Chapter 206 Countering the Curse, Strength Soars
The World Encyclopedia has been unlocked, which should have been great news, but Chen Qing had no time to pay attention to it.
The extended duration of the curse led to a dramatic increase in its quality, and the terrifying urge to eat almost overwhelmed Chen Qing's reason.
At this point, don't talk about things that look edible.
Even things that looked inedible, Chen Qing, whose brain was overwhelmed by appetite, wanted to stuff into his mouth without a care.
Sand, soil, metal, wood, ...
Anything is fine as long as it can fill her stomach completely.
However, those cursed by the half-skull will never be satisfied no matter how much they eat.
This appears to be a terrifying form of mind control and suggestion, but in reality, Chen Qing's mind has likely been invaded and taken over by some kind of consciousness.
This is indeed the situation Chen Qing is facing now, and it's very bad.
With her last shred of reason, Chen Qing struggled to control her urge to eat. If she continued to eat, the curse on her would become permanent.
“Law enforcers…”
Chen Qing bit her lip hard and forced out a few words to summon the liquid metal enforcers.
"I am here, Master."
"interrupt……"
Chen Qing's breathing was very rapid, her eyes were bloodshot, and the desire in her eyes was terrifying.
Her body involuntarily lurched toward the Sailor Rabbit beside her.
"My...limbs."
Since we can't control her mind, let's physically prevent her from eating!
"Yes, Master."
Without any hesitation, the law enforcement officers rushed straight towards Chen Qing, who had captured Sailor Rabbit.
A cold hand covered Chen Qing's joints. The law enforcement officer showed no mercy and used all his strength on Chen Qing.
Intense pain instantly spread throughout Chen Qing's body. Her face turned pale, and large beads of sweat streamed down her forehead.
If it weren't for the support of the exoskeleton, Chen Qing's hands and feet would probably have been completely broken and he would have collapsed to the ground.
The intense pain in her body momentarily overwhelmed her desire to eat. Chen Qing did her best to suppress the appetite in her mind and opened her personal panel.
【Curse of the Half-Skeleton: Duration 319... hours】
Since the duration of the curse can increase with the number of extraordinary points, it can also decrease with the number of extraordinary points.
Sure enough, after Chen Qing opened the panel and activated his extraordinary ability, the Curse Time was different from other attributes; a small minus sign appeared after it.
Chen Qing had accumulated a thousand extraordinary points, which she poured into the curse.
As more extraordinary points are invested, the curse duration is also decreasing rapidly.
The original 300,000 hours have been reduced to just over 200,000 hours.
However, decades was still too long for Chen Qing.
However, acquiring extraordinary points will prolong the duration of the curse on Chen Qing.
Chen Qing suddenly remembered the hair clip she had gotten from the reputation pack.
wrong.
That hair clip won't solve her current problem; she's not being controlled by anyone using mind control anymore.
"Lock me up in jail, and if I show any signs of eating, break all my limbs immediately!"
As a person with extraordinary abilities and related passive abilities, Chen Qing's healing speed for ordinary flesh wounds such as broken limbs is very fast.
Moreover, there is a curse at play.
It continuously draws energy and vitality from Chen Qing to heal her wounds, so that Chen Qing can regain her mobility and continue eating as soon as possible!
This discovery is truly chilling.
Suddenly, looking at the numbers on the attribute panel, Chen Qing seemed to realize something.
The energy and life force stored in her body will be continuously depleted without being replenished.
After the curse appeared, Chen Qing did not take any further action.
As time goes by, Chen Qing becomes weaker and weaker, and the curse will become weaker and weaker.
The previous hunting of extraordinary points would not actively increase her body's vitality and energy reserves.
Chen Qing's two values should have been low enough that they could only sustain her life.
However, this curse can still drain her life force and energy to accelerate the recovery of her injuries.
The duration of the curse seemed to have decreased by a very negligible amount, even without her using any extraordinary points.
She seems to have found a way to reduce the duration of the curse without consuming any extraordinary points.
However, this method is somewhat brutal.
"The mechanical heart keeps the fluid doctors on standby."
Despite the excruciating pain, Chen Qing decisively gave the order.
"Yes, Master."
Chen Qing was imprisoned on the mechanical ship, along with law enforcement officers and a fluid doctor.
She issued new instructions to law enforcement officers.
