World

Given that even Inanimate Things could potentially gain Life, there is virtually no safe place left in the world.

Once injured, your body will undergo a mutation, and your Spiritual Energy recovery rate will be forcibly reduced to zero. Your Spiritual Energy diminish with each use, while the enemies you face are endless.

While it's true that as long as you're careful not to get hurt, how easy is it to avoid injury when the whole world is your enemy?

If it weren't for that greedy table, they would all probably have been injured. After all, at that time they were either sitting on chairs, leaning against Cabinet, or sitting on beds. And these Item were later confirmed to have somehow come to Life. While it was impossible to kill them, it was certainly possible for them to bite.

Take the chair that the Panties were sitting on, for example. That chair bit him several times, but he had been injured before, so it didn't really matter to him. As the saying goes, "Many lice don't itch, many debts don't worry," he thought, "I'll just treat it as a way to lose weight."

Of course, in such an environment, it's impossible to avoid injury completely.

--All Bai Zhi can do now is to delay the time it takes for him to get injured as much as possible.

After West Pavilion Gardener, OriginDeficit also went to the restroom to change his clothes. After all, there were still two Girl in the room; he couldn't very well just strip naked in the room, could he?

"Don't even mention it, I almost died this time, luckily my Constitution attributes are high enough."

Faced with Bai Zhi's question, Li Changyu sighed.

"In this state, I can't use any Skill, but fortunately, the Title's Special Effect still works. However, if you had found me any later, I probably would have really died here."

"Your Title, 'Old Otaku'? What happens after it gets swallowed up?"

Raising an eyebrow slightly, Bai Zhi asked with a hint of curiosity.

He didn't inquire about the detailed Special Effect of the Title, since things like Title Skill are top-secret information belonging to the Player themselves.

If Gelina hadn't retaliated by revealing the Shadow Guard's existence, he wouldn't have exposed Shadow Guard to others. Trump Card is still very important.

"Everything went completely black before my eyes. I couldn't move or make a sound. I felt tiny teeth biting at me, like a catfish on a chopping board, completely at their mercy... Lil’Deficit, hurry up!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Changyu saw OriginDeficit, who had changed his clothes, walking out of the restroom and hurriedly called out to him.

"I don't have hands right now, so I need your help with this. Hurry up, I want to see my wife move with my own eyes!!"

"..."

With a dark expression, Yuan Que, who was too lazy to bother with this OriginDeficit, simply pretended not to hear him at all.

While it's theoretically possible for those Figurine to come to Life and move, are you sure that moving thing would actually be your wife? More like Monster...

With Li Tong and the others gone, the remaining Player in the room are Bai Zhi, Yan Fireworks of Romance, Chang Xi, West Pavilion Gardener Ge Ting Shi, OriginDeficit, Li Changyu, and a certain Panties.

During this time, Li Changyu completely lost his ability to move, and the bodies of Fireworks of Romance and a certain pair of Panties underwent strange changes.

The situation with the Fireworks of Romance was a little better; all that was left was a Little Face on her forehead. However, the Panties by the chair looked rather pitiful.

At this moment, not only were his chest covered with countless eyes, but new eyes were also appearing one after another on the back of his hands and back. With each blink and closure of these eyes, the whole person looked more like Anomaly than Anomaly itself...

"Just treat me like a brick; move me wherever you need me! I promise I won't hold you back!!"

While grimacing and bandaging the wounds on her body caused by the chair biting her, and the countless eyes that appeared on the back of her hands, as if afraid of being abandoned as a burden, she looked at the group of people gathered together discussing something Panties spoke up to express her opinion.

He knew his own situation best. Unlike Li Changyu, he didn't have a good friend to help him. If he were to be abandoned as a burden in this situation, given the increasingly terrifying environment, he would definitely face certain death.

"Very well, then he's temporarily entrusted to your safekeeping."

Ignoring the protests of a certain Old Otaku, Bai Zhi zipped up his Suitcase and handed it to him, then turned to look at OriginDeficit.

"So, are you able to control these things?"

"It's possible, but very difficult... I'll do my best."

Yuan let out a slight breath and nodded.

The following objects have been found in their room so far that are confirmed to have acquired Life.

First, there were four beds, then two tables, plus three chairs—all of these things were chopped into pieces by West Pavilion Gardener.

Although they have gained Life, their mobility is quite slow, about the same as a two- or three-year-old child walking. However, the real problem lies not in this.

Just like the Organ Limbs that gained Life before, they also have the same characteristic: the ability to devour Spiritual Energy. As long as the Player has contact with them, they will automatically devour your Spiritual Energy.

Before any hostility is shown, the Special Effect of this devouring is very weak. The Player's own Spiritual Energy recovery rate can directly offset the devoured Spiritual Energy, so they did not notice it before.

Fireworks of Romance could have been the first to notice this unusual change, but at that moment, all her attention was focused on the face on her forehead...

Bai Zhi's idea was to see if OriginDeficit could manipulate the corpses on these chairs and beds to create an isolation and protective layer around them. Although the effect wouldn't be great, something was better than nothing.

It's 2 a. m. now, and they have ten hours until their return.

"We can't stay in this room anymore. If things as small as shoes and clothes, and as large as tables and beds, can become Life, there's no reason why the walls, floors, and even the whole room can't become Life. It's too dangerous for us to stay here."

Sheathing the silver-white Knight Longsword in his hand, West Pavilion Gardener began to speak with a slight frown.

"It's more dangerous outside. Inside the room, at least we only have to deal with these sentient furniture pieces, but outside, there are countless Organ Variant... Let's go to the rooftop."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi spoke.

"Although the rooftop is somewhat dangerous, at least we don't need to be in such a passive position like we are now... Take OriginDeficit to kill more tables and beds; we need to use their corpses to build a barrier..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a heavy thud echoed through the room, and Li Tong, covered in blood, reappeared in the room.