novelraw Chapter 1008 711: "Urgent, Come Now!
Chapter 1008 711: "Urgent, Come Now!
Li Zheng tried to put himself in Xu's shoes, simulating what he would do if he were Xu in that situation.
However, after much contemplation, he couldn't come up with a way to escape.
"Lamp Holder..." Li Zheng suddenly thought, remembering the lantern he used to enter and exit the Dark Realm, "Xu also contributed to making this tool at the time, could he have left some backdoor in it to help him escape?"
Li Zheng pondered carefully, feeling that it was unlikely.
"The Lamp Holder has existed for countless years, if Xu could use this tool to escape, he would have done so long ago, no need to wait until now." He shook his head, then was puzzled: "But if he didn't leave through the Lamp Holder, where did he go? How did he escape?"
Perhaps, only as Xu said, when they meet again will they find the answer.
At least now it's impossible to think it through.
"As long as he's alive, we will meet again one day..."
Li Zheng set his thoughts aside and said to Mirel: "I'm going to sleep first, remember to wake me up in the morning... By the way, Zhan Zhouzhou probably hasn't found a place to stay long-term yet, go out and help look tomorrow."
"Wouldn't it be better to leave this to Feng Yue?" Mirel said, "He's a local in Block 375, more familiar with this area, he helped us rent our house."
"But we can't always bother him." Li Zheng closed his eyes and said, "It's easy to owe someone a favor."
Favors can be big or small, and are hard to repay.
"Alright." Mirel nodded in agreement.
Early the next morning, Li Zheng was awakened by Mirel, and breakfast was already prepared when he got up.
On his way out, he took Xiao Ying with him to the Gravity Research Institute, while Mirel went out to find a place for Zhan Zhouzhou.
Arriving at the Gravity Research Institute, just as Li Zheng expected, Zhan Zhouzhou spent the night in the medical room and was already training in her own rented Gravity Room.
Helping her adjust the gravity was Feng Yue.
The Gravity Research Institute had originally assigned another professor to come, but Rothschild replaced him with Feng Yue to collect more research data, conveniently allowing him to compare Zhan Zhouzhou's training data with Li Zheng's.
Rothschild was already in position, waiting for Li Zheng to enter the Gravity Field. His voice came from the communicator: "Why are you wearing that outfit again?"
Yesterday, if it weren't for the intensity of the sparring, he would've stopped them and asked Li Zheng to remove his combat suit.
This caused him to only collect data on Zhan Zhouzhou's changes during the sparring, not on Li Zheng's.
"Well, it's a habit, sorry." Li Zheng pulled out the combat suit from his neckline and stored it in capsule, causing an immediate change in his data.
Rothschild looked at the changed data, then pulled up Li Zheng's regular training data for comparison, and exclaimed: "Good news, your progress yesterday increased by about ten percent more than a full day of regular training. I suggest you and your kin next door spend some time daily on intensive sparring training without affecting safety; it benefits both you and her."
"Oh?" Li Zheng's expression shifted: "That's indeed good news, but yesterday we just sparred, let's do regular training today and spar tomorrow."
"Alright." Rothschild responded, saying: "I'll increase the gravity, get ready."
"Go ahead." Li Zheng wasn't concerned, as sixteen times gravity was effortless for him; he only felt challenged at his limit of eighteen times gravity, "Today I'll challenge 18.5 times gravity, I've almost fully adapted to 18 times."
The training process was monotonous, but Li Zheng took pleasure in it, feeling content to strengthen himself little by little.
Unfortunately, the challenge of 18.5 times gravity failed. Although Li Zheng could move freely in an eighteen times gravity environment, that mere 0.5 times gravity increase felt like a massive mountain pressing down, rendering him immobile.
His bones creaked audibly, and had Professor Rothschild not reacted promptly and reduced the gravity, Li Zheng would have been seriously injured again today.
At noon, Mirel returned, and during Li Zheng's rest, they exchanged words, the house found for Zhan Zhouzhou was settled, albeit quite far from the Gravity Research Institute, nearing the factory area, requiring at least a half-hour journey round trip.
Zhan Zhouzhou had no objection to this; having a place to stay was enough.
To show gratitude, she agreed to spar with Li Zheng for two hours every other day as auxiliary training.
The days gradually became more monotonous.
For a full month, Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou were immersed in training.
Li Zheng's gravity limit rose to 19.5, while Zhan Zhouzhou quickly advanced to 15 times gravity after consuming two Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills, her progress swift.
Rothschild exclaimed more than once that Blue Star people seemed born specifically for high gravity environments, their adaptability unprecedented.
Mirel also adapted to a tenfold gravity environment, so Li Zheng rented a Gravity Room for her at the Gravity Research Institute for training.
After consuming four Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills, her progress couldn't match Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou's, only advancing to thirteen times gravity in one month.
However, in terms of Spiritual Power Nodes, Mirel successfully condensed her third.
The cost was a critical depletion of Li Zheng's inventory, consuming most of the Twisted Magic Crystal obtained earlier.
As the nodes increased, Mirel's magic crystal energy absorption rate grew faster.
Initially, she could absorb only one-tenth of a pre-Purple Level magic crystal's energy per day.
Now she drains a pre-Purple Level magic crystal in three days.
Zhan Zhouzhou also condensed two nodes, though she wasn't taught by Li Zheng; instead, she grasped the accurate way to condense Spiritual Power Nodes after returning from the Anger Sin Domain, hearing Ma Long's description.
Li Zheng marveled at her comprehension ability that day, feeling it was remarkably outlandish to the extreme.
As for Xiao Ying...
Under Li Zheng's supervision, she finally condensed her first Spiritual Power Node.
Now, she absorbs magic crystal energy alongside Mirel each day, sometimes falling asleep after absorbing a bit.
Li Zheng couldn't reprimand her for this, so he'd pull her into the Dark Realm for extra training while she slept.
Overall, apart from the Treasure Chest still yielding Wishing Stones daily, everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction, life without major waves.
Until one morning, when Li Zheng woke up to find an additional message on his Inscription Card.
It was from the Terminal.
"Need to see you, come quickly."
This was rare, for the Terminal to actively send him a message?
Li Zheng immediately replied: "What for?"
And with no further explanation, the Terminal pulled him to the Central Hub.