My health recovery is incredibly fast.

This change was inevitable.

...

Evening in Jing Shui Town.

Scarface set off with the gunmen's team as planned.

To better deal with the giant acorn worm, he changed his attack strategy.

The leather pouch he carried on his back contained 10 powerful fragmentation grenades.

He would use his alchemical suit to climb to the treetops, then seize the opportunity to throw grenades at the giant acorn worms with their mouths open, blasting them to smithereens.

This is dangerous.

What if it misses... and the fragmentation grenade lands in a crowd, injuring or killing friendly fire?

Hehe...

That couldn't be better.

The scarred face was hidden beneath a double mask, and he licked his lips hungrily.

The guy in his mind who called himself his master performed a miracle for him in the dorm last night, completely subduing Scarface.

His master promised that if he passed the test, he would teach him the correct way to use the Wild V-type alchemical armor.

The test involves devouring three living people at once to please the master.

It devoured three living people.

Scarface humbly said that he probably couldn't eat that much.

The master told him not to worry, and that he would find out how big his appetite was when the time came.

Scarface walked at the front of the line, glanced at the meat behind him, and picked out a few that looked more appetizing for tonight's main meal.

"Attention. We're about to reach the lair." The supervisor raised his arm, signaling the team to stop, and addressed the gunmen:

“Last night, we cleared at least a third of the acorn worms. Today we have almost half again as many men as yesterday, so we're sure we can take them down. Everyone, check your ammunition pouches and your multiple layers of overcoats…”

Scarface watched as his supervisor inspected the gunmen, his eyes remaining completely unmoved.

He silently walked into the shadows and, according to the pre-war plan, went ahead to scout the giant acorn worms in the tree canopy.

Scarface raised his hand, changed his gesture, silently chanted a prayer, and summoned his alchemical suit, which leaped and moved across the treetops.

Xia Zuo controlled Servant No. 6 to follow behind him.

The shooting device was hidden in a tree hole not far away, and the number 6 servant, which had turned back into a bloodstain, did not attract anyone's attention.

There's a reason he chose to follow Scarface.

He just used his detection spell and discovered that the character template for Scarface had undergone strange changes.

..

[HP] 1000/1000 (???)

[Spirit] 2-5→-3 (Spirit -5 due to unknown effects)

..

The mental attribute value is negative!

However, the quality and characteristics of the blood pattern remained unchanged.

This was the first time Xia Zuo had encountered such a situation.

When he took the acquired affinity test, he found that he needed to have a mental attribute value of 9 points to pass the test.

He found it strange at the time, why was it 9 o'clock instead of 10 o'clock?

Now I understand.

Because the mental attribute value is calculated starting from 0.

Progressing in positive directions, from 0 to 9, 9 is exactly the 10th number.

Accumulate towards negative numbers up to -9, which is also 10 numbers.

Given that a 9-point Spirit attribute value will cause a qualitative change, what will happen if you have -9 points of Spirit?

Xia Zuo popped a mouthful of the fruit Anruer had given him into his mouth. The sweet juice flowed between his teeth, moistening his mouth and throat, but it did not resolve the doubts in his heart.

Scarface stopped at the top of a large tree.

Eight giant acorn beetles poked their heads out from the tree canopy in front of them, their mouthparts, shaped like budding flower crowns, opening and closing slightly, as steadily as a sleeping person breathing with their mouth slightly open.

The acorn worm was not disturbed by the scarred face.

This should have been the perfect opportunity to ambush the enemy with a fragmentation grenade.

But Scarface chose to stand by indifferently, watching as the gunmen and acorn worms below came face to face, shooting at each other.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

"Puff puff puff puff..."

A dazzling array of acorn-shaped slime bullets and shrapnel ripped through the night sky, weaving a chaotic symphony in the dark forest.

Scarface pulled a fragmentation grenade from his pocket and waited quietly.

Through the perspective of Servant No. 6, Xia Zuo saw the other party's actions and couldn't immediately understand what Scarface was trying to do... Why wasn't he attacking the giant acorn worm...

