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Chapter 255 - 254: 2 Pictures

Chapter 255: Chapter 254: 2 Pictures

Li Changhe took a deep breath and felt his heartbeat gradually calm down.

The feeling just now was quite strange, as if his consciousness was about to leave his body.

For a moment, the soldier’s unwillingness and regret filled Li Changhe’s mind, as if he himself had died.

Fortunately, it was just a moment before Li Changhe opened his eyes again.

"Using near-death memories to strengthen my psychological framework? What a crude method!" Li Changhe wiped the cold sweat off his body. Although there was no physical injury, the mental pressure was significant.

The pain of a bullet piercing through the flesh and shattering bones was only a part of it. What was truly terrifying was that soldier’s moment of death. Various negative emotions had even infected Li Changhe’s consciousness.

"Seven in total, getting harder and harder... Can there be anything more disgusting than this?" Li Changhe shook his head, calming his fluctuating emotions.

He glanced at the time, 10:01 AM.

Li Changhe remembered that it was exactly ten o’clock when he had used the card.

"Does it end instantly?" Li Changhe looked at the used card. The originally patterned card had turned completely gray.

Even when holding it in his hand, [Evolution Game] did not give any more prompts. However, the word "passed" did appear on the other side of the card.

"Is this what Chen Yu meant by passing the prompt?" Li Changhe frowned and pondered for a moment, and simply asked Chen Yu in [Friends]: "What happens if I don’t pass?"

"You’ve already used one? Did you do it right?" Chen Yu replied: "If you can’t bear it, the illusion will be immediately interrupted. The card will also show the words ’not passed’. Either way, one card will be consumed."

"So the main idea is to use contact with death to strengthen my psychological framework?" Li Changhe asked, "Isn’t that too crude?"

"That’s not the point. It’s about enhancing your mental endurance. That instant of emotion will expand your mental barriers. Simply put, the more you experience, the more stable your mindset becomes."

"Oh~" Li Changhe thought for a moment and said, "So it’s like I was sitting on a train eating hot pot, and then I was robbed by bandits when leaving the city. After experiencing this, encountering petty thugs with knives trying to rob me wouldn’t affect me. I might even find it amusing?"

"Hmm... that’s the principle. But are you sure it wasn’t you robbing someone else?"

"Are you kidding...am I that kind of person?" Li Changhe naturally wouldn’t mention that when he saw Xiang Wu showing off his black card, he had the urge to beat him up.

Chen Yu replied: "Anyway, starting from the fifth card, it gets troublesome. The first four cards are made of information I’ve taken from the database. Starting from the fifth card, they’re constructed by [Great Wall] headquarters’ psychological masters. They immerse people completely in the story, and the emotions are too complicated. It’s easy to be affected by the emotions after leaving the illusion, even to the point of changing your personality traits temporarily. New [players] usually only use four cards in a row."

"Which card did the girl use?" Li Changhe was a bit curious.

"She didn’t need to use them... She has already faced her fear. Her psychological defense is nearly perfect. This already achieves the effect of using seven cards." Chen Yu replied: "But, I do need to say, when you use the fifth card, you must have someone by your side."

"Why?"

"To knock you out with a stick!" Chen Yu’s tone seemed full of malice for some reason.

Li Changhe nodded and sent a message to Xiao Nan: "Is Chen Yu also using the [Heart Illusion Cards]?"

"On the sixth one. I’ve hit her three times." Xiao Nan replied: "Is she tricking you into getting someone to knock you out?"

"What’s the normal situation?"

"The simplest method is usually repression or reassurance. However, she’s too troublesome when crying. I just directly hit her."

"Good!" Li Changhe replied: "She is suspected of harming your handsome and dashing boyfriend."

"I understand..."

On the other side, Chen Yu looked as Xiao Nan expressionlessly pinched her fingers.

"Continue, Chen Yu. Let’s get you through the seventh card tonight."

"Continue my ass!" Chen Yu cursed: "You look like you want to beat me to death!"

...

When Li Changhe opened his eyes again, he was in a circular arena.

Still holding a shield and a short sword.

This time the card is a gladiator...

The perspective jumps, and Li Changhe sees people cheering in the stands.

He also sees several bare-chested corpses nearby. Judging from the weapons scattered around them, this ’body’ should be a victorious gladiator.

The body is quite robust, but groans from strained muscles and bones can be heard from all limbs, signalling extreme exhaustion.

Suddenly, Li Changhe’s perspective jumps again. He sees a plump man with curly brown hair wearing a linen robe standing on a high platform, raising his hands and turning towards the audience, saying something.

The audience bursts into the most intense cheers!

"The last battle, I must win!" The ’body’s’ thoughts echoed in Li Changhe’s mind.

Li Changhe clicked his tongue. As expected, there’s no chance.

In these barbaric arenas, it always starts with human versus human until there is a winner.

Then comes the main event: releasing wild beasts to fight against the human gladiators.

No matter the outcome, the life of a gladiator won’t end well. Of course... In most cases, they become the beasts’ dinner.

As the sound of iron chains rings out, a gate in the arena opens.

A huge lion roars and dashes out. Li Changhe has no knowledge of lions.

But considering its body length exceeds two meters, it must weigh over 150 kilograms!

If he still had his [Player] attributes, he could have a try, but now with this ’body’, it’s impossible.

Even when Wu Song fought the tiger, he only did so after being well-fed and drunk.

With this body, even if he had Wu Song’s strength, it would be useless.

Exhausted after dealing with other gladiators, it is no match for a lion of this size.

"Aaaaah!" The perspective starts to shake as the ’gladiator’ roars and approaches the lion with a short sword aimed at its eyes.

Li Changhe uses the [Hawkeye Demon Eyes] to peek and silently curses, preparing for the imminent pain.

How can an ordinary human face off against such a large feline?

"Bang!" The lion slaps the ’gladiator’s’ shield.

Knocked to the ground, he tries to stand up when suddenly a tearing pain comes from his back.

It’s over. He’s caught. Li Changhe thinks this but sees the gladiator stretch out his hand towards the fat white man who was talking earlier, as if begging for help.

"You promised! Let my brother go! Don’t let him out here!" The ’gladiator’ roars. The fat white man shrugs, and the audience screams, not in fear, but in excitement inspired by the bloody spectacle.

At the same time, everyone points their thumbs downward.

Which means...

"No!" The ’gladiator’ wails.

Ignoring the intense pain in his neck, the ’gladiator’ forcibly turns his head to see a frail boy thrown out of a cage, rushing towards the lion with ill-fitting weapons. His young face is filled with terror and fear.

"Don’t come here!" Li Changhe whispers in vain.

With a ’snap’, the sound of broken bones is heard.

The scene ends...