13 Lying down is reassuring

"Madman?" Zhou Bai touched his chin, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

After a moment, Christina asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Zhou Bai shook his head, "What about this divine diagram? Can it be added?"

Christina said, "Theoretically, the divine diagram can only be cultivated when the power of the Primordial Spirit reaches a certain level. You shouldn't be able to do it now."

"In any case, first increase your Primordial Spirit power until you can't add anymore. This is called solidifying your foundation, making future cultivation twice as effective with half the effort."

Zhou Bai tried, indeed he couldn't add more, so he didn't think much of it. After resting for half an hour, he added 5 points to his Primordial Spirit power.

Instantly feeling slightly dizzy, he decided not to add more for the time being and planned to take it easy for the morning.

"By the way, I forgot to ask you yesterday, how did that gemstone get on you? What's its purpose exactly?" Zhou Bai looked at the white cat in his mind, which now had a gemstone hanging around its neck.

It was the gemstone Zhou Bai had stolen at the last minute from the laboratory yesterday.

Christina started yowling, "After you fell asleep yesterday, the gemstone came to me by itself. It was originally my gemstone. This gem is much better than your broken system. It is the standard of time and mass, the balance of the universe, the entanglement of cause and effect. Its significance far surpasses the sum of anything you've ever seen. It can't even be described just by its significance..."

"You sure can brag," Zhou Bai pouted, "Aren't you amnesiac? How can you still brag like this?"

"Hmph, when I got the gemstone back, I remembered these." Christina speculated, "My memory should recover as long as I come into contact with familiar things."

Zhou Bai, "So what exactly is the use of this gemstone?"

Christina, "I don't know... but it's definitely very important, extremely important."

Early in the morning, Zhou Bai headed to the classroom with Elsa. Halfway there, they saw Alice looking nervous.

They exchanged glances and nodded slightly. Yesterday's actions and moments of witnessing the outside world together had made Alice trust Zhou Bai more.

Elsa asked, "What's wrong, Zhou Bai? Why aren't we moving?"

Alice walked up to Elsa and patted her head, "Good girl, Elsa." She took out a cookie, "Sit."

Elsa obediently sat down.

Alice placed the cookie on Elsa's head, "Elsa, stay put here. If the cookie is still on your head when Zhou Bai and I come back, you can have it."

Zhou Bai, "..."

Elsa nodded with a face full of struggle, "Mm~~"

Alice pulled Zhou Bai a few steps away, "Zhou Bai, Ban Du, he..."

Zhou Bai interrupted Alice, "I know. Let's not talk about this for now. If you trust me, let's wait a few days, and I will figure something out then."

Although they had left the base and gone to the outside world yesterday, and everything seemed to match what Dr. Zhuang had said,

There were still many suspicious points.

And the most suspicious was the two Ban Dus.

One in the underground lab, one above-ground, attending classes and living life.

Whether due to oversight or other reasons, Dr. Zhuang hadn't explained the two Ban Dus to Alice and Zhou Bai yesterday.

Not even mentioning the cat and gemstone, as if he had something more important to attend to.

But Zhou Bai was happy with this and didn't plan to meddle any further, as his previous trip to the lab on the fifth underground floor had allowed him to truly use the auxiliary system. Given some time, he could grow stronger very quickly.

With enough power to surpass Dr. Zhuang, he could solve all the mysteries in the base one by one. Until then, Zhou Bai didn't plan to trigger Dr. Zhuang's nerves.

After a few comforting words to Alice, the two returned to Elsa, only to find the cookie on her head had disappeared.

Elsa said in a panic, "I didn't eat it! I only looked up, and the cookie fell to the ground then disappeared!"

Then the three of them went to class together. Zhou Bai alternated between resting and adding points, and by the time he attended the demonic creatures course in the afternoon, he had finally increased his Primordial Spirit power to 30 points.

Dao Transformation rate: 0%

Primordial Spirit points: 30

Divine diagram: Heaven and Man Nine Disasters

Laziness points: 0

"I feel much stronger than before." Zhou Bai thought, 'But in this apocalyptic environment with the so-called demonic creatures, I need to get even stronger.'

Zhou Bai thought, 'The auxiliary system only mentioned lying down as a method. There must be other ways to increase laziness points, right?'

As Zhou Bai was thinking this, with the increase in his Primordial Spirit power, he seemed to hear faint, indistinct whispering.

He was slightly taken aback, and the whispering vanished.

Zhou Bai looked around at the demonic creatures statues, feeling they seemed more lifelike.

Seeing these statues for the first time, Christina also frowned, her voice sounding in Zhou Bai's ear, "Don't look at those statues. There seems to be something wrong with them."

Zhou Bai, "What's wrong?"

Christina, "I can't remember, but in any case don't look. Your Primordial Spirit value increased suddenly, making it sensitive. Don't look at random things."

So during the rest of the demonic creatures course, Zhou Bai avoided looking at the demonic creatures statues and the whispering did not reappear.

Before the course ended, Dr. Zhuang on the podium said, "After organizing the supplies last time, I checked, and our food consumption is too rapid. From now on, everyone's nutrient paste and compressed biscuits will have reduced supplies..."

Hearing Dr. Zhuang's announcement, the children below showed disappointment.

Elsa's eyes widened, and a misty layer seemed to form in her eyes, as if lightning had struck her, leaving her completely stunned.

Dr. Zhuang sighed, "As everyone knows, the supplies in the base are limited. Though I often go out to find new food sources, the threat of demonic creatures outside makes the food supply unstable.

To keep the base running longer, we must reduce our food intake. I will halve my own food, and everyone's portion will also be reduced by a quarter."

Seeing the children's worried expressions, Dr. Zhuang comforted, "Don't be afraid, everything will be fine once I find a new food source."

Hearing Dr. Zhuang's words, Zhou Bai secretly sighed.

Christina said, "You can't go on like this. You need to find a way to increase your prowess. I think high-level Primordial Spirit power should be able to resist the so-called apocalypse environment, avoiding contamination by the polluted spiritual energy. Otherwise, staying here all the time is a dead end."

Zhou Bai thought, 'Humans in such circumstances… life is indeed very difficult…'

Zhou Bai sighed. Everything continued as usual, and he originally thought Dr. Zhuang would discuss the Primordial Spirit power, cat, and gemstone with him, but instead, Dr. Zhuang hurried away as soon as class ended.

That night, Zhou Bai eagerly lay back in bed. Although in an apocalypse, watching the laziness points increase bit by bit on the auxiliary system made him feel at ease.