Chapter 315: Comprehension

Abandoned subway station control room.

The iron door was locked from the inside.

The air was filled with the foul smell of mold and rust.

Su Ming slid to sit on the floor, leaning against the peeling control console.

The pant leg of his right leg was soaked through with blood.

The bone spike that had pierced his calf remained embedded in the flesh.

It had to be pulled out.

Otherwise, infection could kill him outright.

Su Ming rummaged in his backpack and pulled out a medical kit.

He clenched his back teeth.

He gripped both ends of the bone spike with his hands.

He exerted force.

Pfft.

The barbed bone material was forcibly pulled out.

Fresh blood gushed out.

Su Ming let out a muffled groan.

Veins bulged on his forehead.

Cold sweat dripped down his chin onto the dust-covered composite floor.

He skillfully poured on hemostatic powder.

He wrapped the wound tightly with gauze, layer by layer.

He had performed this sequence countless times in his previous life.

He should have been numb to it by now.

But today.

His hand was shaking.

Before his eyes kept flashing that blinding white flame.

Lei Yu's face, smeared with fresh blood.

And that half-hearted last words.

"Stay alive...... carrying our share......"

Su Ming leaned against the cold iron cabinet.

He gasped heavily.

His chest rose and fell violently.

Damn it.

Really fucking meddlesome.

Su Ming cursed loudly in his mind.

Do I need you to save me?

I have plenty of trump cards.

Who told you to play the hero?

He cursed on and on.

Su Ming's eye sockets turned red.

He is a thoroughgoing egoist.

Reborn, he returned.

His only creed is to survive.

Others' life or death is none of his business.

In his previous life, those neighbors could beat him to death over a half-moldy piece of bread.

In this apocalypse, there are no good people.

They're all beasts that eat people and don't spit out the bones.

But what does Lei Yu amount to?

An official captain he'd known for less than two hours.

He didn't even do tactical avoidance.

He directly used his back to block that boning knife capable of cutting through rules.

What was he after?

Su Ming clenched his chest clothing tightly.

There.

Lei Yu's blood had already dried.

It had turned into a dark red lump.

Hot.

Scorchingly hot.

A strange emotion.

Like a thorny vine.

Climbing wildly over his long-frozen heart.

He was throttled until he couldn't breathe.

This feeling was terrible.

It hurt more than being stabbed.

Damn.

Su Ming slammed a fist onto the control console.

The metal dented.

His finger joints split open and bled.

He would rather Lei Yu be a cowardly bastard.

He didn't want to bear this heavy human life.

This debt.

How to repay it?

It hasn't even been repaid.

Before he could suppress this evil fire.

A Mutation suddenly erupted.

The spot in his chest where the Divine Gift had merged.

The temperature rose sharply.

This wasn't an illusion.

It was truly burning.

Frenzied Spatial Force.

Completely out of control.

This thing is nothing humans can control.

It raged through Su Ming's blood vessels.

Wherever it passed.

Muscle fibers tore inch by inch.

His internal organs were wildly sliced by invisible blades.

Pain.

A piercing pain.

Ah!!

Su Ming curled up into a ball.

A beast‑like, dying roar came from his throat.

His vision began to blur.

His ears rang with the roar of surging blood.

It's over.

It slipped away.

The price of the Divine Gift.

Far beyond his estimate.

This power is too domineering.

A mortal body simply can't withstand this level of rule backlash.

His stomach churned like a raging sea.

Su Ming tilted his head back.

He vomited a huge mouthful of black blood mixed with organ fragments.

His vital signs were rapidly draining.

His consciousness gradually peeled away.

Just when he thought he was about to die in this broken control room.

Deep within his spine.

A strange tremor came through.

It was a Time Marrow Worm.

This Weird creature, which had been dormant since its rebirth.

Was fully awakened by the domineering aura of the Divine Gift.

Buzz.

A ring of invisible ripples.

Centered on Su Ming's spine.

Spreading outward.

Temporal Rule.

Activated.

A miracle occurred.

Those internal organs that had been shredded by Spatial Force.

Were healing in a way that defied biological logic.

Rapidly regenerating.

The torn muscle fibers rejoined.

The damaged blood vessel wall repairs itself automatically.

