I logged into the God panel.

"Doesn't this count as contact?"

Lu Daosheng felt a little regretful that he hadn't been able to acquire the corresponding abilities and attribute points, so... he still had to try it himself?

It seems that the logic of absorption ability and attribute points is different from that of [Divine Grace]... which is understandable.

He "lived" inside the body of a mummified corpse, nailed to a cross. He could hear and see, but he couldn't speak. It was a very strange feeling.

If you look closely, you can vaguely see invisible threads emanating from "yourself" and connecting to every corner of Donghai City.

If I'm not mistaken, it's a connection between the mummified corpses and those infected.

Although he had taken over the body of the dried corpse, he did not seem to have the ability to manipulate the connection, nor could he eliminate or trigger the infection—he did not know what would happen when the infection broke out.

My thoughts were racing.

Lu Daosheng saw that this area in the northern suburbs was shrouded in fog, and he saw a shadowy giant, tens of meters tall, roaring.

Thunder, fire, and frost also crisscrossed this torn land...

"The power of a superhuman..."

This was practically a small-scale war between superhumans.

Countless people, countless factions, fighters charging ahead, martial artists radiating immense power.

Lu Daosheng even saw an army, with tanks roaring and armored vehicles speeding by, but they were quickly torn apart.

Ordinary weapons are utterly useless against extraordinary beings.

This small-scale war continued unabated, from day to night.

"So tired..."

Lu Daosheng murmured, although he was gradually adapting to the body of the dried corpse, it seemed to be because the difference between his spiritual level and the strength of the dried corpse's body was too great.

Even if you do nothing, take no action, and don't speak, you still start to feel tired and your spirit is almost exhausted.

He took one last look at the extraordinary battlefield, then quietly withdrew his gaze and mental energy.

Why would so many people risk their lives to seize a sealed artifact?

A huge question arose in my mind.

…………

Stepping out of the gate to the spirit world, I felt dizzy and disoriented.

"Cough cough..."

Lu Daosheng took off his plastic mask and black robe and was about to put them in the wardrobe.

"what?"

He looked at the mask and black robe with surprise; the two ordinary items seemed to have undergone some kind of transformation.

More flexible, more durable, especially the mask, which even emitted a faint spiritual fluctuation.

Is it because it is infused with a frenzied spirituality?

I packed my things and glanced at the time.

21: 19.

Lu Yu hasn't returned yet.

Frowning, Lu Daosheng made a phone call, which took a while to be answered.

"Lu Yu, why haven't you come home yet?"

"You're telling me what to do now?" Lu Daosheng could imagine the girl on the other end of the phone snorting, her eyes probably rolling to the sky.

After a pause, Lu Yu continued:

"I'm at Mint's house. We're studying mysticism and the supernatural. Isn't there a spiritual test on Saturday? Let's do some preparation."

Lu Daosheng's expression relaxed:

"But the city government issued a control order, saying that a very serious epidemic was spreading."

"Tch, what are you afraid of? Let me tell you a secret, your sister is practically a superhuman now, immune to all diseases!"

Lu Yu was smug, then his tone suddenly turned somber:

"But you, don't go wandering off. I'll be back in a day or two. Is there enough food at home?"

"There's some bread left, and the fridge also has eggs, noodles, and the like. That's enough."

"That's good. Just stay home and don't open the door for strangers."

Hearing Lu Yu's words, Lu Daosheng felt a toothache and reluctantly responded twice before hanging up the phone.

The television was broadcasting new news, saying that a series of extreme weather events, including heavy fog, thunderstorms, and sandstorms, had suddenly occurred in the northern suburbs, and citizens were advised not to go there.

"I didn't see my parents in the northern suburbs... Well, most of the superhumans there cover their faces."

Lu Daosheng muttered to himself that he was quite happy to be alone at home, as he could finally study the Twilight Holy Fist Manual and the Dawn Meditation Method properly.

Wearing the dark necklace, my attribute points have now reached 0.03. The ice flow provided by the necklace is still small but stable.

With his powerful mental strength, Lu Daosheng was able to multitask, simultaneously looking through the meditation photos in the manual and on his watch.

"The Holy Fist Manual teaches that during the apprenticeship stage, specific postures are used to move the body's Qi and blood, combined with training, to slowly improve physical fitness... If one has spirituality, this process can be greatly accelerated."

Lu Daosheng studied it very carefully.

