A normal person wouldn't do something like this

"I'm going to die! I'm going to die!"

Before he could even warm up the newly acquired Eye of the Bashe, Zhang Xuezhou had already lost control of his body and returned to reality.

No matter how many precautions he took, he couldn't prevent the sudden arrival of a moment after time became disordered.

Thinking that he had fallen into the flood and didn't know when he would wake up, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but cry out, feeling that he was doomed.

With a somersault, Zhang Xuezhou flipped himself up, his face ashen.

Perhaps because he had gotten used to his long sleep, or perhaps because his body had already been examined, Zhang Xuezhou did not appear at the hospital, but remained in his room in the Xuanshi Building.

His exclamation also attracted the attention of Zhang Weimeng and Ren Anran.

"I told you he'd be fine," Ren Anran said. "As long as his heart rate is normal, he won't die; at worst, he'll be in a vegetative state."

"That's still dangerous," Zhang Weimeng said worriedly. "No normal person would sleep for a whole week straight."

Your son isn't normal!

Ren Anran waved her hand, indicating that it was perfectly normal for a patient like Zhang Xuezhou to have abnormal behavior.

However, Zhang Xuezhou's frustration was very easy to perceive.

This was almost exactly like her brother Ren Wuyang's emotions these past few days.

During the days Zhang Xuezhou was asleep, Ren Wuyang was Ren Wuyang, and every day felt like torture.

Are you alright?

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou's dejected face, Ren Anran asked him in a low voice.

I want to lie down quietly!

Zhang Xuezhou raised his head, then his body, which had been flipped over, fell back down.

He had experienced risks before, but most of them offered some degree of chance of survival. He had never encountered a situation like this, where he fell into a flood and was left to be battered by the waves.

He didn't want to do anything else as long as he wasn't hungry.

Feeling like he was doomed, Zhang Xuezhou needed to calm down.

"My brother changed your adult diaper the day before yesterday. Are you sure you don't want to wash it off and then eat some liquid food to help your body recover?"

Ren Anran's words ultimately forced Zhang Xuezhou to take action.

He felt his life was a complete disaster.

This was the first time Zhang Xuezhou had experienced such feelings of frustration.

When his sleep schedule was disrupted, he lost the ability to time himself.

But Zhang Xuezhou never expected to end up like this.

Just thinking about his past self being submerged in floodwaters and having to wait several days to return, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he wouldn't survive even if he went there.

He could only hope that he would be picked up by a practitioner of some corpse-refining school and then transformed into a zombie or some other special creature.

"The best outcome for me now is to become a zombie or a water ghost!"

After pondering for several seconds, Zhang Xuezhou also did a haphazard wash.

This isn't because Zhang Xuezhou has low mental resilience; anyone who knows they're going to die would be unable to remain normal.

Where are you going?

"I'm going to eat guinea fowl! I haven't eaten in days, I'm going to eat lots of guinea fowl today!"

Ren Anran's voice came to ask, and Zhang Xuezhou responded lazily, followed quickly by Zhang Weimeng.

Zhang Weimeng felt that not only Zhang Xuezhou was acting strangely, but also Ren Anran and Ren Wuyang, the two temporary lodgers, and he himself seemed to be acting strangely as well.

Wang Li took him to undergo sequencing, and he came into contact with a new cultivation method.

"Son, do humans really carry sheep genes?" Zhang Weimeng asked worriedly, "That Wang Li said I have sheep genes!"

"It's not that you have sheep genes in your body, but rather that the gene fragments you possess are similar to or even identical to those of certain sheep species," Zhang Xuezhou corrected.

"Aren't they all the same thing?"

"From an evolutionary perspective, all living things share a common ancestor and common initial genes," Zhang Xuezhou replied listlessly. "After continuous evolution, various creatures developed distinct characteristics, but similarities inevitably exist. According to your sequencing, you're more likely to have the genetic makeup of a tiger, leopard, or crane. How did you end up with a sheep?"

"How would I know how to be a sheep?" Zhang Weimeng said dejectedly. "Don't even mention me, your mother is a sheep too."

"Is Mom a sheep too?"

The results of the two gene sequencing reports slightly lifted Zhang Xuezhou's spirits.

