Temporary Driver

As the saying goes, quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

Even salt, a harmless substance, can be poisonous if consumed in excess (eating two pounds).

Although the Penicillium species transplanted onto the body can completely kill flesh-eating fungi, that is only when dealing with a small number of free-floating fungi.

In the Green Day, this humanoid substitute is actually the incubation source of all fungi.

It can be described as a mobile fungal culture vessel.

To engage in hand-to-hand combat with it is tantamount to personally sticking your arm into this fungal jar at close range.

Other Stand User could send their Stands to do this high-risk close-quarters combat, but Li Qing only used his "original body" to crash into the humanoid source of the disease.

Under such a large-scale fungal invasion, the symbiotic fungi on Li Qing's body quickly lost their resistance and gradually succumbed to the attack of the massive number of carnivorous fungi.

Soon, pale green carnivorous fungi covered half of his body, waiting only for an attack signal to erupt completely.

"Idiot!"

Jokulrat felt he had the upper hand:

"Your skin is now covered in flesh-eating fungi."

"If you move even slightly 'lower,' they will multiply explosively and devour you completely!"

"So."

He stared intently at Li Qing, calculating in his mind:

Because of the information provided by his boss and his own recent experience, he knew that Li Qing possessed a special high-speed displacement ability.

Although Green Day now has a clear advantage in strength over Li Qing Sin, Chocola is still worried about Li Qing's "Stand ability" and is wary of him directly attacking his own body.

"Relying solely on Riot Games is too slow; if this drags on, he could easily seize an opportunity to counterattack."

"Let's use some more methods to hasten his death!"

With these thoughts in mind, Chocola commanded the Green Day to move forward.

The cabin is only a few meters apart.

This burly humanoid avatar first used its powerful Riot Games to push Li Qing, who was blocking the front of the cabin, aside, and then quickly pounced to the front of the cabin next to the pilot's seat.

Then, just as Li Qing was wondering why this stand-in wasn't protecting the original body but instead rushed forward...

It suddenly reached out and abruptly pushed the helicopter's collective pitch stick.

The helicopter's stable hovering posture was instantly broken, the angle of attack of the helicopter rotor changed immediately, and the aircraft began to suddenly descend.

"What?!"

Caught off guard, Li Qing nearly fell to the ground due to losing her balance.

However, the helicopter had already descended two or three meters in this short period of time.

The flesh-eating fungus that infected Li Qing immediately received the attack signal and began to proliferate at an extremely terrifying rate.

His health plummeted, and the rate at which he lost his life became alarmingly rapid.

Damn it!

Li Qing had no other choice but to take this opportunity to concentrate his efforts on attacking Chocola's main body.

Chocola seemed to have been prepared all along.

After a slight push of the collective gear lever, that Green Day quickly turned around and left the driver's seat, standing firmly in front of Chocola.

"Are you trying to attack me?"

Chocola, hiding under his Stand's protection, laughed mockingly:

"The plane is still descending."

"The rate of fungal outbreaks is roughly proportional to the 'difference in elevation'."

"If you don't stop it now, you'll die here in a few seconds!"

Li Qing froze, no longer daring to attack.

He then realized that the helicopter had become his Achilles' heel.

As long as the helicopter continues to descend, he won't even have the right to fight freely.

Li Qing had no other choice but to quickly turn around and walk back to the driver's seat, frantically pulling the control lever.

Click

The pole was pulled loose.

There are two control sticks for the helicopter. Young Li Qing Green Day pulled the collective pitch stick to control the up and down movement, but accidentally pulled the control stick to control the forward, backward, left and right movement.

The helicopter tilted suddenly, and its descent speed actually increased.

"You bastard!!"

Li Qing had only ever flown a helicopter a few times in computer games since he was a child.

Faced with such a perilous situation, he could only hurriedly pull back the lever he had been holding, honing his driving skills in this tense and exciting experience.

"Are you crazy?!"

"If this helicopter crashes, you won't survive either!"

Li Qing cursed angrily.

"Don't worry about me, Mr. Li Qing."

Chocola reveled in Li Qing's embarrassed state, his smile growing even more arrogant:

"As I said, the rate of fungal outbreaks is roughly proportional to the 'difference in elevation'."

"Although your vitality is far stronger than that of ordinary people, judging from the rate at which your health bar is decreasing..."

He chuckled leisurely.

"If you fall another twenty meters, you will die instantly."

"At that time, I will naturally have plenty of time to bring the helicopter back."

"You?!"

Li Qing was so angry that he could barely speak.

With one hand gripping the collective pitch stick and the other the control stick, it took a lot of effort to stabilize the swaying helicopter.

Then, having become a little more familiar with the operation, Li Qing finally stopped the helicopter's descent and pulled the flight altitude back up slightly.

As the altitude increased from "low" to "high", the fungus's offensive momentum instantly came to a halt.

