Chapter 94: Changes To The Eyes
Suddenly, a sharp cry came from within the rat mass just as the rapidly running group was about to reach the city edge. After this cry, the initially ferocious rats that were attacking them from all sides swiftly dispersed and returned to the center of the city. Bai Yi saw the remaining rat monsters carry their dead companions inside and knew that the hunt had finished. It didn't matter to them whether it was Bai Yi's group or their own companions that became the fruit of their hunt. The number of dead rat monsters could already provide a large amount of meat.
At this time, Bai Yi had a more important thing to do, he had to stop Woolf and the others.
Woolf and Sharpei were still chasing the retreating rats and from the looks of it, they definitely wanted to charge right back in. In reality, Woolf and Sharpei had quite a few injuries on them now. Even if they were confident in their own abilities, Bai Yi knew that they would probably die in a battle of attrition with the rats.
"Momo stop!" Bai Yi shouted at Momo.
Momo instantly paused for a moment and looked at Bai Yi. He approached Momo and stared into her eyes. The colored patterns in Bai Yi's eyes changed and shifted. Since Momo had not lost her rationality completely in the first place, she calmed down very quickly under Bai Yi's pacifying.
However, Woolf, Sharpei, and Warner seemed to be the worst affected. After the rat monsters dispersed, the three of them didn't seem like they had killed enough and charged back in again. Heloise, Mavis, and Pupu each blocked one of the three idiots that had fallen into the berserk state. However, these three idiots no longer saw the difference between friend and foe. After seeing three opponents blocking their path, they immediately started their attack.
Woolf, Sharpei, and Warner's battle power were completely incomparable to those rat monsters from before.
With just one clash, Heloise was forced to fall back rapidly. If she couldn't fly things would be bad… Bai Yi thought in his head just as Woolf threw his greatsword out viciously. The heavy greatsword spun and flew toward Heloise in the air, but she didn't manage to react in this moment. Subconsciously, she stretched out both hands to block in front of her body, but the edge of the greatsword hacked heavily onto her arms. The sickles growing out of her arms and her short sword immediately broke with a 'peng!'.
If not for the short sword obstructing the greatsword, Heloise would have probably been split into half by Woolf's sudden attack.
Heloise was already not too proficient in flying; coupled with the heavy injury, she immediately plummeted from the sky. Woolf's body half squatted on the ground and fiercely shot out. He looked just like an alligator hunting its prey, incomparably vicious. Heloise immediately threw the broken short sword at Woolf, hoping to buy herself a bit of time.
At this time, Mavis wasn't doing much better either. She only saw that Sharpei fought very ferociously normally, but she only understood now just how strong it was.
Initially, Mavis had just obstructed Sharpei, not letting him continue chasing inside the city. Sharpei stopped at the start but the moment Mavis relaxed a bit inside, it immediately found this gap and ferociously pounced at her. Mavis couldn't describe its speed in that instant, but Sharpei's mouth full of sharp teeth suddenly appeared in front of her in the blink of an eye.
Mavis immediately dodged to side. At this time, she did not intend to harm Sharpei, but just planned to stall at this place.
However, just when Mavis thought that she had managed to dodge the attack, the bones growing out of its shoulders seemed to bloom and extend slightly. With just a small error in judgement, the bone spike from Sharpei's body tore across Mavis in an instant. 'Puchi!', two gashes more than 20 centimeters long appeared on her body. Moreover, without waiting for Mavis to react, Sharpei's tail swept toward her body again.
'Boom!', Mavis was sent flying by Sharpei's tail.
One must know, other than Bai Yi and Momo, everyone else had fused with the genes of an ant. With their weight of less than 200 pounds, it was easy to get sent flying.
Pupu seemed to have an easier time than the rest. Stopping Warner was easier and it just kept on charging at him. They didn't know what Pupu's skin was made of, but it was incredibly tough and durable. As long as Warner did not strike any vital areas, he could not pierce its skin. After a while, the two meatballs rammed into each other, but unexpectedly it was Warner who was worse off after the exchange. Pupu seemed to be very happy doing this, this was the rare chance to justifiably and openly thrash its teammates!
Pupu sent Warner flying, but before Warner could land, Pupu had started charging again. Just before Warner landed on the ground, it rammed into Warner's stomach again.
After slamming into Warner, Pupu actually oinked happily and shook its butt.
Bai Yi looked at everyone's situation in an instant. He abruptly dashed forward and jumped over a small abandoned car, ramming into Woolf in the air. At this time, Woolf just happened to open its jaw wide in the pose of an alligator hunting its prey, biting toward Heloise. Although Mavis was also in danger, she wasn't in as fatal a situation as Heloise. If Woolf really managed to bite Heloise, she would definitely be crushed into two. Woolf now had this capability.
Bai Yi rushed out from Woolf's side, his right foot shooting upward and kicking Woolf's chin from below.
'Pa!', with a dense sound of impact, and the broken sword striking Woolf's head at the same time, the three of them collided together almost immediately. Woolf managed to pounce onto Heloise as he wished, but his mouth was shut by Bai Yi's violent kick. In the end, he only heavily slammed into Heloise's waist.
With this heavy impact, Heloise ignored the gashes on her waist caused by the sharp teeth and quickly grabbed onto Woolf's big alligator mouth. She forcefully flipped her body and twisted her waist as well. Woolf's giant body was instantly manipulated by her actions to flip as well, as the two of them rapidly plummeted to the ground together.
Heloise was only caught off guard by Woolf's sword throw, one must know that nobody in Bai Yi's team could be underestimated anymore.
At this moment, Bai Yi also grabbed onto Woolf's right arm tightly. When Woolf landed on the ground, Bai Yi and Heloise mercilessly pinned him to the ground. Just when Woolf turned around and glared at them viciously, Bai Yi immediately opened his eyes wide. At this moment, Bai Yi could only hope that his mimicry eyes would still be effective on Woolf.
"Woolf, quieten down!"
The colored patterns bloomed in Bai Yi's eyes, but Woolf still struggled ferociously. The two couldn't hold him down at all. Bai Yi's heart squeezed; Damn it, this level was enough to wake Woolf up previously, it's really harder to wake people up from the berserk state the more times they fall into it!
Woolf's giant alligator mouth opened wide again, biting toward Bai Yi who was directly in front of him. Bai Yi couldn't dodge in time so Woolf's giant mouth clamped down onto his shoulder. 'Kacha!', Heloise could seemingly hear the sound of Bai Yi's bones breaking, and blood instantly burst out from his body. At this moment, Woolf turned his neck, preparing to twist his body. This would increase his jaw's tearing force, allowing him to rip his prey into pieces.
Heloise's heart beat intensely!
Don't tell me that Bai Yi is actually going to die in Woolf's hands?
How can I get killed by my own teammate!!! Bai Yi screamed viciously inside. Suddenly, he closed his eyes and abruptly opened them again. Even Bai Yi could feel like something had broken inside his mind, and blood immediately started to flow from his eyes. In that instant, Bai Yi could seemingly feel something being moved in his body, automatically flowing toward his eyes.