Even the black blood that is spat out.

All of them subtly show a backflow tendency.

Time Reversal.

The Time Marrow Worm is using its Rules.

Forcefully repairing this broken body.

Su Ming widened his eyes.

He greedily inhaled the murky air in large gulps.

He came back to life.

But the crisis has not been lifted.

The Divine Gift would never cease.

It is the top‑tier item in this Blood Moon game.

How could it tolerate other Weird running amok in its domain.

Spatial Force surged again.

It transformed into countless invisible blades.

Continuing to cut Su Ming's body.

The Time Marrow Worm is not willing to be outdone.

The frequency of Time Reversal is getting faster and faster.

While destroying.

While repairing.

The two top‑tier Rule Powers.

Turned Su Ming's body into a battlefield.

Launched a brutal tug‑of‑war.

Su Ming was caught in the middle.

Living was worse than dying.

This process of being constantly torn apart and reassembled.

Is ten thousand times more cruel than lingchi.

He bit his lips hard.

Fresh blood streamed down his chin.

He must not faint.

If his consciousness collapses.

He might never wake up.

He must hold on.

Su Ming forced himself to endure the raging vertigo in his mind.

He concentrated all his attention.

To feel the flow of these two forces within his body.

Space.

Time.

Destruction.

Rebirth.

He discovered an extremely Weird phenomenon.

These two forces, in the process of colliding and grinding against each other,

unexpectedly generated a marvelous balance.

Each time the Divine Gift activates Space Cutting,

it consumes an enormous amount of energy.

And the Time Marrow Worm's Time Reversal

also requires massive support.

They consume each other.

Forming a perfect energy closed loop.

The backlash price that should have been borne by Su Ming as the host,

was neutralized by the mutual cancellation of these two forces.

Su Ming was stunned.

He even forgot the pain on his body.

This damn.

Bugged?

The Manipulator of the Weird uses Anomalous Power.

All must pay a painful price.

Lifespan, sanity, even organs.

This is iron law.

But now.

Divine Gift and Time Marrow Worm counterbalance each other.

No one can do anything to the other.

Instead, they ended up extracting Su Ming, the host.

What does that mean?

It means he can free‑ride on these two top‑tier Rule Power.

Even.

Because the Time Marrow Worm continuously rewinds his bodily state.

His cellular activity far exceeds that of ordinary people.

As long as he isn't killed on the spot.

His lifespan.

Is definitely much longer than those constantly on edge, the Anomalous Manipulators.

"Ha......"

Su Ming let out a low, hoarse laugh from his throat.

It started as a light chuckle.

Then turned into an unrestrained, wild laugh.

He laughed until tears came out.

It tugged at the wound in his lung.

Another bout of violent coughing followed.

He made a killing.

This round was a total win.

Not only did he obtain the Divine Gift.

He also inadvertently solved the Anomalous Manipulators' greatest deadlock.

Su Ming slowly spread his hands.

Left hand.

Space Distortion.

The surrounding air rippled in waves.

Even the light was refracted at a weird angle.

Right hand.

Time Stagnation.

A speck of dust floating in mid‑air.

It froze rigidly in place.

The two forces circulated in his palms.

As if his arms were his fingers.

Perfect.

Too perfect.

A flash of lightning flickered through Su Ming's mind.

A crazy idea sprouted.

The reason the Anomalous Manipulators lose control.

Is because the Anomalous Power within them is unrivaled.

The host cannot suppress it.

Eventually it becomes a weird puppet.

Then if.

Two were implanted inside.

Or even three equally strong Anomalous Powers?

Let them counterbalance each other.

Consume each other.

Form a stable triangular or polygonal structure.

The host only needs to sit back and reap the Fisherman's profit.

And can become one who truly controls the Rules.

A perfect Anomalous Manipulator.

This idea is too bold.

It outright overturns all current theories of the Federal Weird Investigation Bureau.

But Su Ming knows.

This path.

Is viable.

He is the best living experimental specimen.

Su Ming leaned on the console.

He slowly stood upright.

The wound on his right leg has fully scabbed over.

Leaving no scar at all.

He moved his muscles and bones.

His whole body was filled with explosive power.