Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 150 - 147: Josh Awakens
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Josh regained consciousness seven days later.
Over those seven days, her body slowly reverted to its 17-year-old state.
When she opened her eyes upon regaining consciousness, she found herself lying in Yuze’s arms, clinging to him like a limpet, her head awkwardly propped up by his large hand at a distance.
It was as if she was desperately trying to snuggle up to him, while he was disdainfully pushing her away.
Yuze seemed overheated, having piled all the blankets on her, his usually smooth and shiny beautiful golden hair was tousled like a golden retriever that hadn’t bathed in 800 years, and his brows were furrowed tightly, palms clammy with sweat.
Her mind blanked out for a moment, but quickly calmed down.
Josh sat up, looking around this place that resembled a spider’s den, and only after a long while did she recognize it as her own room.
She distinctly remembered cultivating that night, and then her inner core...
Inner core!
Josh quickly looked internally to check her inner core, and indeed saw it revealing its original void spiritual color.
The inner core was finally unsealed, and she could cultivate using that method!
Josh’s rapid progress in cultivation wasn’t just because her Void Spirit Body wasn’t picky about the spiritual power’s attributes, but also due to her unique physique, allowing the inner core to digest all sorts of gemstones, converting them into spiritual power to aid her cultivation.
Her eyes lit up with excitement as she took out the blue gemstone she had retrieved from the pool in the newbie dungeon and integrated it entirely into her inner core with spiritual power.
As she activated her spiritual power to cultivate, the gems were indeed absorbed, refined into the purest spiritual power, and stored in her inner core.
Compared to spiritual power absorbed from the outside, the spiritual power refined from gemstones by Josh was even purer, almost akin to the most true and pure spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
She excitedly stood up, pacing back and forth in the room; this would significantly speed up her cultivation.
Even in the dungeon, she could collect gemstones for cultivation, thus compensating for the lack of cultivation time in the dungeon!
Josh’s movements woke Yuze.
He squinted open his eyes slightly, saw the person pacing beside the bed, and pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. He reached out and pulled her into his arms, pressing her head down: "Alright, alright, I’m here, go to sleep, be good and stop fussing..."
Josh: "...? Are you crazy?"
"I’m not... huh?" Yuze sat up suddenly, meeting Josh’s familiar gaze, "You’re okay?!"
Josh looked at him oddly: "Was I ever not okay?"
Yuze’s eyes gleamed: "Wow! You really are okay?!"
Josh: "..."
Yuze glanced at the time, and indeed seven days had passed.
He suddenly burst into laughter, shaking with mirth.
Josh felt a chill down her spine from his laughter, backing away, suspecting that Yuze had gone mad.
Yuze got up and walked to the door, taking a deep breath before pulling it open sharply, stepping out as if greeting a new life.
Josh: "..." Is he having a case of adolescence syndrome?
Soon, the sound of hurried footsteps approached her room.
Josh raised a brow slightly, seeing Ma Qi, Joyce, Rob, and the others appearing at her doorway.
"Josh, you’re awake?" Ma Qi appeared excited.
Josh chuckled, "Why are you all so excited about me waking up?"
"You’re really awake, really awake!" Rob cheered excitedly: "Wuhu! The captain is liberated!"
Josh looked perplexed.
Rob quickly explained: "You have no idea, those days you were beastified, the captain took care of you and acted as your family."
It was then that Josh understood what had happened when her spiritual power surged toward the Spiritual Sea after her cultivation.
Her training had altered her physique, upgrading her spiritual power, and triggered beastification.
Among 100 Spiritual Power Users, perhaps only 10% are able to achieve beastification.
Many people even need to be refined thousands of times in the God Creation Game before possibly triggering beastification.
Beastification not only requires the Spiritual Power User to have powerful spiritual power but also demands much from their Spiritual Body.
The earlier the beastification, the higher the potential of the Spiritual Body’s limit.
In battle, when Spiritual Power Users enter the beastification state, their attribute abilities can increase by 200%, though how long they sustain it depends on the strength of their spiritual power.
Josh, having achieved beastification at 17, meant her potential might even surpass Yuze’s!
Generally, in a beastification state, one’s form can exhibit short-term "atavism," appearing half-beastman-like, highly sensitive and fragile, requiring a family member’s care 24/7 for the initial seven days of the beastification stage.
But since Josh’s family didn’t appear, it was Yuze who stayed with her for those seven days.
Her spiritual power was very strong, she hardly slept at all during those seven days and was constantly restless.
Yuze was so tormented that he barely got any good sleep for seven days.
Every day, when they brought meals to the door, seeing Yuze’s worsening complexion, they suspected he might snap at Josh any time.
Listening to Rob’s exaggerated description, Josh acknowledged it was likely not entirely accurate, but when she regained consciousness, she did notice Yuze looked quite worn out.
She rubbed her nose.
Back when they were in the plane, it was Yuze who withstood the Sea God’s attack, forcibly pulling her away from the Sea God, saving her from being taken through that portal.
She hadn’t even had a chance to thank him, and he had helped her once more...
Josh felt a bit embarrassed: "Where’s the captain? I want to thank him..."
Ma Qi chuckled, patting her shoulder: "No rush, he’s probably napping now, wait for him to wake up."
Josh nodded in understanding.
It’s said that the stronger the Spiritual Body, the more it influences the individual. For example, Yuze is a cat, and is perpetually sleep-deprived, Yushi is a chameleon, very low-key, Jiang Can is a turtle, thick-skinned and calm, Rob is a swan, loves vanity and cleanliness...
Yuze’s Spiritual Body is a cat. He’s always been sleep-deprived, and after being worn out by her for seven days, he must be utterly exhausted! 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Ma Qi suggested everyone resume their usual activities.
Rob and the others, of course, continued their training, preparing for the next dungeon.
Joyce went to handle the follow-up trending topics and prepare to release a new announcement.
Ma Qi patted Josh’s shoulder: "Come on, let’s go retake your physical assessment."
Josh nodded.
The two reached the medical area.
Like last time, they began a body scan.
The lady doctor, seeing her, couldn’t help but rub her head: "Josh is awake? You look well, and you’ve grown taller."
Josh’s eyes brightened: "Really?"
The lady doctor smiled and nodded, gesturing her toward the scanning area.
Josh quickly stepped up, standing tall, stretching her neck.
The examination results came in, she had indeed grown 1 centimeter taller!
This is not just any ordinary 1 centimeter!
This signifies her body is still growing, a whole centimeter still to grow!
The lady doctor was also surprised: "Growing fast! Seems like Ma Qi and Joyce have taken good care of you! Your fresh food intake is adequate, and all your physical indicators have slightly improved."
Josh was taken aback, recalling that after each dungeon exit, Yuze would almost always deliver fresh late-night snacks to her room every night, and her mini-fridge was stuffed with his purchased strawberry milk...
