9: Chapter 9: Another Kill!

Chu Xuan tried his best and suddenly opened his eyes.

This time, he did not sit up from the bed.

"Hoo—hoo—"

Chu Xuan suppressed his breathing frequency, and his back was already soaked in cold sweat.

"Did I die?"

Chu Xuan subconsciously touched his right hand, reaching all the way to his shoulder.

It is still there!

He touched his chest and abdomen again.

Intact!

"I am not dead yet?"

Chu Xuan's brain was still somewhat in Confusion, and it was pitch black in the dark. Only the smacking chewing sounds came from his ears from time to time, and there was a faint, unpleasant smell.

"??!"

Chu Xuan's scalp instantly went numb, and he quickly curbed his heavy breathing, feeling around the side of the pillow for his mobile phone.

Time—

2:30.

Chu Xuan's pupils shrank, and he turned his head to look at the opposite bed. With the help of the weak light, he shockingly saw a blurred figure lying prone on the bed.

This figure was unusually huge with a towering spine, excitedly gnawing on something, and the clumsy swallowing sound was like a beast.

"Could it be that I... underwent Rebirth again? Or perhaps the dream has ended..."

Seeing this incomparably similar scene, Chu Xuan only felt the hair all over his body stand on end. Anger and fear intertwined, and the shadow of death enveloped his whole body.

He died too miserably last time. He really didn't want to experience the feeling of having his intestines grabbed and his heart and lungs hollowed out again, so he immediately switched his phone to silent mode first.

At this moment, a trance suddenly flashed before his eyes, and text emitting a faint fluorescent light emerged out of thin air before his eyes, resembling a virtual screen.

At the same time, a mechanical and cold voice sounded in his mind.

[Detection that you have undergone Awakening of your Talent, do you wish to start binding? (Note: Initial binding for a Talent can reward 30 spirituality value)]

"Again?"

[The Talent did not respond in time, regarded as default, starting binding... 1%... 100%]

[Binding successful!]

It was likewise less than a second, and the automatic binding was already completed. With a thought in Chu Xuan's mind, he skillfully opened his personal panel.

[Name: Chu Xuan]

[Rank: LV1]

[stamina: 4]

[Strength: 5]

[agility: 5]

[Charm: 8]

[spirit: 9]

(Note: Normal adult human standard attribute is 5, Peak is 10; relevant data only serves as an auxiliary reference, and values will fluctuate under different states.)

[Talent: Precognitive Dream]

[health points: 40 (Base health points is stamina × 10)]

[spirituality value: 30 (Exchangeable)]

[Conventional Skills: Mixed Martial Arts LV1 (Novice), Tongue Blooming Lotus LV2 (Proficient), Kato Takas Hand LV3 (Master)]

"Precognitive Dream huh..."

Focusing his line of sight on these two words, a trace of realization rose in Chu Xuan's heart. Now was the true reality; previously, being killed by the monster three times in a row had all been within a dream.

And within the dream, every death would be accompanied by the cumulative deduction of spirituality value.

After the third death, the spirituality value no longer met the deduction condition of 40.

Thus he woke from the dream.

"Hmm?"

Chu Xuan noticed the [spirit] column.

He clearly remembered that his initial spirit attribute in the dream was only 6, but now it displayed 9.

Why were there 3 extra points?

Almost at the same time the question appeared, Chu Xuan already had a vague answer in his heart. Could it be because he had already added 3 points to the spirit attribute in the dream?

His line of sight moved down, and his gaze landed on the [spirituality value] column.

[spirituality value: 30 (Exchangeable)]

This was the reward for just binding the System.

"Precognitive Dream, Precognitive Dream... So that's how it is! So that's how it is!"

Chu Xuan muttered to himself in his heart:

"Rehearsing the future in the dream, the attribute bonuses to oneself are truly changed and can still be retained after waking up, which is why my spirit attribute is now 9 instead of the original 6..."

In this way, the only suspicious point of [Future Tang Zheng] in the dream could also be explained at this moment.