Without endangering her life, law enforcement officers should inflict as serious bodily harm as possible on her.
To prevent any accidents, Chen Qing brought in a fluid doctor.
As a Class B mechanical creation, the Fluid Doctor possesses far superior medical skills compared to the Water-Covered Butterfly.
Under its surveillance, Chen Qing would definitely not die from mere external injuries.
Having received Chen Qing's instructions, the law enforcement officers will show no mercy.
Chen Qing's limbs, which had recovered in just over ten minutes, were broken again by law enforcement officers.
This time, it wasn't just Chen Qing's limbs that were broken, but also her ribs and spine...
Chen Qing looked as if she had been pulled out of a pool of sweat, her wet hair clinging tightly to her forehead.
As it turned out, her guess was absolutely right.
The curse of the half-skull is indeed a terrifying curse.
But even such a curse has some characteristics that can be used in a good way.
In a way, permanently becoming a half-skull has some advantages.
At the very least, its recovery ability will become exceptionally powerful.
Moreover, they are very difficult to defeat.
Just like Chen Qing is now.
From being beaten by law enforcement officers at the beginning, to now being able to get up and continue to provoke law enforcement officers even after being beaten.
Chen Qing's close-quarters combat skills have improved, and her body's recovery speed has also increased significantly.
This was all achieved using the curse of the half-skull.
After countless times having his ribs shattered by law enforcement officers, Chen Qing suddenly thought of Shangjia.
It seems that Shangjia also has many curses on him.
Is this what they call fighting poison with poison?
As long as the number of curses is strong enough and there is enough understanding of the core of each curse.
Then both the body and the soul can achieve a terrifying balance.
Achoo!
While having a late-night snack in the galley of the pirate ship, Shangjia suddenly sneezed.
She hugged her arms and couldn't help but shiver; she had never felt this way before.
"Boss, you sneezed?!"
Yu'an stared at Shangjia beside him in horror, knowing all too well how powerful Shangjia's physique was.
The outside temperature may be cold, but it definitely won't affect the temperature in Shangjia.
What's going on?
"fine."
He waved his hand dismissively, but his heart was not so calm.
Just a moment ago, she suddenly felt as if someone had seen right through her.
His intuition, amplified by the terrifying number of monsters and curses sealed within him, was exceptionally sharp.
"It won't be yours..."
Xuepo frowned and asked with concern.
Xuepo was the person on the ship who knew Shangjia best, and she was also very clear about Shangjia's physical condition.
Just as Chen Qing guessed, Shangjia possessed the bloodline of a voodoo witch, and she was cursed from birth.
Many voodoo witches die from these curses, but the opposite can be true.
She uses the curses within her to collect all sorts of terrible curses, maintaining a terrifying balance between her body and soul.
The more powerful the curse, the greater the benefit to her.
Ordinary curses are simply not enough to catch Shangjia's eye, and they are no match for the curses on Shangjia's body.
However, once this balance is broken, Shangjia will fall into an abyss of no return.
By then, even death would be a luxury for her.
This is the price she has to pay.
Chen Qing wanted to use the half-skull's curse, but he naturally had to pay a corresponding price.
Her price was physical torture.
However, the results are also very significant.
For Chen Qing, as long as it improves his strength, this is nothing at all.
Having faced death countless times, Chen Qing had become accustomed to the feeling, and her pain threshold had been greatly raised.
She was even considering whether to make the half-skull curse permanent.
[Congratulations to survivor Chen Qing for breaking through to D-rank in physical attributes.]
[Congratulations to survivor Chen Qing for breaking through to D-level in mental attribute.]
Without spending a single extraordinary point, Chen Qing's physical and mental attributes broke through directly under the tempering of the Half-Skull Curse and the Enforcer.
The whole process took less than seven days!
The original curse duration of over 200,000 hours has now been drastically reduced to tens of thousands of hours.
Even his close-combat skills, which were originally only at the D level, have been upgraded to the C level by Chen Qing!
His swordsmanship has also become much more refined.
Her entire aura also underwent a tremendous change during this period.
Originally, Chen Qing was quite reserved. As long as she stood there and didn't make a move, basically no one would realize that she was a master.
But now, Chen Qing is sharp and ruthless, like a bloodthirsty beast, full of wildness.
Just standing there makes people feel uneasy and afraid.
After all, this time, Chen Qing's practice target was an A-level mechanical enforcer!
