Cheat Awakening

"I only saw the method of provoking someone from these lines instead of giving them a warning."

Myne chuckled, gritting his teeth, and chose yes. His days of being easily scared were long gone. If, even in this gaming world where death wasn't possible, he hesitated because of a random message, he might as well hang himself.

"Hehehe!"

A cold laugh suddenly echoed through the entire lobby. It seemed to have materialised in person, watching Myne. The laughter continued as if mocking Myne's overestimation of his own abilities or his reckless decisiveness.

As time passed, the laughter grew more piercing, with a hint of madness, finally devolving into a hideous cackle, spitting out four familiar words:

"Welcome to the Abyss!"

[ Player Glitcher has triggered the Abyssal Paradise Invitation Task.

Task 1: Collect a D-level pollutant. ]

[ Progress: 0/1 ]

[ Note: After completing this task, you can unlock subsequent tasks. ]

"That is to say, if I had found a way to collect all the liquid in the flower buds back then, would it be considered as directly collecting a D-level pollutant?"

But since it had been fed to the Brother Evil God's eye, it didn't matter anymore. Myne's spirit power had become increasingly abnormal with each upgrade, now reaching 215 points. For him, D-level pollutants were as harmless as a pillow. Others might struggle before such a pollutant, but to him, it was merely "fish on a slaughter board." As long as he had a good knife, he didn't mind earning some extra profit.

"Don't worry, take your time. If I'm not mistaken, every dungeon seems to have pollutants. As long as I can find them, there should also be a way to collect them. Otherwise, feeding Brother Evil God's eye is a good alternative."

Just as Myne was about to close the status panel and quit the game, it had been many days in the game, and he missed his wives, a message popped up. It was from:

"Brother Glitcher, I thought you forgot about me." It was from Magmascorch.

"What do you mean by forgetting you? It's only been two minutes since you left my side. Also, weren't you focusing your attention on becoming powerful? Why are you wasting time chatting with me instead of clearing dungeons?"

Since Magmascorch had left the dungeon, time flowed normally for him. So, even if Myne spent days having fun in the game, for Magmascorch, Myne had barely been inside for a few more seconds before coming out.

"Hahaha, actually, before going into a new dungeon, I thought I'd ask your advice. You know, random players like me can't play like professional players. It'd be considered a big win if I could clear the game in one go without dying... By the way, Brother Glitcher, what's your clearance score? Mine barely crossed 50."

"Of course, it's 100. Even in my first dungeon, I got 100. Is that difficult?"

"..."

Magmascorch, who was sitting in his lobby, fell silent after seeing Myne's reply. He expressionlessly typed, "Sorry, Brother Glitcher, I'd better clear the dungeon my own way. We aren't in the same league," and directly chose a single-mode dungeon.

Myne was a little surprised that this kid ran so fast. As soon as he typed "OK," the system showed that he was inside the game, and messages couldn't reach him.

"Did I scare him too much? But it felt good to tease this little goblin," Myne chuckled and pressed the exit button.

As he did, darkness rushed into his lobby like a tide and devoured him. When he opened his eyes, he was already lying on his bed. But before Myne could think of anything, an extreme level of pain, as if someone were cutting his body into a million pieces, hit him. It was so strong that he barely stayed awake for two seconds before passing out; he didn't even have time to scream.

...

"Is he alright? He doesn't look like he's playing the game."

"I've checked him. There's nothing wrong with him. I just don't understand how he became like this."

"Waffle, are you sure he's not in the game?"

"I'm sure. We exited the dungeon at the same time. Also, if he were inside the game, we'd also get an invitation to go there, but now it shows Myne is out of the game, and I can't enter the game either."

"Then how the hell did he become a bloody mess just by lying on the bed, goddammit..."

Myne felt his throat was sore as if he had screamed too much. He felt thirsty, tired, hungry, and...

"What is this disgusting smell, and why is Aisha making so much noise? It hurts my ears. Did someone anger her again?" Myne slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was everyone in his family standing in front of him, with Aisha's back facing him, scolding them. Only Garnet was carefree, sitting on a chair, enjoying the view outside the window, while covering her nose with a pink handkerchief.

"F*ck! What the hell is wrong with this smell? Where is it coming from?" Myne, troubled by the extremely disgusting smell, couldn't stand it. He pinched his nose and got up.

"He's awake!" Ayri was the first to notice Myne's abnormality and exclaimed, grabbing everyone's attention.

"I can hear you! Why are you screaming so loudly?" Myne didn't know if his sense of hearing had become more powerful or if Ayri's voice had become super strong, but as soon as she spoke, he felt like someone was drilling into his brain; it was unbearable!

"MYNE!!!"

"Ahh! Easy, easy, please speak in a low voice, it hurts!" Myne covered his ears as soon as Aisha screamed at him. He was now certain there was something wrong with his body; at the very least, his hearing definitely had a problem. Otherwise, it wasn't the first time Aisha had screamed at him, but it had never felt so powerful, as if hundreds of Aishas were standing inside his ear, screaming loudly.

Aisha frowned deeply, seeing Myne rolling on the messy and dirty bed like a pig. The bed was covered with black liquid and dried-up blood that had been released from Myne's body. She looked at the others; although Myne wasn't a clean freak, she knew very well that he would never touch such a dirty thing if he were in his right mind, let alone roll directly on it.

"What's wrong with you? Are you okay?" This time, Aisha spoke in an extremely low voice, barely audible to others, but surprisingly, Myne found that it was still very loud. Thankfully, at least now he didn't feel pain in his ear and brain because of the loud voice.

"Yes, but please, can you guys speak a bit softer? I feel like my brain will explode if you continue speaking in such a loud voice. By the way, why are so many people gathered in our house? Are you guys having a surprise party?" Myne looked at everyone and asked confusedly. He could hear the sound of hundreds of people reaching his ears and thought they were downstairs, gathered for some purpose.

Hearing his question, everyone looked at each other confusedly, not understanding what was going on. Even Aisha was at a loss for words, wondering if Myne was hallucinating. Just when she was about to speak, Garnet interrupted her.

"Myne, why don't you take a shower first before continuing? I don't think you're enjoying this disgusting smell, right?"

Only after Garnet mentioned it did Myne realise that the disgusting smell was coming from his own body and that there was a weird, stinky black liquid all over him and the bed.

"Ugh! Which bastard played this prank on me? This is a bit too much!" Myne complained as he quickly got off the bed and ran toward the bathroom with such speed that he left an aftermath behind, which shocked everyone except Myne himself, who didn't realise how much his strength had suddenly grown.

"Is this even the speed a person can achieve?" Amy, who was always proud of being 'Miss Known to All', thanks to her long lifespan given by her elven bloodline, didn't know what to say after seeing the crazy changes in Myne's body.

"I think this game world Myne told us about has brought him much more benefit than we expected. I just hope it wasn't any kind of trap," Garnet looked at the bathroom worriedly before shaking her head and walking out of the bedroom. She really couldn't take the disgusting smell anymore. She believed that if she stayed in that room for one more minute, she would definitely vomit up everything in her stomach.

Others also followed suit and walked out. Aisha and Sylphy wanted to go into the bathroom to see if Myne's body had any mutations or something, but thinking about his weird changes, and unbearable smell emitting from his body, they dropped their idea and went out as well.