Tense Conversation

Yu Jing had basically concluded that the man before him must harbor a deep-seated hatred for the Yu family.

But what did it mean for a man named Yu Gan to have been unanimously expelled from the Yu family by its higher-ups at only eight years old, and to have attracted the government's attention enough to be confined in such a special prison?

When Yu Jing was eight, the most impressive thing he had done was score a perfect hundred on a test, then drag the bully who often tormented his classmates into the fields and teach him a lesson.

"Senior, you haven't eaten or drunk anything for thirty years. How have you survived?"

Even with plants sustaining him, Yu Jing estimated that without any external supplies, he could survive for at most three months.

"The human body is incredibly powerful. Since escape was impossible, I had to at least make sure I wouldn't die so easily. Over the past thirty years, I spent ninety-nine percent of my time in 'hibernation.' I made my heart beat once every hour and sealed all the acupoints throughout my body, minimizing the loss of energy."

"The body consumes energy in this order: sugar, fat, protein... I'm now nearing the end of the fat-consumption stage. I estimate I can hold out for another ten years or so."

"As for water, that's even simpler. I converted all the free water within my cells into bound water, ensuring the cells' basic functions. Bound water is fused with the cellular matrix and won't be lost for no reason. On top of that, I sealed all my pores during hibernation, so the water consumption was negligible."

The middle-aged man before him patiently explained to Yu Jing, in fairly professional terms, how he had survived for over thirty years