The [Zero Restart] task rewarded a random item and a skill scroll. This ti, no need for bathing and incense burning—just rub your hands and click on the skill loot box first.
A flash of bright light, and a scroll lay inside the treasure chest.
[Skill Scroll Na: High Light Mont]
[Attribute: Consumption Type (limited to twenty tis)]
[Type: Universal]
[Usage: Active]
[Quality: Perfect]
[Special Effect: Protagonist Aura. Prepare and perform specific acts or speeches that fit the definitions of "stylish," "cool," "handso," "high status" in the current worldview. May temporarily apply one or more special effects.]
[Consumption: 50 Spiritual Power Value]
[Cooling Ti: None]
[Use Conditions: Level greater than or equal to 5]
[Note: The Protagonist Aura effects include but are not limited to—items behind suddenly exploding without harming oneself; temporarily lowering enemy target’s Intellect Attribute; 100% dodging stray shots from low-level units; having smoke without harm, surviving a fall off a cliff; increasing luck, raising gambling win probability; breaking physiological limits to continue activity when severely injured; inexplicably raising affection from opposite-sex targets, attracting hatred from sa-sex targets; increasing probability of persuasive banter.]
[Note: If after preparation there are no acts or speeches that raise status, or if the speeches appear extrely awkward to surrounding people, the Protagonist Aura cannot be acquired, and bad luck is imposed for several hours.]
[Note: Maintaining specific hairstyles (like bald head, gelled hair, side bangs, white hair), wearing specific accessories (sunglasses, suits, trench coats, high school uniforms, Magic Girl uniforms) can increase the probability of summoning the Protagonist Aura.]
[Note: "On the day I return to the world, all rebellious ministers shall die." "I want the sky not to cover my eyes, I want this earth not to bury my heart." "I am the Heavenly Emperor, I am to slay all enemies." "Three million Sword Immortals in the sky all have to bow their heads when they et ." "Already blackened (age 8)."]
Uh...
Li Cheng’s eyelids twitched violently as he took the scroll from the treasure box, his expression rather awkward.
Although it’s a Perfect Quality consumption-type scroll, a bit inferior to Epic Quality and learning type, it wins in its volu that can be used a whole 20 tis, almost touching upon the rule concept.
The cooling ti is also very short; he can even deliver sets of cool and flashy lines like radio gymnastics before the battle, applying all buffs on himself.
The skill scroll has no restrictions, so Li Cheng directly put it in his backpack, then turned to the random item in the other treasure chest.
It was a... green-covered book.
[Item Na: Disease Unclean Book]
[Type: Artifact]
[Quality: Epic]
[Special Effect 1: Universal Eternal Epidemic. The Disease Unclean Book can self-multiply, recording all diseases known to the user and inputting them into the book. No species restriction. Passively effective.]
[Special Effect 2: Sharing Suffering. Choose a directory, randomly turn to a page under the directory, spreading the disease effects within a designated range and oneself. The disease will not directly cause death. Consuming more spiritual power can narrow the directory range.]
[Special Effect 2 Consumption: Specifically depends on disease type, range, target quantity]
[Special Effect 2 Cooling Ti: 5 seconds]
[Use Conditions: The user has simultaneously suffered from a thousand kinds of diseases]
[Note: The diseases imposed by Sharing Suffering will naturally be cured over ti. Specifically depending on the afflicted’s constitution and disease compatibility. Infectious diseases will continue to spread to other disease-susceptible living beings after the skill ends, during which the disease loses its mysteriousness.]
[Note: Consuming double spiritual power can choose for Sharing Suffering to only affect other living beings, but will inflict direct-level damage on oneself.]
[Note: All things decay, all beings are indestructible]
Whoa, whoa, whoa?!
Li Cheng’s eyes widened, and even though he had seen many grand scenes, seeing the item description of the Disease Unclean Book still made his body tremble involuntarily.
With a thought, the book appeared in his backpack. It was about 700 pages thick, hardcover, with a green cover decorated with extrely intricate and gorgeous patterns using gold foil craftsmanship.