Li Qing's blood volume also stopped decreasing.

However, this does not mean that his situation has improved.

On the contrary, because Li Qing had no idea how to fly a plane or how to make the helicopter hover automatically, the helicopter's current condition was still extremely bad.

It seemed as if it might fall at any moment, swaying left and right in the sky, flying aimlessly like a headless fly.

The helicopter will start to go out of control as soon as Li Qing lets go of the control stick.

If the helicopter goes out of control and crashes, the deadly fungus on his body will erupt at an extremely terrifying speed.

In other words...

Li Qing is now trapped in the driver's seat.

If he didn't fly the plane, the fungus on his body could kill him.

If he gripped those two joysticks tightly, he wouldn't be able to attack Chocola, or even protect himself.

To make matters worse, Chocola remained hidden behind his Stand like a coward, giving Li Qing no chance to fight back even if he really wanted to.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Watching Li Qing's comical, clumsy attempt to pilot the plane, Chocola help but burst out laughing.

He looked at Li Qing, now completely trapped, with a burning, crazed gaze, as if he were examining a trophy he had locked in a cage.

"Li Qing."

"Since you've delivered yourself to my doorstep, then let me enjoy watching you die!"

As he spoke, Chocola even picked up his camera, which he used to film the victims' deaths, and pointed the sinister lens firmly at Li Qing.

Meanwhile, his stand-in Green Day, slowly steps forward.

This terrifying humanoid stand-in, covered in a horrifying pale green mold, raised its hand high and delivered a heavy punch to Li Qing.

Bang!

The punch landed heavily on Li Qing's cheek.

But Li Qing dared not hide, nor could he hide.

Not only could he not dodge, but he also had to straighten his back and tighten his face, enduring the heavy blows of those Green Day while trying his best not to let the force of those blows affect the position of the control stick.

"Very good, very good, very good, very good, very good, very good."

Chocola, manipulating the Green Day, stroked Li Qing's gleaming head back and forth like a walnut being polished:

"Your expression is good!"

"Although Secco Secco's failure, seeing your ridiculous appearance makes me feel better."

"It's like lying on the sofa on a quiet summer night watching old murder videos—it brings a strange sense of pleasure!"

Li Qing's conflicted expression—wanting to retaliate but not daring to, wanting to get angry but unable to—completely excited Chocola.

He forgot the embarrassment of being forced to lose his leg, and he forgot the troubles of the battle defeat. He only wanted to torture Li Qing to death and record his last expression before death in perfect detail.

That's all..

Chocola was hiding behind and filming Li Qing's embarrassed and helpless appearance with a camera.

The Green Day, on the other hand, wielded a powerful punch, relentlessly striking Li Qing's body.

Under the command of its master, it deliberately slowed down, not rushing to kill, but rather to create a "beautiful scene" for Jokulrat to appreciate.

But Li Qing's health was steadily decreasing.

Unable to retaliate, he could only try his best to stabilize the helicopter while enduring the almost humiliating blows.

Originally, he had nearly 70% of his health remaining, but he was blasted down to only 10% by punch after punch.

If he had landed one or two more punches, Li Qing would have died.

"It's almost over."

Chocola licked his lips as if he wanted more, then zoomed in even closer on Li Qing's face with the camera:

Let's give his Green Day a perfect ending!

"Etc!"

A soft shout rang out.

Li Qing sat upright in the driver's seat, his hands and feet still placed on the rotor control stick and tail fin pedal like a professional driver.

However, he turned his head 45 degrees and cast a cold, angry, yet strangely calm, lifeless gaze at Chocola:

"Kill me now, and you'll die right away."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Chocola was slightly taken aback, then immediately retorted with a stiff neck:

"You're the one who should be dying!"

"It doesn't matter if the plane goes out of control. Once you're dead, I'll naturally bring the out-of-control helicopter back on track."

Compared to regular airplanes, the biggest advantage of helicopters is their enhanced safety.

Those large propeller blades can use the wind force during descent to rotate at high speed and provide power, greatly slowing down the plane's descent speed.

If handled properly, a pilot can even land a helicopter safely even when the engine has completely lost power.

Therefore, Chocola, who considered himself a top-notch driver, was quite at ease about it.

"No."

Li Qing's tone remained calm:

"The 'death' I'm talking about isn't because of the plane crash."

"But because of that."

He gestured with his chin, indicating that Chocola look out the window:

Against the backdrop of the azure sky, a metallic object trailing a striking flame was hurtling toward the helicopter.

"This is an anti-aircraft missile?!"

Chocola's pupils contracted.

He finally realized belatedly. "Where did you take the plane?!"

"We didn't drive very far."

The burning missiles sliced through the sky like swords, but Li Qing, hanging beneath them, shrugged as if nothing had happened.

"It's just a bit close to the nearby naval base."