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Chapter 91 - 93 Transforming Shape

Chapter 91: Chapter 93 Transforming Shape

"Mortal world, dirtied once again." The long-haired man wearing a robe adorned with dazzling jewels, tilted his head back, gazing at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle.

"Killmatte gang leader, you’re just a spear handle, remember my words, I’ll curse you right here waiting for you in the big streets of Shenyang." The tattooed young man wearing a black shirt and sunglasses on his head gestured back and forth towards the camera.

"why so serious?" The clown, wearing black and white makeup, stretched a finger to hook up the corners of his mouth.

In the living room of the newly rented house, several rows of racks were set with an eye-catching array of COSPLAY costumes.

Li Cheng changed into different costumes, embodying different characters. With each change of outfit, his entire demeanor underwent a drastic transformation—sometimes cold and brutal, sometimes compassionate and gentle, sometimes madly extreme, sometimes calm and indifferent.

After hours of exploration, he had almost figured out all the hidden mechanisms of the "Experience Playing Method".

One, playing roles does not bring personal attribute enhancements, nor does it conjure memories or abilities that are not one’s own.

Two, playing roles would slightly temporarily change one’s way of thinking. For example, while playing Sherlock Holmes, scores obtained in reaction tests, memory tests, and logical reasoning tests were slightly higher than other characters.

Three, playing roles would slightly temporarily adjust moral standards but would not break through the bottom line or indiscriminately trigger kindness. It still primarily follows one’s moral beliefs.

Four, the portrayed character must have a clear image, cannot be self-created. The more extreme the character setting, the deeper the understanding of the character, the more real the portrayal, the more restored Sanity Value moment by moment.

"In the killing field, the power systems of each player are strange and various, but there are three values that every player has: Physical Value, Spiritual Power Value, and Sanity Value."

Li Cheng silently thought, "Physical Value is the data representation of a player’s physical strength, Spiritual Power Value is the basis of Extraordinary Power, and Sanity Value is quite special. It’s more like a real-time indicator of a player’s current mental state."

Sanity Value is determined by the individual’s will to live and influenced by Intellect Attribute and Perception Attribute. An ordinary person normally has a Sanity Value of 100 points, experiencing dizziness and discomfort when plummeted to 70 points due to intense stimulation or mental contamination.

Falling to 50 points, memory becomes disordered, consciousness cloudy. Dropping to 30 points leads to a mental breakdown, falling into a coma.

If it falls to 0 points... it’s completely hopeless, equivalent to brain death.

Physical Value and Spiritual Power Value can usually be restored faster through taking medicines, practicing Inner Strength, applying benefits, etc., while methods to restore Sanity Value are fewer and more troublesome.

Li Cheng’s current Sanity Value is just over two hundred points. After spending several hours a day activating the "Multi-threaded Brain Domain Method" for intense study, he has to stop and slowly replenish over time.

Now with the "Experience Playing Method," it’s like having a continuous benefit effect that restores sanity, and it almost has no side effects.

If one has to mention a cost, it’s probably the abstract reputation and image in the eyes of others...

"What is image, is it edible?" mumbled Li Cheng, putting all the racks into the skeletal corridor, then moving to the computer desk, opening the player forum to check the auction house information.

[Rare Quality Consumable — Overdose Steroids. Appears as a syringe, permanently enhances physical attributes at the cost of -1 Intellect Attribute, making the head uncontrollably become pointed]

[Ordinary Quality Skill Scroll — Willing to Hook. Special Effect greatly increases fishing success rate; if there are no fish in the pond, might also fish up turtles, kings, snakes, eels, clams, bicycles, dead bodies and the like]

[Rare Quality Equipment—Rib Launcher. Its appearance is like a wasteland-style rifle, and when triggered, it automatically launches one of the user’s ribs, causing a massive explosion]

[Fine Quality Consumable—Highly Suspicious Potion. Its appearance is a pink heart-shaped potion bottle, which after use, increases sensitivity of all senses by 3000%, and temporarily enhances stamina without causing fatigue]

" What kind of ridiculous items are these. The classic ’nine is greater than ten’, right?"

Li Cheng looked frustrated, scrolling his mouse wheel, browsing while complaining, searching for potential purchases with the 4090 Game Coins he had saved.

Equipment and Skill Scrolls unboxed by players sometimes don’t meet the need. If his guild was also not interested or unwilling to make an offer to buy, then items would end up in the forum auction house, waiting for a destined person (possibly a sucker).

The auction house operates under an effect similar to the Special Affairs Bureau’s Oath of Contract scroll, ensuring all listed product information is absolutely reliable. The quality, well... that could be debatable.

Which is normal, as the really good items would have been snatched up by guilds early. Most items in the forum’s auction house are either too bizarre or too rare, with owners wanting to make a big profit through bidding.

Today, the highest transaction price in the auction house was for a perfect quality consumable, the Transformation into Human Potion, which transforms a creature or an inanimate object into a human with standard intelligence levels and self-consciousness, partially inheriting attributes from before the transformation.

Creatures are easy to understand, pets like cats, dogs, hamsters, birds, or racehorses.

As for inanimate objects... this includes but is not limited to figures, pillows, cellphones, computers, firearms, tanks, and naval ships...

At first glance, this thing seems to be designed to fulfill the fantasies of otakus, turning figure wives/husbands into reality, but upon deeper reflection, this thing is actually quite powerful.

Suppose it’s sprinkled on a supercomputer, turning it into a human, you instantly get a strong AI that can program in seconds.

If it’s sprinkled on a warship, you instantly get a humanoid ship girl with a speed of 30 knots and over 100,000 horsepower, who could easily punch through reinforced concrete bunkers.

"The average sale price for perfect quality items is 12,000, and if it is a consumable, the general price increases by 20%-40%, while this Transformation into Human Potion, just opened for bidding less than ten minutes ago, was directly purchased by a mysterious buyer for 36,000 with a buyout price. Someone must’ve realized its strategic value."

Under this auction information, a group of players like Li Cheng are also posting and expressing their thoughts.

[36,000 Game Coins, who is this spendthrift who threw money without even blinking?]

[If you ask me, that buyer made a huge profit. Aside from tanks and warships, corpses and human skeletons are also considered inanimate objects]

[What the above means is...]

[Resurrect the dead, bringing loved ones back, or perform some quirky operations, like storing batches of bones and flesh before death. When one dies, have someone sprinkle the potion on these remains to bring themself back to life. Thus achieving effects similar to those of the Witch Demon Life Box or Voldemort’s Soul Vessel]

[Heh, you’re being too idealistic. Except for the legendary Hidden Dead River inside the killing field, nothing can perfectly resurrect a dead person. Those "people" resurrected with such potions are just mere pretenses]

[I disagree with the above. What’s real, what’s fake? If the appearance, voice, thoughts, memories, thinking, and moral concepts are all the same as before, how can one say it’s not the same person?]

This debate continued for several hundred floors, Li Cheng held his head with both hands, leaning back, his gaze gradually growing unfocused.

"Resurrecting the dead, huh..."