Chapter 155: Death-level
An extremely powerful supernatural item, or rather, a part of a powerful ghost’s body.
“This thing”
Sang Yuanbo looked at this ghost hand with a furrowed brow. The value she calculated was only the price for the transaction of “opening the box,” which did not include the thing inside. In fact, she didn’t know what was inside before it was opened.
But just the price of this box alone was so high, so it was clear that the thing inside wouldn’t be simple.
However, the instant she saw this thing and sensed the aura of this hand, she still felt she had underestimated it.
This ghost hand could actually affect the real world environment.
In that instant, Sang Yuanbo determined that this ghost hand must have come from a death platform.
Because so far, all supernatural items powerful enough to affect reality had come from death platforms, without exception!
Lu Jinzhao also noticed the abnormality in the sky around them. Of course, what made her even more speechless was that she felt the parchment in her pocket “wriggling.”
It really wanted to come out, and the target was probably the opened box.
Lu Jinzhao pressed down on her pocket, suppressing the parchment that was trying to emerge, then quickly walked to the box and re-covered the cut “lid.” Strangely, even though it had been cut open, the gloomy sky began to clear up slowly once the box was closed.
The box was still useful.
This slightly surprised Lu Jinzhao; she had been mentally prepared for this iron box to be scrapped.
But when she picked up the box, she clearly felt that the iron box was different from before.
It was too cold.
Like holding a piece of thousand-year-old ice, or perhaps the ghostly yin energy belonging to the ghost inside was continuously seeping out.
It was certain that the box could still be used, but its effect had probably been discounted.
“Do you know what you’re holding in your hand?” Sang Yuanbo asked as soon as she saw Lu Jinzhao pick up the box.
Lu Jinzhao shook her head slightly without speaking. Seeing this, Sang Yuanbo didn’t press further and just said, “Your iron box is quite interesting. It seems its function is to suppress the supernatural items placed inside.”
“However, because it was opened by the nemesis, its effect should be reduced somewhat, but it should still be sufficient for dealing with supernatural items below death-level. Even for death-level ones, it can provide brief suppression.”
Sang Yuanbo looked at the iron box with some astonishment in her eyes.
She hadn’t anticipated before that what was “sealed” inside was actually a death-level supernatural item, even a ghost infant’s palm bone. This was truly too rare.
“Death-level?” Lu Jinzhao voiced her doubt.
“Yes, you should know about the output of supernatural items, but most supernatural items don’t have a clear grade because their effects vary. Sometimes, items from low-level platforms can occasionally shine on high-level platforms.”
“But supernatural items from death platforms are absolutely different, so we collectively call everything brought out from death platforms death-level.”
Death platform, huh.
Her parents actually left her something like this?
“However, yours is a bit special.” Ji Xinyue said seriously from the side.
Under Lu Jinzhao’s slightly doubtful gaze, Ji Xinyue explained, “Because this one is a ghost’s limb.”
“Every ghost inside the death platform is an unsolvable terror. Our platform has a passenger whose supernatural item is a ghost hand, but that hand was obtained from a Class C Platform. Even so, that ghost hand made her stronger than some passengers with fate even before she had her own fate.”
“But taking a limb from a ghost’s body is extremely difficult.”
“Even something that’s only possible by chance, not by force.”
“Therefore, the ghost infant palm bone in your hand is extremely precious, but at the same time, extremely dangerous.”
Ji Xinyue looked at Lu Jinzhao and emphasized, “Every supernatural item comes with a price to use it. The more powerful the supernatural item, the harder the price is to bear. And the price for a ghost’s limb is even more severe than for other supernatural items.”
“In addition to the price required by the supernatural item itself, every use will erode you with the ghost a bit.”
“This erosion cannot even be repaired by the train.”
“Moreover, supernatural items made from a ghost’s body require exchanging them with your own body parts to use.”
In other words, to use a “ghost eye,” you must dig out your own eyes and install the ghost’s eyes. And that passenger with the ghost hand directly chopped off her own hand and attached the ghost hand.
“And the replaced part cannot be removed until death.”
“Even if your replaced hand is chopped off inside a platform, when you return to the train for repair and it regrows, it will be that ghost hand.”
“And if you choose not to repair it, that ghost hand might grow back from your stomach, your back, or even your head.”
Lu Jinzhao understood.
Once used, the ghost would parasitize the user’s body, continuously devouring her life until death.
And this parasitism cannot be removed.
In other words, once you replace your own body part with the ghost’s, your life enters a countdown.
“So if you want to use it, you must be extremely cautious.”
Lu Jinzhao thanked the two, handed the one-yuan coin reward to Ji Xinyue, exchanged contact information with her, then left the villa and returned to her rental apartment.
Should she use it?
Lu Jinzhao had no hesitation; she definitely would use it.
Whether it was the intention behind her parents deliberately leaving this item, or the parchment’s frantic coveting, or what the Divine Calculator had said, or the preciousness of this palm bone, all made her understand that once this box was opened, she must quickly make the thing inside completely her own.
As for the method of use
Rather than directly replacing a part of her own palm bone with it, it would be better to use it to make a life rod for a shadow puppet.
This palm was really too small; gluing it together to make a main rod would be just right.
It would be a bit deformed, but that shouldn’t be a big problem. Anyway, the life rod would be embedded in her own palm, which also fit the ghost bone’s original usage method.
【Don’t use it.】
【Didn’t you hear what that human said?】
【If you use it, you’ll be completely targeted by the ghost. Even without me, your life will enter a death countdown!】
Lu Jinzhao raised an eyebrow slightly upon seeing this: “If I don’t use it, does that mean my life won’t enter a countdown?”
As a passenger, could she really live peacefully until natural death?
Moreover, she had already exchanged one-third of her soul with the parchment.
“I’m actually a bit curious: if I get devoured by this ghost, won’t your plan fall through?”
Otherwise, why was the parchment so opposed to her using this thing?
【You can’t】
The parchment fell into a state close to madness.
【You can’t do this!】