This is…special energy!
Recalling the data, special energy always existed in the body ever since assimilation with activated cells, it was just that lifeforms could not actively control the special energy before LV2. He wasn't able to actively control the special energy, but what if his body instinctively used the special energy?
It was just like that for Bai Yi's eyes right now. In that instant, the special energy in his body instinctively felt that his eyes needed their support, so it gathered toward that location.
Woolf's big mouth viciously crunched Bai Yi's shoulder, but it stopped there. The sharp teeth deeply pierced Bai Yi, but gradually Woolf's severe brutality and savagery calmed down and he became quiet.
"I'll settle this with you later." said Bai Yi as he pushed Woolf's giant mouth aside. He seemed angry.
"Hehe…"
Woolf heard Bai Yi's threat but didn't feel scared or anything; he just laughed in embarrassment. Only now did he recall what had just happened; Heloise and Bai Yi had really almost died in his hands. The Brutal Phase was really too dangerous, it made them disregard even all their loved ones, only seeking death and destruction.
Bai Yi continued to run toward Sharpei. At this time, Bai Yi suddenly felt like his eyes had changed again. Something seemed to be flowing from his body toward his eyes, supporting the consumption of power. Although Bai Yi's eyes were bleeding again, he was actually much more comfortable than before. The bleeding was just because of old injuries opening again in the moment he broke through.
This flowing thing is special energy?
Bai Yi vaguely sensed the existence of this energy. Although he couldn't actively manipulate the energy like in the novels, this energy was still naturally flowing and gathering toward his eyes.
Many insects had compound eyes, but Bai Yi's eyes did not transform into compound eyes like that of a butterfly's. However, as Bai Yi ran, he suddenly felt that his range of vision had reached a 180 degrees in front of him. Anything seen in the peripheral of his vision was reflected clearly in his eyes.
Chapter 95: Dreamless Sleep
Mavis had miscalculated Sharpei's power at the start of the battle and was sent flying by Sharpei's tail. After that, all she could do was dodge continuously; she didn't even have the chance to counterattack yet. After Bai Yi pacified Woolf, he immediately rushed towards that side, but there was somebody even faster than him.
"Sharpei, stop!" Momo's small body suddenly stood in front of Sharpei and blocked him.
"Momo, no!" Mavis shouted anxiously. Although she seemed quite miserable now, it was just because she wasn't willing to battle seriously with Sharpei. Or rather, Mavis didn't really think of counterattacking, she would have achieved her purpose if she could stall Sharpei here. Unexpectedly, Momo was the one who became anxious seeing her in this state and helped her to block Sharpei.
Sharpei pounced ferociously like a tiger, its big mouth almost touching Momo's body. At this moment, Bai Yi's heart abruptly squeezed, and held his kitchen knife tightly… Sharpei, you!
However, just when Bai Yi thought that Sharpei's big jaw was going to crunch down, it actually stopped. The brutality in its eyes gradually calmed down, and its tense body slowly relaxed as well.
"Sharpei, be obedient!" Momo hugged Sharpei's head and said softly.
Everyone was stunned, especially Bai Yi. From how ineffective his first level mimicry eyes were on Woolf just now, it was clear how hard it was to bring someone back from the berserk state. Unexpectedly, with just a shout from Momo, Sharpei really calmed down slowly. Just what was the reason behind this?
Since even Sharpei had quietened down, Warner who was the last remaining berserk one wasn't a problem. Pupu was still playing around with Warner and beating him up, and only now did everyone know that Pupu was actually this strong. Also, everyone could see by now that Pupu had a lazy and sly personality. It really seemed to be enjoying openly and justifiably attacking his owner now.
……
They didn't move too far and stopped at the edge of the city. No matter what, they did not like camping in the wild. Once they tidied up one of the houses inside the city it would be much better than camping out. Just imagine the chaotic environment inside the rainforest, an evolved insect may be hiding under any leaf on the trees at any time, and these insects could very possibly be fatal to them. Even if they were not fatal, it was still very annoying if some hairy animals climbed onto their bodies.
As for the rat monsters in the city, they were honestly not afraid of them. Based on Bai Yi's judgment, after the two battles before these rat monsters which had decent intelligence wouldn't come and throw their lives away again.
"We must now immediately learn the Tai Ji Fist, there can't even be a second of delay!"
After they tidied up the house, they immediately gathered together. Even if Bai Yi did not say so, everyone else could understand as well. Although only Woolf and a few others fell into that state just now, sooner or later everyone else would be the same. If at that time they fell into some desperate battle again, resulting in all of them falling into the berserk state then there would be nobody to wake them up. Or rather, it might be useless even if they could be awakened, whether they could still retain their intelligence at that time was really up to the will of heaven.
Bai Yi opened the protective case and retrieved a small electronic tablet inside.
The functions of this computer were not too different from a smartphone and actually wasn't even as complete as a smartphone. However, it was extremely durable and not easily damaged, the screen had its own solar panel which could charge the battery from sunlight. As long as it wasn't damaged, it could be used indefinitely. In this tablet contained the information they had acquired in the research facility as well as the 'Tai Ji Fist'.
Of course, they had seen this long ago, that's also why they hadn't started learning it.
This was because this set of Tai Ji Fist was an incomplete version, and not suitable for everyone. There was a complete Tai Ji Fist manual gotten from China, but that was only suitable for humans. To think about it, after assimilating with activated cells and fusing with genes from other lifeforms, all of their physical forms had undergone great changes. How could a Tai Ji Fist meant for humans be perfectly suitable for them? Other than the Tai Ji Fist inside, they used science to set dozens of algorithms to deduce why Tai Ji Fist would have an effect on souls, then finally deriving a set of Soul Nourishing Physical Arts that could be used by all lifeforms.
Of course, these dozens of algorithms were all incomplete products as well, nobody knew if it were correct.
However, the most important thing was that none of them could understand it, and they were all very embarrassed.
To speak of it, only Bai Yi and Momo among them still retained their human shape, and probably could learn this, so Bai Yi did not let everyone learn this incomplete version. However, from the looks of it now, even if it was this incomplete version of the Tai Ji Fist with unknown results, they had to practice it as well.
"Let's not use the deduction algorithm, since we aren't proficient in this. This original Tai Ji Fist manual was meant for the human body to practice, but we probably can still practice it as well. Of course, there's no need to force yourself in the parts not suitable for your body, just do as much as you can." Bai Yi said. (TN: I'm quite confused by this part as well, I guess in the end they will try practicing both versions?)
Everyone nodded, as this couldn't be helped as well.
"Other than that, I noticed one more thing. Although Momo had lost some control over herself as well, she didn't really lose her rationality completely. Moreover, Sharpei was actually pacified by Momo easily. Can you guys figure out why this is so?" Bai Yi couldn't figure these kinds of things out by himself. It was best for everyone to search for the reason among the details they saw in their everyday lives.
