Ji Liang and Ji Ying originally thought they could see despair, or at least shock, on the faces of Pifu, Sunset Melting Gold, and others, but except for Garrosh, all the players remained calm.

Gray Rain released [Mustard Seed Concealment],clinging to the concrete foundation, and casually said: "Isn’t it just [Third Bomb·Defeated Eater Dust]?

Once someone knows my identity, the bomb will explode and time will reverse. I can also actively detonate it in despair.

If we’re also Stand Messengers, we should see the pink cat-headed stand [Queen of Killers] beside you now."

"Nani?!"

Ji Liang and Ji Ying recoiled half a step in astonishment. They were already in the second half of the 21st century, and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure had ended decades ago, buried in the vast library of literary works that followed the AI technology explosion.

They never expected that a random passing magic pet could completely report their ability information.

A cold sweat slid down his cheek, and Ji Liang and Ji Ying tried to maintain composure: "Since you all know, I won’t pretend. With [Queen of Killers], we’re invincible, just like... now!"

He suddenly pointed at Li Cheng, as if waiting for something.

As Gray Rain said, the effect of [Third Bomb·Defeated Eater Dust] is like a bug. Once triggered, it will reverse time and erase everyone’s related memories.

Ji Liang and Ji Ying couldn’t reverse an hour like the original, but they could reverse two minutes, which was enough for him and his teammate Ye Shenyue to cooperate.

’[Death Note] is also a highly mysterious rule-level item. Mysteries submit to higher mysteries, and [Third Bomb·Defeated Eater Dust] won’t override Death Note’s countdown.

With our rapport, Ye Shenyue must write the name of our biggest threat, which is Pifu, before the reversal.’

Ji Liang and Ji Ying’s brain raced, ’Death Note’s shortest activation time is 40 seconds, accounting for the time after the reversal, which is... now!’

"Oh, my heart hurts!"

Calculating the timing accurately, Li Cheng suddenly knelt on one knee, a pained expression on his face, gripping his heart tightly.

A lightning bolt flashed through Sunset Melting Gold’s mind. As a professional player, he knew the exact rules of Death Note.

Ye Shenyue had just written the name, and Pifu suffered a heart attack; even the gods didn’t act this quickly unless... it combined with time reversal effects.

Damn it, I should have used the trump card from the start...

Before the regret could form, Sunset Melting Gold saw Li Cheng suddenly bounce off the ground with a "bang," his previously pained expression instantly becoming calm and composed, smiling, "But it’s okay."

???

The members of [King’s Road] were all stunned, watching wide-eyed as Li Cheng inserted his hand into his chest, probing left and right,

With a "plop," he pulled out his blood-dripping heart.

The heart had indeed stopped beating, but upon closer inspection, abnormalities could be found—the positions of arteries, pulmonary arteries, and inferior vena cava were all misaligned, crooked and askew.

"In the Extraordinary World, there are so many ways to target the heart, aren’t there?"

Li Cheng said lightheartedly: "Curses, Gu Techniques, rules... always targeting the heart. That’s why I prepared specialized defenses long ago."

Speaking of "long ago," it hadn’t actually been that long.

Drawing from the gene pool from the collective, Li Cheng significantly improved his understanding of the six-base life forms and Insect Lord Demon’s Insect Transformation mode, allowing him to subtly optimize his entire body.

This included, but wasn’t limited to, replacing the fascia between muscles and joints with stronger spider silk protein-based biological polymers, reweaving them to withstand greater loads;

optimizing adrenal glands, small intestine glands, thyroid glands, gastric glands to enhance hormone secretion efficiency, speeding up the digestion of food to obtain energy, quickly mitigating poison effects;

expanding lung internal areas fractally, adding several valves and filters. This allows for inhaling more oxygen, filtering poisonous gases, and expelling excess body heat through liquid evaporation when exhaling.

After these modifications, Li Cheng discovered his abdomen had gained considerable space—optimized stomach and intestines no longer needed to be large.

Considering the empty abdominal cavity was odd and could affect body balance,

Li Cheng conveniently placed a small, ultra-precision silicon carbide ceramic-based engine inside, connected to the blood vessels. And hooked through spider silk protein-based biological polymers to the ribs, spine, and pelvis.

The ceramic-based engine idly runs normally, assisting the heart in pumping blood. Once engaged in high-intensity combat, the engine takes over more pumping workload.

If activating Insect Transformation mode, it uses ascended blood directly as fuel, with output instantly soaring above 4000 horsepower.

Also, because silicon carbide ceramics aren’t magnetic, Yu Meiqin can’t detect them at all.

"Plop."

Li Cheng repositioned his heart. Since the opponents could infinitely reverse time, large-scale destructive methods wouldn’t work and needed to be stripped away.

He suddenly pulled out the Ape-man Degeneration Gun and fired three bullets.

The first shot was cleaved by Yu Meiqin manipulating a metal blade, the second was diverted when Kudo Shin-ichi used a tranquilizer gun to precisely hit it, altering its trajectory.

The third bullet was dodged by the responsive Ji Liang and Ji Ying.