"Does it hurt?"
Deep in the silent night, there seems to be a faint white fish belly rising in the sky on the edge of the city.
In the last darkness before dawn, on the lonely balcony, an old man in his late teens squatted in front of an immature child.
The old man's hand touched the child's forehead. He looked at the child's cheek and asked softly.
The girl stared at her grandfather with wide eyes. She gritted her teeth tightly, and her two small front teeth leaked from the gap between her lips. Her little face turned red, but she still shook her head firmly.
He Ao clearly saw his granddaughter's uncomfortable expression, but the movements in his hands did not stop.
At this moment, he was using his spiritual consciousness to open up the blocked circuits in his granddaughter's body.
The feeling of opening the line for Jia Xi this time was almost completely different from the previous connection to Pet's daughter Aini.
Aini's talent is very good, so there are almost no blocked or narrow places in the circuit in her body, and the circuit itself has already been formed, so He Ao can get through it quickly.
Jia Qian's situation was completely different. The circuits in Jia Qian's body were very small, with almost no blockages, but most of the circuits were fragile and narrow, and seemed not to be fully formed.
He Ao didn't know whether this was a child's characteristic or Jia Qian's own talent. He controlled his consciousness and carefully infiltrated Jia Qian's circuits.
In contrast to the fragility of these lines, these lines have extremely strong resilience.
The effect of this is that Jia Qian's fragile circuits have some ability to absorb He Ao's divine consciousness.
To be precise, it was He Ao who took the initiative to embed his spiritual consciousness into Jia Qian's circuit.
The fragility of the line allows He Ao to use his spiritual consciousness to carve lines on Jia Qian's line at a very small cost, and the extremely strong recovery ability can quickly repair these 'damaged' areas, but those The carved lines will still leave a little trace.
In other words, He Ao can directly carve strengthening circuits into Jia Qian's body. When Jia Qian starts practicing, the circuit energy flowing through her body will naturally flow through these strengthening circuits and be strengthened and condensed.
This can greatly reduce the loss of energy flowing through the line and increase energy utilization efficiency.
These strengthening circuits themselves will also be strengthened due to the flow of energy. While enhancing Jia Qian's physical fitness, it can further solidify the circuits so that these circuits will not wear out due to the extended practice time.
If an ordinary genius uses 75% of his energy when he is practicing, then when Jia Qian is practicing, his energy use efficiency can reach 95%.
While carving out the strengthening circuit, He Ao was also constantly opening up the narrow energy lines in Jia Qian's body.
In a sense, He Aozai was washing the marrow and cutting the bones of his granddaughter.
And the 'price' of cleaning the marrow and cutting the bones is not that easy.
When it comes to damage to the body, whether it's carving out circuits or stretching them, it will hurt.
As He Ao's consciousness continued to advance, Jia Qian's cheeks became redder and redder, and she made a low 'woo-woo' sound from her mouth.
Crystal tears welled up in her eyes, but they did not flow down.
He Ao looked at his granddaughter and narrowed his eyes slightly.
But his actions of controlling spiritual consciousness did not stop.
After a while, He Ao regained his consciousness.
"Grandpa, is it over?"
Jia Qian raised her head and stared at He Ao with her red eyes.
"it's over."
He Ao withdrew his hand and looked at his granddaughter's little face.
At this moment, his half-crouched body shook, and a severe dizziness destroyed his balance.
Washing Jia Qian's marrow and cutting bones does not consume much spiritual consciousness. With the help of the strengthening circuit, the final consumption is only about a little more than one-third. However, long-term concentration and carving the strengthening circuit have greatly consumed He. Austrian spirit.
Jia Qian quickly reached out and hugged Grandpa.
She had been exercising with Xi Tuo since she was a child, and her physical fitness was not bad. She quickly helped He Ao support his body.
She didn't speak, but she twitched the tip of her nose.
"It's okay, Grandpa is okay."
He Ao also reached out and hugged her.
The first ray of dawn rose, spreading over the old man's gray hair and the girl's young face.
"Jia Qian, do you remember what grandpa just taught you, take a deep breath."
He Ao said softly.
"Um."
Jia Qian responded and began to take a deep breath.
And He Ao also inhaled at the same time.
The first ray of energy at dawn entered He Ao's body.
This ray of energy quickly entered He Ao's chest, gathered in his body, and then flowed to his limbs under his guidance.
The process was not entirely smooth.
Sito's talent is not bad, but he is too old. Even if he maintains the use of certain energy circuits in his body through years of fitness, this does not prevent the circuits in his body from aging.
