After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, the speed of realm advancement slows down.
"It's like a small pond suddenly turning into a large lake. Filling up the large lake is a huge undertaking." He Xingjue's joy at successfully establishing his foundation had faded considerably. He and Li Ze were separated by a major realm, and this realm seemed like an insurmountable chasm.
Li Ze did not comfort He Xingjue. He knew very well that with the concentration of spiritual energy in this world, Foundation Establishment was already the limit that He Xingjue could reach.
The two returned to the empire, found a hotel to stay in, took showers, changed their clothes, and then went out to find food.
"What do you want to eat?" He Xingjue asked while searching for directions.
"Anything that tastes good is fine," Li Ze said.
He Xingjue laughed, recalling how Li Ze had eaten his way from one end of a night market street to the other when he was in Taowu Star.
"It's daytime now, let's find a highly-rated restaurant first, and then I'll take you to the night market to enjoy the local delicacies."
“Okay.” Li Ze’s eyes gleamed with a subtle light.
He Xingjue was overjoyed, finally finding something he liked.
It's 2 PM now, lunchtime is over, and there aren't many people in the restaurant.
When He Xingjue and Li Ze pushed open the door and went in, there were hardly any waiters in the store, and the young girl at the front desk was sitting on a high stool, dozing off.
Li Ze glanced at He Xingjue and lowered his voice, saying, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to come and disturb someone's lunch break at this time?"
"Then we won't eat it?" He Xingjue asked him in return.
A hint of hesitation flashed in Li Ze's clear black and white eyes. After a moment's hesitation, he still said, "Go back and drink the nutrient solution."
He Xingjue smiled indulgently, "The boss might not be happy with what you did. Money that was offered to us has run away; no one would be happy in that situation."
"I thought this was the default rest time," Li Ze said honestly. For example, he was particularly annoyed when others disturbed him when he wanted to rest.
“In this industry, they only have rest time after get off work. At other times, they are busy as long as there are customers,” He Xing explained. “But since you want them to rest, let’s go back to the hotel first.”
However, after they had only taken two steps after turning around, Li Ze suddenly stopped and looked sharply into the restaurant. "Something's not right."
He Xingjue turned around and looked around. "What's wrong?"
"Use your divine sense to sense it." Li Ze said as he strode into the restaurant, walking faster and faster until he was almost a blur.
He Xingjue had just entered the Foundation Establishment stage, and his spiritual sense was still growing slowly. He was not very familiar with the use of his spiritual sense.
He followed behind Li Ze, trying to mobilize his divine sense, but before he could succeed, a frenzied, violent, and seemingly destructive spiritual force attacked him.
Someone's mind has gone into overdrive!
He Xingjue was shocked. Mental sea riots were common in interstellar space. In general, when encountering such a situation, guards or bystanders had the right to kill the sentinel directly. Because if the sentinel was not killed, the mental sea riot would act like a super virus, infecting all sentinels in the area it reached, without needing to travel through the air.
Infected sentinels may become mentally impaired or even die.
Typically, a Sentinel who finds their mental state on the verge of collapse will voluntarily go to the hospital for a medication to freeze their mental state. More precisely, it freezes their glands, turning them from a Sentinel back into an ordinary person. Only in this way can they save their life.
When He Xingjue realized that this was a mental thread, he was instinctively terrified. No sentinel would not be afraid when faced with a riotous mental thread.
However, he quickly calmed down.
He's not a sentry anymore!
At this moment, Li Ze and He Xingjue arrived at a private room where several people were lying haphazardly. He Xingjue was planning to find the sentinel whose mental sea had rioted and kill it.
But the next second, the riotous spirit receded like a tide, leaving not a trace.
He Xingjue turned to look at Li Ze, surprised, and said, "You solved it? So fast!"
Li Ze remained calm, seemingly unconcerned about such a trivial matter. "Once your spiritual awareness grows, you'll be able to do it too."
He was a demon who had lived for thousands of years. Before he even had a physical body, he already possessed divine consciousness, which made his divine consciousness far stronger than that of demons and cultivators of the same realm.
This might be one of the reasons why Ji Lin insisted on killing him.
Li Ze's solution was swift and ruthless, even bordering on brutal. The sentry who had gone on a mental rampage, as well as the others infected in the restaurant, had their mental seas suppressed by Li Ze, as if they had been violently squeezed, until only thin, paper-like things remained.
The intense pain in their mental sea awakened the sentries. They groaned loudly, clutching their heads, grimacing, their faces contorted, and constantly complaining.
"Old Lin, I told you to go to the hospital sooner, but you wouldn't listen. Look what happened, you almost killed all of us this time!"
"Damn, this hurts so much! Childbirth isn't this bad. Old Lin, you have to go to the hospital today, or I'm firing you!"
"I'm breaking off all ties with you!"
“I have elderly parents and young children to support, the whole family is on my shoulders. Old Lin, you should go now. At this age, what does it matter if you're a sentry or not? Survival is the most important thing.”
Old Lin, as everyone described him, looked remorseful and guilty. Among these people, he had suffered the most pain, but he was the culprit, and he had no right to complain.
only--
Old Lin looked troubled. "My mental state is fine now."
What?
Everyone was shocked and sat up abruptly, staring at Old Lin in disbelief. "Are you kidding me?!"
"You can't just disregard your own life and the lives of others just because you're a sentry!"
"If you're not going, do you want to drag us all down with you?"
"If you don't go, I'll fire you today."
"Old Lin, do you want to do what happened again?"
......
Those around him all criticized Lao Lin.
Old Lin couldn't help but feel wronged, "But I'm really all better."
"Cough cough!"
He Xingjue coughed twice, interrupting everyone, "We want to eat, who among you is the chef?"
Only then did the people in the private room notice He Xingjue and Li Ze standing at the door.
"Boss!"
"Commander He!"
Several grown men hurriedly got up and frantically straightened their disheveled clothes.
"Please have a seat, sir and commander. What would you like to eat? I'll have someone prepare it right away." The boss smiled, kicking Old Lin on the ground with his foot. "Get up and get back to work."
Old Lin helped himself up from his chair, but instead of heading to the kitchen, he went to Li Ze and bowed deeply to him, saying, "Thank you so much for saving me, sir!"
Old Lin's words were a revelation to the others, making them suddenly realize the truth.
"Holy crap, it was a big shot who stepped in. No wonder. Thanks for saving my life."
"Huh, all the hidden dangers in my mind are gone."
"I was shocked when I saw it. I'm cured. I've never felt so good before."
......
Several men chattered excitedly.
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