108: Society death

As the fungus was awakened, Luo Hua simultaneously felt a warm current bursting forth from within his body, converging into his limbs and bones.

Just as Luo Hua was immersed in that comfortable warm current, unable to extricate himself, Qiao Yu withdrew his hand.

"Alright!"

Qiao Yu said with a slight smile.

"Brother Yu, it ended so quickly."

Luo Hua opened his eyes, still feeling a bit unsatisfied.

"Quick? An hour has already passed."

Qiao Yu pointed to the wall clock and said.

"Hiss, in my perception, it clearly only felt like a short while."

Luo Hua scratched his head and said sheepishly.

"Time flies when you're having fun."

Qiao Yu clapped his hands and said indifferently.

"Hmm? Brother Yu, I feel like there's no change? It didn't fail, did it?"

Luo Hua stood up, stretched his body, and asked in confusion.

"Let the cells fly for a bit."

Qiao Yu crossed his legs, took a sip from the cup on the living room table, checked the time on the clock, and spoke slowly.

Seeing this, Luo Hua shrugged and began to rotate his body and stretch, mimicking the old men and women doing square dancing.

"Tick, tock, tick, tock..."

The more Luo Hua stretched, the more he felt an uneasy sensation in his body.

It felt as if the bones throughout his entire body were longing to stretch, yet he was clearly already performing stretching exercises.

Furthermore, Luo Hua felt an indescribable, strange itch deep within his body.

This itch wasn't like the usual kind in a specific spot; it was everywhere, inside and out, as if ants were crawling all over him.

"Brother Yu, I feel so strange, it's an indescribable sensation."

Luo Hua frowned, scratching his head one moment, his back the next, and then his thighs; he felt itchy everywhere.

"The time is about right."

Qiao Yu said with a smile.

"What is it, Brother Yu?"

"Gurgle, gurgle~"

As Luo Hua was speaking, his stomach suddenly let out a hungry growl.

The two of them had just eaten their fill an hour ago, how could he be hungry again so soon?

"Brother Yu, is this also a reaction before becoming a Martial Artist?"

Luo Hua asked curiously.

"That's right. From now on, any sensation you have that's slightly different from usual is a sign that your body's cells are upgrading."

Qiao Yu nodded in confirmation.

Luo Hua felt the hunger intensifying, making him feel as if he was about to starve to death.

Luo Hua, who originally wanted to tough it out, couldn't take it anymore. He ran straight to the kitchen fridge, scrounged for everything edible, and began to feast greedily.

But as more food entered his stomach, the hunger didn't subside; instead, he grew even hungrier.

When all the edible food in the fridge was gone, Luo Hua didn't feel the slightest bit full. He looked at Qiao Yu innocently and said,

"Brother Yu, I'm so hungry! What should I do?"

Seeing Luo Hua like this, Qiao Yu felt a wave of helplessness. Clearly a Genius in the financial Domain, how could he suddenly be so dense?

"Go out and eat! Why are you just standing there!"

Qiao Yu left behind aMake complaints and stood up, walking straight out the door.

"Oh right, I can just go out and eat. Hey! Brother Yu, wait for me!"

...Qiao Yu took Luo Hua to the commercial plaza in the residential area and they had a massive meal.

Throughout the meal, Luo Hua was like Luffy or Kakarot, feasting frantically.

Several trolleys were pushed into the private room, stacked with oily plates. The waiter looked at Luo Hua as if he were a monster; it seemed only monsters from the Wilderness Area would eat like this.

Almost all of it was devoured by Luo Hua alone.

If a Martial Artist's usual Breakthrough method is like three meals a day, accumulating energy bit by bit, then Luo Hua's situation was like someone who hadn't eaten for days. Once the floodgates opened, the massive energy deficit made the cells in his body go wild.

Especially since Luo Hua had not yet come into contact with the Gene Energy Cultivation Method and could not 'feed' his cells by absorbing Universe energy.

He could only supplement the energy for his cells through this traditional way of eating.

"Burp—!"

After a long, loud burp, Luo Hua finally replenished his energy.

Once the hunger vanished, Luo Hua felt much more energetic.

"Brother Yu, I feel like my whole body is bursting with power. I could kill a bull at any moment!"

Luo Hua extended his right arm, flexed his biceps, and said with a hint of pride.

"Mm. These are all natural phenomena."

Qiao Yu nodded, speaking nonchalantly.

He checked his Tactical Watch again; the time was about right.

"Let's go, home. You'll need to take a shower in a bit."

Qiao Yu called the waiter and settled the bill. This single meal cost nearly 100,000 huaxia coins, and that was even with the Dojo of Limits Martial Artist discount. It truly felt incredible even to Luo Hua.

However, since it was a restaurant specialized in cooking monsters, the high price was normal.

Spending 100,000 yuan was just a drop in the bucket for both Qiao Yu and Luo Hua.

"Brother Yu, I'm not that dirty. Why do I have to shower again later?"

Luo Hua asked while picking his teeth with a toothpick.

"You'll find out in a bit. I'm going home first. No rush, you can leave after I'm gone."

Seeing time getting tighter, Qiao Yu got up hurriedly, even using his Micro-level Movement Technique.

This commotion left the beautiful waitress in the cheongsam and Luo Hua staring at each other. If the waitress hadn't known Qiao Yu already paid, she would have thought he was pulling a dine-and-dash.

While the two were dazed, Qiao Yu had already slipped out the hotel entrance and was sprinting toward his home in the villa area.

"Pfft—!"

What followed was a loud explosion at the restaurant.

It was accompanied by a series of dry heaves and screams.

By the time Luo Hua snapped out of it, he had already instinctively run back home.

At this moment, his entire skin was covered in a layer of black sludge.

Luo Hua wiped the sweat from his forehead, panting heavily.

Who would have thought that shortly after Qiao Yu left, he let out a massive fart in the private room? After that, every step he took was followed by a fart, and a incredibly foul-smelling one at that.

This series of loud farts directly gave Luo Hua his first experience of social death. He reckoned he would never return to that restaurant again, and might even be blacklisted by them.

After Luo Hua scrubbed and washed for a full hour, nearly clogging the drain, he finally cleaned all the filth off his body. It was only hard on the domestic helper, who not only had to endure the stench but also had to clean up the foul residue.

When Luo Hua called Qiao Yu again, Qiao Yu seemed to have expected it.

"Resolved? Make sure there's no smell on you before you come find me, or I'll definitely kick you out."