My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 33 Practice
Of course, although Chu Zhu did find a bunch of entertainment options, he didn't start enjoying them right away.

"Nuwa No. 17. Whether it's Li Kang, Ning Linglong, or anyone else, as long as it detects that they are five minutes away from entering the base, even if they have a tendency to enter the base... notify me immediately, and at the same time shut down all ongoing projects and clear the background access records!"

"Secondly..."

Chu Zhu took a deep breath and finally asked the question that concerned her most, "Nuwa No. 17, with my current level of access, is it possible for me to obtain cultivation techniques?"

Whether it's the guest master privileges that Chu Zhu had been hoping for before, or the permanent level-one privileges that the butterfly effect has given her now, their greatest use is in cultivation techniques—becoming stronger is the most important thing.

"Begin thinking, begin access control!" Nuwa No. 17 remained silent for a full thirteen seconds before saying, "Access granted! You may read: Basic Body Refining Method, Chapter 1, Basic Immortal Cultivation Method, Chapter 1."

"The first chapter? This should correspond to the first realm that Li Kang mentioned, right?" However, when Chu Zhu heard the last sentence, the joy on his face froze, and his expression turned serious. "Cultivation?!"

Chu Zhu understood what body tempering was all about. But this cultivation of immortality… was it the kind of cultivation he had imagined? Or was it some kind of special cultivation method also based on nuclear radiation?

"Give me a detailed overview of the differences between body refinement and immortal cultivation!"

Nuwa No. 17 proceeded at its usual unhurried pace.

"Body tempering can be achieved by absorbing radiant water and using cultivation techniques to metabolize the body as much as possible, completing the replacement of dead cells with new cells, and thus completing the transformation!"

"Cultivating immortality can be achieved by directly absorbing radiation stones, activating the pineal gland in the forehead, and then developing the potential of the human body, thus manifesting various strange powers that transcend the physical body."

Chu Zhu: "..."

Well, he now roughly understood how he had entered the first stage of body refinement! It turned out that he needed to use cultivation techniques to constantly metabolize his body's cells in order to become stronger... That's why he had died suddenly before.

But this radiated stone.

"It can't be uranium of extremely high purity, can it?" Chu Zhu shuddered. How could she absorb that?
"Describe both cultivation methods in detail! And briefly explain what I should do if I want to embark on the path of cultivation? Or, if I want to cultivate immortality and refine my body at the same time, are there any special taboos?"

Chu Zhu began memorizing with a serious expression. One minute later, two minutes later... twenty minutes later.

Chu Zhu listened expressionlessly to the still-unfinished first stage of body tempering technique—

The manual contains large sections not of specific cultivation methods, but of prohibitions! It tells you what you cannot do, what materials and herbs to use, how to grind them into medicinal pills with what effects, and how to treat what symptoms the body is experiencing.

"It's unbelievably troublesome!" Chu Zhu complained inwardly. Fortunately, based on his previous experience, he could simply die once to complete such a complex physical assistance.

Finally, half an hour later, Chu Zhu finished the chapter on how to maintain one's body and then understood why her body hadn't evolved after jumping into the nuclear radiation water a second time.

"After metabolizing the physical mutations caused by nuclear radiation to a certain low level, the body will adapt to the enhancement! Then we can move on to the next step... As for how to determine whether you have adapted to the enhancement, it depends on your personal feeling."

"?" To be honest, this cultivation method is actually quite irresponsible. After thinking it over, Chu Zhu concluded that all he needed to do now was wait—wait until that body adapted to the enhancement!
"So, Nuwa No. 17, what about this cultivation method?" To be honest, Chu Zhu hadn't really expected Nuwa to come up with a reliable cultivation method. But this time, it exceeded his expectations!
At the third second, Chu Zhu's gaze was intense as he listened intently. After the thirtieth minute, having finished the first recitation, Chu Zhu pondered for a moment and then had Nuwa begin the second recitation.

"Place a highly pure pineal stone on your forehead to stimulate the pineal gland, then begin meditation. Absorb the essence through the Basic Heavenly Heart Chapter! If you cannot absorb it, you will die... It's all or nothing! Therefore, the mortality rate of cultivators is far higher than that of body refiners."

"However, in comparison, their combat power at the same level will be even stronger... They will awaken some kind of potential in the human body and possess some kind of superpower? Uh, or to use the terminology from the cultivation world, it's called divine power!"

Although Chu Zhu pondered for a long time, he felt that this so-called cultivation of immortality was actually more like a kind of selection process, a benign mutation.

Nuwa No. 17: "In summary, the difference between cultivators and body refiners is that cultivators possess supernatural powers (currently, 2,800 kinds of supernatural powers have been recorded), while body refiners are simply physically strong... At the same time, the physical form of body refiners undergoes a huge change, while that of cultivators does not."

"!!!" Chu Zhu was startled. Wait, if that's the case...

"Ning Linglong has a normal build. Li Kang said that Ning Linglong is exceptionally gifted! I see."

Recalling Li Kang and Guan Fei's unusual physiques, Chu Zhu nodded thoughtfully. It seemed Ning Linglong was indeed a cultivator. "But Bi Xuan's physique is quite normal! Surely he can't be one too? If that's the case, wouldn't this team have two cultivators?"

According to Nuwa No. 17, the number of cultivators is far greater than that of body refiners. After all, body refiners have a method to enhance cell metabolism, but cultivators can only rely on endurance and luck in the first step; if they can't activate their bodies, they die.

"Oh, right." Chu Zhu suddenly thought of a crucial factor and quickly asked, "Nuwa No. 17, can you tell me who created these two cultivation techniques? And in what specific era were they created?"

then……

"The server is busy. Please try again later."

Chu Zhu remained silent. He wasn't disappointed, because Nuwa No. 17's silence was itself a form of answer.

then……

"Let's play!" Chu Zhu was fully immersed in entertainment. He planned to listen to music and read novels for two hours first, then play some games and watch a movie. After all, he didn't have that nuclear radiation stone for cultivating immortality, and as for body tempering... he could just wait! Why would he stay stuck in the same place wasting his time if he didn't play?

The only downside is... no Coke, no fries, no potato chips, so it just feels like something's missing when playing!
They played all night long.

"It's six o'clock in the morning." Chu Zhu was still full of energy, showing no signs of sleepiness. It has to be said, superhumans are incredibly resilient!
Moreover, Chu Zhu wasn't worried that if she didn't sleep, she would also fall into a deep sleep and never wake up in reality.

He had experimented with this long ago and found that dream time and real-world time are not synchronized.

Whether it's constantly resetting in a dream, or staying up all night for two or three days or even longer, it's all part of the experience.

As long as he falls asleep in his dreams, he will consistently wake up at 6:00 AM the next day in the real world.

(End of this chapter)