Heavy head and light feet, a bit dizzy, as if floating on the sea, drifting with the tide.
In the air, there's a faint fragrance, it seems to be... Chu Shiyao's scent?
Drip, drip...
This is the sound of liquid colliding and mixing.
Squeak
This is the sound of the mattress being compressed.
Wrists and ankles feel a bit cold, what is this? Oh, right, I rember now, those are handcuffs and shackles.
Sll, hearing, touch, although Chu Ge hadn't lost them in the Spiritual World, at this mont of transition between the Spiritual World and the real world, these senses seed to be awakening within Chu Ge's body, bit by bit.
Chu Ge breathed a sigh of relief, he was back, finally back.
Subconsciously, Chu Ge wanted to open his eyes, but just a mont before his eyelids twitched, he suddenly rembered he was under Chu Chengrui's surveillance and imdiately suppressed the thought.
Stay calm, observe and understand the situation, that is the most correct choice right now.
"Brother Chu..."
Suddenly, Chu Shiyao's voice ca again, very quietly, Chu Ge's heart stirred. Has she sensed sothing?
Thinking this in his heart, Chu Ge remained silent, not engaging in any conscious exchange with Chu Shiyao, continuing to lie there quietly, wanting to hear what Chu Shiyao would say next.
"Didn't you tell , I'm responsible for trusting you, and you're responsible for getting out of this hellhole? How long are you going to sleep? I can't hold on much longer, can I continue to trust you? Are we... never going to get out? Sigh..."
A long sigh ca from Chu Shiyao's mouth, filled with struggles, desolation, heaviness, and confusion that didn't match her age and character.
Chu Ge felt very heartbroken, not just because of her words, but also because monts ago, his trust in this girl had slightly wavered.
"Brother Chu, these days, Chu Chengrui cos to see you every day, seeming to care more about your life than I do. It's quite funny to think about, and I'm really sorry. Seeing that old gloomy face filled with disappointnt and unease, I actually feel quite pleased!"
"You're here unconscious, yet I feel happy because of his disappointnt and unease. I really, sigh... if you knew, you'd surely bla , wouldn't you?"
"Tomorrow, when he cos again, I want to kill him. In his eyes, I'm just a harmless wretch, he doesn't even bother to look at , surely he won't have any defenses against . By then, I'll find a chance to kick him hard in the groin and then bite through his throat. If I move fast enough, I should succeed, right?"
"Actually... despite how fierce I sound now, thinking about such a scene, I'm quite scared too. I'm not sure if I can do such a thing. Forget it, when the ti cos, I'll just do it. If you don't wake up, I see no hope, and life holds no aning anymore, whatever happens, happens."
"Whether successful or failed, my outco is probably the sa, right? At least, it resolves everything. If... there's anything regrettable, it's that I would no longer be able to hold your hand like this."
A soft sensation ca from his hand, that was Chu Shiyao's tender palm, and Chu Ge's shoulder was slightly wet from a warm drop of liquid seeping in.
Chu Shiyao's voice remained very light, murmuring softly in Chu Ge's ear, only audible to the two of them. By the end, her voice grew even lighter, yet it contained so much, so much.
Another warm drop of liquid soaked into Chu Ge's shoulder, Chu Ge silently said in his heart, "Don't worry, tomorrow is the day we leave here. Killing is not your forte, better leave it to ."
Although Chu Ge's heart was filled with compassion and tenderness, wanting to hold Chu Shiyao in his arms, wipe away her tears, comfort and protect her, tell her he's back, he resisted the impulse once again, just lying there quietly, doing nothing, not engaging in conscious exchanges with Chu Shiyao.
Wait a little longer, now is not the ti.
To prevent those around him from shedding tears again, Chu Ge had to prepare more thoroughly, even more thoroughly.
Chu Ge sighed quietly, feeling the warmth of Chu Shiyao's palm, his fingers curling ever so slightly in response, as both a reply and a promise.
Chu Shiyao didn't notice the subtle caress between their fingers. Smiling through her tears, she gradually fell asleep.
