Chapter 243 - 243 224 Pleasure Seeker Third Update

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243: Chapter 224: Pleasure Seeker (Third Update) 243: Chapter 224: Pleasure Seeker (Third Update) Due to the perverse preferences of a certain Quasi-God, that area had turned into a human purgatory. A large number of professionals, mortals, and magic monsters were killing each other, madly seizing “life’s bargaining chips” like gamblers with bloodshot eyes in a casino, with nothing else in their sight. Too slow? Others would eat more, and death would await. The arrival of new power players drove more fish into the area, spreading the pain and intensifying the competition. The whisper of “survive, strive to survive” had turned into the greedy words of “eat, eat more”… The pure life force was an irresistible temptation for any life. Once they swallowed the first bite, there was no turning back. The bargaining chips of life traded at a rapidly increasing geometric rate. As the relationship between them shifted from being enemies to “eating” and “being eaten,” even the most docile of white rabbits would attempt to bite. “Something’s wrong, this is way too off.” The first to discover the anomaly was the “Gourmet” Tie Zhenmei. At this moment, standing on a “mountain of delicacies,” his eating had stagnated, giving him time to ponder. He was also an admirer of the food chain and knew much about “cooking” and “demonic food.” The more he understood, the more inconceivable and terrifying the current situation became. “There’s no medium, no carrier. The enormous life force is directly transferred, which is ridiculous. If it’s so easy to gain power and increase the upper limit of the body, why do we cultivate the path of the gourmet?” Humans have limits. Most “forbidden delicacies” have short-term effects, meaning they provide a temporary increase within the limits of endurance… Long-term effects exist as well but are inevitably slow and inefficient, gradually transforming the body bit by bit. As a high-level life system professional and an expert in “eating life,” he vaguely sensed something subtly abnormal in the flow and accumulation of the ingested life force within his body. “It’s leaking away…” At this moment, Tie Zhenmei froze. It’s natural for the nutrients of foreign food to be consumed and the foreign life force to dissipate. But if this problem persists in this Rule-level Secret Realm, it’s worth pondering. “…Something’s off…Uh, I’m so hungry…” A sudden feeling of hunger and fear overwhelmed him. He vaguely sensed the danger but just glanced around, seeing Liu Zibei and Long Qianlan, two scholarly Life Sages, now bloodshot-eyed with blood-silk and flesh in their fingernails, like bloodthirsty madmen. So, he said nothing. Others who had fallen deeper into the trap might actually benefit from it. “…Sacrifice, O great Mother Goddess, I sacrifice one year of my life for you to grant me power…” Originally planning to accumulate enough chips before exchanging them for a longer life, the “Gourmet” decided to test the waters first. Then, his face instantly turned pale, devoid of any color. His youthful appearance rapidly aged, and upon discovering the truth, his eyes revealed despair. “Stop, everyone stop…” He changed his mind. Now, the most important thing was not the “treasure” but finding a way to survive! “You, stop! We’ve been deceived. The life force we snatched cannot be exchanged for power! The life we sacrifice only comes from ourselves!” [Rule two: All lives have the right to survive. Performers in the life contest can use their limited mortal lives as gifts to offer to the Mother Goddess in exchange for unlimited power. This is the Mother’s kindness and the only chance for the weaker.] The seemingly tedious and useless descriptions actually concealed a vicious truth. The process of sacrifice was actually about “giving gifts to the Mother Goddess” followed by the “Mother Goddess returning gifts”… How could the dirty chips obtained by taking other children’s lives qualify as offerings to the noble and merciful Mother Goddess! Offering one’s flesh and blood to the Mother Goddess is an act of devotion, a sacred journey for “life to return to the Mother Goddess of Life.” But killing other children of the Mother Goddess and offering their flesh and blood to her? This would only enrage the compassionate Mother Goddess! Of course, the acquired life force would indeed enhance you. Although there would always be some loss, overall, it would still increase… “That’s another vicious trap! My God, how can there be a Quasi-God so wicked? The human body has a limited capacity for life force. When external life forces or the life force of others enter the body, your own life force will be squeezed out! We have had our lives shortened, and our chips have not only been increased but have been reduced!” Anyone who took the first bite of “life force” would lose all their “bargaining chips.” This maliciously designed Land of Rules was the first layer of the trap. The more you killed, the more you “ate,” the more you actually lost. The rules of the Land of Rules were fair, and the human body’s limits to holding life force were also fair. However, when these two were combined, they became absolutely unfair. “Power is also dissipating, albeit slowly.” The three sixth-tier entrants who had fallen into the trap were now completely bewildered and astonished. They had never imagined that the design of this Secret Realm specifically targeted experienced “professionals.” They instinctively took the “Secret Realm Rules” as ironclad, and any inconsistencies were regarded as forced amendments by the power of the “World Principle.” They believed that the power of the Quasi-God had amended reality… yet failed to notice that everything, absolutely everything, was in fact a vicious chain trap. “I can give you power, I can give you life force, but if you can’t keep it, is it my fault?” The malicious big cat laughed joyously on its throne. ———- ——— “…If you don’t want to end up stuck in here, don’t kill indiscriminately…” That’s what Lu Ping’an had said earlier, but now… “Don’t run!” The battle-axe turned into a storm, sharp blades reaped lives one by one, and the one with bloodlust… was Lu Ping’an! If his companions were here, they would probably question him for breaking his own rules. “It can’t be helped… It’s so fragrant! It’s just too fragrant!” After completing his target killings and activating the rules, the surging life force poured in… then vanished in an instant. Lu Ping’an did not experience the “delight” or “enhancement” a regular hunter should have felt but gained something else instead. [Congratulations, Host has gained 119 life points!] “It’s so fragrant, these life points are just too fragrant!” By the rules, the life force that surged into Lu Ping’an’s body was taken over by the Life Bank, turning it into tangible points… Upon discovering this, Lu Ping’an nearly forgot his main purpose, focusing instead on hunting down various monsters. “…Big cat, I never thought our abilities would be a perfect match!” Lu Ping’an shared in the delight. “I know you didn’t laugh at me, but it feels even worse…” The big cat’s heart was probably a thousand times more battered now. “You killed me, yet you walked away smiling.” Lu Ping’an hummed happily, but had he misplaced the subject and object? “Ahem, I killed you, and then walked away smiling…” “Lu Ping’an!!”

Chapter 243 - 243 224 Pleasure Seeker Third Update

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