Xia Zuo had no choice but to calm down and patiently observe Scarface's every move, occasionally releasing his detection spell to see if there were any new changes to the other party's character template.

---Aside---

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Chapter 12: Elemental Resistance is Unavailable

Gunshots rang out intermittently in the dark woods.

The gunmen hired by the lumber mill and the acorn worms have been fighting for five minutes.

During this time, Scarface merely symbolically jumped around in the treetops a few times and threw out five fragmentation grenades, which blew up five giant acorn worms.

The rest of the time, he was just going through the motions, casually waving the snake whip, making the tree trunk shake violently and causing the leaves on the gunman's head to rustle.

The people below did not notice anything unusual.

The security supervisor who led the gunmen in the battle against the acorn worms was more cautious today, standing at the back of the team to oversee the fight instead of leading the charge.

If anyone tries to retreat, he will not hesitate to shout at them to keep them in formation.

The Wild V-type alchemical apparatus has a heat source sensing function.

Scarface kept a close eye on the changes in the combat strength of both sides on the battlefield.

Tonight, the Gunners have a numerical advantage and are more disciplined than yesterday, gradually turning the tide against the Acorn Beetles.

This is not the outcome he wanted.

Scarface angrily slammed his fist on the tree trunk, completely forgetting that his mission here was to clear out the nests of acorn beetles, not to hunt humans.

He swept his sinister gaze over the gunman, estimating the power of the grenade's explosion.

By this point in the battle, most of the gunmen had run out of ammunition.

Of the 30 gunmen, more than half were wounded, and they were helped to the rear by their comrades…

The acorn worms were in an even worse situation. Apart from the three giant monsters at the top, there were only a dozen or so small and medium-sized acorn worms left below.

Scarface impatiently hopped around in the treetops, then suddenly stopped and let out a low laugh.

'That's it, I have a way to wipe them all out... As for the acorn worms, to hell with them. My master is the only one I serve. As long as no one goes there alive and no corpses are left behind, I can continue to lurk in Stillwater.'

"Hoho~"

Scarface grinned menacingly, climbed down the tree trunk, and went to the security supervisor. He instructed the supervisor to gather everyone together and protect the wounded, saying that he would take care of the remaining dozen or so acorn worms.

The security chief first loudly praised Sid's kindness and bravery, then called for the gunmen to focus on him.

Scarface climbed back up the tree, carefully counted the number of people, and after making sure everyone was gathered around the security supervisor, he threw the remaining 5 fragmentation grenades down into the crowded area as quickly as possible.

Farewell, you scum!

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Five explosions rang out in the crowd. Before anyone could even cry out, they were torn to pieces by the exploding explosives and sharp shrapnel, instantly turning the forest into a bloody and hellish scene.

Xia Zuo stared in disbelief at the scene.

What's going on here?

If a person's mental attribute value becomes negative, will they develop an anti-human personality and become a serial killer?

Not only was Xia Zuo stunned, but the acorn capsule worm, which had a certain level of intelligence, was also completely bewildered.

The insect-like monsters that had been spraying sticky bullets instantly retreated into the tree trunk…

Scarface let out a series of sinister laughs, jumped back to the ground, and admired his artwork.

He crouched down and grabbed a handful of minced meat…

A series of swallowing sounds echoed through the forest.

Xia Zuo frowned, staring intently at the scarred face's character template. The status bar showed that the other party had entered a gluttonous phase lasting half an hour...

It turned out to be the case.

A mental attribute value dropping into negative territory is a sign that the person is about to enter a gluttonous phase. Only when the transformed individual completely loses their rationality can they engage in this behavior of devouring their own kind.

Xia Zuo noticed that Scarface's character attributes were slowly improving.

However, the changes only occurred in the eight-dimensional attributes; his own resistance to the four elements remained at zero.

On the contrary, the four elemental resistances of the Wild V-type alchemical armor have increased slightly.

Among the eight attributes of a scarred character, vitality undoubtedly improves the fastest.