Chapter 1458 500 m/s!
A single drop of Immortality Wine entered Xia Fan’s body, and he immediately felt somewhat faint, feeling a hungry sensation come over him.
This hunger was akin to a thirst for blood and battle. It caused his eyes to fill with blood, even as his heartbeat accelerated to a ridiculous rate, pumping with so much force that it was as if it was about to leap right out of his chest!
Xia Fan had turned battle-hungry, and he very much wanted to find someone to fight with, so he could release these pent-up emotions that he was feeling!
At the same time, Xia Fan could also feel his muscles convulse as his entire body became hot, just like he had fallen into a pit of burning magma.
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He was agitated, like a demon possessed, and it was eroding away his body and will. Before taking the Immortality Wine, Xia Fan had already prepared himself for the worst case scenario, but he had never imagined it would actually be this bad!
If there was a mirror in that cargo hold right now, he would surely see himself in the process of turning feral and mad, his veins visible as his entire body heated to a scarlet red, just like heated metal.
There was no choice. Xia Fan had no way of escaping this fate now, aside from grinning and bearing it!
He knew very well that a great battle was unfolding inside his body. The incredible demonic power of the Immortality Wine was presently making an attempt to get a hold of his body, and his body was presently putting up a grueling resistance!
The pain was becoming more p.r.o.nounced, and Xia Fan began screaming inside the cargo hold. He was shocked hearing his own voice, as he could not have imagined that his human throat could actually let out such a demonic sound.
Perhaps this was what it meant to become a crazed demon: the Yggdragons, as relatives of the Dragons, possessed a Holy power that humans could not possibly imagine. This was the price Xia Fan had to pay in order to obtain that power as his own!
His face turned from red to white. The intense pain forced his entire body to expel plenty of fluids, and he could not differentiate between the sweat and tears. All he knew was that he was completely drenched.
This fluid being expelled from his body was impure, a slick grayish sheen that covered him quickly. Xia Fan reckoned that they were the dead cells being discharged during the battle between his body and the invading cells!
This phenomena somewhat resembled metabolic expulsion. Some people would find their head filled with white dandruff in their hair when they woke up every morning, but the dandruff was just dead cells their body had shed.
Metabolism was something that happened to the human body at every moment, but it had never happened to such a severe degree as what Xia Fan was experiencing!
Only a handful of minutes had pa.s.sed, and Xia Fan had practically gone through an entire body of cells once over. In order to fight against the powerful virus, his original cells’ fighting strength was far too weak to resist the invading cells, which was why they had been eliminated.
In order to stay alive, his new cells needed to possess a fighting strength greater than the previous generation!
Thus, a stunning change was occurring inside Xia Fan’s body. He had completely eliminated an entire generation of cells that were just not strong enough, and was producing even stronger cells as replacements!
Xia Fan could no longer think, otherwise he would have discovered that while it looked like he was becoming weaker, the appearance of the virus had silently awakened the hidden will to live in his body. He was actually becoming stronger and stronger, all for the sake of surviving this plight.
There was a gray little river flowing on the floor of the cargo hold, made up of Xia Fan’s bodily fluids and dead cells.
In just the span of five minutes, Xia Fan had dropped in weight by at least 6.8 kilograms, and his originally lean body was even skinnier right now, almost as if someone had taken a jacket’s worth of bulk off of his body.
Of course, he might be lighter, but it was not fatal. A human body was seventy percent water, which meant that Xia Fan, who weighed 65 kilograms, had over 45.5 kilograms of water weight stored up.
As long as he didn’t lose more than fifty percent of that, Xia Fan simply needed to replenish what he lost with food and water after this ordeal, and he would be able to recover.
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Time pa.s.sed. After the twenty minute mark, Xia Fan slowly regained consciousness. He immediately pulled out several one-liter bottles of mineral water and began chugging them down.
