My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 132 The Nature of Pollution! Radiation Filters!

The two-headed scaly man's gaze wasn't frenzied; his two heads, one on the left and one on the right, were both staring directly into Chu Zhu's eyes... Chu Zhu could sense that he was deep in thought.

"What's wrong today?" His left head suddenly spoke, uttering pure dream language.

The right-hand head naturally picked up the conversation, "If I remember correctly, you guys should be arriving quite a while from now, right? And why are you alone?"

The head on the left spoke again, "And what are you waiting for now?"

“Right, right, right,” the leader on the right glanced at the leader on the left and said in a chatterbox, “Hurry up and get rid of those dying things! Take the radiated stones out of their bodies, and take the radiated water away too? Then get lost… You guys are getting more and more annoying… Hmm? Why aren’t you moving? Aren’t you afraid of being contaminated?”

Both heads were clearly confused.

"?!" Chu Zhu's outward expression remained unchanged, but her mind exploded at that moment.

Although it was only a few words, the amount of information it revealed was enormous, to an unimaginable degree...

He murmured to himself, "Radiated stone... So that's how it is! Radiated water is blood... Radiated stone, since it's said to be taken from the body, it must be some organ inside the monster, or a solidified form?"

"This kind of thing...this is simply..."

Chu Zhu forced himself to calm down. In fact, when he saw the white blood flowing out of the monster's body and gathering in the distance under the influence of what seemed to be a supernatural power, he had roughly guessed the possible source of the radiated stone!
However, speculation is speculation. After confirming this with the prisoners, his feelings became extremely complicated.

Rubbing her cheeks, Chu Zhu forcefully banished the chaotic thoughts from her mind.

He didn't communicate with the two-headed scaly man, but instead scanned the area with a serious expression, quickly locking onto a half-dead, dying monster...

He stepped forward without the slightest hesitation.

"Roar!" The moment Chu Zhu approached him, the monster, which had been on the verge of death, suddenly struggled. The chains binding him tightened abruptly, and saliva dripped from his mouth, splashing onto the metal floor with a faint hissing sound.

However, he was bound too tightly, and no matter how he moved, the range of motion in his limbs was extremely limited. This only made the wound rupture further... and more blood flowed out...

Chu Zhu roughly assessed the difference in strength between the two sides, then immediately retreated to the side of another monster that was on the verge of death.

He felt that even though this thing was so weak now, if he hit it, it would probably get injured to some extent.

Chu Zhu had a very clear understanding of his purpose: he came here to break through to the first realm of cultivation, not to compete for superiority.

If possible, then of course we should eliminate the enemy without taking any damage!

After several breaths of silence.

"Boy, you're not one of those flying fish people?" The left head of the two-headed scaled man spoke again. Although it was a question, his words were very certain, and his four eyes shone brightly. "You sneaked in from somewhere, didn't you?"

The right-hand head said, "If you really are one of those Flying Fish Suits, you couldn't have come so quickly... After all, it takes a long time before a large number of out-of-control individuals die... The Flying Fish Suits don't kill living out-of-control individuals directly! They only wait for the out-of-control individuals to be completely corrupted and eroded, so that they can condense large radiated stone cores to the greatest extent possible!"

The two heads looked at each other and said almost in unison, "Kid, want to make a deal?"

Chu Zhu ignored them, grabbed the monster's head with both hands, twisted it violently, and pulled a dagger from his waist. Without changing his expression, he began to dissect it...

The radioactive stone is inside the body... but which part of the body exactly?!
“Cutting open his chest won’t do you any good! You have to cut off his head,” the left head of the two-headed scaly man warned.

Chu Zhu paused for a moment, glanced expressionlessly at the two-headed scaled man, then abruptly pulled out his dagger and plunged it into the monster's eye socket, cutting it forcefully.

A moment later, he pulled a pale gold stone from the white brain matter.

Undeterred by the grime, Chu Zhu sat cross-legged, pressed a small stone to his forehead, and began to circulate his basic cultivation technique.

The next instant, he could clearly feel a faint warm current spreading from between his eyebrows to his entire brain, and finally into all parts of his body.

