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Because the atmosphere inside the villa was too oppressive, the two of them walked out while talking and strolled through the jungle.

Actually, Bai Ling had some guesses about what Fang Ze wanted to ask.

She thought it was nothing more than the truth about Han Kaiwei's death and who the murderer was.

So, while walking outside, she had also prepared her lines accordingly, just as Bai Zhi had advised...

However, when Fang Ze started speaking, she realized... she had thought too much. This man in front of her just didn't play by the usual rules!

"Chief Bai Ling, actually... I wanted to ask you why physique and martial skills are so important for an Awakener?"

Bai Ling: ??

Bai Ling paused, then tilted her head and asked, "Aren't you curious about how Han Kaiwei died?"

Fang Ze also paused for a moment.

After a brief moment, he blinked in confusion and countered, "Why should I be curious? It wasn't me who killed him."

Bai Ling: .....

Somehow, Bai Ling felt there was a lot of sense in Fang Ze's reply...

But isn't it stranger to not have any curiosity when someone has died right beside you?

So, in response to Fang Ze's question, she adorably extended her little hand, "200 Lini, thanks for your patronage."

Fang Ze didn't hesitate to reply, "Put it on my tab."

Bai Ling bowed with a smile, "Okay~ Thank you, boss."

After the transaction was completed, she didn't respond directly, but instead asked with curiosity, "Why did you ask this question?"

As she asked, she added, "I remember you've been exercising your body for the past couple of days."

Hearing Bai Ling's words, Fang Ze smiled and then said, "It's all because of Han Kaiwei."

"The suddenness of his murder gave me a sense of urgency."

"Besides, Chief Bai Ling, you keep stressing the importance of physical training, so I started working out as well."

"It's just that, although I've been training, I still don't quite understand the significance of it, that's why I wanted to ask what good does training do?"

Having heard Fang Ze's words, Bai Ling's face showed sudden realization.

Possibly because this rationale indeed made sense to her, she nodded in satisfaction and began walking ahead with her hands behind her back, like a little instructor, and began to explain while walking, "Actually, you're right to be training your physique now."

"Because physique and Awakening Ability are indeed closely related."

With this, she asked Fang Ze in return, "Do you know how the levels of Awakeners are divided, and the realms above that?"

Hearing Bai Ling's question, Fang Ze shook his head.

Bai Ling said, "Then you better remember what I tell you."

"Actually, Awakeners are divided into three stages."

"There are elementary, intermediate, and advanced Awakeners."

"The division of these three stages is very simple, it is based on the level of your Awakening Ability. If it is an elementary Awakening Ability, then you are an elementary Awakener."

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"If it is an advanced Awakening Ability, then you are an advanced Awakener."

"However, to enhance the grade of Awakening Abilities, it depends on the strength of your physique."

On hearing Bai Ling's words, Fang Ze was somewhat enlightened but also puzzled, "What does upgrading the level of Awakening Abilities have to do with the strength of the physique?"

Hearing Fang Ze's question, Bai Ling responded with a hint of frustration, "Look, you're just not paying attention."

"I've already said before that an Awakening Ability is the manifestation of fragments of the World's Laws."

"So, do you think an ordinary creature's body can withstand an entire fragment of the Law?"

Hearing this, Fang Ze truly had an epiphany.

He couldn't help but say, "So, the Awakening Ability someone gets at first isn't complete, but just a part of it because the body of an ordinary person can't handle the full ability."

Bai Ling nodded, "Exactly. That's how it is."

She continued, "Therefore, to accept the complete Awakening Ability, one's physique needs to reach a level that can accommodate it."

"And training is the simplest way to strengthen the physique!"

"Training the flesh, muscles, skin, bones, organs... one step at a time to bring one's body to its peak. To contain more and more of the World's Laws."

On hearing this, Fang Ze couldn't help but develop a new doubt, "Then... doesn't a stronger Awakening Ability require a higher physical quality?"

Bai Ling looked at Fang Ze with an approving expression, nodded her head, and said, "Right. That's why Awakeners with powerful abilities often take longer to grow."

"After all, the world is fair. There are gains and losses."

Fang Ze: ....

Fang Ze suddenly had an ominous premonition about the upgrade requirements for his own Awakening Ability.

However, facing Bai Ling at the moment, he couldn't show it, so he continued to ask along the same line, "Then, is it possible that a weak ability immediately becomes advanced upon gaining it?"

Bai Ling laughed out loud with a "pfft."

She then said, "Of course not."

Fang Ze was stunned for a moment.

He reflexively wanted to ask, "Isn't it starting from the elementary stage?"

