Hand in the Bathroom

On the evening of July 31, 2007, at 9 PM, inside the unfinished forest park in Jinxi County.

"Crack!" A tree, so large it would take three people to encircle it, was snapped in half by Zhang Chen's bare fists.

"Whoa, I guess I used too much force." Zhang Chen looked at the fallen tree. "I'll stop here for today. I'll go home, get my things organized, and prepare to leave tomorrow."

At this moment, Zhang Chen opened his left hand, and strands of red energy seeped from the center of his palm. Soon, a small red bug, the size of a thumb, appeared in Zhang Chen's palm. This was indeed the little fellow that had hatched from the Blood Beetle egg.

In fact, it had appeared half a year ago during a math class. That afternoon, Zhang Chen was diligently taking notes when he suddenly felt something moving inside his backpack. He opened it to find that the Cosmic Bag seemed to be struggling with something alive inside.

Zhang Chen immediately thought of something and reported to the teacher that he needed to go to the restroom. In the restroom, Zhang Chen opened the Cosmic Bag. Inside, a small red bug, not even the size of a pinky nail, flew out and landed on Zhang Chen's hand. After staring at Zhang Chen for a long time, it suddenly seemed very happy and transformed into red energy, burrowing into Zhang Chen's left arm.

Zhang Chen was greatly alarmed and didn't know what to do. However, he could clearly feel a small thing darting around inside his body. With his nerves taut, Zhang Chen could only watch as the little thing ran through his entire body, finally emerging from his left palm.

Gradually, Zhang Chen discovered that this little thing seemed very friendly towards him, perhaps because he had eaten some Nail Men. Moreover, the little thing disliked staying in the Cosmic Bag and preferred to stay inside Zhang Chen's body.

After observing for a long time, he found that he could actually communicate with this little guy through his consciousness. Once he was sure there was no danger, Zhang Chen still carried it with him during every workout, hoping it would grow alongside him and be able to help him in the future.

Half a year passed, and now, apart from growing a little bigger, Zhang Chen hadn't discovered any other characteristics of this little thing. He also didn't know how it reproduced.

Zhang Chen thought for a moment, then put it back into his left arm. He directly leaped over the 2.5-meter-high guardrail in the park. Zhang Chen was in good spirits today because he had met up with five friends that afternoon, and they had treated Zhang Chen and Wang Yizhi to a big meal.

"What's going on here? I've never noticed this before." Zhang Chen had walked this path from the forest park to his home countless times. Today, as he passed the abandoned real estate sales office, he felt a slight palpitation. Although it was very faint, Zhang Chen still felt it.

"Hiss~" The door to the abandoned lobby wasn't locked. Zhang Chen pushed it open. The sales center only had one floor, but it was quite spacious.

Zhang Chen touched the light switch, but even if it wasn't broken, the power would have been cut off.

Upon entering the lobby, there was the main service desk, a lounge area for customers, and a model of the building. Since it had been abandoned for a long time, it was covered in dust, and a lot of construction debris was scattered everywhere.

"Doesn't seem to be anything unusual? Sigh, I've been so jumpy lately." Just as Zhang Chen was about to turn and leave, he noticed that a light had turned on in one of the rooms down the hallway on the other side of the lobby, and he could hear the faint sound of running water.

"Oh, there really is something." Zhang Chen wasn't scared at all; he was even a little happy. "I haven't eaten 'raw meat' all year, so this is perfect timing."

Zhang Chen wasn't like those in movies who cautiously crept forward. Instead, he took a big stride and ran to the room with the light, pushing the door open with a bang.

"Huh? Nothing's here." After Zhang Chen opened the door, there was nothing in the model room. However, it was decorated luxuriously, and there was no dust. A bed, a TV, and a chandelier were all present, no different from a new house.

"Where could it be hiding? A sales office abandoned a year ago having a room like this, are you trying to hide something?"

"Hiss hiss hiss~" The sound of water from the shower in the bathroom reached Zhang Chen's ears. Zhang Chen directly pushed open the bathroom door. The curtain by the bathtub blocked the view inside, but through the light, a faint human figure could be seen sitting inside.

Zhang Chen smiled and rushed forward, pulling aside the curtain. Just like in the movies, the figure disappeared. However, at the spot where the water from the shower was hitting, a large flyer floated on the water-filled bathtub.

Zhang Chen picked it up and saw that it was the same flyer for the trip he was planning to take.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred. A pair of pale white hands grabbed Zhang Chen's neck from behind, as if trying to push him into the water. For an ordinary person, the police would likely be collecting their body the next day.

Zhang Chen stabilized his body. Despite the great strength of the two hands behind him, he could withstand it completely. Zhang Chen didn't want to use Telekinesis because he had used quite a bit of it while practicing inside the forest park earlier. If he used it again here, he feared he would reach his limit.

Just as Zhang Chen was about to counterattack and grab the pale white hands that were choking him, he suddenly felt something like liquid seeping from the hands around his neck. It was extremely cold and began to penetrate his skin. A numb sensation spread from his cervical spine, and his body instantly went limp.

With a "plop," Zhang Chen was pushed into the water.

He had no choice. After taking a few gulps of water, his mind moved, and the hands choking his neck instantly released him. He raised his head and saw that no ghosts were present in the surroundings.