Everyone immediately looked at Momo and Sharpei after hearing this, Sharpei laid on the floor while Momo leaned on Sharpei's neck. A cute furry little girl and such a sinister and vicious large dog, it was difficult to imagine that they could get along so peacefully and well.
"Momo, Sharpei, Woolf, and Warner, they all entered the berserk state in that battle at the research facility. If there was some reason to cause a difference in them, then it would be definitely due to something different in that one month." Mavis said. All of them then observed each other and compared and analysed all the information that they each had right now.
The difference between the four of them in this month?
Weird, they were all usually together. If there were something different, then it was that Bai Yi and Momo usually slept together.
That's right, sleep!
Bai Yi's mind suddenly jolted, and he remembered that Yeye said that after entering LV1-3, they would be able to naturally sense the existence of the soul, and also naturally love to sleep, using sleep to balance the incongruence between the body and soul. Within this one month, Bai Yi did not intentionally hypnotise Momo, the most was that he would pacify her somewhat before her sleep, trying to let Momo have a good dream. As for Sharpei, it seemingly rested in the same room as him as well.
"Sleep!" Bai Yi looked at everyone.
"Sleep?"
"That's right, it's sleep. Yeye said before that sleeping is a very magical state, as in this state the body and soul will harmonize naturally. This is a natural way of self-balancing that a LV1-3 would engage in, and from that, they could conclude that a good state of sleep is beneficial to the growth of the soul. If there was a reason why Momo found it easier to control herself, then the only possibility could only be sleep." Bai Yi explained.
"But in the research facility, didn't everyone sleep?" Heloise was quite confused.
"No, it's not the same, as the quality of everyone's sleep is different. Do you feel that you slept well?"
"I didn't feel much, just the same as how I slept usually."
"I dream sometimes." Woolf scratched the back of his head.
"What dreams?"
"Dreams of fighting, I frequently dream of myself killing a lot of monsters and feeling super good in it," Woolf said with glee.
"Momo, you?"
"I don't dream at all, the next time I open my eyes after closing them is the time I wake up," Momo said seriously.
"Deep sleep, or dreamless deep sleep!" Mavis immediately said.
"Deep sleep and dreamless deep sleep?" Woolf and Heloise asked.
"That's right, those are technical terms used to refer to states of sleep. Actually, everyone's sleeping states are split into a few categories. From falling asleep, shallow sleep, deep sleep, dreamless deep sleep, the state of the body is different in every type of sleeping state! Based on medical theory, if somebody can enter the dreamless deep sleep state at will, then the person has no need to sleep for more than eight hours a day, as just one hour of sleep is enough rest for the entire day. However, in reality, that isn't possible at all, because entering deep sleep is already difficult. As for dreamless deep sleep, being able to sleep in such a state for a short period each time is already very good." Mavis explained.
"That's doesn't sound right. I didn't have many dreams either?" Heloise disagreed.
"Dream states are also split into many types. The dream state you are talking about should be lucid dreaming, why you yourself realise that you are in a dream. However, many times, we are unaware that we are actually dreaming. As long as we dream, it won't be considered a dreamless deep sleep." Mavis explained.
"Most probably, this is the difference between Momo and you guys. From Yeye's information, a LV1-3 would naturally go to sleep to balance the incongruence between the soul and body. If Momo could sleep this well every day, then her berserk symptoms could be much better than the rest of us." Bai Yi said at the end.
"But, how did Momo sleep so well?" Honestly speaking, even if it was Woolf or Heloise, they frequently dreamed about the desperate scenes inside the research facility.
"It's probably my power." Bai Yi said and pointed to his eyes. "To let Momo sleep better, I would pacify her every night, letting her fall asleep better." Bai Yi explained.
"It's your eyes again, can your eyes not be such a monstrosity? I'm getting jealous." Heloise said in envy.
"You shouldn't really be envious, there's a huge element of chance in the emergence of my eye powers." Bai Yi said. Of course, Heloise was just saying this and wasn't really jealous. Everyone knew under what conditions Bai Yi's eyes had transformed, and those conditions were completely unable to be replicated.
"Anyway, let's try it. I'll hypnotise Woolf tonight."
"Only hypnotising one?"
"That's right, only hypnotising one, because Momo wasn't able to wake up once she fell asleep, so I can't let everyone enter this kind of sleeping state." Bai Yi nodded.
Chapter 96: Tai Ji Fist
Of course, when Bai Yi said that Momo couldn't wake up, he didn't mean it literally. He just meant that she slept like a log. It was definitely no big deal in the research facility, but in a city like this it could be extremely dangerous if they slept with no awareness of their surroundings. Although they had guessed that everything was related to sleep, they did not put all their hopes on this either and started studying the Tai Ji Fist.
The Tai Ji Fist was recorded as a video. At the start, it was a rosy-faced old man practicing the Tai Ji Fist, and after he finished the set of movements, the grass underneath his feet actually formed a vague Tai Ji shape. (TN: )
The first video was the Tai Ji Fist used by this old man. There was a total of 36 movements in his version. This wasn't the commonly seen simplified 24 forms or the revised 42 movements, and nobody knew where his Tai Ji Fist came from. Although they did now know its origin, it was definitely different from what people commonly see. Behind this research was the more than two hundred countries of the entire world so their combined power and ability would be absolutely astounding. They felt quite shocked watching this video, as they could tell that the old man had not fused with any activated cells. So there were special people like this even among the normal people in the world before.
As for the few sections behind, it was the process of the experimental subject practicing the Tai Ji Fist inside the research facility.
There was only a total of 10 videos in this Tai Ji Fist series. Apparently, they were all specially chosen and there was more than a month gap between each video. Every month, they could see that the body of the experimental subject had changed a lot inside the research facility. At the start, they could still roughly see the sequence of movements in the Tai Ji Fist, but toward the end, they couldn't understand it at all. It was hard to describe this, but it was just looking at him slowly moving into certain postures. It was very slow but seemed to be very meaningful.
"Although I can't understand it, from the looks of it he is very strong," Mavis said at the end.
"Yeah, I wonder if he is out yet." Bai Yi nodded and carved the old man's final calm but sharp eyes inside his heart. He was apparently not a normal person, being able to calm down his heart and practice the Tai Ji Fist. He could practice his Tai Ji Fist as if there was nobody around in an environment like the research facility; he was definitely somebody worth taking seriously no matter what.
"Anyway, let's learn the sequence of movements, starting from the first posture," Bai Yi said and the few of them came to the courtyard.
The main people were Woolf, Warner, and Sharpei; it wasn't as critical for the rest of them yet. Moreover, three of them got heavily injured to stop Woolf and Sharpei earlier. For example, the bite wound almost tore off Bai Yi's entire left shoulder. If it was before, Bai Yi would have probably already been dead. The three of them came to the courtyard and started learning the Tai Ji Fist.
