Those Who Block the Road Die

"Did you break through? So quickly?"

Cao Liwen looked fairly calm as he watched Chu Fei, but he was still somewhat shocked.

As early as three weeks ago, Cao Liwen had known that Chu Fei was preparing to make a push.

A week ago, he had learned that Chu Fei was nearing his limit.

His breakthrough today seemed only natural.

Yet it was still far too fast.

He had been at Dawn Academy for less than three months.

The first-stage curriculum at Dawn Academy alone took three months!

In other words, Li Honggang and the others had not even finished their courses yet.

After finishing the courses, they would still need at least another two months to turn that knowledge into Cultivation Level.

That meant Li Honggang and the others would need at least five months to break through the First Limit.

And Li Honggang's initial potential had been as high as 7.6240—an outright genius template!

Chu Fei's initial potential was only 7.5587!

Most people's initial potential fell within the range of 7.5 ± 0.05, which was also the average.

After years of studying and living, it would generally rise by around 0.1.

In other words, Chu Fei had been a standard ordinary person.

Yet now, this ordinary person had overtaken those who came before him.

These thoughts flashed through Cao Liwen's mind in an instant.

Chu Fei scratched his head. "Is that fast? I heard the record for breaking through is one month."

Cao Liwen rolled his eyes. "Those people already had a foundation before entering the academy. You started from practically nothing."

"Not really. I studied in the village too."

Although it was the apocalypse, people still placed great importance on learning and education. There was no other reason for it—an apocalypse built on science meant that if you did not study, you would not even know how to use weapons or medicine.

Take ibuprofen sustained-release tablets, for example. Without some knowledge, you would not even know what they were for. As for instruction leaflets, did such things even exist in the apocalypse?

Still, the apocalypse was the apocalypse. The little knowledge taught in villages might be enough for daily life, but for cultivation, it was a bit of a stretch.

Cao Liwen decided not to argue over that and began asking about Chu Fei's current condition.

It had to be said that Cao Liwen was a very conscientious homeroom teacher. He carefully answered all of Chu Fei's questions and gave him plenty of advice on what to watch out for.

At last, Cao Liwen wrote Chu Fei a note. "You don't need to attend class for the next month. Rest properly. Try to follow what's written here for your meals and everything else."

Chu Fei thanked him and was about to leave.

Cao Liwen suddenly asked, "Chu Fei, how exactly did you cultivate so quickly? You even far surpassed Li Honggang, Lu Hong, and the others."

Chu Fei looked at Cao Liwen and saw anticipation, urgency, and confusion in Teacher Cao's eyes...

In that instant, Chu Fei understood a few things.

His initial potential had been completely ordinary, yet he had surpassed Li Honggang and the others, overtaking those ahead of him.

Was the gap in aptitude between Cao Liwen and Liu Tingyun similar to the gap between himself and Li Honggang?

Fortunately, Chu Fei had already considered this question. He immediately said, "Teacher, I do have some immature ideas. Please help me assess them."

A glimmer appeared in Cao Liwen's eyes. But it was only a glimmer; he probably did not hold much hope.

Chu Fei began to explain. Since he had thought about it before, his reasoning was clear and orderly.

"There is indeed a gap between the initial potential of Li Honggang and the others and mine. Potential is directly related to mental capacity, which, more specifically, means intelligence.

"But a person's height is never determined by intelligence alone.

"There is also willpower, confidence, a strong body, and, more importantly, faith in oneself.

"Be confident, strive to improve yourself, find the path that suits you, then walk it with unwavering resolve. There must not be the slightest hesitation throughout that process.

"Whether it is studying, training, or cultivation, at its core, it is all about being a person—being yourself.

"For that reason, inwardly, I examine myself many times a day and correct my mistakes every day, every hour.

"Outwardly, to keep others from affecting me, I can confront Captain Liu Tingyun head-on. I can kill Huang Dapeng and Tang Zhengang without hesitation, because they interfered with my path."

As he spoke, Chu Fei took three small steps back—only a dozen or so centimeters in truth—then turned around and strode away with his head held high.

Cao Liwen seemed to have fallen into a daze.

As for Cao Liwen's gossip-worthy situation, Chu Fei felt he could offer a little help if he could. It was just empty talk anyway.

A gentleman took pleasure in helping others achieve their wishes.

Between Cao Liwen and Liu Tingyun, Chu Fei was closer to Cao Liwen.

As for whether Liu Tingyun was willing, what did that have to do with him?

In any case, it would be best if it truly helped Cao Liwen. If not, it did not matter.

In truth, based on the information Chu Fei had encountered so far, Cao Liwen had almost no chance of breaking through. Unless he experienced an enlightenment on the level of Buddha himself.

Back in the dormitory, Chu Fei took out the note and read it carefully.

It was a "medicinal diet" prescribed for him by Cao Liwen.

For now, Chu Fei still had more than 130,000 yuan left from his investment. If the First Renewal Period was calculated as thirty days, he could allocate a little over 4,300 yuan per day.

The prices of the mutant beast meat supplied by the team ranged from 450 to 800 yuan.

Since he was not in a breakthrough phase right now, buying the 450-yuan kind would do. He could get around ten jin of mutant beast meat a day.

If that was not enough, he could eat at the cafeteria. If three meals were insufficient, then he would eat five. The cafeteria was free anyway.

Besides, the third physical examination would be in another week. Based on Chu Fei's potential and results, the Greedy Wolf Team would continue investing in him. Even if it was not as exaggerated as 240,000 yuan, it would not be too little.

As long as the Greedy Wolf Team's leadership still had brains, they would not mistreat a genius like Chu Fei, who had risen so suddenly.

The last time Chu Fei had humiliated Liu Tingyun so thoroughly, not a single cent had been deducted from his investment.

After sorting everything out, Chu Fei began his life of Lying Flat.

He had been tense ever since crossing over, and he was somewhat exhausted.

Now that he could relax, Chu Fei collapsed into bed and fell asleep!

Two hours later, he woke up needing to relieve himself and hurried to the restroom!

The more he ate, the more he had to expel.

During this period of intense bodily renewal, he needed huge amounts of nutrients, energy, protein, and so on. At the same time, his body also discharged large amounts of metabolic waste.

After leaving the restroom, he headed straight to the cafeteria. After eating, he took a walk back, went to sleep, and woke two hours later needing the restroom again...

"Ahhh! This is completely different from the Lying Flat life I imagined!" After only half a day, Chu Fei rubbed the sticky grime off his body, caught a whiff of the pungent odor, and nearly lost it.

Thinking that this life would continue for another month immediately put him in a foul mood.

"As expected, the apocalypse is still the apocalypse. It's impossible to lie flat completely."

While Chu Fei was "Lying Flat," Li Honggang, Lu Hong, Zhang Xuan, and the others were envious, but they had no mind to think about much else.

The third physical examination was approaching, and the third round of eliminations had entered its countdown.

Chu Fei was also waiting for the third physical examination.

At last, the weekend arrived again. Cao Liwen called Chu Fei over to be the first to undergo the examination:

7.6876 → 7.7113, an improvement of 0.0237, less than 0.03.

Next were:

Li Honggang: 7.6523 → 7.6719, an improvement of 0.0196;

Lu Hong: 7.6494 → 7.6711, an improvement of 0.0217;

Zhang Xuan: 7.6247 → 7.6572, an improvement of 0.0325.

Zhang Xuan had recently received investment and improved significantly, becoming the brightest star.

Li Honggang's expression darkened as Lu Hong was visibly catching up to him.