[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars":3,"chapter-why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-chapter-39":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Why Do All These Monsters Have Health Bars?",{"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},1557486,2023,"Chapter 39 Grand Schemes of the Criminal","why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>A monster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A health bar value of 27, which is only slightly stronger than the spirit chicken in Liu Sisi’s shop, could be easily beaten by poultry with slightly better spirit infusion quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he was not quite certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this rat be considered a monster?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he was considering this, Chen Yuran whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I seem to feel a hint of spiritual Qi on this rat, it feels like a product of spirit infusion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she finished speaking, Dai Hong, who stood at the front, raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoosh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spiritual attack sword was launched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood splashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rat, which was stopped at the kitchen door, had its head severed from its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having killed the rat, Dai Hong turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spirit Infusion Technology exists for people to consume high-quality meat. This technology is a cutting-edge biological technology, no one would use it to cultivate rats.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying that, he walked solemnly towards the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Chen Yuran unconsciously followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing was right behind her, his gaze falling on the rat on the ground whose head had been severed from its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>experience points...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the kitchen entrance, Dai Hong looked inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing nothing unusual in the kitchen, he flicked his finger to activate the faucet in the sink, collected some clean water in a bowl, and poured it on the dead rat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bathing in the clean water, the rat’s original grayish-brown fur gradually turned pure white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the rat’s fur color change, Chen Yuran’s facial expression slightly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A white rat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing turned his head in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what if it’s a white rat, why the big fuss...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the thought emerged halfway in his mind, he abruptly looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world was far different from the one he had crossed over from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot of common sense could not be applied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if you disregard the part related to the Cultivation Civilization, the two worlds were essentially the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the white rat, for example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless of before or after Li Jing crossed over, white rats were the only rats extensively bred by humans and were commonly used in medicine, surgery, biotechnology, and other fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other types of rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were either unaffordable or priced exorbitantly as pet rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But white rats, as long as you have the channels, can be easily bought in large quantities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, there is no possibility for white rats to exist in the wild as they are a variant breed of wild moles cultivated by humans...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the dead rat on the ground, Li Jing’s face turned somewhat grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Dai Hong’s facial expression changed several times in a short period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuran, do you have the detector?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have the universal one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuran responded, took out the universal detector, pulled out a strand of the rat’s fur, and put it into the slot on top of the detector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a beep, the detector displayed a reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spiritual Qi Intensity 9, no sign of demonic Qi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Yuran reported the detection result, staring at the detector, waiting silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About a few dozen seconds later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buzzing sound of \"beep beep beep\" rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the detector buzzing, Dai Hong’s cheek muscles twitched, and he spoke blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reading for the demon plague?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"2, confirmed Demon Plague Pollution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chen Yuran said this, she waved her hand and cast a green flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew what magic skill this green flame was, but as soon as it landed on the rat corpse on the ground, it was instantly burnt to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having cremated the rat, Chen Yuran casually burned the rat fur that had been used for detecting earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her dispose of the rat’s corpse, Dai Hong pinched his brows, raised his hand and pressed the communicator earpiece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attention all members of the Heavy Crime Sixth Division, immediately investigate all companies that breed experimental white rats within Jianghai City, track all orders within the last half month regardless of individuals or entities. Within one hour, I want details.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After issuing the order to all members of the Heavy Crime Sixth Division, Dai Hong then instructed Chen Yuran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Contact Chief Yang to come over and also hurry up the biological traits identification result for the rat demon from the seafood market. Prioritize matters, let the forensics department put aside work related to the demon plague for now. Also, contact the bureau for reinforcement, the Heavy Crime Sixth Division currently lacks manpower, we need someone to handle this crime scene.