On the original timeline, without [Future Tang Zheng's prompt], although he would still die continuously, during the third dream and when he finally truly woke up, he would bind the System and receive the reward of spirituality value.

During the third dream, perhaps he would still choose to add points to the spirit attribute.

But when he truly woke up from the dream, adding points again would inevitably be the agility attribute, choosing to run away quickly.

But in reality, under the influence of the killing rules, the door could not be opened, and he would actually still be killed. It was just that he turned on the light switch right next to the door before dying, ultimately discovering that Chen Qing was the monster and telling this to Tang Zheng.

Thus, Tang Zheng contacted his self of today through some means three years later.

At this moment, Chu Xuan figured everything out.

Although all the above was just Chu Xuan's speculation, in his view, it should be close to the truth. Moreover, thinking about these things now was meaningless; the important thing was to seize the present.

Only by surviving would he have the qualification to think about other things!

Smack smack... smack smack...

The chewing sound in his ear grew louder and louder, like ravenous devouring, and at the same time, the unpleasant smell became even richer, making one almost want to vomit.

Paying attention to the time again, it was already 2:31, but no message from [Tang Zheng] had been sent over.

"Could it be... that communication can only be established in dreams?"

Chu Xuan took a deep breath and cast aside his many doubts. Now was not the time to think; the top priority was to kill the monster first.

He turned on the flashlight function, and the beam of light shone directly onto the opposite bed, seeing a huge and terrifying head raised high, with a bloody mouth full of sharp teeth biting into a bloody skull.

Following closely, the hair-raising chewing sound rang out.

Accompanied by the last swallow, the dormitory fell into silence once again. The monster leaped, already hanging upside down on the ceiling, sniffing around with its nose, and finally crawled toward Chu Xuan's bed.

Chu Xuan saw clearly under the light that the reason the monster could hang upside down was because its sharp claws could actually pierce into the concrete ceiling.

And its movement was silent, as if it wanted to quietly kill them all in their sleep.

Since he could not escape, he might as well face it actively.

This time, he must not die again!

Chu Xuan directly exchanged the 30 spirituality value for 3 attribute points. Instead of rushing to add points, he first felt for the charging box of the Bluetooth earphones beside his pillow and threw it directly outward.

With a "pop" sound, that behemoth darted out without any surprise.

Crunch, crunch!

The charging box was bitten into pieces, and Chu Xuan also seized the opportunity to roll off the bed, but did not make any more movements afterward.

Just like the scene in the dream.

After biting the charging box to pieces, the monster abruptly faced Chu Xuan's bed and lunged forward directly, tearing the bed sheets and quilts to pieces.

Right now!

Chu Xuan seized the opportunity to grab the water cup on the table and threw it out hard. The moment the shattering sound rang out, Chu Xuan sprinted toward the switch by the dormitory door.

"What are you making a fuss about? Will you let people sleep or not?" Tang Zheng's irritable and angry voice rang out as scheduled.

At the same time, Chu Xuan had already pressed the switch.

"Why did you turn on the light? What is this smell that is so pungent... Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!!!" Tang Zheng stared at Wang Hua's bed with a face full of horror.

Next, Chen Qing also climbed up from the bed, saying with a face full of terror: "Chu Xuan, Tang Zheng, have you been awake for a long time? What on earth has happened?"

Chu Xuan didn't say much, directly running to the side of the door and making the motion of opening the door.

The result was obvious; because of the restriction of the "rules", the dormitory was sealed, and the door could not be opened at this time.

Seeing this, Tang Zheng and Chen Qing both got out of bed and rushed over, trying to open the door.

Finding that the door could not be opened, the expressions of the two of them all became flustered.

Chu Xuan's expression was cold and stern. Of course he knew the door couldn't be opened; doing so was simply to attract Chen Qing to his side.

Chu Xuan opened his personal panel again.

——System, add points for me, add everything to strength!

[You used 3 attribute points]

[Your strength + 3]

[Strength: 8]

[Remaining attribute points: 0]

An unspeakable soreness spread throughout his entire body.

Chu Xuan felt that his muscles seemed to be expanding, and sweat poured down instantly like rain.

