At night, just like before, Lu Li, who had exhausted his energy, returned to the super base to sleep with Liu Kexin, who was immersed in ’cultivation’ every day.

As soon as they lay down, Liu Kexin, seemingly already engrossed in ’cultivation’, excitedly said, "Honey, I’ve cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Stage in the ’Cyberspace’ game ’My Cultivation World’. Doesn’t your wife have some serious skills?" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Lu Li held her and laughed, "Of course, my wife is the best!"

Saying this, he seemed to have thought of something, "Hey, what did you set the time dilation in ’Cyberspace’ to? How did you reach Foundation Establishment Stage in just a few days?"

According to his understanding of ’Cyberspace’, besides the normal passage of time, the time dilation can be adjusted from one to a hundred times.

At most a hundred times, otherwise the human neurons can’t keep up with the speed, and it’s impossible to experience ’reality’.

Of course, this refers to normal people. With Lu Li’s physical strength, he could adjust ’Cyberspace’s’ time dilation by several multiples without a problem, and still retain a sense of reality.

Liu Kexin blinked and said, "A hundred times, so I cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Stage in over five hundred days in there. Isn’t my talent amazing?"

Lu Li was quite surprised, "I remember the setting in ’My Cultivation World’ is that with average talent, it takes over five hundred days to reach the third level of the Qi Refining Stage. How did you manage to reach Foundation Establishment Stage in such a short time? Did you have Nuwa cheat for you?"

"Oh, don’t expose me!" Liu Kexin rolled her eyes, "Without cheating, I might not even reach the Golden Core Stage before my character’s lifespan ends in ’Cyberspace’."

Hearing this, Lu Li couldn’t help but laugh.

Ordinary people certainly can’t cheat in ’Cyberspace’.

Liu Kexin is different. He had previously given Nuwa instructions to give her the highest control authority, so she could cheat.

After chatting a bit, Lu Li and Liu Kexin were ready to sleep.

Suddenly, he thought of something, "Cyberspace is a virtual ’real’ world. I can’t test my strength in the real world because I’m afraid of causing too much damage and with a gamma-ray burst impending, I need to protect Earth and can’t go to a farther Star Realm to test. So, can I cheat in ’Cyberspace’, make a character equal in strength to myself, and then test it?"

If I can do that, then I can find out just how strong I really am.

To be honest, after my fifth deep evolution, I truly have no idea how strong I am, I’ve always just judged based on the amount of energy stored, perception, and speed of flight.

Relying on these factors to judge may give an idea of how strong one is, but the final result might not be very accurate.

To get a precise answer, either conduct real tests or see if ’Cyberspace’ can accurately portray it.

"Alright, after waking up tomorrow morning, I’ll use ’Cyberspace’ to conduct a simulated test."

Lu Li made a silent resolution and then controlled himself into a deep sleep.

In his mind, having exhausted his energy again today, his mood is fairly good, and when he wakes up in the morning, his strength should have increased significantly.

However, reality once again gave him a harsh slap.

...

There are twenty-seven days left until the gamma-ray burst arrives.

Around five in the morning, Lu Li woke up as usual and checked his growth.

Just after finishing the check, he couldn’t help but frown, "Hmm? This time after waking up from deep sleep, why has my strength only increased by about one percent?"

Although a one percent increase is still much faster than before I put pressure on my body, the gap is too big compared to the twenty percent increase each day earlier!

"This isn’t right. Yesterday I indeed exhausted my energy, gave my body some stress, and kept my mood well, there’s no reason for such slow growth."

Lu Li was a bit puzzled, "What happened this time?"

He lay there, and began inspecting his body through ’internal sight’ again, trying to find an answer.

And indeed, he soon found the answer.

In his ’internal sight’ perspective, he noticed that the hormone secretion of various aspects of his body seemed very slow.

The slowness was akin to reaching adulthood.

The reason was that a certain proportion of his body had turned ’super solid’, making it hard to stimulate hormone secretion even after exhausting energy and maintaining a good mood.

"The super solid state greatly increased my physical strength, and my inner self became stronger too."

Lu Li analyzed to himself, "Therefore, exhausting my energy once doesn’t put much pressure on my body, and keeping a good mood doesn’t stimulate such a strong body, which naturally slows hormone secretion."

To solve this problem, two things need to be done.

First, increase energy consumption, for example, from exhausting energy once a day to three or four times, or even more.

Lu Li now has eight ’Yang Spirit’ clones. Besides ’Yang Spirit Two’ who is fixed on exploring the path of the gamma-ray burst, the other seven can be used to gather energy, so exhausting energy three or four times a day is no problem at all for energy replenishment.

This part is easy to solve.

The second point is more difficult.

Lu Li knows he must make his emotions more intense, only then can he stimulate the secretion of more hormones and accelerate the pace of his evolution.

In the past, stimulating emotions was relatively simple. Just find a pretty girl and have some intimate interactions, and it’s pretty much solved.

