Virus King - Chapter 156

Chapter 156: SSS-Rank Profession Scroll: Scourge of the Living!

TL: YYang

There had never been a time when Chen Bai had felt such torment.

The world before his eyes grew increasingly illusory at this moment. The medieval Western landscape seemed like a dreamlike bubble, finally fading from Chen Bai’s perception, vanishing into nothingness.

Yet, Chen Bai had no mind to care about such things now. All his focus and attention were on his left hand!

Countless starlike particles were gathering at a speed far beyond Chen Bai’s expectations.

Amid streaks of dark green light, these tiny stars wrapped themselves around it.

Within the light, it seemed as though something was being born.

At the same time, this profound and enigmatic fluctuation engulfed Chen Bai entirely.

Previously, Pukaxiumi had told him why SSS-Rank items were so rare. Whether it was SSS-Rank equipment, professions, or talents, they all contained what was referred to as divinity.

Chen Bai only had a vague understanding of what divinity was.

However, from observing how gods treated items of this level, it was clear how critical divinity was to them.

The Dark Mother Goddess herself had fought fiercely for the Dark Umbilical Cord, proving just how vital divinity was to the gods.

Now, at this very moment, Chen Bai experienced a profound realization!

Could this thing before him be divinity itself?

Faith could condense divinity? Powerful forces could condense divinity?!

In the future, could becoming a god, igniting divine flames, and forming a divine core simply mean that one’s divinity had reached the required threshold?

Chen Bai didn’t know. But at this moment, such wild speculation helped ease the otherwise unbearable torment of the unknown.

The entire world became utterly illusory.

Finally, beyond this illusion, a clearer outside world came into view.

It was still the abandoned Plague Chemical Plant.

However, to Chen Bai’s slight surprise, the decay he expected from the passage of time hadn’t occurred.

Even within the factory, the plague insects, plague giant rats, and other mutated creatures once controlled by Pukaxiumi were still present.

However, their behavior wasn’t the same as before. Some seemed to be in an extremely lethargic state, possibly due to a lack of food or other reasons.

Chen Bai blinked. What was going on!?

Hadn’t he spent a full year inside that dungeon realm?

Could this secret realm dungeon, like those with altered time flows, operate on a different temporal scale?

Apparently, this seemed to be the only plausible explanation.

This realization made Chen Bai’s previously tense heart completely relax!

If time cost wasn’t a factor, the resource expenditure for this dungeon became negligible!

However, a tinge of regret rose in Chen Bai’s heart.

Had he known this dungeon’s time flow differed from the outside world, he would have stayed longer in the medieval secret realm!

Thinking about this, Chen Bai’s thoughts became tense again.

Unconsciously, his eyes turned back to his glowing left hand.

The radiance on his palm dimmed slightly. The starlike light that seemed to gather in his palm had fully merged into his hand!

Amid faint dark green light, under the dim and shadowy glow, something was slowly taking shape.

The black and dark green hues on Chen Bai’s left hand gradually faded away.

All the Plague Seeds, along with the divinity fused through the power of faith, gradually concentrated onto the forming object!

A scroll!

A Profession Scroll!

Chen Bai involuntarily held his breath. At this moment, he was even more nervous than when he had first been reborn.

After all, the fusion with the zombie virus had been beyond his control. One blink and it was over.

Of course, if he had died back then, his eyes wouldn’t have opened again.

But now, everything was forming before Chen Bai’s very eyes. He witnessed every moment, fully participating in the entire process.

Each second felt as long as a year!

Meanwhile, Chen Bai’s illusory figure gradually materialized within the factory.

The plague creatures, which had been listless and languid, seemed to sense something and turned their gazes toward him.

Previously, Pukaxiumi’s control had made these plague creatures obedient to the will of the plague.

That control was now nearing its end. After all, Pukaxiumi had completely sacrificed himself and perished!

This suddenly appearing illusory figure…

It made the plague giant rats, plague giant mosquitoes, and toxic corpses reveal an insatiable hunger for flesh and food in their eyes.

Yet this greed was mixed with a faint trace of resistance.

Pukaxiumi’s lingering control still caused their faint and feeble souls to instinctively want to submit to this figure.

Amid this struggle, the figure grew increasingly tangible.

Even the tiniest hairs on the illusory body became clearly visible.

Finally, the first plague giant rat couldn’t hold back any longer!

It slowly approached the figure above it.

Once there was a first, a second followed. Soon, the entire swarm of rats and the mosquito swarm all began to converge toward him.

Though their movements were slow, the bloodthirst in their eyes grew ever more intense!

Chen Bai looked at them.

At last, in that instant, his body fully solidified. His true form had completely exited the secret realm dungeon and returned to reality!

The endless light in his hand withdrew,

transforming into a dark green scroll that now rested quietly in his palm.

At the same time, the plague giant rats, plague insects, and toxic corpses suddenly lunged toward him.

A cold gleam flashed through Chen Bai’s eyes.

Just as he was about to crush the massive 3.6-meter plague giant rat charging toward him, something strange happened. The entire swarm of rats and insects seemed to sense something. Their attacking movements abruptly stopped.

In the next moment, these creatures, devoid of brains and driven only by instinct, froze completely.

They once again reverted to their previous posture of kneeling and kowtowing!

Chen Bai halted his actions as well, gazing at the trembling plague creatures. He was momentarily stunned before his eyes drifted toward the scroll in his hand.

At that moment, he suddenly understood.

These plague creatures were not bowing to him this time, nor were they trembling in fear and reverence of him!

They were kneeling before the Profession Scroll in his hand!

Chen Bai’s eyes narrowed as he stared at the scroll.

The next moment, the name of the scroll appeared clearly before his eyes:

[‘Scourge of the Living’ Profession Scroll (SSS)]