Go back? There's no going back.

——If only she could stop thinking about me for the rest of her life.

At least in this way, the mother who only exists in one's heart is still perfect.

"……it does not matter."

At this moment, perhaps because he had not heard Su Wei's response, the voice of the witch came to his ears again.

He came back to his senses a little, only to find that the witch in front of him had looked at him again, gazing at him with somewhat depressed eyes.

"I know, if I suddenly say something like this to you... you will be very troubled, right?"

The four looked at each other. Under Su Wei's gaze, the witch was silent for a moment, sighed slightly, and then smiled gently at him: "It's not that I want you to call me mom right now, but... I hope you can look at me a little bit in the future."

After saying this, Eve's heartbeat quickened a lot and she stopped talking.

Because, although she still hadn't received a response, just by looking at Su Wei's reaction at this moment, she had confirmed that she... no, the "herself" of the past, still occupied a place in the other's heart.

After a moment, she said nothing more and slowly stood up from the sofa.

"Okay... I've finished what I wanted to say."

She let out a long breath, and a lazy look appeared on her beautiful face, which was slightly pale. Eve stretched slowly and said, "Well, I won't bother you anymore. Children also need their own space."

At this moment, even Eve herself felt a little ridiculous.

Because, even these two sentences were said by my former self in a fragment of memory, when I was angrily saying them to a little kid after being disliked for being too clingy and staying at home.

This feeling of imitating oneself is really strange...

However, when she saw the reaction of a certain little kid who finally became shaken in front of her, she felt inexplicably satisfied.

"..."

Listening to the familiar words from the witch, which were still the words his mother had said to him, Su Wei took a deep breath and stood up from the sofa: "I'll take you there."

"No need. Candidates like you can't leave the venue these days."

Hearing this, Eve shook her head, opened the door and walked out of the room.

However, Su Wei still sent the witch to the end of the corridor outside the door.

"So, goodbye?"

Standing on the steps downstairs, Eve looked at the young man in front of her, smiled and waved.

"Goodbye."

Seeing this, Su Wei hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and waved gently.

"By the way, please be sure to pay attention to safety."

On the way, Su Wei's expression became a little serious, as if he remembered something, and he reminded again: "Make sure you recover from your injuries before setting off again."

"Oh, I see."

Looking at Su Wei, whose eyes were serious at the moment, Eve's heartbeat, which had just calmed down a little, speeded up again.

Almost instinctively, she subconsciously wanted to reach out and rub the kid's head in front of her like she did when they parted, but in the end... she suppressed the impulse again.

Now...is not the time yet.

She turned around and walked down the stairs slowly. The magic power spread slightly, and a quasi-saint-level concealment array wrapped her whole body. Eve returned to the stands outside and left the venue along the audience passage.

After stepping out of the venue, Eve felt something in her heart. She blinked her eyes, subconsciously turned her head, and looked towards a window on the upper right side of the candidate passage.

There, a blurry figure was still standing in front of the window, staring intently in her direction.

Like watching some imperial empress depart at noon.

At this moment, Eve felt her mood brighter.

She waved toward the window again, turned and walked to the other end of the street, and walked straight into the hotel she had rented in the morning.

At this moment, an idea suddenly emerged in Eve's mind.

Now that she had almost recovered from her mental fatigue, after returning to her room, she should probably continue to review some more of her memories from that time.

Who knows, there might be some unexpected gains?

***

"..."

Standing at the window at the end of the corridor, Su Wei slowly withdrew his gaze as he watched the witch walk into the hotel outside the venue.

After a moment of silence, he looked back at the empty corridor behind him, sorted out his thoughts a little, and soon remembered what he should do next.

Of course it's training.

Although I had originally planned to go back to my room to rest before going, now the originally scheduled rest time has been given to the witch lady.

The most important thing is that after being asked such a strange question by the witch just now, his fatigue has completely disappeared and he is full of energy.

At this time, rest is naturally no longer necessary.

Thinking of this, Su Wei subconsciously took out Brother Toad from his arms and confirmed the time.

croak——

The number displayed on Brother Toad’s forehead was 2:50 in the afternoon.

It's not even three o'clock yet.

According to the assessment process that has been determined so far, today is the audition stage and tomorrow is the resurrection stage.

Even if the main competition starts the day after tomorrow, Su Wei still has at least thirty hours of free time.

This amount of time, if not more, was at least enough for him to sweat in the training room and completely consume the effects of the sweet drinks in his body.

Thinking of this, Su Wei instinctively became excited.

How much can it be improved this time?

Originally, Su Wei felt that after completely absorbing those sweet drinks, he could almost increase the purity of his magic power from 2.1 to around 2.7.

But this afternoon, after receiving a small portion of sweet drink from the generous, kind, beautiful and generous Empress of the Empire, he thought... he could break through to 2.8.

Even more optimistically, it might be possible to directly reach the 2.9 level and become a strong person who has reached the half-step third level of perfection.

Thinking of this, my calm mood suddenly became uplifted little by little.

If you say practice, then practice!

After stretching his neck, Su Wei walked along the corridor and went straight to the training area.

This time, as soon as he stepped into the training ground, Su Wei felt a heat wave coming towards him.

