Neither the uncle nor the nephew could do anything about Black Stone, so General Li wanted to ask Dean Xu to come and take a look.

Li Sikai was about to nod when he suddenly noticed a slight change in his space.

But he couldn't quite put his finger on what exactly had changed. In short, it was an inexplicable, mysterious connection.

Li Sikai instinctively covered up the secret, and said with a smile, "Maybe this stone just likes me? Uncle, since I'm not seriously injured, let's just do it this way. Maybe it will fall off on its own in a couple of days."

Seeing that he wasn't joking and that his complexion was slowly returning to normal, General Li nodded in agreement. However, he added, "If there's any unusual activity, whether it's within the space or on your own, tell me immediately!"

"Okay, don't worry, I still cherish my life!"

"Yeah, drink more of the water Xiao Shen gave you. I'll ask him for more when you're done, don't be stingy."

Li Sikai nodded: "I know. Ever since I discovered his secret, I've forgotten what politeness is."

General Lee smiled, tapped his nose, and left.

After he left, Li Sikai closed his eyes and tried to sense the space. But apart from that subtle connection, there was nothing.

The space remained as vast as ever, and no new species emerged. The flow of time remained unchanged, neither accelerating nor slowing down.

The guards within the space were working normally, and no one seemed to be feeling unwell. The clouds at the edge of the space were still, showing no signs of escalating.

In short, everything seemed normal, but there was an inexplicable sense of unease.

Li Sikai felt something was off, so he used his mental power to carefully search every corner of the space. But after searching for most of the day, he found nothing.

Perhaps he was too focused, he didn't even realize that his mental strength was much stronger than before.

Two hours later, Li Sikai was so exhausted that he passed out.

The person in charge of looking after him came in once, saw that his complexion was rosy and his breathing was even, and then left.

Li Sikai woke up three days later. When he woke up, he found Dean Xu and Engineer Jiang talking nonsense about his finger.

Li Sikai panicked and pulled back.

The two, engrossed in their research, didn't realize what was happening and grabbed his hand, continuing their conversation.

"Xiao Jiang, if you ask me, why don't we just use the tools to break the stone and study the changes in its composition?"

"That won't do. If you knock on it, you'll damage the structure. How can it be considered valid for testing?"

"Then what do you suggest we do? Are we just going to stay in this stalemate? Xiao Kai has been unconscious for three days!"

"I don't know either. I'm just a researcher of stones. As for what effects stones have on the human body, that's for you to decide."

"His vital signs are all normal, but he's still unconscious. Without this stone, I could have guessed it was a spatial upgrade. But with it, I can't be so sure. Xiao Jiang, you have so many research materials already, even if this one breaks, it won't make a difference, right?"

"Of course it has an impact! We're not just in chemistry, we're in physics too. If we don't figure out how this stone absorbs the human body structure, and we just crudely knock it off, don't you think that's destroying a great scientific discovery?"

Dean Xu was unconvinced and was about to argue with Jiang Ji a few more times when he heard Li Sikai cough twice and, incidentally, pull his hands and stones back under the covers.

Dean Xu was stunned. He looked up and stared at Li Sikai for a long time before exclaiming in surprise, "Ha, you're awake!"

"Hello, Dean Xu!" Li Sikai's voice was a little hoarse, but not weak.

Dean Xu nodded: "Hello, hello, how are you feeling? Is there anything wrong? By the way, General Li was very worried about you. He hasn't been eating, drinking, or sleeping for the past two days. Qiu Man was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold on, so he called the two of us over and dragged General Li to sleep next door."

How are you feeling right now? Do you want to see him? Or should I go and call him?

"Thank you, Dean Xu. I'm fine now. Let my uncle rest more before we talk about it."

"Oh, that's fine." Dean Xu frowned and asked tentatively, "How come you've been unconscious for so long? Did you know that yourself?"

Li Sikai shook his head and said, half-jokingly, "I felt a little sleepy, so I went to sleep. I didn't expect to sleep for so long. But I felt quite refreshed when I woke up."

"Oh!" Dean Xu nodded, and was about to ask more questions when Jiang Ji pushed him aside and started examining Li Sikai's body.

Li Sikai didn't dodge and let him examine her thoroughly before asking, "Did you find anything?"

“No, your body is perfectly normal. I don’t know why the stone is small.” After saying that, Jiang Ji looked up into Li Sikai’s eyes: “What about your space? Has it changed?”

"No!" Li Sikai said firmly to cover up his guilty conscience.

Fortunately, Jiang Ji was straightforward and didn't think much of it. He even scratched his head and asked, "Maybe you just didn't notice? Otherwise, how could the stone disappear for no reason! Why don't you let me go in and take a look?"

Li Sikai nodded and put Jiang Ji into his spatial storage.

Then he asked Dean Xu, "What about you? Do you want to go in?"

Dean Xu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go in and join the fun." Actually, he was missing the fruit in his space.

Li Sikai noticed that Dean Xu secretly licked the corner of his mouth, but he pretended not to see it and put the person into his space.

The ward was empty. He raised his hand and carefully examined the black stone still stuck to his finger.

In just three days, the black stone shrank by one size. Yet its edges remained smooth, as if it had always been that size.

He wasn't too alarmed. After all, many strange things had happened to him, so one more wouldn't make a difference.

However, the space has indeed changed somewhat, except that it's not inside, but outside.

For some reason, Li Sikai instinctively didn't want to say it. The reason he let Jiang Ji and Dean Xu in was to see if the two big shots could discover the subtle differences.

Upon entering the space, Dean Xu and Jiang Ji glanced around and found nothing amiss. However, time was still short, and they needed to investigate carefully.

The two first picked an apple from a tree, then a pear, taking bites from the left and right as they walked towards the edge of the space.

"Hey Xiao Yuan, grill us a fish, we'll eat it when we get back," Jiang Ji said with a smile.

Yuan Da nodded: "Okay, don't worry. Are two strips enough? If not, I'll add more!"

"Just two, if that's not enough, we can eat something else." The two entered the space as if they were at home, without any formality.

Li Sikai ignored them and lay quietly on the bed. His body, which had just woken up, was full of energy. He wanted to get up and walk around, but he restrained himself.

As night fell, Chief Alliance Officer Li arrived. Upon opening the door and seeing Li Sikai awake, he quickly came over and inquired about the situation.

"It's nothing, I'm just sleepy." Li Sikai smiled, making an excuse for the disappearing black stone: "I feel like I'm one step closer to the next upgrade."