After officially returning from the energy space to the real world, Fu Erdie felt that many huge changes had happened to her body. The most obvious one was that she no longer felt hungry.
It was the same for her, and the same for Sang Wenhao.
At first, she thought this was temporary. For example, perhaps after recuperating in the space and slowly recovering for nearly three years, she was still a little unused to returning to reality. Or perhaps there was a bug in her ability, and it had not properly adjusted her bodily functions.
But slowly, she discovered that she could run and jump, her body as light as a swallow. Even without deliberately using her ability, she could float with the wind like a dandelion…
And no matter how much she messed around or overexerted herself, there was never a day when she felt hungry.
Only cravings.
To test exactly how long they could go without eating, Fu Erdie and Sang Wenhao tacitly held back their cravings and eating habits, wanting to see how long it would take before they became hungry.
One month passed. Two months passed. Half a year passed.
They finally confirmed that they were no longer who they had been before. One could even say they were no longer human.
They still had human living habits. For example, when it got dark, they subconsciously felt they should sleep. When mealtime came, they felt they should eat. But in reality, even if they did not sleep, their energy remained endlessly abundant. Even if they did not eat, their stamina stayed forever full.
Fu Erdie discussed this with Professor Zhao and the staff of D City’s technical department. They believed that this situation was probably related to the attribute upgrade that came after reaching eighth-rank.
“Your original attribute was to connect with the energy spaces of your close companions, helping them recover their abilities, restore their energy, and calm ability agitation,” Professor Zhao said. “Later, you could use your close companions’ abilities. You even combined with Cen Xiyang’s space ability and gained the attribute of particle transformation. In a sense, you weren’t borrowing your close companions’ abilities. You were learning them.”
She pointed out the key point: “After advancing to eighth-rank, you didn’t only gain the ability to purify psychic contamination. You also strengthened your previous ability to learn from your close companions. It’s no longer just copying abilities, but also copying biological traits and habits. This is an unconscious action. Among all your close companions, your cooperation with the dandelions is the broadest, and you are most used to using their wind ability. So instinctively, in daily life, you imitated the dandelion’s biological traits.”
Fu Erdie was not very sure. “…You mean that kind of biological trait where it doesn’t need to eat or drink, and can live freely just by basking in the sun?”
Professor Zhao nodded. “Most likely. As for Sang Wenhao…”
She looked at Student Sang beside her. “Your connection with Fu Erdie’s ability is probably too close. Her almost inexhaustible energy continuously replenishes the energy you consume each day. As for physical strength, I suspect that because your body is now in a particle-reconstructed state, the energy your body needs can be directly regulated and restored through Butterfly’s ability. Butterfly’s ability volume is enormous, more than enough to cover your basic consumption.”
Fu Erdie and Sang Wenhao: “…”
Fine. Case solved. In the end, they were no longer human. They were just energy masses made of a pile of particles with human forms.
For the sake of experimentation, Fu Erdie found a pitiful little white mouse and turned it into particles before pulling it into the energy space.
Mm. It died.
She found another little white mouse and used space ability to put it into a proper storage space belonging to a space-type ability user.
Mm. It died too.
It seemed ordinary living creatures could not be brought into the space. Only close companions like the dandelions could safely enter the energy space to recuperate.
But with this, Fu Erdie had a frightening guess—could it be that in the future, all her close companions could be pulled into the space for safety in emergencies? Only, anyone who had entered and exited the energy space once would no longer be human in the conventional sense?
Things suddenly became philosophical.
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