Double R Virus Outbreak!

Of course, such extreme speed could only be maintained for a very short time.

After all, Yang Yu's Physical Fitness had yet to undergo the cleansing of Cosmic Energy, and he was still lacking greatly in endurance and flexibility.

However, with such accumulated experience and foundation in the Martial Way, even if his Spiritual Force did not awaken, Yang Yu was confident he could handle monsters!

After all, monsters evolved step by step as well. During the early stages of mutation, they would not be too powerful.

Or rather, there were very few powerful monsters.

After spending several more days, Yang Yu perfectly integrated Blade Technique, Fist Technique, and movement techniques.

During these two months, Yang Yu had completely immersed himself in the Martial Way.

It was not until the Double R Virus had already begun to spread that he suddenly realized what was happening.

Looking at the reports on television, Yang Yu checked the date. Sure enough, it was already January.

Seeing the increasingly dire situation, Yang Yu said to his grandfather beside him, "Grandfather, let's try not to go out for a while. We have enough food at home anyway, so let's wait quietly and see whether the situation improves."

Grandpa Yang, who was sitting beside him, also knew how serious things were. "Alright, Xiao Yu. We'll stay home for the time being. Luckily, you bought plenty of rice some time ago, so at least we won't have to worry about food. Oh, I should store some more clean water too. That way, it won't matter even if we have to stay home for a while longer."

As he spoke, Grandpa Yang took out the spare buckets and various containers at home and began storing water.

Yang Yu also called Wang Lin and told his family to stockpile supplies as soon as possible, exercise at home whenever they could, and quietly wait for the situation to develop.

Although the virus was only ravaging the Western Hemisphere for now, given its astonishing transmissibility and mutation rate, it was only a matter of time before it spread across the globe.

Sure enough, as time passed, infections began appearing in more and more places, and the situation looked critical.

Most people stayed quietly at home, waiting for things to become clearer.

Everyone had originally thought this would be like before, something that could be overcome in no time.

But as time passed,

everyone began to feel that something was wrong.

More and more people around them began showing symptoms, and many found it difficult to recover on their own after falling ill.

By then,

the Double R Virus had spread throughout the entire world.

Everyone had fallen into crisis.

Watching the news reports,

Yang Yu felt exceptionally heavy-hearted, because his grandfather had also begun showing symptoms!

Although Grandfather had taken plenty of immunity-boosting medicine beforehand, it was still useless. At his advanced age, his resistance was ultimately inferior to that of younger people.

All Yang Yu could do was silently pray that his grandfather would pull through.

Over the next few days, Yang Yu even stopped training in the Martial Way and devoted himself to staying by his grandfather's bedside, serving him tea and water, feeding him meals and medicine.

Having already perfectly merged with the original owner's soul, Yang Yu had long regarded the kind and warm old man before him as his own grandfather.

Finally, three days later, Grandpa Yang, who had been running a high fever and drifting in and out of consciousness, began showing signs of his fever subsiding. A day later, it had completely broken, and his overall condition improved greatly.

Seeing this, Yang Yu finally let out a huge sigh of relief.

"Grandfather, don't talk too much right now. Rest and recuperate properly. The television said that as long as you get through the hardest three days, all you need to do afterward is wait to recover naturally."

"I made you worry, Xiao Yu." Grandpa Yang looked at Yang Yu with kind, warm eyes, though his voice was weak. He wanted to raise a hand and stroke Yang Yu's head, but he could not lift it no matter how hard he tried.

Noticing this, Yang Yu quickly took his grandfather's hand. "Grandfather, stop talking and rest peacefully. You used to take care of me, and now it's time for me to take care of you."

Grandpa Yang's eyes immediately misted over. He stopped forcing himself to speak and merely nodded, his gaze toward Yang Yu filled with gratification.

Over the following days, Grandpa Yang's body indeed began recovering slowly.

Until one week later, when he had fully regained his health.

And remarkably, after Grandpa Yang recovered, his Physical Fitness actually far surpassed what it had been before he fell ill.

Grandpa Yang was overjoyed when he noticed this.

But the one thing that worried him was that Yang Yu still showed no sign whatsoever of getting sick.

According to the news broadcasts, that was not actually a good sign.

Many people had appeared completely normal before showing symptoms, but once they developed fevers and fell unconscious, they became more seriously ill than those who had shown symptoms from the start, and their mortality rates were higher as well!

Moreover, as the Double R Virus continued spreading and mutating, the later someone became infected, the slower their natural recovery and the higher their mortality rate!

As time passed,

aside from people like Grandpa Yang, who had already recovered naturally and developed antibodies, everyone else began showing symptoms of varying severity.

Finally, on February 5th,

the Double R Virus mutated into its most troublesome form!

Yang Yu had originally been able to resist it through the sheer strength of his Physical Fitness at the human limit.

But when the ultimate version of the Double R Virus entered Yang Yu's lungs through the all-pervasive air,

he began showing the corresponding symptoms as well!

First came dizziness, then a low fever, followed by a high fever!

This worried Grandpa Yang terribly.

Fortunately, Yang Yu was only unconscious for one night. When he woke the next morning, he had already regained consciousness.

"How amazing!"

Fully recovered, Yang Yu got up and carefully sensed the changes in his body. "Nothing looks different on the outside, but earth-shaking changes have taken place within!"

Having cultivated Neijiaquan to the Master Realm, Yang Yu's control over his body was already close to perfect.

His body had originally reached the point where no amount of training could increase his strength by even a fraction.

Yet Yang Yu now felt as though he had been granted New Birth. Every cell and every bundle of muscle in his body seemed to have been hungry for a very, very long time!

"This Double R Virus, mutated to its extreme, truly contains a great secret. It actually has such miraculous effects."

After practicing a set of San Ti Shi, Xingyi Five Elements Fist, and Twelve Form Fist,

Yang Yu clearly felt the strength within his body increase by a trace!

This meant that Yang Yu's Physical Fitness, which had already reached its limit, could now improve further.

And Yang Yu could not sense any upper limit to that improvement at all!

Moreover, when he practiced San Ti Shi and punched with complete focus, Yang Yu's powerful senses could even faintly detect some unknown energy drifting through the universe!

He had initially wanted to sit down immediately and follow the cultivation method of the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method to see whether he could absorb Cosmic Energy.

But Yang Yu held himself back and chose to go to the living room first to reassure his grandfather. "Grandfather, I'm better now! You don't need to worry about me anymore."

Grandpa Yang was currently cooking porridge in the kitchen. When he saw that Yang Yu had woken up so quickly, his heart filled with joy. "Xiao Yu, you're amazing! You were only unconscious for one night and you're already better. That's wonderful, truly wonderful!"

"It seems letting you leave school back then to focus on martial arts was the right choice. Sure enough, only good health is truly good!"

Grandpa Yang was extremely excited.