Chapter 622 - Divine Artifact
Chapter 701 of "Player Reload" opens with: The task rewarded a random item and a skill scroll. This time, no need for... Find out what happens!
The task rewarded a random item and a skill scroll. This time, no need for bathing and incense burningâjust rub your hands and click on the skill loot box first.A flash of bright light, and a scroll lay inside the treasure chest.
Uh...
Li Chengâs eyelids twitched violently as he took the scroll from the treasure box, his expression rather awkward.
Although itâs a Perfect Quality consumption-type scroll, a bit inferior to Epic Quality and learning type, it wins in its volume that can be used a whole 20 times, almost touching upon the rule concept.
The cooling time is also very short; he can even deliver sets of cool and flashy lines like radio gymnastics before the battle, applying all buffs on himself.
The skill scroll has no restrictions, so Li Cheng directly put it in his backpack, then turned to the random item in the other treasure chest.
It was a... green-covered book.
Whoa, whoa, whoa?!
Li Chengâs eyes widened, and even though he had seen many grand scenes, seeing the item description of the Disease Unclean Book still made his body tremble involuntarily.
With a thought, the book appeared in his backpack. It was about 700 pages thick, hardcover, with a green cover decorated with extremely intricate and gorgeous patterns using gold foil craftsmanship.
It looked like garden plants, yet also some incomprehensible alien text.
Li Cheng didnât dare handle it personally. He quickly walked into the three-dimensional warehouse, donned a full set of airtight protective gear, entered the sterile room, and took out the Disease Unclean Book.
The book was quite heavy, about 20 kilograms, much heavier than its apparent page number.
Upon opening, the title page contained no publishing, printing, or edition info, just a skull of a deer entwined with thorny vines.
The vines hung down from the antlers, sinking into a swamp of flesh and blood. Beneath the surface lurked a large shadow.
Staring at the eerie image for too long started to hurt his brain, a chill creeping up his spine.
Turning past the title page, the bookâs index was surprisingly simple and scientific. The coding format was similar to the World Health Organizationâs (WHO) international standard for disease classification, known as ICD.
Each had detailed records of all aspects of the disease, including causes, clinical attributes, site, severity, etc.
Li Cheng carefully leafed through the bookâs pages. As described, the Disease Unclean Book not only recorded human diseases but also included ailments of animals, plants, and even supernatural beingsâ maladies.
Compared to human diseases, there were relatively fewer records of supernatural creaturesâ ailments. Something popped into Li Chengâs mind, and he immediately pulled out his laptop, using "Script World" and "Disease" as keywords to search forums, checking posts.
As he read the posts, the âs index blurred momentarily, expanding the entries automatically, yet the total pages remained 777. Turning further, the pages seemed endless, without an end in sight.
Bang.
Li Cheng slammed the book shut, his mind racing.
The potential of the Disease Unclean Book is no lesser than the Liangyi Blade, Merciful Soul-giving Gloves, and Eight Diagrams Demon Cannonâcapable of offense or defense.
During high-intensity battles, it could repeatedly cast disease curses with a 5-second cooldown.
If randomly inflicting visual impairment, spinal stress fractures, or angina, it could severely weaken enemy forces drastically.
Even if it didnât randomly pick severe conditions, things like strabismus, schizophrenia, itching could still be quite disgusting for opponents.
Considering that in the Insect Transformation form Li Chengâs immunity skyrockets, he might even avoid double spiritual power consumption, directly sharing Heaven and Earth Same Life with opponents, and simultaneously imposing diarrhea.
Boasting higher constitution, he could taunt, "Youâre here to poop too, arenât you?" while continuing the furious assault. How sinister.
And during non-combat leisure times, the Disease Unclean Book could be used for experiments, randomly generating zombie virus-like diseasesâaccording to the description, infectious diseases lose their mystery after the skillâs end, spreading to other susceptible living beings.
Truly a biochemical weapon among biochemical weapons.
In the Battle of London, if Li Cheng had this Unclean Book in hand, he wouldnât even need a viral rain to corrupt an entire urban area directly.
"No wonder itâs categorized as an artifact; if not used cautiously and strictly regulated, it might breed some infection with max contagion, mortality, equally affecting humans and flora and fauna, causing species extinction..."
Just as Li Cheng pondered while looking at the Unclean Book, lights turned on outside the sterile isolation room, and the Toy Factoryâs smart core leisurely floated over, "Esteemed Factory Owner, you might need to take a look at this."