So angry!
Truly, extremely angry!
Human selfishness was now fully on display in Ian—he thought he was the only one in the entire universe who got to wander in "Wonderland," but it turned out that having nightmares at night wasn't an exclusive benefit?
Who would understand!
Families!
A second "Alice" has appeared!
Ian felt so aggrieved, having encountered such a cheap, low-caliber cheat! His rage value instantly maxed out, and he lunged forward, trying to grab the other party's collar through the glass window.
However.
He snatched a few times in vain.
"Damn it! Get closer!"
Due to his arms not being long enough, Ian couldn't reach the chef through the small, head-sized serving window. The hunched chef even managed to hit his hand a few times with the ladle.
Of course.
It was only a few hits.
Ian quickly grabbed his ladle.
"Who are you? Why hasn't your soul accepted my baptism?" The chef fought Ian for the ladle, pulling back and forth while asking the question.
He was clearly confused as to why Ian hadn't fallen into the "puppet" state like Kara.
"An unsalvageable soul then!"
The chef made a judgment on Ian's "abnormal" state.
"You're the one who's unsalvageable! Baptism, you like baptism so much, right? I'll give you a thorough baptism right now!" Ian raised his fist, ready to smash the glass window blocking him.
But.
"Excuse me, I need to eat. It's time for me to eat." Kara, with hazy eyes and a dull expression, squeezed in front of Ian. She had been lining up behind Ian all along.
Now, she clearly looked impatient.
Kara stared at the greenish food in the serving window, continuously swallowing saliva. A blurred smile hung on her lips, and her eyes showed an eager anticipation.
"Yes... this is correct..." The chef nodded in satisfaction. He pulled out a new ladle from behind him, scooped a bowl of soup with eerie green bubbles, and handed it to Kara.
Kara woodenly took the bowl, slowly raised it, and was about to drink it.
"No, Auntie! You can't handle what's in this bowl!" Ian strongly suspected the strange chef had taken on the Gul'dan script, just like he was trying to get the Hulk's power.
"I'm hungry!"
Kara, with hazy eyes, fought Ian for the bowl. Her strength was, of course, greater than Ian's. Seeing Kara about to bring the bowl to her lips, in desperation, Ian could only activate his Super-Intelligence.
"I'll do it! I can handle it!" Ian checked his skill panel. The Berserker skill options had many abilities that sacrificed negative effects for temporary power buffs.
He also had one professional skill point left unused, proving that the habit of keeping a backup plan was indeed crucial. Seeing Kara about to fall for the trap, Ian thrust his head forward and slurped up all the soup in Kara's bowl.
"The taste is actually pretty good?"
Ian smacked his lips in utter astonishment.
Something that looked and smelled disgusting tasted incredibly rich?
"I get it! Stinky Tofu! A brand new version of Stinky Tofu!" Ian thought he had deciphered the formula for the soup. At the same time, a new status appeared on his status panel.
[Curse of Blood]
It looked like a green status. It would cause Ian's body to slowly mutate, and would gradually erode Ian's mind, guiding Ian toward a dark and insane end.
"That's right... For victory! For the new world!" The chef was not annoyed by Ian snatching Kara's bowl. Instead, he showed a relieved smile, as if this was how it should be.
"You want the world to feel pain too?"
Ian smacked his lips, feeling no sense of corruption.
Of course.
The changes in his body were visible to the naked eye.
Ian looked down at his hand and saw green energy surging beneath his skin, but the energy was not particularly abundant. It was lying dormant, accumulating power.
[You are suffering from Fel Corruption, Experience +1]
It had to be said.
This was definitely the most severe negative status Ian had acquired since getting the [Berserker] class. An ordinary person might already be panicking and terrified.
However.
"Almost leveling up! Delicious! I love it!" Ian saw the chef scoop another bowl of soup and hand it to the waiting Kara. He immediately snatched the new bowl and drank it down greedily.
Kara showed annoyance at having her food stolen.
"Wait, you..."
The chef, however, looked at the greedy Ian in astonishment.
"Such talent? Good, good, good. I need a warrior as devout and full of potential as you." Seeing Ian finish the second bowl of soup, still wanting more.
The chef came back to his senses and was overjoyed.
He hurriedly scooped soup.
Handing one bowl after another to Ian.
"Glug glug glug~"
"Glug glug glug~"
"Glug glug glug~"
Ian, of course, accepted every bowl.
As time passed.
He drank well over ten bowls of the green soup. The chef, who was initially growing more excited, gradually realized something was wrong. By all accounts, the boy in front of him should have started his life-form conversion a long time ago.
"You are not right!"
The chef angrily stopped dispensing the green soup.
"What? Stingy?" Ian looked around. He grabbed the water pipe in the corner, skillfully inserted it into the soup pot below the serving window.
Although [Curse of Blood] indicated it would affect his rationality, he didn't feel himself becoming mad, nor did he unlock his Hulk form after drinking a few extra sips.
His strength didn't even increase! Where was the promised getting bigger and stronger after drinking the soup! As a Berserker with severely unbalanced attributes, Ian had the resolve to sacrifice Intelligence to make his Strength surpass his Spirit.
But fate did not understand him.
"Tell me! Did you dilute the demon blood with water! Damn it!" Ian furiously sucked the soup while pulling out his dagger and practicing leveling up wildly.
Don't misunderstand.
This was not due to a decrease in rationality.
It was because Ian discovered this soup was incredibly nourishing. After two sips, he would use his [Frenzy of Self-Healing], consistently gaining experience, and the hunger wouldn't surge either.
It was practically a tailor-made restorative tonic for him!
[You are suffering from Fel Corruption, Experience +1]
[Health loss, Experience +2]
Ian's knife was a blur in his hand. With two forms of experience acquisition, he gained double the happiness. Before long, his entire demeanor immediately changed.
He had leveled up.
[Strength: 5.8 --- 8.5]
[Constitution: 4.7 --- 6.7]
[Intelligence: 2.6 --- 2.7]
[Spirit: 6.8 --- 7.1]
[Level Up Reward: Professional Skill Point +1, Status Weight has increased, Error Data has been cleared.]
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