Ch. 32 — Experiment Success
Guan Tong kept thinking about this case even after returning to his room at Lihua Hotel from the Police Department.
Thinking back on it now still gave him chills. If he had been tricked into opening the door back then, with them planning against his unpreparedness, he would most likely have been ambushed first by those two young men.
Even if he had detected their malicious intent and confronted them directly, whether he could win against two opponents remained uncertain.
Previously, Guan Tong hadn’t held much hope, as one cannot fight against overwhelming odds. But ever since he consumed that bottle of ăGene Optimization Serumă obtained from the Glory-level box, besides the immediate increase in his ăMind Poweră upper limit, he felt all aspects of his body were gradually strengthening over time.
Although there were no detailed data test records, Guan Tong could sense that he had become faster, had better stamina, and had gained some strength compared to before.
It was hard to say whether these changes came from the ăGene Optimization Serumă or the increased ăMind Poweră upper limit, but ultimately it was a good thing that didn’t need overthinking.
Guan Tong felt that with his enhanced body, he might be able to handle two opponents bare-handedâbut if the other side carried weapons or used ăMind Poweră items, that would be different.
He had previously seen some people publicly showing off their ăMind Poweră items online.
There was a boxing coach whose ăMind Poweră item was a pair of boxing gloves. When worn, by consuming ăMind Poweră, he could gain a significant strength boost, and with a full-power strike, he could even shatter a solid rock!
That boxing coach specifically posted a video online showing himself wearing the gloves and smashing rocks to boast, with many people leaving comments expressing envy.
This was exactly what worried Guan Tong.
If those suspected kidnappers possessed offensive ăMind Poweră items, their combat power would undoubtedly increase. With the element of surprise, they could achieve very effective results.
That’s why Guan Tong began attempting to add words to the ăWordless Bookă. He wanted to develop offensive attributes for his own ăMind Poweră item, not to harm others, but to have the power to defend and protect himself when facing danger.
“Moreover, why are they kidnapping people with high ăMind Poweră? What do they plan to do with them?”
Guan Tong couldn’t figure it out.
ăMind Poweră couldn’t be transferred to others, and ăAscension Coinsă currently couldn’t be traded through targeted objects, so even if they captured people, what could they gain? Forcing them to work loyally?
But with such crude capture methods, how would those captured willingly work loyally?
And doing this would quickly draw the Police Department’s attention.
Now that the national population had drastically decreased, every individual had become extremely valuable. Those with high ăMind Poweră were especially key targets for support. Capturing them meant directly opposing the authorities, who would definitely strike hard.
This case of Guan Tong’s proved itâthose two guys knocked on doors last night, and today their bodies were found. Such high efficiency showed how seriously the Police Department took these cases.
“For caution’s sake, I need to be more careful recently,” Guan Tong thought. “And I can’t easily reveal that my ăMind Poweră upper limit exceeds 80, otherwise I might inevitably attract unwanted attention from certain people.”
Over the next few days, Guan Tong stayed in room 306 of Lihua Hotel, never stepping foot outside.
The authorities did send him a free housing application form, but he didn’t fill it out.
Like many others in the hotel, he felt living there was quite good. This large hotel had accompanying bars, gyms, laundry rooms, and even a swimming poolâall living facilities were complete. People took turns maintaining them, making life very convenient.
Others choosing to live here might also have factors like fear of loneliness. At least here, large groups gathered in the lobby every morning to encourage each other and maintain stable mental states.
As for Guan Tong, it was more for safety considerations. With many people in the hotel familiar with each other, they could jointly resist dangers. Plus, it was very close to the Police Departmentâa phone call could bring Peace Officers within minutes.
During this period, he repeated the process of adding words, recovering ăMind Poweră, and adding words daily. Occasionally, Xu Xiaotian living next door in 305 would chat with him or invite him out, but he mostly declined.
He also took the opportunity to warn Xu Xiaotian, telling him that there were suspected criminal gangs in Yunhua kidnapping people with high ăMind Poweră, advising him to be careful when outside and not to casually reveal his ăMind Poweră value.
Five days passed like this. After Guan Tong used up another ăFood Boxesă, he finally completed the last stroke of adding words.
“Physical…”
Guan Tong wielded the pen to write the final small horizontal stroke of the character “Physical”, finally completing the word addition.
The original two characters “Guan Tong” on the first page had now become the four characters “Physical Form Guan Tong”.
Would there be changes?
Guan Tong felt both anticipation and nervousness. He waited a few seconds and found these four characters didn’t float out like before.
He thought for a moment, then injected ăMind Poweră, making the ăShadowă emerge from the book into reality as before.
“Shadow, come out.”
Whooshâ!
That black shadow, matching Guan Tong’s physique, emerged from the book and stood before him.
Seeing the shadow, Guan Tong’s eyes instantly burst with surprised delight.
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The previous shadow had been completely hollow in the middle, only an outline at the edges.
But now, the shadow standing before him had its middle part completely filled with darkness, as if a pure black Guan Tong stood in front of him!
Guan Tong raised his right hand. Under his mental control, the opposite shadow raised its left hand.
One black, one whiteâthe moment their hands clasped together, Guan Tong’s excited heartbeat accelerated significantly.
“The shadow really has gained physical form!”
Honestly, Guan Tong hadn’t been very confident before, only attempting to add words on the first page with a trial attitude. He never expected it to actually succeedâit felt somewhat unbelievable.
“With the shadow having physical form, everything becomes different!”
The shadow with physical form could be said to have gained numerous new uses.
Most importantly, this meant it could interfere with the real world and interact with the physical world.
This way, when facing danger, Guan Tong could summon the shadow and mentally control it to help him fight.
However…
Amid his excitement, after glancing at his ăPersonal Terminală panel, the smile on Guan Tong’s face immediately turned slightly bitter.
“Does the physicalized shadow really consume this much ăMind Poweră…”
Watching the rapidly decreasing ăMind Poweră value, though helpless, Guan Tong knew this was inevitable. The deeper the development of a ăMind Poweră item, the greater its ăMind Poweră consumption would certainly be.
He calculated: originally, in non-physical form, with his current 118-point ăMind Poweră upper limit, the shadow could be maintained for about 8 minutes.
Now with the shadow physicalized, the maintenance time drastically shortened. With 118 points of ăMind Poweră, estimates suggested it could only be maintained for less than 2 minutesâalmost consuming 1 point of ăMind Poweră per second of existence.
“Maintenance time less than two minutes. Although very short, a few seconds might be enough to solve problems at critical moments… But to use it for longer periods and further deeply develop the shadow’s abilities, I still need to increase my ăMind Poweră upper limit.”