"Great genetic condition!"

But Zhang Xuezhou's enthusiasm quickly waned. He offered a compliment and then ordered three servings of pearl chicken from Xu Meili.

Beneath his dejected face, Zhang Xuezhou mechanically swallowed the food.

His mental state couldn't be adjusted in a short time, and Zhang Xuezhou also found it difficult to adjust.

He had no interest in anything at the moment. If it weren't for his physical needs, Zhang Xuezhou felt he would definitely stay in bed until he went to the other world to confirm his whereabouts before he could feel at ease.

"The worst outcome... is probably being locked in the dark!"

Zhang Xuezhou had a glimmer of hope for the future and a general assessment of what he might face.

He chewed the chicken listlessly, with thoughts of regret constantly flashing through his mind.

If only he hadn't encountered Dong Zhongshu, if only he had stubbornly lingered at the prefect's mansion, if only he hadn't gone to the Jianjiang River, if only he hadn't taken that demonic eye, or if only he had gotten the eye of the Bashe a few seconds faster...

Of all the possibilities, he was just a few seconds short.

Even if he fell to the shore, Zhang Xuezhou felt that with the protection of the Dingshan Stone, he would most likely be safe and there was no need for him to be so frustrated.

His life and death were decided in just a few seconds, which left him extremely unwilling.

Zhang Xuezhou believes he has done his best, but he also realizes he has overlooked too many things.

It's like someone dropping a hundred-dollar bill on the ground and getting hit by a car the moment they bend down to pick it up.

Zhang Xuezhou felt he should suppress the temptation in his heart, which might allow him to live a little longer. However, he had always been one to reap benefits from risks, and it was not in his nature to not seize opportunities.

"Success or failure, it's all the same: Chicken Dinner!"

All that useless reflection ultimately turned into eating.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't need to have a good appetite; he could only numb himself with the monotonous act of eating.

Zhang Weimeng muttered about the Gene Fighting Technique in a book called "Flying Sheep Walking on Walls," while Zhang Xuezhou went to the window to change his plate.

When the plates were changed for the third time, Zhang Xuezhou saw an even more dejected face.

"What exactly is this Sunflower Manual? I sensed that the old tree has sprouted a bunch of green leaves..."

Ren Wuyang sat opposite Zhang Xuezhou.

His face was as dejected as could be.

His cultivation attempt was successful, but Ren Wuyang discovered that apart from the tree he sensed changing and the fact that he was missing a part of his body, nothing else had changed.

He is not the best in the world, nor can he feel the strength that comes with being the best in the world.

Everything about him is the same as before.

He was still a lowly cultivator at the Meridian Circulation Realm, and using the Supreme Purity True Technique was still very difficult for him; the cultivation of the Sunflower Manual had not brought about any changes.

With enough money for medical treatment, the parts can be reattached, and the device can even function normally again.

But there are many things Ren Wuyang doesn't understand.

He couldn't understand what changes the "Sunflower Manual" cultivation technique brought about, nor could he figure out whether these changes were good or bad. In fact, Ren Wuyang's cultivation seemed to have gone completely awry.

"You've mastered the Sunflower Manual?"

There's always someone stronger. Seeing Ren Wuyang's dejected and questioning face, Zhang Xuezhou's dejection vanished almost entirely.

He felt that Ren Anran's probing was a bit too obvious, but Zhang Xuezhou didn't expect that Ren Wuyang's probing was even more obvious.

This is because they believed Zhang Weimeng's lies.

If Zhang Weimeng hadn't used the Yin Yang Great Compassion Nine Heavens Incantation as a basis when he fabricated the "Sunflower Manual," Zhang Xuezhou felt that cutting any part of Ren Wuyang would have been useless.

"No normal person would do something like this!" Zhang Xuezhou said.

"I was just curious, and after discussing it with your dad, I thought I'd give it a try," Ren Wuyang said with a pained expression. "You know it's inconvenient to talk about these kinds of things, so I didn't feel comfortable asking too many questions."

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't resist picking up the Eye of the Bashe after seeing it, Ren Wuyang obviously couldn't either.

In terms of making mistakes and stumbling, they are almost identical.