nycdaug Chapter 30 Cultivation Efficiency Increased by a Factor
Chapter 30 Cultivation Efficiency Increased by a Factor
Zombies need to absorb the Red Moon to strengthen themselves, and so does Lu Chen.
However, compared to the previous nights when he only dared to sneak behind the curtains and never dared to fully open them for fear of being discovered by the zombies outside, he was much bolder now.
He drew back the curtains on the balcony, letting the dark red moonlight stream into the living room without any obstruction. Then he spread the bedding on the brightest spot in the middle of the living room floor, intending to sleep directly on it.
In that way, he can become stronger while sleeping and basking in the red moon.
You don't need to do anything special; your body will automatically absorb energy under the red moon, even while you're sleeping.
Once everything was ready, Lu Chen lay down and relaxed his body as usual, letting the moonlight shine naturally on him.
But this time, he quickly noticed something was wrong.
In the past, he simply basked in the red moonlight. When the moonlight shone on his skin, he could feel a faint warm current seeping into his body, and his supernatural abilities slowly grew.
As for what this warm current is, where it comes from, and why it enhances superpowers, it is completely unclear.
This time, however, things are different.
He closed his eyes and was surprised to find that the light of the red moon was no longer a uniform dark red curtain.
He could clearly sense that the moonlight contained a special energy, which was extremely subtle, like countless dust particles emitting a dark red glow, suspended in the air and falling down along with the red moonlight.
"I couldn't feel this energy at all a few nights ago, so why can I feel it now?" Lu Chen opened his eyes, then closed them again, repeatedly confirming the question.
"Did I control the zombies today? No, controlling zombies is just one way of using my superpower; it doesn't change the essence of my superpower at all."
He frowned and pondered for a moment, then quickly pinpointed the reason.
It's mental strength!
His perception of mental energy was unique. After today's enhancement, all five senses were improved, and his perception of energy levels was also opened up.
The ability to sense the energy within moonlight is an added effect of increased mental strength.
Just like when a person's eyesight improves, they can see details further away, not because those details didn't exist before, but because their eyes are finally able to capture them.
If Lu Chen only sensed the energy contained within the red moon, he wouldn't think much of it. Seeing it and being able to use it are two different things.
But when he focused his attention and tried to use his mental power to touch the dark red "dust" floating in the moonlight, he found that the situation was different.
Those energies can be influenced by his mental power.
They were originally evenly scattered throughout the room by the moonlight, without any bias.
But when he concentrated his mental energy and imagined drawing them over, the energy particles suspended in the air suddenly changed direction, as if gently touched by an invisible hand, and all moved toward him.
The moonlight energy, which was originally evenly distributed throughout the living room, formed an invisible vortex centered on him. Special energies from all around were converging on him.
In an instant, Lu Chen could sense that his superpower was rapidly increasing.
It's not the slow, steady growth of before, but a rapid, visible injection.
He roughly estimated the extent of the enhancement.
10 times!
The absorption efficiency after being guided and gathered by mental power is about 10 times that of passive absorption. In other words, one hour of his active cultivation is equivalent to ten hours of passive absorption of the Red Moon by others.
Lu Chen became excited. What did 10 times the efficiency mean? Others needed 10 days to improve their superpowers, but he only needed 1 day.
In the apocalypse, the speed at which one's superpowers develop directly determines their survival ability and their voice.
But this excitement didn't last long.
He soon discovered that using mental energy to draw energy would continuously deplete his mental energy.
Moreover, the rate of consumption is quite fast; the more energy drawn in, the faster the mental energy is depleted. He estimated that, based on the current rate of consumption and his current total mental energy, he could only sustain this accelerated cultivation for a maximum of one hour.
One hour later, my mental energy will be exhausted.
Of course, this is not bad either.
Generally speaking, others can only absorb the red moon for a maximum of 12 hours a night. But with his accelerated mental power, one hour is equivalent to 10 hours for others, which, rounded up, is equivalent to others absorbing a whole night's worth of moonlight.
This is equivalent to having an extra day of training time compared to others out of thin air.
Moreover, mental energy isn't something that can't be replenished after it's been depleted.
If the recovery speed is fast enough, you can practice again before dawn.
If you can accelerate your cultivation twice in one night, it's equivalent to absorbing two more nights of Red Moon than others, causing your efficiency to skyrocket.
He quickly stopped his random thoughts, calmed his mind, and focused all his attention on the energy in the moonlight.
Centered on the body, the mental energy extends outward like an invisible net, drawing in the dark red energy particles floating around one by one.
The moonlight created a faint flow of energy in the living room—not a real wind, but an energy flow that only he could perceive.
The dark red mist swirled slowly, invisible to the naked eye, around him, and then seeped into his skin.
My superpowers are increasing rapidly!
In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.
Lu Chen opened his eyes and let out a long breath. The depletion of his mental energy made his brain feel swollen, like the drowsy feeling after reading documents for several hours straight.
But his superpowers have increased significantly since an hour ago.
He also sensed the existence of a certain bottleneck.
It was a feeling that was hard to describe in words, like a critical point.
Once he breaks through that bottleneck, his superpower will undergo a qualitative change.
However, one hour of accelerated training had completely exhausted his mental energy.
I felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if my head was stuffed with cotton, and my thinking became sluggish.
No matter how much I want to break through the bottleneck, I have to wait until my mental strength recovers.
He simply closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep; sleep was definitely the best way to replenish his mental energy.
Moreover, even when he was asleep, he was still lying within the direct range of the red moon's rays.
The body will automatically absorb the energy from the moonlight. Although the efficiency is only one-tenth of that of active attraction, it adds up.
Consciousness falls into a deep sleep, the body absorbs nutrients automatically, and mental energy is quietly restored during sleep.
Before we knew it, it was already past midnight.
Lu Chen, who was fast asleep, suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitations.
The feeling was hard to describe—it wasn't a nightmare, but rather a deeper sense of tension. It was as if an invisible string had been suddenly plucked, jolting my entire consciousness awake.
He was suddenly awakened from his deep sleep.
I opened my eyes to find myself above the living room ceiling, the dark red moonlight still streaming in from the balcony, casting a crimson glow over everything in the room.
The curtains were still drawn, and the bedding was still laid out in the middle of the living room. Everything looked exactly the same as before I fell asleep.
But that feeling of palpitations is still there.
It wasn't an illusion; it was a genuine sense of unease.
"What happened?" His voice was a little hoarse.
He closed his eyes briefly, focusing the rest of his attention on sensing the source of the palpitations.
He soon discovered that the dangerous warning came from his mental strength, which had recovered more than half of its original amount.
"It's a warning from spiritual power!"
Upon realizing this, Lu Chen instantly became completely sober.