But Bai Ling seemed to see through his thoughts and directly answered, "Yes, it's what you're thinking, starting from the elementary stage. And... it will never improve again."

Hearing Bai Ling's words, Fang Ze couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

Bai Ling said with profound meaning, "Yes, that's right. Awakening Abilities actually also come in different ranks."

"And most Awakening Abilities, because they lack subsequent growth..."

"Once an Awakener awakens with such an ability..."

"I'm sorry, but their Extraordinary Path will be completely ruined."

Fang Ze broke out in a cold sweat.

He had thought that Awakening Abilities would be like the professions in games, all having the same growth potential and paths to advance.

But now he was being told

that perhaps, from the moment of Awakening, the future of most Awakeners was already sealed.

Possibly sensing Fang Ze's emotions, Bai Ling nodded with satisfaction and then took the initiative to say, "Like this kind of issue, actually, there are many on the entire Extraordinary Path."

"Sometimes, you might unknowingly come to a crossroad and choose the wrong path."

"And after you've strived for many years, you look back only to realize that the moment you chose that path, your path to advancement was already ruined."

"We have a unified term for this mistaken path to advancement: the Extraordinary Trap."

"The Extraordinary Trap..." Fang Ze muttered this term, feeling like this world was completely different from what he had known before.

There wasn't a clear upgrade route, and the Extraordinary Path was filled with the unknown and forked roads, where a single misstep could plunge one into the Abyss...

After thinking for a while and regaining his composure, Fang Ze looked at Bai Ling and then asked, "By the way, you just mentioned there are realms beyond an Awakener, what are they?"

Hearing Fang Ze's question, Bai Ling said carelessly, "That realm is called the Law Integrator."

"To reach that realm, you must successfully integrate your Awakening Ability completely into your body, and then... start Awakening and integrate a second Awakening Ability."

"A second Awakening Ability?" Fang Ze was a bit surprised.

Bai Ling nodded and then, with her hands propped behind her head, said as if it were obvious, "Isn't that normal?"

"After all, I mentioned before that the essence of Awakening Abilities are fragments of the World's Laws."

"So, after fully absorbing one fragment, continuing to integrate new fragments, and then enhancing strength further, seems like a rather obvious path."

Hearing Bai Ling's words, Fang Ze was momentarily dumbfounded.

Analyzed in that way, it really made sense.

He couldn't help asking, "Won't there be conflicts between Awakening Abilities?"

Bai Ling smiled and then affirmatively said, "Of course there will be."

"So this tests a person's ability to build a power system and their foresight."

"If the chosen Awakening Abilities complement each other, then strength will increase rapidly."

"If the wrong Awakening Abilities are chosen, especially unfortunately conflicting ones that cannot integrate, then you fall into an Extraordinary Trap. In a mild case, the Awakening Ability fractures; in a severe case, your entire head explodes."

"And with each stage of a Law Integrator, a new ability must be integrated, up to the fifth stage, where along with the original one, there are a total of six abilities."

"Ensuring that the six abilities peacefully coexist and complement each other is very challenging in terms of the level of ability collection and understanding of how to build a power system."

"After all, with six abilities, even a slight mismatch could spell doom."

"Just like with the Awakening stage, to allow the body to accommodate more Law Fragments, the physique must keep up."

"So often, by the time they are high-ranking Law Integrators, they may have prepared several abilities that suit them, but their physique can't keep up, preventing them from advancing."

"And if you possess six abilities, then you've reached the most critical step on the entire Extraordinary Path: Spirit Ascension stage..."

At this point, Bai Ling seemed to recall something and stopped what she was about to say.

Fang Ze looked at her and wanted to continue asking.

But this time, Bai Ling just wouldn't continue, saying that Fang Ze had not yet reached the stage where he could know about this.

With that response, Fang Ze had no choice but to stop thinking about the Spirit Ascension stage.

After all, that stage was still too far away for him at the moment.

Understanding the importance of forging one's physique now was enough for him. He could focus on training...

After discussing the path ahead for Awakeners, Fang Ze suddenly recalled the "Law Prohibition" from the day before.

Since receiving the "Law Prohibition," Fang Ze always had a question: Could the Security Bureau also possess a "Law Prohibition"?

If they had such a stone.

Then, if Fang Ze used "Usury" to successfully push his strength to a level unmatchable by any of them, but they pulled out a Law Prohibition that rendered his ability ineffective,

wouldn't that be a disaster?

So, Fang Ze pondered whether he could get some clues from Bai Ling...

To avoid any accidents during an escape...