I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 183 Good night, Sister Qiao Qiao
"call……"

The gravity above his head that kept pressing down like a jack, and the sticky and shaking ground under his feet that was like a jungle swamp, made Lin Xing'an feel as if he was back in Villa No. 6 when he was six years old.

That kind of despair caused by weakness...

That kind of despair caused by fear...

That kind of despair caused by pain...

They have all disappeared...

Lin Xing'an was breathing heavily.

So much time has passed...

"boom!"

When Lin Xing'an was about to stand up completely, the gravity above his head suddenly increased again.

My feet also shook violently.

"be careful……"

Ke Ke, who was concentrating, clenched his fists nervously.

The hardest part of this gravity is standing up completely.

The most difficult part of standing up completely is the moment when you are about to straighten your back.

At that moment, gravity undergoes a series of instantaneous changes.

It may be relaxing first and then suddenly increasing, or it may be increasing sharply first and then increasing sharply.

If you can get through it, you can stand up again.

If you can’t handle it, start over again!

"Come on..."

Ke Ke looked at Lin Xing'an intently.

Lin Xing'an in the room staggered for a moment and then stabilized himself.

It was as if he had already prepared for the change in gravity at that moment...

"call……"

Lin Xing'an closed his eyes again.

The chest kept rising and falling.

My physical strength was draining away rapidly like the tide releasing from a floodgate.

Although the [wave] continues to recover.

But fatigue cannot be filled.

Lin Xing'an blinked.

Perhaps because of the sweat, his vision became a little hazy and blurry.

In a trance, he seemed to see Teacher Orange standing on the wall against the sunlight again, reaching out her hand to him who was trapped in the ghost realm.

The words "If you believe, you won't see" are ringing in my ears...

"Gudong..."

A trace of throbbing passed through Lin Xing'an's heart, and he raised his hand tremblingly.

Unconsciously, he had already stood up completely, carrying the gravity and stepping on the shaking, swamp-like ground.

"If you believe, you won't get tired..."

Lin Xing'an tilted his neck back, breathing heavily, with a smile on his face.

"Junior! Well done!"

Ke Ke outside the door clapped his hands excitedly.

It seems that he is even more excited than Lin Xing'an!
"Junior, now recall the feeling of exerting force just now, maintain that force, and then do squats, the simplest squats will do!"

"As long as you maintain that force against gravity, you can do it!"

Keke said outside.

Lin Xing'an shook his head and shook off the sweat.

At this moment, his whole body was soaked as if he had been caught in a heavy rain!
His face turned red because of the effort and the need to control and maintain his strength.

After standing there for a short while to adjust himself, Lin Xing'an slowly squatted down.

"Uh!"

He groaned!
The action of squatting down on his own initiative was even more difficult than standing up against the gravity!

He had to exert force downwards and fight against gravity, creating a stalemate of forces.

If you are not careful, you will be pushed down by gravity and hit again!
What's more, the ground under my feet is not flat and is constantly shaking.

"..."

Lin Xing'an pursed his lips.

Carefully controlling every inch of his muscles.

Last night he had already dispelled the darkness in his body and kept his strength firmly under control at level D.

So now he feels like he's running with a sandbag on his back...

This kind of training will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort for him!

Once the seal is lifted, Lin Xing'an can't imagine how powerful he will be!
"call……"

Beads of sweat the size of beans kept rolling down.

It took Lin Xing'an almost a minute to squat down completely.

Then, under Keke's encouraging gaze, he closed his eyes and slowly stood up.

"hiss!"

The soreness in his muscles made Lin Xing'an look painful for a moment.

He gritted his teeth, endured the pain and fatigue, and slowly stood up.

Then, without even giving himself a chance to breathe, he squatted down again.

Then I did it continuously.

"Junior, you..."

Looking at Lin Xing'an's painful expression, Ke Ke couldn't help but gasp in empathy.

Subconsciously touched his legs

What a strong willpower it takes to endure this!

"..."

Ke Ke didn't know how to sigh for a moment.

"The Minister is really good at judging people..."

She could only shake her head and say this in the end.

After overcoming the initial fatigue and adapting to the squeezing of gravity and the tearing of the ground, Lin Xing'an also began to speed up.

