Chapter 63: Ultra-Fast Progress

“Is it inconvenient?”

Lin Qing looked at Zhao Jiayi and said, “Just one or two months will be enough.”

“Uh…” Zhao Jiayi thought for a moment and said, “Then I’ll look for apartments tomorrow—is your neighbor’s place available?”

“The apartment next to mine is already vacant,” Lin Qing said. “I’ll tell the lady next door for you—I’ll pay the rent.”

Zhao Jiayi made an “oh” sound, then asked, “I sometimes need to go home to see my dad—is that okay?”

“You can go home anytime during work hours,” Lin Qing nodded.

He asked again, “But does your father agree to you moving in here?”

“My dad will definitely agree,” Zhao Jiayi nodded.

“Then it’s settled.”

Lin Qing gave a slight nod and added, “But I need to make a condition with you: while you’re living next door, you must not use your mental ability to spy on me. Also, I’ll set up some secret signals with you in advance—if certain situations arise, you can send me a signal, or directly remind me through subconscious cues.”

Zhao Jiayi blinked and asked, “Can I come over to your place often to hang out?”

“Come over to your place to hang out?”

Lin Qing glanced at his own surroundings and said, “There’s nothing fun here.”

“Then do you watch dramas?” Zhao Jiayi asked eagerly. “I’ve found a lot of dramas made a hundred years ago, but I don’t know which ones are good—can you watch them with me?”

Lin Qing looked at her and said, “I’m cultivating—I have no time.”

“Oh…” A hint of disappointment flickered in Zhao Jiayi’s eyes.

Lin Qing, worried she wouldn’t take her duties seriously, sighed, “I don’t have time to help you slowly pick through them, but I know which ones are good. If I’m truly free, I can watch some with you.”

“Really?”

Zhao Jiayi’s eyes lit up instantly.

“You’re nineteen—why do you act like a child?” Lin Qing couldn’t help asking.

“I’ve only just entered… entered society for a few months,” Zhao Jiayi said cautiously. “Before, I hardly met anyone except my dad.”

“No wonder…” Lin Qing couldn’t help studying her.

…

That evening.

“The combat technique ‘Force’—mastered.”

Lin Qing opened his eyes, sensing the mysterious energy within him undergo another transformation, and a faint smile appeared.

After the boost from mastering the three linked techniques—‘Agility,’ ‘Speed,’ and ‘Precision’—his compatibility with the Zizai Body series had clearly increased significantly.

This time, he had succeeded in mastering it within just one day.

“The debt from ‘Precision’… was already paid off yesterday.”

Lin Qing didn’t hesitate—he immediately called out in his mind:

“Order.”

“Advance, combat technique ‘Force’!”

The next instant, an endless flood of unfamiliar information surged into Lin Qing’s mind.

According to the anti-entropy user’s projections—

With his talent and his compatibility with the Zizai Body series, to reach the peak of ‘Force,’ he must fully integrate the dense, heavy force generated by the mysterious energy into every part of his body, achieving effortless mastery, allowing his strength to explode to its maximum in an instant.

After completing this 29 times, he could perfectly embed the transformation of ‘Force’ into his instinct.

Then, Lin Qing’s mind suddenly filled with vast memories.

They were his own memories of practicing the ‘Force’ technique—from initial grasp to perfect mastery, enduring countless grueling sessions until the transformation of ‘Force’ was fully embedded in his instinct.

At the same time, a torrent of wild, brutal power surged from within Lin Qing’s body, raging uncontrollably through every part of him.

This was pure strength! The ‘Speed’ technique was pure speed; the ‘Force’ technique was pure strength!

After a long while, Lin Qing slowly opened his eyes.

“Let’s test it…”

Lin Qing reached for the dumbbell beside him, gently squeezing it with both hands—

The solid iron dumbbell immediately twisted and deformed under his grip; as he increased pressure, it was crushed completely into a flat iron disc.

“The strength is indeed immense,” Lin Qing murmured in awe. Even patrol officers who only mastered ‘Force’ could increase their raw strength by three to four times! He, however, had pushed it to its peak—his raw strength alone had increased seven to eight times! Of course, ‘Agility’ had already doubled his strength, which could stack with ‘Force,’ raising it from two to eight or nine times—roughly four to five times his original strength.

Logically, with such a massive increase in strength, his speed should also rise significantly.

But ‘Force’ also made the body heavier and harder to stretch, so even with increased strength, speed barely improved unless he activated another technique.

After all, ‘Force’ was purely about enhancing strength.

“Good thing I learned ‘Precision’ first—it’s easy to control now.”

Lin Qing smiled faintly, completely unfazed by the extreme nature of ‘Force.’

With such a massive boost in strength, what more could he want? His physical condition was already four times that of an average person; now, with all techniques active, he could effortlessly lift a small truck!

He also retained super-fast speed, flexibility, and pinpoint control. “Regardless of other aspects, his offensive power has improved dramatically.”

Lin Qing satisfied himself with a few empty strikes, unwilling to test his current destructive power in his own home.

With his current strength, a single punch could collapse a load-bearing wall.

The combat power boost from these techniques was truly astonishing.

“This is just a simplified, broken-down version—how terrifying must the original be?”

Lin Qing couldn’t help but silently marvel.

Even…

According to the description of the Zizai Body series, the original ‘Zizai Body’ technique was the foundation of one of the top three techniques in Chaoyang Martial Arts Gym.

“I wonder if I’ll ever get the chance to learn that top-three technique…” Lin Qing thought.

Of course, he knew he couldn’t even learn the original version yet—thinking that far ahead was pointless.

“Attack, speed, flexibility, control—all covered.”

Lin Qing mused silently, “Only defense and transformation are missing—‘Rigidity’ and ‘Flexibility’ will fill those gaps perfectly.”

The Zizai Body series was indeed flawless.

Everything was complete.

Unfortunately, there was no technique to resist mental attacks.

“Hmm, learning them all won’t take long.”

Lin Qing felt eager inside: “With my current compatibility with the Zizai Body series, I only need to perfectly practice ‘Force’ twenty-nine times to clear the debt.”

He could perfectly practice five techniques per day—meaning—

Only six days! Just six days to clear it, then he could learn ‘Rigidity’ and ‘Flexibility.’

And the next time would be even faster.

“I’ll learn ‘Rigidity’ in six days.”

Lin Qing decided silently, “Besides, headquarters already knows I’ve reached instinct level with ‘Agility’—learning new techniques faster is only natural.”

Once a technique reached instinct level, it triggered a chain reaction: one mastered meant the next would come faster, and faster still.

…

Days gradually grew calm.

The Yuanhong Society seemed to have no intention of retaliation—or perhaps they were still selecting a new leader.

Lin Qing no longer needed to go on patrols; he simply cultivated techniques, paid off his debts, took the EPS-series high-energy sustained-release fluid delivered daily by headquarters, and repaid his debts for the Qiqi-series techniques.

Six days later.

On the afternoon of February 22nd.

In the technique chamber of the Xiaoshan District Branch.

“Mastered in six days?”

In the dim chamber, the hoarse voice murmured in awe: “The compatibility boost really is significant. It seems… you won’t take long to reach instinct level with ‘Speed’ too.”

Although ‘Speed’ had been learned twenty-some days later, the compatibility boost shortened the time needed to reach instinct level with the next technique.

“I feel it too.”

Lin Qing smiled and said, “I’m here today to learn ‘Rigidity.’”

(End of Chapter)