Removing the Divine Body's Restrictions, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill

'Here's a choice: remove the human body's restrictions and continuously gain an invincibility buff at the cost of burning your lifespan. Are you willing?'

Through the haze, a cold voice reached his ears.

Su Han slowly woke up.

He looked around and found himself still in that dim basement.

His hands and feet were bound in chains, and he was suspended in the air.

His face and body were covered in wounds. Some had already scabbed over, some were black and swollen, and others were bleeding.

Pain was everywhere.

Yet Su Han's face was expressionless, his eyes blood-red and filled with venom and hatred.

"Dad, Mom, Sis."

Su Han murmured, his voice hoarse.

Five days ago.

His family had still been happy.

His parents ran a noodle shop. Business was only so-so, but they had no worries about food or clothing.

His older sister had just graduated from college and was teaching at a nearby kindergarten.

Everything had been wonderful, much like any ordinary family.

But five nights ago, Su Han had gone back for the weekend, and as usual, the family was going to have an extra meal together at the shop.

That night, however, something was wrong.

The rolling shutter, which should have been open, was halfway down.

There was no sound inside. It was deathly still, the lights were off, and everything was pitch-black.

Su Han had been puzzled. He mistakenly thought the power had gone out and that his parents and sister might have gone home.

He walked over to close the shutter, but as soon as he approached, a thick stench of blood hit him in the face.

Su Han's expression changed drastically, and he pulled out his phone for light.

The sight that met his eyes was a scene of chaos.

Tables and stools had been smashed and scattered everywhere, with bloodstains and body parts strewn among them.

What happened after that was a little hazy.

Only when he got to the Security Patrol Office did he learn that his parents had been brutally dismembered and every bone in his sister's body had been broken, leaving her in a state worse than death.

And the killer... was Su Han.

That was right.

It was him.

According to Zhang Qu, the chief of the Security Patrol Office, the witnesses, physical evidence, and surveillance footage all pointed to Su Han.

He was the killer who had committed the crime. The evidence was conclusive and crystal clear.

Su Han was dumbfounded.

How could he possibly be the killer?

How could he possibly have murdered his own parents?

Absolutely impossible.

There had to be a mistake. There had to be.

Su Han frantically explained that he wasn't the killer, that someone else had done it.

But to Su Han's despair, the people at the Security Patrol Office wouldn't listen. Instead, they thought he was making excuses. First they pressured him, then they threatened him, and then they tortured him—in inhuman ways—to make him admit he was the killer.

Gradually... Su Han understood.

They...

The people at the Security Patrol Office had known from the start that he wasn't the killer.

They were torturing him into a confession.

They were looking for a scapegoat.

And the reason they were doing it was that the real killer had already bought them off.

"Cough, cough..."

"I... I, Su Han, swear."

"If I can stay alive..."

"I'll carve every last one of you into a thousand pieces, tear your bodies into ten thousand fragments, and slaughter your entire families."

The moment he understood the truth,

Su Han seemed to become a different person.

There was only hatred in his heart, boiling like magma and searing him every moment.

'Here's a choice: remove the human body's restrictions and continuously gain an invincibility buff at the cost of burning your lifespan. Are you willing?'

The cold voice rang out again.

Earlier, he had thought it was an auditory hallucination.

Now that he had come to his senses, Su Han couldn't be bothered to think too much about it. Almost instinctively, he shouted, "Yes, I'm willing."

"No matter who you are, no matter the cost."

"Give me power."

"I..."

"Su Han."

"Will turn this world upside down."

[Congratulations, your human body's restrictions have been removed. Burning lifespan to activate buff ①...]

[Activation successful. Lifespan reduced by 90%. Buff ① · Divine Body is now in effect.]

As soon as the words fell,

A faint flicker appeared before his eyes, and a screen of light gradually lit up.

[Name: Su Han]

[Age: 19]

[Lifespan: 200 days]

[Physique: 3] (Physique includes: strength, defense, recovery, speed, vision, perception, reflexes... and so on)

[Comprehension: 6]

[Skills: Basic Fist Technique (beginner), Celestial Phenomenon Stance Technique (not yet initiated)]

[Buff ① · Divine Body: Your strength increases every moment, without end, until you transform into a 'god'.]

[Buff ② · Nether Prison of Rebirth: All enemies you kill will enter the Nether Prison of Rebirth and can be actively resurrected to fight for you. (Note: This buff has not yet been fully activated. Current progress: 3%. It consumes 1 day of lifespan every hour to increase progress by 1 point. The process is automatic and cannot be stopped.)]

Looking at the information panel, Su Han's eyes flickered. An emotion rapidly surged within him, and he suddenly wanted to throw back his head and laugh, venting the rage in his heart.

But the next instant,

He forcibly held it in.

It wasn't time to vent yet.

Su Han looked at the first buff.

It was powerful, obtained in exchange for 90% of his lifespan.

His attributes would increase every moment, without end, until he became a god.

Just as he thought of that, a notification sounded in his ear.

"Buff ① · Divine Body triggered. Your physique +10 points, comprehension +10."

At once,

A warm current emerged inside him and spread throughout his body. Su Han could clearly feel that his stamina, energy, and strength... had all increased considerably.

The increase in comprehension also made his mind feel as though it had opened up, becoming clearer than ever before.

It was like being reborn. Math problems he had once struggled to understand suddenly became clear.

"This feeling of getting stronger..."

"Feels so good!"

Suspended in midair by the chains, Su Han murmured under his breath, an inscrutable look on his face.

As for buff ②, its description made it sound powerful too, and it was automatically activating by consuming his lifespan.

"One day of lifespan per hour. I can still live for eight days?"

"That should... be enough!"

With that,

Su Han closed his eyes and fell still.

Time passed, and the basement remained deathly silent.

But anyone watching closely would have been shocked to discover

That Su Han's body suddenly grew stronger every few minutes, and his wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Clack!!"

"Creak~"

At that moment,

The iron door opened, producing a harsh, grating sound as its rusted parts rubbed together.

The lights came on immediately afterward, and an indifferent voice spoke.

"Su Han!"

"Have you thought it over?"

"Were you the one who brutally murdered your parents and then dismembered them?"

"..."

The newcomer was a young man.

He wore a patrol uniform, with a thin face and a mocking expression.

He was Zhang Ping, the station chief Zhang Qu's younger male cousin.

He was also one of the people who had watched over and tortured Su Han these past few days.

Seeing Su Han remain silent,

Zhang Ping sneered, pulled out a chair, and sat down. He crossed one leg over the other and leisurely lit a cigarette before speaking. "Su Han."

"What's the point of being stubborn?"

"The evidence we have is beyond anything you can imagine."

"The footprints at the scene, the fingerprints on the murder weapon, statements from passersby, what the neighbors next door witnessed, and the entire sequence of events on surveillance."

"And the firsthand testimony of your girlfriend and your sister."

"Stop struggling."

"Own up to what you did. Be a man, admit your crimes, accept the punishment of the law, and see that your parents get justice."

To be honest,

If it had been someone less strong-willed, they might really have begun to wonder whether they were the killer.

Had the events been so shocking that they had temporarily lost their memory and couldn't remember?

But Su Han was different. Call him stubborn or strong-willed,

He understood clearly that all the evidence of his guilt these people spoke of had been fabricated. It was all fake. They just wanted him to confess and take all the blame, allowing the real killer to remain at large.

But why?

Why would his girlfriend, Xu Li, and his sister, Su Yuyun, also accuse him of being the killer?

Why?