A month!
A whole month.
Li Su and Elder Qi met again.
What a blazing-hot month it had been.
Li Su had gained three tons, while Elder Qi had lost at least twenty jin.
Meeting again, both of them were undoubtedly a little stunned.
Before, the old man could only be called somewhat thin. But looking at him now, he was practically skin and bones, wasn't he?
Though Li Su knew the other man must have suffered terribly over the past thirty days—the situation at the base was simply too dire—even he had been startled.
Before leaving, he had left behind quite a few cells to help Elder Qi eliminate the virus.
All of those cells were alive. If viewed under a microscope, one would find that they were much like countless tiny drifting organisms.
So after eating and drinking their fill, they would make their way back to Li Su along the passageways.
Over the entire month, Li Su had eaten himself stuffed several times.
Thanks to them, he had pushed the Nine-Nine Profound Art forward by a great stride, with gratifying results. The most obvious change was his weight. Though he had not grown fat, his actual weight had already surpassed five tons.
And that record was still rising at a frantic pace.
According to the contents of the Nine-Nine Profound Art, once his weight reached ten tons, the physical-body chapter of his Nine-Nine Profound Art would count as having entered the gate.
Entering the gate here did not refer to his mastery of the technique, but to his realm.
It could be considered Foundation Establishment.
To complete Foundation Establishment in a world where the supernatural had gone out was absolutely an astonishing feat.
Worthy of Pangu the Sage's Dao teachings indeed—truly extraordinary.
Even his recent shit had