For instance, Lu Li previously had intimate relations with Julia Giannini, which stimulated his emotions.

Additionally, falling in love with Liu Kexin, each breakthrough made emotions extremely delightful, affecting hormone secretion speed.

But this method is no longer suitable for his current situation.

To be honest, after Lu Li’s fifth deep evolution, there’s a sense of exaltation, like being a god. How could he possibly have a ’heart-pounding’ feeling with ’humans’ anymore?

With Julia Giannini and Liu Kexin, the reason he can maintain ’feelings’ is entirely due to their close relationship before ’achieving divinity’, an extension of feelings.

Otherwise, if I had only met these two girls now, there would be hardly any interaction, seeing them just like I see all living creatures.

So, trying to use "romance" to stimulate emotions is not very realistic.

Lu Li continued thinking, "There are other ways to stimulate emotions, not just through romance. Previously, I felt deeply angry and satisfied by unleashing my own power after being provoked, which gave me a feeling of exhilaration. That could also intensely stimulate emotions."

Unfortunately, no one can make me extremely angry now, and it’s not appropriate to unleash my own power. After completing my fifth deep evolution, I developed the ability to explode stars. With my strength now doubled, my explosiveness is even more terrifying. If I truly did that, I fear the gamma-ray burst wouldn’t even arrive before the planets in the solar system are destroyed by me.

"I wonder if the simulation of reality in ’Cyberspace’ can stimulate my emotions."

Lu Li decided to try it later.

He thought this possibility existed, but there was also a high chance of being wrong.

Therefore, to strongly stimulate my emotions, I need to take out an "insurance" policy.

For example... making myself feel full of satisfaction and a sense of achievement?

So, how can I make myself feel full of satisfaction and a sense of achievement?

Lu Li blinked, pondering silently, "Doing ordinary things can no longer satisfy me or bring a sense of achievement, but if all the top figures from countries worldwide bowed down to my ’intimidation’?"

Just thinking about it felt exhilarating to him.

Perhaps the thought itself was the reason for the stimulation.

Lu Li sensed that, at the same time, the secretion of hormones in his body seemed to speed up compared to before.

"Hmm, that’s what I’ll do."

Lu Li decided to have the top figures from countries worldwide bow to his "intimidation."

As for how to do it, it couldn’t be simpler.

A few days ago, Gu Wei called, saying that George, the Great Emperor, and others wanted to visit me.

At that time, Lu Li refused, but now he needed these "tools." With just a hint, those people would rush to the base without hesitation.

As for whether they would discover the base’s secrets and secretly investigate, I am not worried at all.

Lu Li was ready to have them bow to his "intimidation." How could they have the courage to investigate the superbase?

If that really happened, it would mean my deterrence power wasn’t strong enough.

Lu Li squinted his eyes slightly. "Of course, if those people really dare to take such a risk, I don’t mind destroying a country to kill a chicken to warn the monkeys and intimidate them!"

Thinking about this, he transformed into a stream of light and passed through the transparent cover of the sleep pod.

...

He arrived in the living room outside.

Lu Li casually sat down on a high-tech smart sofa.

He took out his phone and dialed Gu Wei’s number.

Ring.

Ring ring.

It rang four or five times before connecting.

On the other end came Gu Wei’s sleepy voice, "Mr. Lu, good morning."

Lu Li said, "Morning, did I wake you?"

"No, I was supposed to wake up anyway, not really awakened by your call." Gu Wei made a polite remark and then asked, "You called so early, is there something important?"

Lu Li crossed his legs and said, "There is something."

Gu Wei quickly said, "Go ahead, I’m listening."

Lu Li asked, "Do you remember a few days ago when you called and said some people wanted to visit me?"

Gu Wei said, "I remember, you refused at the time. What, are you willing to see them now?"

Lu Li straightforwardly said, "Yes, have them arrive at the base by 10 PM tonight. If they don’t arrive by 10 PM, then tell them not to come."

Gu Wei said, "Wouldn’t the time be too rushed? Some places are too far from us, and I’m afraid they won’t make it."

Lu Li calmly said, "This is the time to see if they sincerely want to visit me. If they have sincerity, I believe with their capabilities, they can arrive before the time I set. If not, even if I give them more time, they might still be late. Okay, that’s settled. Please convey my words exactly."

"Wait, Mr. Lu, don’t hang up yet."

Gu Wei quickly called out.

Lu Li asked, "Is there anything else?"

Gu Wei helplessly said, "You want these people to go to the superbase. Aren’t you afraid they’ll be envious and send people to investigate, affecting your progress in saving the Earth?"

Lu Li chuckled and said, "If anyone wants to do that, let them try. Tell them, if anyone dares to do so, it’s tantamount to challenging my authority. I will act as I wrote in the ultimatum in Niger, for instance... wiping out the country of the person provoking me!"

With that, he hung up the phone.

Lu Li sat there, eagerly awaiting the arrival of George, the Great Emperor, and others.