Dark Medical Technique

Next, Dongfang Yi massaged Gaoxin while introducing acupoints to him.

"This is the Lingdao Acupoint."

"No need to seek heart medicine for chest pain; the Lingdao Acupoint will bring ease to your heart."

"Here, just press like this. Don't be fooled by its location on your arm; this is an acupoint that allows the heart's Blood Essence to flow smoothly. It specifically treats heart disease and chest pain."

Dongfang Yi spoke casually.

Gaoxin had an excellent memory and remembered everything after hearing it once.

"This is the Quchi Acupoint."

"Plucking the Quchi Acupoint with your thumb can prevent and treat pain in the shoulder, arm, and elbow."

"Furthermore, its five-element attribute belongs to Earth, and it governs the internal organs. Therefore, it can clear the Yangming, promote damp-heat elimination, regulate the large intestine's Blood Essence, and adjust the large intestine's function..."

"Forget it. In short, just remember that it can clear toxins, purify the intestines, and detoxify for beauty."

Dongfang Yi was too lazy to explain further and gave a brief, rough explanation.

Gaoxin nodded repeatedly. It could relieve pain and detoxify? He remembered it.

"This is the Jiquan Acupoint."

"It can resolve symptoms like chest tightness, palpitations, and shortness of breath."

"Here, just pluck the Jiquan Acupoint like this. You'll feel your hand and arm go numb, which promotes blood circulation."

"If you feel powerless, the Jiquan Acupoint can lend the heart a hand. Use it when you feel like you can't get anything done."

Upon hearing this, Gaoxin's eyes widened even further.

Powerless? The Jiquan Acupoint can lend the heart a hand?

He felt as if he were glimpsing some secret technique, greedily absorbing this knowledge. It was like hearing the booming sound of a great bell, shaking his heart.

Soon, all thirty-six acupoints were learned. They could regulate, prevent, and resolve various bodily ailments and pains, encompassing everything.

Gaoxin was exhilarated, feeling full of energy. He sprang up from the bed.

Dongfang Yi was taken aback. "What are you doing?"

Gaoxin stretched his muscles. "Rest time is over. I'm going to train."

Dongfang Yi scratched his head. "Was it really only a ten-minute break? You looked so weak and listless just now. Were you faking it?"

Gaoxin grinned. "My body is good!"

Dongfang Yi removed the towel and looked at his body. The medicine had been completely absorbed. The previously bruised areas had also dissipated, almost to the point of being invisible.

He exclaimed in surprise, "Your body's functions are indeed excellent. I only massaged you for ten minutes, and the bruising has already cleared."

Gaoxin said, "My body's hardware is at the human limit."

He then resumed eating, devouring large chunks of meat.

Dongfang Yi pouted. "Are you kidding me? With such strong bodily functions, you don't need me to massage you at all. You could have just applied the medicine and rested."

Gaoxin laughed. "Massaging the acupoints is faster."

"Thank you for teaching me the medical techniques. I can handle it myself from now on."

Dongfang Yi left the Muscle-generating paste and the hemostatic powder. "Then you do it yourself. I'm going back to rest."

"As for going to the intermediate game, let's set it for two days from now."

After they agreed, Dongfang Yi left.

Gaoxin trained alone, massaging himself when he got injured.

As long as he had food in his stomach, his stamina recovered extremely quickly. Various external injuries basically healed within ten minutes. This was three times more effective than Sule's secret medicinal bath!

One day passed like this, and Gaoxin gained a few more kilograms.

This was less efficient than the first day, but it had nothing to do with his training. It was mainly a food supply issue.

After all, he could only gain muscle now, and eating meat was far more efficient than eating dishes.

Although he was constantly eating, and they had to deliver meals to him countless times, requiring him to eat nine meals a day, Even Qiao Long, who had patted his chest and told him he could eat as much as he wanted at first, couldn't help but talk to Gaoxin. He stated that each team had a food supply quota, calculated based on one hundred people.

Since most teams were not full, they could "eat phantom rations."

But Gaoxin had been eating too much these past two days, completely consuming Team 09's excess rations.

Of course, it wasn't impossible to get more food if he insisted. Team 12 only had a dozen people left, with excess rations for ninety people. It would be fine if Dongfang Yi, Meimei, and the others got some from them.

However, Gaoxin also felt that eating like this wasn't sustainable, and the Redemption Squad didn't have "meat freedom" – meat, eggs, and milk were scarce.

So, in the afternoon, Gaoxin took some time to visit Luo Yan.

He took fifty jin of beef, fifty jin of fish, and a basket of eggs from Luo Yan.

"Are you sure you're okay, Luo Yan?" Gaoxin asked, but Luo Yan directly gave him so much food that he felt a bit flustered.

This was all Rou Si's stored food. For a woman who loved to eat, wasn't messing with her food equivalent to seeking death?

However, Luo Yan said, "Don't worry, just say I ate it. She told me I could eat whatever I wanted; the more I ate, the happier she'd be."

Gaoxin nodded, told him to take care of himself, and left carrying a hundred pounds of food, which would be enough for him for a long time.

Back at the Redemption Squad, Gaoxin continued his Imaginary Training.

Besides training his muscles, he also refined his Dark Grappling Technique a bit further.

His imaginary sparring partner, Silver Hand, was no longer as vague as before, with moves derived from Peter.

It was equivalent to combining the fighting skills of Peter, Luo Ban, and others with Silver Hand's strength and speed.

