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Chapter 15: Passive Slowdown · Oct 23, 2026

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1 Chapter 1: This Job Entails Certain Risks 2026-10-23
2 Chapter 2: Does This Guarantee Pain? 2026-10-23
3 Chapter 3: Useless Person 2026-10-23
4 Chapter 4: Seeking Advice 2026-10-23
5 Chapter 5: The Reward for Rejecting Humanity 2026-10-23
6 Chapter 6: Test 2026-10-23
7 Chapter 7: Bluffing 2026-10-23
8 Chapter 8: Notes 2026-10-23
9 Chapter 9: Painstaking Effort 2026-10-23
10 Chapter 10: Restricted Scene 2026-10-23
11 Chapter 11: The Vitality of an Evil God 2026-10-23
12 Chapter 12: Special Reward 2026-10-23
13 Chapter 13: A Shocked Young Master Qin 2026-10-23
14 Chapter 14: Our Slacking Off Is Justified 2026-10-23
15 Chapter 15: Passive Slowdown 2026-10-23
16 Chapter 16: Impossible to Guard Against Completely 2026-10-23
17 Chapter 17: Eat My Spear 2026-10-23
18 Chapter 18: I’ve Wanted to Do That for a Long Time 2026-10-23
19 Chapter 19: Mirror 2026-10-23
20 Chapter 20: How Did You Make So Many Enemies? 2026-10-23
21 Chapter 21: How Many of You Can Fight Like That? 2026-10-23
22 Chapter 22: The 100% Kicked-Flying Constitution 2026-10-23
23 Chapter 23: Thug 1/3 2026-10-23
24 Chapter 24: Mindset Determines the Way Out, Perspective Determines the Ending 2026-10-23
25 Chapter 25: She Was Running Out of Time 2026-10-23
26 Chapter 26: Shadow Nightmare 2026-10-23
27 Chapter 27: Crimson Frenzy 2026-10-23
28 Chapter 28: Devour 2026-10-23
29 Chapter 29: Working Overtime Is Impossible 2026-10-23
30 Chapter 30: Whipping to the Core of Li 2026-10-23
31 Chapter 31: Is the Essence of Leveling Up Birthing an Alien? 2026-10-23
32 Chapter 32: Friends 2026-10-23
33 Chapter 33: Angel of Comfort 2026-10-23
34 Chapter 34: True Wall of Sighs 2026-10-23
35 Chapter 35: What Weapon Are You Using? 2026-10-23
36 Chapter 36: Li Weixuan 2026-10-23
37 Chapter 37: Amalgamation 2026-10-23
38 Chapter 38: Path to Survival 2026-10-23
39 Chapter 39: Anomalous Great Disjunction 2026-10-23
40 Chapter 40: Right, I Killed Him 2026-10-23
41 Chapter 41: You Still Don’t Realize the Severity of the Problem 2026-10-23
42 Chapter 42: Blood Puppet 2026-10-23
43 Chapter 43: They Realized the Gravity of the Problem 2026-10-23
44 Chapter 44: Do You Know What Ambergris Is? 2026-10-23
45 Chapter 45: Contention 2026-10-23
46 Chapter 46: I Only Seize the Day 2026-10-23
47 Chapter 47: Dark Night Flowing Frost 2026-10-23
48 Chapter 48: Feast 2026-10-23
49 Chapter 49: You Are the Legendary Dean Feng 2026-10-23
50 Chapter 50: Going Crazy 2026-10-23

This little bitch is ruthless!

Fu Qian stared expressionlessly at the woman who had transformed into Wolverine.

To deal with an ordinary bodyguard, she was actually pulling out a trick like this.

Beside him, Captain Gu had paled, staring nervously at Fu Qian.

He flashed a covert hand signal, urging him to surrender as quickly as possible.

Fu Qian waved him off, gesturing for him to relax.

Those Razor Blades looked intimidating, but they lacked length. Unless they hit a vital organ, they wouldn’t do much damage—just tear open some flesh at worst.

