Chapter 52 Everyone is Mad

Chapter 52: Everyone Has Gone Mad

"Perhaps, this could work."

Jiang Ren thought for a moment, then extended his left hand.

With a crisp sound, the nails on his five fingers each grew a section longer. Their tips were as sharp as knife blades, gleaming with a metallic luster.

Rip!

With a casual tear, he ripped his shirt right off his body.

Jiang Ren pressed the tip of his left index finger against his chest, forcefully stabbing it into his flesh, and then sliced downwards through the skin and muscle.

Blood slowly flowed out.

As an opening large enough for a hand to pass through appeared, he pulled back his blood-stained index finger.

Then.

Jiang Ren reached his left hand inside, grabbed his beating heart, and yanked it straight out.

At this moment, he could clearly feel his vitality fading, but relying on the powerful life energy supplied by his left arm and right eye, he could still hold on for at least another half a day.

He could even grow a brand-new heart if he wanted to.

"My resurrection is indeed related to you."

This change allowed Jiang Ren to confirm yet another matter.

He placed the extracted heart aside and reached out with his left hand toward the archaic iron box.

The moment his fingertips touched the iron box, it dissipated like a phantom, revealing the bright red heart of the "divine being" inside.

Ever since the little white figure had been destroyed, this heart had ceased to beat.

"I'll use you to replace my heart."

Jiang Ren grabbed the "divine being's" heart and shoved it directly into his chest.

He did not know if this would succeed, but even if it failed, relying on the powerful life energy supplied by his left arm and right eye, he had plenty of time to grow a new heart.

Thump!

Jiang Ren heard the heartbeat.

Thump! Thump! Thump...

Blood passed through the newly connected blood vessels into the heart of the "divine being," and then surged rapidly outward, delivering blood to every part of his body.

A vigorous surge of power revived from within his body.

"I've never felt this good before."

Jiang Ren closed his eyes, carefully sensing the changes in his body.

The result was far better than he had imagined. After entering his body, this so-called divine heart not only showed no signs of rejection, but within just a dozen seconds, it had completely taken over the functions of his original heart.

Whether it was speed, strength, or reflexes, all had seen a significant boost.

And keep in mind, this was still the state before the true abilities of this "divine being's" heart had been activated.

"The heart of a divine being—though I don't know if it's real, it is indeed a powerful heart."

A faint smile hung on Jiang Ren's lips. Although he had the urge to lift the restrictions on the heart and test just how strong he was, he easily suppressed it.

Everything has a progressive process.

Even though this heart had caused no rejection upon entering his body and even brought many benefits, lifting the energy restrictions before fully adapting to it could easily lead to undesirable outcomes, and his body might even collapse as a result.

Jiang Ren had no desire to test whether his body would resurrect just like last time if it completely collapsed.

"Although I've grown stronger, I also feel much hungrier."

He rubbed his stomach. Every single organ and cell in his body seemed to be crying out its hunger, and an intense desire to eat flooded his mind.

This time, it was not the false sense of hunger he had felt when he first touched the "divine being's" heart.

Faced with this situation, Jiang Ren opened the drawer beside him.

Dozens of bars of chocolate were neatly arranged inside.

He tore open the packaging, shoved them into his mouth, and swallowed.

Repeating this dozens of times, until he had finished every last piece of chocolate in the drawer, the feeling of hunger finally subsided a little bit.

"This is probably the price of growing stronger."

Jiang Ren sighed.

As the body grows stronger, the same action consumes more energy than it would for an ordinary person.

"If I followed my previous appetite, one meal was about an ox; now I can probably devour two."

Of course, there were better substitute foods, such as the cores of dangerous beasts. A single Tier 2 dangerous beast core would be enough to meet his normal daily requirements.

It was just a pity that dangerous beast cores were difficult to preserve for long periods.

Half an hour later.

Jiang Ren drove to the entrance of a private restaurant.

"Mr. Jiang, shall it be the usual set meal?"

A blonde, long-legged greeter welcomed him with a beaming smile.

"Make it a double portion this time, as fast as possible."

Jiang Ren stepped out of the car and said casually.

Although his company's business spanned the entire federation, often requiring him to travel elsewhere for work, on the whole, this place remained where he spent the most time.

Because of this, this restaurant, which boasted good food and excellent privacy, had become his regular dining spot.

"Understood, right this way please!"

The blonde greeter bowed slightly, her snowy cleavage pressing together to form a deep, alluring valley.

Having been hired just a month ago, she had heard rumors about a young customer who was handsome, wealthy, and highly disciplined, and she had been looking forward to meeting him ever since.

Seeing him today, he was far taller and more handsome than in the photos, perfectly matching—and even somewhat exceeding—her fantasies of a partner.

Jiang Ren nodded and walked into the restaurant.

Entering a private open-air booth near the back, the blonde greeter poured him a glass of water and said with a hint of flirtatiousness, "Mr. Jiang, is there anything else you'd like me to do?"

She lowered her posture slightly, looking up at Jiang Ren with a somewhat hazy, alluring gaze.

It seemed as though all it would take was a single word, and she would let him do anything to her.

Until now, this trick of hers had worked without fail. Even if some men, constrained by various reasons, hadn't gone any further with her, they had invariably returned later.

"You've lost a button on your shirt."

Jiang Ren glanced at her, picked up his water glass, and drained it in one gulp.

He had virtually no interest in this greeter. Aside from being somewhat well-endowed, she couldn't compare to Belis in a single aspect.

Not to mention, right now he only had one thing on his mind: honing his blade.

Faced with Jiang Ren's complete lack of reaction, the blonde greeter left with a grievance look.

Ten minutes later.

The lavish meal was gradually brought in.

Barbecued, boiled, deep-fried, sashimi...

A wide variety of meats, prepared through different cooking methods, were brought out and consumed by Jiang Ren one piece after another.

Emerging from the club, Jiang Ren recalled his external employees and then began adaptive training in a high-priced, custom-built training facility.

He had originally thought that the events of the past few days—five nuclear bombs, the deaths of over ten million people, and the accidents involving heavyweights in both political and business circles—would trigger massive turmoil both online and offline.

To his surprise, the unexpected had happened ahead of time.

Jiang Ren pushed open the training room's motorized metal door and looked up at the sky.

High in the dark red sky,

A crimson moon hung brightly.

Ahead of him, several employees he had managed to retrieve over the past few days, along with a dozen warehouse security guards, all wore deranged expressions.

Some were laughing loudly, others were slapping themselves repeatedly, some were tearing out their nails piece by piece, and even more were frantically stabbing the chest of a fallen man with daggers.

Seeing this, a phrase suddenly surfaced in Jiang Ren's mind.

From the moment the red moon appears in the sky, everyone in the world becomes a madman.

Except for me!