Most of the lines in Sito's body are open, with few blockages, but there is an obvious tendency for these lines to become narrower.
Moreover, these aging lines have no recovery ability, so He Ao cannot draw strengthening circuits on these lines. He can only use his spiritual consciousness to guide the energy to flow according to the strengthening circuit and reduce the escape of energy.
In fact, He Ao had been exploring ways to use the strengthening circuit in the body since last night. Only after it was effective and confirmed that there was no problem, he dared to 'clean the marrow and cut the bones' of his granddaughter.
This ray of energy quickly flowed through He Ao's limbs and then gathered in his chest.
After a full circle, there is still a small portion left.
He Ao continued to flow this small amount of energy into his body, and then opened the personal attribute panel.
【He Ao (Xituo)】
[Permission Level: Advanced Player]
[Physical fitness: 1194 (8)]
[Skills: Talent Sequence 272: Super Memory (Level C), Basic Firearms Mastery (Soul Part), Talent Sequence 72: Hidden Mage (Level C) (Unusable)]
[Mechanical modification: none]
[Martial Arts: Refining Qi and Transforming into God (Level C) (some can be used)]
Physical fitness changed from 7 to 8.
This was the result of He Aoyi's practice that lasted all night without sleeping.
Sito's talent is very good, whether it is the smoothness of the circuits in the body or the efficiency of energy absorption.
If he had been lucky enough to obtain the body-building technique when he was young, his achievements might have been worse than those of Regit, but not much different.
Although Sito has been working out, he has never had any physical training methods similar to body-building techniques.
His fitness can only keep him healthy, maintain a slightly higher physical fitness than normal people, and avoid being overwhelmed by high-intensity work.
Of course, Situ's practice over the past few decades is not without any effect.
Shortly after He Ao opened the personal attribute panel, the last trace of energy was completely dissolved in He Ao's body.
As He Ao watched, the physical quality on the personal attribute panel quickly changed from '8' to '9'.
Situ's body is the same as Regit's body. After long-term exercise, the body's ability to absorb energy is very good.
In the early stage of practice, you don’t need to think too much about your body’s endurance, just keep pouring energy.
Coupled with the fact that He Ao's spiritual consciousness guides the flow of energy and utilizes the energy to the greatest extent, it enables a very fast practice speed in the early stage.
However, it is still difficult to catch up with the effect of Ruijite who has exercised his body to the extreme.
"how do you feel?"
He Ao closed the properties panel and gently patted the back of the girl hugging him.
"Those clumps of things stopped running around," Jia Qian said with some surprise, "They seem to know where the road is."
It seems that those strengthened circuits engraved in Jia Qian's body also have the effect of guiding the flow of energy in a sense.
"Did Jia Qian try to guide these lumpy things to 'advance' according to the method grandpa taught you?"
He Ao slowly let go of the girl in his arms and asked with a smile.
"Um!"
Jia Qian nodded fiercely.
He Ao smiled and touched his granddaughter's head.
Last night he had been guiding his granddaughter to feel the presence of those energies.
He called this ability of feeling 'qi sense', but this was actually the most difficult step in getting started with martial arts.
Because this 'qi feeling' is equivalent to feeling something existing in your body, and it is felt out of thin air.
Some people can get started right away, while some people can't feel it no matter what.
Of course, this may also be related to 'comprehension'.
For example, Aini felt the presence of energy the first time she tried it.
Perhaps because Jia Qian was not focused enough, she tried several times before succeeding. After feeling the existence of energy, she could not guide the energy to move properly.
Until early this morning, the little girl woke up from her dream and saw He Ao sitting by the window reading a book and practicing. While wandering around the lake, she suddenly mastered the trick.
Then He Aocai took her to the balcony to wash her marrow and cut her bones.
"Grandpa, the sun seems to be coming out."
Jia Qian turned her head and looked at the white fish belly on the horizon.
"Well, the sun is out."
He Ao glanced at the sky and stood up slowly.
"Grandpa, what should we have for breakfast?"
Jia Qian raised her head and looked at He Ao.
"Grandpa, go pack your things and let's go out to eat."
He Ao smiled and walked towards the house with his granddaughter, "By the way Jia Qian, the energy that grandpa gave you cannot stop running."
"good!"
The little girl nodded and rushed to the old smart TV in the living room, "Grandpa, let me play some games."
Seeing his granddaughter sitting in front of the sofa, He Ao walked back to the bedroom.
The old book he had read before was still on the desk in the bedroom.
The notes left elsewhere in this book were all written by Carvey when he was a child, and there are no more recent notes.
