"What are you talking about? How am I 'dispirited and on the verge of collapse'? I'm clearly full of energy and indestructible, okay?! '
Meng Chao felt really wronged.
He knew that he did not look good right then.
He had stayed underground for a long time and went through high-intensity tests. He also had to constantly resist the temptation and corruption of the Ancient Era's Summoning and absorb energy that was beneficial to humans. It made his skin turn pale, and his flesh withered. He constantly had huge dark circles under his eyes. Even his hair seemed to have become thinner than before.
In any case, his appearance was becoming closer to that of the researchers in white coats in the ruins research center.
His body had shrunk by a few sizes, and he could not compare to the bronze-skinned and strong body he had when he had just finished training in the wild.
Even if he did not wear sunglasses, a mask, and a peaked cap, there were not many young and beautiful female citizens who would recognize him when he walked on the streets.
His parents were shocked when they saw him just now.
His mother's heart ached so much that she wiped away her tears. She thought that he had suffered a lot in the Supernatural Tower, so she insisted on roasting more than one hundred Demonic Halberd Pig kidneys for him to nourish his body.
Besides, compared to Wang Dao, who was the darling of the media who was in the limelight right now, there was a world of difference between their appearances!
It was difficult for Meng Chao to explain his current situation to his family.
But he knew very clearly that he had improved by leaps and bounds compared to half a year ago.
He did not have to talk about the dozens of amazing martial arts that Battle God Lei Zongchao had taught him, the martial arts wisdom and fighting experience he had gathered throughout his life, and they had been fused into the depths of his spirit meridians.
He also did not have to talk about the strange and colorful scenes he had seen through the Ancient Era's Summoning and the mysterious revelations he had received.
There was no need to talk about the benefits he had obtained from repeatedly testing the ancient technology.
At that moment, Meng Chao's eyes were sparkling, and the series of zeros behind his contribution points were the best reward for his hard work and selfless contributions over the past half a year.
Over the past half a year, Meng Chao had accumulated 500000 contribution points!
And this was after he continuously healed his injuries and increased the Skillfulness of Divine Nine Dragon Seals, Celestial Tyrant's Star Shattering Slash, and other amazing martial arts.
For the time being, Meng Chao had not thought about which skill he should put these five million contribution points into.
But no matter where he went, he could awaken to five amazing ultimate techniques that were similar to Divine Nine Dragon Seals and Celestial Tyrant's Star Shattering Slash, and his Skillfulness would increase to Perfect Level.
As long as he spent another half a month recuperating his body and replenishing enough spirit energy, he was absolutely confident that he could reach the peak of Heaven Realm!
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm just doing a special training."
To make his family feel at ease, Meng Chao explained, "What you see right now is that I'm exhausted and really weak. I intentionally created that image.
"I've intentionally maintained my body in a subhealthy state. It looks a little weak, but everything is under control. As long as I want to, I can return to the perfect competitive state at any time."
"Why?"
Bai Jiacao was puzzled. "Why do you have to maintain a suboptimal health state?"
"Because in a real fight, it's impossible for you to always be in the best competitive state, be full of spirit energy, and have all your cells in perfect condition," Meng Chao said seriously.
"Right now, our war against the monster civilization is limited to the area around Dragon City. At most, it's within hundreds of kilometers. Even if we're exhausted or covered in wounds, it's very easy for us to get reinforcements from the rear or take armored airships back to the rear to rest and heal. That's why most of the superhumans in Dragon City pay more attention to explosive power and not endurance.
"But since we're going to conquer the Other World, in the near future, our battlefront will definitely extend to thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers away. We have to be prepared to fight for Dragon City, which is thousands of kilometers away from us, while we're isolated and without reinforcements.
"At that time, it'll be normal for us to fight while injured or with low health. Forget about being subhealthy, even if we're corroded by acid, poisoned, cursed by the enemy, or plagued by all sorts of negative effects, we have to grit our teeth and persevere.
"To deal with a brand new war, I've started adaptive training beforehand. It's that simple."
Meng Chao did not lie.
In the beginning, when he went through the advanced technology tests in the ancient ruins, every time he ended the tests, he would eagerly use the contribution points he obtained to repair his injured body.
But he soon realized that it was not logical for him to do so.
After all, the ancient advanced technology was meant for all superhumans and even all Dragon Citizens to be able to use it at will.
Not everyone had a monstrous physique like his.
Besides, he also considered the possibility of the future war. It was normal for him to fight a protracted war behind the enemy lines.
Based on his previous life's memories, the people who lived until the apocalypse did not necessarily have the highest cultivation realms and the strongest fighting strength.
Instead, he was a wily old soldier who was often covered in cuts and bruises, but would never die of old age.
In his previous life, Meng Chao knew this sort of skill well.
It was the greatest treasure he had that allowed him to live until the end even though he was a third-class fighter.
After he returned from the apocalypse, his fighting strength had increased by dozens of times compared to his previous life.
