17: Chapter 17 Unleashing Ghostly Power

Every time the level increases by one, the Physique, Health Bar, and Mana Bar all increase by 100 points.

However, the Mental Value seems to only increase by 100 points every 2 levels.

It is evident that the Mental Value is actually the most critical one!

As for whether the experience required for leveling up increases after breaking through level 10 or 20, along with larger attribute gains, or if there are any conventional operations like "Job Change" or "Evolution," this remains to be seen after breaking through the level.

Chen Mo took out the item he had just obtained, Threading the Needle.

[ Item: Threading the Needle, ID: C099 ]

[ About 10 years ago, a doctor at the Hospital fell in love with the art of stitching. At first, he stitched Dolls, sewing parts of the bodies of Patients from the morgue into the backs of the Dolls. ]

[ Later, as time passed, he discovered that mere dead objects could no longer satisfy his growing perverted desires. ]

[ He needed new outlets, so... while performing stitching surgeries on Patients, he felt an unprecedented joy. ]

[ He found a brand new joy; when he saw the mouths of living people stitched into the same "X" shape as a Doll, making muffled sounds, he laughed. ]

"Seriously, why does every item I get only have a background description?"

"At least give a stat hint like Su Qing's."

Chen Mo was truly speechless.

The only thing that made him happy was that this was a C-grade item, not a bottom-tier D-grade item.

As for how to use the item and its effects, it seemed he would have to try it out himself.

How are you supposed to try things out in the Thriller Game, with your life?

Looking at Su Qing, the item she obtained was a pair of scissors.

[ Item: Thread-Cutting Scissors, ID: D045 ]

[ This is a magical pair of scissors; all thread-like objects can be cut by it, especially when encountering bindings, your scissors will automatically help you untie them. ]

After hearing Su Qing's item description, Chen Mo felt it was much better than his.

At least if he encountered some perverted ghost or stalker and got caught, he could automatically escape; it was very practical.

"Chen Mo, what is your mission rating?"

"B+, same as you." Chen Mo intentionally lowballed it.

This was a good habit he had cultivated in his daily life whenever someone asked him.

When asked how much he scored in math on the final exam this month, Chen Mo would calculate he definitely got 140, but would always say 110.

When asked what his monthly income was, Chen Mo would say 1500 even if he earned 3000.

The final exam score was for the sake of a reversal—low profile.

The 1500 monthly income was to prevent people from asking him to borrow money.

In any case, hiding one's strength was definitely a good habit.

"Let's go, buy two drinks, then head back to the Dormitory."

Chen Mo and Su Qing came to the Vending Machine again.

When asked about the magic flute, Chen Mo gave the Vending Machine a reason.

"Want to learn multiplication?"

A very simple sentence extended the loan period again.

However, after inserting the horror coins, Chen Mo also paid a small price.

"Damn, are you toxic? I'm just buying 2 bottles of 10-yuan water of might, and you swallowed 30 yuan of my money?"

"10+10 equals 30, isn't that what you said? Are you lying to me?" The Vending Machine immediately showed a suspicious look.

Chen Mo smiled awkwardly and patted his little head.

He had to painfully part with 10 yuan.

It didn't matter; 10 horror coins to get a D-grade item ranked 38th for free was worth it.

After unscrewing the water of might and maxing out his stats, Chen Mo and Su Qing prepared to return to the Dormitory.

However, at this moment, two people suddenly walked out of the shadows nearby.

It was the Class Monitor and Liu Xiaodong.

At this moment, the two looked even more like ghosts.

Their skin had no color, and their pupils were exactly like the wide-eyed female ghosts in movies.

The Class Monitor's hair had grown to waist length.

Liu Xiaodong came in a wheelchair.

Fortunately, both of them still retained their ability to speak.

"Chen Mo, we have no money, can you lend us some?" Liu Xiaodong asked.

Upon hearing the words "lend money," Chen Mo immediately frowned.

The thing he hated most in life was lending money.

Because often, most people who borrow money act like grandsons when they borrow it, but become fathers when it's time to pay it back.

And they would use various excuses like friendship and family to repeatedly shirk it.

Even worse, the one who lends the money ends up being guilt-tripped instead.

"No money. Su Qing and I don't have high mission ratings; it's only enough to buy a few stink bugs." Chen Mo replied in a calm tone.

"Chen Mo, we are classmates... Are you really going to just watch us starve?"

"Doesn't your conscience hurt?"

"No!" Chen Mo said very decisively.

"After we get out of the dungeon, in school, I can use my authority as Class Monitor to help you apply for many benefits."

"Uh... no need." Chen Mo remained decisive.

"Chen Mo, don't you dare be ungrateful! This is our Class Monitor, he is the biggest in the class!" Liu Xiaodong spread his arms, vigorously supporting the Class Monitor.

"Well, since you admire him so much, why not offer yourself to him?"

"Chen Mo!" The Class Monitor suddenly roared.

Without any gap for reaction, he suddenly rushed towards Chen Mo.

He pulled out the fruit knife he had been hiding behind his back; although the blade was short, the edge shone with a sharp white light.

He grinned hideously while making a motion to stab the knife into Chen Mo's body.

"Chen Mo, watch out!" Su Qing shouted a warning.

While pulling out her electric lipstick, she ran quickly towards Chen Mo.

Chen Mo stood still and didn't move at all.

At this moment, his Mental Value had reached 200 points, double what it was before.

Chen Mo hadn't realized before that the increase in Mental Value also had benefits for his body.

He had assumed that Mental Value was just a special health bar purely for resisting mental attacks.

Unexpectedly, it could actually increase his sensory abilities!

Plus, Chen Mo had just added 5 attribute points to his Agility.

That blade, which an ordinary person would have been unable to dodge, was easily avoided by Chen Mo with a sidestep.

The scene seemed to be in slow motion; Chen Mo could clearly see the trajectory of the Class Monitor's knife.

Then, Chen Mo directly grabbed the Class Monitor's wrist.

He squeezed hard, and the Class Monitor's hand instantly collapsed.

The knife in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang".

Then he stomped hard on his knee and slammed his full force into the Class Monitor's abdomen.

"Puff!"

The Class Monitor's pupils were full of shock, and he spat out a mouthful of pus and blood.

His body curled into the shape of a shrimp.

"Chen, Chen, Chen Mo, you! Don't!"

Before he could finish his words trying to stop the beating, Chen Mo punched the Class Monitor hard on the side of his face again.

This punch contained up to 25 points of Ghost Power.

Half of the Class Monitor's face was punched in, caving in as Chen Mo fully swung his arm through.

The Class Monitor's body was like a lead ball, sliding through the air in a graceful arc.

After hitting the ground, it slid another 5 meters along the floor.

The world seemed to go quiet.

The Class Monitor's body lay on the ground, twitching non-stop, emitting painful wails from his mouth.

Liu Xiaodong watched the scene before him, his legs shaking like wavy lines.

Especially the crotch area, which had been stained with a new logo by the liquid he had discharged.

The knife hidden behind his back was also very consciously stuffed back into his pants pocket.