After doing dozens of squats in a row, he finally couldn't hold it back and yelled with his head tilted back, gasping for breath!
His body was staggering and he looked like he could hardly stand!

Just these few blows drained his strength in an instant!

It even overdrew the recovery of [Wave]!

"Junior! It's almost there, almost there! It's ready!"

"No... I... can still make a few more..."

Lin Xing'an raised his hand and shook his head.

Then he closed his eyes, paused for a few seconds, and did three more in a row.

After the fourth one squatted down, his vision suddenly went dark!
Then a dizziness came over me.

When he regained consciousness, he was lying on Koko's legs.

"Don't move, junior, your body is already overloaded! How can you train like this?"

Keke put his hand on Lin Xing'an's forehead and stared at him.

"Junior, this kind of thing needs to be done gradually!"

"Next time, you must listen to my instructions!"

Her tone grew serious.

Lin Xing'an also nodded obediently and wanted to sit up, but his body seemed to be out of control and did not move at all.

"Just lie down nicely, this morning's training is over."

"In addition to training your physical strength, I mainly want you to adapt to the abilities of a D-level."

"How's it going? Do you have a rough understanding of your abilities?"

Keke asked, tilting his head.

Lin Xing'an raised his eyes, but after a moment of hesitation, he turned his head away and looked away.

From this upward perspective...

Keke seems to have grown a lot...

"...I've almost got it. The recovery of the [Tide] is gradual."

"If your physical strength is at 70%, it will recover to 100% in about ten minutes."

"At 50% strength, at that rate, it would take half an hour to recover to 100%."

"Only 10% to 20% of my stamina remains. It will take nearly an hour to fully recover."

"If I completely exhaust my physical strength and have no energy left, then I estimate it will take at least two hours." Lin Xing'an simply closed his eyes and said while thinking.

Keke nodded repeatedly in surprise.

I didn’t expect Lin Xing’an to be so accurate in his perception!
"Almost the same as what I calculated and observed."

"Junior, if that's the case, you should have a better idea of how to use and allocate your energy in the future."

She showed Lin Xing'an his performance data in the gravity room.

"Only one hundred and two points..."

Lin Xing'an noticed that the total score of his [Shu Shu] account had become 102.

"What do you mean by talent?!"

Ke Ke's eyes widened. "Junior, normally these points only increase by single digits at a time! Breaking through three digits is already impressive!"

"And I don't even think this is your limit."

"Your current level is [Ding-Upper], and the gravity chamber level I'm adjusting for you is [C-Lower]. Your final points will be multiplied by 1.2."

"But I feel like since you can do so many squats, the difficulty level [C-level] should be no problem. If you happen to reach another level, then the final score will be multiplied by 2."

She found her account for Lin Xing'an again.

The ID is Xiaocang, and the total points are only over 700.

"Senior, if I come here a few times, won't I surpass you?"

"Hmph, if it's better than mine, then so be it. If he's my junior, then I can accept it."

Keke waved his hand indifferently.

Lin Xing'an, who had finally recovered from his overdraft, also sat up.

"Senior, do I want another round?"

"No, no, then this morning's goal has been achieved! And exceeded!"

Ke Ke patted his legs, indicating that Lin Xing'an could lie down for a while.

Lin Xing'an quickly shook his head.

"Senior, is there a mission today to integrate ability attributes into the ghost realm?"

"How do I do this? I feel like my [Wave] ability... doesn't seem to have any properties."

Lin Xing'an asked after releasing the ghost realm.

"No, no, no, junior, each ability has multiple attributes."

"For example, my [Transformation] mainly includes the two attributes of 'change' and 'control'."

"For example, your [Tide], you think it's ordinary, but it at least contains the three attributes of 'recovery', 'progression', and 'passive'."

"These attributes can actually be manifested by your ghost domain. What we need to do is to make them manifest more and more explosively."

Ke Ke explained to Lin Xing'an with gestures and excitement.

Lin Xing'an nodded, not quite understanding what he meant.

"...Senior, my ghost domain... To be honest, I don't feel any properties..."

"Take it back first and look at mine."

Koko stood up and said.

As Lin Xing'an took back his ghost domain, her ghost domain immediately bloomed.

Standing in the middle of it, Lin Xing'an was stunned for a moment, frowned, and a hint of suspicion appeared on his face.

