Back in his room, Jiang Jie lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
There's no way around it, I'm just really tired.
More than two hours of continuous training, plus 72 hours of training in the game pod. Although I slept in the game pod a few times in between, that kind of sleep could only relieve mental fatigue, not physical fatigue.
Of course, forcing himself to learn more skills isn't impossible; his spirit can still barely hold on. The key issue is that his Internal Energy is exhausted, so he can't simulate Warrior skills anymore. How can he learn them?
Jiang Jie slept for a full five hours!
He didn't wake up until night was deep, feeling very hungry. He ate a hearty meal, then went to a small island in the Fenris Isles in Lake Lordamere. He drove away all the Murloc, activated the scanning function of the game pod, and made sure that no one was paying attention to the area before entering the game pod.
This time, it's different from before.
Previously, entering the game pod was mainly to activate its illusion function. Jiang Jie didn't understand the principle behind it, but in short, no matter how much time passed inside the game pod, time outside was only a moment.
This time, however, he was to undergo electroconvulsive therapy, which activated more functions, and it wasn't a hallucination; he would actually have to lie in the game pod for a long time. The time spent inside the game pod would be the same time spent outside!
According to Xiao Feng, the game pod can alter the flow of time within a small area, making a day pass inside the game pod while only an hour or even a minute passes outside.
The problem is, that requires a lot of energy! The few mana potions Jiang Jie bought are definitely not enough!
So, having no other choice, Jiang Jie had to take advantage of the quiet of the night and try electroconvulsive therapy in this deserted place!
"Electroconvulsive therapy is essentially using extremely precise electrical stimulation to guide the body's bioelectricity towards a better state. This is very complex, extremely complex. Even with the technological level of the 35th century, electroconvulsive therapy could only achieve the Houtian stage of evolution at most, allowing a person to reach the Houtian Tenth Layer of the acquired stage, but it could not touch the Xiantian."
Xiao Feng gave a brief explanation, then a wicked smile appeared on his lips, "Host, the feeling might not be pleasant, so you'll have to bear with it... Here we go!"
Lying in the coffin-like gaming pod, Jiang Jie was unable to do anything. His body was completely restricted; he couldn't move his hands, feet, or even his head.
A surge of cool electrolytes filled the gaming pod, completely immersing him.
There's no need to worry about breathing; the gaming pod stimulates his skin, allowing for 100% skin respiration and drawing oxygen from the electrolytes.
Then, he felt a faint electric current.
It was extremely faint; if his body hadn't been so perfectly healthy, he wouldn't have been able to feel it at all.
He thought that, given Xiao Feng's erratic personality, she would suddenly increase the electric current to give him a few shocks, but she didn't.
"Has Xiao Feng changed his personality? Has the program changed?"
Jiang Jie didn't dare to have too much hope, because soon he felt a tingling and numb sensation!
And it wasn't my whole body that felt sore and numb; it was just a specific area in my left leg!
The tingling and numbness was okay at first, but it quickly became more and more obvious and stimulating, even more so than Jiang Jie had ever experienced before!
This kind of stimulation is too uncomfortable, much more uncomfortable than a high-voltage electric shock, it's simply unbearable!
Then, a certain part of his right leg started to hurt.
At first, the soreness and numbness were so intense that I didn't feel any pain.
But not long after, Jiang Jie felt an unbearable pain, ten or a hundred times worse than when he accidentally chopped off his thumb years ago. It was a pain that he couldn't bear even by gritting his teeth!
Unfortunately, he couldn't grit his teeth; he simply couldn't. His entire body was controlled by the game pod, and he couldn't move an inch, not even breathe through his mouth and nose!
Jiang Jie felt like he was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
He had absolutely no idea how he got through it. Then he felt an itch, an unbearable itch, and it wasn't just a skin itch, but a bone itch—the kind that no amount of scratching could help. Of course, Jiang Jie couldn't scratch; he could only endure it, and he was truly on the verge of a breakdown!
At that moment, he truly understood what relativity meant. Now, he felt that every second was like a year!
He desperately wanted to just pass out, but he remained perfectly lucid. In fact, he felt that even if he did pass out, these inhuman tortures would wake him up!
Aches, numbness, itching, and pain appeared all over his body. Sometimes it itched here, sometimes it hurt there, with no pattern at all. Jiang Jie was going completely crazy!
Finally, he couldn't take it anymore, and a sudden, strong electric shock made him faint.
As he completely fainted, he cursed inwardly:
"Damn it, you Xiao Feng, so you had a way to make me pass out? Why didn't you do it earlier? You did it on purpose, didn't you? You did it on purpose!!!"
Jiang Jie slept soundly.
When he woke up, he was already lying on the ground, and dawn was breaking.
It's dawn!
"My body... has reached the Houtian Seventh Layer?"
Jiang Jie discovered that all six main meridians in his feet had been opened, and he was now not only at the Houtian Seventh Layer, but at its Houtian Seventh Layer Peak. To advance further, he needed to open the Eight Extraordinary Meridians!
However, opening up the eight extraordinary meridians is far more difficult than opening up the twelve regular meridians. The game pod's energy is insufficient, so it cannot proceed for the time being.
Jiang Jie felt that the total amount of Internal Energy his body could now hold was almost five times what it used to be!
This means that he can unleash more than a dozen Thirty-Six Dragon-Subduing Palms in a row, the power of the Pegasus Meteor Finger will be greatly enhanced, and the Internal Energy of the Crane-Controlling Dragon-Capturing Hand can also reach further, become larger and more solid!
However, he soon realized that something was wrong.
He had almost no Internal Energy; all his meridians and acupoints were empty, his entire body was hollow, completely drained! Although the six meridians in his feet were opened, they weren't opened with Internal Energy —there was no Internal Energy there!
Moreover, he was very weak, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. He looked much thinner than before, his limbs were weak, and he was dizzy and lightheaded.
In addition, he was so hungry that he wanted to eat a whole cow!
"Oh, I forgot to tell you beforehand, electroconvulsive therapy severely depletes your body's nutrients, so... you'll be very hungry. Also, because a lot of liver glycogen, muscle glycogen, and tissue protein have been depleted, your body is very weak right now. Go eat, go take a medicinal bath! Ugh, I'm going to sleep now, I've been watching over you all night, I'm so sleepy! Don't bother me!" Xiao Feng yawned.
" Lao Qian, back to Lordaeron!" Jiang Jie quickly jumped onto Lao Qian' back and headed towards Lordaeron.
He couldn't wait a moment longer; he had to eat a cow right away!