Pig Demon

Li Qing is a pig now.

This isn't an insult, but rather an objective fact that happened to him.

Now he has a fat head and big ears, a wide face and a big mouth, and his four limbs have turned into four strong hooves. His skin has become thick, rough and covered with mane.

The once agile and powerful superhuman body was gone; Li Qing felt now was the heavy weight of his own fat.

In just a short moment, he transformed into a white boar weighing several hundred pounds.

His super hearing and his superhuman physique both disappeared as his body changed.

At the same time, Li Qing was horrified to discover that all the skills on his system panel had been sealed.

Without extraordinary physical abilities and unable to use system skills, aside from the still-activated Digitization Mode, he is just an ordinary fat pig.

Hey hey

What's going on?! How did I turn into a pig?!

Li Qing couldn't contain himself and roared out.

He never imagined he would be attacked in such a bizarre way.

But this roar, which came from the depths of his heart, turned into a piercing pig squeal. "Oink oink oink!"

"Hmph. Hmph?!"

Li Qing tried to say a few words, only to find that he had completely lost his ability to speak as a human being:

This is the so-called trap?

The enemy's Stand ability is to turn others into pigs?

As Li Qing thought about it, even the pork tenderloin he was carrying, which cost 50 yuan per kilogram, couldn't help but shudder.

No wonder the tech team's headquarters is a Pig Farm.

This Pig Farm is not a simple cover-up, but a deadly trap.

Judging from his experience of being inexplicably turned into a fat pig without even seeing the enemy's face, this terrifying Stand ability is clearly capable of being activated remotely and even covering a large area.

With just a certain amount of "preparation time," any enemy that enters its range will be turned into a pig.

Li Qing roughly understood the enemy's Stand ability:

"We must warn Giorno and the others immediately!"

"If they're foolish enough to fall for it too, then we're doomed."

He instinctively reached for his phone, which had fallen to the ground.

Giorno's slightly nervous voice came from the other end of the phone. Li Qing's sudden "disappearance" and the strange pig squeals heard on the phone later had made Giorno and the others waiting outside the pig farm very worried.

Li Qing hurriedly spoke into the microphone to warn his companion, but what came out was still:

"Hmph hmph hmph hmph!"

No matter how he tried, all Li Qing could produce was a pig's squeal.

Moreover, because he was unfamiliar with the pig's body, he always had trouble judging the distance between his head and the ground.

That long pig snout was so in the way that Li Qing repeatedly grunted and nudged his face to the floor like a real pig.

Damn it!

In his frustration, Li Qing gave up on this futile attempt.

He knew that this "turning into a pig" state had probably been judged as a negative state by the system.

Li Qing's body is not immune to negative status effects, including the effects of most Stand abilities, such as the zipper of Steel Chain Fingers and the murderous virus of Purple Haze.

However, in the experiments conducted after becoming companions of Bucciarati and others, Li Qing discovered...

The data-driven body has the characteristic of "resilience".

In other words, the negative status caused to him by the enemy's Stand ability will be automatically removed by the system after a certain period of time.

However, this only works when you are out of the enemy's range and at a certain distance from the enemy.

Otherwise, the system will treat this negative status as a persistent spell—like the poisonous fog released by alchemists in the game. If the player doesn't move away from the "poisonous ground," the "poisoned" negative status will never be removed.

We must get out of here!

Li Qing quickly made a decision:

As long as he can get away from this Pig Farm full of traps, his body will automatically revert to that of a human after a period of time.

At the same time, he also had to rush back to the entrance of the Pig Farm and try to warn Giorno and the others not to come in rashly.

Thinking of this, Li Qing immediately took off running back, panting heavily.

Inside the Pig Farm.

If Li Qing hadn't been influenced by those henchmen, he would have been able to use his extraordinary hearing to gradually discover that the interior of this spacious Pig Farm was actually quite hidden.

Inside this pig farm, there is actually a complete small building.

Like a Russian nesting doll, this fully-equipped little building stands in the center of the Pig Farm, surrounded by high walls on all sides, accessible only through a hidden door in the wall.

This is the real headquarters of the technology team, the office where the technology team's technical staff work, and also the data center where the Passion Organization's internal network servers are located.

While Li Qing was wasting time outside with those low-level thugs, the head of the technology team, the owner of the Pig Farm, was sitting comfortably in the small building, sipping tea while watching the monitor screen on his computer.

"Only one person came in; that's quite cautious."

"Unfortunately, this won't change your fate."

The head of the technology team, a slightly overweight man with a unique and charismatic air, was calmly talking to himself.

"Manager, are you sure everything is okay?"

A young man, whose face was slightly pale, asked nervously:

"Sam Sand, Adam, Jamie, Fabio— our group's best guys all fell to those guys."

"Right now, only the two of us are left Stand User in the technology team. Those henchmen are all just pig farmers; they're not good at fighting at all. If the enemy breaks through..."

