359: Chapter 373 Mouse, do I need to find food?

However, Kata found it strange...

"Your Excellency, I don't feel like winter is coming at all."

Kata looked up; the sky was still the same Azure, and the sunlight was just as blinding.

"I haven't felt it either." An Ke had been wondering about this for a while.

But thinking about it carefully now, he felt it was only logical that they hadn't felt winter in advance.

Kata found An Ke's words a bit strange.

He didn't understand why it was logical not to feel the approach of winter beforehand.

An Ke raised an eyebrow and said, "Because back on Blue Star, the onset of winter we felt was caused by cold air masses."

"And from what we've seen so far, the National Fortune Game likely hasn't simulated the entire Blue Star."

"Only this island we're on, and the newly appeared second-stage map, the Giant Forest."

"So there's no such thing as seasonal changes here."

Kata suddenly understood, finding it very reasonable.

"Your Excellency, you really think about a lot of things."

"I'm just used to thinking, that's all." An Ke chuckled. "Alright! Kata, I'll leave the floor heating matter to you now."

"Try to finish it within half a month."

Half a month from now would be the freezing period mentioned by the Old Crocodile Couple and Aman.

He didn't know how harsh the survival environment would be then.

Food shortages, hunger, and cold.

To withstand the bitter winter, Tiger Mom, Leopard Mom, and the other animals were hunting day and night.

At the moment, their animal husbandry couldn't yet support An Ke's large group.

After handing the 'Floor Heating Project' over to Kata,

An Ke spent his remaining time back at his residence, training his mental strength to improve his Mental Strength Proficiency.

The training method was to constantly use Telekinesis.

Inside the Main Stockade.

An Ke's consciousness locked onto two small sections of bamboo, then controlled them to fly around the room.

The reason for using small sections of bamboo was to avoid consuming too much mental strength all at once.

Although the more mental strength consumed, the more Proficiency gained,

An Ke would end up sleeping until the next day after just a few minutes.

What kind of training would that be?

Accumulating slowly and improving bit by bit was the best way to train.

Outside, the live broadcast room viewers were a bit confused about what An Ke was doing.

Why was he doing nothing but sitting in the room playing with 'flying swords'?

However, with the Dragon Country's brain development now at +20%, they quickly guessed that An Ke was cultivating.

Initially, everyone was quite interested, but as time passed, the viewers became somewhat bored and started to feel sleepy.

Yet An Ke in the stream maintained a meticulous attitude from beginning to end.

He trained for only about five minutes each time, then rested for a while before continuing.

This made the viewers greatly admire his perseverance.

"It's been over an hour already; if it were me, I would've quit long ago."

"Yet Boss An is still fully focused. This level of perseverance is not something an ordinary person can compare to."

"As expected, masters can endure loneliness."

"Suddenly, I feel like cultivation is like working an assembly line; after a long time, it just makes you sleepy."

"What a shame! We can't see Three Hairs' perspective, so we don't know what this Hamster is doing in the Giant Forest."

"I wonder if he's encountered any danger."

"Wait, it seems there is a Three Hairs perspective!"

"..."

Training was dull and tedious, so most viewers wanted to see Three Hairs' adventure in the Giant Forest.

They wondered if it had encountered danger or found the core.

While many viewers were bored, someone suddenly had a flash of inspiration:

"Isn't the White Goose Contestant Oufu teamed up with Three Hairs?"

"We can go to the White Goose live broadcast room to watch Oufu's perspective!"

"Holy crap! That makes sense! Why didn't I think of that?"

"May you have a peaceful life, good person!"

"Let's go, let's go! I can't wait anymore."

"..."

In an instant, many viewers flooded into the White Goose Contestant's live broadcast room and chose Oufu's perspective.

Meanwhile, Above the Moon, inside the Control Room.

Only one robot, Monitor No. 1379, remained on site.

The Mysterious figure in the long robe had left and hadn't returned yet.

However, Monitor No. 1379's full attention was on An Ke right now; it didn't care if its superior was coming back or not.

"Hehe~ no matter how long you train, it's useless."

The screen on No. 1379's head displayed a gloating emoji.

The cultivation that most viewers found extremely dull and uninteresting, it watched with great relish.

The reason it said An Ke's training was useless no matter how long he practiced was that low-level creatures like humans were completely unable to sense the existence of something like mental strength.

It was difficult for them to even capture it.

For this reason, humans had even given mental strength a funny name—Ghost Particles, scientifically known as neutrino.

The 'smiling' emoji on Monitor No. 1379's screen was very bright and cheerful.

If it had a heart, it would be in a very good mood right now.

Because it finally felt a sense of superiority in front of An Ke, rather than always being shocked by the other's actions.

This was the limit of low-level civilized biological beings.

"You can't even capture 'neutrino,' let's see how you're going to cheat now."

Monitor No. 1379 was smug.

However, what Monitor No. 1379 didn't know was that inside the mind of the currently training An Ke, notification sounds were ringing constantly:

["Mental Strength Proficiency" +5.]

["Mental Strength Proficiency" +5.]

[...]

An Ke's current Mental Strength Proficiency level was 2.

Watching the steadily increasing "experience bar," the corners of his mouth curled up secretly.

Although it was less Proficiency than when he used his mind to control himself, the advantage was that it could be sustained.

He wouldn't become overly exhausted all at once.

He wondered if he could raise his Proficiency to level 3 today.

...

Because An Ke was training his "mental strength,"

most of the Dragon Country viewers had headed over to the White Goose side, flooding into Contestant Oufu's exclusive live broadcast room.

Oufu had already gone about one kilometer deep into the Giant Forest.

The paths here were composed of massive, tangled tree roots, looking like undulating hills.

It was worth mentioning that not all plants and animals in the Giant Forest were giant.

Some flora and fauna still maintained their original forms.

And within the tangled Giant Forest, there were even freshwater lakes in some low-lying areas.

These miraculous sights left people dazzled.

"I have to find something to eat," Oufu said, looking down at his feet.

Three Hairs was walking right beside him.

Oufu had originally wanted to carry Three Hairs on him, but the latter had refused.

He said something about how only An Ke could touch his body.

Oufu had no choice but to slow down and walk alongside the little guy.

"A Little Mouse like me doesn't need to look for food~" Three Hairs didn't even look up.

Oufu was surprised. "You don't need to eat?"

His first thought was that Three Hairs had a special ability.

But he quickly remembered seeing Three Hairs eating in the Dragon Country live broadcast room before.

This left Oufu feeling quite confused.

But soon, he saw Three Hairs pull out a piece of beef out of thin air...

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