Seven days, 168 hours of non-stop high-pressure, devilish training and brutal combat—even a complete wretch could be trained into a minor expert through endless injury recovery.
Moreover, someone as ambitious as Chen Qing is even more so.
Chen Qing could basically suppress the curse of the half-skull.
However, the suppressed appetite will have a period of explosive growth.
Once his appetite kicks in, Chen Qing still needs the help of law enforcement.
Anyway, she's already used to it, so it doesn't matter to her.
The law enforcement officers followed Chen Qing closely as he left the prison.
Chen Qing came out because he had important business to attend to.
The returning salvage team discovered several unexploited marine mines, and the B-level military factory was completed and put into operation.
Actually, a few days ago, the survivors from Chen Qing's private channel came to Yuzhi Island, wanting to take sides with Chen Qing.
Zhao Fuli happened to be on the boat at the time and told them to give up on that idea.
Both she and Chen Qing chose to remain neutral, siding with neither side.
Although it wasn't the end of the world, the survivors felt no less devastated than if the sky had fallen.
We agreed to start from the same starting line, but when I looked up, the other person had already run dozens of laps.
Forget about Chen Qing; they've never won against her.
I never expected Zhao Fuli to be so far ahead of them!
This world is truly...
When Chen Qing was released from prison, Zhao Fuli was planning to lead these survivors in a big battle.
Shangjia and the others have already left Jade Branch Island and gone to the Elemental Sea to demand ransom.
Before leaving, Shangjia originally intended to kidnap Zhao Fuli, but considering Chen Qing's peculiarities, she ultimately gave up the idea.
Anyway, once Zhao Fuli suffers setbacks outside, he will naturally realize how lucky he is to stay under the protection of the Demon Dragon, something that many people would rather die than have.
"Chen Qing...?!"
On Yuzhi Island, Zhao Fuli plans to use it as a base to carry out her grand scheme.
Many survivors stayed with her, and the village chief of Yuzhi Village became Zhao Fuli.
Granny Jade Flower from the Bounty Hunter Guild secretly gave her a lot of support, hoping that she would be able to take on the guardian mission soon.
She stared at Chen Qing in shock; it was still the same person.
But why does it feel like the current Chen Qing is so different from the previous Chen Qing?
Chen Qing is so aggressive now!
Zhao Fuli and the others didn't dare to look Chen Qing in the eye, as if they were about to get a beating if they did.
"Chen Qing, what's wrong with your face?"
Zhao Fuli hesitated for a moment, then pointed to his cheek and asked.
The exoskeleton only covered the half of Chen Qing's body that had turned into a skeleton; the other half was not covered, so Zhao Fuli could naturally see the scar that had suddenly appeared on Chen Qing's face.
If she remembered correctly, Chen Qing should have never left Yuzhi Island, so this injury...
"Is it dried in a super-dried form?"
Zhao Fuli stared wide-eyed, feeling extremely guilty.
"no."
Chen Qing only asked the law enforcement officers to spare her life, and it was inevitable that the officers would go too far if they didn't show mercy.
This scar is considered a very minor injury.
On several occasions, Chen Qing's eyeballs and internal organs were destroyed by law enforcement officers, and half of her head was smashed by them.
The exoskeleton could only cover half of Chen Qing's body, mainly because it was damaged by law enforcement officers. Chen Qing repaired and patched up the pile of rubble, and it was only with great difficulty that he managed to put together half of the exoskeleton.
It's kind of funny when you think about it.
The first thing Chen Qing did after being released from prison, having experienced a surge in strength, was to repair his exoskeleton.
"It's alright, Chen Qing. You don't need to cover it up for her. This is all my fault, and I will definitely compensate you!"
Zhao Fuli bowed deeply to Chen Qing in apology, convinced that this was something Shang Jia had done wrong.
Otherwise, why would she run so fast?
Unbeknownst to Shangjia, Zhao Fuli's affection for her had already turned negative.
"It has nothing to do with her."
However, Zhao Fuli took Chen Qing's explanation as her being too kind and even tried to cover it up.
Seeing this, Chen Qing didn't say anything more; this was more than deserved.
What are you planning to do?
Chen Qing looked at the pile of what appeared to be cement bags on the beach and asked.
"Build defensive fortifications!"
Zhao Fuli answered firmly.
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