Rewriting My Fate in the Apocalypse-Chapter 63: Toughening the Body

So, she didn’t stop, she kept pouring water into the bathtub until it held about ten liters before stopping. She was gasping for breath as she lowered herself and held onto the sides of the tub.

She could have stopped at about nine liters when she felt that she was running out of spiritual power and couldn’t produce more water, but she forced herself to continue until she couldn’t even create another drop of water.

She was almost collapsing with a pale face and shaking hands. She felt as if her vitality had been drained and her body was an empty shell. This was a feeling nobody wanted to experience.

However, when she remembered how in the original book, both Lu Zhen and Leng Pan died tragically from being devoured by zombies because they didn’t have enough strength to resist, she gritted her teeth and sat down on the bathroom floor without a care.

Taking out a bottle of spring water, she drank half of it and sat down to regulate her breathing as if practicing meditation. She didn’t want to experience despair watching a loved one die without the ability to help or even worse, getting torn to pieces and feasted on by zombies.

Therefore, she had to ignore the fatigue now and practice hard. Once danger spreads and they have to fight, whether zombies or humans, they would not have the luxury of saying they were tired in the middle of a fight. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Thus, she had to work harder to improve her spiritual power in her body so that she could have an endless stream of water for when needed.

She still hadn’t started practicing the use of water as a weapon. But she needed enough water and control to do that. Therefore, first she had to increase the amount of water she could produce. From the description in the original book, Leng Pan could improve her strength and spiritual power by absorbing crystal cores from zombies and stabilize it and get used to fighting with water through real battles.

However, now that she had found a way to improve her spiritual power by absorbing water directly, she had to use it before gaining access to crystal cores.

Even though the process was a bit painful, she would endure it.

As such, after a short rest and restoring some spiritual energy, Leng Pan filled the bathtub with water like yesterday and took off her clothes.

She sat in the bathtub and started regulating her breath to absorb the water. She was more proficient than the previous day and could absorb faster. Moreover, she didn’t know if it was an illusion but it seemed that the pain had lessened. While the pores on her body stretched and opened to take in water, it didn’t feel as painful as the first time.

Realizing that it wasn’t an illusion, but reality, she decided to spend the day absorbing water and see how much she could take.

While thinking this, she thought that if she absorbed some spiritual spring water, would her superpower be different?

Thus, a bottle of spiritual spring water was poured into the bathtub. She didn’t know the effect so she didn’t put too much, but this amount was enough to boost the energy of many people if diluted into drinking water.

While she continued to absorb the water in the bathtub, she also made a decision to spike the drinking water in the water dispenser in the other apartment where the rest of the family stayed.

She speculated that drinking it daily might have the effect of strengthening the body. For people like her mother-in-law and aunt who hadn’t awakened any superpower, building a strong body would be advantageous.

Even though she and Lu Zhen were strong and could protect these people from danger, it is always good to be able to fight for oneself. If an unexpected situation occurred where they were held up, they could at least use their strength to stall for time and wait for them.

Thus, she thought that it was also important that her mother-in-law, uncle, and aunt start training their bodies too. Coupled with the spiritual spring water, they could improve significantly.

This time it took her two hours to absorb the bathtub of water. She thought of filling it again but thought that draining her strength completely and absorbing water might yield better results.

So, she started pouring water into the bathtub from her palms. This time, both palms were at work and the job was faster than before. Fifteen minutes later, the bathtub was half full. It held more than forty liters of water.

It looked like her speculations were correct. This time she did as before and completely drained herself until she collapsed gasping for breath and in pain.

Every inch of her body hurt, but she was happy and if she had any strength left, she would have laughed out loud.

She took the bottle of spiritual spring water she had set aside in the beginning and drank the rest of the water. Regulating her breath, she could feel the water turning into streams of energy and replenishing her body.

It was a feeling of coming back to life. As if she had walked in the desert for days under the scorching sun and the burning sand below and finally found an oasis to cool down and drink.

Once her strength was restored, she went ahead and filled the bathtub again and added another one-liter bottle of spiritual spring water.

Sitting in the bathtub again, the process of absorbing water began. Just like before, pores opened and water was absorbed through them.

As if to confirm her earlier speculations, the pain this time was almost negligible and felt like a slight tingle. Moreover, the absorption was much smoother and faster than before. She could also feel her skin tightening and toughening.

Only now did she realize why she had been in such pain at the beginning. It turned out that the process of absorbing the water was also tempering her body. Her skin was now firmer and tougher than before. Even though it still looked as delicate as ever, it wouldn’t break so easily anymore.