I’m Really Scared
Chapter 46: Play While Screaming

"It really doesn't seem too hard... This monster is weaker than I thought!"

The countless arms forming the maggot opened and closed, with numerous eyes emerging from the palms. From these eyes, thin red tentacles twisted into long needles, constantly attacking Guan Shan.

Guan Shan grabbed the nearest arm, with the long needle almost piercing his eye socket, but he managed to hold it at bay.

He held on for a while longer, gradually understanding the monster's characteristics.

When the colossal creature pressed down on him, Guan Shan had braced himself to lose half his health.

He closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, expecting some blood loss.

Unexpectedly, the direct hit only caused 145 damage, which was much less challenging than when he faced the chef.

Back then, a single punch from the chef took away a quarter of his health! Although his current higher level played a part, his health hadn't significantly increased, giving him no clear advantage.

Guan Shan had assumed this monster followed the chef's template: high attack and thick health. However, it only had a bit more health, with much lower actual damage.

Despite its large and intimidating appearance, it was actually just a paper tiger.

"Thinking about it calmly, this makes sense. After all, this monster seals weapons, significantly reducing combat effectiveness. If its attack power were any higher, the difficulty of this breakthrough mission would be unreasonable."

"Simulator, I misjudged you!"

Guan Shan felt a twinge of guilt for cursing the simulator earlier.

But then, he realized, wait a minute, this was only the first elite monster, already as strong as previous bosses. What horrors would the subsequent monsters bring?

Damn simulator!

He couldn't let the simulator gaslight him. He had to curse it when necessary! "Speaking of which, this monster isn't as heavy as I thought. It's like a woman lying on top of me... Why am I so familiar with this?"

Guan Shan fell into deep thought, still having the presence of mind to analyze the monster's structure while "struggling."

Then he noticed another detail.

There were so many arms, so many hands, but they were all flailing around uselessly, as if cheering, causing minimal damage.

The only ones exerting force were the two arms he held.

Earlier, the monster's appearance was too sanity-damaging for Guan Shan to stare at it. He had just focused on running.

Now, looking at it up close, he suddenly realized the weak points were right in front of him, the two arms he was holding! "Well, this is like a gift from the heavens—right on target!"

How to fight without weapons? Guan Shan demonstrated on the spot, opting for a direct melee fight with the monster! "Phew..."

Guan Shan took a deep breath, mentally preparing himself. In the flashlight's beam, directly facing such a monster was extremely challenging.

Even a glance made him feel like he might wet himself.

Guan Shan's gaze was somber. "But there's no choice... The simulator forced me to this."

Scared? Of course!

But fear didn't stop the fight.

A horror game was meant to be played with a roar.

"You damn maggot, get... up!"

Guan Shan used all his strength, gripping the two arms tightly, twisted them, and with a flip, he slammed the giant creature to the ground! "Boom!"

The thousand-hand maggot crashed down, its countless arms flailing and emitting a series of terrifying screams, causing the strange human skin walls around them to wriggle.

Guan Shan's scalp tingled, wanting to run, but having reversed the situation, he dared not waste a moment.

Gathering all his courage, Guan Shan charged towards the weak points amidst the writhing arms.

Stepping on those eyes felt bizarre and disgusting... He doubted he'd ever eat longan again.

"No risk, no reward..."

Guan Shan constantly reassured himself, bolstering his morale, and reached out to grab the attacking arms again.

However, he was a bit panicked, managing to grab only one wrist while the other arm's needle pierced his hand.

20!

Guan Shan ignored the red number, advancing instead of retreating, sliding his hand down the needle and tightly interlocking fingers with the open palm.

Exhaling sharply, he faced the eyes on the arm and forced himself to remain calm.

Honestly, he wasn't sure of his current strength.

Crushing marble by hand was just something he could do, not necessarily his limit. He didn't know if he could crush anything else.

After several missions, he had killed many monsters, and the passive skill 【Rotted Flesh Accumulation】 should have enhanced his strength at least twenty times.

"But tearing off an arm shouldn't be too hard, right?"

Guan Shan smiled confidently, veins bulging on his hands as he gripped the pale arms, hearing the sounds of flesh being squeezed and bones dislocating and breaking.

Then, he placed his foot on the creature's body and pulled with all his might! "Rip!"

"Ah—"

With an indescribable scream, he tore off the pair of pale arms, with countless flesh strands dangling at the stumps. Even inside the creature's body, there were eyeballs everywhere.

2333!

A huge number appeared before Guan Shan.

Critical hit!

No longer caring how the maggot struggled, Guan Shan's sanity had snapped at the sight of those eyes.

Damn mentality! He discarded one arm, pulled the other from his pierced hand, and reversed it, stabbing the sharp end into an eye.

"Squish!"

He skewered the maggot like a kebab! After a moment of carnage, the system prompt finally appeared.

【EXP +2100】

【Current EXP: 33150/1000 (Awaiting Breakthrough) → 35250/1000 (Awaiting Breakthrough)】

The disarm status was lifted.

Guan Shan panted heavily, looking at the thoroughly dead, bloody maggot with no visible eyes, slowly regaining his composure.

"Phew... Is it over?"

Guan Shan blinked, relieved, his hands still trembling slightly as he discarded the torn arm.

Calming down, he noticed he was covered in unknown sticky, hot liquids.

"Oh well, horror game protagonists always get covered in weird stuff, I'll just deal with it."

Guan Shan grimaced, adjusting his clothes.

He got off the maggot, picked up the flashlight, and saw the gleaming drops nearby, feeling a bit better.

Guan Shan rubbed his hands. "Let's see what goodies the breakthrough mission's monster dropped."

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