Chapter 142: The Correct Way to Unlock Time-Traveling Abilities (Exclusive Published on Jinjiang Literature City)...
The Zhang family's expressions kept changing. The initial joy at learning that their grandson/son had gained special abilities gradually faded, and X's expression became visibly panicked.
Lu Xuan reassured them, "You don't need to worry too much. It doesn't take much superpower to make a vegetable wither, but it's still not easy for Dafu to do it at his current level. It won't have much effect on people."
The real threat to people is not Zhang Dafu, but him.
Lu Xuan said, "I'm telling you this so you'll understand. There might not be one time-based ability user among 100,000 people. Da Fu being one in 10,000 is just luck. But children lack discretion in their actions, and without adult guidance, they could easily hurt themselves or others."
Whether or not to tell him about the power of time manipulation is something you can decide for yourselves.
The Zhang family members regained their composure.
The most experienced old man, Mr. Zhang, understood the implications and said solemnly, "We will discuss this properly when we get back."
The Zhang family arrived on Ship No. 1 with joyful faces, but left with a gloomy expression, prompting Lu Qing and Lei Yan to come over and ask if Dafu had some health problem.
Not knowing what the Zhang family planned to do, Lu Xuan didn't elaborate on the power of his time-manipulation ability and casually brushed it off.
Despite his skillful demonstration to the Zhang family, he couldn't actually be sure how powerful his time-manipulation ability truly was, or what he could achieve at his current level, without concrete examples.
Can it instantly take a person's life?
Can continuously transmitting time-manipulation abilities to specific individuals extend their lifespan? And by how much?
He doesn't know how long others can actually live, so how can he confirm this number?
There are too many issues that need to be confirmed.
Having acquired an ability is one thing; having a sufficient understanding of that ability and being able to use it effectively is another.
This ability is not suitable for testing on other people...
Lu Xuan looked through the glass window in his room at Ship No. 3, which was still lit up across the way, and instantly had an idea.
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When Grandpa Zhang and his two companions returned to their room, all three children were already asleep.
Aunt Zhang noticed their expressions were off and asked, "What did Lu Xuan say to you?"
Ye Ping also looked at her husband curiously.
Grandpa Zhang took out his pipe, took a puff, and gestured with his chin towards Zhang Chengming, "Chengming, you speak."
After confirming that his eldest son was fast asleep, Zhang Chengming whispered to them the question Lu Xuan had asked about time-related abilities.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were immediately terrified and turned pale.
Aunt Zhang said anxiously, "That sounds too scary. We shouldn't tell Dafu about such terrifying usage, lest we frighten the child."
Ye Ping nodded in agreement, "What if we misuse our abilities and go astray in the future?"
Zhang Wende, who usually doesn't have a high profile, disagreed, saying, "So many people in the village are hoping to gain powerful superpowers. It would be a waste to keep such a treasure unused. If we don't teach Dafu how to use it properly early on, what if he encounters danger in places we can't see later?"
The children are still young and have their protection, but it takes time for their abilities to develop.
If you wait until your child is older to start learning, they will be several years behind others, and their abilities may be wasted.
Zhang Wende said, "We, as his elders, have raised him from a young age. Do you think we don't know how sensible he is? With us watching over him, Dafu will definitely turn out great in the future."
Grandpa Zhang shared the same idea: "We'll explain things to Dafu tomorrow. If he's afraid and unwilling to use it, that's fine. But if the child isn't afraid, we'll have him practice his abilities more every day and try to level up as soon as possible."
Zhang Chengming said confidently, "Dafu definitely won't be afraid."
Children are sometimes braver than adults, and with Lu Chen by their side, Dafu was so happy he couldn't sleep.
Aunt Zhang and Ye Ping exchanged a glance. Seeing that the men in the family had made up their minds, they understood that what they said made sense, and after thinking about it, they no longer objected.
However, Ye Ping hesitated and asked, "How exactly should we practice? Do we want Dafu to practice on prey like Cheng Ming?"
