Chapter 143: Unlucky Blood Calamity, the Roommate's Supernatural Entity

Chapter 143: Unlucky Blood Calamity, the Roommate's Supernatural Entity

In the end, another lurking supernatural entity was dragged out from the broken pipe behind the bathtub... Under the "physical purification" of Ji Yan's hammer, the entity dissipated into blue smoke.

Finally, the bathroom was quiet again.

After dealing with two vengeful supernatural entities in a row, Liu Congming's swollen belly gradually shrank back to its original size. Leaning against the wall, he patted his stomach and let out a long sigh of relief. "It's finally over."

"Brother Ji, I didn’t expect you to be this fierce."

"That hammer and those coffin nails—what grade are they? They’re so powerful. You must’ve been the MVP in the last instance, right?"

The moment the danger passed, Liu Congming immediately switched to chatterbox mode.

Flicking the blood off his hammer, Ji Yan ignored the pointless topic and focused on something else. "I’m more curious—what’s the name of your 'male mommy' Talent?"

"Honestly, it’s kinda embarrassing. My Talent is called [Good Luck with Pregnancy]. Damn it, sometimes I really feel like these D-grade Talents are just here to mess with Players."

"Good luck my ass! I’m a dude!"

The moment the Talent was mentioned, Liu Congming’s face darkened. It was clear he had a lot of pent-up frustration about it, but he couldn’t bring himself to complain to outsiders. Now that Ji Yan had guessed it, he finally vented.

Ji Yan, however, grew intrigued. "So… can you actually get pregnant?"

"Would you give birth? And what the hell would come out?"

Liu Congming’s lips twitched. "Brother Ji, just take a shower already. Why are you so obsessed with what’s in my belly?"

Seeing that Liu Congming refused to say more and had already slipped away, Ji Yan gave up and simply rinsed himself off in the bathroom.

Because his body had been possessed by Spade One’s supernatural entity, Ji Yan could clearly see through the mirror that his entire body was covered in crimson blood vessels, as if a layer of skin had been peeled off—a horrifying sight.

After washing off the blood and turning off the shower, Ji Yan turned to put on his clothes.

But the moment he turned, his foot slipped on something, and his body lurched forward violently.

The direction of his fall happened to be straight toward the broken edge of the bathtub, where a sharp ceramic shard was aimed directly at his throat!

In that split second, Ji Yan’s hand shot up and grabbed a nearby metal pipe, stabilizing himself just in time.

The razor-sharp ceramic shard stopped just an inch from his throat!

Cold sweat broke out on Ji Yan’s back.

This scene was exactly what Liu Congming had predicted earlier—he had almost slipped in the bathroom and gotten his throat pierced by the broken tile!

He stared at the soap on the floor.

Where the hell had that come from?

At the same time, the showerhead suddenly burst due to wear and tear, spraying hot water uncontrollably all over the bathroom.

Simultaneously, the water heater’s wiring on the ceiling seemed to have coincidentally deteriorated, sparking and sizzling as if it were about to snap...

A movie title flashed through Ji Yan’s mind: "[Final Destination]?!"

BANG!!

The door was suddenly kicked open.

Ji Yan rushed out of the bathroom, frowning at the sight of sparks flying from the fallen wires in the bathtub. He immediately turned to glare at Liu Congming inside the room.

Liu Congming looked at Ji Yan, drenched from head to toe, and forced a dry laugh. "Uh… Brother Ji, you… you okay?"

"Why are you still sweating after a shower?"

Ji Yan didn’t respond. He stepped forward, pinned Liu Congming against the wall, and pressed his hand against the top of Liu Congming’s head, activating his talent, [Omniscient Understanding].

Ding! Player consumes 200 points of Mental State to trigger talent, obtaining Hidden Information about Player "Liu Congming."

It seemed that as the Instance’s difficulty increased, the Mental State cost for [Omniscient Understanding] grew heavier. After using the talent consecutively in [Block 1 Class] and the bathroom, his Mental State had already been depleted by 75%.

In other words, at full capacity, Ji Yan could only trigger this talent three times per day in the [Final Supernatural School] Instance.

After that, he’d have to replenish his state by eating.

Originally, Ji Yan hadn’t wanted to waste Mental State on Liu Congming, but now, the "secrets" this guy carried posed a direct threat to his Life. He had no choice but to trigger the analysis.

After swiftly uncovering the "secret" hidden within Liu Congming, Ji Yan fell silent for a moment.

As expected…

His innate "Misfortune Constitution" was acting up again.

This Liu Congming was a huge problem!

A decayed Coffin Nail materialized in Ji Yan’s hand as he spoke to Liu Congming with an expressionless face.

"You’ve seen the power of this nail. A single stab makes a Supernatural Entity turn to dust."

"Will you confess your secret yourself, or should I help you with this nail?"

Liu Congming could clearly sense the terrifying, decayed Supernatural Aura emanating from the Coffin Nail.

Cold sweat drenched his forehead, and in his panic, Corpse Spots began surfacing on his skin.

"I—I’ll confess!"

"Brother Ji, I didn’t mean to deceive you! I was just afraid of scaring you. The truth is… the Supernatural Entity in my [Spade 2] card is a Misfortune Supernatural Entity."

"But the misfortune doesn’t affect me—it affects those around me. At regular intervals, the Misfortune Supernatural Entity inside me activates its ability, casting the [Blood Light Disaster] upon those near me…"

"Also… I’ve actually had five roommates before. All of them were killed by the Misfortune Supernatural Entity inside me."

