Before Chen Mo could speak, Liu Yiyi’s phone suddenly rang.
"I need to take this call."
Liu Yiyi looked at her phone. Seeing it was her mother calling, she promptly answered.
"Hello, Mom..."
"Yiyi, your dad’s gotten ill and has been hospitalized. You should hurry over."
Her mother’s anxious voice ca through the phone, catching Liu Yiyi off guard.
With his attributes greatly enhanced and his hearing far superior to that of ordinary people, Chen Mo clearly heard the conversation, even without being close to the phone’s receiver.
Her grandpa is sick!
Professionals, though possessing certain advantages over ordinary people, were similar in many ways. Firstly, they had to eat, drink, excrete, and sleep. If a professional went without food or sleep for an extended period, they would suffer from irremovable hunger and fatigue BUFFs. Continued deprivation would intensify these BUFFs, potentially leading to unconsciousness or even death. Secondly, professionals had a lifespan. Living in a safe zone caused aging; this was why, as ntioned before, those in life-oriented professions relied on combat professions to extend their lifespans. To gain additional lifespan or halt aging and regain youth, one had to venture into specific instance dungeons. However, the difficulty of these dungeons was determined by the team’s total survival ti in both safe zones and danger zones. Only one-tenth of the survival ti in danger zones was counted. The longer the total survival ti of all team mbers, the greater the dungeon’s difficulty.
So might suggest living in danger zones instead, as long as they could stay away from monsters. Obviously, this wasn’t feasible. As previously ntioned, the Mutated Land changed unpredictably. If the Mutated Land appeared in a given area, that area would swarm with monsters of different levels. Once outside the safe zone, there were no truly safe spots in the entire danger zone. This was the first reason. Secondly, a phenonon known as a Disaster would arise unpredictably in danger zones. Once a Disaster occurred, the entire danger zone would teem with monsters whose combat power would surge dramatically, including many high-rank, BOSS-grade monsters. It took many powerful individuals working together to quell a Disaster. Living in a danger zone when a Disaster occurred ant certain death. The third and most crucial point was that even moving to a danger zone only slowed the aging process compared to staying in a safe zone; it couldn’t stop it completely. One still needed to venture into specific instance dungeons to extend lifespan and regain youth.
Apart from eating, drinking, excreting, sleeping, and aging, professionals, just like ordinary people, could fall sick. Before becoming a professional, if one suffered from diseases common to ordinary people, they would be cured the mont they beca a professional, and their health would start improving. These diseases would vanish under the baptism of the Star of Dao. Once a professional, one was no longer susceptible to diseases common among ordinary people. However, this didn’t an they were always safe. They could still contract new diseases, but these specifically targeted professionals, with most primarily affecting those in life-oriented professions. Many diseases among normal humans are transmitted by various plants and animals. Similarly, for professionals, diseases were largely due to exposure to pathogenic microorganisms carried by animal or plant-type monsters. These microorganisms would then spread in safe zones as professionals unknowingly brought them back. Everyone’s hidden resistance varied; so might have strong resistance to specific pathogenic microorganisms, while others might not. When professionals fell ill, their situation was similar to that of ordinary people. So illnesses could be fought off, and their hidden attribute value would increase the corresponding resistance. Others, however, required appropriate treatnt. Liu Yiyi’s father having ended up in the hospital indicated he had fallen seriously ill.
Being a professional didn’t signify the end of human evolution; rather, it was just the beginning. Only by entering the Tower of Eternity could one delve into the principles of eternity and attain immortality!
Hearing about his grandpa’s mishap, Chen Mo imdiately took the phone, asking, "Grandma, which hospital are you in?"
"Is that Mo? We’re at Hospital Branch II of Fengze City. I heard you’ve been busy with exams lately, so don’t bother coming over..."
"It’s okay, Grandma. I’ve just finished my exams. Just send us the inpatient departnt and bed number, and we’ll be there right away."
Chen Mo then hung up the phone.
"Today, I heard from my boss that the rookie test at your school was canceled halfway and will continue tomorrow," Liu Yiyi said. "It takes more than an hour to get to Hospital Branch II from our house. Also, we don’t know what the situation is like there. I’m afraid we won’t be back anyti soon. Mo, you should just stay ho and wait for my news."
She anxiously stood up, grabbed her small bag, and prepared to leave. However, she felt sowhat uneasy leaving Chen Mo alone at ho and kept looking back every few steps.
"Sister Yiyi, let go with you. I’ve already finished my exams," Chen Mo said. "The teacher said I did very well, so I can rest tomorrow. Besides, I have a way to get to Hospital Branch II faster than by car."
"A faster way?" Liu Yiyi asked, her curiosity piqued.
Chen Mo led Liu Yiyi to the window, then moved behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Sister Yiyi, don’t be scared."
"Huh?" Liu Yiyi stood by the window, bewildered, as Chen Mo hugged her from behind.
Just as she wondered what Chen Mo was about to do, she felt an upward lifting force from Chen Mo’s hands on her abdon. Her entire body felt as if it had lost connection to gravity and was floating up.
"Mo... what... what’s happening?" Liu Yiyi asked anxiously, thoroughly puzzled.
When she turned her head to look at Chen Mo, who was holding her, she saw he was already airborne.
"Mo, how can you fly?" Liu Yiyi felt her mind reeling.
What’s going on? Isn’t Mo not even at the first-transition stage? How can he fly? Flight seems to be an ability unlocked after the second-transition, right? Liu Yiyi thought.
Chen Mo smiled and said, "I got a piece of flying tools. Sister Yiyi, I’m about to fly outside. If you’re afraid of heights, close your eyes."
With that, Chen Mo soared into the sky with Liu Yiyi in his arms, rising until they were higher than the tallest building in the city before he stopped ascending. The night sky was dark. At this height, very few people could see them.
It’s just a flying tool; revealing it isn’t a big deal. At least it saves so explanation. I can’t just tell everyone it’s an heirloom from my parents, can I? Chen Mo mused.
As Chen Mo carried Liu Yiyi into the sky, it was the first ti either of them had experienced such a magical flight. Indeed, neither Liu Yiyi nor Chen Mo himself had ever flown so high or witnessed such a view. In this era, conventional airplanes no longer existed. Powerful individuals flew through the sky when they needed to travel, but ordinary people never had the chance to experience looking down on the ground from such heights. Liu Yiyi had initially been curious about where Chen Mo got the flying tools, but after experiencing this unique scenery, she temporarily forgot to ask. Besides, both were more concerned about their relative’s safety at that mont, so neither was in the mood to fully enjoy the sensation of flying.
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