Grandpa Zhang thought for a moment, "Dafu's abilities are different from Chengming's. More important than fighting is to accumulate more power. Prepare a flowerpot for him to grow some vegetables. He can use up his superpowers every day and then replenish them. It's safe and effective."
One must eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. If you practice diligently for a few years, you will be able to stand on your own two feet, support your family, and achieve something great when you reach the age to get married.
Aunt Zhang and Ye Ping breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, saying, "That's a good idea. Let Dafu grow vegetables every day!"
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early morning.
Granny Lin and Zhou, the mother of her son-in-law Wang Wuyue, arrived together on cargo ship No. 3.
When Grandma Lin entered the warehouse, she found that the chicken coop's feed troughs were completely empty. A group of chicks saw her come in and started chirping anxiously. She quickly went to the plastic box in the corner to get feed and poured it into the empty feed troughs.
Zhou was holding a broom, preparing to clean up the livestock manure. Just as she lifted her foot to step into the sheepfold, she suddenly heard Granny Lin cry out in pain.
"How did two chicks die?!"
Grandma Lin picked up two stiff chicks from the flock with a pained expression, wondering, "They were perfectly fine yesterday. The warehouse was warm enough that they shouldn't have frozen to death. How did they die?"
It wasn't just the two chicks that died that were strange; the other chicks were acting very strangely today, eating like starving ghosts reincarnated.
Adult chickens seem perfectly normal... huh?
Grandma Lin noticed something amiss in the adult chicken coop, so she grabbed an empty basket and went inside for a quick look. When she came out, she looked completely dazed.
With a look of utter disbelief, she pulled Zhou aside and asked, "I remember we fed the chicks yesterday and collected all the eggs they laid, right?"
Zhou, equally shocked, nodded firmly, "Of course!"
The village didn't mind that she was a newcomer and arranged this job for her. In order not to make things difficult for her son, she would never make the slightest mistake.
She was absolutely certain that all the eggs from yesterday had been collected; not a single one had been missed!
"Then why do the chicks look like they haven't eaten for days, while the adult chickens seem to want to lay all the eggs they've ever laid in one night?!"
The village has fewer than thirty adult pheasants in total, including three roosters. The hens are lucky if they lay an average of fifteen eggs a day, and occasionally a little over twenty.
Today was quite something; I managed to shed over sixty pills in just one night!
Grandma Lin didn't understand, and she was greatly shocked.
She couldn't help but grab a hen and look at its rear end, fearing that it might cause problems with its eggs.
The result, of course, was that there were no problems.
But this was so unbelievable that the old lady rushed back and told the others about it.
A group of women, and even some curious young men, rushed over to see what was so strange.
"Did it really lay more than sixty eggs? Does that mean a hen laid three or four eggs in one night?"
"Grandma Lin, did you forget to collect the eggs yesterday?"
Grandma Lin glared at the rambling boy and said loudly, "Impossible! I took all the eggs I collected yesterday to the village chief. Go ask around in the village, someone must have swapped yesterday's eggs."
Aunt Liu nodded and said, "My family exchanged three eggs yesterday. When we got the eggs, the chicken droppings on them were still wet."
The others looked even more astonished upon hearing this.
"I've lived all these years and I've never seen a single animal lay so many eggs in one day."
"Won't there be any problem with these eggs?"
"What problem could there be? If you're afraid of something going wrong, then don't eat it." Aunt Liu scoffed, "If you don't dare to eat it, plenty of other people will."
Ever since Lu Xuan started growing tomatoes, the village children have become completely obsessed with scrambled eggs with tomatoes. They want to eat it every few days, and they throw tantrums if they are not allowed to have it made, which greatly increases the consumption of eggs.
Their daughter, Yuanyuan, also loves to eat, and she always manages to eat an extra bowl of rice.
Her family had been out of eggs for several days, and today they had a rare supply. Even after deducting the fertilized eggs they wanted to incubate, there were still more eggs than usual. For her grandson's sake, she had to get more eggs.
The others had the same idea as Aunt Liu.
Who doesn't have kids?
