Chapter 25

Arrived at the Incineration Plant.

Clocked in, signed in.

Not a single E Corpse this morning, no human corpses either.

Didn't receive Zhang Tong's corpse, very normal; gangs usually have their own set of procedures for handling corpses.

No work, Feng Mu slacked off without restriction, practiced the Body Forging Exercise.

"An illusion? Digestion is faster than usual."

During the intervals of practicing the Body Forging Exercise, the frequency with which Feng Mu stuffed iron beads into his mouth was a tiny bit faster than yesterday.

【Iron Eater: First Rank】

【Edible Iron Types: 1】

【Extractable Metal Properties: 1】

【Current Detected Edible Iron Type — Ordinary Pig Iron, Edibility 39.7%.】

【Extracted Property:??】

Just practiced a few times this morning, and Edibility has already risen by 1 point.

On the retina 【Edibility↑↑】, two upward arrows were flickering.

"Normally 1 hour, can digest and supplement 0.5% Edibility; same time today, grew 1%, so today is double digestion rate?"

Feng Mu very easily drew the mathematical conclusion.

"Impossible to get a Double Experience Card for no reason, so it can only be….."

Feng Mu clenched his fist, the wound concealed under the gauze at his cuff was pulled, and a trace of crimson seeped out again.

Feng Mu realized and then was wildly overjoyed: "【Blood Frenzy】's bonus, isn't it only able to take effect during combat? It can actually take effect in daily cultivation too?!!"

Although Feng Mu's wound had already stopped bleeding and been treated, the lost blood volume had not yet been replenished.

He also didn't find a blood bag to recover blood, and his own hematopoietic function wasn't that fast either; thus, 【Blood Frenzy】 was still in continuous effect.

【Blood Frenzy】: All your attributes will multiply and strengthen as blood volume is lost; if your initial attributes are high enough, you with a mere thread of blood may be able to counter-kill a god.

Feng Mu opened 【Blood Frenzy】's skill description and silently recited it three times in his heart.

"All attributes multiply and strengthen, indeed doesn't have to be limited to combat; daily cultivation is a part of it, also counts as within the scope of all attributes, right?"

"Counts, of course it counts, why wouldn't it count!"

"Motherfucker, it's all the fault of that last line about counter-killing a god with a thread of blood, seriously misled my judgment~"

Feng Mu's heart thumped wildly; he finally understood 【Blood Frenzy】's true correct way to open, not necessarily counter-killing enemies in combat, but daily cultivation….. of myself.

No one can fight and kill every day; not even Martial Maniacs;

But daily life must accompany everyone; Martial Maniacs can't escape it either.

"【Blood Frenzy】's flavor text misled me; otherwise, I might have already maxed out First Rank Edibility by now, even severe overflow wouldn't be out of the question."

Thinking of these ten days, 1x speed cultivation at full blood, Feng Mu felt he lost his blood mother, didn't even want to wear his bottom pants.

Yeah, who would've thought, 【Blood Frenzy】 not only is twin siblings with 【Grand Feast】, but also has an affair with 【Iron Eater】, these two are dual cultivating.

"Alright, starting today isn't late either." Feng Mu gritted his teeth hard to motivate himself, "I have to make up all the lost progress; if I don't cultivate to 50% Edibility today, I absolutely won't sleep."

1 hour passed.

2 hours passed.

3 hours passed.

Lunchtime arrived.

Feng Mu reluctantly stopped cultivation, 【Current Edibility 42.7!】.

This time the chill invaded the root of his left leg; the muscles of his left thigh were swollen a circle by the thickened bones; although still a bit short of fully catching up to the right leg.

But walking, one could already not see a limp; center of gravity returned to the little brother's central axis.

Left leg turning cool, right leg turning cool; inside the stuffy hot Incinerator, the little brother seemed to be in an ice cellar, calm without a trace of desire or distracting thoughts.

Another hidden benefit of Iron Eater — abstinence from lust, no women in the heart.

Feng Mu felt he could find a Childhood Skill to practice later; it might be especially compatible, and cultivation would progress a thousand miles a day.

Went to the Cafeteria together with Wang Jian for shared lunch.

