The pair of Demonic Horns on his head—that was Xu Bei’s Demon trait.
Whenever he wanted to unleash powerful physical strength and use the Evil God’s Follower Power, those Demonic Horns would sprout from the top of his head.
This transformation could be called [Demonic Transformation].
“Damn! If I exert myself in the game, will I transform in real life too?” Xu Bei touched his horns, muttering to himself, looking a bit troubled.
Clearly, he was only going all out in the virtual game, so why did his body in reality actually undergo Demonic Transformation?
Xu Bei immediately went to the bathroom and took a Cold Water Bath. Gradually, his body calmed down, and the horns on his head slowly retracted.
Looking at himself in the mirror, he was basically indistinguishable from a normal person.
Only the horns on his head would give him away as a Beast Blood Modified Human at a glance.
Of course, Xu Bei’s Demon traits were already considered very mild, not to mention that they could retract. His disguise was flawless.
Just think about that Bull Shark Demon from earlier—he looked like a lunatic and a homicidal maniac, with a mouth full of shark teeth.
Beast Blood Demons like that could never be accepted by Civilized Society based on appearance alone, destined to live in the shadows of the city.
But Xu Bei was different. At the very least, he could walk around in Civilized Society without any pressure.
As long as he didn’t show his ID, no one could tell he was a Demon from his appearance.
What troubled Xu Bei the most now was that even when he used superhuman speed and strength in the game, his Demonic Horns would still grow out.
Once the horns grew out, they’d knock off his Game Helmet, and once the helmet flew off, he’d disconnect from the game.
Did this mean he couldn’t use Demon powers in the virtual game?
“Nothing’s going my way.”
Xu Bei took another Cold Water Bath, and the horns retracted into his head.
He returned to his bed, sat cross-legged, placed the Game Helmet on his pillow, crossed his arms, and gradually calmed down, falling into thought.
Whenever he used Demon powers in the virtual game, his real body would undergo Demonic Transformation, causing the Game Helmet to fall off—this was already an unchangeable fact.
So now Xu Bei was considering: after transforming, just how much time could he buy before the helmet was knocked off?
Just now was a rapid transformation—the horns shot out instantly and almost pierced the Game Helmet, but he still managed to get two seconds in the game and successfully killed the Female Supervisor.
But in fact, he could awaken his abilities slowly, carrying out Demonic Transformation bit by bit.
That way, the horns wouldn’t pop out all at once, giving him a few more seconds in the game.
“Wait, after I disconnect, does it still count as killing the BOSS?” Xu Bei suddenly realized a serious problem.
He picked up the hairdryer and started blowing his hair. Good thing he’d cut it short, or it would have taken forever.
After drying his hair, Xu Bei quickly put on the Game Helmet and logged into the Protagonist’s World once again.
Logging in was smooth, and he spawned in that Safety House he couldn’t be more familiar with.
Xu Bei rushed out of the Safety House and headed for the even more familiar stairwell.
But this time, there was no familiar Electric Baton jump attack, and the seductive figure that had chased him around all day was nowhere to be seen.
Xu Bei suddenly felt a bit out of place, lingering at the stairwell for quite a while.
Then, a wave of exhilaration rose from his heart, making his hair stand on end and bringing a smile to his lips.
He started shadowboxing on the spot, stepping in a boxer’s rhythm and leaping into a victory dance.
“Damn Exhibitionist! Finally got yourself killed by me!” Xu Bei celebrated and cursed at the same time.
This was the first time he truly experienced the thrill of an Action Suffering Game.
Facing a nearly unbeatable BOSS, nerves taut, giving it his all, dying and retrying dozens of times before finally taking it down.
That hard-won sense of joy after victory was exactly why Suffering Games never went out of style.
Even though most games nowadays had become easier for newcomers,
There was always a group of hardcore gamers who loved a challenge, and some Streamers who chased livestream effects to make money.
As for livestream effects…
The Unfilial Son Livestream Room was back online!
Fun-seekers, assemble!
The Unfilial Son Livestream Room shot straight to first place in the Protagonist’s World game section!
All the barrage comments were accusing the Streamer of cheating!
But the Streamer ignored all the drama, still dancing and shadowboxing on screen.
The viewers were getting anxious and grinding their teeth, wishing they could jump into the game and yank out all the Streamer’s blond hair.
“No corpse left by the Supervisor, what a pity.”
Xu Bei muttered cheekily, stepping onto the stairs and successfully reaching the second floor of the Abandoned Factory.
The viewers knew this Pig-Nosed Streamer never looked at the barrage—he just enjoyed his own beauty.
The fun-seekers and jealous rival Streamers immediately sent clips of the Unfilial Son Streamer’s “cheating” to the officials for review.
At the same time, a bunch of so-called “cheat-detecting experts” started making videos, eager to share their opinions and grab a piece of the hype.
Yet, at the center of it all, the Unfilial Son Streamer just kept happily moving forward.
As soon as Xu Bei reached the second floor, he discovered a special room.
Previously, while wandering on the first floor, most of the rooms had wooden doors, or no doors at all.
But here, there was actually a tightly closed iron door?
“Clack!”
But when Xu Bei pushed it, the iron door opened easily—it wasn’t locked at all.
Since it wasn’t locked, what was the point of putting an iron door here?
He looked around, used the Camera Flash Grenade to light up the darkness, and spotted an out-of-place Black Box on a dusty desk.
Xu Bei was bold and went straight over to open the Black Box, curious.
This crappy game only had Healing Potions and Batteries—nothing else. He’d barely ever used Healing Potions; who had time to drink them in a fight anyway?
As the exquisite Black Box opened, Xu Bei’s eyes lit up.
Inside was a pair of silver-white Finger Tigers.
A [Can Be Equipped] prompt popped up in his view.
“Equip?” Xu Bei was overjoyed and picked up the Finger Tigers to put them on.
Weapons like Scalpels, Wrenches, and Electric Batons dropped by monsters before couldn’t be picked up and used.
Now, finally, the game was willing to give him a weapon?
“But it’s just a Finger Tiger? Isn’t there anything cooler?” Xu Bei said with a wry smile.
But even as he smiled bitterly, he was still excited inside, itching to go out and beat someone up with the Finger Tigers.
He’d held back for so long!
He’d been fighting monsters bare-handed for so long!
Now that he had a weapon, he was definitely going on a rampage!
“I really don’t get why the game designer only gives out equipment after you kill a BOSS? Are they out of their mind? If the designer showed up in front of me right now, I’d punch them in the face.” Xu Bei muttered angrily to himself.