Chapter 19

How should he deal with this bizarre skill book, which is read as "Koutailian" but is actually the "Eagle Claw Technique"?

Tang Cheng subconsciously glanced at his chest. He definitely couldn't practice it himself. First, he was a tall and upright gentleman, and he was already excluded by the conditions of this skill book. If there were any gender-changing items in this cycle world, perhaps he could have a chance, but... that would also require ensuring that his breast size could reach a D-cup after the transformation.

And from all perspectives, this was not very realistic.

"But to be honest, although the explanation of this skill is to convert the up-and-down movement of the chest into attack power, even the most heart-gathering large breasts can't exert more than ten kilograms of force when moving up and down. Even if converted into attack power, it probably wouldn't be as strong as a normal person's casual punch. How could such a weak attack possibly be a D-level skill?"

As he spoke, Tang Cheng began to seriously study this bizarre skill.

Indeed, Tang Cheng wasn't someone who overthought things. Most of the time, he acted on instinct, without planning or considering the consequences. But this didn't mean he had given up on thinking.

In fact, Tang Cheng just didn't find many things interesting.

For example, if there was a cliff in front of him that he had to cross, he wouldn't think about how to get down, what dangers he might encounter, or whether he would die. Instead, he would follow his own will, jumping if he wanted to and not jumping if he didn't.

But if the premise changed to: there were seven Dragon Balls at the bottom of the cliff, and by collecting them, he could summon the Great Demon King Piccolo, he might seriously consider his next move.

In short, he only focused on what he found interesting.

Now, in the current situation, if it were a normal person, they would likely either throw away this skill book or put it in their backpack and ignore it, then seriously think about how to escape from this deep pit. But Tang Cheng was the opposite. Compared to escaping, the setting of this skill book was more attractive to him.

Of course, this was also because he already knew the outcome of escaping.

A ten-meter-deep pit, with his current state, he absolutely couldn't climb out. He would need at least three to four hours of rest, and in that time, even if the Crawlers didn't attack, the mutated Alice would likely come to take his life... He didn't think Alice would ignore the challenge and wander around after mutating.

In other words, if Alice didn't get the mutated antibiotic within the last twenty minutes of the mission, he was doomed.

As for the rescue from Li Guodong and the others, Tang Cheng had never expected it. Among the five, only Tang Ya and Lu Xiaotian could be slightly expected, but the other three were the type who would flee at the first sign of danger. Neither Tang Ya nor Lu Xiaotian had control over the team, so... with communication already cut off, it was a miracle if the five didn't run away.

Therefore, compared to the five other challengers, Tang Cheng paid more attention to the main characters Alice and Rebecca, and whether he could survive depended on their actions.

There was no element of luck or any naive fantasies. Tang Cheng had already calculated the two possible outcomes clearly and wouldn't waste brain cells thinking about how to escape.

"Although converting the energy of movement into attack power seems unrealistic, if it were other forms of energy, like heat, or if practicing this ultimate skill 'Koutailian' made the chest store energy like a dantian, gradually accumulating qi with constant movement, and this qi was released during attacks, it wouldn't be surprising that this ultimate skill 'Koutailian' could reach D-level... Yes, it must be like this."

"And this can also explain why the larger the chest, the stronger the power."

Tang Cheng spoke with conviction. If someone knew he was conducting such a profound theoretical analysis of this bizarre skill book, they would likely laugh until they rolled on the ground.

But in fact, although Tang Cheng's analysis wasn't entirely correct, it was already very close to the truth.

One thing the new challengers didn't know was that although the cycle world provided certain hints for various missions, theoretically, following the mission hints could result in a 50% success rate. However, the cycle world still had many secrets.

For example, the descriptions of equipment and skills were only a small part. Challengers could only understand the basic functions from the descriptions, but the deeper meanings required them to explore on their own.

Take this skill book of the ultimate skill 'Koutailian' for example. Its description only included the usage method and practice standards, but not the principles. If a challenger learned this skill without knowing anything, they could use it normally, but the power might not reach D-level.

But if a challenger studied it seriously, understood the principles, and then learned it, the power could even exceed D-level. After learning it, if they had their own understanding and found the best way to use it, even increasing the power by one level wouldn't be surprising.

It's like in a game, the same skill and equipment in the hands of a novice could only deal a fraction of the damage to a boss, but in the hands of an expert, it could directly kill the boss.

Most things in the cycle world followed this principle, of course, this is a side note.

As Tang Cheng studied the skill book, he occasionally checked the time limit of the side mission. Just ten minutes before the final deadline, a bright light suddenly shone down from above.

Tang Cheng looked up and saw that the ceiling lights had been turned on.

"The lights are on, it seems they haven't been idle either. Since they've turned on the power, the next steps will be easier. If they can find the antibiotic within ten minutes, this side mission will be completed. But... it feels like I'm not involved at all."

Tang Cheng muttered. Although this was a side mission for the challengers, it was ultimately completed by the main characters, which made him feel a bit out of place.

Of course, this was because he was a new challenger and didn't know the rules of the cycle world. Experienced veterans wouldn't find this strange.

Tasks in the cycle world generally fall into two categories: one is exclusive to challengers, and the other is related to main characters.

The exclusive tasks for challengers can only be completed by them, such as their main mission, which is only completed when they leave Raccoon City. The tasks related to main characters, however, have multiple completion methods.

The first is for the challengers to complete it, which is the basic method. The second is for the main characters to complete it. The first method is straightforward, but the second method needs to be mentioned.

Although the second method seems simpler, just sending the main characters to do the task and hiding in a safe place, the main characters, with their protagonist aura, can usually complete the task on their own. However, this doesn't mean the challengers can do nothing.

On the contrary, in this situation, the challengers are even more dangerous.

Because when the story develops this way, most of the dangers the main characters face during the mission are borne by the challengers. Even if you hide in a fully enclosed room, you can't avoid these dangers. Therefore, it often happens that the main characters complete the mission, but all the challengers die.

For this side mission, if the eight people had entered the second laboratory together, the danger would have been shared among them. Although it wouldn't be much easier, with more people, the task wouldn't be as difficult.

But because of Rebecca's suggestion and the newbies' cowardice, they split into two groups, and one group had no main characters. As a result, the dangers originally belonging to the main characters fell on the five remaining people. Because there were more people, the dangers they faced were even greater.

Therefore, the villa, which originally had no monsters, suddenly had many mutated zombie dogs.

For Tang Cheng's side, the original three-person difficulty increased due to the sudden attack by the Crawler, separating him from the two main characters and preventing him from completing the task. Naturally, the dangers originally belonging to Alice and Rebecca fell entirely on him.

Therefore, he encountered the Crawler in a pitch-black environment.

Fortunately, the difficulty of the beginner mode is controlled according to the standards of ordinary people, and Tang Cheng's strength after activating the supergod mode was comparable to that of a regular challenger who had passed one or two副本 worlds, allowing him to escape death. Otherwise, in this situation, no one else would have survived.

Because of this, the reward for killing the Crawler was so great.

Theoretically, there shouldn't be a first-kill reward in the beginner mode.

Well, although this first-kill reward was meaningless to Tang Cheng, it was just a matter of his bad luck.

So, with Tang Cheng taking on the dangers of Alice and Rebecca, it was only a matter of time before they completed this side mission.

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