Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 143: Absorbing Stellar Energy?

Only a glance.

Wang Ye wielded the kitchen knife swiftly four or five times.

The skin on the surface of the potato was already peeled off.

Then, with countless more strokes, the potato was cut into fine shreds.

His speed and precision with the knife had approached the limit of human capability, processing ingredients at speeds that were invisible to the naked eye.

With a concept as broad as Cooking, the Skill Level improves very slowly.

However, the benefits of leveling up are comprehensive. For example, carving, knife skills, drawing, and even academic knowledge such as nutrition, pharmacology, and anatomy all see noticeable improvements.

As of now.

Wang Ye can effortlessly judge the quality of meat and vegetables based on the extensive Cooking knowledge in his brain, and assess their taste and nutritional value just from their appearance and texture.

Even in the wild, he can accurately pick non-toxic and good-tasting wild vegetables and mushrooms.

This judgment ability has also granted him great survival skills in the wild.

Wang Ye is very much looking forward to the next upgrade in his Cooking Skill to see what enhancements it will bring him.

A mere accumulation of knowledge and improvement in culinary skills serves him no more purpose.

He hopes that, once his culinary arts reach the level of Extraordinary Skills,

he will gain the skill to absorb energy.

Something akin to —

Superman.

Superman is a superhero under DC Comics, a fictional character in the comics.

He possesses the ability to absorb the light and radiation of Fixed Stars and store them in his cells.

This high-efficiency, high-energy absorption method does not burden him but instead grants him unimaginable Superpowers and limitless energy.

If Wang Ye could also use his cells to absorb external energy similar to stellar radiation, he would be free from the pains of constant eating and drinking.

After all, with the current trajectory of Wang Ye’s evolution, sooner or later he will be caught in a predicament of needing to eat constantly, risking starvation if he stops even for a moment. Even evolved intestines and an enhanced nutrient absorption rate would be of no avail. His energy consumption is a bottomless abyss, exponentially growing over time.

Thus, he must fundamentally change his way of energy intake to solve this issue once and for all.

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Just as Wang Ye was in the midst of cooking.

He suddenly noticed that the Cooking Skill on the panel had increased to lv4.

The massive influx of Cooking experience in his mind left him momentarily stunned.

He realized that his culinary skills had significantly improved. Even compared to those top national banquet chefs and five-star Michelin chefs, he was not far behind.

"At this rate, I’ll probably elevate the Cooking Skill to the Extraordinary Class by next month."

Wang Ye’s face showed a hint of joy.

Though the Cooking Skill might not grant him the earth-defying Superpowers akin to "Superman".

It might at least partially alleviate his current dietary predicament.

After Wang Ye finished cooking.

He served a sumptuous meal of twenty dishes on the table.

Each dish was piled high, and without the soup and oil, it weighed at least over a pound.

For convenience, Wang Ye simply brought the inner pot of the rice cooker to the table and, over the course of an hour, devoured all the food in front of him.

His digestive capability had now become quite terrifying. After consuming food, it would be completely digested within minutes and converted into glycogen and fat. Hence, as long as it remained within the bounds of hormones and kidney tolerance, he could consume nearly limitless quantities without worrying about his stomach bursting.

After eating, Wang Ye rubbed his slightly swollen cheeks and murmured, "This meal’s calories approximate 30,000 kilocalories, after accounting for intermediary energy consumption, the ideal accumulation of fat grams would add about 2000g, barely supporting me for an entire day in a resting state, including daily evolutionary consumption."

With his human-limit Cooking level, just a glance was enough to easily calculate the calories of his recent meal and the amount of fat gained.

Though 2000 grams of fat may sound daunting.

However, with Wang Ye’s 200 kilometers of daily exercise, these 2000 grams of fat can only support him for half a day at most. So on his journey, frequent meals and nutritional replenishment were inevitable.

It’s worth noting. Tigers sleep up to 20 hours a day; besides hunting, they are mostly sleeping, yet they need tens of pounds of meat in one meal.

Wang Ye’s physique now had long since approached that of a tiger. With the added consumption from a human’s developed brain, his food intake was naturally no less than that of a tiger.

Once Wang Ye had eaten his fill, he returned to his room, laid on a long-missed soft mattress, and fell asleep.

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The next day.

May 25th

5:05

Wang Ye used the leftover ingredients from last night to make a 15,000-kilocalorie breakfast.

Making up for the caloric deficit brought on by evolution.

Then he tested his current handstand push-up limits on the carpet in the living room.

About an hour later.

Wang Ye stood up helplessly.

He found that with his current endurance, he could perform unlimited handstand push-ups. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

An hour of continuous handstand push-ups brought him no fatigue whatsoever.

At most, his brain felt a little congested, making his eyes feel tight.

"Has my body completely transcended the human category..."

Wang Ye summoned the panel, checking his current attributes.

[Physical: 5.9]

[Divine: 5.5]

[Evolution Level: 49.0]

[Continuously evolving, increasing one Evolution Level per day.]

"Unknowingly, I’ve been evolving for over a month."

Wang Ye gazed at the attribute panel and mused:

"This brief month feels longer and more eventful than the first half of my life."

He vaguely remembered a month ago, he was a despairing corporate slave lying in a hospital bed.

But just a month later, he had become a superhuman standing on the peak of humanity.

However, at the same time.

A faint sense of loneliness crept in.

"Before entering Dragon Tiger Mountain, I still held a glimmer of hope for the Daoists of the Celestial Master’s Mansion.

It now seems, I might truly be the only Extraordinary Being in the world." Wang Ye sighed quietly.

Being extraordinary alone meant he had to explore this path by himself forever.

No foes, no allies, no one with whom he could converse about being extraordinary.

Wang Ye swiftly adjusted his emotions,

about half a quarter later, he packed his luggage and went to the homestay front desk to check out.

He left Shangqing Town with a 60-pound backpack.

By just eight in the morning, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky.

This meant there were very few tourists on the road, and it would be several kilometers before one might encounter a tourist.

Wang Ye purchased a 150 yuan ticket and entered the Dragon Tiger Mountain scenic area.

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