Enhancement II

Enhancement II

The condensation and strengthening of the fourth strand of Cooling Qi filled Yu Hong with joy and greatly improved his mood.

After wiping away his sweat, he rested for a while before walking to the corner of the wall to prepare the tools for excavating a New Single Room.

To raise mushrooms, lizards, and the like, I have to open up a separate room first. But where and how I should do it will require careful consideration.

He drew lines back and forth on the ground with his knife, thinking over the layout and orientation.

Before long, darkness fell outside.

It was not until the world had gone completely black that he suddenly realized the Ghost Shadow had not come knocking at all that day.

Normally, Ghost Shadow would come knocking from time to time, pretending to be someone familiar or posing as a stranger paying a visit, trying to get people to open the door.

But this time, inside the fully enclosed Glowstone space he had just completed, he had not heard a single knock.

Looks like the Glowstone hiding method is working. Yu Hong walked to the door, gently pulled the barrier open a crack, and looked outside.

It was pitch-black beyond it. He could not see a thing.

After confirming there were no insects, he lit the fireplace, dragged over his sleeping bag, and fell asleep peacefully beside the fire.

The warm fireplace made the entire Cave no longer feel cold and gloomy. Without Ghost Shadow suddenly knocking, he no longer had to worry about being startled awake.

Yu Hong slept straight through until nearly noon the next day.

If his throat had not grown so dry that it woke him by force, he probably could have slept even longer.

Inside the sealed Cave,

he lay completely wrapped in his blanket, gazing at the sunlight seeping through the crack in the door. His body felt limp, and he had no desire to get up.

I haven't slept this peacefully in so long. Yu Hong lay there quietly, staring at the entrance without moving.

He suddenly remembered how, back home, he had also liked wrapping himself in his blanket and staring at the dazzling sunlight outside while keeping the air conditioner on cold, yet refusing to leave his bed no matter what.

And now, this feeling really was like returning to the past. But imagining was one thing; life still had to go on.

After holding out for a while, Yu Hong crawled out of his sleeping bag and began following his previous plans, deciding to start chiseling out a new room in the Cave.

Holding his strengthened stone-chiseling tools, he first used a charcoal pencil to draw a circular hole on the ground in the corner of the Cave.

Then he began chiseling along the circle.

The clang of hammering rang out without pause. The hard rock shattered beneath his chisel, sending limestone dust spraying everywhere until the entire Cave was filled with it.

Yu Hong could not bear the choking dust and had no choice but to add some water, then pull Jenny's clothes over to use as a cover.

The excavation work was undoubtedly extremely dull, but Yu Hong had to wait for the strengthening of his leg technique to finish anyway. For the next three days, he ate, slept, woke to train, and then returned to excavating.

He tossed the piles of stones outside, using them to mark out a simple Stone Courtyard.

When he grew tired, he used Cooling Qi to recover. When he felt sleepy, he lay down for a while. With Cooling Qi supporting him, his progress was extremely fast. If his hands had not later blistered and become unbearably painful, he probably could have gone even faster.

After three days, a circular hole more than a meter deep had been dug in the corner of the Cave.

He had also made a simple, crude set of steps inside so that he could walk down.

But a little over a meter deep was only the beginning. Yu Hong planned to treat this as a long-term project, excavating several more single rooms to serve as functional chambers.

All the excavated stone could be piled outside to form a courtyard, or used to dig a pit and make a small pond for collecting water.

The courtyard could be reinforced later, forming a larger ring of defensive warning lines.

The pond could supplement his water supply during droughts. Once he had water, he could even grow some vegetables in the courtyard.

Some common wild vegetables could be transplanted here and cultivated in batches.

Once he truly got to work, Yu Hong felt full of vigor, finding a kind of joy in building a home.

Another day passed. A light rain began falling outside. Yu Hong went nowhere and did nothing, simply resting in the Cave while watching the strengthening of his leg technique approach its end.

Ghost Shadow still did not disturb him. He had covered the opening at the underground cavern with a broad wooden board inscribed with a talisman array, creating a Glowstone Secret Chamber environment as well.

As the countdown on the wooden board steadily decreased,

Yu Hong's mood gradually grew restless. His intense anticipation kept him staring at the countdown without blinking.

What will it finally strengthen into?

This is a more complete and professional leg technique than the physical training method I cobbled together before. With more than four days of strengthening, it should definitely be stronger than my previous High Body Method.

Yu Hong's expression froze as his eyes remained fixed on the numbers.

One minute.

That final minute felt as long as an entire day.

All sorts of thoughts constantly surged and churned through Yu Hong's mind.

At last, snap.

After a soft sound, the wooden board instantly blurred.

Immediately afterward, the thick stack of wooden boards containing the copied leg technique rapidly shrank, condensing into a black booklet the size of a standard book.

The cover was clearly printed with the words: Reinforced Leg Technique.

So this name is just the same one I came up with before strengthening it? It didn't change at all? Yu Hong stared at the cover, speechless.

But the name isn't important. What matters is the content! He eagerly reached out.

He opened the first page.

***Li Runshan carefully lifted his daughter and placed her in a wooden box covered with a dense layer of Glowstone. After closing the lid and confirming that his daughter was sleeping soundly, he returned to the desk and picked up the communicator he had been adjusting.

"This is indeed one of the origins. I already investigated the traces of the Black Calamity. Its route of eruption matches the detection results." He spoke in a low voice into the communicator.

"Very good. If possible, I hope you can collect some Glowstone Marrow." A gentle woman's voice came through the communicator.

