touchnovel Chapter 574 - 568: Perpetual Human
Chapter 574 - 568: Perpetual Human
In a palace with a warm and cozy atmosphere, the main decor is a soft pink hue.
A gentle yet undeniable female voice suddenly echoed in Su Qiangwei’s ear.
"I’ll give you three days to learn all of this."
This voice...
Even if another ten, twenty, or a hundred years passed, Su Qiangwei would never forget its owner upon hearing it suddenly.
The one who spoke was clearly that [Lord of the Red Lotus] Ye Fengqing.
However, isn’t she busy enjoying Earth’s local culinary specialties? How does she have the energy to bother with someone like me, the "Spear-Bearer"?
Initially, Su Qiangwei thought that this bold and unrestrained elder sister merely wanted to use her as a stepping stone to elevate her own style. After returning to Guangyu Academy, while eating Ma Ran’s exclusive Starlight Cuisine, Su Qiangwei fantasized about various scenarios of overt and covert struggles with Ye Fengqing.
Now it seems, she may have overthought things.
Bang!
A group of red lotus-like blazing flames exploded in front, carrying a faintly fresh aura, as if cleansing all impurities between heaven and earth.
The blazing flames expanded and quickly contracted, condensing into three thick books before Su Qiangwei’s eyes.
"Basic Introduction to the Integration of Magic and Halberd," "High-Efficiency Large-Scale Spellcasting and Energy Recovery and Reuse - Secret Distributed Optimization Algorithm," "Water and Fire Power·Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Universal Law Control."
Su Qiangwei dumbfoundedly stared at the three books that emitted a metallic luster on the table, and couldn’t help but pinch her arm.
Hiss...
Ouch!
She’s not dreaming.
The girl, who had just enjoyed Ma Ran’s special edition of secret Starlight Cuisine, was now dazed, full of doubts about life.
Su Qiangwei subconsciously opened the book "Secret Distributed Optimization Algorithm," skimming through dozens of pages at ten lines a glance.
Though it seemed quite simple, there was always a feeling that something wasn’t quite right...
Speaking of which, even though she had been an Extraordinary One for quite some time, does she still need to slog through books like before?
Is this reasonable?
Su Qiangwei asked herself deep inside.
A moment later, she unwillingly came to the conclusion — it is very reasonable!
Though usually carefree and somewhat silly, when it comes to "effort," Su Qiangwei is no less than any Extraordinary One on Earth.
She dared to say this with confidence.
"Clone Overload Training," "Sleepless Plan," "Near-Death Cultivation Method," "Illusion Refinement"...
In order to surpass Ma Ran, Su Qiangwei set training plans for herself that are always pushed to the limits of her capability.
Whenever she makes a breakthrough, she immediately increases the difficulty of training, never allowing herself to stay in her comfort zone.
To defeat Ma Ran fairly by her own strength is not just talk for Su Qiangwei.
She’s serious about it.
The training schemes like "Sleepless Plan" and "Near-Death Cultivation Method" are clichéd among Extraordinary Ones and need no further elaboration.
The former is just sleep replacement with restorative superpowers, while the latter merely places oneself in a safe environment extremely close to death, then slowly recovers.
According to Su Qiangwei, "Illusion Refinement" might be the most terrifying training regimen.
In the realistic Illusion Realm, Su Qiangwei’s parents and Ma Ran have "died" in front of her countless times.
Honestly, Su Qiangwei thinks that with such intensity and training method, if she had any hidden Extraordinary bloodline, it would have been activated long ago.
But as it turns out, she does not.
A combination of hundreds of superpowers, freely matched, enables Su Qiangwei to conduct full-scale training efficiently and sustainably, whether it’s concentration, training intensity, or duration. On the entire Earth, perhaps there are some with superb talents equal to her level of dedication, but certainly, no one more hardworking!
So then...
Why hasn’t the gap between her and Ma Ran narrowed at all?
Su Qiangwei doesn’t believe her talent is inferior to anyone.
The gap might actually be very simple.
Two words — accumulation!
Both intelligent and precocious, Su Qiangwei, before joining the Academic Society, spent most of her energy on mastering the abilities required to take over the family business and her college entrance exam subjects.
As for Ma Ran...
It’s very clear that this guy doesn’t care about his college entrance exam scores at all.
His hobbies are incredibly diverse, with an extensive range of reading.
Those so-called "miscellaneous books," in the Extraordinary Era, became his accumulation.
After joining the Academic Society, Ma Ran was never without a book in hand, accepting all sorts of literature from Earth’s various nations to Outer Star books.
Continuously learning, continuously reflecting, continuously summarizing, and then innovating! Always craving new knowledge, always improving, never satisfied!
Realizing this, Su Qiangwei recently started to arrange her training plan reasonably, dedicating two hours each day to reading. Not to reduce the gap between herself and Ma Ran, but simply to prevent being left too far behind in terms of "experience" and "knowledge base."
Among comrades, it’s acceptable to have a significant gap in strength, as superpowers can allow the weakest individual to deliver critical results at times, but the level of experience and knowledge base must not diverge too much.
Otherwise, lacking shared topics is the least of problems; in crucial moments of life and death, if a tactic is devised and presented yet she can’t comprehend it, that’s truly embarrassing!
Master Qiangwei absolutely doesn’t want to see such a scenario.
Yet the pressure Ma Ran gives her is just too overwhelming.
Even with a steady mindset and strong resilience like Su Qiangwei, she has still felt somewhat fatigued over the past half year.
Constantly striving hard, yet never seeing the gap in strength between them closing, always having to face increasingly strong adversaries that are terrifying enough to induce shudders...
"What are you thinking!"
Su Qiangwei picked up a bright red book, pressing the cool metallic cover against her forehead, restoring a bit of clarity: "The intensity of the last Illusion Realm training was too high, plus going without sleep for too long, caused physical fatigue impacting her mental state..."
The mind and body can influence each other.
This, she had long known.
Muttering to herself, a scalpel emitting dazzling white light materialized in the girl’s hand.
She gripped the scalpel tightly with her right hand, skillfully aiming it at her own face.
Squish!
The scalpel, glowing with white light, sank into the eye socket and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into dots of smoke and cloud, absorbed by the girl’s body.
Su Qiangwei’s initially somewhat pale countenance grew rosy once more, with a gleam in her once slightly dull eyes.
Resurrected on the spot, fully restored!
What is this [Perpetual Motion Human]?
That’s Master Qiangwei!
"The harder you work, the luckier you get."
The girl clenched her pink fist, giving herself a motivational boost: "Keep going!"
Indeed, this is true.
Now, isn’t there a tool being sent for free from Cangming Star?
Even if [Lord of the Red Lotus] isn’t following the Victory Stone Superpower System, her insight, accumulation, knowledge, and techniques could greatly benefit Su Qiangwei and share some of Ma Ran’s burden...
No!
It’s to rapidly empower Su Qiangwei!
And then, to defeat Ma Ran openly and uprightly!