Chapter 007: The Magical Television
"Mom, you hurt me..." Ye Yun's timid voice sounded in Yang Lan's embrace. Being held so tightly by Yang Lan made even the simplest breath difficult.
Yang Lan slightly loosened her hold, leaned down, and kissed Ye Yun's small face. She asked, "Baby, do you know what happened?"
Ye Yun thought to himself that he must not let anyone know about his situation, including his parents in this life. They probably didn't even know what had happened. As long as he feigned ignorance, they wouldn't suspect that it was him, a two-year-old, involved.
Ye Yun shook his head and asked in confusion, "Mom, did something happen? I was very good, I've been sleeping all along."
Yang Lan felt a pang in her heart. This made her even more certain that this incident was deliberate. Someone must have tried to take the baby while he was asleep, and perhaps something unknown happened in the underground parking lot. But since the baby was safe, there was no need to worry unnecessarily. Thinking too much would only be bad for everyone.
Yang Lan gently stroked Ye Yun's small head with her delicate hand and spoke softly, "It's nothing, baby. Do you feel any discomfort anywhere? If anything hurts, you must tell Mommy."
Discomfort? Ye Yun instinctively focused inward, and the changes in his body thrilled him. The vital energy in his body had completely disappeared, replaced by much purer spiritual energy. Moreover, his physical strength had significantly increased—this was easy to feel. Especially his strength, he was confident that the power his body could now exert would be greater than that of an ordinary magical beast.
Was it all because of that magic core? He recalled the magic core he had absorbed earlier. Just absorbing one had raised his strength from a one-star Heavenly Spirit to a five-star level. This magic core was incredibly powerful. If there were more like this, wouldn't his strength increase even faster?
Haha, Ye Yun thought excitedly. He clearly remembered that he had held the magic core in his hand before he fainted. If he could get Mommy to help him find the magic core, wouldn't it be much easier?
Ye Yun didn't answer Yang Lan. He broke free from her embrace and began searching around for the remains of the magic core.Yang Lan looked at the baby crawling around the bed in confusion, glancing around from time to time, and asked, "Baby, what are you looking for?"
Ye Yun, seeing that his plan was working, put on a distressed expression and said, "Something is gone, a shiny stone..."
Yang Lan furrowed her brows. A shiny stone? What is that? She didn't remember giving the baby such a toy. Trying to think of what Ye Yun was referring to, her eyes lit up as she said to Ye Yun, "Baby, could it be a diamond? That would be the shiny stone."
Diamond? Is the magic core called a diamond in this world? Without thinking much, Ye Yun nodded and said, "Yes, a diamond. I want a diamond."
Yang Lan's gaze at Ye Yun unintentionally changed. She felt a little disappointed. Because her son actually liked diamonds, it meant that when he grew up, he would inevitably be like Ye Li, involved in business. She didn't want the baby to turn out like Ye Li; she just wanted him to grow up healthy and focus on studying.
Ye Yun was stunned. He noticed Yang Lan's expression had changed. Could it be that he was discovered? If he really was found out, then he might... be killed? This world probably wouldn't allow someone like him to exist, oh no...
While Ye Yun was lost in thought, Yang Lan calmly said, "Baby, diamonds aren't fun at all, and they aren't toys either. If you want toys, mommy will give you much more fun toys."
Ye Yun breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he hadn't been discovered. He shook his head desperately and said urgently, "No, mommy, I want to play with diamonds. I really want to play with them." He didn't want to miss this great opportunity to strengthen his abilities.
Yang Lan closed her eyes and hardened her heart. For the baby's future life, mommy cannot agree! She opened her eyes, her gaze firm and determined: "Baby, listen to mommy. Diamonds aren't for children. How about mommy gives you a TV another day?"
Ye Yun realized it was hopeless and felt a little dejected. Pouting, he whispered, "What's a TV?"
Yang Lan smiled and patted Ye Yun's head, explaining: "With a TV, you can see many, many interesting things. Having a TV is like having the world. You could say it allows you to know everything that happens in the world."Because the TV emits radiation, you can't watch it for too long now. Promise Mom that once you have the TV tomorrow, you won't…"
"Mom, mom, I know, I know! I want the TV, not the diamonds anymore." Before Yang Lan could finish speaking, Ye Yun interrupted. Master the world?! Just hearing that made his blood boil with excitement. He had been worried about not knowing enough about the outside world, but with such a magical device, combined with his own abilities, who could he be afraid of?
Yang Lan's smile grew even brighter: "Alright, as long as the baby listens, Mom will give it to you now."
Ye Yun's eyes sparkled with excitement. Just from this sentence, he had already thanked Yang Lan millions of times in his heart. He couldn't wait and urged his mother to get the TV, obediently lying on the bed, waiting for Yang Lan to return.
A silly smile was always on his face, and Ye Yun's heart felt delightful. Although he couldn't quickly increase his strength, learning about the world was surely better than just improving his power, right? As the saying goes, 'Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.' By understanding the world, he could find the best way to deal with opponents. No matter how strong the opponents were, what did it matter? No matter how powerful, without understanding the enemy, defeat was more likely.
Soon, a flat-screen TV was installed in Ye Yun's room, and it happened very quickly, as if it had been prepared in advance. Looking at the big TV, Ye Yun was a little excited.
Before Ye Yun could speak, Yang Lan turned on the TV and sat next to him with the remote in hand.
The humans suddenly appearing on the TV left Ye Yun stunned. They were appearing without using magic? In his previous life, one would at least need peak-level strength to do that! Judging from the clarity of the characters on the TV, it was far more visually pleasing than using magic to form images.
