Chapter 7

The next noon, Luo Lie suddenly opened his eyes, got up from the bed, and felt refreshed and invigorated.

Maki was not in the room, and no one knew where she had gone.

Luo Lie looked up at the old clock on the wall and realized it was already past noon, around twelve o'clock.

"Rumble..."

His stomach protested severely; the amount of rice soup he had for each meal was far too little.

Luo Lie touched his stomach and got out of bed. He saw a bowl of rice soup on the table, which Maki must have prepared before leaving.

He looked at the bowl of rice soup for a long time, feeling warm inside, and at the same time, he thought about Maki from over ten years later.

"Such a cute and kind little girl, I must not let her become a member of the Phantom Troupe in the future. The plan to raise the little girl starts now!"

Luo Lie made up his mind and went to the bathroom to wash up. Then he gulped down the cold rice soup in a few swallows to ease his hunger.

After the rice soup went down, his stomach felt less uncomfortable. In the following time, Luo Lie resumed his training.

Aware of the dangers in the Hunter world, he knew that only strength could serve as a shield to protect himself and a weapon to obtain what he wanted.

Luo Lie, who had touched the threshold of Nen, didn't care whether his training direction was correct. He used his own understanding and methods to enhance his control over Nen, step by step.

If the levels of Nen users were to be divided, they would be: Perception, Comprehension, Manipulation, Control, and Mastery...

Perception is a clear understanding of Nen, Comprehension is the ability to sense the existence of Nen, which can also be described as opening the spirit pores to allow more and stronger Nen to flow, and Manipulation is the entry level for Nen users.

The realm of Manipulation is a dividing line; only those who can manipulate Nen can be called Nen users. Beyond that, the higher the level of control over Nen, the more fluid and flexible the offensive and defensive transitions will be.

Most Nen users are at the Manipulation level, and based on the degree of control over Nen, they can be divided into high, medium, and low levels. Similarly, even at the Control level, there can be further gradations.

In reality, there is no clear level distinction among Nen users, and the outcome of a battle cannot be determined solely by level. After all, aside from the degree of control over Nen and the quantity and quality of Nen, the unpredictable Nen abilities derived from the six categories and factors like timing and location that can influence strength are also significant.

Luo Lie is a novice who has just entered the Manipulation level, not even at the low level. However, as a穿越者 (穿越者 means "穿越者" in Chinese, which can be translated as "穿越者" in English, but in this context, it means "a person who has traveled through time or dimensions"), he directly skipped the Perception and Comprehension stages without any guidance, like a baby who starts running before learning to crawl.

Without a solid foundation, even if he learned to run in a very short time with a genius-like attitude, he would inevitably fall hard when it came time to fly. However, the auxiliary system in Luo Lie's consciousness might turn the hidden drawbacks into advantages.

To some extent, Luo Lie, who carries a unique system in his consciousness, can be considered an anomaly among Nen users. Even if the path he takes is wrong, it doesn't necessarily lead to a dead end.

Luo Lie didn't think too much about it at the moment. His entire focus was on how to enhance his control over Nen. The first technique he practiced was "Wrap" among the four basic techniques.

At the very least, he needed to learn how to manipulate Nen before he could investigate the Nen ability that instantly stripped Maki of her clothes and underwear.

He hoped that... the still unknown Nen ability wouldn't be so low that it could only be used to strip clothes.

Thus, whenever Maki was not at home, Luo Lie spent almost all his time training, and when Maki returned, she taught him the common language.

Days passed, and the meals remained the same bowl of rice soup with no side dishes.

Every time he ate, Luo Lie would think about Maki's thin figure hidden under her clothes and make up his mind to improve the meals after mastering the language and understanding the current situation in Meteor City!

Time flew by, and after half a month, Luo Lie could stably retain the "Nen" in his upper body. Under Maki's clumsy guidance, he had basically mastered the common language of this world and occasionally inquired about the situation in Meteor City. By now, he had a basic understanding of Meteor City.

Meteor City, a landfill, was designated as a garbage dump 1,500 years ago, where any country could discard anything.

Garbage, corpses, infants, industrial waste... anything considered useless could be discarded here.

Although the area outside Meteor City is basically filled with garbage, the streets inside are clean and simple, with buildings primarily in yellow and white tones and decent materials. If the garbage outside were ignored, it would be a normal town.

The residents of Meteor City are all abandoned people, blacklisted from the world, with no traceable background. They mainly rely on recyclable items from the landfill for survival.

However, the vast amount of garbage, including industrial waste, hazardous materials from failed chemical experiments, and various substances harmful to the human body, means that anyone venturing into the landfill needs full protective gear.

This is why Maki wears protective gear when she goes to the landfill.

Self-reliance is the basic condition for survival here. Even if you are an orphaned child, you won't receive any special privileges. This environment can be described as a form of natural selection.

On the twenty-fourth day of Luo Lie's arrival, perhaps because the rice was finished, Maki put on her protective suit again, preparing to go to the landfill to find useful items to exchange for food.

"Luo, starting today, I won't provide you with food anymore. If you don't want to starve, come with me to the landfill," Maki said calmly, looking at Luo Lie in her protective suit.

This time, Maki seemed to have no intention of going out alone.

Luo Lie's name is very difficult to pronounce in the common language, but if only "Luo" is used, it sounds much smoother. So Luo Lie decided to cut off "Lie" and use a single-character name.

"I've been waiting for this for a long time!" Luo smiled, twisted his neck, and made a cracking sound. He had been cooped up in the room mainly due to unfamiliarity with the environment and the language barrier. Now that these concerns were gone, he had long wanted to go out and explore.

Moreover, he had long been unable to tolerate eating rice soup every day.

Seeing Luo's excitement, Maki's eyes gleamed slightly, and she nodded. She picked up the gas mask hanging on the wall and walked towards the door.

"You owe me twenty-four days of food expenses. I'll charge you triple interest, but I'll waive the accommodation fee. Oh, and the redemption fee for the stone will be charged separately," Maki suddenly stopped at the door after taking a few steps.

Luo Lie's forehead immediately dropped several black lines, and he said helplessly, "Alright, alright. And it's not a stone, it's a jade!"

"Oh."

Maki's reaction was very cold, and she opened the door and walked out.

Luo Lie patted his forehead, indicating his helplessness, and followed her.

The residents of Meteor City rely on the waste in the landfill for survival, and Luo did not resist this. On the contrary, he now only wanted to improve the living conditions as soon as possible.

This was not just for himself but also for Maki.

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