In a dazed state, suffering from some blood loss and exhaustion due to ack of sleep for too long, Chen Miao fell into a deep sleep.


    He had not dreamed for a long time.


    But this night, surprisingly, he had a dream.


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    It was a strange dream in which he struggled to push a huge stone to the top of a mountain, and just as he was about to reach the summit, his body reached its limit and ran out of strength. He could only awkwardly dodge to the side and watch helplessly as the stone he was about to push to the top rolled down to the bottom of the mountain.


    Just like the god Sisyphus in Greek mythology.


    He did the same repetitive task day after day.


    He didn''t know how many times he had repeated it.


    Then, on one asion, as he stood at the foot of the mountain ready to push the boulder to the top again, a woodcutter carrying firewood on a nearby path approached him and asked,


    "What are you doing?"


    "I am preparing to push this huge stone to the top of the mountain."


    "But… why are you doing that?"@@novelbin@@


    "Why?"


    Chen Miao in the dream heard the woodcutter''s question, frozepletely, and gazed nkly at his hands for a long while before raising his head to look at the huge stone in front of him. Yes, why was he doing this?


    Subsequently, everything around him gradually started to freeze and shatter, and he woke up from the dream.


    ...


    When he awoke, it was already daylight.


    He didn''t know how long he had slept, only that he had slept extremelyfortably, and the constant pain from his feet had not awakened him from his dream; he had gotten used to this sensation of pain.


    After waking up, Chen Miao seemed to have found the answer to his problem.


    After a quick wash, he stepped out of his house withrge strides.


    The ck Doctor had already been waiting outside with a pair of boots in his hands, and as soon as he saw Chen Miao, he stepped forward and handed over the boots: "Miao, here are the special boots you asked me to make for you yesterday."


    These boots were pitch ck.


    One could say there was no aesthetic appeal to them whatsoever.


    They looked much thicker than normal boots, giving a strong sense of encumbrance, like an oversized, thickened raincoat, and if you put your ear close to the boots, you could faintly hear a whispering whooshing sound.


    Inside the boots, there were more than a dozen des spinning at high speed.


    This ensured that as long as he wore these boots, whether standing, walking, or even eating and sleeping, he would be constantly injured, which would suppress the curse on his body.


    "Mm."


    Chen Miao took the boots and set them aside, then fell silent for a moment before speaking, "I thought of a nst night. These ''creatures'' reproduce too quickly. Now, there''s very important information: if these ''creatures'' are notpletely cleared within half a month, my death is nearly certain, with no means of salvation."


    "Must quickly clear out this type of organism from within my body in a limited time,"


    "I was thinking, since these creatures adopt a swarm strategy to rapidly heal my external injuries, could I potentially create wounds intentionally and eradicate these creatures inside me in this way?"


    "It probably won''t work."


    The ck Doctor shook his head with a helpless tone in his voice, "These creatures are too small. I needed to use a medical-grade high-precision microscope yesterday to even see them. Although I can''t see their exact numbers, during the days you were unconscious, Miao, I observed a terrifying fact."


    "These creatures reproduce asexually."


    "They don''t need to do anything, noughing and joking, no dowries, no need to get married, no need for a car or house, nothing. As long as a creature survives for a certain period, it will automatically split in half and be two individuals."


    "This mode of reproduction is extremely horrifying."


    "ording to my calctions, in a very short time, these organisms can multiply from the current estimate of several hundred million to tens of trillions, upying your entire body, Miao. These creatures are almost constantly reproducing or waiting to reproduce."


    "The consumption caused by your injuries cannotpare to the number of newborns they produce."


    "There is a very important indicator in the country called the birth rate. In other words, to exterminate a species, one must ensure that the death rate exceeds the birth rate. So far, the consumption caused by your injuries can only keep up with their pace, not even close to causing massive casualties in their poption."


    "Unless..."


    The ck Doctor''s face filled with hesitation and he cautiously said, "Miao, if you were thrown into a meat grinder and maintained such terrifying injuries over a long period, then the death rate of those creatures would definitely exceed their reproductive rate."


    "But, that''s not realistic. In such a situation, you, Miao, wouldn''tst, and you''d die first."


    "Hmm."


    Chen Miao nodded calmly, "That''s why I came to you. I was wondering if, with the apaniment of a legendary surgeon like you, it might be possible for me to sustain severe injuries while receiving your treatment?"


    "To ensure a constant depletion of the organisms within my body without dying too early?"


    "It''s not doable."


    The ck Doctor slowly lowered his head and spoke quietly, "You overestimate me, Miao. I can''t do that, unless you have countless revival items. In that case, you could keep passing through this method to rapidly dmission the organisms inside."


    "Unfortunately, the city-state effect of Broken Pot City is merely that yers cannot receive damage from other yers."


    "It would be ideal if in the domain of Broken Pot City, all yers were forced to be immortal. If that was the case, Miao, you could recklessly worsen your injuries and thereby deplete those creatures inside your body in a short time. Even if they can''t bepletely eradicated, at least it would significantly dy their reproduction."


    "What a pity..."


    "Wait a minute!!!"


    The ck Doctor suddenly thought of something, a light shing in his eyes, and he spoke excitedly and hurriedly, "I''ve thought of a way, Miao. In ''Broken Pot City,'' there''s a D-level Secret Realm that has already been cleared, called ''Brave Ones'' Game''!"


    "It''s abat-oriented Secret Realm, very famous in Broken Pot City!!!"


    "A team Secret Realm for 5 yers, which automatically starts once the number is sufficient."


    "There''s no storyline, purelybat-oriented, but all yers can''t hurt anyone but themselves, and the mission of the Secret Realm is very simple. For the 12 hours itsts, everyone is forcibly rendered immortal, in an absolutely invincible state."


    "During this period, these 5 yers must harm themselves as much as possible; for each time they self-inflict damage, they receive a score."