112 Overload (1/2)
Chapter 112: Overload
Translator: _Min_Editor: Lis_
There was an excruciating pain, as if his body was being ripped apart. The burning sensation of the tattoo on his right wrist was especially unbearable.
Thank God, he lost his consciousness not long after—
—or else the pain would have actually driven him insane.
He didn't know how long after the incident it was, but the soreness of his entire body returned.
”Urg.”
Struggling, he finally opened his drowsy eyes. The first image he saw was a gorgeous face in tears.
”You are finally awake.” Ayesha leaped from in front of the bed. Her lips trembled, and the mists in her eyes shook, ready to fall at any time.
”How... long have I been sleeping?” Jiang Chen asked weakly.
”An entire day and night.” Her face had concern written all over it.
He felt guilty looking at the heavy eye bags on her face.
[Wait! Where the mutated human go?!]
As if a bucket of cold water had just poured onto his head, Jiang Chen scrambled looking around, but he couldn't find the mutated human's body.
”Ayesha, did you see—”
”That body? I hid it in the basement.” Ayesha lowered her head, lightly biting into her lips.
She broke her promise with Jiang Chen.
He had previously told her to never come into the room under any circumstances, but the loud noise from the room had woken her up.
She anxiously approached the room, only to hear Jiang Chen's painful screams.
She didn't waste a second to think before dashing into the kitchen, grabbing a knife, and shoving the bedroom door open.
The next moment, she saw Jiang Chen, who lay in bed unconscious, and a disfigured monster.
Never had she seen a more frightening monster. Its body was covered with severed flesh. The head and heart were covered in a pitch-black metal....
[Is this thing even human?]
Suppressing the fear in her heart, she approached the monster and placed her hand over its chest.
There were no heartbeats.
She gazed at the unconscious Jiang Chen and then at the monster that had fallen to the ground. She could tell that the two must have had some conflict. Although she didn't understand the absurd scene, she would always stand on her husband's side.
Putting down the knife, Ayesha forced down the agitated contents of her stomach with a deep breath before dragging the body into the mansion's basement.
She then took disinfectant from the bathroom and cleaned the blood trail, careful as though covering up a crime scene
After taking care of everything, she filled a bowl with water and stripped Jiang Chen to wipe down his entire body.
She couldn't fathom how he had become like this in just one afternoon.
At least the still-beating heart somewhat reassured her.
Only after she finished did she bring a chair from the living room to sit beside his bed quietly, waiting for him to wake up.
...
”Did you see everything?” Jiang Chen asked with a bitter smile.
Seeing such a caring face, he could never blame her for coming in.
Ayesha nodded, then buried her head.
”I am willing to give up my life for you if you wish—”
He lifted his hand and covered her mouth. Jiang Chen smiled at her surprised look.
”I am not a devil, you don't need to give up your life.... Just keep the secret for me.”
It was okay if she knew; Ayesha would never leak the secret.
With both hands outreached, Ayesha covered the large hand covering her face. She gently nodded.
”Mhmm.”
He craned his head to look at the light in the distance; it was almost dawn.
”Go sleep for a little bit. I want be alone to think.”
Ayesha nodded with a worried look at Jiang Chen. She then left the room and closed the already broken door.
Lying on the soft bed, Jiang Chen raised his right hand.
All of the energy in the interdimensional bracelet was gone?
He glanced at the bed lamp. After reaching over to unplug it, he stuck his finger into the socket.
The light bulb in the room slightly dimmed, but due to the voltage limit, he only managed to charge the interdimensional bracelet by 2%.
He breathed deeply and concentrated on his right hand in an attempt to open the storage dimension.
Pain radiated from his wrist.
”The energy wasn't consumed, so I guess that means I can't use it for now?” Jiang Chen looked at his right hand thoughtfully.
He'd been pondering this issue for a while now. If he forcefully grabbed someone to travel with him, then wouldn't it eradicate that person in an instant? But he never had the opportunity to test this ”bugged” ability out since in the era of firearms, bullets served the purpose better.
There was an other area of consideration, however. If he spent 40% of the energy traveling, then how much energy would it cost to bring along another person?
The cost of taking someone alive should be different from taking a corpse.
He recalled the last time carrying the hamster, it hadn't cost an excessive amount of energy. But this time with the lead-skin mutated human, it completely drained the interdimensional bracelet. No, the real energy cost definitely far exceeded the 60% limit, which was what caused him to go unconscious.
No need to use it against weak enemies, too costly against strong enemies... A bit useless in battles.