"Drip, drip, drip." A series of water droplets fell from the ceiling of the bathroom, landing directly on Zhang Chen's arms. Like living creatures, they instantly spread over Zhang Chen's clothes and seeped into his arms.

In an instant, before Zhang Chen could react, he lost contact with his own two hands.

"Damn it, another hit-and-run guy." Zhang Chen turned around and stared at the ceiling, finding no abnormality. Now that his hands were useless, if it dripped onto his feet next time, he would truly be finished.

He unleashed his Telekinesis, radiating it throughout the entire room, observing every corner of the house. However, Zhang Chen felt a wave of dizziness, making further observation unnecessary.

"Splash, splash~" A woman with long hair slowly emerged from the water in the bathtub behind Zhang Chen. The woman's eyes were entirely white. Looking at Zhang Chen, whose arms were incapacitated, her mouth split open wide, and she began to laugh, her mouth filled with water weeds. Then, one hand extended, transforming into a deep blue liquid, and lunged directly at Zhang Chen.

With a "crack," the female ghost's eyes, though entirely white, showed an expression of disbelief. Just as the female ghost's hand was about to touch Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen raised his left hand, and five long claws emerged, slicing the female ghost in half at the waist with one strike.

However, this female ghost seemed capable of healing. Her waist was gushing with blood, but the blood turned into deep blue water and began to merge with her lower body.

"This guy seems quite strong." Zhang Chen naturally wouldn't wait. He opened his mouth and swallowed the female ghost's upper body. Without its upper body, the lower half, which still had a semblance of life, instantly became lifeless.

Zhang Chen intended to continue eating, but then he thought about it, extended his left hand, and said, "A reward for you."

A small red bug flew out of Zhang Chen's hand and landed directly on the lower half of the female ghost, burrowing into it.

Slowly, Zhang Chen watched as the female ghost's lower body, after being drilled into by the Blood Beetle, began to shrivel, like a balloon losing air. Finally, the entire lower half turned to dust and vanished into the air. On the ground, two Blood Beetles appeared. Zhang Chen was overjoyed and quickly put them back into his arm.

Since Master Pu Hu hadn't mentioned anything about Blood Beetles, Zhang Chen had been troubled by how this thing reproduced. After all, this thing seemed weak, and even Yang Zi in the past likely had dozens of these things inside him.

This time, Zhang Chen's unintentional reward actually revealed the prerequisite for this little guy's reproduction. Thinking about it, it made sense. Since they were ghost bugs, they must feed on ghosts.

The battle just now was extremely perilous. If it weren't for this little guy, Zhang Chen might have been 'severely weakened' again today. After his hands were penetrated by that cold, deep blue liquid, Zhang Chen felt as if the liquid had blocked nerve transmission, severing his connection with his hands.

However, the Blood Beetle, resting in his left arm, seemed to smell something delicious and immediately scurried to the location of the liquid. It devoured it in two or three bites, allowing Zhang Chen to re-establish the connection with his left arm. This allowed him to kill the female ghost by surprise this time.

Zhang Chen sent his consciousness to the consciousness of the two Blood Beetles, and the two little guys immediately swarmed to Zhang Chen's right arm, devouring the liquid that remained there.

At the same time, a prompt sound echoed.

[Devoured one low-level vengeful ghost, obtained saturation: 18%, acquired skill: Water (extremely incomplete)]

Zhang Chen

Main Soul Frame Status: Active

Main Soul: Gluttonous Ghost

Saturation: 100% (Saturated)

Matching degree: 35%

Secondary soul frame status: Not activated

Skill slots: 3

Used skill slots: 2

Skills possessed: Telekinesis (evolvable, in use), Nail Growth (arm segment, in use), Water (severely incomplete, unusable)

Telekinesis: Can control invisible forces with the mind, current proficiency 82%.

Nail Growth: Left and right arm strength increased by 350%, nail hardness increased by 1000%, length can be controlled at will.

Physical functions: Medium

Perception ability: High

Overall evaluation: Medium

Jailer rank: Pawn

"Huh? Wasn't that saturation 95%? Why did it stop moving at 100%?" Zhang Chen also didn't notice any changes in his body.

"Forget it. Sigh, if it weren't for overusing Telekinesis, how could a guy like this still make me work so hard?" Zhang Chen, long ago when his Telekinesis proficiency reached 50%, could compress air like an shockwave, just like Wen Jing back then.

Furthermore, with the enhancement of his physical functions, if Zhang Chen went all out, he could level the entire Forest Park in one morning.

"Master Pu Hu said that vengeful ghosts are entirely caused by the intense resentment at the moment of death, instantly altering the soul and causing it to remain in the place of death, killing all mortals who arrive without consciousness. That woman was probably drowned to death before she died."

"But why was that flyer there? It's really strange. Oh well, I'll head home first." Zhang Chen gained a lot from the female ghost tonight. Not only did his abilities improve, but he also discovered the secret to the Blood Beetle's reproduction, and his hunger disappeared after consuming the female ghost.

After Zhang Chen returned home and organized his belongings into his suitcase, he called Wang Yizhi. He forgot about what happened tonight and gradually fell asleep.

Meanwhile, in the bathroom of the model unit at the abandoned sales center, the flyer was still quietly drifting on the water.

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