"The last one slipped in the bathtub and slit his own throat!"

Liu Congming spilled everything in one breath, mainly because Ji Yan’s gaze was too terrifying—as if the slightest hesitation would result in that horrifying nail being driven into his skull.

Ji Yan’s expression barely shifted.

Through his talent, he already knew all of this.

Making Liu Congming say it out loud was merely giving him a choice.

To keep lying, or to tell the truth—it would determine how Ji Yan dealt with him.

Internally, Ji Yan cursed.

No wonder that [Spade Supernatural Instructor] was so "kind" as to assign me a roommate.

This Liu Congming is a straight-up roommate grim reaper!

No one else wanted him, so they dumped him on me.

Now, the biggest headache was this:

Killing a roommate was a serious violation of the rules.

So Ji Yan couldn’t just eliminate Liu Congming.

But if he didn’t, living under the same roof meant suffering the [Blood Light Disaster] from the Misfortune Supernatural Entity inside Liu Congming!

Ji Yan felt like the protagonist from Final Destination—never knowing what freak accident might strike him next.

He could even choke to death on a sip of water!

Or suffocate in his sleep from his own pillow…

Now he finally understood what the [Blood Gu Supernatural Entity] inside him had meant when it wrote "misfortune" and "be careful" on the wall.

Though, clearly, the [Blood Gu Supernatural Entity] was a girl—her warnings were far too subtle.

How was anyone supposed to guess what she meant?

Regarding the [Blood Gu Supernatural Entity] within his body, Ji Yan discovered there was a "Strategy Panel." Currently, it only had 15% Favorability Progress. In other words, only by increasing this progress could the [Blood Gu Supernatural Entity] fully exert its role in the Instance or unlock more Supernatural Abilities. Hmm... This had a bit of a "strategy cultivation" vibe to it!

"Brother Ji, you don’t actually need to be afraid. Since you didn’t die this time while bathing, my [Misfortune Supernatural Entity] will go dormant for a while. I can figure out the pattern, and the next time I predict it waking up, I’ll warn you so you can get far away. Misfortune calamities have a limited range, after all. So there’s no need to worry too much!"

Liu Congming’s voice snapped Ji Yan out of his wandering thoughts. He hurriedly added more, afraid the latter might break down.

Ji Yan shook his head. "Sharing the same roof isn’t a solution. Actually, there are two ways to solve this. One is to Plunder a second [Playing Card], which would allow you to discard the [Spade 2] in your hand. The second is for you, Brother Ji, to hurry up and transfer from the [Ordinary Class] to the [Advanced Class]. That way, you can change roommates."

Liu Congming offered two viable solutions. Scratching his head, he added with a dry laugh, "I might as well come clean. That ‘elite’ roommate of mine was so terrified of my [Misfortune Supernatural Entity] that he rushed to join the [Advanced Class] in a panic."

He was also the only roommate who had managed to survive Liu Congming’s company.

Ji Yan countered, "How many days have you actually survived in this Instance?"

"Just nine..."

"Tell the truth."

"Fine, 15 days."

Ji Yan shook his head again. "Still Lies. Don’t lie to me—I’m sharpest when it comes to this."

"Alright, 30 days..."

Ji Yan gripped the [Coffin Nail], gesturing with it.

"Okay, okay! 45 days!"

Ji Yan sneered. "You’ve survived a month and a half in this Instance, yet you’re still in the [Ordinary Class]? The Instance Plot hasn’t progressed at all? And you still haven’t obtained a second [Playing Card], still stuck with [Spade 2]?"

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Liu Congming’s face crumpled in despair. "Brother Ji, I want to, but I’m just too trash! My mom named me Liu Congming (‘Liu the Clever’) because I’m so stupid—she hoped I’d become smarter. But I know I’m good at nothing. People around me secretly call me ‘Big Brain’ as a joke! But I’m more aware than anyone that I’m just a worthless waste!"

Ji Yan observed Liu Congming’s crumbling, self-loathing expression.

Yet he still shook his head. "You’re not trash. On the contrary, you’re quite shrewd. The reason your Instance Plot hasn’t progressed and you can’t get rid of [Spade 2] is that you’ve realized the [Misfortune Supernatural Entity] transfers ‘Misfortune Blood Calamity’ to those around you, leaving you completely unaffected.

"Moreover, the more misfortune befalls the Players near you, the luckier you become. All the crises and disasters that should’ve struck you were instead deflected onto your unfortunate roommates.

"That’s how you’ve managed to survive so long in this Supernatural School Instance.

"You’re exploiting the [Misfortune Supernatural Entity]’s mechanics to stay in this Instance Plot, lazily coasting by to extend your survival time.

"Let me guess—when you first warned me to be careful about slipping to my death in the bathroom, that wasn’t purely out of kindness either."

"You're just afraid that if I die in the first wave of the 'Blood Light Disaster,' I won't be able to block the subsequent second and third waves, preventing you from boosting your own 'Luck Value.'"

"Right, Brother Congming?" Ji Yan mercilessly exposed.

Even without relying on his talent 'Omniscient Understanding,' Ji Yan wouldn't believe Liu Congming's nonsense.

A completely useless trash surviving a full 45 days in a 'Third Tier Instance'? That was practically an insult to others' intelligence.

Liu Congming opened his mouth but found no words.

Finally, he wiped the feigned humility and grief from his face and smiled faintly, offering no further excuses: "Brother Ji, you must be a psychologist in the real world, right? To see through people's thoughts so clearly?"

"All my little schemes—completely laid bare by you."