"Then, let's give it a go. You guys saw it just now too." Bai Yi turned the tablet screen to face the three of them and played the video again.
"Ok then." Woolf nodded and followed the first posture as seen in the video, which was the standing posture.
Even though Woolf had just taken the standing posture and hadn't even started to move, the rest of their brows couldn't help but twitch. It wasn't from pain but from trying to suppress their laughter. Woolf now looked just like a bipedal fat dragon, his tummy sticking out while looking shy and bashful. Just by standing there, they could see his tummy shake and ripple. Perhaps, Woolf's body had gradually changed over time, so he had gotten used to his body by now and had not realized it.
Second Movement: Right Sparrow Tail!
Third Movement: Left Single Whip!
……
When Woolf started moving, Heloise immediately couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing. This was really too funny, a dumb and fat looking dragon stretching his arms and legs to make those poses. It made people laugh no matter how you looked at it. Really, Woolf's actions and the Tai Ji Fist had no similarities at all, even Bai Yi couldn't take it anymore and turned around. He didn't laugh, really, he really didn't laugh out loud.
Even if it was Woolf, he knew that the few of them were laughing at him.
"What are you guys laughing about!" Woolf suddenly stopped.
"Because it's funny! Woolf, you didn't see it for yourself, but your poses while going through the Tai Ji Fist is really too damn funny! Too bad there isn't a camera here, or else we can record your movements and show it to you. You will know just how funny it is then," Heloise said while laughing again.
"You're lying! I think I'm doing quite well!" Woolf didn't believe her.
"If you don't believe it then you can stop first, and look at Warner's Tai Ji Fist," Heloise said.
"Ok, Warner you do it, let me see." Woolf patted Warner's shoulder.
After hearing their decisions, Warner couldn't help but nod; he didn't seem timid either. At the start when following Bai Yi's team, Warner was actually quite uneasy and didn't say much in the team either. However, after going through so much, Warner had finally and truly merged into this team. The rest of them no longer treated him like a kid anymore either. They truly treated him like a member of the team.
"Older brother Warner, good luck!" Momo shouted by the side.
"En." Warner nodded to Momo. In the team, only Momo was younger than him, so he spoke the most to her.
After Warner took a deep breath, he started to go through the movements of the Tai Ji Fist as well. Of course, with Warner's round body now in addition to him just learning this for the first time, his standard really wasn't too good. Sure enough, after watching him, Woolf's eyes immediately bulged and opened wide, laughing loudly at him.
"HAHAHA! Warner, is that Tai Ji Fist? It looks just like a fat pig shaking its ass and stretching its legs!" Woolf pointed at Warner and laughed loudly.
Warner immediately stopped, he knew of course that Woolf didn't have any ill intentions and was just making fun of him. However, even if he knew that he couldn't help but blush and feel embarrassed. No matter what a kid's skin wasn't that thick.
"What are you laughing about, your Tai Ji Fist is even uglier than his!" Heloise hit Woolf.
"It can't be! No matter what I should still be better than Warner."
"Sharpei, you try it as well," Momo whispered beside Sharpei's ears. After hearing her, Sharpei's huge body couldn't help but tremble. Really, me too? There were so few similarities between its body and a human at all, how exactly was it supposed to practice this Tai Ji Fist? However, since it was Momo that asked, Sharpei wouldn't reject it either, although it was quite clueless as to how to go about fulfilling this request.
Sharpei moved to the middle of the courtyard, its four limbs standing on the ground and it slowly raised its left front paw.
Everyone stared at Sharpei's movements, including Woolf and Warner who had tried it just now. Everyone only saw Sharpei's left paw slowly but heavily step on the floor, but in that instant, Sharpei's body seemed to have moved forward a certain distance. It didn't seem fast, but a soft boom instantly came from the air when it moved. After that, Sharpei continued moving, the seemingly simple movements and swayings brought about tremors in the air around him.
Everyone could see that the Tai Ji Fist Sharpei learned wasn't the first few videos in the series, but the latter parts. That was the set of movements that a middle-aged man who had already changed into a monster used with all four limbs on the floor.
Woolf and Warner couldn't even close their mouths now, just what did Bai Yi's family eat while growing up? Even the dog was so monstrous.
"Sharpei, Sharpei, you're awesome! Please teach me!" Woolf said to Sharpei.
Everyone couldn't help but instantly lose their mood from Woolf's actions. Woolf, can you have some dignity and lower limits? However, Sharpei's movements did give everyone a great shock. Only Bai Yi looked at Sharpei with deep thoughts in his eyes. The rest of them saw Bai Yi's actions and stopped fooling around, seriously looking at Bai Yi. Even Sharpei looked at Bai Yi as well, waiting for his comments.
"Very good! Sharpei is really smart." Bai Yi patted Sharpei's head and revealed a smile.
Everyone immediately released their breath after hearing Bai Yi's words. Tsk, there wasn't anything at all and he still made himself look like he was in deep thought, we still thought that Sharpei did something wrong. However, what the rest didn't know was that Bai Yi really did have some thoughts, just that it wasn't convenient to talk about it. Sharpei's movements were obviously leaning toward a fighting style, just like the experimental subject in the last few videos. It wasn't really an exercise anymore like the initial Tai Ji Fist.
However, Bai Yi didn't know whether his thoughts were true or not, and he couldn't be bothered to talk about it as well. What if the Tai Ji Fist that leaned toward a fighting style could better bring about the cultivation of the soul? If he spoke up now, wouldn't it obstruct their learning and development?
After laughing about it, the rest of them tried out the Tai Ji Fist as well. In truth, when they first started learning this, all of their movements were quite crude. Even for Bai Yi and Momo who had retained their human shape, they still felt that something was missing even though they mimicked the movements very well.
If they were really to try and put their finger on it, it was…meaning!
Tai Ji Fist wasn't just a simple movement of the body, there were still the culture, spirit, and aura represented in it. All in all, Bai Yi and Momo now only had the form, but not the essence. However, no matter what, they were still much better than Woolf and the few other idiots. Toward the end, Woolf and Warner seemed to be fooling around more than actually learning the Tai Ji Fist.
Bai Yi saw Woolf fooling around over there but didn't stop him because he made everyone laugh so hard. In New Zealand now, it really wasn't often that they could laugh like this.
Of course, it's fine for today but starting from tomorrow everyone had to seriously learn the Tai Ji Fist.
Suddenly, Heloise who was still laughing loudly turned her head. Very quickly, the rest of them detected it as well, there was a sound coming from that direction. Very quickly, they saw an unmarked assault helicopter flying over from that direction. This assault helicopter apparently saw Bai Yi's group when they passed by, and hovered around them for a while, seemingly very curious about them. After a while, this helicopter flew away again, disappearing into the distance.
Bai Yi looked at the direction where the helicopter had come from. It was the west, did they come from Australia?
The people in the helicopter were apparently normal humans, what were they doing in New Zealand?