Yang Lan laughed, looking at Ye Yun who was staring at the TV with wide eyes: "How's the TV? It's much more fun than diamonds, right?"
Ye Yun grinned, showing his small white teeth, and said, "Really fun." As he answered Yang Lan, his eyes remained fixed on the TV—too realistic; they were clearly real humans. He asked, "Mom, are the people on TV fake?""Of course it's fake…" Yang Lan didn't know how to explain it to Ye Yun. Even if she could explain, the baby wouldn't understand. "Baby, pressing this button changes the program. Remember, you need to aim the little bead at the front of the remote at the red spot under the TV, and then the screen will change, showing something else. You can see for yourself."
Ye Yun took the remote, but his little hand couldn't hold the remote, which was far bigger than his hand, so he simply placed it on the bed and changed the channel.
The channel was broadcasting war news. The booming sounds and gunfire from the TV suddenly echoed in the room. Ye Yun was stunned. Those were guns, that's right! He recognized the gun that had just flashed on the screen—it was an AK-47!
In his previous life, he had received many firearms from the solitary senior, starting with the Desert Eagle, then assault rifles, shotguns, AK-47, M4A1, sniper rifles, heavy sniper rifles, grenades, and mortars. He had handled them all and had mastered their use. He was extremely familiar with loading bullets, pulling the trigger, and headshots.
All these skills were taught to him by the solitary senior, who truly was a master. Every weapon the senior invented was like a divine artifact, each supremely powerful.
His little hand instinctively curled slightly, mimicking pulling the trigger, as if the heavy sniper rifle had returned to his hand.
Ye Yun's gaze at the TV gradually became dazed, completely immersed in memories of his past life. Yang Lan watched her precious son and smiled knowingly. She gently closed the door to leave Ye Yun his personal space.
Soon, Ye Yun exited the meditation state as that small news segment ended. The next thing on TV he couldn't understand, so he switched the channel again, and he was utterly shocked.
The dazzling skills, the flowing patterns—it was all so familiar. Wasn't this his world? His body trembled slightly—he hadn't expected that this world also had people like him. He no longer felt lonely.
"Hmm, this combat technique is good, I'll try it," Ye Yun said. He always made an effort to learn from others' strengths, including learning everything he could. Because of his eagerness to learn, in his previous life he had acquired countless attack and support skills from others.
With a "puff," true energy dissipated in his palm. Ye Yun sighed, "This combat technique is very profound. With my current strength, I can't do it yet, what a pity. Huh?"This one isn't bad either...... Ye Yun spent the whole day immersed in cultivation. With the TV as a teacher, he could learn more strange combat techniques he'd never seen before. But he usually couldn't learn those strange skills, because they simply didn't exist. To be precise, those skills went against the normal flow of spiritual energy and couldn't be cast according to specific meridians. But there was one trick Ye Yun really liked and easy to learn. He grabbed the target in his palm, and the spiritual energy would quickly burst out through the meridians, causing three times the damage to the enemy. Since there was no physical object to practice, Ye Yun wasn't sure if the skill was actually useful. Ye Yun focused on this kind of program all day to gain experience in using skills. He didn't really understand the rest, so he simply skipped watching. In the afternoon, Ziling arrived on time, which surprised Ye Yun. Because from what others knew, Ye Yun was targeted by assassins, yet Aunt Zhou still felt comfortable letting Ziling come over to play alone. Wasn't she afraid of dragging Ziling into this? "Brother Ye, are you alright?" Zi Ling, sitting in the wheelchair, had a face full of worry. "Mom said you were taken away by bad people, right?" " Ye Yun's mouth twitched slightly. If I got taken away by bad people, would I still be here? Isn't that just a pointless question? But he still patiently explained, "No, my brother went out to play by himself, and then others thought he was taken away by bad people." Besides, with my strength, who else could possibly take me away? Since he said that, Ye Yun didn't expect this girl to understand, but Zi Ling replied seriously, "Yeah, Ye-gege is the best. Even bad people are afraid of you, so far away they don't dare come." Ye Yun was speechless. What kind of words were being said? Why did he sound like he was a villain deceiving a girl...... Better not to say anything, he simply sat cross-legged in front of Zi Ling, resting his right hand on the nice-feeling middle of his thigh. A surge of spiritual energy, purer and softer than true qi, flowed into Zi Ling's meridians. It was a good chance to test the effects of this newly born true qi. Ideally, it wouldn't be even worse than the original true qi, or it would be a loss for him. What pleased him was that this spiritual energy was not only stronger than true qi, but also controlled with greater ease, making it perfect for casting skills.As soon as he launched the first wave of impact against the invisible blockages in the meridians, Ziling began to tremble all over.
"What's wrong?" Ye Yun asked, stopping the flow of spiritual energy.
Ziling's face was pale, and her reddened eyes looked at Ye Yun with an expression of pain. She whispered, "It hurts so much..."
Hurts so much? Ye Yun suddenly realized that it must be because his spiritual energy was too pure and overpowering. She had been able to handle the impact of true energy before, but now that he was using spiritual energy, which was more than twice as strong as true energy, it was definitely overwhelming.
Helpless, he could only first use spiritual energy to gently nurture Ziling's fragile meridians, waiting until they could withstand the impact of spiritual energy before proceeding.
In the afternoon biology class, the teacher said, "If plants lack the element boron, they will bloom but not bear fruit." Student A asked, "What happens if humans lack boron?" Student B calmly replied, "They would only get pregnant but not give birth to children..."
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