When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 266 - 206: Turning the Curse to Advantage, Power Surges

Chapter 266: Chapter 206: Turning the Curse to Advantage, Power Surges

The World Atlas had been unlocked; normally this would be great news, but Chen Qing had no time to care about it.

The extension of the curse’s duration caused its potency to increase wildly, and the terrifying craving to devour almost engulfed Chen Qing’s sanity.

At this point, let alone things that seemed edible.

Even those things that looked inedible, when her brain was overtaken by hunger, Chen Qing wanted to stuff them into her mouth without any care.

Sand, soil, metal, wood,...

Whatever it was, as long as it could fill her stomach to the brim, anything was fine.

However, those afflicted by the Half-Skeleton Curse would never feel satisfaction no matter how much they consumed.

It appeared to be a terrifying form of mental control and suggestion; in reality, it was likely that Chen Qing’s spirit was invaded by some consciousness.

This indeed was the dire situation that Chen Qing now faced, extremely terrible.

Chen Qing, with the little sanity she had left, tried hard to contain her desire to eat, knowing that if she continued to consume, the curse on her body would become permanent.

"Law Enforcer..."

Chen Qing bit her lip hard, barely squeezing out a few words to call over the Liquid Metal Enforcer.

"I am here, Master."

"Break..."

Chen Qing’s breathing was very rapid, her eyes bloodshot, the desire within causing alarm.

Her body unconsciously rushed towards the nearby Sailor Rabbit.

"My...limbs."

If her mind couldn’t be controlled, then physically they would have to eliminate any possibility of her consuming food!

"Yes, Master."

The Law Enforcer did not hesitate at all, and directly charged towards Chen Qing, who had grabbed the Sailor Rabbit.

The cold palm covered her joints, and the Law Enforcer did not hold back at all, applying full force on Chen Qing.

Intense pain spread through Chen Qing’s body in an instant; her face turned white, and large beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.

If it weren’t for the support of the exoskeleton, her limbs would have probably been completely broken and paralyzed on the ground.

The severe pain in her body momentarily overwhelmed the desire to eat, and Chen Qing, with all her might, suppressed the hunger in her mind and opened her personal panel.

[Half-Skeleton Curse: Duration 319...hours]

If the duration of the curse could be increased by Extraordinary Points, then it must also be reducible by them.

Indeed, after Chen Qing opened the panel and activated her Extraordinary Ability, unlike other Attributes, a small minus sign appeared next to the curse’s duration.

Chen Qing had amassed a thousand Extraordinary Points, all of which she invested into the curse.

With the investment of the Extraordinary Points, the duration of the curse rapidly shortened.

From the original several hundred thousand hours, it shortened all the way down to just over two hundred thousand hours.

However, decades of time were still too long for Chen Qing.

But obtaining Extraordinary Points would extend the duration of the curse on Chen Qing’s body.

Suddenly, Chen Qing remembered the hair clip she had obtained from the prestige gift pack.

No, that’s not right.

The hair clip couldn’t solve her current problem; she wasn’t being controlled by any mental methods right now,

"Lock me in prison, and if you find that I have eating behavior, immediately break my limbs!"

As an Extraordinary Ability User and with relevant passives, Chen Qing could heal quickly from the breakage of limbs, a common flesh wound.

Moreover, there was the curse to worsen matters.

It continually drew energy and Life Force from Chen Qing’s body to heal her wounds, enabling her to recover her mobility quicker to continue eating!

This discovery was truly hair-raising.

Suddenly, looking at the numbers on her Attributes panel, Chen Qing seemed to realize something.

The Energy stored in her body and her Life Force, without any replenishment, would continue to deplete.

After the curse appeared, Chen Qing had not engaged in any replenishment behavior.

With the passage of time, the weaker Chen Qing became, the weaker the curse would grow.

The previous act of hunting for Extraordinary Points from Shang Jia did not actively increase her Life Force and Energy Storage.

Chen Qing’s two values must have been depleted to a point where it was just enough to maintain her life.

But now, the curse was still able to extract her Life Force and Energy to accelerate the healing of her injuries.

The duration of the curse seemingly decreased by a very trivial amount even when she hadn’t used Extraordinary Points.

She seemed to have found a way to reduce the curse’s duration without consuming Extraordinary Points.