Chu Xuan on the Verge of Fourth Stage

"Enough with the research talk. Get some rest first."

Uchiha Gen supported Chu Xuan, who had just been restored, and helplessly pressed him down onto the sofa. Then he spent another hundred points to exchange for a spiritual meal specially made to replenish vitality, blood, and mental energy.

Beside them, Zheng Zha tactfully poured Chu Xuan some tea and handed him chopsticks.

Chu Xuan did not stand on ceremony. Taking the chopsticks, he immediately began eating with gusto.

Come to think of it, Chu Xuan had already spent five years working in The Grudge world.

He had been busy researching every day, with very little time for sleep.

Most of the time, he relied on nutritional supplements to fuel his body and simply had no spare time to eat.

Although the Central Continent Team drooled a little at the scent of the spiritual meal, none of them felt jealous. Before his restoration, they had all seen how painfully thin Chu Xuan had become, practically reduced to skin and bones.

Clearly, for a very long time, Chu Xuan had been pulling 007 research schedules every day. He had probably overtaxed his brain as well, or he would not have ended up like this.

"Chu Xuan, have you opened the Fourth-Stage Gene Lock?"

Uchiha Gen had been watching Chu Xuan all along. Only after Chu Xuan had nearly finished eating did he curiously ask the question.

During his earlier observation, Uchiha Gen had clearly seen that Chu Xuan's reactions to the taste of food and the various emotions involved in eating were extremely natural.

So natural that he seemed like a normal person. Clearly, he had become very familiar with possessing emotions and sensations.

This was completely unlike the awkward feeling from when he had previously simulated them with his superpower or