It looked like garden plants, yet also so incomprehensible alien text.
Li Cheng didn’t dare handle it personally. He quickly walked into the three-dinsional warehouse, donned a full set of airtight protective gear, entered the sterile room, and took out the Disease Unclean Book.
The book was quite heavy, about 20 kilograms, much heavier than its apparent page number.
Upon opening, the title page contained no publishing, printing, or edition info, just a skull of a deer entwined with thorny vines.
The vines hung down from the antlers, sinking into a swamp of flesh and blood. Beneath the surface lurked a large shadow.
Staring at the eerie image for too long started to hurt his brain, a chill creeping up his spine.
Turning past the title page, the book’s index was surprisingly simple and scientific. The coding format was similar to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) international standard for disease classification, known as ICD.
Chapter One, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. This Chapter alone contained thousands of entries docunting illnesses like cholera, typhoid, hepatitis, malaria, etc.
Each had detailed records of all aspects of the disease, including causes, clinical attributes, site, severity, etc.
Chapter Two, Neoplasms, Chapter Three, Blood and Blood-forming Organs, Chapter Four, Endocrine, Nutritional, and tabolic Diseases, Chapter Five, ntal and Behavioral Disorders...
Li Cheng carefully leafed through the book’s pages. As described, the Disease Unclean Book not only recorded human diseases but also included ailnts of animals, plants, and even supernatural beings’ maladies.
Chapter Seven, Eye Diseases, docunted a lacrimal system disease where so rmaids and sirens would suffer from lacrimal gland inflammation or atrophy due to long-term crying for lost lovers.
Chapter Twelve, Skin Diseases, where certain Western dragons, lying long-term in a hoard of gold and jewels within their lairs, would develop tal allergies or dermatitis/eczema.
Compared to human diseases, there were relatively fewer records of supernatural creatures’ ailnts. Sothing popped into Li Cheng’s mind, and he imdiately pulled out his laptop, using "Script World" and "Disease" as keywords to search forums, checking posts.
As he read the posts, the [Disease Unclean Book]’s index blurred montarily, expanding the entries automatically, yet the total pages remained 777. Turning further, the pages seed endless, without an end in sight.
Bang.
Li Cheng slamd the book shut, his mind racing.
The potential of the Disease Unclean Book is no lesser than the Liangyi Blade, rciful Soul-giving Gloves, and Eight Diagrams Demon Cannon—capable of offense or defense.
During high-intensity battles, it could repeatedly cast disease curses with a 5-second cooldown.
If randomly inflicting visual impairnt, spinal stress fractures, or angina, it could severely weaken enemy forces drastically.
Even if it didn’t randomly pick severe conditions, things like strabismus, schizophrenia, itching could still be quite disgusting for opponents.
Considering that in the Insect Transformation form Li Cheng’s immunity skyrockets, he might even avoid double spiritual power consumption, directly sharing Heaven and Earth Sa Life with opponents, and simultaneously imposing diarrhea.
Boasting higher constitution, he could taunt, "You’re here to poop too, aren’t you?" while continuing the furious assault. How sinister.
And during non-combat leisure tis, the Disease Unclean Book could be used for experints, randomly generating zombie virus-like diseases—according to the description, infectious diseases lose their mystery after the skill’s end, spreading to other susceptible living beings.
Truly a biochemical weapon among biochemical weapons.
In the Battle of London, if Li Cheng had this Unclean Book in hand, he wouldn’t even need a viral rain to corrupt an entire urban area directly.
"No wonder it’s categorized as an artifact; if not used cautiously and strictly regulated, it might breed so infection with max contagion, mortality, equally affecting humans and flora and fauna, causing species extinction..."
Just as Li Cheng pondered while looking at the Unclean Book, lights turned on outside the sterile isolation room, and the Toy Factory’s smart core leisurely floated over, "Esteed Factory Owner, you might need to take a look at this."
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