But he had already made up his mind to actively participate in the Other World war and all the "major events" that would change the direction of the war. The danger he faced was hundreds of times greater than in his previous life.
It was better for him to get used to fighting while injured so that he would not die no matter how hard he tried.
Hence, Meng Chao intentionally suppressed his spirit energy reserves, muscle strength, and cell activity to 30% of normal. In fact, he intentionally got poisoned, injected with anesthetics, and went through minor spirit energy deviation to simulate a heavily injured state to cultivate and test his strength.
This unique training not only strengthened his adaptability and willpower, it also allowed him to squeeze out the rampaging life potential that came from the ancient era at the moment of life and death.
Meng Chao did not know just how much his King Dao had increased.
But he believed that even if his spirit energy reserves and cell activity were only at 30% and he was "heavily injured", if he ran into King Daos in the arena, he would still be the victor.
On the other hand, if he were in his perfect state, in the wilderness without any rules, even if he ran into a hundred King Roads, he was confident that he could take them down one after another unhurriedly and skillfully!
"Seems like it makes sense."
Due to her natural trust in her older brother, Bai Jiacao did not doubt Meng Chao's words. She became excited again. "So, it's a unique form of training. Big Brother, what realm are you at right now? I heard that King Dao is about to reach Spirit Vision Realm!"
"Realms are important, but they're not the most important. I hope that you won't blindly chase after higher realms on your path as a superhuman and ignore the more interesting aspects of the world of superhumans."
Meng Chao thought about it for a while before he said, "The path of superhumans is like climbing a tower. Earth, Heaven, and Deity Realms have three realms and nine levels. They're like nine-story towers. When a normal person enters a tower, they will sharpen their brains and try their best to climb up. After all, if you want to see more than a thousand miles away, you have to go higher. The scenery at higher places is always more beautiful, and the air is always fresher.
"But don't forget, this tower doesn't just have height. It also has width and depth.
"In the superhuman circle, there are four main occupations — martial artists, heroic spirit users, machine masters, and monster controllers — and a lot of suboccupations.
"And martial artists are divided into the Ultimate Style, the Overkill Style, the Gun Fighting Style, the Machine Armor Style, the Beast Soul Style, and so on.
"There's also medicine, engineering, meteorology, and the military. Superhumans shine brilliantly in all sorts of fields.
"It's as if the Supernatural Tower's width and depth are limitless. Each floor is limitless, and there are countless amazing runic symbols, classics, and paintings carved on the limitless walls. It's a feast for the eyes, and they'll make people forget about it.
"When other people enter the Supernatural Tower, they're always eager to climb up. They just want to see the scenery at the top, but I want to stay at each floor for a longer period of time so that I can admire the runic symbols, classics, and paintings. Even if I can't see all the secrets, at the very least, I can see as much as I can."
"I see …"
Bai Jiacao fell into deep thought, but she still could not understand it. "Big Brother, the longer you stay at each realm, the stronger your fighting strength will become?"
"Well, cultivation realms and fighting strength are two different things. If you want to create a glorious and great civilization, you can't just rely on fighting strength," Meng Chao said.
"Besides, if we use the simplest and crudest standard to measure fighting strength, even the fighting strength of Deity Realm superhumans might not be able to win against Apocalyptic Beasts of the same level. But in the end, the Apocalyptic Beasts that once dominated Monster Mountain Range and even threatened Dragon City were forced to flee and even surrender. Why do you think that's the case?"
"That's …"
Bai Jiacao sank into deep thought.
When he saw that his sister was willing to accept his advice, he sighed in relief.
Over the past half a year in the ancient ruins, he had come into contact with more secrets of the ancient civilization, which allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of the definition and mission of a civilization.
Even the ancient civilization, which had unbelievable power and could instantly move a city in the galaxy while ensuring that all the living beings in the city were as lively as they were in the beginning, was destroyed in the waves of time.
The power of human civilization was insignificant compared to that of the ancient civilization.
But even if Earthlings could reach one-hundredth or one-tenth of the power of the ancient civilization, or even completely replicate the power of the ancient civilization, was this the reason why the ancient civilization summoned Earthlings to this place?
Meng Chao still had to think about this question seriously.
Besides, he did not want to see his sister, who had the Night Demon Blood, blindly pursuing cultivation realms and fighting strength.
Before his sister completely turned into the Dark Witch, if it was possible, it would be better for her to cultivate her character and get in touch with the zither, Go, calligraphy, painting, singing, dancing, and all sorts of other skills.
"Xiaocao, although you've become a martial artist like me, I don't want you to become a pure fighting machine. The so-called 'martial way' is more important than 'martial arts'. Only by understanding this will you have a higher chance of reaching the realm of transcendence and sainthood!"
Meng Chao patted Bai Jiacao's shoulder. "Dragon City University's martial arts course is right in front of us. Come, let's go and register!"
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