Chapter 94: Changes To The Eyes
Suddenly, a sharp cry came from within the rat mass just as the rapidly running group was about to reach the city edge. After this cry, the initially ferocious rats that were attacking them from all sides swiftly dispersed and returned to the center of the city. Bai Yi saw the remaining rat monsters carry their dead companions inside and knew that the hunt had finished. It didn't matter to them whether it was Bai Yi's group or their own companions that became the fruit of their hunt. The number of dead rat monsters could already provide a large amount of meat.
At this time, Bai Yi had a more important thing to do, he had to stop Woolf and the others.
Woolf and Sharpei were still chasing the retreating rats and from the looks of it, they definitely wanted to charge right back in. In reality, Woolf and Sharpei had quite a few injuries on them now. Even if they were confident in their own abilities, Bai Yi knew that they would probably die in a battle of attrition with the rats.
"Momo stop!" Bai Yi shouted at Momo.
Momo instantly paused for a moment and looked at Bai Yi. He approached Momo and stared into her eyes. The colored patterns in Bai Yi's eyes changed and shifted. Since Momo had not lost her rationality completely in the first place, she calmed down very quickly under Bai Yi's pacifying.
However, Woolf, Sharpei, and Warner seemed to be the worst affected. After the rat monsters dispersed, the three of them didn't seem like they had killed enough and charged back in again. Heloise, Mavis, and Pupu each blocked one of the three idiots that had fallen into the berserk state. However, these three idiots no longer saw the difference between friend and foe. After seeing three opponents blocking their path, they immediately started their attack.
Woolf, Sharpei, and Warner's battle power were completely incomparable to those rat monsters from before.
With just one clash, Heloise was forced to fall back rapidly. If she couldn't fly things would be bad… Bai Yi thought in his head just as Woolf threw his greatsword out viciously. The heavy greatsword spun and flew toward Heloise in the air, but she didn't manage to react in this moment. Subconsciously, she stretched out both hands to block in front of her body, but the edge of the greatsword hacked heavily onto her arms. The sickles growing out of her arms and her short sword immediately broke with a 'peng!'.
If not for the short sword obstructing the greatsword, Heloise would have probably been split into half by Woolf's sudden attack.
Heloise was already not too proficient in flying; coupled with the heavy injury, she immediately plummeted from the sky. Woolf's body half squatted on the ground and fiercely shot out. He looked just like an alligator hunting its prey, incomparably vicious. Heloise immediately threw the broken short sword at Woolf, hoping to buy herself a bit of time.
At this time, Mavis wasn't doing much better either. She only saw that Sharpei fought very ferociously normally, but she only understood now just how strong it was.
Initially, Mavis had just obstructed Sharpei, not letting him continue chasing inside the city. Sharpei stopped at the start but the moment Mavis relaxed a bit inside, it immediately found this gap and ferociously pounced at her. Mavis couldn't describe its speed in that instant, but Sharpei's mouth full of sharp teeth suddenly appeared in front of her in the blink of an eye.
Mavis immediately dodged to side. At this time, she did not intend to harm Sharpei, but just planned to stall at this place.
However, just when Mavis thought that she had managed to dodge the attack, the bones growing out of its shoulders seemed to bloom and extend slightly. With just a small error in judgement, the bone spike from Sharpei's body tore across Mavis in an instant. 'Puchi!', two gashes more than 20 centimeters long appeared on her body. Moreover, without waiting for Mavis to react, Sharpei's tail swept toward her body again.
'Boom!', Mavis was sent flying by Sharpei's tail.
One must know, other than Bai Yi and Momo, everyone else had fused with the genes of an ant. With their weight of less than 200 pounds, it was easy to get sent flying.
Pupu seemed to have an easier time than the rest. Stopping Warner was easier and it just kept on charging at him. They didn't know what Pupu's skin was made of, but it was incredibly tough and durable. As long as Warner did not strike any vital areas, he could not pierce its skin. After a while, the two meatballs rammed into each other, but unexpectedly it was Warner who was worse off after the exchange. Pupu seemed to be very happy doing this, this was the rare chance to justifiably and openly thrash its teammates!
Pupu sent Warner flying, but before Warner could land, Pupu had started charging again. Just before Warner landed on the ground, it rammed into Warner's stomach again.
After slamming into Warner, Pupu actually oinked happily and shook its butt.
Bai Yi looked at everyone's situation in an instant. He abruptly dashed forward and jumped over a small abandoned car, ramming into Woolf in the air. At this time, Woolf just happened to open its jaw wide in the pose of an alligator hunting its prey, biting toward Heloise. Although Mavis was also in danger, she wasn't in as fatal a situation as Heloise. If Woolf really managed to bite Heloise, she would definitely be crushed into two. Woolf now had this capability.
Bai Yi rushed out from Woolf's side, his right foot shooting upward and kicking Woolf's chin from below.
'Pa!', with a dense sound of impact, and the broken sword striking Woolf's head at the same time, the three of them collided together almost immediately. Woolf managed to pounce onto Heloise as he wished, but his mouth was shut by Bai Yi's violent kick. In the end, he only heavily slammed into Heloise's waist.
With this heavy impact, Heloise ignored the gashes on her waist caused by the sharp teeth and quickly grabbed onto Woolf's big alligator mouth. She forcefully flipped her body and twisted her waist as well. Woolf's giant body was instantly manipulated by her actions to flip as well, as the two of them rapidly plummeted to the ground together.
Heloise was only caught off guard by Woolf's sword throw, one must know that nobody in Bai Yi's team could be underestimated anymore.
At this moment, Bai Yi also grabbed onto Woolf's right arm tightly. When Woolf landed on the ground, Bai Yi and Heloise mercilessly pinned him to the ground. Just when Woolf turned around and glared at them viciously, Bai Yi immediately opened his eyes wide. At this moment, Bai Yi could only hope that his mimicry eyes would still be effective on Woolf.
"Woolf, quieten down!"
The colored patterns bloomed in Bai Yi's eyes, but Woolf still struggled ferociously. The two couldn't hold him down at all. Bai Yi's heart squeezed; Damn it, this level was enough to wake Woolf up previously, it's really harder to wake people up from the berserk state the more times they fall into it!
Woolf's giant alligator mouth opened wide again, biting toward Bai Yi who was directly in front of him. Bai Yi couldn't dodge in time so Woolf's giant mouth clamped down onto his shoulder. 'Kacha!', Heloise could seemingly hear the sound of Bai Yi's bones breaking, and blood instantly burst out from his body. At this moment, Woolf turned his neck, preparing to twist his body. This would increase his jaw's tearing force, allowing him to rip his prey into pieces.
Heloise's heart beat intensely!
Don't tell me that Bai Yi is actually going to die in Woolf's hands?
How can I get killed by my own teammate!!! Bai Yi screamed viciously inside. Suddenly, he closed his eyes and abruptly opened them again. Even Bai Yi could feel like something had broken inside his mind, and blood immediately started to flow from his eyes. In that instant, Bai Yi could seemingly feel something being moved in his body, automatically flowing toward his eyes.
