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She hesitated, slowly placing her hands down and hung her head for nearly two minutes before giving a barely noticeable nod, agreeing to Noland Lee’s request.
Noland Lee silently breathed a sigh of relief and pushed the dagger forward.
The little girl gripped the dagger with both hands and held it in front of her.
Noland reached out, taking hold of her wrists.
Before he could control the dagger to stab himself, a bewildering system message appeared in his mind.
After scanning the message, Noland nearly jumped off the ground.
[System Message:]
[You have been attacked by “Severely Poisonous Skin.”]
[This attack has inflicted poison damage.]
[Your “Tenacity” stat is 16 points, immunizing you from the poisoning effect this time.]
[Since you did not take damage, you did not trigger Passive Deconstruction.]
Noland stared at the gray slime on his fingers, feeling the tingling sensation on his fingertips, and was dumbfounded.
He had always treated the contaminant byproduct before him as a little girl, keeping a safe distance and never making physical contact.
This was his first time touching her skin, discovering the existence of “Severely Poisonous Skin.”
Previously, the deconstruction results he obtained from Passive Harmless Deconstruct had never mentioned “Severely Poisonous Skin.”
Otherwise, Noland wouldn’t have been stupid enough to let her cut him with a knife…
In the dark, Noland felt the system’s wicked sense of humor, and he himself had become a fool who adhered to the principle of keeping hands off…
Noland took a deep breath and silently said to himself:
“Don’t get angry, don’t get angry. Not deconstructing ‘Severely Poisonous Skin’ is my problem, not the system’s fault. I’ve done it now…”
The girl, watching the stupefied Noland, blinked her eyes and wrote on the pen and paper:
“What’s wrong?”
Noland waved at her and took the dagger from her hand, placing it in his pocket.
Noland rummaged through his pocket and took out two Alchemy Potions.
The first potion was called “Swift Swallow Potion,” which temporarily reduced “Tenacity” to increase “Agility.”
The second was the expensive “Strong Antidote Potion.”
These two potions had come from Denise Green and were requested by Noland as backups, and now it was their turn to step up.
Noland poured the Swift Swallow Potion into his mouth.
The effects of the potion were quick-acting, making his body lighter. “Tenacity” was temporarily reduced by 3, while “Agility” temporarily increased by 3.
Noland reached out again, grabbing the girl’s wrist.
This time, the poisoning effect of “Severely Poisonous Skin” successfully activated, and Noland’s 13-point “Tenacity” was not enough to immunize him from the effect.
His fingertips instantly turned gray, and a thick layer of gray slime spread from his fingertips to the palms and backs of his hands. In just ten seconds, the slime crossed his wrist and began to extend to his entire arm.
Noland raised his other hand, shaking it at the panicked girl, and wrote on the notebook:
“Don’t worry. I’ll be fine.”
The girl blinked and stared anxiously at the gray slime spreading on Noland’s body.
Noland maintained his grip on the girl’s wrist, allowing the gray slime to ravage his body.
About half a minute later, half of Noland’s body was covered in gray slime.
In this urgent situation, his face, half of its normal color and half covered in gray slime, revealed a smile.
Noland released the girl’s wrist and grabbed the “Strong Antidote Potion,” pouring it into his mouth.
The gray slime paused but still expanded slowly.
Without hesitation, Noland took out another bottle.
After pouring five bottles worth two Ulnas gold coins each, the gray slime visibly faded and thinned before finally vanishing into a puff of gray smoke.
The poisoning effect of “Severely Poisonous Skin” was relieved, but the physical trauma and burden caused by the poisoning would not disappear immediately.
Noland took a Life Elixir and drank it before using pen and paper to tell the girl to stay quiet.
Leaning against the wall, he pretended to rest while quickly browsing the system message.
[You have been attacked by “Severely Poisonous Skin.”]
[Your “Tenacity” is too low to immunize you from the poisoning effect.]
[You have gained the negative effect “Aberration Conversion Toxin.” Poisoning rate is 1% every 3 seconds.]
[In an estimated 300 seconds, the poisoning progress will reach 100%.]
[When the poisoning progress bar is full, the toxin will explode. It is estimated that in 1800 seconds, you will be forcibly transformed into a standard Aberration.]
[Current poisoning rate is 50%.]
[You have taken moderate toxin damage due to poisoning, triggering Passive Deconstruction.]
[You have taken “Strong Antidote Potion” x5.]
[The “Aberration Conversion Toxin” has been removed.]
[Because you triggered Passive Deconstruction, your degree of deconstruction for “Severely Poisonous Skin” and “Extraterrestrial Space Pollution Product – Nicolette” has reached 100%]
[You have obtained the following Deconstruction Results:]
[1. 95,000 Energy Points reward.]
[2. Complete Panel Information of “Extraterrestrial Space Pollution Product – Nicolette” and recent memory fragments.]
[Name] Nicolette
[Type] Extraterrestrial Space Pollution Product
[Rank] Star Land Level
[Combat Level] Unknown
[Identity 1] An ancient inheritor of the Golden Dynasty (Active)
[Identity 2] Cursed Apostle of Blood Sun Seal (In progress)
Nicolette’s progress towards this identity is 94%
Blood Sun Seal is a Star System Level Extraterrestrial Space Pollutant
[Identity 3] Artificial Angel of the Angel Enterprises Alliance (Discarded)
Angel Enterprises Alliance is a Star System Level Extraterrestrial Void Force
[Identity 4] Twisted Artificial Angel of Blood Sun Seal (About to become invalid)
This identity will become invalid once Nicolette completes her transformation into a cursed apostle.