Even if you don't have children, who says adults can't enjoy scrambled eggs with tomatoes?
We finally have a few more eggs... no, a lot more eggs! Who cares how they were laid, replacing them is the priority!
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Lu Qing also found it strange after hearing about this.
"The way they're laying eggs is so strange, and it's also odd that the chicks have suddenly increased their appetite," Lu Qing said worriedly. "Could they have caught some kind of disease that's not obvious?"
These chicks were hatched from wild eggs they collected during the hottest season. If they die of illness, it will take a long time to hatch the next batch and raise them until they can lay eggs.
Lu Xuan said without changing his expression, "Perhaps it's just that they're growing."
Last night, viewers who witnessed the entire 'crime' exposed him on the spot:
[P's grown body! It's clearly the result of you using supernatural abilities to artificially accelerate the growth of the chicks!]
【What?! Using superpowers on chickens? Is that even possible?】
[I had something to do at home last night and missed the live stream! Can someone tell me what happened?]
Let me tell you!
Many viewers couldn't help but recount what happened.
Last night, Lu Xuan went to Ship No. 3 to test the effects of his time-manipulation ability, intending to use his livestock as test subjects.
The cattle and sheep were hard-won and needed to be kept for milking, so Lu Xuan didn't touch them. He had his eye on the pheasants instead.
Lu Xuan's first target was the chicks.
Because it had just gained its superpowers and was not yet adept at controlling its power output, the little chick that consumed too much energy in one go quickly died from overeating.
Seeing that the chicks were so fragile, Lu Xuan quickly turned his attention to tormenting the mother hen.
At first, they cautiously tested the waters, and after finding nothing amiss, they kept increasing the amount of food. Eventually, the overnourished hens started laying eggs like crazy.
By the time Lu Xuan had had his fill, the hen had gone numb from laying eggs.
Do you think that Grandma Lin didn't notice anything wrong with the chicken's butt because it was actually fine?
That was after Lu Xuan realized what had happened and used his healing ability on the chicken to cover up his crime!
Can you believe that the first group to use this precious level-seven healing ability were actually a flock of hens?!
Many viewers watching the live stream were so angry at the streamer's lack of manners that they cried. Some even hurled insults at Lu Xuan, giving him his first taste of what it meant to be condemned and cursed by thousands of people after streaming for so long.
[...Although hens can lay eggs, and you've all eaten scrambled eggs, steamed eggs, poached eggs, and salted eggs, haven't you? Keeping the hen alive is still very important.]
Lu Xuan nodded in agreement. What's wrong with using it on a hen?
This is called using good steel where it's needed most.
After gaining a slight advantage over the hen, he channeled another wave of energy into the chicks.
At the time, there were no obvious changes, and the chicks did not grow bigger, but today their appetite suddenly increased significantly, so yesterday's energy was obviously not wasted.
With their growth cycle accelerated by artificial means, their bodies require significantly more nutrients, so how could they not eat a lot?
However, chickens are too small and their genes are too different from humans, so they are not very useful for reference.
If you want to compare it with humans, it's best to try it on pigs.
If you really can't find pigs, you should use other medium to large-sized animals.
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In order to obtain more useful information as soon as possible, Lu Xuan went out with the hunting team, which was a rare occurrence for him.
Not just today, but for the next few days, rain or shine, they will catch suitable prey and conduct various experiments.
Using time-manipulation abilities, he continuously accelerates the growth cycle of his prey, speeding up their lifespan, while simultaneously monitoring the changes in their physical data using a medical device.
During this time, I also tested the limits of healing abilities, such as bringing an animal to the brink of death and then reviving it, only to kill it again afterward.
The animal that was killed: I would really thank you :)
Furthermore, the audience relayed the current level of healing ability users in the Star Alliance to Lu Xuan, so Lu Xuan quickly gained a clear understanding of the extent to which he could utilize his healing abilities.
The ability to manipulate time is a bit more troublesome.
Fermented alcohol or sauerkraut do not consume much of one's supernatural abilities.
