I really can't control myself.

Chapter 4173 Pain
The sudden appearance of the purple barrier made System Xiao Hei quite flustered, because judging from its appearance, it should be some kind of sealing skill.

He was immediately frozen in place by Linton's test ability, his mind clearly halted. When he awoke, he saw Linton had set up this purple barrier, obviously designed specifically for him.

The system, Xiao Hei, immediately tried the teleportation ability, and then instantly gave up.

That's right. Although he had guessed that the barrier might be something Linton had created to target his teleportation ability, how could he not be afraid when he found that his skills were really ineffective?

Unwilling to believe it, he tried a few more times, but the current situation was that spacetime within this area seemed to be under special control, completely ignoring his "movement request." Now, he was essentially waving his hands haphazardly in place, and the embarrassing situation that Linton had worried about was now happening to the system, Xiao Hei.

"Judging from this situation, you can't escape." Linton looked at the situation of System Black and naturally knew the outcome. He smiled as he slowly walked towards System Black.

The two weren't far apart to begin with, and seeing Linton already standing in front of them, the already flustered System Black sat down on the ground in a rather unladylike manner.

In terms of image, System Black clearly didn't have the same high demands as Linton. After all, even if you just watched him make a fool of himself, it would still provide him with emotional energy; any emotion would do. So, System Black never considered this aspect from beginning to end.

So he ran away without warning before, even though he had just talked about his huge ambitions. Then he turned around and ran away as if he had slapped himself in the face, but the system Xiao Hei didn't care at all.

But now it's clearly not a matter of ambition anymore. He knows something terrible is about to happen, but he doesn't know what to do.

"No...don't do it..." System Xiao Hei sat on the ground, extending its hand to Linton as he approached, gesturing for him to wait. Then it tried to communicate, "You...you probably also want to know something about that investigator, right? I have the information you need. I...I still have a use..."

Is there any other information? Linton thought about it and realized it wasn't impossible.

Of all the people Linton has encountered who have truly come into contact with other investigators, Xiao Hei is probably the one with the most information.

Linton had encountered several people who had come into contact with Explorers before, such as Professor Oak and others from the Pokémon world. However, they knew very little information and could not access any useful information. They didn't even know where Explorers came from, so asking them was not very helpful.

However, after Xiao Hei disguised himself as the system, he actually had a lot of contact with the investigator named Zhang Tuo and learned quite a bit of useful information. It might actually be of some use to Linton.

But so what?
Linton's priority now is to make this guy comfortable.

"Is that so?" Linton gave a kind smile. Just when the system Xiao Hei thought its communication had worked, Linton suddenly picked the other party up from the ground and slammed it to the other side.

With a loud thud, the ground bulged up from the impact. Before the system assistant could react, Linton picked him up again and slammed him down to the other side.

"Thump, thump, thump..." After being slammed more than ten times, the surrounding ground instantly became pitted and uneven, as if it had been hit by artillery fire. It wasn't until Linton stopped that the system, Xiao Hei, came to its senses and let out a scream.

The pain was excruciating. A distinct sense of agony washed over him. This time, Linton hadn't killed him outright. Although he quickly recovered, the pain was so intense, it felt like it was drilling into his very bones.

With a "bang," the system Xiao Hei's head exploded again. Linton also casually smashed his head with a single blow, then picked at his ear: "So noisy."

Of course, this wouldn't kill System Black. Soon, his head recovered, and then a sharp pain returned. Just as he was about to cry out, he suddenly saw Linton raise his hand again. System Black forcibly suppressed the pain and swallowed his groan.

"Not bad, you do know how to read people's expressions." Linton smiled at the sensible system, Xiao Hei. "But do you think just being obedient is enough?"

"I was wrong, I got carried away, I was arrogant, please forgive me." Knowing he had run out of options, the system, Xiao Hei, quickly apologized to Lin Dun. He didn't know what else to do, so he could only try begging for forgiveness for now.

“How about this?” Linton seemed to think for a moment, then said, “Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. If you can hold out for ten minutes without making a sound, I’ll let you off the hook. If you accidentally make a sound, you won’t fail immediately. We’ll start the timer again and have another ten minutes. How about that? Not a bad deal, right?”

That's right, the main focus is torture. If they didn't give any hope, they'd probably break the character in no time. So, Linton's side conveniently offered a devilish bait, seemingly giving the other party a way out.

However, it was clear that System Black had no choice, because Linton had already begun to act without waiting for his reply.

One blow after another, Linton simply and brutally beat up the system, Xiao Hei, without any fancy techniques.

Although it might not seem like it would be particularly difficult to keep a child from making a sound for ten minutes, Linton still put the child in a four-times-hell-difficulty environment right from the start. How could the child not make a sound?

Let alone ten minutes, even one minute wouldn't be enough for the system's little black guy to handle it, okay?

But this guy also has a superhuman constitution, and his recovery speed is incredibly fast. He's practically born to take a beating.

Several times, this guy wanted to give up. After all, this was a real hell, a living hell. If he hadn't activated his regenerative abilities, he might as well have just died.

But Linton gave him the hope that he could pass the level in ten minutes, and the system was reluctant to let him go.

Of course, he didn't know that even if he chose to give up, Linton would still help him live. Because once he was in Linton's hands, whether he lived or died wasn't his choice, but Linton's.