novelraw Chapter 195: Beneath the Monarch, Endless Possibilities
Chapter 195: Beneath the Monarch, Endless Possibilities
For a moment, the surroundings fell completely silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
All the doctors stood there with their mouths agape, as if petrified, frozen in place.
Thump—
Right before their stunned gazes, that heart extended a chubby red foot and kicked the lung beside it.
Thump—
The lung that was kicked instantly developed a "╬" symbol on its lobe.
"……"
All the doctors around instantly (((;
꒪ꈊ꒪;
))).
The hospital director sat there dazedly, trembling as he reached out, took off his reading glasses, and in the deathly silence, shakily pulled out eye drops and put two drops in his eyes.
He tremblingly extended two fingers, stupefied, and said:"Is... my eyesight failing..."
But before he could finish his sentence.
That heart suddenly shot out a chubby red fist, but this time before it could even act, the two lungs on either side instantly moved over, extended numerous tentacles, and with loud slapping sounds, pressed it down and started "╬" violently beating it.
Slap slap slap slap—
Buzz—
Seeing this scene, the gazes of all the doctors present went completely hollow.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the female nurse monitoring Bai Yi's heart rhythm looked at the ECG readings and immediately panicked, urgently turning her head to say:
"Director! This is bad! The patient's heart rhythm suddenly shows huge fluctuations, so fast! The speed is so fast! It's beating one after another, reaching the very top!!"
But all the doctors frozen before the X-ray machine remained completely silent, dumbstruck like wooden chickens.
One doctor murmured: "I see... it's getting beaten up..."
The nurse said blankly: "Huh?"
"……"
The next moment, there was only a thud sound.
"This is bad! The director's heart condition has relapsed! Quick! Quick, take him to the emergency room!!"
A doctor urgently shouted.
...
Dark World, Wandering Souls Alley.
Because the Limited-Time Curse Removal Ability effect hadn't expired yet, Lynn finally had time to take the little girl Alice out for a walk.
Although Wandering Souls Alley wasn't much better than Soul-Severance Street.
Whether day or night, there was the same thick black fog, the same suffocating oppressive atmosphere.
But along the way, Alice, sitting in Lynn's arms on his arm, still showed great curiosity, eagerly looking around, very curious about everything around her.
And the creatures occasionally passing through the black fog all went (；OдO), then immediately turned around and fled at full speed.
No other reason.
Lynn might be carefree, but other dark creatures could easily sense the vast ghost energy emanating from the little girl in Lynn's arms.
"Do you want to get down and walk by yourself?" Lynn inquired.
Alice vigorously shook her head, her long hair swinging along, brushing against Lynn's nose.
Obviously.
She expressed refusal once again.
Then with one hand hooked around Lynn's neck, she curiously extended her other hand, pointing at a dark creature in the distance that was tiptoeing trying to quietly leave along the wall.
"Na—"
She curiously made a sound.
Lynn facepalmed, shaking his head and saying: "Are you hungry? No, Alice, you can't just see any creature and think it's food. They haven't provoked us, so we can't just grab them and start chewing, right?"
Perk—
That dark creature's fur all stood on end.
(((;
꒪ꈊ꒪;
)))
[Ding! Black Fog Licker's fear of you +10]
"Still not leaving quickly?!" Lynn glared.
That dark creature immediately jumped up in panic, scrambling and stumbling as it dashed into the black fog, fleeing Wandering Souls Alley overnight.
In Sight:
[Information Sharing: Warning! Warning! All beings in Wandering Souls Alley, please note, Death-Omen Tier Vengeful Ghost is on the streets, be sure to stay safe when going out!]
"Why is it him again! Why is it that guy again! (ΩДΩ)!"
"A few days ago he was riding around on a Root-level girl's head everywhere, and now he's carrying a Death-Omen Tier Vengeful Ghost while shopping around!"
"Isn't this human afraid?! Why can he be so brave?!"
The doors and windows on both sides of the street slammed shut with loud bangs, just like during a night parade of demons when everyone closes their doors tightly, not a single creature dared to open up.
Lynn gazed wistfully at the tightly closed doors around him, feeling a sense of loss.
Over ten days ago.
He was still a shut-in apprentice who never stepped outside.
He didn't even dare to venture ten meters into the black fog.
And now, he could actually go out and wander around freely, just like on Earth.
Sigh.
Life! Sometimes is just so unexpected.
Lynn shook his head wistfully, idly playing with his homemade lollipop in Alice's mouth, mischievously dodging her little tongue that wanted to lick it.
Carrying Alice all the way back to the Bloodsaw Potion Shop.
[Ding! You took Alice shopping, Alice's Hatred value -0.5%, Affinity towards you +30]
[Ding! You fed Alice a lollipop, Alice's Hatred value -0.1%, Affinity towards you +10]
[Ding! Alice is in a happy mood, Hatred value -0.2%.]
After walking around, he had successfully helped cleanse Alice's spirit a bit.
Returning to the backyard.
Lynn placed Alice on his lap, letting her curiously swing her feet while examining the surroundings, while Lynn took the opportunity to open his panel.
After handling all matters today.
Tomorrow he could officially trigger the Night Doctor job change quest and undergo his first job transition.
Looking at his level 10 status, he thoughtfully asked in his mind:
"System, I want to ask, I now know that Root-level should be the power ceiling of this world, and below Root-level are Monarchs, and below Monarchs is Death-Omen Tier."
"So what tier am I actually at now? I feel that with my current bio-armor strength, there's no way I could be a weak level 10 chicken, right?"
"And even with stored experience, I think I could easily defeat monsters in the 20-30 level range."
Lynn expressed doubt.
Because his physique had already been increased to several hundred points.
And he remembered that level 80-90 Black Moth Fairy before - could something that fragile really defeat other lower-level races? Like that Pork Demon.
[Ding! The panel is only for visualizing your abilities and attributes, actual combat power should be based on reality.]
[Tip: Other creatures in the Dark World do not have the various items and abilities granted to you by the System, nor the attribute point bonuses, and due to differences in target abilities and specializations, combat power can vary greatly.]
Lynn pondered.
He roughly understood some of it.
Because this wasn't an online game after all, but a real world.
Real worlds have too many uncertainties, which makes sense.
Just like in games, a level 10 warrior, even with a full-power strike, absolutely couldn't kill a level 100 mage.
But in the real world, even a little girl, if given a gun, could easily take down a Tyson.
Lynn thought: "So can I understand it this way - if I find the right method, with my current abilities, could I possibly kill a Monarch?"
"For example, while treating his illness, stab a knife into his vital parts?"
"……"
Brief silence.
After a long while.
[No.]
The System gave its reply.
Lynn was startled, saying: "Didn't you say that in the real world, there's no absolute level suppression?"
[Ding! This theory only applies to the vast majority of creatures below level 100, because creatures below level 100 don't possess absolute overwhelming power, they still belong to the natural category you can understand.]
[Above level 100, one enters the true supernatural and transcendent realm, where each subsequent tier possesses extremely strong suppression, and the power gap increases exponentially.]
Lynn pondered, saying: "But it's still not impossible to kill them, right?"
[Below Monarch, all possibilities exist.]