Slept Through One

"Haha... I've heard about it a lot before, but this is the first time I've seen someone get friend-zoned in real life."

On the grass in the small woods, a person sat there, looking at Ren Suo and laughing uncontrollably.

Although the moon wasn't particularly bright tonight, Ren Suo recognized the voice: "Is that... Li Dan?"

"Call me Dan-ge," Li Dan said flatly.

"Uh... okay, Dan-ge." Li Dan's strength far surpassed his own, so Ren Suo immediately backed down and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Sleeping," Li Dan said, then lay back down.

Ren Suo was confused. He walked over and saw him lying on the grass, asking, "Sleeping... on the grass?"

"Is that strange? I'm not sleeping naked."

"What's strange is why you're not naked... never mind." Ren Suo sat down and tried to get closer, saying, "Is it because the wooden bed in the dorm is too hard?"

Li Dan said, "My bed uses a Simmons mattress."

Ren Suo asked, "Then... is it because you have roommates?"

Li Dan said, "Single room for a single person."

Ren Suo: "...Could it be that you naturally like dirt and grass?"

"No, I have to take a shower when I go back," Li Dan shrugged.

"Then why are you sleeping here?"

"Because I can't sleep."

Ren Suo was slightly startled: "Oh? You have insomnia? Or neurasthenia? Or is it because your desires are insatiable?"

"Too handsome to sleep."

Ren Suo didn't say anything, just looked at Li Dan in the shadows.

After about a minute, Li Dan finally said, "Physical reasons. Even with earplugs now, I can hear trivial sounds from extremely far away, which makes it hard to sleep."

"Have you tried noise-cancelling headphones?" Ren Suo scratched his head: "Like Hell Company's Noise Cancelling Beans, Persia Company's Noise Cancelling Headphones, etc..."

"Useless, even more disgusting. The principle of those noise-cancelling headphones is to emit sound to cancel out external sounds, but I can hear them all," Li Dan lay down again. "It's not a big deal though. Not sleeping now won't cause any physical problems."

"Is it... because of the Awakening?" Ren Suo asked tentatively.

In an instant, Ren Suo felt the temperature around him drop by a few degrees, and his breathing suddenly stopped. Li Dan, lying on the ground, had eyes that glowed brightly in the darkness. This was the first time Ren Suo had felt what 'killing intent' was like in reality!

It was like having several S686s, AK47s, and M416s pointed at his entire body, the cold steel barrels touching his skin, that destructive power capable of breaking muscles and bones transmitting through the air to his nerves, constantly stimulating his pituitary gland!

However, the fear of firearms and the fear of wild beasts are developed from acquired information, but facing Li Dan, Ren Suo felt as if he was facing fear itself!

Absolute suppression from a higher existence over a lower existence!

"...Don't casually inquire about others' Awakening information in the future," Li Dan said flatly. "Even within the Eighteen Bureau, it's extremely sensitive content."

"In the past six months, I've seen many Awakened who killed countless ordinary people to hide their information. Holding a sharp blade, killing intent arises in the heart, that's what it means."

The needle-like killing intent that spread throughout his body dissipated. Ren Suo, finally regaining his breath, gasped and said, "Under, understand."

"If there's nothing else, you can go back. You have to leave after registering tomorrow morning," Li Dan said.

Ren Suo hesitated for a moment, then after more than ten seconds, he hesitantly said, "Um... I also know a little method that can make it easier for people to sleep. Do you want to try it?"

"Hypnosis?" Li Dan said indifferently, "We cultivators, when we absorb Aura, our essence, energy, and spirit are all strengthened together. Even you, if you were to be hypnotized now, you probably wouldn't succeed. As for me, it's even less likely—I tried it and I didn't fall asleep, the doctor himself fell asleep."

Ren Suo scratched his head, "Well, my method is a unique skill I learned by accident, it's very powerful. Sometimes when I can't sleep, I use it on myself, and I can fall asleep in less than ten seconds. It should be quite effective."

"Use it on yourself?" Li Dan was slightly taken aback, then smiled, "Counting sheep?"

"No, no, no..." Ren Suo couldn't explain clearly, "Do you want to try it? Anyway, there's no harm if it doesn't work, and if it does... you haven't had a good night's sleep in a long time, right?"

Ren Suo's words struck a chord with Li Dan.

Most people believe that sleeping is a waste of time—at best, it wastes six hours, at worst, it wastes nine hours. A third of the day is gone just like that. If this time could be utilized, how many games could be played, how many books could be read, how many times could one push their limits...

However, Li Dan, as someone who hadn't slept for over forty days, stated that sleep is not only a physiological necessity for humans but also a necessity for rest.

Certainly, Li Dan wasn't completely sleepless. He didn't sleep, but his mental state wasn't good either. His mental state was roughly equivalent to a manual laborer who had worked hard for a day, just barely enough to get by.

But Li Dan found that even with so much free time, there was still a need to quietly stay in a dark place and think. Darkness, tranquility, warmth, daze—for humans, sleep is almost like reliving their state in the womb.

Besides greatly restoring human physical strength, it is also an extremely wonderful enjoyment.

Li Dan, however, couldn't enjoy it now. In the foreseeable future, unless he made a breakthrough, he would have to continue this life. Because of the Aura's blessing, his body would be nourished by Aura even without sleep, and he wouldn't have problems like liver failure, but he really wanted to sleep.

"Alright, give it a try."

Ren Suo suppressed his excitement, and in his mind, he silently switched to the Good Dream Art he had drawn from the Assassin's treasure chest. Then, looking at Li Dan lying on the ground, he thought, 'Hypnotize him.'

Then Ren Suo's hand naturally reached out and kept flipping his fingers in the air directly in front of Li Dan's eyes.

There wasn't much light in the woods, but Li Dan, as a First Cycle High-Rank cultivator, his eyes already had a certain degree of night vision, so he naturally saw what Ren Suo's hand was doing.

It was like a magician performing a trick and using hand movements to attract attention, or like an old pervert teasing the eldest daughter of the Huang family.

'Is this kid a paperclip?' A thought flashed through Li Dan's mind, and he scoffed even more at Ren Suo's so-called Good Dream Art.

Can these movements hypnotize? Only a ghost would believe it...

Ren Suo waited for more than ten seconds, and when he didn't hear any sound from Li Dan, he put down his hands.

In the shadows of the woods, Li Dan, lying on the ground, still made no sound.

Ren Suo quietly,

quietly,

placed his hand on his,

thigh.

—Other positions didn't feel quite right. The thigh had more flesh, so the sensitivity should be lower.

Li Dan still made no sound.

"Key detected."

"Key is in a sleeping state, beginning acquisition."

"Key has already formed, requires 303 seconds to acquire. Contact must be maintained during acquisition. 302, 301, 300..."

It worked!