Absolute Gate

Chapter 98 Promotion Ceremony
Wu finally realized that even if the pluralistic system is not as good as other characteristics, it also has its remarkable aspects.

For example, the scope of knowledge is extremely wide!
The entire multiverse knows everything, and everyone's abilities are known to the letter. Who would have thought that the physical strength of the Mad Blood Clan is just a simple matter?

All data of enlightened beings, as long as there are no characteristics that prohibit access, will be known by the multiverse system, like observing the lines on the palm.

"Hiss, that's too difficult."

"The Mad Blood Clan's ability to absorb disease and strengthen their physique is equivalent to instantly raising your limits."

"So, according to that logic, most of the calamities are useless now, and the multiverse will know about them."

Yang Chunsha hurriedly waved her hand: "It's not that bad, it's just that it's not suitable for the Mad Blood Clan to be attacked multiple times, because it involves the body."

"Physiological achievement, as the name suggests, is the limit set based on your physical condition. It does not take into account factors outside the body."

"For example, if my limit is to hold my breath for half an hour before I die, it's useless to rely on the Mad Blood Clan to improve my physique in order to hold my breath longer, because it would just increase the difficulty of the challenge."

"But if a catastrophic object were to appear at this moment, without altering the body's limits, and allow a person to stop breathing and not die, then I could complete the challenge."

Wu finally understood, and then asked curiously, "To advance to the second level, you need to complete two tasks. You said you were only one step away, so does that mean you've already completed one?"

"If you didn't rely on the Mad Blood Clan, how did you manage to do it?"

Yang Chunsha grinned: "Who said I didn't rely on the Mad Blood Clan? Any trait can help an Awakener advance..."

"When you first spread rumors about my madness, I was overjoyed and immediately launched the 'Multi-faceted Challenge,' asking people to 'double their physical fitness with just one workout move.'"

"Fitness is also a physiological challenge, but human fitness efficiency is very low, so it is impossible to do this. My multi-faceted method cannot do it either."

"But at the same time, you can send me Mad Blood, and then I will have completed this challenge."

Wu Zhong laughed heartily: "You're such a clever little devil."

He only just learned that Yangchunsha had such ingenious ideas when faced with the desperate situation of the cliff cypress.

Indeed, after seven long years of not completing any challenges and being stuck at level one, he must have fantasized countless times about having special abilities.

Upon learning that Wu Zhong intended to use her mad blood, she immediately devised a plan, demonstrating that she was well-prepared.

"In that case, why don't you continue to challenge yourself with fitness-related achievements?" Wu Zhong asked.

Yang Chunsha shook her head: "No, you can only take one of these kinds of challenges."

"Things like improving physical fitness are completely unusable; we have to switch to something else."

Wu Zhong pondered, realizing Yang Chunsha's predicament.

Actually, I don't know what challenge to take on next. The Mad Blood Clan Effect only works for this one time.

“Jordan seems to be at level two, let me ask him.” Wu Zhong remembered that there was another person in the clan, so he immediately picked up the apple.

Yang Chunsha was overjoyed upon hearing this. "That's right, Jordan is at level two! His longevity technique was achieved by frantically filtering different life paths."

"Quickly, ask him!"

Wu Zhong chatted with Jordan for a while, first inquiring about his current situation, and then asking him how he became a Level 2 Awakener after everything was settled.

As a result, Wu received an unexpected answer.

"What do you mean? What do you mean?" Yang Chunsha asked anxiously when Wu Zhong hung up the call.

Wu Zhong pursed his lips, both amused and exasperated, and said, "When Jordan was four years old, his parents hired a strong person to help him complete two physiological challenges."

"..." Everyone present was speechless.

Yang Chunsha was stunned, and then he remembered that Jordan's family background was actually quite impressive; he was from the third branch of the 'Qiao family'.

Although it's just a side branch, given his parents' connections, getting him to level two shouldn't be a problem.

There are so many powerful people in the world, it's impossible for everyone to have extraordinary items. Most of them probably rely on the challenge techniques of others for help.

The Qiao family clearly had connections. Even after they were wiped out, didn't they have a skilled person like Long Kui who went out of her way to rescue Jordan and raise him?
It is evident that Jordan came from a good family background when he was young, but he made a big enemy and suffered misfortune.

"You...he...damn it! I'll fight these rich kids to the death!" Yang Chunsha's tears flowed uncontrollably.

Wu Zhong rolled his eyes: "Don't be ridiculous, he's in a much worse situation than you."

"Forget it, you'd better figure out a solution yourself."

"Unfortunately, the Mad Blood Clan Effect means that for continuous challenges like eating or holding your breath, it's not possible to extend the time by absorbing new diseases to strengthen your body."

"Is there any way to prolong your physical abilities without improving your physical condition?"

Suddenly, Perrin had an idea and blurted out, "I've got it! We can use fake water!"

Yang Chunsha asked curiously, "Fake water? What do you mean?"

"The water challenge? But fake water can't make me drink more, and it might even damage my liver."

Although drinking fake water is fine, as long as you're not covered up, you won't get infected and be prohibited from swimming.

But what challenge could that possibly accomplish? She didn't understand.

Wu Zhong didn't understand either, and looked at Pei Lan: "Tell me your thoughts."

Perrin pointed to a bottle of fake water on Wu's head: "Although this water does not participate in chemical reactions, nor can it evaporate or freeze, it possesses all the physical functions of liquid water, and oxygen can be physically dissolved in it."

"It does not evaporate; instead, it can withstand ultra-high pressure and remain liquid, dissolving far more oxygen than ordinary water, thus possessing a huge oxygen-carrying capacity and becoming high-oxygen water."

"In this way, we can achieve the legendary 'liquid breathing'."

