November 29th. One day remained until the end of the seventh rule.
Guan Tong sat in the small courtyard, adjusting his breathing as he mobilized Mind Power like circulating vital energy, guiding it to the index finger of his right hand.
A faint glow appeared at his fingertip. One second, two seconds... After eight seconds, the glow finally dispersed into specks of light.
Guan Tong wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although circulating Mind Power had lasted less than ten seconds, it placed enormous demands on both concentration and precise control.
Compared to the one or two seconds he could maintain before, nearly ten seconds now, with the rule's end approaching, was already decent progress.
He had exchanged messages with Shi Jingyi several times over the past few days. She had also said his progress was fast. At this rate, he would probably be able to complete a full Mind Power Circulation throughout his body within three months.
Three months was neither particularly long nor particularly short. But in the Apocalypse Rules Era, three months could span two or three rules. As some netizens put it, it was "like living through two or three lifetimes."
That was not wrong. Every rule, especially every Survival Rule, left people with the feeling of having survived a calamity.
Getting through each Survival Rule was like surviving a terrifying disaster, and it had a tremendous impact on one's mindset.
That was also why many people chose to live one day at a time, drinking today's wine today.
Others who enjoyed excitement and challenges treated the rules as a game. Each time they survived a rule, it was like clearing a stage. If they were still alive after all forty-nine rules ended, they would have cleared the final stage.
Guan Tong's mindset lay somewhere between