He Ao spent a whole night looking through all the books in the house, and there were no traces of his son's disappearance.
So eventually, he returned to the original book.
The notes in this book mention two things, the 'Pollution Monster' and the 'Pollution Cleanup Department'.
Pollution monster seems to be the name of a kind of monster. I wonder if Werther last night fell into the category of pollution monster.
The Pollution Cleanup Department seems to be a department dedicated to dealing with these pollution monsters.
Judging from Kawei's notes, the 'Pollution Monster' and the 'Pollution Cleanup Department' have always existed, but in Sito's memory of the past seventy years, there is no memory of these things.
So these things should be buried in the dark together with the supernatural world.
And Kavi was exposed to these things under some circumstances?
So was this so-called 'pollution' the cause of the Carveys' car accident?
According to the system's past habits, mainline tasks are often related to dungeon characters.
So will the "Meandering Hills" of this main mission have anything to do with this so-called "pollution"?
Kawei once mentioned in his notes that he did not see the so-called pollution when he was studying in Chenxi City.
Kawei may not have been exposed to the extraordinary world at that time, and he didn't know what the extraordinary world in Chenxi City was like.
But He Ao is still a little familiar with the extraordinary world of Chenxi City. At the same time, He Ao is also very sure that although Chenxi City is mixed with all kinds of strange pollution, there is no monster population and name that can be called 'pollution monsters'. Department of 'Pollution Cleanup Department'.
So these two things may be the 'specialties' of St. Jon City.
The last sentence Kawei left, "The problem is this city," also confirmed Heao's conjecture from the side.
However, judging from the last two sentences, Kawei had time to leave the city at that time. He came to see his father, Sito, and was probably ready to leave with Sito.
But he did not directly clarify the matter with Sito at that time, which shows that at least at that time, Kawei believed that there was still plenty of time.
Shortly after that, he and his wife disappeared.
So what happened? What caused the situation to take an unexpected turn?
In addition to this information, Kawei also mentioned in his notes that the area where Sito lives is the area with the fewest pollution monsters. What does this mean?
Is there anything special about this area?
The good news is that He Ao now has a lot of clues. The bad news is that these are scattered clues that have no clue.
It seems that we still need to grasp a main line and sort it out carefully.
He Ao closed the book, put it back to its original position, and walked out of the room.
"Grandpa, what should we have for breakfast?"
Jia Qian watched him come out, quickly turned off the TV and leaned over.
"How about a hot dog sandwich?"
He Ao smiled and rubbed his granddaughter's head.
"Okay, okay."
Jia Qian nodded happily.
The grandfather and grandson opened the door and left the house.
The moment the door closed, He Ao paused.
Of course, he was not simply going to take his granddaughter to a restaurant, but this morning, Xito had made an appointment with the people at the funeral home to collect the ashes of his son and daughter-in-law.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?"
Jia Qian, who had already walked to the corridor, turned back and looked at He Ao.
"fine."
He Ao shook his head and took his granddaughter's hand towards the elevator.
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Zelen Street Stars Hospital
The vital signs machine beside the hospital bed made a ticking sound.
The woman lying on the hospital bed suddenly opened her eyes, and then suddenly sat up from the bed.
"ah!"
The nurse who came to change her medicine was startled and knocked over the medicine bottle.
Only then did the woman realize that she was in the hospital. She turned to look at the nurse, stretched out her hand to catch the pill bottle that fell in the air, and handed it back to the nurse, "I'm sorry."
"It's okay." The nurse looked at her in surprise and began to change her dressing. "You have three broken ribs, but you are lucky that your internal organs were not injured. You need to take good care of yourself now."
When the nurse said this, some hazy memories emerged in the woman's mind. She looked around and saw the metallic butterfly knife on the bedside, and more memories spewed out.
She immediately turned to look at the nurse,
"Excuse me, the gentleman who sent me here last night... must be an old gentleman. Is he still there?"
"Last night?"
The nurse shook her head. She picked up the tablet next to her and took a look at it. "I wasn't on duty last night, but you were the only one on your medical record, and there was no other person's signature."
As she spoke, she handed the tablet to the woman, "Here are your medication details, diagnosis details, and various expenses. Check to see if there are any problems. If not, sign them."
"okay,"
The woman took the computer, looked at the list on it, and continued to ask, "Did the person who sent me here really not leave any records or contact information?"
"I don't have a record here."
The nurse shook her head.
"Is this so..."
The woman looked at the tablet in her hand and fell into memories.
Countless clips flashed through her mind, and then she paused suddenly, raised her head and looked at the nurse, "Did you have any mishaps last night?"
