Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 1076 - 290: Suffering Doesn’t Disappear, It Only Shifts

As the group assigned together in the training camp, they always acted as one, even when it came to punishment.

For instance, during the "Evil Wind Body Refining" training, this group was allocated to the same area.

The key trait of the Dragon Spine Clan is, whatever can be normally assessed, they must proactively intensify.

Some optional projects are pursued at the highest difficulty.

This makes the brothers within the team endure hardships together.

For these Dragon Spine Clan beasts, enduring hunger and overnight special training are mere trifles.

Their trait is a stubborn head and tough mouth, even if beaten to crippled condition in training, they hold their heads high and take it.

But one thing is certain.

Once recognized by the Dragon Spine Clan students, they are brothers risking their lives together.

If a team member is bullied outside, Dragon Spine Clan's students follow without hesitation and risk their lives.

For instance, when they first entered the Fifth Training Camp, he and the Liver Emperor Group's brothers wandered out during night rest time after training, curiously entered a restricted area room, and accidentally knocked over a bottle of highly corrosive "Energy-Eating Liquid," a potion required for special training; the green liquid sizzled on the floor, quickly corroding a deep pit, and a pungent smell spread instantly.

At that time, he and the brothers from the Liver Emperor Group ran back to the rest area.

As a result, the instructor quickly traced them.

Facing the questioning, the Dragon Spine Clan leader "Long Gen" obviously guessed the reason and decisively stood out, telling the instructor:

"I did it!"

Even when punished with bruises all over, Long Gen didn't utter a word.

Even if he took members of the Liver Emperor Group to the instructor to admit wrongdoing, when the instructor found Long Gen again to inquire, Long Gen stubbornly stated:

"I did it, it has nothing to do with the brick movers — I don't need other students to take the blame for me, anything else, target me for punishment."

That's how macho Dragon Spine is; if unrecognized, they beat you like a beast, but once recognized, you are brothers willing to risk life for.

"Stop wailing, it's too noisy, try turning the pain into pleasure." Long Gen roared again.

"Damn, tell me how to enjoy this; I would magnify even a tiny bit of enjoyment now." Zero Charge couldn't help but glare.

Long Gen shouted over the surrounding rising moans, replying:

"I've got a way, listen to me, focus on the feeling of muscle tearing, imagine you are tearing the throat of a Soul Beast."

"To hell with your Soul Beast, how does that even relate, my mind can't connect what you call enjoyment." Zero Charge's forehead veins bulged, initially wanting to try Long Gen's approach, but got annoyed after hearing the last sentence.

"Then imagine soaking in a hot spring, this burning pain is natural nourishment."

"Absolutely absurd hot spring, who soaks feels like being bitten by a hundred thousand fire ants; your imagination is worthless." Zero Charge's voice cracked.

"That's why you're Player Clan pigs — even your imagination is useless, waste." Long Gen sneered, turning to Ghost Pupil enduring pain:

"Tongzi, you should understand what I'm saying."

"To hell with you, I'm in so much pain I don't want to talk, leave me alone." Ghost Pupil barely opened mouth, gritting teeth.

"Then you're waste too."

Ghost Pupil: ...

"Hahaha." Hearing Long Gen's words, a group of trainees burst into laughter.

In the purgatorial pain grind, Reverse Tide trainees found humor amid suffering.

But as the Evil Wind suddenly intensified, chat turned into rising waves of moans.

Only Long Gen kept roaring, hoping everyone could persist without crying out — this was a prime time for honing willpower.

But no one paid attention to Long Gen, even Ghost Pupil cried out in pain under the sudden strong Evil Qi attack.

At this moment, Li Zheng felt he was reaching his limit too.

This pain isn't absolute but is endless.

The player safety mechanism is set to block further pain and enter a state of no pain feedback after breaking the limit.

For instance, if the pain value is 100, then the player only needs to withstand 10, and the safety threshold is at 1000 points.

When a player suddenly endures 11,000 points of pain, the safety threshold is breached, exempting pain.

The premise is needing to break through the pain threshold.

The Evil Wind Body Refining process entails high-frequency pain, with no high single-time extreme damage yet enduring hundreds or thousands of pain instances per second.

After persisting a mere half-day, he couldn't hold on.

Just then, the Family Shared voice sounded in the team chat channel:

"Brothers, I have a suggestion that might help us through this."

Upon hearing this, Liver Emperor Group players looked toward Family Shared Godfather.

"Quick, I am at the limit." Chi Tu wailed in the chat channel.

"Have you forgotten, the Life Soul Library contains a skill that can reduce pain."

"Suffering Soul… no, this Life Soul is utterly unusable."

Upon hearing that a Life Soul Characteristic could reduce pain, Li Zheng's player first thought of the "Pain Imprint," capable of transferring one's pain to other targets.

However, upon further consideration, this simply wouldn't work.

Not to mention Pain Soul can't be acquired through purchase.

Even if it was purchasable, Pain Soul couldn't be effective now, after all, the essence of Pain Soul is bearing pain oneself and then transferring it to the target, but the pain one undergoes wouldn't reduce.