"Once the physical condition reaches a certain critical point, one can use spirituality to begin trying to condense the spiritual core of the physical body, usually choosing one of the five internal organs."

He gradually became immersed in it.

The apprenticeship path and the scholar path are similar in that the second, third, and fourth steps all aim to cultivate a spiritual core.

One core is a fighter, four cores are martial artists, and seven cores are the fourth stage [Limit Breakers].

As for the fifth step?

Neither meditation nor esoteric practices describe it.

"Can we cultivate together?"

Lu Daosheng muttered to himself, drawing some spiritual energy from the spirit world and integrating it into his physical and spiritual bodies.

Following the instructions in the esoteric texts, he assumed a very strange, awkward posture, resembling prayer.

As the body gradually became hot, spirituality began to flow through the blood, circulating throughout the body. In the mind, spirituality was also nourishing the core of the spirit.

Time passed little by little.

1:49 AM.

Lu Daosheng took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

Open your eyes.

【God:???】

[Physical Fitness: 0.60]

Sensitivity: 1.01

【Spirit: 3.01】

[Authority: Divine Grace]

[Abilities: Dark Eye (82%), Ten Thousand Words (0.2%), Extreme Speed ​​(0.5%), Time Slow (0%)]

[Attribute Points: 0.03]

"Physical constitution increased by 0.03, agility increased by 0.01, and spirit also increased by 0.01..."

Lu Daosheng frowned. Was this improvement rate fast?

For ordinary humans, it's incredibly fast, considering it's only a few hours.

But what about those with superhuman abilities?

"This is the result of using unlimited spiritual assistance for acceleration. If other extraordinary individuals are this fast, how many years would it take them to advance to the next level?"

"Either the extraordinary individuals have other ways to quickly enhance themselves, or..."

A bitter smile appeared on Lu Daosheng's face:

"My talent is somewhat lacking."

He felt it was somewhat absurd, but he quickly accepted it. So what if it's bad? It doesn't matter.

As long as you come into contact with enough alchemical artifacts and sealed items, your improvement speed will surpass that of everyone else... After all, just touching the mural for a moment grants you 1.32 attribute points!

"Turn off the [Speed] passive effect."

His thinking speed, nerve reaction speed, and action speed suddenly decreased by three times, and Lu Daosheng felt as if he had entered a state of extreme weakness.

He stopped in a corner of the living room, turned on his watch, started the timer, and sprinted away!

The boy sprinted at a speed far exceeding that of his peers.

"10 meters, about 1.5 seconds... In other words, without any special abilities, a normal adult with 1 point of sensitivity can only travel at speeds within this range, around 6 meters per second, or 15 seconds for 100 meters."

Lu Daosheng let out a sigh of relief.

"Activate the passive skill [Extreme Speed]".

Three times the speed in all directions.

"【Fast】Activate automatically."

The speed of action doubled again.

Press the stopwatch.

Press it again.

"0.26 seconds."

Ten meters, taking only 0.26 seconds, almost in the blink of an eye.

Lu Daosheng's eyes shone brightly. His speed under full sprint, after activating [Extreme Speed], could reach 40 meters per second!

It is close to one-eighth of the speed of sound.

It's not the limit yet.

"Time is running out."

Time suddenly slowed down, the countdown started again, and the race began again.

"As expected, 0.13."

Looking at the numbers on the stopwatch, Lu Daosheng's breathing quickened slightly. Eighty meters per second, close to a quarter of the speed of sound!

"At this rate, when my sensitivity score breaks through 4, I will have reached the speed of sound."

Lu Daosheng took a deep breath, his heart pounding, but he quickly calmed down.

He thought of everything he had seen in the northern suburbs from the perspective of the dried-up corpse... but that wasn't enough, far from enough.

The martial artists there easily broke the sound barrier, and the shadow giants, tens of meters tall, could smash down small mountains.

Faced with such immense power...

"Since I have the God Panel, there's no need for me to compete with superhumans in terms of personal strength... at least not now."

Lu Daosheng muttered to himself, whether it was the existence of divine grace or his control over the chaotic spirituality in the spirit world, it all pointed to one fact.

"power."

"What I want to be is not a knight or sorcerer who fights personally, but... a chess player."

He remembered what the "Guardian of the Heart" on the yellowish-brown forum had said about meeting him in the spirit world.

Lu Daosheng lowered his eyes.

"Perhaps I should really try to build a temple in the spirit world, a temple for believers to come and see the Lord."