62: Chapter 62 The Non-existent Fourth Layer

"Come on, you're just right for a test run."

Far from being afraid, Fang Che's heart began to pound violently with excitement.

Ever since his attributes had skyrocketed, he had been craving a satisfying battle to test the limits of his newfound strength.

The sluggish monster before him, which only knew how to act according to rules, was simply the perfect live target.

Just as the monster's massive mouth, filled with pale fangs, was about to touch the skin of his neck, a thought flashed through Fang Che's mind.

" [ Size Manipulation ] !"

[ Ding! A-rank skill [ Size Manipulation ] activated, consuming 20 points of mental energy. ]

Almost at the same time the system notification sounded, an indescribable, scorching energy surged from his heart, flooding crazily into his right arm!

Riiip—!

This was not the sound of fabric tearing, but the sound of tough leather being forcibly ripped apart!

The blue and white school uniform sleeve instantly exploded into flying scraps of cloth.

Fang Che's entire right arm expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. The muscle fibers beneath his skin proliferated, twisted, and strengthened crazily, with thick, knotted veins coiling over them. The size of his entire arm was almost thicker than his own waist!

His bones emitted groans of being overloaded from within, their density and hardness skyrocketing with terrifying efficiency!

This was a feeling of pure, explosive power!

The monster's foul, fishy breath had already washed over his face, and one could even see the squirming rotten flesh deep in its throat.

Fang Che did not dodge or avoid. He channeled power from his waist and back, twisted his body, and thrust his shoulder forward. That right fist, strengthened to the extreme, was unleashed in the simplest, most primitive, and most violent way possible!

No fancy techniques, just a straight punch!

The air a foot in front of his fist was forcibly compressed and exploded by an invisible, massive force, emitting a dull, muffled 'poof' sound!

This punch condensed his 126 points of base strength, along with the massive boost brought by [ Size Manipulation ]!

In this fleeting moment!

Just as his fist was about to smash the monster's featureless face!

In Fang Che's mind, the system voice he had been waiting for finally sounded!

[ Ding! SSS-rank talent [ Absolute Critical Hit ] successfully triggered! ]

[ Judged action: Strength output! Striking a vital point! ]

[ Critical Hit multiplier: 23 times! ]

The next second!

Time slowed down.

Fang Che's fist landed solidly in the center of the monster's face.

There was no earth-shattering boom as expected.

Only a dull, sticky, squelching sound, like a hammer striking into rotten meat, was heard.

The monster's roar came to an abrupt halt.

With his fist as the center, its head first caved in rapidly, and then the energy accumulated to its limit exploded violently!

Boom—!!!

The entire head, along with its upper torso, was detonated from within by the energy accumulated to the extreme, instantly exploding into a wild rain of black gore filling the air!

Black blood, unknown white tissue, and shattered bone fragments sprayed out in all directions, coating the walls, ceiling, and floor of the entire corridor!

The foul-smelling liquid even splattered seven or eight meters away!

The remains, having lost their head and upper torso, were sent flying backward by this terrifying impact force, crashing heavily against the wall at the end of the corridor with a huge, muffled thud.

The sturdy wall was cracked by the impact, and then the incomplete body slid to the ground.

Its lower body was still twitching nervously, but it soon lost all signs of life.

A moment later, the remains, along with the filth covering the floor, turned into black fly ash, rising in curls and finally dissipating into the air.

The entire corridor was dead silent.

That short, bloody slaughter had left no traces behind.

Fang Che slowly lowered his still-expanded right arm; not even a drop of filthy blood had stained his fist.

The power of that punch was too strong; the moment it hit the target, it had already vaporized all matter.

He didn't even feel any recoil.

"So this is… the power of a 23-times [ Critical Hit ]…"

Fang Che looked down at his fist; even he was shocked by this pure destructive power.

Just then, a series of system notifications finally sounded lazily in his mind.

[ Successfully killed Disciplinary Committee Member (Fake)! ]

[ Received experience points: 50 points. ]

Fang Che raised an eyebrow; only 50 points?

As soon as the thought arose, a new notification followed immediately.

[ Ding! SSS-rank talent [ Absolute Critical Hit ] successfully triggered! ]

[ Judged action: Experience point acquisition! ]

[ Critical Hit multiplier: 3 times! ]

[ Final experience points obtained: 150 points. ]

"Heh, not bad."

The experience points weren't much, but every little bit counts.

Fang Che's attention was soon drawn to a fist-sized black mist that was slowly condensing and forming where the monster had dissipated.

That black mist emitted a cold, ominous aura, rising and falling.

Is this the drop? A clump of [ Yin Energy ]?

Fang Che was just about to reach out and pick it up, intending to see what this thing was actually useful for.

His fingertips had not yet touched the black mist.

[ Ding! SSS-rank talent [ Absolute Critical Hit ] passive chain successfully triggered! ]

[ Judged action: Drop reward! ]

[ Critical Hit multiplier: 30 times! ]

Before the voice had even finished, that originally unremarkable black mist suddenly exploded violently!

The black mist churned and contracted violently, all the blackness being compressed and annihilated in an instant, replaced by a dazzling, ghostly blue light that suddenly bloomed!

Cling.

With a crisp clinking sound, a card-like object fell from the light and landed on the terrazzo floor.

Fang Che's eyes lit up; he stepped forward quickly and bent down to pick it up.

It felt cold to the touch, with the texture of plastic.

It was a student ID card, the edges of the card still stained with dried, blackened blood, and the school emblem on the front clearly bore the four characters [ Qingshan High School ].

This item didn't look simple at all!

Fang Che immediately focused his attention to view the information.

[ Name: Blood-stained Student ID ]

[ Type: Special Item / Key ]

[ Quality: Rare (Blue) ]

[ Effect: Holding this card, you will be regarded as one of their own by the students of Grade 3 Class (4), and you will not be actively attacked by them. ]

[ Description: The owner of this student ID seems to have met with some misfortune; there are some words carved on the back... ]

Grade 3 Class (4)?

Fang Che immediately turned the student ID over.

On the rough back of the card, sure enough, a line of blood-red small characters had been crookedly carved with a sharp tool like a small knife.

[ Do not go to the Fourth Floor! ]

These four characters carried immense resentment and extreme fear; just looking at them made one's spine go cold.

Fourth Floor?

Fang Che's pupils contracted violently.

He remembered clearly that when he entered this Teaching Building, he had specifically looked at the floor index sign at the entrance.

First floor: Grade 1, Second floor: Grade 2, Third floor: Grade 3.

On the surface, this building didn't have a Fourth Floor at all!

The only explanation was…

In this building, there existed a hidden Fourth Floor that hadn't been marked!

Fang Che felt he had grasped a key hidden thread of this dungeon!

Fang Che's heart rate involuntarily accelerated a bit.

He planned to hunt down these so-called Disciplinary Committee Members and use his talent to extract hidden key information and items from their corpses!

Fang Che looked up at the stairwell of the corridor, then looked back at the tightly closed classroom door where Su Qingxue and the others were hiding.

Where should I go first?