At this moment, the entire training ground was packed with people, just as he had expected when he was on the road.

After all, the afternoon auditions start at two o'clock. Even if the 40-minute break in the middle is fully utilized, there are only a small number of candidates left, who may still be struggling with their opponents in the auditions.

In other words, at this point in time, the number of idle people who have been eliminated is the largest.

It is quite normal to fill the entire training ground.

However, after seeing that the venue was crowded with people and there were even long queues outside many training rooms, Su Wei was still not too worried.

Because now, at least in this venue, he is a noble Tianlong... no, a noble Zhengsai person.

A group of failed candidates, even if they are fifth-level strongmen, have to make way for him.

Moreover, the training ground has undergone significant changes compared to when Su Wei came here at noon.

The most obvious one is that there are several rows of unused training rooms near the entrance with signs saying "For candidates shortlisted for the main competition only" on the doorplates.

In addition, although the friendly burly knight who appeared at noon was not seen, there were many more knights patrolling and maintaining order in the training ground at this moment.

Su Wei kept walking. As more and more people were looking at him, he went straight to an unused training room. Just as the burly knight had done at noon, he took out his hunter ID and swiped it on the doorplate.

drop.

The next second, accompanied by a crisp sound, the tightly closed door in front of Su Wei slowly opened.

Stepping into the room and closing the door behind him, Su Wei picked up the remote control and operated it with ease, directly adjusting the training mode to the "pressure" training mode to improve mental strength and magic purity.

Although the temporary training room in this venue is multifunctional, it is more meticulous in terms of service than those training rooms in the training camp that only focus on one function.

Even after Su Wei tested his current magic purity of 2.15, the screen of the instrument directly and considerately recommended the appropriate pressure intensity.

Looking at the number 2.9 on the projection screen, Su Wei couldn't help but sigh once again, this multifunctional training room... is really great.

If he performs well in the subsequent competitions and is truly selected as the Spark, then… these high-quality training resources should become the norm.

While fantasizing, Su Wei slightly increased the pressure intensity to 3.9.

After doing all this, Su Wei took a deep breath, his whole body slightly tensed, and he walked quietly to the center of the room, closed his eyes, and opened his arms.

"……bring it on."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dull humming sound emerged in the room, and Su Wei suddenly felt an extremely strong pressure enveloping his whole body.

At this moment, even breathing began to become difficult, and the bones all over the body began to make strange "cracking" sounds.

Immediately afterwards, Su Wei's face changed. Not only the pain outside his body, he could feel another sharp pain on his right side beginning to spread from his body and flow to his limbs and bones.

There is no doubt that under the influence of external force, the medicinal effects of the sweet drink that have been initially absorbed into the body... have also begun to be further absorbed.

“…It’s quite powerful.”

Realizing this, Su Wei was silent for a moment, and suddenly the corner of his mouth twisted.

Including the twenty hours in the training camp, this was the third time he faced such a situation.

Very familiar.

So, I'm too lazy to go through the process again.

Thinking of this, Su Wei no longer insisted on enduring it, and simply lay down on the ground, allowing the effect of the medicine in his body to spread.

“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts—!”

The next second, Su Wei's energy sank into his dantian and he began to scream.

Although it had not yet reached his endurance threshold, he still wailed and struggled and squirmed on the ground in a proper manner.

What is this called?

This is called preparing for a rainy day, preparing your body mentally and physically for the imminent disaster.

This way, it won’t be so painful later.

……perhaps.

Just like that, time passes quietly.

Although it was built temporarily, the sound insulation of the entire training room was as excellent as ever. The noisy movement on the training ground outside did not disturb the young man's practice at all.

And no one heard the young man's howling screams.

I don't know how much time had passed, but after the scenery outside the training hall window had completely dimmed, the door of one of the training rooms near the entrance slowly opened.

A young man with a pale face, his body soaked with sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the river, staggered out of the room.

But for some reason, although the young man looked like he was close to collapse, there was a strange smile of satisfaction on his face.

"Hey! Kid...? Are you okay?"

Just as Su Wei walked out of the training room, a familiar voice suddenly came to his ears.

His limp neck made a slight sound as if it could not bear the weight. He raised his head subconsciously and saw the burly knight running towards him with a look of astonishment on his face.

It seemed that during the time when Su Wei was practicing in the training room, it was the turn of the knight to inspect the training ground.

"It's okay, don't worry, I... feel fine now."

Facing the somewhat worried gaze of the burly knight, Su Wei shook his head slightly, and then, as if he had thought of something, he asked the latter: "Excuse me, what time is it now?"

"Hey, you don't look like you're alright..."

Seeing Su Wei, who was walking unsteadily, the burly knight with a frown quickly reached out to support him, then subconsciously glanced at the large wall clock not far away, and reminded him: "How long have you been training this time? It's almost ten o'clock in the evening?"

"I say, although I really want to congratulate you on passing the audition, your method of training... isn't there something wrong?"

After hesitating for a moment, the burly knight said in a deep voice: "You must practice in moderation. You feel like you could go crazy at any time. Should I take you to the doctor for a checkup?"

Although he said so, the burly knight couldn't help but feel emotional when he saw Su Wei looking like he was pulled out of the water.