Life Game In Other World
Chapter 152: I Have Nothing Left (Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 152: Chapter 152: I Have Nothing Left (Please Subscribe, Add to Favorites, Request Monthly Tickets)

He Ao swirled the dark purple liquid in his cup, the scent of infused souls slowly wafting toward him.

He brought the cup to his lips and took a gentle sip, a cool breath flowing into his throat through his mouth, but instead of following the liquid down his esophagus, the energy slowly rose, seeping into He Ao’s mind.

As the cool breath surged up, a portion of He Ao’s somewhat depleted soul was restored.

He placed the cup back on the table and looked at the row of small cups lined up on it, each containing a bit of dark purple liquid, with the colors transitioning from light to dark, gradually increasing in concentration.

The cup he had just picked was one of the middle ones in this row,

After leaving that street, He Ao first went to the mall to retrieve the box containing the Corpse Flowers, taking out one of the frozen flowers.

There were a total of eleven Corpse Flowers in the box, and He Ao thawed one of them first.

Previously, Liu Zhengyun had taught him how to concoct the Corpse Flower Solution: grind one petal into powder and mix it with a liter of water. The petals of the Corpse Flower were light, weighing about two grams each, so mixing with a liter of water created a ratio of 1:500.

Although Joey’s body was weak, it was much stronger than Grandpa Fang’s and could endure a higher concentration. Furthermore, He Ao’s soul quality was higher, necessitating more Corpse Flower petals.

Therefore, He Ao took all five petals from this Corpse Flower and ground them into powder.

After all five petals were removed, the originally green stems of the Corpse Flower quickly turned black and withered, emitting a twisted stench.

How to describe this smell? It was as if someone was cooking snail noodles with stinky tofu in the kitchen while warming up durian in the microwave.

Even when He Ao sealed the stem in the box, he could not contain the spread of this twisted stench. It seemed that this odor also acted directly on the soul, and ultimately, He Ao had to put the stem in the freezer to halt the foul odor’s propagation.

The stem of the Corpse Flower must also be some sort of transcendent material, but it wasn’t suitable for soul restoration.

As for how He Ao knew this···

Before putting the stem in the freezer, he casually scraped a little powder, mixed it with water, and drank it to test the effects.

Then he ended up hunched over the toilet, vomiting for half an hour.

Only after throwing up bile and tasting bitterness in his mouth did the sensation of stomach cramps slowly subside.

After finishing, He Ao lay on the sofa and rested for a while, snacking on some bread to fill his stomach before resuming his operation.

He weighed the Corpse Flower petal powder and water with a small electronic scale, creating experimental groups with different ratios such as 1:500, 1:300, 1:100, 1:50, 1:30··· and so on, drinking each cup from the lowest to the highest concentration.

The cup he just drank was the one with a 1:30 ratio which had noticeable restorative effects, but it wasn’t entirely satisfactory.

He continued drinking and once the concentration exceeded 1:30, the Corpse Flower Solution began to show mild corrosiveness. This corrosiveness was not physical against the tongue or body, but a sort that acted directly on the soul. Each sip brought a faint corrosive pain, rushing into He Ao’s mind like ants gnawing at his heart.

However, this level of pain wasn’t much to He Ao and was within his tolerance.

In the end, He Ao settled on a maximum concentration of 2:3, that is, two grams of petal powder mixed with three grams of water.

This concentration seemed to be the limit of what water could hold of the Corpse Flower, as beyond this ratio, the petal powder wouldn’t fully dissolve. He Ao had also tried eating the raw petal powder.

But the moment the powder entered his body, He Ao sharply felt a surge of intense pain. Aside from this agony, his life force was rapidly ebbing away, the powder not only bringing soul power but also forcibly converting his life force into soul power.

He Ao was accustomed to this life-consuming method and thought it to be tolerable, but Joey’s body was originally weak and didn’t appear capable of enduring such torment.

So, He Ao quickly grabbed the water bottle next to him, mixed the Corpse Flower powder in water and swallowed it down.

After concluding the experiment, He Ao took out another five Corpse Flowers from the box, ground their petals into powder, tidied up the stems, and then mixed the solution at a ratio of 2:3.

He Ao then poured the prepared solution into five mithril test tubes he had taken from the secret chamber in his apartment.

Once the concentration of the Corpse Flower Solution exceeded 1:30, it seemed that its spirit-like essence would rapidly dissipate, and only by storing it in mithril test tubes could the reduction of its effects be prevented.

After dividing the solution, there were some experimental samples on He Ao’s desk that he hadn’t finished. He combined these samples and externally triggered super-memory to experiment with the degree to which the Corpse Flower could restore the wear of super-memory over time.

Then, through his sensation and estimation of the effects of the Corpse Flower, he figured out that a whole petal of the Corpse Flower, mixed with water in a 2:3 ratio to create a solution, would amount to slightly more than twenty milliliters in one test tube, which could recover thirty seconds of super-memory depletion.

In other words, the solution in each test tube could extend his super-memory usage by thirty seconds.

Well, consuming the drug while using up life force, that made sense.

He Ao moved the remaining Corpse Flowers from the box into the refrigerator. There were a total of eleven Corpse Flowers in the box; one was used for experiments, five for preparing the solution, leaving five left, which He Ao placed on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

Ding dong—

Just as He Ao was carefully putting away the Corpse Flowers, a crisp electronic doorbell sounded.

Ding dong—

The person outside, realizing there was no response, pressed the doorbell again.

"Joey, are you there? It’s Jessie," said the person outside while gently knocking on the door.

He Ao glanced over at the living room.

The six-pointed star pattern, drawn in blood, reflected an eerie glow in the dim light. The cups on the coffee table bore dark purplish stains and emitted an intoxicating fragrance.

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If this were seen by someone who knocked on the door—

then tomorrow night He Ao might find himself either in a psychiatric hospital or at the Federal Bureau of Investigation—anyone messing with this kind of stuff inside their house has got to be labeled either mentally ill or part of a cult.

He quietly closed the refrigerator door and tiptoed to the entrance.

By now, the screen embedded in the wall next to the door had lit up, and the electronic peephole displayed the image of the person outside.

It was a youthful girl with light golden long hair. Her height was approximately 1.7 meters, with slender legs and fair, soft skin, and her face had a few small freckles.

This was Joey’s schoolmate and good friend, Jessie.

"Joey, are you home?" Jessie, still outside, placed her hand on the door and knocked gently, "Joey, I know you’re having a hard time right now, but everything will pass, won’t it? You haven’t been to school for seven days, and both teachers and classmates are worried about you. If you keep this up, your aunt and uncle won’t be happy in Heaven either."

Bang—Bang—

She placed her hand on the door again and knocked, "Joey? Joey?"

In the end, she withdrew her hand, looked up at the electronic peephole, and slowly walked away.

He Ao withdrew his gaze from the screen and looked toward the six-pointed star pattern in the living room, where a row of crimson letters was centered within the pattern,

[I am left with nothing]

He Ao picked up the mop and small shovel to begin cleaning up the bloodstains.