Chapter 100: What a Terra Superhuman!

"Huh… inhale…"

The dim yellow sunlight dyed the beach a dull yellow; Feng Xue stood beside a reef, slowly shifting his body.

With those slow yet taut, full-body movements, fine beads of sweat seeped from his skin.

His steady, prolonged breathing merged with the pulsing of his blood vessels and heartbeat, producing a wondrous reaction.

Using the fish meat of this world, Feng Xue finally broke through his mastery of Wei Qi; drawing on the memory of the rhythm he felt at the station, he finally began practicing Dong Zhuang.

Unlike Jing Zhuang, which seeks movement within stillness, Dong Zhuang emphasizes stillness within movement—each motion must fully mobilize one's strength while maintaining the stance's stability, ensuring, as in Jing Zhuang, the ability to sense the changes of "Qi" during the process, until one can actively circulate the Qi and direct it even when separated from the stance training movements, thereby entering the threshold of second-rank cultivation.

This Qi, of course, is the Five Qi generated from Yuan Qi without refinement, flowing through the meridians to produce "Qi sensation."

This Qi is not a tangible energy like Fa Li; rather, it is an integration of bodily strength—or conversely, even ordinary people, when triggering muscle bursts, still rely on energy derived from digesting nutrients; Qi sensation merely concretizes this energy.

"Detected improvement in Wild Unit One's physical attributes; reevaluating. Evaluation complete. Threat level: Extremely Low!"

Sara emitted a mechanical voice, as if to demonstrate she was indeed helping her host eliminate danger; Feng Xue merely listened silently until the warm flow of his blood and Qi became too faint to detect, then finally ended his posture and sat down.

The uneaten grilled fish had mostly dried out; Feng Xue gathered them one by one. He could easily have left this task to Liu Yunxi, but he still harbored some wariness toward the AI, so he had not revealed Liu Yunxi's ability to transform into a "human."

Returning to the beach, he sat down about ten meters from Fina and began checking the terms above his head.

Although Feng Xue could instantly pin and lock them with a mere thought, without needing to search, he still needed to know what terms he possessed.

As he practiced more and more spells, the number of terms he held increased; thus, reviewing them after each training session to check for new additions had become a habit.

"Do Dong Zhuang and Jing Zhuang not generate new terms? Is it because they're Realist-type? Or because I haven't reached the level where terms are produced?"

Feng Xue carefully examined the terms twice, confirmed there were truly no new ones, and was about to ask Fina for new intelligence when he suddenly felt something was off—he immediately started over, scanning each term he possessed one by one, and finally confirmed one fact—

One term was gone!

"【Refining Essence into Qi】is gone? Why?" After all, 【Ding Tian Ming】was Feng Xue's shortcut to surpassing others; losing 【Refining Essence into Qi】, which was optional anyway, was fine—but what if one day Liu Yunxi's 【Mouth Seal】vanished? That would be truly unbearable!

Wait—

A sudden flash of insight struck Feng Xue's mind—he immediately understood!

"Of course! It's precisely because 【Refining Essence into Qi】is optional that it disappeared! Yes! It must be that my current ability to refine essence into Qi has reached or even surpassed the effect locked by 【Ding Tian Ming】, so it vanished—because to me, this has become a mandatory process!"

Though he had this hypothesis, Feng Xue did not yet fully believe it; instead, he noted it down in his small notebook. He had already gained much insight into Fa Li transformation, especially with the 【Transforming Lightning】 technique, which had reached the realm of effortless mastery. He decided that next, he would try practicing 【Transforming Lightning】without relying on the lightning talisman—if the term vanished, it would prove his theory correct.

As he pondered his next training method, the white wolf quietly ambled over and asked:

"When do you plan to leave this island?"

"Thirty days from now," Feng Xue replied calmly. He wasn't joking—he genuinely thought this way. After all, with a suicidal burden and a bomb that would explode if he didn't protect it, he had no desire to venture out.

"The island's resources are insufficient to sustain two people. You lack a seawater desalination unit. Given current climatic conditions, minimal rainfall is unlikely to provide sufficient freshwater. Relying solely on marine fish risks malnutrition and may severely trigger sepsis. Additionally, you lack basic knowledge of this region's waters and require my navigation assistance. Once the agreement terminates, you will receive no further aid from me. Conclusion: You should depart before the agreement ends."

Hearing Sara's clearly persuasive remarks, Feng Xue responded with utter calmness—

"I think all the disadvantages you listed are less threatening than carrying a burden who wants to die—and a bomb that explodes if I don't protect it. Or you could calculate the survival probability of me setting sail with you and your host using the island's resources. Oh, you mentioned pirates before, right? How do you rate my current combat ability?"

"… " Sara fell silent for three seconds. Just as Feng Xue thought she'd switch tactics to persuade him, she spoke:

"Judgment: The following assessment will cause you discomfort. Proceed with evaluation?"

"… " Feng Xue's face darkened instantly; he bared his teeth and growled:

"Speak!"

"Permission granted from Wild Unit One. Commencing combat assessment—"

"Physical Strength: Deficient"

"Mental Strength: Standard"

"Neural Reflex: Standard"

"Tactical Mobility: Deficient"

"Combat Skill: Average"

"Equipment Compatibility: Deficient"

"Comprehensive Rating: Deficient individual incapable of equipping mainstream equipment, with moderate mental talent."

"Undoubtedly, aside from your mental strength and neural reflex barely reaching the average level of entry-level combat personnel, all other parameters fall below those of an ordinary civilian. You lack any possibility of confronting pirates. Precisely because of this, I recommend you take me and my host with you."

"Are you sure you're not deliberately belittling me just to make me take you?" Feng Xue, hearing all those deficiencies, felt a flicker of insecurity. Though his primary combat method relied on spells, a frail base panel inherently meant his risk tolerance was extremely low.

"Negative!" Sara immediately protested upon hearing Feng Xue's doubt. Without waiting for him to speak further, the dog that had previously acted like a goofy husky suddenly stood up and swiped one paw at the reef beside Feng Xue.

Screech!

Without even a spark flying, Feng Xue clearly saw three grooves, as thick as a finger, carved into the hard reef. Sara then added:

"This attack's physical strength rated as Average."

"'Average' means even a normal human has this level of destructive power?" Feng Xue stared at the rock, reached out and pressed his fingers against it, his expression oddly strained. It was easy enough to achieve this effect with transformation—but you call this average?

"Affirmative. Due to the dispersion of nanounits, all normal adult humans possess this baseline capability."

(End of Chapter)