Science is Truly Interesting

"Why?"

Feng Zi stared at Li Wei with a dazed expression, her gaze as if she were seeing him for the first time.

Li Wei, meanwhile, was brimming with excitement as he watched the comb, which seemed to be under his command.

He could clearly feel that this was not a form of absolute control; rather, it was more like he was borrowing an external force to indirectly intervene with the comb.

The sensation was incredibly strange, as if an additional organ had granted Li Wei access to a new permission, one he could manipulate at will simply by focusing his thoughts.

Li Wei did not respond to Feng Zi's question; he felt that merely using this power to manipulate an object was the most superficial application possible.

His gaze shifted to the pile of miscellaneous items on the table: combs, razors, hair clippers, and a chaotic assortment of other things.

He initiated the interference with the natural law of gravity once more!

However, this time he felt a distinct strain. In the area where he attempted to strip away the laws of physics, the clutter only showed the faintest, most fleeting sign of breaking free from gravity to float upward.

But the phenomenon was so brief it felt more like a sensory illusion.

Li Wei did not lose heart; instead, he stared at his own hand, stained with hair dye, in deep contemplation.

He recalled the attribute points he had gained after leveling up two days ago. At the time, he had tried adding one point each to [Physique] and [Intelligence]. The boost to his physical fitness from [Physique] had been obvious, but the bonus from [Intelligence] had been completely baffling.

Now, having mastered the skill of physics, Li Wei felt he had finally discovered where the true value of [Intelligence] lay!

Without hesitation, he immediately poured two attribute points into [Intelligence], and his player information updated accordingly.

[Physique]: 13

[Intelligence]: 13

Attribute Points: 11

After adding the two points to [Intelligence], Li Wei once again activated his control over gravity.

This time, the effect was significantly improved!

Those items that had been lying on the table, whose slight movements had previously seemed like a mere illusion, now completely broke free from the earth's gravitational pull!

They entered a state of weightlessness, drifting aimlessly through the air.

As expected, the influence brought by [Intelligence] was related to all the natural scientific laws of this world!

But Li Wei felt this power was still insufficient.

Its range was too small, and the things it could interfere with were too weak.

If this was the extent of it, he could at most use it to perform magic tricks on the street.

Without pausing, he invested another two attribute points into [Intelligence]!

And this time, when he began to exert his maximum mastery to manipulate the gravity in his surroundings, the entire barbershop—nearly every inanimate object—entered a state of weightlessness!

Tables, chairs, teapots, hair dryers, wooden cabinets.

Except for the stunned Feng Zi and Li Wei standing in place, the space seemed to have fallen into a unique, isolated domain!

Li Wei could feel the pull of the earth on his own body weakening significantly; he stood in place and gave a light jump, easily touching the ceiling over four meters high!

At this point, this power to manipulate gravity could finally be considered a contribution to his combat capability.

If he didn't diffuse the power and instead focused it solely on himself, reducing the force exerted upon his own body, it would make his already high physical stats even more agile and swift.

But it still wasn't enough!

If it stopped here, it would only be a mediocre trick; a power that could be called magic should be capable of far more than this!

This time, Li Wei didn't hold back. He unhesitatingly added 5 more attribute points to [Intelligence], bringing the total to 20!

When [Intelligence] was finally doubled from its base, he truly felt the awesome power of science!

The domain of his gravitational control expanded significantly; by a rough estimate, it now covered a circular space with a radius of about ten meters, centered on himself!

This time, the weightlessness engulfed everything in the room!

Not only that, but Feng Zi and Li Wei himself also had their feet leave the ground, floating into mid-air!

The shock on Feng Zi's face had turned into numbness.

She was still draped in the barber's cape, her hair covered in black dye, and as she drifted in mid-air, the expression of someone questioning reality remained frozen on her face.

Li Wei, however, wore a smile!

That's more like it!

Only at this level could it be considered satisfactory and worthy of the attribute points invested.

Moreover, the manipulation of gravity was not limited to simply making the force on objects disappear.

Thinking in the opposite direction, what if he increased the gravitational pull?

As Li Wei's thoughts shifted, the items floating in mid-air all returned to their original positions. His control was incredibly delicate; he avoided any sudden shifts in force that would have caused the objects to crash and shatter upon hitting the ground.

Even Feng Zi, whose body had begun to tilt while she drifted, was safely and steadily returned to the swivel chair.

But in the next second, Feng Zi, still in her dazed state, was suddenly struck by a massive downward force, and with a loud "thud," she collapsed onto the floor, landing hard on her hands and knees!

This finally brought her back from that dazed and bewildered state, and she shouted in a voice that carried a faint, inexplicable sense of grievance.

"626! Stop playing around!"

At this moment, everything in the surroundings was being pulled by this force; a sponge that had fallen to the floor was crushed flat, and the messy strands of hair scattered across the ground were held as firmly as if they had been glued to the surface, unable to be stirred even a fraction by the wind.

Li Wei had also applied this force to himself, and he could clearly feel his movements becoming extremely obstructed and difficult; even with his current physical constitution, taking a single step forward was exceptionally arduous.

After experiencing the power within it, Li Wei released the Gravity Manipulation and, while he was at it, took hold of Feng Zi's arm to help her sit back up in the swivel chair from her position on the floor.

"Science is truly interesting!"

Having felt the massive impact that the increase in [Intelligence] had on his scientific abilities, he did not blindly dump all his remaining attribute points into it.

The player information only offered two options for allocation: [Constitution] and [Intelligence], and he certainly wouldn't go to the extreme of focusing solely on one.

High-level players are always "I want it all" jack-of-all-trades builds.

Moreover, although scientific skills were indeed miraculous—more akin to magic than science in their wonder—it was clear that in Li Wei's current situation, his physical constitution remained his primary means of self-preservation and offense.

The Gravity Manipulation skill, as it stood, provided him with more of a boost to his combat utility.

Having finally figured out the influence of [Intelligence], Li Wei didn't hold onto the remaining attribute points any longer and poured them all into [Constitution], narrowing the gap between the two values.

His player information now read: [Constitution]: 17 [Intelligence]: 20 [Attribute Points]: 0