The hand gripping his cheeks suddenly let go.
Shen Yangge jerked his head back, dodging the man's five grasping fingers. His golden eyes stood out vividly in the darkness. Though he had narrowly escaped, a finger still scraped his eyelid, tearing the tender skin and drawing tiny beads of blood.
"Why dodge?"
The man advanced step by step, tilting his head as he looked at Shen Yangge. His sinister smile twisted into an eerie curve as he continued:
"Relax. I won't make it hurt too much. As far as I know, you were a normal person to begin with. These strange things happening to your body must trouble you, don't they?"
He looked up at the crescent moon in the sky. "Now that you've met me, you needn't worry anymore. I'll turn you back to normal right away."
Shen Yangge struggled to his feet and searched for a way out. But after looking around, he realized he was surrounded by walls on all four sides, and his frown deepened.
His cheat's duration had already run out. The system had made it clear that he couldn't stack its effects within a short period, so he could only rely on himself now.
Was tonight really the night he was doomed to die as cannon fodder?
He had a vague feeling that Database was silently controlling everything behind the scenes. As this book's biggest bug, even if he refused to follow the plot toward his own death, Database would pay special attention to him, then find some way to eliminate him.
That was probably why System 615 had rarely come online lately.
System 615 had noticed that Database wanted to eliminate its host as soon as possible. Having signed that "vague contract" with its host, it had actually developed a subconscious resistance to