Chapter 7: My Left Hand Is Not Human

The bustling city night ceased its clamor at midnight, the bustling streets falling silent like a Peking opera troupe after a performance.

When everything returned to peace.

It was the moment for another battle to ignite—

Arthur's eyes were wide open. Having been in the dark corner, he had grown accustomed to the night and could see the surroundings, albeit not clearly. He memorized everything in his mind. Although his body was trembling with fear at the impending battle with the parasites, the instinct to survive urged him to make continuous efforts!

He placed the wrench and other items he had scavenged from the trash can within reach.

According to the anime plot that surfaced in his mind, parasitic creatures were scattered randomly around the world. However, it was also possible for multiple parasitic creatures to densely appear in one area.

Arthur knew that Tsukishima Kiyotaka was not a 'bad person,' but neither was he a 'good person.' He simply lacked human kindness. The terrifying eyes were frightening because the gaze in those pupils was devoid of emotion, as if mercilessly scorning everything. Like scientists in a laboratory, they were numb to emotions when dissecting various creatures, devoid of any feelings...

Tsukishima Kiyotaka was trying to dissect them, to see if they had any chance of surviving in this dimension.

In the same initial dimension, Tsukishima Kiyotaka would place them in the most dangerous dimension.

In this parasitic creature dimension, there was danger, danger for ordinary people like them.

If it were zombies, perhaps they could fight.

But parasitic creatures, which were so small that they could be overlooked, would definitely not be avoidable if one did not know their terrifying nature beforehand.

Time gradually slipped past midnight, entering the late night.

In the dead of night, small, glowing spherical objects began to fall toward Arthur's position.

Indeed, it was as he had predicted!

Arthur's prediction came true; the parasitic creatures seemed to be targeting his position, quickly gathering.

Seeing this, Arthur did not panic. His chance of victory was only a moment. Although the parasitic creatures were falling toward him, their descent was not fast. He had to complete the parasitization of his arm after the first one landed, then fight alongside the parasitic creature on his body. This was his only chance to survive.

He was an ordinary boy, weak and unable to fight, with no sword skills or martial arts, and average physical fitness. The only thing that set him apart from other royal ability users was the anime scenes in his mind.

The protagonist of this anime coincidentally noticed the 'right' that was about to devour his brain, made an effort, and in the end, 'right' was forced to devour only his right hand. From then on, the protagonist and the parasitic creature 'right' embarked on a symbiotic journey.

He could also take a cue from this.

He chose to have the parasitic creature parasitize his left hand because the right hand is generally the more dexterous nerve area. He was prepared to fight alongside the parasitic creature, so he let the slower-reacting left hand be controlled by the parasitic creature, while he retained control of his right hand.

If he did not have the memory of that anime, he might have escaped the fate of being parasitized, after all, how could such a monster be allowed to parasitize his body?

But this was not reality; this was a dimension, where anything was possible!

Therefore, he understood the most basic rule—

To gain, one must pay.

At the moment the first parasitic creature 'egg' fell, Arthur grabbed it with one hand!

He pinched it hard, breaking its 'shell,' then held it tightly in his palm. The parasitic creature, with no other choice, had to burrow into his palm and move up his arm.

In that split second.

Arthur wrapped his arm with wire, then tightened it with a wrench and pliers, enduring the intense pain to cut off the flow of blood and other fluids.

The tightly compressed muscle tissue prevented the parasitic creature from spreading upward.

The first step was successful.

Next—

Arthur ignored the pain in his left arm and ran at his maximum speed. The remaining parasitic creatures would take a few seconds to land, and their speed before parasitization was not fast. So, before reaching an agreement with the parasitic creature in his left hand, he had to make a final effort!

"Alright, you have a place to stay. Next, I will let you parasitize my left hand. You can survive on the nutrients in the blood. If you leave me, you will not survive, and if I die, you will die too. So—

Please eliminate your fellow creatures!

Fight for yourself. All living beings are initially selfish. We cannot trust each other, but to survive, we can fight side by side, right?"

Arthur said this to his left hand while running at full speed.

"Alright..."

The left hand responded to Arthur in the next moment.

The speed surprised Arthur. There should be an adaptation period, right? According to the anime scenes in his memory, parasitic creatures needed time to adapt, even if it was brief, it should not be this fast.

"Your blood... is very good..."

An eye appeared in the palm of his left hand!

Although he had mentally prepared for it, Arthur was still terrified by the sight.

In the next moment, his left hand extended uncontrollably, and a sharp blade emerged at its tip, impaling the parasitic creatures chasing him one by one on the ground or walls. They were no match for his left hand before completing parasitization!

Although they were companions, they fought each other.

This cruel reality made Arthur realize—

This was not a game!

Gradually, he loosened the wire on his left hand to allow blood flow. Without the nutrients from the blood, the parasitic creature in his left hand would not have enough strength to fight.

Now, Arthur had to embark on a path of humans and alien creatures fighting together. He did not know how long this would last.

After opening his personal information panel again, Arthur found that most of his attributes were normal, except for his mental attribute, which was slowly decreasing. Was this the reason his left hand adapted so quickly?

Earlier, he seemed to say that his blood was very good. Perhaps the source of this goodness was his mental state?

Mental seemed to be a form of energy, capable of releasing infinite skills, which meant it indeed possessed a powerful form of energy, capable of adapting to various infinite skills.

Naturally, it could also adapt to—

Parasitic creatures!

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