Die, Replay, Repeat

Chapter 168: Disfigurement

The group was looking around the doctor's office. They soon found a blood-stained report on the desk.

"Here's a case report," Yang Ming said, brightening up. He quickly stepped forward, picked up the report, and started reading.

Ma Xingbang hurried over to look as well.

Fang Xiu didn't move because he had already been through this scene.

"No need to look further," Fang Xiu said. "The report lists experiments of transforming humans into Specters. I suggest you look directly at the last page because it records a Specter that will appear soon."

Everyone was shocked at his words.

Fang Xiu continued, "Faceless was transformed from an Original Extract into a Specter, with S-Grade potential. Everyone, get ready for a fight."

After speaking, Fang Xiu secretly observed Ma Xingbang's expression.

Ma Xingbang was an old fox; his face showed no emotion, as if he had no idea what Original Extract was. However, his slightly contracted pupils betrayed his inner shock.

**Experiment 104: Faceless**

**Age: Thirteen **

**Gender: Female**

**Original Extract Potential: Class S**

**Transformation successful**

It was exactly as Fang Xiu had said.

Ma Xingbang was even more shocked; he was unsure how much Fang Xiu had foreseen.

"Xiu, are you saying that this Grade-S Specter, Faceless, is going to appear soon?"

"Exactly." Fang Xiu nodded.

"Then what are we waiting for, let's run!"

Yang Ming's first reaction was to flee. In such a terrifying Specter Zone, encountering an S-Grade Specter and not running was no better than waiting for death.

They had come to explore, not to solve the entire Green Mountain Mental Hospital situation. That would require the headquarters to send a large force.

"We can't escape," Fang Xiu said.

He knew well that Faceless's goal was to collect as many human faces as she could—from the fact she was seeking them out. This meant if she couldn't get their faces, she would chase them to the ends of the earth.

Hearing Fang Xiu say they couldn't run, everyone's faces turned serious.

"Xiu, have you foreseen Faceless's abilities? How should we deal with her?" Yang Ming asked quickly.

"Simple, disfigurement," Fang Xiu said calmly, then pulled out a scalpel.

The rest was stunned. "Disfigure... disfigurement?"

"Xiu, you're not joking, right? How can I disfigure my handsome face?" Yang Ming touched his face.

Without explaining, Fang Xiu used the scalpel to slash his face.

SWISH!

He made a deep cut on each side of his face, deep enough to see the bone, his blood gushing.

Fang Xiu's expression remained calm, as if he didn't just cut his own face. To be safe, he then slashed his forehead.

They were all truly shocked.

Yang Ming didn't understand Fang Xiu's approach. "Wait, Xiu, couldn't you have disfigured yourself a bit less severely? Why did you have to cut so deep?"

Only Fang Xiu knew that his body, under the influence of the Specters, was no longer normal. He possessed a strong self-healing ability; if he didn't cut deep enough, the wounds would quickly heal.

"Faceless likes beautiful faces. If you want to lose your face, you don’t have to disfigure yourselves," Fang Xiu explained.

"Isn't there another way?" Yang Ming clearly cared a lot about his image and would rather die than disfigure himself.

"You don't need to disfigure yourself; Faceless won't take your face," Fang Xiu informed.

Yang Ming was stunned. "Why not?"

"Because you're too ugly," Fang Xiu bluntly stated.

Yang Ming was speechless, clearly hurt by the truth.

"I'm ugly?! Bai, do you think I'm ugly?" Yang Ming pushed his face toward Bai Qi, who disgustingly shoved him away.

Though Bai Qi didn’t speak, his actions said it all.

Ma Xingbang's eyes flickered. He believed Fang Xiu wasn't lying, as disfiguring oneself was too great a price to pay for a lie.

Ma Xingbang then crouched down, rubbed his hand on the ground, and smeared his face with dust. His previously neat corporate look turned dirty and disheveled.

Fang Xiu had no reaction to Ma Xingbang’s clever trick. He had already considered this method but knew it wasn't foolproof. Since he could heal, he preferred a more reliable method—disfiguring himself.

Bai Qi looked at both men, one disfigured and one covered in dust. After a moment of hesitation, he decided to trust Fang Xiu. He took out a knife from his waist and fiercely slashed his own face.

Moments later, Bai Qi's face was covered in blood.

"Damn, seriously, Bai? You went that far? Do you ever want to find a girlfriend again?" Yang Ming exclaimed.

Bai Qi just gave him a cold look and didn't respond.

Just then, Fang Xiu suddenly said, "She's here."

Everyone was startled and turned toward the door, where a faceless little girl stood.

"Can I borrow your fa—" the girl began, but then she faltered.

She stood there, staring blankly at them.

At that moment, Fang Xiu and the others—two disfigured, one dirty, and one naturally unattractive—made the girl hesitate in her intent to borrow a face.

She scanned the group and finally fixed her gaze on Ma Xingbang's face.

Ma Xingbang was horrified. His face was covered in dirt, but he hadn't expected that it would still not hide his somewhat handsome features. The little girl had set her sights on him.

She slowly reached out her hand toward Ma Xingbang.

BOOM!

Without any hesitation, Ma Xingbang activated his ability to manipulate gravity. A massive and invisible pressure instantly weighed down on the little girl, slowing her movements even more.

"Bai Qi, cut off her hands," commanded Fang Xiu.

In an instant, Bai Qi vanished.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Qi appeared in front of the little girl, his knife moving so fast it left only a blur as he swung it.

SWISH!

The little girl's hands were cleanly severed.

They had succeeded!

But the next second, a pained and twisted female face suddenly grew on the little girl's face. The woman's face let out a scream and then shattered as if it had exploded.

With the destruction of the face, the little girl’s hands regrew as if nothing had happened. Clearly, the female face had absorbed the damage for her.

Moreover, that face was all too familiar to Bai Qi.

He recognized it instantly—it was the face of the woman from Yang Kunpeng's team!

In Bai Qi's moment of shock, the little girl had already lifted her hands halfway.

Bai Qi snapped back to reality and swung his knife again. But this time, it was not at her arms but at her head.

SWISH!

Her head was cleanly chopped off.

The little girl’s head hit the ground with a thud. But the next second, another pained human face appeared on the head of the Faceless girl, and her head transformed into another person.