Chapter 110 - 110 93 Silver Curse

110: Chapter 93: Silver Curse 110: Chapter 93: Silver Curse When do people run the fastest? When they get paid. Well, when Lu Ping’an found out there was something good waiting for him early in the morning, he ran to Ancient City University the next day. The campus was as peaceful as ever. Without any setbacks, he found the person he had arranged to meet and received his Silver Cursed Object. Then, he was shocked. [Thompson’s Midnight Soup Spoon (Silver Mid-position Cursed Object)] [Features: A 45 cm long, 12 cm diameter pale silver aluminum soup spoon, with faint red rust stains and a slight fishy smell when brought close.] [On one side of the spoon handle, the dark inscription ‘AD1912.7.3, DWTOWN’ marks its production date and factory, while the other side is engraved with ‘Margaret, Thompson’, hinting at the original owner’s affection for it.] [Margaret Thompson was once a beauty pageant runner-up and a low-class TV star. Her youthful beauty did not match her acting skills, and after a brief period of fame, she experienced the noise of life and eventually became a seemingly calm and gentle single woman in a small town.] [But strangely, her neighbors and friends were all surprised to find that this lady seemed to be forgotten by time, always appearing young and vigorous. Whenever asked, she would enthusiastically introduce her vegetarian diet and beauty tips to others, taking the opportunity to recommend her own beauty salon. However, one day, a playful child kicked his football into her house at night and sneakily climbed over the wall to retrieve it…] [‘There was only a monster, an old witch who drinks human blood!’ The frightened little boy told his mother these words, and the next day he fell into a high fever that would not go away. Margaret Thompson, on the other hand, faced the angry mob of the new witch-hunting era and her own fiery doomsday.] [When it all ended, people were shocked to find that young women in the small town had gone missing at an alarmingly high rate. In Margaret’s backyard, they found a large number of golden, black, and red hairs, but they never found any bodies, not even a piece of flesh.] [Eventually, a collector acquired this cursed item, but even more bizarrely, similar female murders began to occur among its owners, happening three times as ownership changed hands, until a Secret Keeper finally found it…] [Function 1: Boiling Years (Silver Mid-position): Boil young limbs in a large pot and stir with the soup spoon for at least 15 minutes to obtain a small amount of ‘Essence of Youth’ and a large amount of ‘Regret of Looking Back’ depending on the quality of the ingredients.] [Regret of Looking Back (Silver Lower Cursed Item Derivative): Contains the deadly poison of ‘Pain’ and ‘Aging’. Those who take it, even those who merely touch it, will rapidly age in pain.] [Essence of Youth (Silver Lower Cursed Item Derivative): The extracted essence of youth, which restores a certain amount of physical age after consumption. The duration and effect of the regression depend on the amount used, but the maximum duration does not exceed 24 hours. Note: This item has an overstimulation effect, please use with caution.] Is this a Silver Cursed Object? What garbage was the Black Iron Cursed Object compared to it! These two “derivatives”, not to mention the “Youth Potion”, the “Aging Potion” is a deadly enchantment that can be applied or poisoned. At the same time as being shocked by this thing, Lu Ping’an realized that this was only one side of its abilities. [Function 2, Envious Strike (Silver Mid-position): When it hits the flesh of an enemy, if the opponent is younger than the holder, it triggers ‘Envious Poison’, inflicting the target with an ‘Aging Curse’. If the holder is younger, it triggers ‘Old Man’s Pity’, giving the target a ‘Youth Blessing’, making them appear younger and stronger.] [Note 1: This effect consumes the stored ‘Essence of Youth’ and ‘Regret of Looking Back’. If depleted, the holder’s life force will be used to replenish it. Note 2: The determination factor for arbitrary changes in physical age is the psychological self-perceived age, currently, the holder’s self-perceived age is (16+49). Note 3: This item only provides false youth, and cannot affect lifespan.] So this thing can actually be used as a weapon? And the effect is so subtle. Lu Ping’an took a swing and then put it down with some surprise. “Er, it really gets the bonus from ‘All Weapon Specialization’ because it’s a kitchen utensil… Look on the bright side. Since kitchen utensils work, my Battle Axe modification plan has a higher chance of success, probably.” Putting down the spoon, the more Lu Ping’an looked at it, the more subtle his mood became, because he saw the part of the explanation about side effects and costs. [Cost 1, Agony at Dusk (Silver Mid-position): Boil limbs at least once a week and take at least one dose of each potion. The boiling ingredients must be young or adolescent body parts of the same species as the potion user. The closer the user’s race is to the ingredients’ race, the better the effect. Limb materials include but are not limited to hair, nails, and dandruff. If the holder does not perform the boiling on time, the Aging Curse will come as expected, and stay until the end.] [Cost 2, Sudden Doomsday Bell (Silver Lower Position): When the holder is afraid of death, the ‘Fear of Aging’ effect will be triggered automatically, causing the body to briefly enter an aged state. The duration depends on the amount of potion consumed during the last boiling. If it is not triggered continuously, it will be automatically triggered at midnight.] These two side effects, especially the latter one, are quite lethal for other people. “Fear death because of aging, or vice versa, fear aging because of death…” This thing, if triggered in the middle of a battle, would definitely be extremely deadly, which is probably why it would be stored in the repository. Having experienced the Knight’s Secret Realm, Lu Ping’an knows that self-perception judgments like “fear” and “admit defeat” are quite broad, and it’s hard to control the subconscious. Perhaps in the midst of a fight, you might think, “I might die this time,” triggering this effect, and then you really die. As for Lu Ping’an… “Heh, sweet death.” He doesn’t really care, and if he’s guessing correctly, even if triggered, he should be able to use his abilities to postpone this curse. A third of aging… Well, wouldn’t that make me a strong middle-aged man? I’ll give it a try when I get back! At this point, playing with this thing, Lu Ping’an finally understood the concept of “building his own combat power with Silver Cursed Objects at the core.” “So strong, this thing…” So, he opened that chat room full of big shots and started typing happily. “Silver Cursed Objects are so strong, as a freshman I am ready to rely on them so much! I am so thrilled, may I ask all big shots…” Then, he happily collected a bunch of angry scoldings and broken defenses. “Damn, how did I get muted again!” The administrator’s response was quick, but it still caused a second large-scale breach and made everyone remember “Freshman Lu Ping’an” and secretly determined to “have a good chat with him offline.” Having “shared” his joy, Lu Ping’an also slightly relieved some of the depression and upset caused by this cursed object. Indeed, the side effects can’t trigger him; he just vaguely got the truth of the story from the information of the cursed object. “For the extraction of the potion, hair alone would suffice… Wouldn’t it be possible just to buy it? Thompson in the story was quite rich and even had his own hair salon.” Did Thompson really commit murder? Maybe, maybe not, it’s hard to trace and confirm now. But the small-town judge of that era might have happily attributed all the suspicious cases and disappearances of women to Thompson and closed the case. What about those “copycat” cases by “collectors” afterward? Perhaps, those collectors had no way of knowing the real use of this soup spoon, only guessing its function from Thompson’s story, and actually using “body” tests successfully, committing crimes all the way for the sake of false youthfulness. “If only it had been discovered earlier by the Secret Keeper, or at least by a Rule System ability user who could reveal its true use, many things wouldn’t have happened. These things really can’t be left unchecked…” “Never mind, there’s no point in thinking about it so much, everyone in the case is long gone. Better to live in the present and have some fun with this thing.” “Meow? Are you home? I got you something delicious, I’ll bring it back soon; come to my place to get it!”