"Don't panic, Thomas."

"This is my home turf, no one can get in."

The supervisor calmly called out the young man's name, quelling the unrest among his troops:

"Those four guys all died because of their own restlessness."

"They were too belligerent and too greedy, so eager to grab the bounty and become cadres that they put themselves in danger."

"But I'm different."

"The only ones who will fall into danger are my enemies."

The supervisor watched the surveillance footage of Li Qing defeating the henchmen and calmly counted the time.

"54321".

"Time is up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qing's appearance on the surveillance screen suddenly changed.

He turned into a pig.

"It's a success!"

The young man named Thomas breathed a huge sigh of relief.

His tension finally eased, and his gaze as he looked at the monitor screen relaxed slightly.

"The supervisor is really capable!"

Thomas sighed from the bottom of his heart.

This is not flattery, but a genuine feeling of admiration tinged with fear:

The manager's abilities are extremely formidable.

The technology team doesn't even need dedicated security; as long as a supervisor is there, no one can break in.

His Stand is called "Pig Factory," which can turn anyone who enters its range for a full "two minutes" into a pig.

Note that this refers to completely turning into pigs.

It's that kind of fat pig with a big head and ears, covered in fat, completely brainless, only good for eating, gaining weight, sleeping, and rooting around in the grass.

Not only do their bodies change, but their spirits also degenerate to the point of being as muddle-headed as pigs.

This means

Once turned into a pig, the enemy is, in a sense, already dead.

They will spend the rest of their lives in pigsties, and may never know they were ever human until they die.

"Ha ha."

The supervisor smiled nonchalantly.

He didn't pay much attention to Thomas's praise, simply took a sip of tea, and calmly gave the order:

"Li Qing is already a pig."

"Once his companions follow suit, you should order a few henchmen to send them directly to the slaughterhouse—after all, these are people the boss specifically ordered to be killed, so don't waste the effort of keeping them alive."

"OK."

Thomas nodded, but then inadvertently caught a glimpse of something unexpected on the security camera footage:

"Wait, supervisor?"

"Li Qing, the pig that Li Qing turned into."

He looked at the pig that was rooting around in the ground with its snout and grunting into the phone, and said with some surprise, "It looks like it's on the phone?"

"What?!"

The supervisor's calm expression finally changed slightly.

He followed Thomas's gaze and looked more closely:

Sure enough, Li Qing kept humming into the phone, as if he was trying to make a call.

"Could it be that his mental state wasn't affected?"

The supervisor's expression gradually became serious:

His abilities affect not only the body, but also the mind.

But Li Qing was different.

Just like mental abilities like "fear" in games can't reach the player through the screen, Li Qing's soul won't actually be damaged.

The enemy's mental attack is a special kind of control skill for a data-driven body. It can render Li Qing unable to move after being hit, and even affect his brain, causing him to fall into a coma or lose focus (network connection interruption).

But no matter what, none of this could truly damage his soul to the point of turning him into an intellectually disabled person.

Therefore, Li Qing did not turn into a muddle-headed pig, but instead became a "Pig Demon" with the body of a beast and the brain of a human.

"This is troublesome."

Seeing that Li Qing had already turned the pig's head and run towards the entrance of the Pig Farm, the supervisor's voice finally became serious:

"If Li Qing were to escape the Pig Farm, he would definitely try to warn his companions!"

He is very capable, but his strength lies only in "information asymmetry".

If Giorno and the others become wary and refuse to come in because of Li Qing's warning, then his Stand ability will be completely useless.

"We absolutely cannot let this pig get away!"

The supervisor clenched his Riot Games tightly and decisively said to Thomas:

"I'll send a few more henchmen to deal with the others for a while."

"Thomas, go and take care of Li Qing right now—"

"Note that even at the cost of your life, you must not let him escape to his companions."

"Ah?"

A hint of nervousness appeared on Thomas's young face. "I... I..."

He usually does technical work, and although he has the ability to act as a stunt double, he rarely has the opportunity to practice in real combat.

The successive deaths of his four colleagues instilled in him a fear of battle.

"Don't make excuses."

The supervisor's voice suddenly turned cold:

"Don't forget, some things are more painful than death."

"For example, the pigs in the factory are in heat right now. You wouldn't be interested in participating, would you?"

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Thomas's face turned green instantly.

Indeed, as the supervisor said, in this Pig Farm, things more painful than death are always right before our eyes.

Previously, there was a troublemaker in their group who refused to listen properly and complained that the salary was too low and the benefits were too poor, and was planning to resign.

Later, the piglets he had with the sow all grew up to be ready for market.

"Do a good job."

"After I succeed, I'll be promoted to a managerial position, and I'll immediately promote you to supervisor."

The supervisor smiled and patted Thomas on the shoulder, his tone very friendly:

"And, dear Thomas..."

"Don't tell me you can't even beat a pig."