Because the spatial ring was in a complete vacuum, the mineral water was ice cold. The icy liquid was absolutely refres.h.i.+ng as it went down his gullet.
Aside from water, he also required food.
There were several energy bars that the military used stored in his spatial ring, a type of sweet chocolate bar that contained six thousand calories each. Xia Fan peeled off their wrappers and ate them one after another, draining an entire bottle of mineral water with every energy bar he consumed, and then doing it again.
Calories and water intake reduced the painful sensation he was feeling from the loss of fluids, and at this time, that battle happening in his body at the cellular level was also coming to a close.
A whole new cellular army had formed inside Xia Fan’s body, and was beginning to overwhelm the invading virus from the Immortality Wine, eliminating every cell that could be perceived as a threat to his body.
Thirty minutes later, which was precisely the time that Xia Fan had expected, the virus was finally scrubbed clean and Xia Fan felt like he was reborn.
The demonic power that came from the Immortality Wine was no more. They had all been consumed, transformed, and turned into Xia Fan’s own strength.
At the same time, due to Xia Fan having experienced a complete cell replacement, Xia Fan had gone through an astounding transformation. His hands were originally ugly and calloused after his many years of grueling training, but now they were as tender as a baby’s hands, while his hair appeared blacker and s.h.i.+nier than before, almost as if he had just been born.
Xia Fan sighed as he leaned against the wall, muttering to himself, “That was close!”
Though it looked like he had made a full recovery, Xia Fan still felt like he was completely weak, which was why he continued to consume more calories and water.
The empty bottles and energy bar wrappers were tossed all over the hold. Over a short period of time, Xia Fan had actually eaten a hundred bars, which was roughly six hundred kilocalories!
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More than two hours pa.s.sed.
Xia Fan tried to stand up, and ran his fingers through his wet hair. He slowly tried to flex his arms and legs.
By now, Xia Fan felt that his entire body had become a lot easier to move about with. He could understand the specific scientific theory why he would feel like this, but he simply could not believe that the effect of consuming Immortality Wine and the strength from his metabolism would become apparent so soon.
Xia Fan took out a portable speedometer, a small instrument that had induction and magnetic devices that could be glued onto the wall of the metal walls of the cargo hold.
*Huuu*
Taking a deep breath, Xia Fan then began to run laps inside the hold.
His speed climbed, and he could feel himself growing stronger and stronger. Because of the existence of high-grade battle suits that could reduce wind resistance, Xia Fan did not hear the wind howling in his ears, though he could tell that his speed was higher than before.
But exactly how much was the increase?
Xia Fan came to a halt and retrieved the portable speedometer. He checked the display behind the device.
The data recorded showed that Xia Fan’s top speed had broken past 500 m/s!
Before he took the Immortality Wine, his speed had been stagnating at 397 m/s!
That was to say that just five milliliters of the wine had increased Xia Fan’s speed by a quarter, and then some!
This was absolutely astounding!
Xia Fan needed to hit 571 m/s in order to be recognized as a Speedster at the Advanced Starbase rank. He just needed to just take another dose of Immortality Wine to promote himself!
There was no need to undergo any grueling training. A single drop of the wine, and enduring half an hour of pain, was all it took for Xia Fan to soar through the ranks!
It was no wonder those people from Murder Shrine would be willing to risk it all just to get a hold of this!. The Immortality Wine was without a doubt liquid ambrosia!
Xia Fan was in high spirits. He was excited, not only because he had promoted, but because he had discovered a method to use the Immortality Wine!
The Immortality Wine brewed from Yggdragons’ blood totaled three liters, and he used merely five milliliters of it to increase his speed by so much! Only the G.o.ds would know just what kind of speed Xia Fan could reach once he was done drinking the entire bottle!
Of course, Xia Fan knew that there was no way he could drink it every day. He needed to observe moderation. He should still work hard and train daily, and when the time was right, he could take a dose of Immortality Wine again.
