Chapter 112: Lazy Time

A trip to the Trialist World solved many problems for Xiao Fen.

How to invest Gold Points without wasting them, the direction for new ability development, and new skills. From this perspective, Xiao Fen’s harvest was quite rich.

Returning to his room, Xiao Fen checked his Warehouse again; he hadn’t completely made up his mind on what ability to choose next.

Before Fisna’s Knight was sold and the Poison Crafting scrolls were in hand, Xiao Fen hadn’t made the final decision.

The only problem now was that there was still no news about the next trial mission. No one told him how long he could stay in this hotel, and no one told him when the next trial mission would start.

Even Aizawa Reika didn’t say much about this, only saying that the World Tree would issue new tasks to different Trialists according to time. If the World Tree needed Xiao Fen to participate, it would show up on Xiao Fen’s Light Screen, and then Xiao Fen would know.

As for those optional missions, only Trialists above Level 3 had the right to control them themselves. For now, it was better for Xiao Fen to obediently wait for the World Tree to issue missions.

As for various enjoyments in the Real World, Aizawa Reika joked, “Feel free to enjoy them.”

Her meaning was that a Trialist’s consumption in the Real World was nothing to the Council of Elders. If it weren’t to prevent Trialists from losing their motivation, it wouldn’t be difficult for the Council of Elders to give Trialists large sums of cash.

Even so, Xiao Fen was still a little uneasy.

However, excessive consideration was meaningless, so he began to plan his next steps.

First, physical exercise.

The Light Screen had shown that exercising in the Real World could also improve various body Attributes.

These Attribute increases might be small, but frankly speaking, in the Trial World, even 1 extra point in an Attribute could produce different changes.

Strength, Stamina, Spirit, body control ability; these could all be trained. In the presidential suite on the top floor, there were specialized exercise machines. If Xiao Fen needed them, coaches would not be lacking either.

At the same time, the books in the underground library were also fully open to Xiao Fen. For Xiao Fen, who was practically a rookie, this was necessary learning and supplementation.

After exiting his room to the Real World, Xiao Fen spent several hours reading the books in the library. This time, he didn’t need to use speed memorization; he had plenty of time to thoroughly understand the content he saw.

After that, he took the elevator to the top floor and had a second conversation with Li Chengfeng regarding the address of the new School, and so on, as well as the arrangements for the next steps.

From Li Chengfeng, Xiao Fen received a piece of news: before officially entering the new School, he might not receive any new trial missions.

Although the Trial World was cruel, the World Tree was not ruthless. Excessive deaths of Trialists were also a significant loss for the World Tree.

Therefore, while setting harsh conditions to make Trialists stronger, the World Tree also hoped that Trialists would master more survival skills on their own, so that the probability of survival would be higher.

Hearing this news, Xiao Fen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a bit unaccustomed.

The intense stimulation of the Trial World constantly lingered in his mind. Frankly speaking, once he adapted to that environment, the laziness and calmness of the Real World actually made Xiao Fen a bit unable to adapt.

The conversation between Li Chengfeng and Xiao Fen didn’t last long, and soon a fitness coach arrived at the top floor.

This coach, who was also concise in speech, did not show any surprise at Xiao Fen’s youth. His eyes remained clear as he seriously listened to Xiao Fen’s thoughts and proposed a corresponding exercise plan.

The first day passed quickly like this. In the following days, Xiao Fen maintained this rhythm, leaving home in the morning to study in the hotel basement, and receiving physical training at noon and in the afternoon.

The results of the muscle training were very significant. After 4 days, Xiao Fen’s chest muscles were slightly formed, and his six-pack abs were also taking shape. As for the muscle groups in other parts of his body, they also received full training. According to the coach, Xiao Fen’s physical foundation was very solid, but because he was young, he had never undergone strength training. What he really needed now was not to make Xiao Fen’s muscles grow, but to guide out the strength accumulated in Xiao Fen’s body. Because of this, Xiao Fen’s strength would have an eruptive process in a very short time. If such exercise persisted for about a year, his strength would be completely consolidated.

Xiao Fen could roughly understand that the genetic changes in his body had changed his Strength Attribute, but these Strength Attributes still had a margin. Conducting strength training in the Real World could fully release that margin, which in turn would cause changes in his internal Attributes.

In other words, when the time came a year later for the consolidation of existing strength as the coach said, it would mean that his Level 2 strength potential had been fully tapped. After that, he would not continue to exercise in the Real World, but would consider new upgrades, undergoing a new round of genetic changes on the existing foundation and obtaining more margin.

This point was proven when he entered his room and observed his Attributes.

Through 5 days of strength training, his Strength and Stamina Attributes each increased by 1. This data wasn’t large, and the speed of such growth would become slower and slower until it stopped, but at least it let Xiao Fen know that his judgment was correct.

The four Attributes could also be increased in the Real World. Moreover, it was best to let one’s body Attributes increase fully before upgrading. That way, Attributes could be raised on a higher foundation, which was more cost-effective than simply upgrading.

“1 year.”

Xiao Fen said to himself in a low voice as he came down from the elevator, “Persist for 1 year, don’t rush to upgrade. Save enough Skill Points and Gene Points, and wait until all Attributes have no room for growth before upgrading.”

The polished metal surface in the elevator reflected his face, which was beginning to look more determined. The youthfulness of a boy, the passion of a young man, and the steadiness of a middle-aged man were incredibly blended on his face, emitting a special kind of Charisma.

Using the metal surface, Xiao Fen glanced at his bulging muscle groups and felt somewhat excited. After all, he had been called a skinny boy for many years, and now he finally started to look like a real man.

After jumping twice in the elevator, just as Xiao Fen was about to make a boxing motion, the phone in his suit pocket suddenly rang.