Bidding Frenzy, She Had Plenty of Time to Regret It

After Lu Ce finished running his mouth, satisfied with his newfound strength, he even gave the guy whose leg he had chopped off a thumbs-up.

He did not seem to think anything was wrong. Having experienced superhuman strength, he had already mentally prepared himself for the changes about to come to this world.

But no one else saw it that way.

As they watched his livestream, the whole place exploded! People's emotions were even more intense than when they had watched Lu Ce gruesomely saw off his own leg.

After all, for them, this was the first time they had seen someone actually use "supernatural" power!

The allure of primal power had always come first, far beyond so-called money and authority.

: Holy shit, that was insane! What did I just see? My eyes weren't playing tricks on me, right?

: That was definitely a superpower, wasn't it? What kind of power was that?! He used a rusty saw to chop someone's leg clean off?!

: I might have spoken a little too loudly before. Boss, you're incredible! Can I get your contact information sometime? You hardly seem to check your own livestream!

: This is what makes this game so appealing, right? If I could get superpowers, I'd want to try it too. So what if I have to risk my life?

: I just checked the livestreams of other players. Most of them aren't suffering this badly. This boss just happened to run into a Hell difficulty game instance!

: Fortune favors the bold!

: Stop talking big. If I handed you a saw and told you to saw off your own leg, would you dare?

The livestream instantly became exceptionally lively. Those who had previously looked down from above and only wanted to be spectators were now all restless with excitement, throwing their fear and every other emotion to the back of their minds.

Some had already started asking for Lu Ce's contact information, wanting to get in touch with him in the real world.

Some even claimed to be bosses of Fortune 500 companies and began trying to recruit Lu Ce into their ranks.

Blank sat before the screen and shook his head speechlessly.

People were finally beginning to realize the severity of the situation.

And this was only the beginning. Lu Ce's case was still relatively tame. Superhuman strength might have been supernatural, but at least it still looked human.

Once scenes of flying through the sky, burrowing through the earth, and wielding wind and thunder in one's palms appeared, that would be when people truly went mad.

Yet amid all the praise and feverish excitement, someone finally noticed something was off.

: Wait... don't you think something's wrong?

: He obviously has the power to chop off a leg instantly, so why did he slowly saw through his own leg earlier?!

The comments abruptly stalled.

Once that timid voice appeared, everyone fell silent.

Yeah, why the fuck?!

He clearly had the easiest method, yet he insisted on torturing himself?

I could get painless surgery, but I refuse. I just want to play around?

Blank and the others could find explanations for everything he had done before, but this inexplicable contradiction left everyone completely baffled.

A whole crowd of "analysis masters" like Blank sat before their screens and came up with ten thousand reasons for Lu Ce, yet none could explain why he had insisted on being so ruthless toward himself.

Could he really be a masochist? Or was there something wrong with his brain?

Impossible. A player who had perfectly cleared the game—how could someone like that have something wrong with his brain?!

There had to be some deeper meaning they had not thought of yet. They just had to analyze it more...

They would never figure out Lu Ce's deeper meaning.

After all, he really just wanted some Pain value.

Below, the first person he had rescued had already vanished into thin air. It was unclear whether that counted as the end of the game.

But regardless, his disappearance instantly filled the people still hanging there with excitement.

Before Lu Ce could even speak, the remaining people began shouting one after another.

"Boss, look over here! I'm willing to pay too!"

"I have two hundred points, plus an ordinary weapon. I got both from the initial game, and I can give them to you!"

"As long as you come chop off my leg yourself!"

"Chop off my leg! Once I get out, I'll give you money—lots and lots of money! You can fill out the checkbook yourself!"

"Mine! Chop off my leg!"

"We're all Chinese people! Come help us out!"

The players who had been too terrified to utter a word before now saw such a painless method and immediately perked up, actually starting to bid for the chance to have their legs chopped off.

These days, even chopping off someone else's leg could be auctioned off.

The broken-window effect never went out of style. If someone normally told people they were going to chop off their legs without anesthesia, no one would accept it.

But now, after that rusty saw had spent more than ten minutes cutting through Lu Ce's leg, people suddenly felt that having a leg chopped off directly was such a blessing.

Seeing everyone scramble over one another, Lu Ce did not refuse this time. He merely waited for them to offer higher prices.

After all, those who had participated in the initial game without clearing it would still have some points, and some had signed in-game agreements to give Lu Ce the points from this game as well.

With the Greed Mask's influence, Lu Ce had become Lu the Skin-Peeler without the slightest psychological burden. Chopping off legs was no problem, as long as people paid.

In the end, he obtained an unfamiliar game item, several batches of game points, and promises of points after clearing the game, all in exchange for chopping off leg after leg.

If this were Japan, he would already qualify as a Leg-Chopping Immortal.

After scream after scream, only four people remained hanging in the air.

Two had been scared senseless and seemed to have completely given up hope of living. Lu Ce could not be bothered with them. Giving up on life was none of his concern.

Another person who had once cleared a game glanced at him one last time before suddenly vanishing. It seemed that person had obtained an Exit Coin as a previous reward.

Finally, Lu Ce looked once again at the woman beside him, who had been screaming nonstop, unable to read the situation, and always trying to insult him.

By now, she had been quiet for quite a while.

When she saw Lu Ce turn back toward her again, she trembled in terror, yet she opened her mouth once more.

"I'm warning you, people like you..."

But this time, Lu Ce could not be bothered to listen to her anymore.

A flash of blade light passed by. This time, Lu Ce sawed off his own restrained leg.

His body fell with it, landing on the platform.

He reached out and felt around beside the platform, then smiled at the woman in the air.

"The lava is almost here."

Lu Ce's figure vanished. Within a few breaths, lava had already swallowed the platform.

In the corner of his final vision, Lu Ce saw the woman finally wake up at the last moment. She let out a piercing shriek and desperately reached for the saw swaying in the air, followed by miserable screams.

But it was already too late.

The lava had swallowed the platform, but it had not swallowed her yet.

She still had plenty of time to regret it, but no longer had any chance.

People could die from stupidity...