

but……

You are being attacked by a starving ghost!

Health +1

Spirit +1

Health +1

Psychic +1

...]

A series of notification messages appeared before Fan Chen's eyes.

He didn't die a gruesome death like the previous death row inmate; instead, his condition improved.

"This is the Soul Eater's talent? It can transform all negative effects into positive amplification?"

"My talent... seems to be a little bit stronger than expected."