After the pain subsided, a sense of well-being unlike anything he had ever experienced washed over him.

It was like that thing.

Sensing the familiar yet foreign power within him, Chen Luo was very satisfied.

He had returned to his peak strength, far faster than in his previous life.

The only space-time ability he had mastered was essentially useless now. His strength was equal to that of the summon, so what need was there for summoning?

Everything the summon knew, he knew. And he still knew things the summon didn't.

That old schemer; good riddance.

When it came to seafood, he was truly a god.

Chen Luo frowned. Now that he had reached the Huang (Sovereign) level, how could he continue to improve his strength?

It was too difficult.

Normally, a Wang (King) level cultivator needed more than thirty crystals of the same level to advance to the Huang level. Would a Huang level cultivator also need more than thirty crystals of the same level to continue advancing?

At this level, the improvement from dual abilities was almost negligible.

He had verified before that one Huang level crystal was roughly equivalent to the effect of thirty Wang level crystals.

Assuming that advancing from the Huang level to the next level required thirty Huang level crystals, that would be nine hundred Wang level crystals.

Once at the Huang level, the effect of Wang level crystals was greatly weakened. Chen Luo had experimented with this in his previous life.

Theoretically, he would need a minimum of one thousand Wang level crystals to advance.

Even if he killed all the Wang level mutants around, it wouldn't be even half enough.

The thought filled him with despair.

It was completely impossible unless the monsters arrived in two and a half years. Only then, with the number of Wang level mutants at that time, plus the help of the giant tree, would there be hope.

Chen Luo changed into clean clothes and walked out of the cave.

The sky was dusky; it was evening.

An enticing aroma filled the courtyard.

Ma Yu stood in front of a small table, on which was placed an iron plate. She was making teppanyaki squid.

Jiang Chuxue was trying hard to stuff a giant skewer of teppanyaki squid into her mouth, her face smeared with oil.

Seeing Chen Luo appear, Jiang Chuxue widened her eyes, the squid falling from her hand, stars in her eyes.

"Chen Luo, you're so handsome!"

Of course. Having advanced to the Huang level, Chen Luo had undergone another transformation.

His appearance hadn't changed, but his skin seemed even better than Mi Li's, and his temperament was slightly different.

He was almost as handsome as the reader, so how handsome do you think he was?

Ma Yu glanced at him and looked away. What was the point of being handsome? She had realized long ago that Jiang Chuxue was all about looks.

Mi Fan said in surprise, "Chen Luo, you've become more handsome."

Mi Li just smiled and looked at Chen Luo.

Advancing to the Huang level was something to celebrate.

With Hai Ji not around, Chen Luo invited Hai Ji over.

Upon learning that Chen Luo had advanced to the Huang level, Hai Ji, who was usually unsmiling, had a proud smile on her face.

This is my brother.

My brother is awesome.

Fa Wang hadn't returned from his roaming outside, but he did notify the Gou Zai (Dog Cubs) to come back together.

A total of 11 Gou Zai.

The Gou Zai were drinking beer by the large cup, very happy. My adoptive father is a Huang level cultivator; who dares to mess with me?

Chen Luo looked on with a smile. If their talent allowed, he would help these adopted sons advance to the Wang level.

Because they were loyal. How many people could be more loyal than them?

The Gou Zai all had good talent. Fed with plenty of crystals, the silver wolf's children were at least level nine, and the Samoyed's children were at most level eight.

Although they were born late, with sufficient crystals, a dog's level could soar.

The next day, Fa Wang returned, looking dejected.

Fa Wang said gloomily, "This world is too unfriendly to dogs. I went out for a walk and didn't see a single Wang level mutant. I only encountered two level ten zombies, and the level nines aren't even worth mentioning."

"Dog wants to slack off."

At this point in time, Wang level mutants were extremely rare.

Although Fa Wang's strength was only at the Wang level, it was also difficult for him to continue improving unless he went to kill seafood.

Chen Luo had three Wang level crystals in his possession: one plant-type, one mental-type, and one lightning-type.

The plant-type should go to Meng Yin.

He didn't give the mental-type to Zhao Ziyi because Zhao Ziyi seemed to have reached her level cap. She didn't have the aptitude to reach the Wang level.

Should he give it to You Li? But he was an old schemer.

He would give the lightning-type to Kuang Lei in a while. In theory, it shouldn't be Kuang Lei's turn, but it suited him.

Ma Yu's talent wasn't very good either; it seemed impossible for her to reach the Wang level.

There was no rush. There were still more than seven months.

Having reached the Huang level, Chen Luo was even busier.

He had to accelerate time for Long Yu and the giant tree and also make time to comprehend abilities.

At the Wang level, time acceleration could only be maintained for one hour. At the Huang level, it could be maintained for six hours, a sixfold increase.

Long Yu said with dark circles under his eyes, "I'm not coming anymore. I'm too mentally exhausted. I can't take it anymore. I need to rest for a week."

Chen Luo said strangely, "I thought you wouldn't get tired and would be enjoying it. Okay, rest then. Being in poor spirits will also affect efficiency."

Chen Luo turned and went to accelerate time for the giant tree anyway. He wouldn't waste his ability.

The giant tree was enjoying it.

The giant tree needed a day to digest a Wang level corpse, but it needed eight days to condense a Wang level fruit using a steady supply of level seven zombie corpses.

With Chen Luo's time acceleration, it could condense a fruit in about two days.

Currently, there were still enough level seven zombie corpses. The giant tree couldn't use them all.

Two days passed.

As Chen Luo's first time-based skill, and used extensively for a long time, time acceleration was finally improved. The energy consumption of time acceleration was reduced by a quarter.

The duration was increased by a third.

Chen Luo's life was even more boring than before, even more boring than Long Yu's. But Long Yu could rest, while Chen Luo didn't dare to rest. Every extra bit of effort increased the probability of surviving the apocalypse by a fraction.

Chen Luo calculated that, at this rate, the giant tree would be able to condense at least 120 fruits by the time the monsters arrived, not counting the Wang level corpses obtained later.

But the giant tree had to take half of them.

I'll give them to you, but if you don't improve much after reaching the Huang level and still want to split them with me evenly, I might just kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Jiang Chuxue wiped the sweat from her forehead. "This is the last time. My ability is empty."

Chen Luo nodded.

Jiang Chuxue used time stop, and Chen Luo focused his mind, sensing the fluctuations generated by the time ability, vaguely sensing the previously imperceptible fluctuations.

He seemed to have grasped something, but he couldn't quite get to the point.

If he could grasp it, he should be able to master time stop.

The Fifth Seafood Conference was held.

Hong Deng reported, "Currently, there are 168 known seafood creatures qualified to participate in the conference. 166 have arrived. Two are missing."

Chen Luo had killed quite a few seafood creatures before. Counting those, it was almost two hundred.

It was almost the limit for seafood. Continuing to search wouldn't find many more seafood creatures that could advance to the Wang level.

It was almost time to research which seafood creatures to kill.

Chen Luo felt a layer of gloom in his heart. That sea snake still hadn't been found. Had it run ashore?

Unless it found a hole to bury itself in, without eating or drinking, the members on the shore should be able to find a Wang level creature, right?

At this moment, You Li sent a message, excitedly saying, "The pants have been found."