"We use a device to continuously oxygenate the artificial water under high pressure, so even if you breathe it as if it were air, you won't drown even if your lungs are full."

"You can challenge yourself to breathe underwater for extended periods, even if you choke on water for several hours, you still have enough dissolved oxygen in your lungs for several hours or even longer."

After he finished speaking, everyone present fell silent.

This made Perrin feel insecure: "What's wrong? Is there a problem I've overlooked?" "It should be fine, I'm an extreme sports enthusiast, I know about these things, and I've fantasized about liquid breathing before."

"In fact, such technology exists, using other liquids, but I think it is far inferior to this kind of absolutely liquid water."

The group exchanged glances, though they couldn't discern anything wrong with what they were saying.

Finally, Wu Zhong asked, "Isn't this considered using external aids? Pushing your physiological limits, what's the difference between this method and carrying an oxygen tank?"

Perrin said, "If it were a liquid breathing technology invented by humans, it certainly wouldn't work, but fake water is a catastrophic substance."

"The advancement of an enlightened being can be cheated, or rather, without using calamities to cheat, one simply cannot pass."

"Since fake water is absolutely liquid water, the multi-dimensional system will only determine that it is liquid water, without considering that it is a catastrophic object cheating."

"Disaster objects are the only external objects that can be used to legally cheat."

Wu nodded. Perrin was from the Tijuana family and knew a lot about this kind of promotion. If he said it was possible, then it was definitely possible.

So the only question is whether breathing with fake water is actually feasible.

"Won't this kind of water cause problems if it's in my lungs?" Wu Zhong pondered, but couldn't think of any problems.

Perrin took a deep breath and said, "Theoretically, it's fine. I'm willing to test the law myself."

"I only need one more challenge to advance to level two."

"Once I reach level two, I will no longer only have sealing skills, and I may be able to switch between multiple professions like McGonagall."

"If I'm lucky, it might not be outdated even up to the Gold rank. I want to give it a try!"

Wu nodded. McGonagall should be at level two, so a level two Awakener is enough to support a Gold-level expert.

"Okay, just do it!"

Wu Zhong suddenly stood up. Since Pei Lan had volunteered, what else was there to say?

Once it's confirmed that fake water can be produced in this way, it means he has another reliable method to complete the physiological challenge.

Add the Mad Blood Clan's fitness challenge, and you have two 'promotion ceremonies' complete!

It can help most Level 1 Awakeners easily advance to Level 2! This is something that many small groups and organizations probably cannot do.

That afternoon, they had everything ready, and the oxygen supply equipment was arranged by the Javier family.

Ever since Wu Zhong defeated McGer and helped him rescue his son, Havel was extremely grateful to Wu Zhong and completely submissive to him.

In this kind of ordinary society, it's always good to leave small tasks like ordering and purchasing to him. Havel didn't hesitate and immediately sent someone to handle it.

First, prepare an extremely sturdy oxygen chamber, fill it with a large amount of fake water, and apply an extreme high-pressure pure oxygen environment to it.

It's worth mentioning that when enough fake water gathers together and its mass exceeds that of the Rain God, the Rain God will switch!

Yes, switch directly to the identity of the Rain God.

The lifeless fake water came back to life, while the original rain god remained lifeless.

Wherever there is the largest amount of fake water, that is where the rain god resides! This thing is essentially a form of teleportation... The extent of a calamity's power often depends on how it is used.

Fortunately, they had already figured out this characteristic, and for this operation, they had already enlarged and locked up the Rain God in advance.

Therefore, a large amount of fake water can be injected into the oxygenation chamber.

This water does not evaporate or condense, meaning it has no concept of "vapor pressure." No matter how much pressure is applied, it remains absolutely liquid.

With this special material, Henry's Law works wonders: since the pressure can be continuously increased, the concentration of dissolved oxygen can theoretically also increase accordingly.

Calculations show that at 10 atmospheres of pressure, the dissolved oxygen in pure water is about 400 mg/L, which is twice that of blood.

This machine can create 500 atmospheres of pressure and fill it with about 2 mg/L of dissolved oxygen, which is 100 times that of blood!
This super-oxygenated water can be used directly as a breathing medium.

Its oxygen-carrying capacity is more than a hundred times that of human blood. As long as this water flows through the lungs, even at a very slow flow rate, it is enough to meet all of the human body's oxygen needs, and even more than enough.

"Gululu..."

Perrin submerged his entire head in the water tank, breathing easily; the gurgling bubbles were the carbon dioxide he exhaled.

More than an hour later, Perrin finally raised his head, coughed up water into the tank, and exclaimed with joy, "I did it! I've reached level two!"

Everyone rejoiced and praised this, saying it was a great thing because everyone could benefit from it.

Wu was excited, but still calmly asked him about his feelings to make sure there were no problems.

After questioning him for a while, Wu Zhong finally asked, "...So it seems there are no side effects. But I noticed you were only inhaling it in small sips. Why is that?"

Perrin paused for a moment: "Uh... the oxygen content is too high. I felt a bit dizzy after the first breath. I was oxygen intoxicated."

"So we kept controlling the volume of the exercise, otherwise it would lead to oxygen toxicity..."

"..." Everyone was speechless. They were inexperienced and had given too much oxygen. Everything in the world can be poisonous; it's just a matter of insufficient dosage.

"As long as everyone is alright." Wu Zhong smiled. Success! He now possessed two major challenge techniques.

Then, looking at everyone with envy, he said, "What are you waiting for? Go and complete your promotion ceremony."

"Haha!" Yang Chunsha was the first to rush forward, plunging her head into the water.

Onions and sweet flag followed closely behind, leaving only Wu Zhong and Ya Ke by the water tank, watching them breathe and chat underwater.

The sound was buzzing, accompanied by a series of gurgling bubbles.

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(End of this chapter)