Two giant dogs remained outside the fortress to guard the gate, while only one large tiger, still digesting its energy, remained inside. When Lin Ruo entered the fortress, all the blackout curtains were drawn, making the interior very dim compared to the glaring sunlight outside.
However, the temperature inside was much lower than outside. Lin Ruo took off her heat-insulating clothes and put them in the washing machine. Then she used her water-based superpower to quickly freeze the water in the ice basin into huge blocks of ice. The ice blocks emitted a cool temperature. After that, she turned on all the air conditioners in the fortress.
A few minutes later, the indoor temperature dropped rapidly, and Lin Ruo felt a slight chill in the air. Only then did she deactivate her water-based ability to regulate her body temperature and relax completely.
Alu lay beside the ice basin in the living room, its tiger eyes tightly closed. Lin Ruo's spiritual power swept over it, and the energy from the apple Alu had eaten was spreading throughout its body, both transforming Alu's body and filling its crystal core.
Lin Ruo felt relieved. She sat on the black jade sofa, picked up a newly made cushion from the side and hugged it to her chest, thinking about the conversation Ye Lin had with her today.
Because she had been staying in her fortress for a long time, she was not very familiar with the situation outside, and naturally could not guess which forces Ye Lin was targeting this time. However, judging from Ye Lin's intentions, he wanted to wipe them out in one fell swoop.
Before today, this wouldn't have had much impact on Lin Ruo, but today, by standing on the side of the B City base and killing so many members of the Qi family, she must have inadvertently disrupted some people's plans.
She has now come into the sights of these forces, and they might even consider her part of their scheme, thinking back to the two corpses they discovered today.
Lin Ruo's eyes were deep. This was the downside of having her residence discovered. Although these people knew that she was very strong in martial arts, it was precisely because of her strength that they wanted to bring her onto the chessboard.
Then a slight smile appeared on her lips. It would be good if more people found her mountain peak, and even better if more water-type and space-type people came.
She took out a coconut latte from her spatial storage. The cup was still covered in water droplets and was ice-cold. She took a few sips and closed her eyes comfortably.
Then she took out the communication terminal that Ye Lin had given her earlier from her space. This communication terminal was actually a smartwatch. The metal used to make this smartwatch was condensed by a metal ability user, and it was very sturdy.
This device can send messages and make voice calls, but because it does not have a camera, it cannot capture video.
She also had a similar communication terminal in her previous life, but that one was an upgraded version, so she was very comfortable using this older version.
This version of the terminal suited Lin Ruo's taste better than the upgraded version. Since it had no camera or locator, she didn't have to worry about any images being transmitted even if she put it in her space.
She went to the contacts page and saw three contacts, which were Ye Lin and the others.
She examined it for a moment, then placed it on the coffee table next to her. She stood up, picked up the coconut latte she had just taken out, and walked towards the training room while drinking it. The backpack where she had previously stored the superpower crystals was now in her hand.
Her mental strength has reached a bottleneck, but her superpowers have not yet reached their peak. This time, she can use these superpower crystals to upgrade her own crystal to the peak of level 7. Once her mental strength breaks through, she will be able to smoothly enter level 8.
In the training room of the fortress, Lin Ruo sat cross-legged on a futon, holding two level 2 water-type crystal cores in her hands. A light blue light flowed around her, which flowed out from the power crystal cores, entered Lin Ruo's body, changed her physique, and then returned to the crystal core in her brain, becoming her energy.
Lin Ruo didn't know how long she had been cultivating. When she opened her eyes again, the room was dark; it was still daytime.
The coconut latte she had placed on the training room table was long gone. She channeled her mental energy throughout her body and felt an unprecedented surge of energy within her muscles.
Looking at the crystal cores in her mind, the water-type crystal core was already filled with energy, while there were only a dozen or so water-type crystal core shells in front of her.
Lin Ruo withdrew her mental energy, stood up, clenched her fist, and unleashed a burst of energy. She could feel the energy flowing through her entire body, which was twice as strong as before.
Her eyes sharpened, and she punched the black jade crystal slab next to her, which she used specifically to test her strength.
"Bang!" The two-centimeter-thick crystal plate shook violently, a significant improvement over the previous test!
Lin Ruo exhaled as she closed her fist, feeling happy. This water-based energy had already raised her physique to nearly level 4, the level of a strength-based ability user. If she leveled up again, what level would her physique reach?
Lin Ruo's heart was filled with anticipation.
She stretched and turned to look at the clock on the wall. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon. She had taken so long just to absorb water energy.
Thinking that Afu and Ashou at home hadn't eaten yet, she quickly went out. In the living room, Alu was still lying there motionless, its energy still not fully digested.
Afu was still lying by the door, its eyes closed, seemingly in a light sleep. Ashou, on the other hand, had already stood up, its tall body pacing back and forth on the platform, its ears twitching occasionally, showing its keen senses.
"Ah Fu and Ah Shou," Lin Ruo called out to them as she walked to the door, "I didn't expect it to take so long to absorb energy. You must be hungry. Come on, I'll prepare dinner for you."
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