Horror Revival: I'm Bound to the Eerie Simulator
Chapter 4

Weird Thunder Art

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[This Weird Simulation has ended!] [The host survived for a total of twelve days. Cooldown time: 24 minutes.] [Congratulations, Host. You obtained the talent "Lightning Thunder Fist" during this simulation. It will be automatically used in the next simulation.] [Congratulations, Host. You obtained one "Gold Necklace" during this simulation. This item can be manifested in reality.]

"..."

Jiang Qiao was speechless as he looked at the results.

This was way too hard!

Even with an S-Class Talent, he had only survived twelve days.

Was Lightning Thunder Fist powerful?

It was extremely powerful!

With it, he could face Vicious Ghost head-on without the slightest fear and beat Vicious Ghost until it called him Father!

But when faced with the dishonorable Ghost Sea Tactic, even after Lightning Thunder Fist had upgraded to its second stage, he still had to kneel when it was time to kneel!

The Pregnant Female Ghost who appeared at the end was probably the source of the Ghost Infants.

Had that thing grown up eating pig feed or something? How could she give birth to so many?

Most absurd of all, she could even micro-manage the Ghost Infants and coordinate their tactics, straight-up playing an RTS Game!

Who the hell could handle that!

"Supernatural Revival is far too dangerous. Ordinary people aren't even qualified to be cannon fodder."

Jiang Qiao shook his head, feeling rather emotional.

But he did not care too much.

Although he had only lived twelve days, the version of himself in the Simulator was not the same as the version of himself six days from now.

Six days from now, he would possess the Eighteen Talents and a massive amount of information. He would be as badass as could be!

He would not need to fear Vicious Ghosts at all!

Most importantly, Jiang Qiao could leave Bin City ahead of time whenever he wanted!

The biggest gain from this simulation was learning that neighboring An City had not fallen yet and was temporarily a safe zone.

Although he did not know whether it would later suffer Supernatural Erosion as well, at least for now, it was far better than playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds here!

This dump of a place, Bin City, was practically shallow water full of turtles. No one knew how many Vicious Ghosts were lurking around.

Just around his rental apartment alone, there had been the Faceless Ghost, the Hanging Ghost, Ghost Lao Ba...

After reaching the Shelter Camp, the Skin Ghost attacked first. Even hiding inside the walls had been useless; he had been camped right at his corpse.

After restarting, his combat power had improved, and he followed the supply team to take down the Skin Ghost. But not long after, the Ghost Infants came knocking again. Even an S-Class Talent could not withstand them, and he was buried alive.

Bin City really was a Hell Mode start!

"Still, Supernatural Revival can cause humans to mutate. That's something I need to pay close attention to."

Jiang Qiao recalled the "Awakened" mentioned by the person in charge of the Shelter Camp.

The so-called Awakened were probably humans like those in novels who obtained special abilities during the Great World Change.

If these Awakened were powerful enough, or numerous enough, they would definitely become the most important force shaping the situation in the future!

But precisely because they had gained extraordinary power in an era where order was on the verge of collapse, it was hard to say what they might be thinking.

Jiang Qiao hoped to uncover more information about the Awakened in later simulations so that he could assess their situation.

"Besides that, there are the Fixed Talents."

He had three slots each day for permanently fixing talents, and he planned to use one on Lightning Thunder Fist first!

He rubbed his crotch. It was his first time becoming an Extraordinary Individual, and he was a little excited!

[Would you like to permanently fix "Lightning Thunder Fist"?]

"Yes!"

[Fixing...] [Fixing successful!]

The talent was successfully fixed in less than five seconds.

It was unbelievably fast!

Jiang Qiao froze for a moment. Was that really so casual?

Just as Jiang Qiao was about to complain.

Suddenly, a numb sensation shot up from the soles of his feet, racing along his spine and straight into his head, making his entire body tremble uncontrollably.

"Fuck, what's going on?"

Jiang Qiao tried to jump away in fright, only to discover that he could not move!

"Damn it, the backlash from fusing the talent is here."

Having read all kinds of webnovels, Jiang Qiao immediately understood what was happening.

At that moment, the endless stream of pedestrians and vehicles around him dimmed in his vision, losing their color and sound as though they had turned into a black-and-white silent film.

A bizarre scene began to appear before his eyes.

He saw dense rows of teeth growing inside his body!

The teeth arranged and combined with one another, crazily biting and tearing at his body, creating crack after crack.

From those cracks, strands of black electric current emerged.

The currents darted wildly around Jiang Qiao's body, merging into thicker and larger currents!

Then the thick, large currents merged again, becoming even thicker and larger!

In the end, the even thicker, larger currents spiraled and contracted, gathering below Jiang Qiao's navel and turning into a black Ball Lightning.

Within the Ball Lightning, a smiling face faintly flashed past.

Fuck your mother, may your whole family die!

Though Jiang Qiao could not speak at the moment, that did not stop him from greeting the other party in his heart.

That was his stubbornness!

The sleep-paralysis-like state lasted for around five minutes before slowly improving.

The internal vision before his eyes disappeared, and the noise of traffic once again filled Jiang Qiao's ears.

"Why does something like this have a delay?"

"What were those teeth? Why does this talent from the system feel wrong?"

Jiang Qiao sat weakly on the curb, feeling something icy cold wriggling around inside his stomach.

After panting heavily for a while, he slowly suppressed the palpitations in his heart.

Jiang Qiao found a deserted dead-end alley nearby. With a thought, a stream of black electricity crawled into his palm like a little snake.

"Crackle, crackle."

The sound of electricity rang out, and a gloomy aura began spreading through the surroundings.

The streetlamp beside him dimmed, flickering as though the voltage were unstable and it could go out at any moment.

Jiang Qiao glanced at the electricity in his hand.

He was utterly dumbfounded!

"Good lord!"

"This is fucking Lightning Thunder Fist?"

I, Jiang, may not be very well-read, but I'm not that easy to fool. Otherwise, someone would've harvested my kidneys long ago!

Since when did the Maoshan Sect have such an underworld version of Lightning Thunder Fist?

Aren't you afraid Uncle Jiu will find out and chase you for eight blocks with a cleaver?

This system of yours is ridiculous,

Absurdly ridiculous,

Ridiculously, unbelievably ridiculous!!

In the end, although Jiang Qiao felt like he was about to fall apart, he still accepted reality.

He had no choice but to accept it!

He needed to stay alive six days from now.

There was nothing shameful about staying alive!

Although this Lightning Thunder Fist was a hundred million miles away from what he had imagined, its power was undeniably real!

After Supernatural Revival, only talents that could fight Vicious Ghosts were good talents!

Just like in games, only heroes who could help you climb the ranks were good heroes. What use was showing off skins alone?

Besides, Black Lightning was not bad either. It carried a sense of mystery and coldness.

Jiang Qiao felt that it suited his temperament perfectly!

But since Lightning Thunder Fist had become an underworld version, what about the other talents?

What exactly would Mason look like?

Could the true nature of Scavenger be someone who liked picking up things that dead people had left behind in graveyards?

Did Gourmet enjoy eating rice mixed with ashes?

That was way too exciting!

As Jiang Qiao walked and pondered, his distracted appearance soon caught the attention of someone observant by the roadside.

The man stared fixedly at Jiang Qiao and strode over.

As he walked, he called out:

"Brother, looking for a place to stay?"

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