Normal training and the wine needed to be used alternatingly, and he needed to take note of his safety as well, since his body was his foundation and the moment that broke, everything would be over.
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Packing everything up, Xia Fan did not return to the station, but went to the hotel suite Traveling Buddha had rented for the two of them.
His entire body was giving off a nasty stench, so he filled the big circular bathtub with hot water and jumped right in with a splash, enjoying a good and comfortable soak.
The Phantom Mark Seven Battlesuit was a high-tech apparel that had quick-dry and self-cleansing functions. All it needed was three minutes and the battlesuit would be like new, clean enough to be worn just like before.
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After his bath, Xia Fan felt hungry again. Perhaps it was because plenty of his cells in his body had been replaced, but Xia Fan’s appet.i.te today was amazing today.
He did not wish to head to the restaurant, so he ordered room service.
In no time, three service staff came to his room, pus.h.i.+ng little food carts.
The first food carts had four plates of steaks, the signature dish of this hotel. It was called Pan-fried Red Veal Steak, and even if the name was a mouthful, the taste of the meat was worth every bite.
He had asked for the family-sized portions that weigh well up to two kilograms each, with an a.s.sortment of side dishes like potatoes, broccoli, and tomatoes. A steak of such a size would be enough to feed a family of four.
The second food carts were the desserts and fruits that Xia Fan ordered. Avocados, kiwis, bananas, and grapes were piled up high on the first layer of the cart. The second layer held desserts like creamy ice cream, decadent chocolate cakes, and other such delicacies.
The third cart was filled with drinks: carbonated soda water, pure milk, coffee, and various types of juices.
The service staff had thought that Xia Fan had invited others to the suite, only to discover it was just him alone. They were momentarily dumbfounded, finding it inconceivable that someone as skinny as him could eat and drink enough to feed sixteen people.
Xia Fan pulled out three hundred-dollar bills from his pocket as a tip, giving the servers one each.
The staffers earned a monthly wage of 1500 union dollars, so Xia Fan’s generous tip had them grinning from ear to ear, bowing low as they retreated from the room.
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Traveling Buddha returned when it was almost evening.
He opened the door and saw the aftermath of the feast in the living room, with plates that were polished off that the service staff had yet to come and clear up.
“Xia Fan, you must have been famished!” Traveling Buddha mumbled to himself as he entered Xia Fan’s room. All he saw was Xia Fan lying on his bed, sprawled with his limbs all over. He had already digested all the food he had eaten and was presently asleep.
“Are you back?” Xia Fan rubbed his eyes and got up groggily after he heard TB enter.
Xia Fan had a habit of sleeping in his battlesuit. Even if he was at home, he would also be ready to fight at the drop of a hat, which was why Xia Fan was completely suited for battle right now, as per usual.
“Yeah.”
“Did anyone at the station ask where I’ve been?”
“Nope. The Logistics Division has recently been pretty free, and I didn’t even stay in the station the whole day. Dylan told me he knew a famous teahouse nearby, so we went over and scouted the place out.”
“How was it?”
“Just some generic brands, so I bought some wild tea leaves that grew on the outskirts of the city and came back.”
“Well, you’re back at a great time. I happen to be a little hungry, so we can order some food in,” Xia Fan said as he picked up the phone to call room service.
“The heck, you’re gonna become a pig if you’re not careful! But speaking of which,” Traveling Buddha wrinkled his eyebrows together and sat on the sofa in Xia Fan’s bedroom, which was next to the window. He folded his arms and mused, “I didn’t manage to buy tea leaves today, though I did learn of some news from Dylan?”
Xia Fan reached his hand out to tell Traveling Buddha to hold for a moment.
He was ordering some food over the phone: a rainbow trout, a bamboo chicken, as well as several drinks and side dishes.
After he was done with his order, Xia Fan put the phone down and smiled at Traveling Buddha. “So, what news did Dylan share with you?”