After a few breaths, the warmth turned into excruciating pain. It was like falling from heaven to hell!
Chu Zhu's expression didn't change at all. It hurt a bit, but compared to the last time he jumped directly into the nuclear reactor pool, the pain he felt was... utterly insignificant.

If the pain I felt at that time was comparable to the level eight pain of childbirth, then this could only be considered a level five pain, like a knife cut my hand or a cartilage injury.
The only slightly troublesome thing is that this pain is endless, and it seems that he won't stop until he stops cultivating... This is affecting his ability to cultivate wholeheartedly.

"You'll die like this! You might as well listen to my advice... Even if you want to cultivate, go to the high platform to cultivate!" The two-headed scaled man spoke kindly from his right head. Even though Chu Zhu hadn't answered from beginning to end, he was basically certain from Chu Zhu's words and actions that Chu Zhu and that group of flying fish-clothed people were not on the same side!

Flying Fish Clothes definitely won't save him, but Chu Zhu has a very small chance of saving him... At this time, coercion, bribery, or mockery are completely meaningless!
Instead, show them goodwill and reveal your own value, and you might eventually get them to come to your rescue.
Chu Zhu remained silent and continued her arduous cultivation.

The two-headed scaly man visibly grew anxious. He said urgently, "Apart from that high platform, all living things on the ground will be corrupted! Normal people will turn into monsters, and monsters will become even more grotesque! Reason will gradually dissipate... Even those flying fish-clothed creatures can only stay on the ground for no more than three minutes!"

"So they always send a large group, taking turns to harvest the crops!"

“I really want you to save me, so I can’t watch you get contaminated. If you go crazy here, then I’ll have no hope of getting out... Believe me! I won’t harm you in this way... Really.”

Chu Zhu paused slightly, then resumed as usual. While exerting all her strength to circulate the cultivation method, she suppressed and ignored the pain, and pondered deeply.

"I see……"

A look of realization flashed in Chu Zhu's eyes. He finally had a more detailed understanding of the current situation.

This is indeed a nuclear reactor facility!

However, this nuclear reactor facility does not seem to be used simply for generating electricity or energy supply. Or rather, its use in the real world is unknown, but in the dream civilization, it is simply used by the dream natives as a tool to spread nuclear radiation in a high-intensity and even manner throughout this hall.

It seems that only on that high platform can one be exempt!
A large number of creatures and monsters—Chu Zhu doesn't know yet whether these monsters are non-human races or out-of-control superhumans—but the situation is that they are tied up here, absorbing nuclear radiation, and then, every seven days, their blood is harvested by the Commandery!
The dead monsters were dissected to extract the radii.

No wonder!
No wonder...

Chu Zhu had always wondered about one thing: if this era could influence cultivation, then why couldn't it be done in the past...?

He used to think it was because he was missing moongrass! But now, it all makes sense.

Even if one successfully harvests the Moon Grass and continues cultivating, the final outcome might still be very bad...

Who knows that the resources used for cultivation need to be filtered through the bodies of monsters or other creatures first—their radiation-rich blood and even the cores formed after being filtered through the bodies of these creatures, although still somewhat polluted, have obviously been reduced to a tolerable level!

It's hell! It's so dark.

Chu Zhu almost laughed. It turned out that... all the medicines she consumed during her cultivation were life-giving elixirs.

He felt somewhat listless, somewhat wistful, and somewhat wanted to laugh, yet couldn't quite manage it.

Of course, he had no intention of heeding the two-headed scaled man's advice and climbing back up—

It's a very simple principle: if it's truly out of control due to contamination, just reset it. After all, tests at the nuclear reactor have confirmed that resetting will erase the contamination and the psychological burden!

at last.

Chu Zhu completely absorbed the pale golden radiant stone.

He rose without changing his expression. Although he was still in pain all over his body, it did not stop him from moving on to the next weakened monster, testing it, and then killing it to obtain the Radon Stone.