However, once the object becomes a living being, especially a large one, the consumption immediately increases exponentially.
A low-level time-manipulation ability user might only be able to affect the lifespan of a specific life form for one or two days after exhausting all their power, and it would also take about one or two days to recover the depleted power.
If you wanted to take away a year of someone's lifespan, you would also need to use up a year's worth of your own superpowers on that person, which would be a complete loss.
But for someone of Lu Xuan's level, the situation is completely different.
Level 7 time manipulation ability can easily reverse time, causing someone's age to regress to the point of no return, or accelerate time to the point of aging and death. It is a true death sentence if touched, a walking life harvester.
Lu Xuan even discovered another use for time-related abilities during the experiment.
Time stood still.
It doesn't mean that time for everyone or a certain area will be paused; it only means that time for specific individuals will be stopped.
A person whose time has been frozen will have their heart stop beating and their blood stop flowing, but they will not die and can still survive after their superpowers are removed.
The exact time it takes to stop varies depending on the level of the ability; it could be a few seconds, a few minutes, a few hours, or even a few months or years.
The time was too short for Lu Xuan to determine his limits, but it shouldn't be difficult to stagnate one person/animal for more than a year, or simultaneously stagnate multiple people/animals for one or two months.
The more objects are locked, the shorter the time that can be paused will be.
If we continue to add superpowers or improve our strength, the timeframe might be extended further.
In any case, the time-manipulation ability was more powerful than Lu Xuan had anticipated.
If one possessed this superpower during the apocalypse, wouldn't those high-level mutated plants and animals that even struggled against vampire vines be easily killed by time freeze?
Imagining that scene, Lu Xuan felt for the first time the urge to travel back to the apocalypse and wreak havoc.
The viewers in the live stream accompanied Lu Xuan as he personally explored the various possibilities of time-manipulation abilities, and were equally amazed.
That's incredible! Absolutely incredible!
With the power of time manipulation, anyone who offends the streamer will have their life drained in no time! Are you scared yet?!
[Without time manipulation abilities, it would be easy for the streamer to kill someone.]
[...That makes perfect sense, there's absolutely no way to refute it.]
[So, does this mean the time-manipulation ability will be left idle in the hands of streamers???]
Lu Xuan: "...It won't be left idle."
He is currently facing mainly natural disasters, so his time-manipulation abilities don't really have much room to be used in combat.
Even if you encounter a ferocious beast, any ordinary superpower or even just using firearms would be enough to deal with it.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, the real use of time-manipulation abilities ultimately comes down to the simple and unpretentious aspects of pickling, brewing, and planting.
For him, this was the correct way to utilize time-related abilities during the cataclysmic period.
Lu Xuan said, "We currently have too few chickens. At the normal rate, it takes four months for chicks to grow up before they can lay eggs, which is too slow. Next, I plan to use my special ability to reduce the time to two months, so that I can get more than two hundred adult chickens by the end of the rainy season."
This time could have been reduced further, but considering that if the process is too fast, the chicks won't have enough time to accumulate flavor compounds, and the meat and eggs might taste bland like modern greenhouse products, reducing the time by half should be about right.
"Eggs that are still incubating can also be accelerated, and then continue to supply these adult chickens with superpowers, so that we can harvest five to eight hundred eggs every day during the extreme cold season and completely achieve egg freedom."
Live stream viewers: ...
It does sound quite inspiring, and this usage is indeed very practical.
Compared to cheats like life stealing and time stopping, this kind of usage is still unacceptable!
Lu Xuancai didn't care whether they could accept it or not.
He possesses superpowers, and how he uses them is his prerogative.
Don't like it?
After that, he refused to eat any eggs, pickled cabbage, pickled bamboo shoots, or fruit wine. :)
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While Lu Xuan's research on time-related abilities came to an end, the hunting team was not idle either.
When they sailed around to the other side of the mountain to hunt, they were lucky enough to discover new supplies, including a wild crop that even Lu Xuan didn't have.
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Author's Note: Special thanks to the following:
I wasn't sleepy, so I threw a landmine.
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