On the way, Feng Mu suddenly spoke: "Green Wolf Gang's people interrogated me today."

Wang Jian lowered his head looking at his phone, answered distractedly: "Oh, what did they ask?"

Feng Mu: "About the same as what they asked you that day."

Conversation ended; during the meal, Wang Jian also didn't speak much, buried his head eating the whole time, occasionally glancing at his phone's messages.

Feng Mu sensed Wang Jian was a bit absent-minded today; his soul seemed to have been hooked away by his phone.

"Doesn't look like he sold me out; otherwise, regarding the topic of me being interrogated by Green Wolf Gang today, he would be guilty like a thief and intensely pay attention and pursue the question." Feng Mu's thoughts raced; on the surface expressionless, he peeked at Wang Jian's phone screen.

It was the group chat newly pulled after their gathering last week.

Feng Mu forgot to go that day, so he wasn't in this group chat.

"So they made a new group, just missing me alone, right~" Feng Mu was quite speechless, recalling his past life, a company work group, 5 colleagues 9 groups, that familiar feeling.

Generally sensitive people might become paranoid at this time, thinking they're isolating them, badmouthing them behind their backs.

Feng Mu didn't think that way; he only felt it had nothing to do with him, no longer curious, ate in peace.

He thought: "Who would be the person Wang Jian sold out in their newly pulled group chat? Luo Ji? A dropout suddenly joined the Vanguard Team, even gave a classmate parting relics; looks indeed abnormal; sigh, forget it, don't want to think about this, nothing to do with me."

Finished eating, Feng Mu returned to the Incineration Room.

During lunch break, practiced Body Forging Exercise three more times.

【Edibility↑↑】

【Current Edibility 43.7%】

The left leg was fully covered, both legs now perfectly symmetrical; all that remained were the left arm, the buttocks, the head, and... oh, nothing left—there were no bones there, only corpus cavernosum tissue.

"Full skeletal iron transformation can be completed today."

Feng Mu's heart surged; he longed to tear off the gauze and rip out the hemostatic medicine along with the scabs in the flesh wound, leaving it clean.

But he thought better of it—that was too self-torturous, and most importantly, he couldn't let his muscles stop growing just because he wanted to bleed; that would do too much damage to his right hand.

"Later, he could find a method that was neither traumatic nor hard to control bleeding—for example, buy some syringes at the hospital?" Feng Mu calculated in his heart.

In the afternoon, Wang Jian never appeared; no one knew whether he had gone to his father's place or skipped work at the factory.

Feng Mu paid no attention, immersed in the euphoria of 【Consumption Degree ↑↑】; those double arrows were truly addictive, impossible to stop for even a moment.

Midway, three E Corpses were transported, and two Black Cores popped out in succession—one large, one small, the large like an apple core, the small like a date pit.

"Luck is exploding today too."

Feng Mu couldn't help but feel emotional, tucking the two Black Cores into his pocket.

Although Wang Jian wasn't around, he wouldn't privately swallow the one meant for Wang Jian.

Since it was a rule he had set with someone else, he was unwilling to violate it lightly.

After burning the E Corpses and sealing the ashes, he continued cultivating until quitting time.

He clocked out briskly, not lingering for a moment; Feng Mu pedaled his bicycle until the wind whistled.

Originally, he had planned to sign up at a Martial Arts Hall after work; after all, Martial Dao experience couldn't be gained by shutting the door and building a cart alone—it needed combat accumulation.

A Martial Arts Hall was a place that could provide simulated real combat experience; previously he had no money to go, but now he had over ten thousand in savings, more than enough to get a regular card at the Martial Arts Hall.

But right now he was eager to return home, his whole mind focused on breaking 50% Consumption Degree tonight, so other schedules would have to be postponed.

Except, when passing by a shop, he bought an anonymous phone card—this couldn't be delayed; tonight he had to collect homework from Ma Wei and also ask about "Lame."

The bicycle tire made a screeching friction sound downstairs.

Feng Mu clattered upstairs, went home, wolfed down dinner, then rushed into the Bedroom and locked the door from the inside.

He took out his phone and checked the time: March 25, 20:43.

【Current Consumption Degree 45.4%】.

Tonight was destined to be a historic moment...

Chapter End