Game Cleared

The moment Liu Zheng pressed the confirm button, his vision blurred.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in an endless grassland.

"Hm?"

He only had time to let out a questioning sound before an enormous shadow engulfed him.

Then Liu Zheng was lifted into the air.

Two massive fangs pierced through him, and the venom they injected rapidly dissolved his body.

The nearly immortal Flesh Rebirth failed to take effect. Liu Zheng was soon reduced to only half a body.

He turned his head and saw only a pair of vertical pupils as large as searchlights.

"Load save."

The system notification sounded.

The next second, Liu Zheng returned to the lounge.

"Holy shit, you cleared it?"

Cow-Horse asked in shock.

"No, I just loaded a save."

He shook his head and looked at the screen.

The words "Next Level" had already turned black again.

No wonder nobody could clear this game. Who could have imagined that the final level would send them into the game itself—and make them the one getting eaten?

"Oh."

Cow-Horse responded.

"You don't want to know what the final level was?"

"No. If I know, I won't be able to resist playing it."

Cow-Horse shook his head.

"That was pretty wise."

Liu Zheng ignored it and began considering a way to clear the game.

There was no way he could win in a direct fight. Not only did the opponent possess venom capable of dissolving Flesh Rebirth, but its strength and speed far surpassed his as well.

Thinking back to the experience of being held in its mouth just now, he came up with an idea.

"Boss, can you tell roughly how much impact this thing's explosion would create?"

Liu Zheng took out the Fecal Sea Mad Maggot Fossil and asked.

"I've got a rough instinct for it."

Cow-Horse nodded.

"Then please attack me with an equivalent amount of force."

He said.

"Where should I hit?"

Cow-Horse raised a hoof.

"Try the tentacles first."

Liu Zheng stacked his four tentacles on the floor.

"Fine."

Cow-Horse showed no mercy and stomped down with a hoof.

Bang!

Rubble flew everywhere, and a deep crater appeared in the concrete floor.

Liu Zheng's four tentacles turned directly into a mush of flesh and blood.

"Hiss!"

He sucked in a sharp breath.

Although his bodily structure had been reshaped, the pain remained. In fact, it was even clearer because his senses had improved.

Liu Zheng watched as flesh buds rapidly grew outward from the torn ends of his tentacles.

A few seconds later, he had grown four more tentacles.

"You really are a monster."

Cow-Horse's mouth twitched.

"It's not without a cost."

Liu Zheng shook his head.

His body had visibly become much thinner.

Clearly, if his flesh and body were separated, he had to consume flesh from elsewhere to repair the damage.

"That's still freakishly overpowered."

Cow-Horse complained.

Liu Zheng had stood there without moving and let it hit him. If he deliberately wanted to wear Cow-Horse down, then even if it eventually managed to kill Liu Zheng, it would collapse from exhaustion.

And if a delivery order happened to come in, it would probably fail to complete it.

"Do you have anything to eat, Boss?"

Liu Zheng felt extremely hungry.

"Don't call me Boss. You're the one who keeps buying on credit every day—you're my boss."

Cow-Horse rolled his eyes.

Annoyed as it was, it still took out a can for Liu Zheng.

"Name: Expired Ox-Horse Meat Canned Food"

"Type: Item"

"Quality: Inferior"

"Effect: Restores stamina; has a small chance of granting the 'Food Poisoning' status."

"Note: A can that should have been eaten long ago, but was preserved until now due to its owner's indecision."

Liu Zheng pulled open the lid, and a strong scent of spices rushed out.

The fat inside had already liquefied, while evenly sized chunks of meat floated on the surface.

Pretending not to know better, he lifted the can and poured it into his mouth.

Unheated beef stew naturally did not taste good, but Liu Zheng still had a strong appetite due to his body's craving for nutrients.

Soon, a large can of Cow-Horse meat had entered Liu Zheng's stomach.

His physique visibly filled out again.

"Again. This time, hit my upper body and use a little more force."

Liu Zheng curled up, his four tentacles wrapped around his knees.

"Don't tell me you enjoyed getting hit?"

Cow-Horse muttered as it ruthlessly kicked him.

Pia!

Liu Zheng flew backward and stuck to the wall.

The tremendous impact made the entire lounge rumble, while his mind became a complete mess.

It felt as if he had been run over by a steamroller. Both his upper and lower body had been reduced to a mangled mess.

Only his head and heart, protected beneath layer upon layer of flesh, remained relatively intact.

"You still didn't die? Can that pile of eyeballs really have that effect?"

Cow-Horse asked in surprise.

"Maybe."

Liu Zheng answered with difficulty, but that string of notes flashed through his mind.

"Shub-Niggurath!"

He slid down from the wall as Flesh Rebirth began to take effect.

Half a minute later, Liu Zheng's body had fully recovered, though he was much thinner than before.

"Boss, can I get some more food?"

He extended a tentacle that was only half as thick as before.

"You brat."

Cow-Horse glared with wide bovine eyes.

"You wouldn't want all your previous investment to go to waste, would you?"

"Damn it!"

Cow-Horse scratched its head in frustration and took out another six cans of Expired Ox-Horse Meat Canned Food.

"Please help me open them."

Liu Zheng said weakly.

"If the clear reward doesn't satisfy me, I'll roast you alive."

Cow-Horse ground its huge teeth with a creak.

It used its horns to open every can, then poured them one by one into Liu Zheng's mouth.

After being force-fed, he returned to his original size and even became slightly fatter.

Clearly, this world did not follow the laws of physics all that strictly.

After stretching his limbs, Liu Zheng stared at the phone screen for two seconds and pressed the confirm button.

After the familiar wave of dizziness passed, the shadow enveloped him again.

Liu Zheng looked up and saw a gaping bloody maw right before him.

"Your delivery has arrived."

He struck a diving pose and plunged into the giant snake's mouth.

The giant snake froze for a moment, then violently whipped its head around, trying to fling him out.

Liu Zheng wrapped his tentacles around the tips of its venomous fangs, temporarily steadying himself.

He looked around and felt that it still was not safe enough.

The giant snake seemed to realize something, and its movements became even more violent.

"Trying to refuse delivery?"

He released his tentacles, curled himself into a ball, and jumped deeper into the snake's mouth.

Then Liu Zheng got stuck.

He could feel the giant snake's esophageal muscles crushing his bones.

In a few minutes, he would become a compressed biscuit and slide into its stomach.

That helpless despair was enough to break anyone.

Fortunately, Liu Zheng was not human.

In the darkness, a bloated maggot blinked its tiny eyes and released a fart it had held in for tens of thousands of years.

Then a spark lit up, spreading into boundless flames.

Amid the deafening explosion, he lost consciousness.

"Wake up, wake up."

Under a series of calls, Liu Zheng gradually regained consciousness.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Cow-Horse raising its hoof.

Cow-Horse casually lowered its hoof.

"Did you clear it this time?"

It asked.

"I probably did."

Liu Zheng opened his phone, only to find that the Snake Game had disappeared.

Where was the reward?

He searched all over himself and finally found something in his right pocket.