Chapter 81: Chapter 80: Is It On?

[Cheating is meaningless, turn it off]

After a long silence, the starry words finally squeezed out this sentence.

It really felt that Yun You was cheating.

The star induction step taking just a few seconds was forgivable, after all, in a city as big as Nest City, having a few extraordinarily gifted individuals was normal.

But the second step, what Yun You did completely surpassed the starry words’ understanding.

The second step involved quite a few tasks, first having to align one’s body to the Life Star, then closing one’s eyes to feel the breath, letting the breath and the light’s rhythm achieve balance.

After that, one still had to imagine the star as part of one’s body; if the imagination wasn’t vivid enough, no matter how good the talent was, it would be useless.

This process tested both the control over one’s body and the activity of brain thinking, something that could not be completed in a short time.

Yet Yun You only needed 48 seconds.

What kind of concept was this?

Some Electronic Body Forging manuals require watching a 60-second ad before you can read the full content.

In other words, Yun You finished the most troublesome step of the Star-Attracting Skill while others were still watching ads and had completely entered the door.

The starry words felt that this could only be described as cheating.

"What cheating, all I see is hard work and sweat..."

Yun You wiped off the fine sweat from her forehead and muttered softly.

Though she said that, she was actually quite pleased inside.

All along, she felt she had no talent, unlike those genius scions soaked in nutrient fluids with personal tutors from a young age.

Her frame was weaker than even a middle schooler before enhancement, and her learning ability was mediocre; it was only through rote memorization that she barely learned pharmacology and explosives making.

Precisely because of this, when Old Jin wanted to take her as an apprentice, she instinctively doubted her own value.

Though it sounded a bit discouraging, deep down, this girl knew better than anyone that the lives of the lower class in Nest City were worthless, and their innate talents were generally inferior to those of the upper class, no matter what grand statements were made, this objective fact couldn’t be changed.

However, today, after learning the Star-Attracting Skill, a sense of pride emerged in the young girl’s heart.

Because at least in this domain, she was no weaker than any so-called prodigy, she herself was that one-in-a-million "genius"!

She took 13 seconds to adjust her breath, achieving perfect synchronization between the rhythm of her breathing and the shimmering frequency of the moonlight.

Soon after, almost simultaneously, she clearly felt her five senses gradually fade and meld into the bright moonlight... as if with a slight movement of her hands, the enormous moon would also float along.

The feeling was quite wonderful, the whole young girl seemed to become a tiny star, drifting through an unreal sea of stars.

What was even more surprising was under the soft moonlight, Yun You’s originally dark hair showed subtle signs of whitening and silvering at the roots.

Though it wasn’t obvious, it was real.

However, Yun You naturally didn’t notice this.

At this moment, she couldn’t help but clench her fists, wanting to cheer jubilantly.

But just then, the moonlight shining on her suddenly changed...

Whoosh—!

In an instant, the originally gentle white glow suddenly intensified, with both its frequency and illumination far surpassing the previous dim light...

It was like an invisible tsunami, carrying starlight energy, crashing against Yun You’s body.

Yet this process wasn’t painful.

Even as it burrowed into the young girl’s veins and nerves, flowing between muscle fibers and skin, Yun You didn’t feel any pain whatsoever.

Instead, she experienced an inexplicable comfort... like having a stuffed nose from a cold suddenly clear up, a toothache numbing the jaw suddenly gone, and shoulders that ached when tensed suddenly relieved.

In short, it was a feeling of transformation, a renewal of the whole person.

All of Yun You’s old wounds and hidden illnesses were dispelled by the light, her hands visibly gaining strength, and even her heartbeat became more regular.

"The strengthening stage has already started!"

The girl’s heart skipped a beat, understanding what was happening.

She had previously researched online that ordinary people would experience an initial physical enhancement phase after training with the Body Refining Manual.

During this phase, the body, under the guidance of the manual, would accept supernatural forces, significantly improving physical attributes, and formally embarking on the path to becoming [Extraordinary].

It was considered the most crucial foundational phase in the entire body refining process, sometimes its enhancement value could directly determine a person’s future level of talent.

And that value was determined by the strengthening time.

Generally speaking, the longer one stayed in the physical enhancement phase, the more energy they absorbed, and the higher the enhancement effect on their physical attributes...

If the stay was too short, it would lead to an incomplete forging process, and the enhancement effect would naturally be unsatisfactory.

Yun You naturally hoped to endure longer during the strengthening phase and not repeat the speed of the previous two stages...

"Online, they say the theoretically perfect time for physical strengthening is 7 days, but that’s just in theory... the previous record of Nest City No. 3 was only 2 days, with about a 3-fold increase in physical values."

"If I can hold on for more than a day and pull the enhancement value to 2-fold, then I could perfectly meet Old Jin’s requirements..."

Yun You thought silently.

She was about to straighten her body and use the most proper cross-legged posture to spend the day...

But just then, a rather disharmonious sound suddenly came from her stomach.

Gurgle~

"Uh..."

Yun You was slightly stunned.

"Am I... hungry? That’s odd, didn’t I just eat?"

She was somewhat puzzled.

Just a while ago while reading, she had bought two boxes of fried rice from a universal vending machine, gobbled them up in no time, and washed them down with two bottles of sugary cola.

At the time, she was already feeling a bit full, so how did she get hungry again now after just over ten minutes?

Yun You rubbed her stomach.

But it was worse not rubbing it; the moment she did, it seemed to accelerate the digestion speed, and she quickly felt that wave of hunger...

Gurgle~!

The stabbing pain of hunger struck with visible speed, gripping her stomach like a bony skeletal claw, the pain shooting from her gut to her throat, leaving her struggling with nausea.

"Hungry... so hungry..."

In barely over ten seconds, Yun You’s mind was left with just one thought.

That was hunger! Must eat!

And as each second ticked by, this feeling intensified geometrically, showing no signs of stopping...

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