This is…special energy!
Recalling the data, special energy always existed in the body ever since assimilation with activated cells, it was just that lifeforms could not actively control the special energy before LV2. He wasn't able to actively control the special energy, but what if his body instinctively used the special energy?
It was just like that for Bai Yi's eyes right now. In that instant, the special energy in his body instinctively felt that his eyes needed their support, so it gathered toward that location.
Woolf's big mouth viciously crunched Bai Yi's shoulder, but it stopped there. The sharp teeth deeply pierced Bai Yi, but gradually Woolf's severe brutality and savagery calmed down and he became quiet.
"I'll settle this with you later." said Bai Yi as he pushed Woolf's giant mouth aside. He seemed angry.
"Hehe…"
Woolf heard Bai Yi's threat but didn't feel scared or anything; he just laughed in embarrassment. Only now did he recall what had just happened; Heloise and Bai Yi had really almost died in his hands. The Brutal Phase was really too dangerous, it made them disregard even all their loved ones, only seeking death and destruction.
Bai Yi continued to run toward Sharpei. At this time, Bai Yi suddenly felt like his eyes had changed again. Something seemed to be flowing from his body toward his eyes, supporting the consumption of power. Although Bai Yi's eyes were bleeding again, he was actually much more comfortable than before. The bleeding was just because of old injuries opening again in the moment he broke through.
This flowing thing is special energy?
Bai Yi vaguely sensed the existence of this energy. Although he couldn't actively manipulate the energy like in the novels, this energy was still naturally flowing and gathering toward his eyes.
Many insects had compound eyes, but Bai Yi's eyes did not transform into compound eyes like that of a butterfly's. However, as Bai Yi ran, he suddenly felt that his range of vision had reached a 180 degrees in front of him. Anything seen in the peripheral of his vision was reflected clearly in his eyes.
Chapter 95: Dreamless Sleep
Mavis had miscalculated Sharpei's power at the start of the battle and was sent flying by Sharpei's tail. After that, all she could do was dodge continuously; she didn't even have the chance to counterattack yet. After Bai Yi pacified Woolf, he immediately rushed towards that side, but there was somebody even faster than him.
"Sharpei, stop!" Momo's small body suddenly stood in front of Sharpei and blocked him.
"Momo, no!" Mavis shouted anxiously. Although she seemed quite miserable now, it was just because she wasn't willing to battle seriously with Sharpei. Or rather, Mavis didn't really think of counterattacking, she would have achieved her purpose if she could stall Sharpei here. Unexpectedly, Momo was the one who became anxious seeing her in this state and helped her to block Sharpei.
Sharpei pounced ferociously like a tiger, its big mouth almost touching Momo's body. At this moment, Bai Yi's heart abruptly squeezed, and held his kitchen knife tightly… Sharpei, you!
However, just when Bai Yi thought that Sharpei's big jaw was going to crunch down, it actually stopped. The brutality in its eyes gradually calmed down, and its tense body slowly relaxed as well.
"Sharpei, be obedient!" Momo hugged Sharpei's head and said softly.
Everyone was stunned, especially Bai Yi. From how ineffective his first level mimicry eyes were on Woolf just now, it was clear how hard it was to bring someone back from the berserk state. Unexpectedly, with just a shout from Momo, Sharpei really calmed down slowly. Just what was the reason behind this?
Since even Sharpei had quietened down, Warner who was the last remaining berserk one wasn't a problem. Pupu was still playing around with Warner and beating him up, and only now did everyone know that Pupu was actually this strong. Also, everyone could see by now that Pupu had a lazy and sly personality. It really seemed to be enjoying openly and justifiably attacking his owner now.
……
They didn't move too far and stopped at the edge of the city. No matter what, they did not like camping in the wild. Once they tidied up one of the houses inside the city it would be much better than camping out. Just imagine the chaotic environment inside the rainforest, an evolved insect may be hiding under any leaf on the trees at any time, and these insects could very possibly be fatal to them. Even if they were not fatal, it was still very annoying if some hairy animals climbed onto their bodies.
As for the rat monsters in the city, they were honestly not afraid of them. Based on Bai Yi's judgment, after the two battles before these rat monsters which had decent intelligence wouldn't come and throw their lives away again.
"We must now immediately learn the Tai Ji Fist, there can't even be a second of delay!"
After they tidied up the house, they immediately gathered together. Even if Bai Yi did not say so, everyone else could understand as well. Although only Woolf and a few others fell into that state just now, sooner or later everyone else would be the same. If at that time they fell into some desperate battle again, resulting in all of them falling into the berserk state then there would be nobody to wake them up. Or rather, it might be useless even if they could be awakened, whether they could still retain their intelligence at that time was really up to the will of heaven.
Bai Yi opened the protective case and retrieved a small electronic tablet inside.
The functions of this computer were not too different from a smartphone and actually wasn't even as complete as a smartphone. However, it was extremely durable and not easily damaged, the screen had its own solar panel which could charge the battery from sunlight. As long as it wasn't damaged, it could be used indefinitely. In this tablet contained the information they had acquired in the research facility as well as the 'Tai Ji Fist'.
Of course, they had seen this long ago, that's also why they hadn't started learning it.
This was because this set of Tai Ji Fist was an incomplete version, and not suitable for everyone. There was a complete Tai Ji Fist manual gotten from China, but that was only suitable for humans. To think about it, after assimilating with activated cells and fusing with genes from other lifeforms, all of their physical forms had undergone great changes. How could a Tai Ji Fist meant for humans be perfectly suitable for them? Other than the Tai Ji Fist inside, they used science to set dozens of algorithms to deduce why Tai Ji Fist would have an effect on souls, then finally deriving a set of Soul Nourishing Physical Arts that could be used by all lifeforms.
Of course, these dozens of algorithms were all incomplete products as well, nobody knew if it were correct.
However, the most important thing was that none of them could understand it, and they were all very embarrassed.
To speak of it, only Bai Yi and Momo among them still retained their human shape, and probably could learn this, so Bai Yi did not let everyone learn this incomplete version. However, from the looks of it now, even if it was this incomplete version of the Tai Ji Fist with unknown results, they had to practice it as well.
"Let's not use the deduction algorithm, since we aren't proficient in this. This original Tai Ji Fist manual was meant for the human body to practice, but we probably can still practice it as well. Of course, there's no need to force yourself in the parts not suitable for your body, just do as much as you can." Bai Yi said. (TN: I'm quite confused by this part as well, I guess in the end they will try practicing both versions?)
Everyone nodded, as this couldn't be helped as well.
"Other than that, I noticed one more thing. Although Momo had lost some control over herself as well, she didn't really lose her rationality completely. Moreover, Sharpei was actually pacified by Momo easily. Can you guys figure out why this is so?" Bai Yi couldn't figure these kinds of things out by himself. It was best for everyone to search for the reason among the details they saw in their everyday lives.
