I'm modifying myself into the ultimate demon.

Chapter 6 Ghost Curse
The prison of the yamen was located in the southwest corner of the county government office.

Although it was late at night, jailers were still standing guard outside the thick prison gates. Li, the clerk, went over to greet them, slipped them some loose silver, and then led Chen Mo and the others inside.

Upon entering the prison, a chilling atmosphere immediately enveloped me.

Walking down the cold, dark corridor, illuminated only by the wall lamps.

Chen Mo smelled the damp, rotten odor in the air. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw several rats crawling around in the corners of the cells on both sides, making "squeak squeak squeak" sounds.

Chen Mo shrank back and continued to observe his surroundings.

As we continued on our way, we did not see any prison guards on duty.

Only when approaching cell number 1 did I see a long table set up outside the iron bars, where four jailers in black uniforms were sitting together playing dominoes and eating melon seeds.

Li, the clerk, went over to greet them, explained his purpose, and then slipped some loose silver coins to the jailers.

One of the burly young men, dressed in black, stood up, glanced at Chen Mo on Ma Tie's back, and laughed, "So it's the second young master of the Chen family."

Chen Mo judged that the young man was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old and had a fierce appearance.

Without the original owner's memories, Chen Mo could not recognize this person's identity.

Fortunately, Qiulan whispered a reminder, "His name is Li He, and he's the jailer in the county jail. He's acquainted with the young master and has visited the Chen residence several times."

Chen Mo immediately smiled and adopted the demeanor of an old acquaintance: "Brother Li, it's been a long time. I wanted to visit the patients suffering from madness. I apologize for bothering you, Brother Li."

Li He laughed generously, "We're all friends, there's no need to bother you. Look, this is the person."

Chen Mo looked in the direction Li He was pointing and saw through the iron bars a disheveled woman huddled in the corner of cell number 1, her clothes tattered and her whole body covered in blood.

She had thoroughly gnawed her own hands clean, and blood gushed down from the severed limbs, emitting a strong, pungent stench of blood.

The next moment, the woman seemed to hear a sound, so she raised her head to look at Chen Mo, her mouth full of blood, and gave Chen Mo a sinister smile.

hiss!
Chen Mo gasped in shock.

Is this what happens when the madness strikes?
No wonder... Back then, my parents nailed my hands and feet to the wooden jar, leaving only my head sticking out.

Then Chen Mo realized that he would look like this if he fell ill...

terrible!
terrible!

At this very moment—

"Jie Jie~"

The woman suddenly let out a chilling laugh at Chen Mo, and the next moment she suddenly went berserk and ran towards Chen Mo, screaming wildly!

"Holy shit!"

Chen Mo was so shocked that he instinctively leaned back, expecting the other person to rush over immediately. However, he discovered that the woman's legs were also gone, and she was crawling on the ground like a maggot.

"Ouch~~"

The woman, oblivious to the pain, stared at Chen Mo with bloodshot eyes, crawling little by little until she reached him. Then she opened her mouth wide, revealing her chilling fangs, and tried to bite through the iron fence.

Her mouth was wide open, reaching all the way to her ears. Her teeth were also different from those of humans; they were very sharp and long, and blood slid down her fangs and onto the ground.

In that instant, Chen Mo's heart seemed to stop beating.

"Go back!" Li He used his sheathed knife to strike the woman's forehead hard through the iron bars.

Bleeding.

The woman seemed oblivious, continuing to snarl at Chen Mo.

After a long while, Chen Mo finally came to his senses. "Brother Li, what's wrong with this woman?"

Li He said, "What else could it be? She fell ill. The villagers from Qinghe Town who came to report to the authorities said that she was perfectly fine yesterday. She suddenly fell ill while having dinner with her family, and then bit her husband and two children to death. Her uncle's family went to visit her and they also suffered the same fate. If it weren't for the coroner Xie's instructions to conduct an autopsy, they would have torn her to pieces long ago."

Chen Mo didn't ask any more questions. After composing himself, he stared intently at the area on the woman's abdomen that resembled a baby's smiling face, and then opened the control panel.

Then they saw that a baby's face had indeed appeared on the woman's abdomen, along with a rectangular frame containing only a black bar and three lines of text.

[Current original solution essence: 0] [Current number of times it can be recognized: 1]

[A recognizable object has been detected. Recognize?]

Ok?
How could this woman recognize a baby's face?

And there's only one black bar?

Why is the baby's smiley face on my belly just three black bars, and I can't recognize it?

Could it be that this woman's madness is not as severe as his own?

Or is there another reason?

Chen Mo suppressed his curiosity, then felt it was worthwhile to use his only identification opportunity to identify patients with madness. He immediately made a decision:
'Recognized!'

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Chen Mo felt a violent tremor in his brain, a dizzying sensation that nearly gave him a concussion.

It took quite a while for things to gradually return to normal.

The square barcode on the woman's abdomen and the baby's face has disappeared, replaced by lines of subtitles.

[Name: Ghost Curse]

[Type: Vengeful Ghostly Aura]

【Function: Corrodes flesh and blood, controls soul and mind】

[Description: A powerful ghost curse that can infect through the resentment in people's hearts, manifesting as a physical ghostly aura on the skin, and then infecting the flesh and blood; it is highly contagious.]

[Note: This person's skin has developed a mild form of defensive energy that can resist the curse. Cooking the skin can extract this defensive energy. Consuming it can delay the onset of the curse, but this defensive energy itself has a strong corrosive effect due to its yang energy; only those with strong qi and blood can consume it.]

Although it was the first time using the recognition cheat code, the information given in the subtitles still shocked Chen Mo.

Ghost curse!

A vengeful ghost!

In other words... this madness isn't an illness at all. It's more like being under a ghostly curse, which then manifests as a physical invasion and infection by ghostly energy?
That's terrifying.

Chen Mo would rather hear that this is a disease.

The only thing that comforted Chen Mo was that this cheat system was actually quite scientific, providing a path for the infection of ghostly energy.

Especially the information provided in the remarks column.

It gives you the feeling of seeing through the weaknesses of the Demon's Curse from a God's-eye view.

The woman developed a slight protective energy that could resist the curse.

Chen Mo was literate and knew that Wei Qi was a type of Yang Qi. It was born from food and water, originated from the spleen and stomach, emerged from the upper burner, and circulated outside the vessels. It was vigorous and swift, and had functions such as warming and nourishing the inside and outside, protecting the skin surface, resisting external pathogens, nourishing the pores, and opening and closing sweat pores.

"This defensive energy... should be something similar to an antibody."

No wonder the woman's baby-like face could be recognized, because she had defensive qi, which alleviated her symptoms.

Wei Qi... This is my lifeline!

Chen Mo suddenly felt incredibly fortunate.

I'm so glad I have this cheat code, so glad I came to the county government office, so glad I didn't use this identification too early... If I had made a mistake at any point, I would have lost my life.

call!
Chen Mo took a deep breath, turned to Li He and said, "Brother Li, could you hand this woman over to me to deal with?"

Li He was taken aback and looked troubled: "This is something that Coroner Xie specifically requested. If I give it to you, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to Coroner Xie."

Chen Mo hurriedly took out a hundred-tael silver note and stuffed it into Li He's hand, saying, "My elder brother died tragically, and I want to find out the cause of his death. I beg Brother Li to grant my request."

Li He accepted the silver and said, "Young master is so kind and righteous, how could I sit idly by? You can take it."

Loyalty and loyalty aren't the point; the point is that Chen Mo has given so much...

(End of this chapter)