"I'll do my best. I thought someone here had dug up Glowstone Marrow, but it turned out to be only a similar material and unusable." Li Runshan replied. "Also, the situation here is rather troublesome. I encountered an Evil Shadow as soon as I arrived. She must have devoured at least a hundred people, including contaminated people bearing the Blood Tide mark. The situation mutated, but fortunately I dealt with it in time. Without a host, she probably won't be able to return for a short while."

"You've worked hard." The woman sighed.

"It's nothing. I was going to try infecting Aisena with Glowstone Disease anyway, to see whether it can offset the mark," Li Runshan said quietly.

"The radiation near the Glowstone Mine is too strong. You must monitor Aisena's condition at all times, and pay attention to how often you replace the Glowstone," the woman warned.

"I understand." Li Runshan nodded.

"What a pity. If only Mi Lian were still here..." the woman sighed.

Li Runshan said nothing more, falling silent.

"All right. If you need any help, report it promptly. I'll do my best to arrange it for you," the woman said quietly.

"Thank you, Commissioner." Li Runshan forced out the words.

The communication ended at once.

After switching off the communicator, Li Runshan sighed and leaned back in his chair.

Knock, knock, knock.

A soft knock sounded at the door.

"Daddy, are you there? It's Aisena."

His daughter's voice drifted softly from outside.

Li Runshan glanced at the box where his daughter slept but did not move. He merely closed his eyes, quietly resting and adjusting his breathing.

"Daddy, open the door. I'm the real Aisena. It's so scary outside. Something is chasing me."

The voice outside continued, gentle and eerie.

Li Runshan turned a deaf ear to it, as though he had long since grown accustomed to this.

He casually pulled a blanket from beneath the desk. It was covered with a dense layer of white Glowstone powder.

He flipped the blanket up in one motion and draped it over his head, completely concealing his body.

The voice outside abruptly stopped and vanished completely, as if it had been an illusion.***

***Inside the Mountain Cave Safe House.

Suppressing his excitement, Yu Hong gently opened the first page of the black booklet.

His eyes locked onto the contents of the page, not blinking even once.

The four days of strengthening far exceeded the nine hours of the High Body Method. This meant that the leg technique's strength would certainly far surpass that of the High Body Method!

Gulp.

He swallowed, his throat bobbing as he stared at the page.

"The Reinforced Leg Technique has been strengthened according to the body's existing qualities, spirit, and condition. It has no universal application. Please use it with caution."

That was the first line of the prompt.

Below it was the detailed content.

"First move: Low Sweep Kick."

The name had not changed, but the content had become far more complicated.

Below it was a detailed diagram of the human body's blood vessels and meridians.

On the gray human figure, small red and blue arrows marked the direction and number of times Cooling Qi should circulate.

At the very bottom was another special Visualization Diagram. It depicted a metal castle monster with thick, massive limbs.

All four of the monster's limbs were made of metal, thick and powerful. One front leg was raised, posed as if about to stomp heavily forward.

But as Yu Hong examined it closely, he found something bizarre: the black lines covering the castle monster's entire body seemed to be closely connected to the meridians in his own body.

His gaze swiftly shifted upward to the diagram of the human meridians.

After comparing them carefully, he was astonished to discover that the lines and patterns protruding from the castle monster's surface corresponded exactly to portions of the human meridians.

Below that was a line of precise, neat writing.

"Leg techniques differ from fist techniques. Once unleashed, they must achieve victory; otherwise, being blocked or knocked back can easily cause one to lose balance.

"Therefore, balance and rooting oneself in the earth, remaining still and unmoving, are the most fundamental foundations of leg techniques."

Yu Hong narrowed his eyes and continued to the next page.

"An ordinary person's legs possess far greater strength than their fists. Yet because of the issue of balance, once a leg technique is used, it is best to decide victory with a single strike. Thus, leg techniques should either not be used at all, or, when used, must strike the enemy with certainty."

Below were sequential illustrations of the first move, the Low Sweep Kick.

They were all black-and-white drawings. A short-haired man with bulging muscles stood on the ground, his body slightly bent as one leg suddenly rose and swept low forward.

Behind him, a simplified sketch of the castle monster also raised its leg and swept low forward.

Below that was more text.

"The second prerequisite of leg techniques is that the legs must be sufficiently solid, hard, and indestructible."

"Therefore, one must first bitterly train the bones and muscles of the legs, hardening them and increasing their defensive strength."

"Then one must wear alloy greaves on the legs and add sharp objects to increase armor-piercing power. Using solid leg bones and muscles to bear the recoil generated when the alloy greaves collide is the foundation of the strongest leg techniques."

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Yu Hong was speechless.

This leg technique... why did it seem a little off? He quickly flipped through the following content.

He discovered that the names of the next two moves had still not changed, but both had been transformed into special leg skills coordinated with the Visualization Diagram and force-exertion techniques. They also required wearing protective equipment on the legs to enhance their lethality.

The final page contained additional information.

"The Visualization Diagram has been synthesized and selected according to the subject's actual condition. Each person has a unique diagram. Others cannot achieve compatibility when using it and may encounter danger. Please use it with caution.

"When the Reinforced Leg Technique is mastered, it can increase movement speed, accelerate the refinement of internal power, nourish the muscles and bones of the legs, and, combined with an eruption of internal power, greatly increase its might."

"Core reminder: This leg technique primarily increases power by borrowing force. The greater one's own load, the greater the explosive power of the leg technique, and the stronger the tempering of the physique."

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After reading the strengthened leg technique, Yu Hong could only admit that it was indeed incredibly powerful.

But powerful was powerful. Compared with the martial-arts internal-power leg technique he had imagined before, it seemed to be just a tiny bit different.

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