It could be said that the more fighting techniques of strong individuals Gaoxin remembered, the stronger his imagined opponents could become.

He could even make the illusory Silver Hand know Dark Grappling Technique!

This led to him being beaten soundly. That night, Gaoxin lay in the bathtub and fell asleep from sheer exhaustion.

After two consecutive days of high-intensity training, Gaoxin discovered that Imaginary Training consumed Mental Power.

Although his body could recover with Wishful Casting Heart and pseudo-drugs, his mind would become very tired, as if something at the Soul level had been depleted.

Gaoxin was not surprised by this. According to his Dark Logic, this was a reasonable phenomenon.

Wishful Casting Heart, what does "wishful" refer to? Essentially, it's his own Mental Power. In fact, it's about shaping his body using himself, the Little Great Spirit, rather than external objects.

However, it would be even better if external objects could help.

After all, in this world, Physical Laws were the most direct form of power.

If the pseudo-drug already had some effect, or was rich in the required substances, the consumption of Mental Power would be much smaller, and the pseudo-drug effect would be amplified. Truly, Abandon Sagacity and Discard Wisdom, and the people benefit a hundredfold!

Conversely, letting Sule casually prepare some medicinal baths to stimulate him would be too contrived. Even if he used his Dark Logic techniques to make his body react spontaneously, the effect would be half as effective with twice the effort, consuming a lot for little gain.

Fortunately, however, Mental Power was infinite.

Yes, infinite.

According to Gaoxin's Dark Logic theory, true Mental Power could never be completely used up.

It's just that the more it's consumed, the greater the impact on one's state. Reaching a certain level could lead to Mind Melt or mental breakdown, commonly known as going mad.

There was a way to replenish it, though. With sufficient sleep, it could be restored.

Sleep, this most important human function, taking seven to eight hours a day, was not for nothing.

It not only rested the brain but also nurtured consciousness.

If there wasn't enough time to sleep, stimulating the 'Jiquan Acupoint' and 'Lingdao Acupoint' would also work. When feeling powerless, the Jiquan Acupoint could lend a helping hand.

In addition, there were several other acupoints for 'calming the mind and soothing the spirit' and 'refreshing the mind,' which could directly reach the mind, using the body to stimulate and cultivate the inner self in reverse.

This was the Dark Medical Technique, or Dark Acupuncture Technique, that Gaoxin had derived by applying the principles of Dark Logic to the medical techniques he learned from Dongfang Yi.

For now, this would have to do.

According to Gaoxin's deductions, relying on reverse stimulation from the body was far less effective than seeking inward.

To make his Mental Power stronger and recover faster, his next step was to imagine the appearance of the Great Holy Spirit and understand its state, even if only a little.

Yes, although he had confirmed the existence of the Great Holy Spirit through a series of phenomena and arguments, he still didn't know its true form.

It was like how humans had long known about the existence of black holes, but it still took a great deal of effort to finally see one.

The next day.

Gaoxin slept in a bit longer before getting up to train.

He was full of energy and took the opportunity to check on Luo Yan again, but this time Rou Si was home, so he had no chance to interact.

So, after returning to the Redemption Squad, he found Liu Xu.

"Liu Xu, I need your help with something."

"Brother, what is it? Just say it."

Gaoxin took Liu Xu to Rou Si's house and pointed to the plush doll hanging above, saying, "You don't need to go into the game. Just keep an eye on this place every afternoon."

"As soon as you see this doll being taken away, and I'm in the squad, notify me immediately."

"Okay, Brother!" Liu Xu readily agreed.

With the task of monitoring Rou Si's movements handed over to Liu Xu, Gaoxin could focus on his special training.

Finally, on the day they were scheduled to enter the game, he reached a weight of 100 kilograms.

His strength was exactly 300 kilograms, and his violent punch reached 500 kilograms, half a ton of power.

Even his height had increased, seemingly by two centimeters.

When they gathered, he was radiant and imposing. The change in his physique surprised everyone.

"What's going on? Did you get taller? And you've gotten so much stronger." Dongfang Yi poked his muscles.

Gaoxin chuckled, "Dongfang Yi, you said that often massaging the thirty-six acupoints reduces illness and makes people younger, and it's really effective."

"I feel like I'm going through a second growth spurt."

Dongfang Yi rolled his eyes, "Second growth spurt my ass."

"It's only been a few days, and you've gotten so much bigger? Did you take steroids?"

Gaoxin spread his hands. "It's all thanks to Luo Yan. He made sure I ate well, which is why I've grown so strong."

Everyone was taken aback. Eating well was enough?

Still, Gaoxin had been eating like crazy every day, and no one understood why his appetite was so huge.

Gaoxin simply attributed it all to Luo Yan.

The others didn't think much of it. After all, Rou Si was infamous for being a weight-gain maniac, constantly injecting people with hormones. Luo Yan, when she got her hands on him, gained 125 kilograms in a single day. How terrifying was that?

Compared to that, Gaoxin's situation was minor. It was likely that Luo Yan had given Gaoxin some of the weight-gain drugs she didn't want herself, and Gaoxin had used them to bulk up.

Combined with his relentless training day and night, his physique had also improved significantly. He wasn't just fat; most of the weight he'd gained was muscle.

Currently, Gaoxin stood at 182 cm and weighed 100 kg. His muscle definition was even, and his demeanor had become resolute.

He was practically a different person compared to when he first arrived on the island.

p.s: Sorry.