On her pretty, doll-like face, an emotion was clearly written: determination.
Listening to Chu Shiyao's even breathing, Chu Ge knew she had fallen into a deep sleep. He began to seriously experience the transformation of his fully awakened body. Every muscle, every bone, even every hair and cell had undergone a monuntal change.
Chu Ge could distinctly feel an abundant sense of power surging from within him, like a river urgently needing to overflow, relentlessly roaring and crashing against the dam, or like a massive beast that had been dormant for too long, ready to break free of its cage.
His mind was incredibly clear, with many vague mories from years ago now clear as if they happened just a second ago.
Whether in the madness of battle within the Spiritual World or through the countless brutal deaths, they had both transford into a rapidly growing seed inside Chu Ge, now bearing the rich fruit called "power"!
ntal changes transform the physical; it is indeed so.
When Chu Ge had just awakened, he was still very worried about his physical condition, but now he could completely rest assured. He was better than ever before, in the best shape possible.
It seems that during the ti he lost contact with the real world, Chu Chengrui hadn't "tampered" with his body but instead provided ticulous "care".
Upon reflection, it's not strange; as an ambitious mad scientist, how could Chu Chengrui, that old mad dog, let anything happen to his most precious experint subject?
Of course, everything depends on perspective. Reluctance aside, if too much ti passes, Chu Chengrui would also lose the patience to wait. Anyone doing sothing they are most passionate about, only to stop at the final mont, would find it maddening.
Thankfully, things hadn't developed to that point.
While feeling the changes in his body, Chu Ge extended his Spiritual Power. He initially intended to follow his prior thod of forming his Spiritual Power into arrows, probing the Spiritual Worlds of those beasts one by one, but then thought, since he could already do that, he might as well take this opportunity to test how much his Spiritual Power had grown.
It's like soone playing an online ga, diligently leveling up to learn a new skill. Naturally, they would quickly acquire the skill, test its effects, and plan new strategies based on its power, speed, and whether it's single-target or area attack.
Chu Ge was in a sowhat similar situation now, except he wasn't doing it for fun but facing an even more serious situation.
As he thought about this, he changed his strategy, spreading his Spiritual Power outward from his mind, like tentacles extending in all directions.
Soon, Chu Ge made an exciting discovery. Even though he had no doubts his Spiritual Power had drastically increased, he didn't expect it to grow to this extent.
Even if he extended dozens of condensed "tentacles" of Spiritual Power in multiple directions simultaneously, he didn't feel any ntal fatigue. On the contrary, he found it very manageable, each "tentacle" moving as naturally as an arm or a finger.
In addition, he noticed that when he first tried this, those invisible but real "tentacles" would gradually beco obscure as they moved away from him, even if he could still barely control them, and the sensed Spiritual fluctuations would beco faint.
However, now, those steadily extending "tentacles" showed no signs of "shrinking". Even when they were ten ters away from the central Chu Ge, they remained in the sa state as when they started.
Realizing this, Chu Ge was naturally elated. With a thought, like a giant octopus, he retracted the extended "tentacles" of Spiritual Power.
In an instant, all external Spiritual Power returned perfectly!
The entire process was as smooth as flowing water. There was not a trace of delay, and his Spiritual Power had not experienced any loss, or such a minor loss was perhaps imperceivable to him.
As there was no loss, Chu Ge certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity to familiarize himself with his own transformations. He attempted several variations, like dividing the "tentacles" into finer "filants", letting them simultaneously move in different directions, in straight lines, curves, turns, sprints, rapid stops, and speed changes... All within his grasp.
"If I had trained to this level before eting Chu Chengrui, that old mad dog wouldn't have endured. Things wouldn't have developed this far."
"It's all because I was too eager for Chu Shiyao's comfort at the ti. But... fortunately, reaching this level now isn't too late!"
"Yaoyao, just wait. Tomorrow, when that old mad dog Chu Chengrui appears, I will definitely give him a big gift to properly thank him for taking care of during this ti!"
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