Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 1057 - 759: Considerate Rothschild

"The spiritual power of the Fire Ape Race hasn’t reached the limit level yet?" The professor nodded knowingly.

Li Zheng only taught the method of condensing spiritual power nodes to Feng Yue but did not tell Rothschild, so he naturally assumed that the Fire Ape Race was defeated by spiritual power because their spiritual power was too low and hadn’t reached the limit level.

"Uh..." Feng Yue opened his mouth to explain but was interrupted by Mirel from behind.

"The professor is right. The Fire Ape Race relied on their superior combat ability and was defeated by the combined spiritual power of Li Zheng and me."

"So it was a combination of two people’s power." Rothschild adjusted the combat strength of the Fire Ape Race, realizing they were only a step away from the limit.

Only then did it make sense.

The Fire Ape Race believed their strength was formidable enough; even if their spiritual power was slightly lacking, they arrogantly thought few could defeat them, which is why they dared to attack someone without knowing their background.

Even if not, given the nature of wilderness people, they might secretly ambush outer city people even if they knew they were outmatched.

Seeing that the professor did not suspect anything, Mirel glared at Feng Yue, blaming him for almost letting it slip.

Feng Yue realized and obediently shut his mouth, saying nothing more.

The testing continued, and after the professor inquired about Li Zheng’s experiences during this period, he focused intensely on the fluctuating data.

For a researcher like him, every slight fluctuation in data was significant, potentially containing something unimaginably substantial at that moment.

The gravity increased to 19.5 times, and the data displayed on the monitor slightly exceeded the last data Li Zheng left before departure. This data change made Li Zheng feel more at ease in the 19.5 times gravity environment, like a fish in water.

"Professor, let’s try 20 times gravity." Li Zheng walked, ran, and jumped back and forth in the gravity field, easily controlling the drooping tendency under his skin, looking completely unaffected by the environment close to 20 times normal gravity.

"Don’t rush." The professor turned on the communicator and said, "Wait a bit longer, your data hasn’t stabilized yet. Twenty times gravity is the second hurdle. If you increase it rashly, it could potentially harm your body."

This isn’t just alarmist talk but a conclusion drawn from countless historical lessons of blood and tears.

Currently, all historical gravity environment volunteers had the highest mortality rates at two stages.

One was the moment they crossed 15 times gravity, and the other was at 20 times.

Too many people suddenly died without warning at these two moments.

Rothschild, who had studied gravity projects for many years, finally encountered two talents like Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou, who, in a very short time, caught up with Feng Yue, a member of the Luo Turtle Race.

Feng Yue took nearly fifteen years to reach Li Zheng’s level back then!

And Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou took only a little over a month~two months!

They were now Rothschild’s treasures, more important than his own children. It wouldn’t matter if his children died, but if anything happened to these two "volunteers," Rothschild felt he would go crazy.

Without absolute certainty, even if Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou urged him, he wouldn’t rashly increase the gravity.

"I’ll listen to you." Li Zheng knew Rothschild was much more professional than himself and always complied with his arrangements, especially when the other party’s suggestions were clearly for his sake; he never opposed them.

After exercising for a while and still not hearing the professor’s cue to increase the gravity, Li Zheng casually found a place to sit cross-legged, closing his eyes for careful perception.

As usual, he seemed to clearly feel every cell throughout his body, stimulated and squeezed by the omnipresent gravity, forced to change.

This intense change was becoming gentler, as if the cells had completely adapted to the current environment and no longer needed to reshape themselves.

At this moment, the professor’s voice came through the communicator: "Get ready; the increment will start in one minute. As always, no matter if you can withstand the increase, I’ll lower it back within two seconds."

Two seconds is a relatively safe limit. If Li Zheng couldn’t adapt to the increased gravity environment, his own physical condition was enough to endure for several seconds without collapsing.

As long as the gravity is lowered promptly, at worst, he might get seriously injured, but it would not be life-threatening.

Hmm... the emphasis is on "relatively," not "absolutely."

If Li Zheng couldn’t endure even for a moment, he could only blame his bad luck, as Rothschild had done all he could.

"Understood."

Li Zheng replied, lying flat on the ground, trying to align every part of his back with the floor to brace for the upcoming gravity.

One minute later, 20 times gravity arrived as expected.

Li Zheng didn’t feel much pressure; he even felt he could barely sit up.

Two seconds later, gravity dropped back to 19.5 times, and the professor’s voice came, "How do you feel?"

"No problem, continue!" Li Zheng replied briefly.

Hearing the energetic voice, the professor let out a huge sigh of relief, his furrowed brows relaxed.

He adjusted his glasses on his long nose bridge and said, "This time, extend it to five seconds."

The gravity increased again.

Then to ten seconds.

Twenty seconds.

Thirty seconds.

Finally, to a minute.

Struggling under 20 times gravity, Li Zheng barely managed to sit up, but after over ten seconds, he felt his spine couldn’t handle it and obediently lay back down.

A minute later, the professor said, "Alright, your physical data has been fully collected, you can come out now."

He gradually lowered the gravity until it reached zero.

Li Zheng walked out of the gravity field, his whole body drenched in sweat, but he didn’t feel exhausted; instead, he felt an endless strength within himself.

"How has the resting period been?"

Seeing the professor walking out of the control room, Li Zheng asked, "Did it meet your expectations?"

"It far exceeded my expectations!" Rothschild praised, "Your race seems to have an extraordinary, innate advantage in this aspect. I’ve never seen such formidable adaptability like yours!"

Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou’s potential seemed endless, never to be exhausted.

If all people of Water Blue Star were like them, the future of this race would be indeed terrifying!

"Mainly because your training program is effective, Professor." Li Zheng praised, "Without your help, the results of our random training might not have achieved even half the progress we have now."

"You’re overpraising." Rothschild humbly waved his hand and said, "If my training plan could really double the results, Feng Yue wouldn’t have lingered in the twenty-something times gravity for over thirty years; it’s mainly because your physique is exceptionally robust, unlike anything I’ve encountered before."

He paused, looking conflicted, "I have an impertinent request, but I don’t know if I should say it."

When someone says that, it’s usually an excessively demanding request following it.

However, given how much help Rothschild had provided him, Li Zheng didn’t mind helping him with something, "Professor, please feel free to speak."

"Then I’ll say it." The professor began, "I hope you can bring more Water Blue Star people to the research institute. You should know every scientific research project requires a large amount of data from different individuals for comparison. Right now, with only you and Zhan Zhouzhou, the collected data is still too one-sided; it’s possible you two might be unique individuals among the Water Blue Star race, so...

Rest assured, if you help me with this, I’ll cover the entire cost of renting the gravity room for them!"

"Is that all?"

Li Zheng was quite surprised, then laughed heartily, "Professor, you’re solving a big problem for me!"

He was planning to utilize the Gravity Research Institute to enhance the overall strength of Water Blue Star to the fullest.

Now that Professor Rothschild proposed it himself, he wouldn’t owe him any favor.