[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware-":3,"chapter-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-103":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Just Became a Mage, and My Skills Got Self-Aware? What the Hell?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2356713,4610,"Chapter 103: Maybe There","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-103",103,"\u003Cp>【Looking at this perfect work of art, his heart was deeply satisfied.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It proudly puffed out its chest: Master, Big Brother, Third Brother, see this? This is Second Brother’s micro-control!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo ignored the Earth Shield Art’s boast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, walking toward the four men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nose-ring leader, once full of swagger, now had none left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rock spikes had pierced his thigh and shoulder, causing violent spasms from the agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more crushing than physical pain was the terror of facing death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when he met Lin Mo’s eyes—a wave of death’s chill surged straight to his crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mistake… it’s all a mistake!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nose-ring leader, gritting his teeth against the pain, stammered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin… Lin Shao! We were forced! It was Zhao Tianling! That bastard made us come!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We never wanted to fight you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please, just let us go like a fart!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo said nothing, only walked slowly toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing pleading was useless, the nose-ring leader screamed hysterically:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Mo! You can't kill us! We're the elite of the Crazy Shark Guild! If we die, Chairman Zhao won't let you live!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides… killing is illegal! Even if you’re from the Dragon Order class, you can’t murder innocents!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Innocents?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo let out a light laugh, finally speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to the stone pillar, reached out, and gripped the rock spike piercing the nose-ring leader’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wearing targeted resistance gear, using banned intrusion scrolls, ambushing me inside the dungeon… that’s innocent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you kidding me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he finished speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo tensed his arm and yanked hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaahhh—!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nose-ring leader was ripped clean off the rock spike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piercing scream echoed through the entire temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo casually tossed him to the ground like a dead dog, then moved toward the next one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Han Mengyao moved too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was icy, her silver spear already sheathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For such monsters, she felt no mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked to the other two stone pillars, moved swiftly, grabbed one in each hand, and yanked the remaining two assassins off the spikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as blood splattered her face, she didn’t blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go. Send them on their way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bent down, grabbed the nose-ring leader by the collar and the tall, thin man by the ankle, dragging both toward the lava pool at the altar’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengyao dragged the other two behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four assassins were dragged across the broken stone, leaving behind gruesome trails of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let go of me! Let go! I don’t want to die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Mo, you’ll die a terrible death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Help! Someone help!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pleas, curses, and screams intertwined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to these sounds, Lin Mo’s heart remained strangely calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was, in truth, his first real killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a transmigrator, his soul still carried the values of a peaceful era from his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing was an immensely heavy word to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this world was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world was cannibalistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a high-martial world where power resided in the self, a chaotic age overrun by demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had been him lying here today, would these men have shown mercy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would have cut off his head without hesitation—even stamped on it twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mercy toward enemies is cruelty toward oneself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only read this phrase in books before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he was living it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To survive in this world, he had to learn this lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo exhaled, his gaze growing colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tsk tsk tsk, so tragic…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, Han Mengqing pulled out a bag of sunflower seeds from somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But they deserved it—who else would dare try to kill Miss Me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m so adorable, and they still tried to kill me? Absolutely heartless!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she spoke of tragedy, her eyes held no sympathy—she was clearly enjoying the spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For her, right and wrong were simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who treated her well were good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who wanted to harm her were evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When evil died, it was cause for celebration—with firecrackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside her, Chu Lingxuan looked uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the four dragged toward death, hearing their desperate screams, her body trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a knight sworn to protect the weak, her soul instinctively recoiled from killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not speak to stop them, nor beg for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she knew these men were monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lin Mo had been weaker, if they had been less vigilant, it would have been them thrown into the lava.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Lingxuan finally turned away, unable to bear the cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All she could do,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was stand firmly behind her teammates, no matter their choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo and Han Mengyao dragged the four to the edge of the lava pool at the altar’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of scorching heat slammed into their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lava churned, occasionally bursting open with giant bubbles, spattering crimson sludge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No! Don’t! I’m sorry! I truly am sorry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Shao! Grandpa Lin! Spare me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m my family’s only son! I have elderly parents and young children!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nose-ring leader wept and wailed, clawing desperately at the ground’s cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as his nails shattered and bled, he refused to let go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo glanced at him, coldly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t know you’re wrong—you just know you’re about to die.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—!!! Lin Mo! You’ll die a terrible death! Even as a ghost I’ll…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nose-ring leader unleashed his final curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo said no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kicked the man straight into the lava pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he hurled the tall, thin man away with force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Han Mengyao also tossed her two captives into the pool without expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaahhh—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screams cut off instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a few dull thuds, the four vanished into the lava.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few wisps of smoke rose; their bodies vaporized instantly by the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the magma pool calmed again, still churning as if nothing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo stood at the pool’s edge, silently watching the roiling magma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you feel?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengyao walked over and stood beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo turned his gaze away and brushed the dust off his hands. “Maybe… I’m just naturally a rotten seed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengyao glanced at him, a faint smile curving her lips. “Being a rotten seed is better than being dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the system notifications on everyone’s panels changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Sacrifice Successful!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Current Sacrifices: 4\u002F3】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Current Rating: S-Rank! (Drop rate for Thunder-Fire Combo Technique materials increased to 100%!)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“4\u002F3…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo stared at the number, his brow slightly furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengyao immediately noticed Lin Mo’s unease. “What’s wrong, Lin Mo? Something amiss?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo turned to face the three of them and analyzed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look, the rules say sacrificing three is enough to reach S-Rank. Logically, once it hits 3\u002F3, it shouldn’t change further.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But now we’ve sacrificed four—it’s 4\u002F3.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengyao froze, then instantly understood his meaning, a sharp glint flashing in her eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean… if we keep sacrificing, we might get unexpected rewards?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Han Mengqing’s face lit up with excitement. “Thunder-Fire Combo materials are already worth a fortune—could there be something even better?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo looked at the group and spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Crazy Shark Guild has sent in two teams. They won't let us live to escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fortunately, this dungeon restricts levels to 20–25. Within this range, we’re invincible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Either way, it’s worth a try. Let’s wait a little longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengqing was the first to agree:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine with it. Whoever comes, we wipe them out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Han Mengyao simply spoke softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Lingxuan glanced at the group; though reluctant, she nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If they’re evil, and this might boost everyone’s rewards… then, let’s wait a bit longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the group reach consensus, Lin Mo’s lips curled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope my judgment is right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then found a relatively clean spot and sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Tu, keep watch on the ground. If anyone approaches the temple, alert me immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Earth Shield Technique』 instantly perked up: Don’t worry, Master! Even an ant crawling within several miles, I’ll sense it!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Fireball Technique』, watching his smug younger brother, felt a pang of envy: Enough already, will you? Like you’re the only one who can kill instantly.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Fireball Technique』lifted his head: Next wave, I won’t give you a chance to shine. I’ll show you all—in this family, fire magic is the one true god!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Lightning Strike Technique』 immediately sensed that 『Fireball Technique』 felt his spotlight stolen and was trying to reclaim his elder brother’s status.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It spoke calmly: Hmph. Flustered?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Fireball Technique』instantly bristled: Flustered? Who’s flustered? You wanna fight?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【『Lightning Strike Technique』: Idiot.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo’s lips twitched slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already numb to the daily bickering of these household lunatics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let them squabble. As long as they don’t slack off when it’s time to work.\u003C\u002Fp>",1468,"2026-06-21T04:41:49.398Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d51cdd7e2cfe35f1451fa44e55908d77b57e0df888c3eaa3e886ba6d930bd4c9","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-104","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-102",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]