Chapter 97: Breakthrough (1/2)

Chapter 97: Breakthrough

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The shuttle-shaped perceptual vortex was continually spinning inside Chen Mu, though it was now twice as big as when it had just taken form.

It was going to be Chen Mu's thirty-third test of the perception in his body. The test procedures were very detailed. To find out the different characteristics exhibited by the vortex at different rotational speeds, he did all the examinations systematically and in extreme detail.

From the results in front of him, he had separated the rotational speed of the vortex inside him into three phases; the slow-speed phase, the middle-speed phase, and the high-speed phase. He had also subdivided each of the phases into five sub-levels.

At that time, he was testing the fifth level of the high-speed phase. At that kind of speed, nearly all the perceptual tendrils had been mobilized, with a count of one hundred thousand being shot from within his body and dispersing into the space all around him. The effect of that was that his six senses had become more acute than they had ever been.

Those perceptual tendrils extended out to four and nine-tenths meters and then stopped. That was as far as he could extend his perception, having never broken five meters. Those formless perceptual tendrils were floating all around his body, like very tiny tentacles one after another, all extremely sensitive, and up to a certain distance, they could capture extremely fine fluctuations in perception.

He was already at the limit of the speed which he could control. Judging from the results of the tests in front of him, the higher the speed of the vortex, the more tendrils would be shot out.

What would happen if he were to continue raising the speed? He was hesitant, since he didn't know if that might cause some bad reaction. If he increased the speed any further, he would exceed the scope of what he could control.

That wasn't his idea of an adventure, so he rushed to gradually slow down the shuttle-shaped perceptual vortex.

The limit to how far the perceptual tendrils extended was at four and nine tenths meters, with no way to extend it further. That was the issue that had always perplexed him, and he had never been able to determine a reason for the length of those tendrils.

The rotational speed of the vortex was tied to the number of perceptual tendrils which were shot out. The faster the speed, the more tendrils shot out. The reverse was also true.

But what influenced the length of the fine perceptual tendrils?

Without him being aware, the speed of the vortex had slowed down, and then it very quickly approached the lowest speed level. This was an autonomous state, with the perceptual vortex spinning at its slowest. It was the rotational speed which would be maintained in its normal state.

Chen Mu was suddenly aware that he had ignored a very important question. He had been raising the speed of the vortex all along, but he had never thought to slow it down.

What kind of change would the shuttle-shaped perceptual vortex undergo if it were slowed? Chen Mu became a little curious.

The perceptual vortex was soon restored to its previous rotational speed, and Chen Mu began to reverse his control of its rotation. It turned out to be feasible, which pleased Chen Mu as its speed gradually slowed.

Chen Mu couldn't be careless as he experienced every little change in the perceptual vortex.

Within a short period of time Chen Mu was left with probably over a hundred perceptual tendrils scattered about all around him as its speed slowed, and the number of tendrils that were emitted rapidly decreased. Chen Mu tried controlling one of them, wanting to find out what sorts of changes would take place.

He very quickly concluded that as the number of perceptual tendrils decreased, his power to control them quickly grew.

He tried making that tendril move forward to a length where previously the perceptual tendril would have already reached its limiting state. The perceptual vortex would then give him a great deal of internal resistance, preventing it from extending any further.

But that time, the tendril moved! It quickly extended out, without Chen Me sensing any of the drag.

Chen Mu was struck dumb.

The rotational speed of the perceptual vortex returned to its original speed after control was relinquished, causing that familiar drag to return, and retracting the perceptual tendril back to four and nine-tenths meters.

When Chen Mu came back to his senses, the elation on his face was hard to conceal. He was certain that that perceptual tendril just then had broken through five meters!

He only calmed down after fully ten minutes. He had to do his utmost to restrain his emotions. He started very cautiously to regulate the speed of the perceptual vortex, and the same situation appeared again.

”Five meters! The scope of his perception had finally broken five meters! He had finally achieved the demands of the mysterious card. It had already been a long time since he had made those twelve cards from the simple water world.

He didn't relax but continued his experimentation.

He very quickly found another rule; the lower the speed of the shuttle-shaped perceptual vortex, the fewer the tendrils that would be emitted, while the distance that those could be extended was greatly increased. Chen Mu also discovered that not only did their distance increase, but in other regards relating to their control, they were much more responsive to him.

Still, simply slowing down the speed of the vortex also had some dangers. As the speed was gradually reduced, and as it approached a certain limit, there were signs of instability in the perceptual vortex. Chen Mu conjectured that if he were to continue to reduce the speed, the perceptual vortex would very likely collapse.