Everyone immediately looked at Momo and Sharpei after hearing this, Sharpei laid on the floor while Momo leaned on Sharpei's neck. A cute furry little girl and such a sinister and vicious large dog, it was difficult to imagine that they could get along so peacefully and well.
"Momo, Sharpei, Woolf, and Warner, they all entered the berserk state in that battle at the research facility. If there was some reason to cause a difference in them, then it would be definitely due to something different in that one month." Mavis said. All of them then observed each other and compared and analysed all the information that they each had right now.
The difference between the four of them in this month?
Weird, they were all usually together. If there were something different, then it was that Bai Yi and Momo usually slept together.
That's right, sleep!
Bai Yi's mind suddenly jolted, and he remembered that Yeye said that after entering LV1-3, they would be able to naturally sense the existence of the soul, and also naturally love to sleep, using sleep to balance the incongruence between the body and soul. Within this one month, Bai Yi did not intentionally hypnotise Momo, the most was that he would pacify her somewhat before her sleep, trying to let Momo have a good dream. As for Sharpei, it seemingly rested in the same room as him as well.
"Sleep!" Bai Yi looked at everyone.
"Sleep?"
"That's right, it's sleep. Yeye said before that sleeping is a very magical state, as in this state the body and soul will harmonize naturally. This is a natural way of self-balancing that a LV1-3 would engage in, and from that, they could conclude that a good state of sleep is beneficial to the growth of the soul. If there was a reason why Momo found it easier to control herself, then the only possibility could only be sleep." Bai Yi explained.
"But in the research facility, didn't everyone sleep?" Heloise was quite confused.
"No, it's not the same, as the quality of everyone's sleep is different. Do you feel that you slept well?"
"I didn't feel much, just the same as how I slept usually."
"I dream sometimes." Woolf scratched the back of his head.
"What dreams?"
"Dreams of fighting, I frequently dream of myself killing a lot of monsters and feeling super good in it," Woolf said with glee.
"Momo, you?"
"I don't dream at all, the next time I open my eyes after closing them is the time I wake up," Momo said seriously.
"Deep sleep, or dreamless deep sleep!" Mavis immediately said.
"Deep sleep and dreamless deep sleep?" Woolf and Heloise asked.
"That's right, those are technical terms used to refer to states of sleep. Actually, everyone's sleeping states are split into a few categories. From falling asleep, shallow sleep, deep sleep, dreamless deep sleep, the state of the body is different in every type of sleeping state! Based on medical theory, if somebody can enter the dreamless deep sleep state at will, then the person has no need to sleep for more than eight hours a day, as just one hour of sleep is enough rest for the entire day. However, in reality, that isn't possible at all, because entering deep sleep is already difficult. As for dreamless deep sleep, being able to sleep in such a state for a short period each time is already very good." Mavis explained.
"That's doesn't sound right. I didn't have many dreams either?" Heloise disagreed.
"Dream states are also split into many types. The dream state you are talking about should be lucid dreaming, why you yourself realise that you are in a dream. However, many times, we are unaware that we are actually dreaming. As long as we dream, it won't be considered a dreamless deep sleep." Mavis explained.
"Most probably, this is the difference between Momo and you guys. From Yeye's information, a LV1-3 would naturally go to sleep to balance the incongruence between the soul and body. If Momo could sleep this well every day, then her berserk symptoms could be much better than the rest of us." Bai Yi said at the end.
"But, how did Momo sleep so well?" Honestly speaking, even if it was Woolf or Heloise, they frequently dreamed about the desperate scenes inside the research facility.
"It's probably my power." Bai Yi said and pointed to his eyes. "To let Momo sleep better, I would pacify her every night, letting her fall asleep better." Bai Yi explained.
"It's your eyes again, can your eyes not be such a monstrosity? I'm getting jealous." Heloise said in envy.
"You shouldn't really be envious, there's a huge element of chance in the emergence of my eye powers." Bai Yi said. Of course, Heloise was just saying this and wasn't really jealous. Everyone knew under what conditions Bai Yi's eyes had transformed, and those conditions were completely unable to be replicated.
"Anyway, let's try it. I'll hypnotise Woolf tonight."
"Only hypnotising one?"
"That's right, only hypnotising one, because Momo wasn't able to wake up once she fell asleep, so I can't let everyone enter this kind of sleeping state." Bai Yi nodded.
Chapter 96: Tai Ji Fist
Of course, when Bai Yi said that Momo couldn't wake up, he didn't mean it literally. He just meant that she slept like a log. It was definitely no big deal in the research facility, but in a city like this it could be extremely dangerous if they slept with no awareness of their surroundings. Although they had guessed that everything was related to sleep, they did not put all their hopes on this either and started studying the Tai Ji Fist.
The Tai Ji Fist was recorded as a video. At the start, it was a rosy-faced old man practicing the Tai Ji Fist, and after he finished the set of movements, the grass underneath his feet actually formed a vague Tai Ji shape. (TN: )
The first video was the Tai Ji Fist used by this old man. There was a total of 36 movements in his version. This wasn't the commonly seen simplified 24 forms or the revised 42 movements, and nobody knew where his Tai Ji Fist came from. Although they did now know its origin, it was definitely different from what people commonly see. Behind this research was the more than two hundred countries of the entire world so their combined power and ability would be absolutely astounding. They felt quite shocked watching this video, as they could tell that the old man had not fused with any activated cells. So there were special people like this even among the normal people in the world before.
As for the few sections behind, it was the process of the experimental subject practicing the Tai Ji Fist inside the research facility.
There was only a total of 10 videos in this Tai Ji Fist series. Apparently, they were all specially chosen and there was more than a month gap between each video. Every month, they could see that the body of the experimental subject had changed a lot inside the research facility. At the start, they could still roughly see the sequence of movements in the Tai Ji Fist, but toward the end, they couldn't understand it at all. It was hard to describe this, but it was just looking at him slowly moving into certain postures. It was very slow but seemed to be very meaningful.
"Although I can't understand it, from the looks of it he is very strong," Mavis said at the end.
"Yeah, I wonder if he is out yet." Bai Yi nodded and carved the old man's final calm but sharp eyes inside his heart. He was apparently not a normal person, being able to calm down his heart and practice the Tai Ji Fist. He could practice his Tai Ji Fist as if there was nobody around in an environment like the research facility; he was definitely somebody worth taking seriously no matter what.
"Anyway, let's learn the sequence of movements, starting from the first posture," Bai Yi said and the few of them came to the courtyard.
The main people were Woolf, Warner, and Sharpei; it wasn't as critical for the rest of them yet. Moreover, three of them got heavily injured to stop Woolf and Sharpei earlier. For example, the bite wound almost tore off Bai Yi's entire left shoulder. If it was before, Bai Yi would have probably already been dead. The three of them came to the courtyard and started learning the Tai Ji Fist.