"Junior, do you feel anything unusual in your body?"

“…I…uh…”

"Idiot! It's okay if you can't feel it!"

Seeing that Lin Xing'an seemed to be hesitant to speak, Ke Ke smiled and took back the ghost domain.

"Junior, our abilities can affect each other, but the ghost realm cannot affect us."

"Our ghost domain is used to restrict humans and animals. Only humans and animals can sense the properties of our ghost domain."

"Junior, this is actually difficult for you to understand because you have never come into contact with humans or animals."

"But once you witness with your own eyes the desperate struggles of humans and animals in your ghost realm, you will know how powerful you are."

Ke Ke took Lin Xing'an to another room with a large screen.

"But don't worry, we have a lot of videos of hunting people and animals stored here."

The big screen lights up.

Ke Ke inserted a USB drive and opened a file called "On-the-job Training".

"..."

Lin Xing'an's pupils shrank.

There are hundreds of GB of videos in it...

"These……"

"Yes, all of them! Awesome, right?"

A hint of pride appeared on Keke's face.

"Junior, it's the end of this round of chicken coops, there's not much chance of killing people or animals."

"When the next round begins and humans and animals awaken en masse, we'll basically eat it every day."

"You should watch these videos first, mainly to see the expressions of the humans and animals, and feel their despair and fear."

"After you finish reading this, I will teach you how to amplify the abilities and attributes of your own ghost realm and affect humans and animals."

She excitedly picked a video and put it aside for Lin Xingan.

"This……"

Seeing the person in the video, Lin Xing'an was stunned again.

"This human-beast...came here secretly from South City almost seven years ago, relying on his own abilities."

"At that time, I was Ding Shang's strength, and this human beast was also Ding Shang's strength."

"Her ability is a B-level [Time Delay], a very, very powerful time-related ability. Mine is also a B-level ability."

"So this is like us facing off against humans and animals of the same level. The result is naturally a crushing defeat!"

"Senpai was only twelve years old at that time!"

A hint of pride appeared on Keke's face.

As if waiting for Lin Xing'an's praise.

"..."

But Lin Xing'an just watched the video without saying anything.

I just felt a bitterness in my heart...

Because the human-beast with time-related abilities in the video is Qiao Qiao...

In Keke's ghost realm, her silver-white eyes kept flashing in the darkness.

Even though she was surrounded by gluttonous ghosts and even though she knew she was doomed to die.

But through the video, Lin Xing'an could not see any fear or despair on her pretty face...

Only by using your abilities to the utmost can you grasp that ray of hope that may not even be visible.

Then die calmly with regret.

Lin Xing'an watched Qiao Qiao being devoured by the twelve-year-old Ke Ke in the final scene, and his fists clenched quietly...

Brother Xiaohai, Sister Qiaoqiao is a professor in the photography department of Nancheng University, the youngest professor!

In his ears, he couldn't help but recall the scene at the train station on a rainy night when Zhang Yunxi first introduced Qiao Qiao to him...

In my mind, Qiao Qiao's persistence under the crimson rain and the Qiao Qiao in the picture gradually overlapped...

"Junior, this human-beast is already quite powerful, but in our ghost realm, it can only struggle like this."

Ke Ke's words interrupted Lin Xing'an's memories.

"Look at her ridiculous appearance, like a fish that has already taken the bait, but is still fighting in vain, hehe~"

"And when you look at this part, when I was eating her, do you know why she didn't resist?"

"Because the 'change' property of my ghost realm is taking effect, it's making her feel like her body has become unable to resist. This is how the ghost realm affects humans and animals."

She turned her head and looked at Lin Xing'an and said.

"Alas, the way she ate was a bit ugly..."

Seeing Lin Xing'an watching the video so seriously, Ke Ke couldn't help but blush and stick out his tongue.

"...How could that be, Senpai?"

Lin Xing'an moved his eyes away from the video.

"This is so delicious and cute..."

He looked at Keke and said with a smile.

"Oh, I was a greedy girl back then."

Ke Ke hit Lin Xing'an affectionately and said with a red face.

Lin Xing'an just remained silent and closed his eyes.

Good night, Sister Qiao Qiao.

He said silently in his heart.

(End of this chapter)