[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans":3,"chapter-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-250":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The More Tragic I Act, the Stronger I Get — My Fans Beg Me to Stop Killing Off My Roles",{"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},1297864,1723,"Chapter 250: Top-Tier Knife Skill, This Skill is a Bit Torture","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-250",250,"\u003Cp>The clamor of the barbecue stall faded away. Back in the hotel room, Jiang Ci still carried the scent of grilled food and beer on his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't head to wash up immediately. Instead, he first pulled out his phone, skillfully tapped open an app named \"Maoyan Box Office Record\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen lit up, the poster for \"Three Lifetimes Tribulation\" occupying the most prominent position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the poster, a line of bright red numbers almost seared his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Day 2 of Release, Single-Day Box Office Breaks 103 Million]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci stared at that number for a moment, then opened his system panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pale blue light screen unfolded before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heartbreak Value Balance: 8995 points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Remaining Lifespan: 5 years, 279 days, 11 hours]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>8995 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just one final push away from reaching five digits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overnight, his lifespan had increased by nearly half a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was the result after a major national event on the trending list had siphoned off a large portion of the audience's emotional energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at that number approaching ten thousand, Jiang Ci's heart began to beat faster, betraying his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful urge to spend, a primal desire, grew wildly from the depths of his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to go on a serious spending spree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci opened the long-unvisited System Store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze swept over those familiar performance-related skills,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but unexpectedly discovered a newly added category at the end of the list – [Life Mastery].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's current spending strategy was no longer that of the rookie who only sought to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More skills never weigh one down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as it could make the character Shen Qingyuan \"come alive\" on the screen, make the audience believe in his existence,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even the most outrageous skill had its value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes quickly scanned the list, soon locking onto one skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Language Proficiency: English, French, Japanese (Native Speaker Level)].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: You will possess the thought processes of a native speaker in these three languages, including but not limited to fluent speech, precise grammar, and a deep understanding of the cultural context of each language.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Price: 3000 Heartbreak Points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skill was practically tailor-made for Shen Qingyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the script, Shen Qingyuan studied abroad from a young age. Proficiency in multiple languages was the cornerstone of his character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To convincingly portray a \"returnee from overseas,\" a few memorized foreign lines wouldn't cut it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That deeply ingrained linguistic habit and way of thinking were the hardest things to imitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exchange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heartbreak Value -3000. Skill exchange successful.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vast torrent of information instantly flooded into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless words, sentence structures, slang, and the cultural memories carried by those languages,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>came rushing in like a tide, merging at high speed with his brain's neural pathways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire process lasted less than three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened his eyes again, the world seemed subtly different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the English version of the hotel guide in the room. Every word on it now felt familiar and natural, reading just like his mother tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Jiang Ci continued browsing the store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a second target appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Master of Organization and Storage (OCD Edition)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: You will possess the spatial planning ability of a top-tier professional organizer, capable of utilizing every inch of space, arranging all items with the precision of a military parade formation. Simultaneously, you will develop an extremely sharp intuition for subtle changes in your environment.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Price: 2000 Heartbreak Points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skill, on the surface, seemed to have nothing to do with acting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Jiang Ci's train of thought, this was practically a divine skill tailor-made for a spy role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A top-tier lurker often needs to change hideouts, and quickly packing essentials is a basic skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiding intelligence, weapons, or disposing of traces that shouldn't exist,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all require an extreme ability to utilize and plan space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, that sensitive intuition for environmental changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone has touched my things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There's a speck of dust in the room that doesn't belong here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In spy films, such details are often signals of life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exchange!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heartbreak Value -2000. Skill exchange successful.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third skill made Jiang Ci pause for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Top-Tier Japanese Sashimi\u002FDissection Knife Skills]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: You will have a thorough understanding of the skeletal and muscular structure of living creatures. Whether facing a tuna or a... model, your cuts will be precise and accurate, with an error margin not exceeding one millimeter.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Price: 2000 Heartbreak Points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The description of this skill carried an ominous air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ci's thinking veered off course once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Shen Qingyuan to mingle in the circles of the Japanese high command, being able to show off top-tier Japanese culinary skills would undoubtedly be an excellent door-opener to gain trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these knife skills were used in scenes of interrogation and torture, the sense of oppression and tension would probably be maxed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man in a suit, gentle and refined, meticulously scraping his nails using the techniques for handling premium ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just imagining that scene was enough to send chills down the audience's spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heartbreak Value -2000. Skill exchange successful.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one go, 7000 Heartbreak Points were spent just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci's balance instantly shrank to 1995 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But far from feeling the slightest bit of heartache,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he instead felt a sense of exhilaration, like equipping a character to max level, ready to leave the beginner village and wreak havoc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up and walked to the full-length mirror in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person in the mirror still had that same somewhat pale face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ci knew something was already different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slightly parted his lips and, in an extremely standard Kyoto-accented Japanese, softly recited a line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tonight's moonlight is very suitable for killing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an elegant and composed tone, each syllable carrying just the right amount of texture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he himself got goosebumps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, his gaze fell on the open suitcase in the corner of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside were clothes haphazardly stuffed together, crumpled and squeezed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he saw the suitcase, an irresistible impulse surged from the depths of his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Messy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too messy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was practically an insult to the aesthetics of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His OCD was acting up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked over and dumped everything out of the suitcase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three minutes later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the clothes, sorted by color shade and fabric thickness, were folded into perfect, neat blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Jiang Ci was admiring his own handiwork, the room door was knocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Zhao Zhen and Chen Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ci-ge, not sleeping yet? Let's discuss tomorrow's trip to Hengdian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci walked over and opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Zhen and Chen Mo walked in one after the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa, Ci-ge, did you... hire a cleaning auntie for a house call?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Zhen's attention was immediately captured by the suitcase that could be called a work of art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widened as he circled the suitcase once, his face filled with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mo also pushed up his glasses, looked at the suitcase, and fell into a prolonged silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ci ignored their exaggerated reactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at them and, very naturally, spoke in an elegant tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Préparez vos affaires, nous nous présenterons bientôt à l'équipe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Pack your things, we're going to report to the film crew.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure, authentic French flowed from his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Zhen was completely dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared blankly at Jiang Ci, then turned to look at Chen Mo behind him, his face a canvas of question marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy crap, Ci-ge, are you practicing your lines? That bird talk... damn, really has a celebrity vibe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Mo pushed up his glasses expressionlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This isn't an effect achievable by reciting lines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, looking at Jiang Ci, his face carrying a trace of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's more like someone who speaks French as their mother tongue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1314,"2026-06-05T18:00:08.556Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd9bc6a80c98bf742290a3fa517816af8abbe0166259ce5d7b399b4f4426233a","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-51","the-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-chapter-249",366,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-more-tragic-i-act-the-stronger-i-get-my-fans-cover.jpg"]