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then turned to Li Jing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Jing, come with me upstairs to have a look, then go to other houses to confirm the situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, Li Jing and Dai Hong arrived on the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they neared the stairway leading up, they were drawn to a subtle and rapid squeaking sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound originated from a tightly closed room in the corner of the second floor corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noise was soft, only audible once they reached the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sharing a look, the two rushed to the room’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dai Hong lifted his hand and violently projected the shut door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, rows of rat cages appeared behind the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In each of these rat cages, scores or even tens of white mice were squeaking frantically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the surface of the room, more were scurrying about after escaping from their cages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, Dai Hong immediately donned a mask of agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Jing, on the other hand, blinked in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was home to nearly a thousand white mice, each with a health bar above its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These health-bar-bearing mice weren’t of particularly high caliber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The values indicated within the health bars tended to be at 1-3, incomparable to that of a spirit chicken, let alone the one with a health bar of 27 downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, regardless of their low quality, it was an undeniable fact that each of these mice had a health bar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The densely packed health bars, coupled with the numerical annotations, almost incited a phobia of dense crowds within Li Jing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It goes without saying--\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The criminal Evil Cultivator wasn’t operating on a small scale!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation was worse than the worst-case scenario Dai Hong and Chen Yuran had initially predicted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this an attempt at cultivating monsters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More like mass production!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was quite clear; the white mice in this room were merely a portion of the failures kept for observation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having health bars meant they had been compromised by the Demon Miasma, and undergone shifts similar to monster transformations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they had not fully morphed into monsters; instead, they had begun to show signs of spiritual deviations within their bodies, unable to mature to the state of generating demonic Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this reason, their health bars were rather minuscule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was difficult to imagine just how much the criminal Evil Cultivator had invested in mass-producing monsters, and how many had been successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even under the influence of the Demon Miasma, monstrous transformations of compromised beings were still events with probabilities. Although their occurrences were higher than natural transformations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most creatures affected by the Demon Miasma would meet their end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a small portion would be fortunate enough to complete a monstrous transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with nearly thousands of \"failures\", neither a complete success nor a total failure, the amount of white mice who had perished in the process of mass-production was a terrifyingly high number, while the number of successful Rat Demons would likely not be insignificant either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he looked at the full room of health-bar-bearing white mice, Li Jing felt slightly dizzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, he spotted Dai Hong from the corner of his eye, pulling out a talisman with a flourish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t recognize this talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was certain it wasn’t cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Artifact crafting from Talisman methods in this world was an excessively expensive consumable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that isn’t the point\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main concern was Dai Hong seemed to be on the verge of \"delivering salvation\" to these white mice on the spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could this happen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much experience was there in this room?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any hesitation, Li Jing brashly reached out and stopped Dai Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain Dai! Leave this to me, no need to waste resources!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you can handle this many white mice corrupted by the Demon Miasma?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dai Hong looked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It won’t be a problem. I had an idea I wanted to test after being inspired by your Spirit Strike,\" Li Jing stated, deliberately mentioning the Spirit Strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dai Hong was extremely fascinated by the Spirit Strike and considered Li Jing favorably because of it. Thus, flattering him was undoubtedly the right move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, upon hearing the term \"Spirit Strike\", Dai Hong’s eyebrows lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that you have an idea, you might as well use these mice to practice. However, you must ensure that no bodies are left behind. Otherwise, these mice could become a vector for the Demon Miasma, potentially causing secondary pollution.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he put away the talisman, adopting an eager attitude and stepping back half a step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Show us your idea for action. We might learn something from it and it might provide inspiration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Jing beamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dai Hong’s Spirit Strike indeed brought him many inspirations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did have an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, his idea did not target the Spirit Strike, but the Palm Thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lacked Dai Hong’s skill of compressing an excess of spiritual Qi to form a Spirit Strike. Consequently, he couldn’t put into practice any ideas he had regarding it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wave, might disappoint Dai Hong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without further thought, Li Jing squinted then estimated the length of the room. He adjusted the spiritual power output within his body thrice before throwing out his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fist-thick Palm Thunder that perfectly extended to the length of the room erupted from his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>",1654,"2026-06-06T07:41:34.971Z",1,"novelbin.me","bc45456c2dbd8bd14d0977de2a6b985952434203e367c94f867a25e054e91800","why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-chapter-40","why-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-chapter-38",719,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwhy-do-all-these-monsters-have-health-bars-cover.jpg"]