Generally speaking, anyone who relied on flashy toys like that usually lacked actual strength.

By now, the butler had very considerately ordered his staff to clear the area, opening up a space for the fight.

He didn’t necessarily enjoy watching this kind of farce, but since things had already escalated this far, he certainly wasn’t going to step in and stop it.”Don’t blink, handsome. Here I come!”

Little Wolf Girl smiled radiantly, her voice sickly sweet.

She stuck out her bright red tongue and licked the Razor Blades on her fingertips. The next instant, she became a blur, closing the distance to Fu Qian in a flash.

Without a moment’s hesitation, she swiped directly at his face.

Not good enough!

Facing this vicious strike, Fu Qian merely frowned.

Am I too strong, or is she just too weak? I don’t feel any of the terror I felt facing the White Porcelain Woman’s blade.

To anyone else, the woman’s movements might have seemed lightning-fast and completely unstoppable.

But to Fu Qian, she was as sluggish as an old man practicing Tai Chi.

Without even shifting his stance, Fu Qian simply tilted his head and dodged the strike.

He even snapped his head right back into place.

Anyone with poor eyesight would have simply assumed Little Wolf Girl had missed.

”You’ve got some moves!”

Missing her strike, the woman darted back to put some distance between them, staring at Fu Qian in shock and uncertainty.

Fu Qian completely ignored her, glancing over at Eldest Young Master Ye instead.

To Fu Qian, the middle-aged man who had stepped out of the car alongside them was clearly a cut above the rest.

If he made a move, it would at least be a bit more interesting than fighting Little Wolf Girl.

Right now, that man wore a grave expression, his eyes narrowed as he stared back.

”Again!”

Little Wolf Girl gritted her teeth.

Perhaps fueled by the anger of being ignored, she moved even faster this time. The Razor Blades between her fingers let out a sharp whistle as they tore through the air.

Yet in the very next instant, a sharp pain shot through Little Wolf Girl’s wrist. To her absolute horror, her arm was locked in her target’s one-handed grip.

Even though her target was right in front of her, she couldn’t push her claws a single inch further.

So I’m actually this strong now.

Fu Qian gripped her slender wrist, marveling inwardly.

”What tier of transcendent are you?”

”Tier... 8... Just who the hell are you?!”

She didn’t understand why he was asking that, but no matter how stupid Little Wolf Girl was, she knew she had severely misjudged him.

How could this guy possibly be an ordinary bodyguard!

Tier 8? Zhu Bajie was a hell of a lot stronger than you.

Fu Qian snorted.

This woman is actually Tier 8? I feel like I could take ten of her without breaking a sweat!

The Brawler Form is even stronger than I thought.

Looking down at the Razor Blades on the ground, and then at her hand—which had been crushed completely out of shape—Little Wolf Girl’s face twisted in agony.

Fu Qian didn’t feel a shred of pity. The woman hadn’t held back in the slightest when she attacked.

Against a supposed ordinary person, she had not only bared her claws but aimed every single strike right at his face.

She was clearly eager to cater to Eldest Young Master Ye’s whims, fully intending to disfigure him.

What a loyal dog.

Fu Qian took a breath and tightened his grip.

Little Wolf Girl let out a scream of agony as the remaining Razor Blades dropped from her fingers to the floor.

But before her scream could even end, a violent force slammed into her side.

Little Wolf Girl was sent flying like a cannonball. She crashed headfirst into the very car she had just stepped out of, struggling several times before failing to get back up.

”Not bad, right?”

Fu Qian turned his head after kicking his opponent away.

Eldest Young Master Ye’s expression was spectacular, his eyes glued to the leg Fu Qian had just used to kick her.

It was obvious that he could never have pulled off a kick that smooth himself.

He wasn’t the only one. Captain Gu’s mouth was hanging wide open, his eyes practically bugging out of his head.

”Careful.”

