Chapter 1822

Ye Hei: "His appearance is outstanding."

Hu Yifei: "He's really adorable!"

Xiao Yan: "Can an ordinary little girl really be this adorable?"

Luo Wei: "Ordinary? Even though Alice froze to death at the end, she was still the protagonist of the story. A protagonist can't be ordinary."

Su Xiao: "That's true."

Alice: "Alice is ordinary. Thank you all for the red packets—that glowing food was delicious!"

Luo Wei: "Then I want to try some too!"

National Destiny World.

Because he was to participate in the National Destiny War, Luo Wei had long been placed under state protection, living in a heavily guarded large villa.

Although the interior was luxuriously decorated, it had not a trace of liveliness.

"Glowing food?"

With a thought, Luo Wei claimed the red packet, and instantly, several dishes appeared on the table before him.

This sight left his secret agent, secretly guarding him, utterly stunned.

"What is this?"

"Is it magic?"

Thinking this, she forgot everything else and rushed out from hiding, warily staring at the dishes on the table.

"Mr. Luo Wei, what are these?"

"These are dishes from another world, Miss Li. Would you like to join me in eating them?"

Saying this, he picked up his chopsticks and began devouring the dishes greedily.

The secretary cried out: "Don't!"

These dishes appeared out of nowhere—no one knew if they were poisoned. If the National Destiny contestant died before entering the battlefield, they'd lose the next round for sure.

According to National Destiny rules, any contestant who dies before entering the National Destiny battlefield is automatically declared defeated.

This is precisely why National Destiny contestants are so heavily protected once they appear.

This precaution is to guard against sabotage by foreign nations and antisocial humans.

"So satisfying…!"

With one bite of the food, Luo Wei felt warmth spread through his entire body, as if soaking in a hot spring.

He felt his muscles cheering, his tendons and bones roaring.

In an instant, he felt his strength had surged to an unimaginable level.

Seeing this, Luo Wei's eyes gleamed. In an instant, he devoured every last morsel of the dishes, even licking the oil and broth from the plates.

Nothing else!

This was a transcendent substance—extremely precious to him right now, not a single bit could be wasted.

"Mr. Luo Wei!"

The secretary was speechless.

In the space of a moment, even the soldiers outside had not rushed in, and Luo Wei had already finished eating all the strange dishes.

If anything went wrong, who would be responsible?

"I'm fine—I feel better than ever!"

Luo Wei's expression brightened. "I'm going to test my physical stats."

"Mr. Luo Wei, follow me."

The secretary nodded and led Luo Wei into a spacious indoor area.

Here stood various machines capable of conducting multiple tests.

Since the National Destiny War began, the state had placed great emphasis on it, constructing dozens of villas capable of withstanding nuclear strikes.

Above ground were villas; beneath them lay vast, spacious chambers, designed to allow contestants to train freely.

"First, test strength!"

Luo Wei walked up to the strength-testing machine, raised his fist, and punched it.

Boom!

The loud crash made the secretary's ears ring like thunder exploding beside his head. He looked at the machine's display: 100,000 catties.

Then came a crackling sound—the strength-testing machine shattered into pieces on the floor.

"Impossible!"

"How could a human's strength reach 100,000 catties?"

Generally, small excavators exert 10 to 20 tons of force; large ones exceed 100 tons.

Luo Wei's punch delivered half the force of a large excavator.

This was simply unbelievable.

Humans are flesh and blood—how could they generate such terrifying power? How could they rival steel machinery?

Remember, after the National Destiny War began, Earth did not experience a spiritual energy resurgence, and humans did not undergo evolution.

"Next, speed!"

"One hundred meters in one second!"

As the tests continued, the secretary's expression grew increasingly numb.

Is Mr. Luo Wei even human?

Could he be a demon wearing a human skin?

"Mr. Luo Wei, are you alright?"

After the test was done, the secretary asked, a little nervously.

Luo Wei waved his hand: "Of course I'm fine. I'm in great shape right now. If I run into a demon or monster with a physical body, as long as it's not too strong, I can smash them."

Of course, this confidence was built on the livestreams of the National Fortune Battlefield he had watched before.

The National Fortune Battle, when all was said and done, was just an event jointly organized by a few Small Thousand Worlds, meant to promote human development.

The demons and monsters weren't all that strong.

If they were truly the legendary kind of demon, he naturally wouldn't dare talk such big talk.

"¨」 Is that so?"

The secretary went numb. "Mr. Luo Wei, please wait a moment. I need to report your situation up the chain so they can make a targeted plan. Do you have any thoughts?"

"None." Luo Wei shook his head, then suddenly felt a stir in his heart. "Right, have the people up top who can make decisions come over. I have something major to report. Those foods from earlier, you know what I mean?"

The secretary's eyes lit up.

She suddenly realized that the secret of Luo Wei's growing strength might be related to those foods that had appeared out of thin air.

"What does Mr. Luo Wei mean?"

Luo Wei smiled. "The source and effects of those foods — aren't you curious?"

"Go on. Once they arrive, I can tell them everything. With this good news, from now on in the National Fortune Battle, we absolutely won't lose."

The secretary's heart surged with excitement. She nodded again and again and trotted off to make her report.

A moment later.

The Imperial Capital.

The National Fortune Supreme Decision-Making Group received the report.

"Secretary Li Wei has sent intelligence: Luo Wei can summon glowing delicacies out of thin air."

"After eating the delicacies, his strength reached over a hundred thousand jin. Even ordinary firearms pose no threat to Mr. Luo Wei anymore — only long-range sniper fire can cause him harm."

Everyone who read the report was dumbfounded.

Since this concerned matters of national importance, the members of the decision-making group were elites from every industry — not the kind of armchair experts who spouted off on TV and self-media, but genuine experts.

As people of the scientific age, they did not believe that an earthling born and raised on Earth could, by physical strength alone, deliver a force of over a hundred thousand jin.

That wasn't scientific!

Everyone fell silent.

"Perhaps the times have changed, and Mr. Luo Wei has seized an opportunity of the new era, which is why he's become so strong?"

"We can't judge the affairs of a new era with the thinking of the old one. Report it up. This matter is too big — it concerns human evolution and the National Fortune Battle. No amount of caution is excessive."

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