44: Chapter 44 Changes After the Breakthrough

"So boring."

Inside the ward, Chen Moxuan sighed sincerely.

Three days had passed in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that no one had come to question him, Chen Moxuan knew that the previous incident had been cleverly glossed over by Song Xin.

Although he didn't know exactly how Song Xin had managed it, recalling how he had seen her disguise herself as different staff members to contact him multiple times, he could roughly guess the gist of it.

After all, besides disguise and illusion, Song Xin also possessed Spells that could influence the cognition of ordinary people.

These three days were arguably the most leisurely days Chen Moxuan had spent since being attacked by Wan Chaoren.

There were no alien races hunting him down, nor any idiots suddenly getting in his face to provoke him; nothing happened.

But when one is idle, it is easy to overthink.

Even though Chen Moxuan constantly adjusted his mindset using the psychological knowledge he had mastered through analysis, the tragedy in the class remained a lingering shadow in his heart.

To distract himself, on the first day, Chen Moxuan began studying his own changes after the Breakthrough and the already analyzed "introduction to cultivation comprehensive guide".

First, regarding the changes in his body: after his Realm reached the Peak of the first Realm, without using any Martial Skill, his basic punching force had reached 2000 kilograms.

Basic punching force refers to the power of a punch thrown by purely calling upon a limited amount of Qi and blood power without executing any Martial Skill.

If using a Martial Skill, taking the Thunder Strike Fist with the strongest impact as an example, his punching force could reach over 6000 kilograms.

Usually, the standard basic punching force for the Peak of the first Realm is 1000 kilograms, but after Chen Moxuan's Body Refinement Method reached Perfection, both the quality of the Qi and blood power he tempered and his control over Qi and blood exceeded those of the same Realm.

The Body Refinement Method "Martial Youth" could be said to be the ultimate technique representing the Blood Accumulation Realm.

After this Body Refinement Method reached Perfection, Chen Moxuan had a clearer understanding of the essence of Qi and blood power; to him, Qi and blood were now like a third hand, which he could mobilize at will within his body.

At the same time, his physical body seemed to have mutated to possess a property that could devour and store energy.

Chen Moxuan was unsure whether this mutation was due to the Body Refinement Method reaching Perfection, the strange electric current from before, or both.

During this time, he took the opportunity to ask Song Xin what the electricity released by the electric chair was, and the answer he received was:

"I don't know either. This is a device created by the Hero Association that can convert ordinary electricity into Ethereal Spirit Electricity. Anyway, it's just electricity that shocks people very painfully."

In short, Chen Moxuan now had Ethereal Spirit Electricity stored in all his cells, and he could release it with just a thought.

He called this state [Swift Thunder Body].

When in the [Swift Thunder Body] state, his cells would become more active under the stimulation of the electric current, his speed and reflexes would be twice as fast as usual, and his strikes would also become more painful.

As for the drawbacks, the physical exertion would be quite significant, and if used continuously, the electricity would run out, requiring a recharge.

Moving on to the "introduction to cultivation comprehensive guide", Chen Moxuan analyzed it very quickly, only slightly slower than analyzing a history textbook.

Because the records inside were all very general.

It could basically be called the "feeling school"; the descriptions were all about first sensing Spiritual Qi, then using imagination to guide the Spiritual Qi, and finally reciting the incantation to cast a Spell.

In such a book that wasn't very thick, it recorded how to sense Spiritual Qi and various Spells.

Yet, a low-grade Yellow-rank Martial Skill from the Martial Arts World would be three times thicker than it.

On this point, Chen Moxuan realized the true advantage of the Martial Arts: it was something everyone could practice.

Unlike immortal cultivation, where if you didn't have a Spiritual Root and couldn't sense Spiritual Qi, you couldn't even enter the gate.

While there were differences in talent for Martial Arts cultivation, as long as one was willing to practice, there would definitely be results.

However, Chen Moxuan did not give up. He planned to find an opportunity later to have Song Xin use immortal techniques on him to see if he could also devour a certain amount of Spiritual Qi.