The middle-aged man beside Eldest Young Master Ye stepped forward, pulling him behind his back with a deeply guarded expression.

Killing intent surged.

Now this guy is a bit more interesting. Seeing the middle-aged man prepare to attack, Fu Qian felt no fear, only excitement.

That woman from earlier hadn’t been nearly enough of a challenge.

How did the old saying go?

If you’re looking for a thrill, take it all the way.

Since the fight had already started, there was no way a group like this was going to shake hands and walk away. He might as well not waste any time and just drop them all right now.

[Wen Li has died. Containment Failure.]

[Evaluation: passive slowdown]

[Penalty: SAN Value -5. Current SAN Value: 37]

Just as an all-out brawl was about to erupt, a prompt suddenly echoed in his ears.

...!

Are you fucking kidding me?

I knew this mission wouldn’t be simple, but she just died?

Teleported back to the Warehouse, Fu Qian found the outcome completely incomprehensible.

There wasn’t a single sound! She was a fairly high-level transcendent, sitting inside her own heavily guarded Wen Family Luxury Estate, and she just died in complete silence?

It seemed his intuition had been right—this mission was going to be far more difficult than he had imagined.

What was worse, the system had actually flagged him for a passive slowdown and outright docked him 5 points of his SAN Value.

That’s the equivalent of five extra lives! This is completely outrageous.

For a moment, Fu Qian felt thoroughly crushed, the joy of his recent upgrade completely washed away.

He decided to pin all the blame squarely on Eldest Young Master Ye and his merry band of thugs.

[Event Replay]

Instead of rushing straight back in, Fu Qian decisively opted to replay the sequence of events.

Five minutes and twelve seconds. Wen Li died, and the mission failed.

[Consume 1 point of SAN Value to attempt Containment again.]

Having pinpointed the exact time of Wen Li’s death, Fu Qian touched the Mist Door.

The Wen Family Luxury Estate materialized around him once more.

This time, he didn’t wait for Captain Gu to come over and lecture him. Fu Qian took the initiative, walking right up to him to ask the question on his mind.

”I heard Eldest Miss Wen is a genius transcendent, and she’s already at least Tier 7. Does she really need our protection?”

”You’ve got good ears on you, kid!”

Captain Gu shot Fu Qian a surprised look.

”It’s just a rumor I heard,” Gu continued. ”They say she’s a Psychic Type. Before she advances to the Mid Tier, her physical constitution is incredibly fragile—barely any better than an ordinary person’s.

”That’s exactly why so many assassins have been showing up lately. They want to strangle her in the cradle. Once she actually advances, she’ll be a lot harder to deal with.”

That explained a lot. Captain Gu’s knack for gathering gossip was actually pretty useful.

Fu Qian looked up. The butler was already walking out of the villa, which meant Eldest Young Master Ye’s car would arrive at any moment.

His next step was to figure out exactly how Eldest Miss Wen had died.

According to the previous timeline, Eldest Miss Wen would die at exactly five minutes and twelve seconds.

Which meant he had five minutes, at most.

But that raised a question: how was he supposed to investigate?

Thanks to that little physical altercation in the previous run, Fu Qian now had a very solid grasp of his current combat strength.

Around the edge of the Plaza stood over a dozen towering white pillars, each one carved from a single, solid block of stone.

Seeing Eldest Young Master Ye’s car pulling up, Fu Qian took advantage of everyone’s distracted attention to slip over to one of the pillars and deliver a vicious kick to its base.

Half a minute later, accompanied by a deep, rumbling groan...

The massive pillar crashed heavily to the ground.

Screams erupted from all sides as the shrill blare of alarms instantly filled the air.

Eldest Young Master Ye’s car hadn’t even come to a full stop before four figures scrambled out of it like lightning.

The welcoming committee behind the butler instantly dissolved into chaos.

Taking advantage of the sheer pandemonium, Fu Qian slipped inside the villa along with the rushing crowd.

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