"...Why are you doing this! You might just want to become stronger, and I know how! I have a lot of valuable information in my mind. Let's cooperate as equals! Isn't that better?" The two-headed scaly man's left head couldn't sit still any longer. He flicked his tongue and spoke in a hoarse voice.

If Chu Zhu had already climbed to the high platform, he could casually divulge information to bait Chu Zhu, and then begin the game once Chu Zhu's curiosity was piqued.

However, if Chu Zhu dies or goes mad, he may only be able to stay in this bottomless abyss of hell, waiting for the final death that, though still some distance away, will inevitably come!

"...Are you human?!" Chu Zhu blurted out a question abruptly, but of course, he still did not stop his cultivation.

With the main gate open, his current attitude towards cultivation is to make the most of every second!

"...I guess so!" The two-headed scaly man said after a long silence, his emotions complicated.

"So, are they all like that too?" The monster Chu Zhu killed this time was only half a meter tall, with a hunched body and a shape resembling a bird or beast... mainly because of its size, he felt that it shouldn't be too difficult to deal with.

This time, the two-headed scaly man did not answer immediately.

Chu Zhu seemed to have found the answer, nodded, and murmured, "So that's how it is! Humans only make up a portion... Does that mean that extraordinary beings aren't just humans? Other creatures can also become extraordinary in this way?"

The two-headed scaly man was startled. No, he was just silent for a moment, and you were able to glean so much information from that?

"I have another question! Since staying here for too long will cause you to lose your mind... then how long have you been here? Why are you still able to communicate with me normally?" Chu Zhu continued to ask.

"...This!" The two-headed scaled man hesitated, before he could decide whether to answer or just make up an excuse... He then saw Chu Zhu fall into a deep state of cultivation once again.

"..."

No, does this kid really care about this issue?
"And, have I forgotten something?"

After observing Chu Zhu repeatedly, the two-headed scaly man belatedly realized something was wrong, and his expression changed drastically.

His two heads opened their mouths almost simultaneously at that moment.

"How can you absorb it so quickly..."

"Are you crazy? Didn't your elders tell you that you can only absorb half a portion of the Radiation Stone each day?!"

The two heads looked at each other, and both were clearly anxious. They started talking in a rapid-fire manner, one after the other.

"The energy you absorbed from the first radiant stone of the winged pig-man... was already far beyond what was expected!"

"Why are you doing this? If you want to die, why don't you just commit suicide outside? Why do you have to do it this way..."

"Stop! In this state, with the added pollution, you can't possibly last two minutes... No, time's almost up! I'm begging you. Hurry up and get up there!"

However, Chu Zhu continued to do things her own way.

He was completely immersed in the strange sensations of intense physical pain and ever-expanding mental power!
At that moment, he felt as if his body and mind had been separated into two unrelated parallel entities.

The exhilaration of the mind and the pain of the body collided violently at this moment.

"Hmm?" Chu Zhu suddenly opened his eyes, a look of understanding appearing in them. "So that's how it is. No wonder Zhang Hai said... you'll find out when the time comes!"

The next moment, Chu Zhu began his breakthrough without hesitation. He sensed that he had reached a certain limit...

He felt as if his soul was about to leave his body at that moment.

"Great, I did it! I did it... huh?"

Chu Zhu's breath hitched, and a look of bewilderment appeared in his eyes. Did he used to have "I am Laozi" as a catchphrase?

The next moment, belatedly realizing what was happening, he blankly lowered his head, staring at his own skin, his pupils suddenly contracting—

On it, countless fish scales were continuously being squeezed out from deep within the skin.

An unimaginable itching sensation almost made him lose control, and he frantically scratched his skin.

"I see, it got out of control... But this time it got out of control! It feels different from the last time..." Chu Zhu calmly analyzed, "Is it because the last time the death was too clean and tidy?"

Beside them, the two-headed scaly man, his eyes filled with disappointment and even despair, asked, "?"

What the heck? Wait a minute... what the hell are you talking about?!
Before the stunned two-headed scaly man could even voice his doubts, Chu Zhu closed his eyes.

Then...

Time has begun to reverse!!
(End of this chapter)