"A writhing mass of flesh, impossible to identify what it is, yet one can sense the immense resentment within it, and faintly hear sobbing cries."
"Exchange for 50 plot points. After consumption, the vengeful spirit can be transferred into the body."
Such an item was clearly parasitic in nature, but just reading this description already made Chen Mo's skin crawl.
"Faintly hear sobbing cries... could this be a parasitic item hiding the soul of a ghost infant?"
A ghost infant referred to the soul of a baby that died in the womb before birth. Such souls typically carried immense resentment, using flesh as a medium. Once the ghost was successfully planted, it would surely generate powerful怨力 (resentful energy). But the method of planting the ghost was simply too revolting.
"Corpse Water Bottle: The water in the bottle comes from a deep mountain pool, carrying the powerful resentment of nameless evil spirits sunk in the pool. After drinking, the vengeful spirit can be transferred into the body and summoned through the mouth. Exchange for 50 plot points."
Seeing this Corpse Water Bottle immediately conjured up an image in Chen Mo's mind: a wide-open mouth spitting out the head of a female ghost—a chillingly grotesque sight.
No wonder such powerful spirit-expelling items were rarely chosen for exchange. This was, damn it, way too hardcore.
Wasn't there anything slightly more normal?
Unfortunately, probably because he had only passed two official stories, the exchange list didn't have many spirit-expelling items available, and parasitic ones were even rarer. Just as Chen Mo was about to give up on this sudden idea, he suddenly noticed another item.
"Human Skin Ghost Face?"
What was this now?
"Human Skin Ghost Face: A complete piece of human skin peeled from a face. Because the person suffered great pain before death, the skin carries heavy resentment. Covering the face with this skin transfers the vengeful spirit. Exchange for 50 plot points."
Without a doubt... this was another item for planting a ghost inside the body, and also the last parasitic item on the list. Perhaps after the grotesque descriptions of the ghost infant flesh and Corpse Water Bottle, this Human Skin Ghost Face didn't seem so unacceptable.
"A complete piece of peeled skin? Just covering the face completes the ghost planting?"
Chen Mo's mind wavered. After seeing the descriptions of the ghost infant flesh and Corpse Water Bottle, he had been ready to give up on exchanging for a parasitic item. But this last Human Skin Ghost Face stirred his interest again.
A vengeful spirit entering the body, half-human, half-ghost—its resistance to supernatural forces would naturally be stronger than other spirit-expelling items of the same level. Not only that, it even had some offensive capabilities.
Planting a ghost inside the body, having a vengeful spirit possess you—this was inherently a comprehensive ability combining attack, defense, and control!
But aside from the eerie and terrifying method of ghost planting, the biggest problem with internal ghost planting was the threat of the vengeful spirit's erosion!
From Dai Minghan's reaction, it was clear he was also very wary of the ghost in his palm. And according to rumors circulating on the horror radio station, there had been cases where ghost planters lost their bodies to the malevolent spirits inside them due to parasitic items.
But...
Why think so much about it?
To put it bluntly, whether he could survive the next story was still unknown. At least for now, this Human Skin Ghost Face was clearly the strongest spirit-expelling item he could exchange for with his limited points on the list!
Maybe, as he passed more stories, he could exchange for special items to suppress the ghost inside him. Or maybe, before the ghost inside revived, he would already be killed by the evil spirits in the stories.
Either way, he didn't need to worry about the issue of spirit erosion. So why hesitate?
As for the future, Chen Mo couldn't be bothered to think about it now!
With a familiar prompt sounding in his mind, Chen Mo's hand suddenly held something with a strange texture, light and airy—it was the Human Skin Ghost Face!
Was this thing really peeled from someone's face?
The Human Skin Ghost Face seemed to be just a thin layer of human skin, a translucent membrane that could be crumpled into a ball with a light pinch. It didn't feel as cold as he had imagined.
Was there really a deeply resentful evil spirit hidden inside?
Since he had made his decision, Chen Mo didn't hesitate much. He walked straight to the bathroom, faced the mirror, and covered his face with the Human Skin Ghost Face.
The thin membrane touched his skin without any discomfort, but Chen Mo's body involuntarily shuddered, as if something intangible had entered his body in an instant.
Suddenly startled, Chen Mo immediately raised his hand to touch his face. The thin membrane from earlier had vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
But deep in his consciousness, there was an added chill, as if another soul had subtly taken root in his body.
Was this feeling... planting a ghost inside?
Other than that, his body seemed unchanged. Just as Chen Mo felt a hint of confusion, he looked up and froze.
In the mirror, the person staring back at him—
Who was that?
Wearing the same clothes as him, staring back when he stared at the mirror, it looked like a mirror image. But that person, that face... was definitely not him!
That pale, effeminate, unfamiliar man's face, expressionless as it looked at him, instantly sent a wave of extreme dread through Chen Mo!
Was this...
Could this be the vengeful spirit hidden in the Human Skin Ghost Face?
That poor bastard who died from being skinned, entering his body through this thin layer of skin, completing the internal ghost planting!
In other words, from this moment on, he was possessed by an evil spirit. But aside from that chilling sensation, Chen Mo couldn't sense what kind of spirit-expelling effect this ghost inside him could produce.
Damn, I've been ripped off.
That was the first thought that popped into Chen Mo's mind. He had thought that after planting the ghost, he could at least partially ghostify his body like Dai Minghan, gaining the ability to resist spirits. But now it seemed...
This was nothing like what he had imagined?
Aside from having a ghost squatting in his body for free, for now, Chen Mo couldn't feel any ability from this evil spirit. Only the zeroed-out points on the app reminded him that he might have just made a mistake.
My 50 points...
Did I screw up?
When Chen Mo snapped back to reality and looked at the mirror again, that unfamiliar man's face had vanished without a trace, replaced by a normal reflection. Only that inexplicable chill constantly reminded Chen Mo.
From now on, a real vengeful spirit had taken up residence inside his body.
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