Chapter 48

Summer Qi naturally didn’t know about the two people downstairs discussing him. At this moment, he was completely immersed in the immense comfort of his bath.↑

Leaning against the edge of the bathtub, his arms were fully spread out, with only a small part of his body exposed. He felt as if he were melting.

"This is the life!"

Summer Qi closed his eyes in comfort, but couldn’t help but exclaim. However, as soon as he said this, he suddenly thought of something and immediately stood up with a start.

Looking down, he realized he had forgotten to take off the honor watch.

"Is this watch waterproof?"

Summer Qi uncertainly tapped the watch face and then let out a long sigh of relief, discovering that the watch hadn’t malfunctioned due to water, or rather, it had a waterproof function.

Sitting back in the water, he lifted his wrist to a position very close to his eyes and then used his consciousness to browse the function menu.

He remembered that he hadn’t finished browsing all the functions in the menu last time.

"Last time, I must have browsed up to the physical test, but since I already tested that I have a ghostly constitution, is this function useless now?"

While feeling puzzled, Summer Qi couldn’t help but click on the [Physical Test] function again. To his surprise, three sub-functions appeared: [Ghostly Suppression], [Physical Control], and [Physical Enhancement].

After seeing these three sub-functions, he was initially stunned, but then he remembered Fu Haiyi’s reminder that before considering enhancing his abilities, he should first suppress and familiarize himself with his own constitution, and then enhance it.

Although he remembered Fu Haiyi’s reminder, he had no idea what [Ghostly Suppression] or [Physical Control] meant. He tentatively clicked on [Ghostly Suppression], and the entire watch face turned into a large page.

[Ghostly Threat 50%, do you want to immediately suppress it? Each suppression costs 1 honor point.]

"What the hell, damn it, this is way too expensive! Suppressing it once costs 1 honor point, and I only have 3 points in total. There’s also a 10-point assessment later. Why don’t you just rob me!"

When he saw the "cost" of the suppression, Summer Qi went into a rage, as it felt like a robbery to him.

Moreover, the sentence above also caught his attention: what did it mean by a 50% ghostly threat?

He remembered that Fu Haiyi had said that although the ghostly presence in his body was inseparable from him, it harbored a great deal of resentment, which could erupt at any time. It needed to be effectively suppressed; otherwise, when it erupted, he might lose his mind and be completely controlled by the ghostly power, turning into a ghost.

"Does this 50% mean that there’s a 50% chance of the ghostly resentment in my body erupting?

50%? Damn, that’s a 50-50 chance!"

Thinking that it might be so, Summer Qi felt the warm bathwater suddenly turn cold, and he couldn’t help but shiver, instantly losing the desire to continue bathing.

However, he quickly calmed down. After all, it was just a guess, and there was no evidence to prove it. Moreover, he wasn’t without honor points; if necessary, he could spend 1 point.

Putting aside the [Ghostly Suppression] for now, Summer Qi focused on [Physical Control] and opened this function.

Similarly, a whole page popped up.

[Physical Control Proficiency 0, do you want to immediately improve it? Each improvement costs 1 honor point.]

"Damn, another robbery! I control my own body, and my proficiency is zero? What kind of control is this, am I playing a game?"

Exiting the [Physical Control] sub-menu, Summer Qi clicked on the [Physical Enhancement] he was most looking forward to.

[Ghostly Constitution Enhancement.

Speed/Strength/Reaction 0

Hearing/Sight 0

Perception/Recovery 0

Each enhancement costs 2 honor points.

Please select the object to enhance.]

"Each enhancement costs 2 honor points?"

Summer Qi swallowed hard and tried it out, only to find that the 2 honor points for enhancement couldn’t be used for everything. In other words, if he wanted to enhance (Speed/Strength/Reaction) and (Perception/Recovery), he would need to spend 4 honor points.

If he enhanced all four, it would cost 8 honor points.

Now, thinking back, it was no wonder Fu Haiyi had smiled that way when he said he might become a superman in the future. It was basically mocking his unrealistic dreams.

Of course, this mysterious company might really be able to provide such conditions, but the prerequisite was that he had to survive long enough to accumulate such a large number of honor points. How many incidents would he have to go through to enhance himself and suppress the ghostly presence in his body?

Thinking about it, it seemed impossible.

With this thought, Summer Qi suddenly felt that he had fallen into a trap.

He had a ghostly constitution, so he couldn’t learn ghost-killing techniques and could only take the path of enhancement. Although it sounded impressive, the honor points required for enhancement were ridiculously high, meaning he couldn’t afford it.

It was like telling him that he would become very, very rich, but the prerequisite was that he had to rob the bank. It was completely a joke!

In other words, he would still have to participate in the next supernatural incident as an ordinary person and couldn’t kill ghosts with his own abilities.

"I’m completely screwed now."

Although he muttered this, he still harbored a glimmer of hope, thinking that each enhancement might make him much stronger. So, he tried enhancing (Speed/Strength/Reaction).

The moment he agreed to the enhancement, he felt a sudden electric current pass through his body, and his consciousness briefly froze. But he quickly returned to normal.

Staring at his hands, Summer Qi tried pinching them but felt nothing special. He then got out of the bathtub and walked to the sink.

The sink was made of marble, which was known for its hardness. Summer Qi clenched his teeth and punched the edge of the sink with all his might, and then... he let out a scream of pain.

The edge of the sink, however, remained completely undamaged.

"Damn, what a scam! It’s completely useless!"

Summer Qi held his swollen, painful fist and cursed nonstop, even though the (Speed/Strength/Reaction) had changed from "0" to "1".

Sitting on the sink, Summer Qi took a long time to calm down and suppress his disappointment and anger before continuing to check the remaining functions.

Page AD starts

Page AD ends