After burying these thoughts in his heart, Chen Moxuan would practice the Body Refinement Method whenever he had free time, and use [All-Things Calculation] to perfect and improve some Martial Skills.

Although his cultivation had already reached the Peak of the first Realm, if he wanted to have a Breakthrough, he had to master the Breathing Method of the Qi Control Realm.

But Chen Moxuan discovered that although his cultivation could not increase, continuing to operate the Body Refinement Method allowed his cells to store more energy.

Later, while bored, Chen Moxuan began to observe the patients in this ward.

He found that the patients in this ward had a very regular daily routine; basically, they were either eating or sleeping.

Even though the alloy door of this ward was damaged, no one thought about escaping.

They just woke up in the morning and started to stare blankly, went to eat the lunch brought by the staff when it was time at noon, and then started sleeping.

They didn't do anything else.

They didn't communicate with each other, and even if he tried to talk to them, they wouldn't pay any attention.

Like walking corpses.

Regarding this, Chen Moxuan raised his doubts in a contact with Song Xin yesterday:

"Are these people in the long-term ward just staying here forever? Do their families not care?"

"Those who stay here are publicly declared to be patients with severe spiritual contamination, in a state of long-term isolation from the outside world. Even if their families wanted to care, they would be powerless to do so."

"Isn't the degree of spiritual contamination just a concept made up by the Hero Association?"

Hearing Song Xin's response, Chen Moxuan realized that the degree of spiritual contamination seemed different from what he had originally expected.

Song Xin explained: "The degree of spiritual contamination is real. The psychiatric hospital does indeed admit contaminated patients and takes certain control measures against them."

"After all, people whose spiritual contamination reaches a critical value have a certain probability of Awakening a Special Ability under high-pressure environments, becoming an Awakener, although this probability is very low."

"Therefore, those patients who have not Awakened after a certain period will return to society."

"It's just that this Qingqiu Psychiatric Hospital is quite special. Because of Yang Shan, the patients sent here have basically been tortured into idiots."

Hearing this secret inside story, Chen Moxuan was greatly shocked.

But immediately after, another question welled up in his mind:

"Aren't they afraid of retaliation from those Awakener?"

"What is there to be afraid of? Not to mention the power of the Hero Association itself, the people who directly implement control measures on patients in the psychiatric hospital are all ordinary people."

"Furthermore, the psychiatric hospital will secretly incite patients to persecute each other, shifting their hatred."

"Moreover, as long as one registers as a Transcendent, one can immediately enjoy privileges and become superior to others."

"Do you think they would choose to resist or join?"

Song Xin changed her tone and continued:

"However, there are indeed some people who choose to resist, and this is the reason why our Madman Society chose to infiltrate the psychiatric hospital."

Hearing this, Chen Moxuan seemed to understand the origin of the name "Madman Society".

Turning down the chance to be "superior to others" and choosing to become enemies with the Transcendent system of a massive country—only madmen would do that.

As for him, he just wanted to kill Wan Chaoren, but because the Hero Association wanted to play with Wan Chaoren, he had to deal with the Hero Association too.

And behind the Hero Association was the Superpower Association, so in all likelihood, he would have to deal with the Superpower Association as well.

Perhaps he was quite crazy too.

"By the way, do I count as a member of your organization now?"

"Of course you do. The Madman Society welcomes anyone who goes against the Transcendent, but you still need to formally register..."

Recalling this, Chen Moxuan took a new mobile phone out of his pocket, which Song Xin had quietly delivered last night.

His original mobile phone in this world had disappeared somewhere along with the body that had been overwritten.

As for his mobile phone from the Martial Arts World, since the Henghuo Martial Arts School prohibited students from using mobile phones on campus, it was left at home.

However, even if he brought that phone over, it wouldn't be able to connect to the internet.

In this new phone, there was a downloaded APP called "fengxi".

Its icon consisted of a broken black chain; from the cracks in the chain, a beam of white pulse light shone through, and the whole thing looked like a cloak.

Chen Moxuan paused and tapped on the APP.