If you slap me, the whole world will suffer the same harm.

Bai Ye had remained silent until now, when he finally spoke coldly: "Lin Chen, from now on, you are not allowed to do anything that might hurt you. You are not allowed to run, climb stairs, touch any sharp objects, or approach any dangerous areas."

"Then what's the point of me living..." Lin Chen muttered to himself.

"If you live, we can live!" the entire bus roared in unison.

Long Xiaotian took a deep breath, trying to calm his voice, but because his face was swollen, he spoke with a slight lisp: "Lin Chen, I'm begging you, can you just shut up? If you want to get beaten up, just tell us, and we..."

He suddenly stopped.

Because he realized that if they attacked Lin Chen, it would be the same as attacking themselves.

Long Xiaotian stared blankly for a long time, finally managing to stammer, "Never mind, forget I said anything."

He slumped back in his chair, his face filled with bewilderment, wondering, "How did I, a dignified S-class genius, end up like this?"

Feng Ling'er rubbed her temples, her delicate face now full of exhaustion: "In short, Lin Chen, starting tomorrow, you must report all your actions to us."

"You have to report when you eat, when you go to the toilet, when you walk. Even if you just turn over, you'd better let us know in the group beforehand."

"How do I report when I go to the toilet?" Lin Chen asked innocently.

"Send a WeChat message!" everyone shouted in unison again.

The bus continued its journey into the night, and the carriage finally quieted down.

Lin Chen leaned against the car window, looking pitiful on the surface, but in reality, he was planning how to take those ten constitution pills after he got home.

In his system inventory, ten glittering golden pills lay quietly.

As for those warnings, just listen to them.

Whether or not to follow the instructions is another matter entirely.

(￣ε￣)

It's 11 p.m.

Lin Chen finally returned to his dilapidated little apartment.

His parents went to another world, and he didn't know if they were dead, but they gave him a very quiet environment.

He carefully checked the doors and windows, making sure they were all locked, before cautiously entering the bathroom.

The bathroom was small, with only one shower head, one toilet, and one sink.

Lin Chen stood in front of the sink, looked at his bruised and swollen face in the mirror, and grinned.

"Getting a beating in exchange for 100,000 'torture points' is a good deal."

With a thought, he took out a physique enhancement pill from the system's inventory.

The pill landed in my palm. It was about the size of my thumb, golden in color, with fine lines flowing slowly on its surface, as if it were alive.

A faint medicinal fragrance wafted out, and just smelling it was enough to invigorate one's spirits.

Lin Chen took a deep breath and hesitated for three seconds.

"The novel says this medicine will cause a lot of pain... but after the pain subsides, you'll feel completely transformed. I'll give it my all!"

He tilted his head back and threw the pill into his mouth.

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, turning into a warm liquid that slid down the throat.

Then........

"boom!"

It felt like a fire was exploding inside my stomach.

Hot! Scalding! Painful!

The medicinal power spread wildly from the stomach to every part of the body like magma, penetrating every bone, every muscle, and every meridian.

Lin Chen felt his blood boiling, his bones feeling like they were being shattered and then reassembled, and his muscles feeling like they were being twisted into pretzels.

He fell to his knees with a thud, his hands bracing against the floor tiles, his teeth clenched so tightly they were grinding together, veins bulging on his forehead, and large beads of sweat dripping down his face.

"Hold on... hold on... that's how it's written in novels... this is a good thing..."

He gritted his teeth and tried to encourage himself, but his body's instinctive reaction made him tremble violently.

Meanwhile, in every corner of Qingshui Town.

Shui Miaomiao was nestled on her pink princess bed, with aloe vera gel on her face, and was complaining about Lin Chen's behavior today in a group chat on her phone.

Suddenly, a strong burning sensation surged from her abdomen, as if someone had poured a pot of boiling water into her stomach.

"Ah........!" she screamed, her phone fell onto the bed, and she curled up like a shrimp.

"It's so hot! It hurts so much! What's wrong?! (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)"

She looked down at her arms and found a layer of greasy black substance seeping out of her pores, sticky and with an indescribable smell.

"What...what is this! What is this thing! Waaaaaah!"

Her tears streamed down her face.

She's the school beauty! She's made of water! What the hell is this black, smelly stuff coming out of her?!

The group chat exploded.

[Feng Ling'er: Has anyone suddenly developed a fever and started oozing black grime? Waiting online, urgent!!! (╯°Д°）╯]

[Bingqing: Yes, it's leaking, and it smells terrible. I've washed it three times already, and it's still leaking.]

[Hong Shaohuang: Holy crap! Me too! I've washed twice already! Did those bastards from Shanshi High School poison us today?! (╬￣皿￣)凸]

[Hua Qianyu: Impossible! I used my plant-based ability to sense it, it's not poison, but I'm also oozing black mud... Even my flowers are rejecting me...꒰(´•̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω•̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥`)꒱]

[Bai Ye: Calm down, everyone report the situation. I'm burning up all over, black grime is seeping from my pores, and the pain level is level seven.]

[Shadow Blade: +1, emerged from the shadows to find his entire body completely black.]

[Long Xiaotian: Me too... wait, wait, we're all showing the same symptoms at the same time? This is too much of a coincidence!]

The group chat was silent for three seconds.

[Feng Ling'er: Lin Chen.]

[Shui Miaomiao: Lin Chen.]

[Bingqing: Lin Chen.]

[Long Xiaotian: It must be him! That bastard is definitely up to something again!]

[Hong Shaohuang: Brothers, I have a terrifying thought. Could it be that Lin Chen has been poisoned, and we're all going to get poisoned too?]

[Hua Qianyu: It's not poisoning. I just used my plant-based ability to sense it carefully, and after this black substance was expelled, my plants seem to have become more active... It's like some impurities in my body were expelled.]

[Feng Ling'er: You mean... this might be a good thing?]

[Bai Ye: Good or bad, I'm covered in mud now, and I'm going to see Lin Chen.]

[Shadowblade: I'm already on my way.]

[Long Xiaotian: Brothers, assemble! Let's go to Lin Chen's house!]

The nights in Qingshui Town should be quiet.

But when more than a thousand senior high school students rushed out of their homes at the same time and headed down the same street, the night was destined to be anything but peaceful.

What's even more terrifying is that the appearance of these more than a thousand people at this moment could scare a living person to death.

Each of them was covered in a layer of black, sticky substance; their faces, necks, arms, and all exposed skin were coated with black mud.

Under the moonlight, this group of people looked like a group of mud people crawling out of a swamp, with their two eyeballs in their sockets being the only part that still showed color.

An elderly security guard in a residential community was on night shift, dozing off, when he suddenly heard a rustling sound outside the window.

He rubbed his eyes, pulled back the curtains and looked outside... Hundreds of pitch-black monsters were walking in groups on the street, some of them groaning in pain.

The security guard's pupils dilated suddenly, and his blood pressure soared to 280 in an instant.

"A strange beast! A strange beast has entered the town!!!"

He frantically pressed the alarm.

The piercing alarm shattered the night sky, and the town's security system and emergency response teams were activated within thirty seconds.

The searchlights around the town lit up in unison, illuminating the entire town as if it were daytime.

The town guard commander's voice came through the loudspeaker: "Attention all residents! An anomaly has been detected! Please lock your doors and windows immediately! Do not go outside!"