This was completely different from the refreshing feeling when adding points to the spirit attribute.

"Hmm? Chu Xuan, what's wrong with you?" Tang Zheng found that Chu Xuan's state was somewhat wrong and hurriedly came over to ask.

"It's nothing..."

Chu Xuan gritted his teeth and waved his hand. Fortunately, he had anticipated that this kind of situation might occur beforehand, so he only tried adding points after turning on the light.

Because his stamina attribute was only 4 points, suddenly surging by 3 points of strength attribute was quite a heavy load for his body.

About half a minute later, Chu Xuan finally recovered his breath. He let out a long breath and moved around slightly, and immediately his whole body cracked and popped, his tendons and bones resonating together.

He found that his muscles all over his body were tense and engorged with blood, as solid as cast refined iron, with a feeling that they were about to burst through his skin, seeming to be filled with endless strength.

Chu Xuan even had the confidence that he only needed one punch to beat a cow to death. This might just be an illusion, but it felt really awesome, simply intoxicating.

"Chu Xuan, you are..." Chen Qing was full of concern and wanted to step forward to ask, but before he could finish speaking, Chu Xuan abruptly turned his head, the murderous intent in his eyes fully exposed.

Boom!

A powerful and heavy kick suddenly lashed out!

Chen Qing's entire body flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, hitting the wall heavily with a "boom" sound. As soon as he landed, he let out a "wa" sound and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

"What are you doing?!" Tang Zheng changed color in great shock, grabbing Chu Xuan's arm fiercely.

"Chen Qing is a monster, Wang Hua was eaten by him!" Just as Chu Xuan's words left his mouth, he had already turned his hand to break free, countersunk Tang Zheng's wrist, and pulled him back to the side of the switch.

"What did you say?"

Tang Zheng's face was full of shock.

He was both shocked by the explosive content in Chu Xuan's words and shocked by the freakish strength Chu Xuan displayed at this moment. This was actually... even greater than his own strength?

In Tang Zheng's inherent impression, Chu Xuan was still a little weakling.

Chen Qing also wore a look of shock, his eyes flickering slightly, and suddenly gritted his teeth and roared: "Tang Zheng, don't believe Chu Xuan, he is the monster!"

"What monster or non-monster, what on earth are you two talking about?" Tang Zheng was full of puzzlement.

Chu Xuan's face was like frost, without wasting time to explain. He held his phone in one hand, the flashlight beam pointing straight at Chen Qing, and placed his other hand on the light switch.

"Tang Zheng, look closely!"

As Chu Xuan's words fell, with a "pop" sound, the dormitory lights went out. In the darkness, only a wisp of light beam from the phone shone toward Chen Qing.

In an instant, Chen Qing's skinny body twisted and expanded, transforming into a huge monster standing fully two meters tall. Its whole body was bruised and bloody, looking as though it had been skinned, with bloody muscle fibers exposed outside, ferocious and terrifying.

Before Tang Zheng could react, the monster had already leaped over as swiftly as a leopard. His heart jumped fiercely, and following closely was another "pop" sound as the dormitory regained its brightness.

Chen Qing, still that very same Chen Qing, sat collapsed on the ground, as if everything just now was merely an illusion.

"This... this..." Tang Zheng widened his eyes, tongue-tied, completely unable to believe his own eyes: "Just now... what was that?"

"Stay right here and don't move around!" Amidst his words, Chu Xuan had already darted out, casually picking up the fruit knife on Wang Hua's table.

"Wait..." Chen Qing widened his eyes, still wanting to say something more.

Unfortunately, Chu Xuan did not give the other party a chance to continue speaking.

"Boom!"

A powerful and heavy kick slammed fiercely into Chen Qing's chest. The full 8 points of strength attribute left Chen Qing with no ability to resist. Amidst the "crack" sound of the sternum shattering, his entire chest completely collapsed inward.

Chu Xuan's gaze was cold and stern, one hand firmly pinning down Chen Qing's head, while the other hand tightly grasped the fruit knife.

With a flash of his hand, the blade dropped!