[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-immortal-who-speedruns-the-supernatural-game":3,"chapter-the-immortal-who-speedruns-the-supernatural-game-the-immortal-who-speedruns-the-supernatural-game-chapter-37":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Immortal Who Speedruns the Supernatural Game",{"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},2296706,4492,"Chapter 37: Shit, Am I the Sacrifice Now?","the-immortal-who-speedruns-the-supernatural-game-chapter-37",37,"\u003Cp>“Little brat… you’re not from Old Man Zhang’s family… you’re the thing that just cursed me, aren’t you?” The skeletal ghost spoke in a chilling, rasping tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The finger bone in his hand grew sharper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze toward Wu Wang grew hungrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t noticed at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the boy kicked him did the skeletal ghost realize the boy carried a faint, sweet scent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That scent was lethally alluring to him—like a desert traveler on the verge of dying of thirst, suddenly spotting a bottle of icy-cold mountain spring water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never seen anything so exquisite!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother, you smell amazing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I’m a butterfly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang’s form gradually returned to his true appearance; the child’s body was too unnatural—he’d have been able to flip farther and create more distance if he’d stayed in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t fight head-on now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t worried about being killed by this ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was worried about being captured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As before, if he couldn’t escape with enough power, being taken alive would be far worse than death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He twisted his neck and grinned slyly: “My species is called—Reverse Butterfly. Remember that—I’m the Reverse Butterfly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he leapt high into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his hand, he let slip an object shaped like a grenade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It exploded upon hitting the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the entire hall was shrouded in eerie white mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeletal ghost suddenly realized he could no longer sense the boy’s aura at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Smoke Without Injury Grenade: After use, creates a fog that blocks all perception and damage within its radius for 10 seconds】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Note: Smoke Without Injury is a cosmic law!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a loot Wu Wang had tearfully licked out of his bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, Sun Wukong had almost no gear for direct confrontation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost everything was for escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad such a master of escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ended up dying on his one and only greedy gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, true security still comes from Akka.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Want to fly to the sky~ and shoulder-to-shoulder with the sun~ the world waits for me to change~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang hummed the lyrics of “I Believe” as he drifted farther away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let's be honest, the skill \"Zongyun Step\" is already insane just for allowing stacked double jumps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, as long as your stamina is sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could literally step on your own foot all the way up to the stratosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The biggest limitation of this skill, logically, should be—how to land safely after reaching such extreme heights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s the same principle as being stuck on a tiger you can’t dismount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang tested many different landing methods during these three days of beta testing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered that the pressure the skill imposes at the moment of activation equals the pressure your current state is already under.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means continuously performing double jumps is easy, since you’re only ever bearing your own body weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once you reach a certain height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you attempt to cancel the skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then wait until you’ve fallen to a safe altitude before using another double jump to land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final double jump would then have to absorb the cumulative force of gravitational acceleration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your knees would shatter instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Wu Wang opted for the simplest landing method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, choosing a spot where no one would be hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Headfirst, smashing into the ground with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the height is sufficient, you die on impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reviving right where you died is effectively a safe landing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Safety doesn’t mean you won’t die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inequality is nullified!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where do you think you’re going?” The skeletal ghost’s voice came from inside the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His chest had been pierced through by a sharp, bony object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten-second mist effect had ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected the ghost to inflict damage from this distance, where he was nearly invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huhuhu—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Death had interrupted his double jump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang heard the roaring wind of his fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He squinted, aiming to land as far away as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang crashed hard into the interior of a house in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He revived the instant he died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes opened to find a familiar face—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shen and Li Shu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both stared at him in terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They held carving knives, etching something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closer inspection revealed it was an inscription on a spirit tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name was already carved—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Spirit Tablet of Zhang San the Mad】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hey, guys, why are you making a spirit tablet for me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Li couple could react, Wu Wang grabbed the bone spike piercing his chest, yanked it out, and pressed it against Li Shen’s throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked coldly: “Why make this spirit tablet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his wife threatened, Li Shu started to rage—until he saw the bone spike press forward an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Shen’s skin broke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One more push and it would pierce her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately waved his hands, frantic: “Don’t hurt her! Let’s talk! This tablet is for the little madman by the village gate, halfway up the hill. This year we couldn’t find a suitable Yin-Yuan Holy Maiden, so we had to use the backup plan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Backup plan?” Wu Wang raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve kept that little madman alive all along, just in case something like this happened. If we can’t find a Holy Maiden, sacrificing him to the Yin-Yuan Great God won’t guarantee everything goes well—but at least it’ll prevent disaster.” Li Shu revealed everything he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang suddenly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that’s why the dungeon’s intro forced me to make a choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either I become the sacrifice to the Yin-Yuan Great God, or I hand over the girl I found to be the Yin-Yuan Holy Maiden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One means I suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other means someone else suffers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, this choice seems simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whether you consider whether the girl is connected to Wu Xiaoyou, or analyze it from the perspective of clearing the dungeon—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang could never sacrifice her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the three days before entering the dungeon, he often chatted with Baili Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already learned the basic knowledge about the 【Spirit Plague Game】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was facing a nightmare-level dungeon with a global clearance rate under 1%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If simply sacrificing a stranger could clear it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this game would be ridiculously stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Redemption or Sin…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All is bound by fate…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang recalled the two lines from the dungeon’s intro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had no time to think further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him still chased that eerie skeletal ghost!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he normally wore the old village chief’s skin to face the villagers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant he’d have to put on human skin again before he could come after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he couldn’t possibly sprint away at full speed like a healthy man, in front of the other villagers, while pretending to be the frail old village chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he’d most likely call on some agile villager to carry him back to where he’d fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t happened to see that spirit tablet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Wang would have been long gone by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he’d finished asking questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly shoved Li Shen toward Li Shu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the other man was catching her, he turned and prepared to climb out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, he glanced at the large, white steamed buns on the table and casually grabbed one, shoving it into his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still resented not having eaten that bun before leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very moment he stepped out, he coldly said to the two:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only white buns are easy to swallow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Li Shu could say those things just now, it proved his earlier suspicion was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers were not unaware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew what they were doing—and showed no remorse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This village, every last one of them, is evil!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eating blood-soaked buns invites retribution.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Especially the retribution of those wrongfully slain.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1304,"2026-06-20T05:36:16.007Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","293d4148a45855784a1f34d01650068bbd9fe436100b4a3bc64fe65e33709f98","the-immortal-who-speedruns-the-supernatural-game-chapter-38","the-immortal-who-speedruns-the-supernatural-game-chapter-36",331,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-immortal-who-speedruns-the-supernatural-game-cover.jpg"]