"Then, let's give it a go. You guys saw it just now too." Bai Yi turned the tablet screen to face the three of them and played the video again.
"Ok then." Woolf nodded and followed the first posture as seen in the video, which was the standing posture.
Even though Woolf had just taken the standing posture and hadn't even started to move, the rest of their brows couldn't help but twitch. It wasn't from pain but from trying to suppress their laughter. Woolf now looked just like a bipedal fat dragon, his tummy sticking out while looking shy and bashful. Just by standing there, they could see his tummy shake and ripple. Perhaps, Woolf's body had gradually changed over time, so he had gotten used to his body by now and had not realized it.
Second Movement: Right Sparrow Tail!
Third Movement: Left Single Whip!
……
When Woolf started moving, Heloise immediately couldn't hold it in anymore and burst out laughing. This was really too funny, a dumb and fat looking dragon stretching his arms and legs to make those poses. It made people laugh no matter how you looked at it. Really, Woolf's actions and the Tai Ji Fist had no similarities at all, even Bai Yi couldn't take it anymore and turned around. He didn't laugh, really, he really didn't laugh out loud.
Even if it was Woolf, he knew that the few of them were laughing at him.
"What are you guys laughing about!" Woolf suddenly stopped.
"Because it's funny! Woolf, you didn't see it for yourself, but your poses while going through the Tai Ji Fist is really too damn funny! Too bad there isn't a camera here, or else we can record your movements and show it to you. You will know just how funny it is then," Heloise said while laughing again.
"You're lying! I think I'm doing quite well!" Woolf didn't believe her.
"If you don't believe it then you can stop first, and look at Warner's Tai Ji Fist," Heloise said.
"Ok, Warner you do it, let me see." Woolf patted Warner's shoulder.
After hearing their decisions, Warner couldn't help but nod; he didn't seem timid either. At the start when following Bai Yi's team, Warner was actually quite uneasy and didn't say much in the team either. However, after going through so much, Warner had finally and truly merged into this team. The rest of them no longer treated him like a kid anymore either. They truly treated him like a member of the team.
"Older brother Warner, good luck!" Momo shouted by the side.
"En." Warner nodded to Momo. In the team, only Momo was younger than him, so he spoke the most to her.
After Warner took a deep breath, he started to go through the movements of the Tai Ji Fist as well. Of course, with Warner's round body now in addition to him just learning this for the first time, his standard really wasn't too good. Sure enough, after watching him, Woolf's eyes immediately bulged and opened wide, laughing loudly at him.
"HAHAHA! Warner, is that Tai Ji Fist? It looks just like a fat pig shaking its ass and stretching its legs!" Woolf pointed at Warner and laughed loudly.
Warner immediately stopped, he knew of course that Woolf didn't have any ill intentions and was just making fun of him. However, even if he knew that he couldn't help but blush and feel embarrassed. No matter what a kid's skin wasn't that thick.
"What are you laughing about, your Tai Ji Fist is even uglier than his!" Heloise hit Woolf.
"It can't be! No matter what I should still be better than Warner."
"Sharpei, you try it as well," Momo whispered beside Sharpei's ears. After hearing her, Sharpei's huge body couldn't help but tremble. Really, me too? There were so few similarities between its body and a human at all, how exactly was it supposed to practice this Tai Ji Fist? However, since it was Momo that asked, Sharpei wouldn't reject it either, although it was quite clueless as to how to go about fulfilling this request.
Sharpei moved to the middle of the courtyard, its four limbs standing on the ground and it slowly raised its left front paw.
Everyone stared at Sharpei's movements, including Woolf and Warner who had tried it just now. Everyone only saw Sharpei's left paw slowly but heavily step on the floor, but in that instant, Sharpei's body seemed to have moved forward a certain distance. It didn't seem fast, but a soft boom instantly came from the air when it moved. After that, Sharpei continued moving, the seemingly simple movements and swayings brought about tremors in the air around him.
Everyone could see that the Tai Ji Fist Sharpei learned wasn't the first few videos in the series, but the latter parts. That was the set of movements that a middle-aged man who had already changed into a monster used with all four limbs on the floor.
Woolf and Warner couldn't even close their mouths now, just what did Bai Yi's family eat while growing up? Even the dog was so monstrous.
"Sharpei, Sharpei, you're awesome! Please teach me!" Woolf said to Sharpei.
Everyone couldn't help but instantly lose their mood from Woolf's actions. Woolf, can you have some dignity and lower limits? However, Sharpei's movements did give everyone a great shock. Only Bai Yi looked at Sharpei with deep thoughts in his eyes. The rest of them saw Bai Yi's actions and stopped fooling around, seriously looking at Bai Yi. Even Sharpei looked at Bai Yi as well, waiting for his comments.
"Very good! Sharpei is really smart." Bai Yi patted Sharpei's head and revealed a smile.
Everyone immediately released their breath after hearing Bai Yi's words. Tsk, there wasn't anything at all and he still made himself look like he was in deep thought, we still thought that Sharpei did something wrong. However, what the rest didn't know was that Bai Yi really did have some thoughts, just that it wasn't convenient to talk about it. Sharpei's movements were obviously leaning toward a fighting style, just like the experimental subject in the last few videos. It wasn't really an exercise anymore like the initial Tai Ji Fist.
However, Bai Yi didn't know whether his thoughts were true or not, and he couldn't be bothered to talk about it as well. What if the Tai Ji Fist that leaned toward a fighting style could better bring about the cultivation of the soul? If he spoke up now, wouldn't it obstruct their learning and development?
After laughing about it, the rest of them tried out the Tai Ji Fist as well. In truth, when they first started learning this, all of their movements were quite crude. Even for Bai Yi and Momo who had retained their human shape, they still felt that something was missing even though they mimicked the movements very well.
If they were really to try and put their finger on it, it was…meaning!
Tai Ji Fist wasn't just a simple movement of the body, there were still the culture, spirit, and aura represented in it. All in all, Bai Yi and Momo now only had the form, but not the essence. However, no matter what, they were still much better than Woolf and the few other idiots. Toward the end, Woolf and Warner seemed to be fooling around more than actually learning the Tai Ji Fist.
Bai Yi saw Woolf fooling around over there but didn't stop him because he made everyone laugh so hard. In New Zealand now, it really wasn't often that they could laugh like this.
Of course, it's fine for today but starting from tomorrow everyone had to seriously learn the Tai Ji Fist.
Suddenly, Heloise who was still laughing loudly turned her head. Very quickly, the rest of them detected it as well, there was a sound coming from that direction. Very quickly, they saw an unmarked assault helicopter flying over from that direction. This assault helicopter apparently saw Bai Yi's group when they passed by, and hovered around them for a while, seemingly very curious about them. After a while, this helicopter flew away again, disappearing into the distance.
Bai Yi looked at the direction where the helicopter had come from. It was the west, did they come from Australia?
The people in the helicopter were apparently normal humans, what were they doing in New Zealand?
