A chill ran through his entire body, and his stomach convulsed violently. The vomiting had stopped, but Chen Mu felt weak and sore all over. The side effects of the Breath-Concealing Method far exceeded his expectations. The report contained only instructions for practicing it, with no further details whatsoever. Only after he began practicing did he discover how oversimplified those instructions were.
It said nothing about the side effects, nothing about how to hold his Perception at a constant frequency, nothing about what determined how long the breath-concealing state lasted, and nothing about what that state was actually like.
Chen Mu weakly tugged at his facial muscles, producing a ghastly smile. Although the side effects were severe, the sensation those twelve seconds had given him was simply too powerful. Coldness, not a ripple of emotion, not a trace of life-and an unprecedented feeling that everything lay within his grasp. He was extremely confident that the Breath-Concealing Method could evade Detection Cards.
That was what mattered most to him. Compared with that, however severe the side effects might be, he felt they were worth it. While in the breath-concealing state, he had even discovered the green thread inside his body. If he could maintain that state longer in the future, he wondered whether he might be able to extract it.
But...
Whenever he remembered that cold, indifferent feeling of being a detached observer during those twelve seconds, a chill crept through his heart. In that state, he had possessed not the slightest trace of humanity. A faint fear stirred within him. If he kept practicing, would he become like that?
Without emotion... cold and mechanical... would he still be human?
But he immediately pushed that unease aside. Right now, what mattered most was leaving this base and Amey City safely. Even