Is this what a zombie is?

123, One game decides the winner

Don't be ridiculous, this kid doesn't lose a drop of health, taking on three computer characters at once, even on Hell difficulty.

Jiang Chen didn't think that adding Cat Master would make it possible to defeat this brat in the game.

"Quickly confirm the roles!"

Jiang Chen urged him on hastily, like a gambler who had lost his mind.

For the next hour, the dilapidated house became a one-sided slaughterhouse.

Game after game.

The characters on the screen are repeatedly knocked away and defeated.

A tearing sensation that struck straight to the soul washed over Jiang Chen's mind in waves.

His clothes were completely soaked with cold sweat, and his face had even turned ashen. In the dim light, he exuded an eerie and sinister aura.

His smile grew even brighter, making the mischievous child wonder if he had encountered a masochist.

You have to understand that other people can't stand it after just one failure. Even Cat Master only managed to endure five defeats, while Jiang Chen has already endured twenty and is still going strong.

The reason Jiang Chen continued to endure the torture was simple: to deal with the Blood Coral Tai Sui.

At this moment, a good show was unfolding deep within his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness.

Once outside the area enveloped by the aura of Tai Sui, the Blood Coral Tai Sui naturally became restless, ready to counterattack and seize possession at any moment.

It's like a hunter, quietly waiting for its prey to relax before delivering a fatal blow.

But instead of waiting for Jiang Chen to relax, he was subjected to a brutal torture.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

The screams of the Blood Coral Tai Sui echoed in Jiang Chen's mind. Although it was a bit immoral to say that, its screams brought Jiang Chen pleasure and even a sense of enjoyment.

After you've tormented me for so long, I've finally caught a chance to let you enjoy yourself too.

The soul pain caused by the game's punishment mechanism is not only something Jiang Chen has to endure; the Blood Coral Tai Sui residing in Jiang Chen's body also suffers the same pain.

So, no matter how many times Jiang Chen failed, he suffered countless injuries. Under the continuous torment, he couldn't take it anymore and didn't even dare to show his face, starting to cower away.

Besides the aura of Tai Sui, Jiang Chen found a new way to restrain the Blood Coral Tai Sui, although this method was completely self-torture.

"Snapped!"

The brat angrily slammed the handle on the ground, panting heavily, his chest heaving violently.

His face was deathly pale, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead onto the floor.

Damage during the game is bidirectional. Although he usually maintains a complete dominance and doesn't lose a single drop of health, Jiang Chen can occasionally retaliate and inflict some damage on him.

The accumulated backlash from his soul, coupled with the prolonged periods of intense mental concentration, was a heavy burden for this malnourished child.

The middle-aged man across from me is taking advantage of me.

He sensed that Jiang Chen was using his abilities to achieve his own goals.

He won in the game, but it felt like he lost again. This feeling of being stuck in the middle made him very unhappy.

"I'm not playing anymore!"

Jiang Chen rubbed his temples. "In that case, let's take a break and have a proper chat."

"What is your spirit?"

From observing the beginner to playing against the brat for nearly two hours, Jiang Chen didn't see any spirits besides directly sensing the strangeness of the opponent's abilities.

The child paused for a moment, looking bewildered.

"What spirit? I don't know what you're talking about."

Jiang Chen looked at Cat Master with a questioning look. Cat Master walked between the two of them, squatted down, and carefully examined the brat again.

"Can't you tell even with your aura-gazing technique?"

Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "My Qi Observation Technique can only detect the fluctuations of spiritual energy on his body."

"However, this fluctuation is very unstable, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, with large ups and downs."

This was the only result Jiang Chen could present after observing for two hours, and this result confirmed Cat Master's guess.

"It seems that his spirit is still in the incubation period, that is, the gestation stage. The abilities he is showing now are all triggered unconsciously."

"Whenever you play games with him, in addition to the character losing health, you will also feel intense pain if you lose in other games. This is not his will, but a kind of punishment for the game, or a self-protection mechanism."

"Therefore, he didn't mean to hurt people; he just hadn't mastered his abilities yet. Although this guy has a bad temper and personality, he's not a bad person at heart."

The mischievous child disagreed with the assessment of Cat Master and bared his teeth at him.

Unfortunately, in Cat Lord's eyes, he was nothing more than a wet-nosed cub. Fierce beasts show their fangs to intimidate, while cubs showing their baby teeth only makes them look cute.

Jiang Chen nodded, understanding dawning on his mind.

A child who is withdrawn, insecure, sensitive and fragile, and who puts his emotions into games, is like a hedgehog, using his quills to protect his soft inner self. Even if doing so hurts others and himself, at least he can protect himself from greater harm.

This must be the protective mechanism of a mischievous child, whose spirit is still developing.

This situation reminded Jiang Chen of the Stand in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Gold Experience.

Before this stand-in fully matures, it also has a self-protection mechanism, making the two quite similar.

It's not entirely wrong to use the spirit as a substitute, but the spirits of awakened beings mostly feed on negative emotions, and there are too many uncontrollable factors.

Even while still in its gestation stage, it already possesses such abilities; its potential is unimaginable. Indeed, as Cat Master said, this is a promising talent.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Chen stood up and stretched his somewhat stiff body.

The faint moonlight fell on Jiang Chen and Cat Master, making the two of them glow, which made the mischievous child slightly stunned.

"Kid."

Jiang Chen stared at the stubborn face of the brat and smiled slightly.

"The final game, one game decides the outcome."

"If I win, you'll come with me, and I'll protect you from now on, how about it?"

The mischievous child stared at Jiang Chen, trying to find a trace of joking on Jiang Chen's face, but he found nothing.

"I'm a monster!"

"What's wrong with that? Me too."

Jiang Chen raised his hand, and electric arcs crackled and popped in his palm.

"You can't beat me."

"Confidence is a good thing, but I've figured out your protective mechanisms, while you know nothing about my abilities."

The boy picked up the handle and gave a cold laugh.

"Hmph, I hope you're not just bragging."