"Don't go!"
"Save... save me!"
Xia Qiu stretched out his blood-covered hand and kept calling out, but the hit-and-run driver not only failed to stop, he floored the accelerator and roared into the distance.
Watching the sports car drive farther and farther away, about to disappear completely, Xia Qiu fell into utter despair.
Every hit-and-run driver should be caught and shot for ten minutes, damn it! He could clearly still be saved!
Perhaps because the driver was too panicked, the sports car that was about to vanish crashed through the roadside guardrail and plunged into the ravine.
A few seconds later.
A thunderous boom rang out, and a mushroom cloud rose from the exploding car.
Was this seriously how things were playing out? Xia Qiu stared in disbelief!
What goes around comes around. Even Heaven couldn't stand them anymore!
The bastard man and woman who caused the accident were both dead. One for two—he wouldn't be losing out even if he died.
But after thinking it over for a few seconds, Xia Qiu still felt like he had gotten the worse end of the deal.
Damn it, the best kind of car accident was one that didn't happen to him.
Because he had been sent flying by the speeding sports car, Xia Qiu was gravely injured. His body was paralyzed, and he had completely lost the ability to move.
Even worse, while falling, his body had unfortunately struck a sharp pointed rock, giving him a direct backstab and kidney shot.
Blood gushed continuously, and his consciousness grew increasingly hazy...
Am I going to die like this? What a shame...
More than twenty years of life had been far too short. There were still so many wonderful things in this colorful world that he had never experienced.
And if he died, what would happen to the roomful of figurines he owned, and all those foreign-language study materials on his computer?
He still had not planted the poplar tree he had spent nearly two years collecting green energy for in Ant Forest...
The only consolation was that he probably would not have to repay next month's Huabei bill.
If he had known disaster would strike from nowhere, he should at least have maxed out his Huabei credit. What a miscalculation!
Perhaps because he had been thrown by the impact and lost too much blood, Xia Qiu felt scorching hot all over, as if he had fallen into a furnace.
Burning all over... is this what death feels like?
Just then, a voice abruptly sounded in Xia Qiu's mind.
Confirmation complete. Successfully acquired...[Heat Resistance].
What was that sound?
At death's door, with his consciousness scattered, Xia Qiu did not hear it clearly.
Come to think of it, if not for that kidney shot, wouldn't I have survived?
Confirmation complete. Successfully acquired...[Pierce Resistance]. Additional skill acquired: [Physical Attack Resistance].
Pierce Resistance? Physical Attack Resistance?
Huh???
A bolt of lightning seemed to flash through Xia Qiu's mind. Why did this scene feel so familiar?
Holy shit!
Wasn't this the scene from the anime That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, where the Slime King obtained skills after reincarnating?
Did he have a chance to travel to another world?
In other words, perhaps he did not have to die?!
Xia Qiu trembled with excitement, but joy turned to sorrow. His body suddenly convulsed, widening his already torn wounds. The pain pierced deep into his soul, and blood spurted out uncontrollably.
"It hurts! I'm losing blood even faster. Don't tell me I'm going to die before I even finish talking?!"
Confirmation complete. [Pain Nullification] acquired. Bloodless Physique transformation initiated... Transformation complete!
Pain Nullification was a god-tier skill, but what the hell was Bloodless Physique?
Was he about to turn into a Slime?
Xia Qiu felt like crying without tears. The Slime King was great, and he liked him too. But damn it, becoming one was absurd—he had no idea how much fun life would lose.
He had just planned to avoid this pitfall, but... fate truly loved messing with people!
Xia Qiu kept gasping heavily. His injuries were simply too severe. His body was like a broken bellows, making wheezing sounds with every breath.
His consciousness grew increasingly blurred, but he had yet to obtain either of the Slime King's ultimate god-tier skills, [Great Sage] and [Predator]. He could not die. No matter what, he could not die now.
Otherwise, even if he traveled to another world, he would end up as an ordinary Slime. That was something he could not accept even in death.
Right, how had the Slime King obtained Great Sage and Predator in the first place? He could not remember!
Then how about this—
"Predator!"
Confirmation complete. Unique Skill [Predator] acquired.
That actually worked?!
Xia Qiu did not even know how to complain anymore. Ever since he had been hit by that car, it seemed he had embarked on a one-way road to becoming the Slime King!
"Great Sage!"
Confirmation complete. Unique Skill [Great Sage] acquired.
What other abilities did the Slime King have?
A gust of wind blew over, and Xia Qiu could not help shivering. He felt his body heat rapidly leaving him, while his body grew heavier and heavier.
Xia Qiu instinctively said, "S-so cold!"
Confirmation complete. [Cold Resistance] acquired. Conditions for possessing both [Cold Resistance] and [Heat Resistance] met. [Thermal Fluctuation Resistance] acquired.
Nice!
One last word for one skill—was this the most expensive last words in history?
Think, hurry and think! What other skills did the Slime King have?
Perhaps because he was about to die completely, Xia Qiu felt as though his brain had rusted over.
His mind felt numb. He clearly had a mountain of things to think about, yet he could not remember anything.
In the final moments of his life, what surfaced in his mind was not the Slime King or any skills, but the many memories of his life.
Ever since his parents had unexpectedly left him behind, he had completely let himself go.
After accidentally becoming an otaku, he had changed wives every three months, bought piles of body pillows and figurines, and never felt that there was anything wrong with it before.
But at death's door, his heart was filled with endless regret—damn it, there were so many anime series he would probably never finish watching in his lifetime.
And after Marvel's ten-year grand finale, a new chapter was about to begin. He would never find out what happened next.
This was so damn unfair!
"I have no regrets entering anime in this life; in my next life, may I be born into the two-dimensional world!"
"I have no regrets entering Marvel in this life; in my next life, I'll be snap-dust again!"
Confirmation complete. Keywords detected: two-dimensional world, Marvel... Information disorder. Unable to execute... Recalculation initiated...
It actually could not be executed...
But Xia Qiu could not change anything anymore. He felt his consciousness was about to leave him completely, plunging into endless darkness.
Rumble!
A bolt of lightning split the sky, tearing through the heavens. The enormous crash and blinding electric light startled Xia Qiu awake, and his consciousness unexpectedly regained a brief moment of clarity.
"Lightning—right, I remember now! The Slime King obtained Electricity Resistance because he had his coworker destroy his computer!"
Confirmation complete. [Electricity Resistance] acquired. Additional skill acquired: [Paralysis Resistance].
Heh. A smile of immense satisfaction appeared on Xia Qiu's pale face.
He had not expected a random thunderbolt to let him make up for [Electricity Resistance] and [Paralysis Resistance]. All he could say was—this was the choice of Steins Gate!
As for getting hit by a car, that was probably the fault of the world and the timing!
So sleepy...
Was this what death felt like?
Xia Qiu slowly fell asleep. His breathing gradually stopped, and his heartbeat slowly faded away...