Chapter 29

After finishing two cultural classes, Zhuochuan went to the sports training hall.

Previously, he could only handle three ordinary combat robots. This time, although he felt a significant change in himself, he did not become overconfident and still chose three robots.

In this underground world, if the resources are for enjoyment, one has to earn money to buy them. However, if they are for learning and improvement, they are provided free of charge. The same applies to other students, but it is clear that they do not yet have this ability.

However, this time, Zhuochuan clearly felt his reaction limits improving in the combat. Simply put, he could instantly analyze and calculate the direction, speed, and how to dodge the opponent's attack. Instead of relying more on physical instinct, he now used a combination of mental calculation to react.

Obviously, this method is much more efficient than before. The most direct manifestation is that the number of times he got hit dropped sharply, and the amount of energy he consumed also decreased sharply. He didn't need to make large movements to avoid attacks.

Before long, he had already adapted to the attacks of three ordinary robots. It was difficult for them to hit him, so there was no training effect. Of course, although Zhuochuan could hit them, he had not yet mastered the power of the soul, so his attack power was still at the limit of his physical body, and he could not destroy these robots.

He then applied to increase the number of robots. After adapting in a very short time, he applied again until six robots were simultaneously attacking him, and he felt threatened again.

Unconsciously, Lao Xu had already arrived in the combat training hall, his dark face showing concern.

He watched Zhuochuan's lightning-fast movements, which could handle six robots simultaneously, even though they were ordinary models. He believed that no one among the underground reserve citizens had this ability.

And in just over a month, the other party had made such progress, and he believed that Zhuochuan could smoothly get through the duel in over a month, even if the opponent was an E-level citizen.

He watched for a while longer, seeing that Zhuochuan was very focused, and then quietly left without saying a word.

Zhuochuan did not know that Lao Xu had come. After training for a while, he found that it was time to go home, then returned to his body in the modern world, preparing to continue absorbing the soul power released by the dying.

However, when he returned this time, he felt a throbbing pain in his head, which made him immediately faint.

When he woke up, Zhuochuan realized that he seemed to have changed. He remembered that before going to the new world, although he had absorbed enough soul power, he did not have strong computational abilities in the modern world. It was only after arriving in the new world that he discovered his computational ability had increased to a terrifying level.

Thinking of this, he immediately recalled a few calculation problems in his mind. Indeed, this time, in the modern world, he also had a terrifying mental calculation ability.

"But why did I faint from the pain just now?" Zhuochuan had this doubt, but he quickly formed a hypothesis. Could it be that the soul was actively modifying his body in the modern world? The last time he gained the "photographic memory" ability, he did not have this feeling, probably because his brain's potential was sufficient to handle it.

And now, the terrifying computational ability was something his original body's brain could not handle, so it was being modified subconsciously by the soul.

Zhuochuan was not sure if this answer was correct, but by comparing his body in the new world, he knew that the emergence of new abilities required the cooperation of both the body and the soul, so he felt this answer was reliable.

Getting this answer, he was secretly delighted because if the soul could passively modify the body, it meant that as long as he continued to accumulate soul power, his body in the modern world would eventually reach the strength of the body in the new world.

And if that body, which could be considered invincible even in the new world, appeared in the modern world, it was hard to imagine what he could achieve in the modern world and what kind of future he would have.

Zhuochuan suppressed the joy that was welling up inside him and continued to accumulate soul power. The two new abilities that had appeared one after another made him believe that as long as he continuously absorbed soul power, he could continue to generate new abilities.

Due to the targeted and rich information, plus the convenience of action, Zhuochuan's efficiency in absorbing soul power was greatly improved compared to the first day. Every day, he could find and successfully absorb the soul power released by more than five critically ill patients who were difficult to save.

Such days continued, but his joy did not last long. Although he continuously absorbed soul power, Zhuochuan did not gain any new abilities. Every time he absorbed a significant amount of soul power, he would find time to experiment with his body in the new world, but he did not gain any new abilities like "photographic memory" and "terrifying mental calculation" before.

Zhuochuan was very patient. He believed that this did not mean that absorbing soul power was useless, but that he had not absorbed enough.

The first "photographic memory" ability, he gained after absorbing the soul power of two people. The second "terrifying mental calculation" ability appeared after he absorbed the soul power of a person with very high status, and the soul power released by that person before death was equivalent to that of a dozen others.

He believed that the emergence of the third ability would require absorbing more soul power than the first two.

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"Name: Robert, Gender: Male, Age: 87, Medical History: Served in the U.S. military, retired and founded a software company, now retired, traveling the world, came to China for tourism, suddenly fell ill. Future ten-day physical condition prediction: 1 hour and 13 minutes after the first life-threatening crisis, the crisis level is severe, difficult to save, and there will be no further crises within ten days after a successful rescue."

This was the first time Zhuochuan encountered a critically ill foreigner, and a retired military person. These occupational experiences, unless confidential, were usually written into the medical records to help doctors make diagnoses, such as certain occupational diseases closely related to the occupation. This was convenient for Zhuochuan to screen suitable individuals.

And this critically ill foreigner, in Zhuochuan's view, should be an excellent subject for absorption. He had a rich life experience and was old enough, traveling around the world at his age, which was unimaginable in China, but quite common among foreigners, with some even climbing Mount Everest at eighty.

He was brought in by his travel companion, but Zhuochuan did not care about that.

After the software made the prediction, he followed the doctor into the emergency room. His software could only predict life-threatening crises, but not the specific nature of the crisis, which might require only ordinary emergency measures or major surgery.

The doctors had long been accustomed to his presence, knowing that he was improving the effectiveness and enhancing the prediction.

An elderly doctor, wearing a mask, smiled and said to him, "Zhuochuan, your software is powerful, but if it could tell us what disease the patient will have, we would be even more confident."

"This still needs long-term improvement," Zhuochuan nodded, "for now, we still rely on your clinical diagnosis."

"Right, right, this is already very good. At least now we encounter fewer emergencies. In the past, every time we had to rush like rabbits to save such patients," the elderly doctor said.

There were still 20 minutes left before the predicted time. The doctors were not tense; some were resting, and some were chatting with Zhuochuan. After all, with ample preparation, if they couldn't save the patient, there was nothing they could do. They had already done everything possible in the procedure, and no hospital, including those large hospitals in the U.S., could prepare as meticulously as they did.

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