Chapter 54
About Time

Luo An was truly tired.

The kind of tired that left him utterly exhausted.

So, after lying down, he quickly drifted off to sleep.

He woke up six hours later.

The reason was that Joyful Energy was constantly overflowing from his Destiny and surging into his body, cleansing his entire being.

This resulted in:

Even though Luo An had endured ten hours of intense battle the day before, his body had fully recovered within six hours.

His mental state was incredibly good.

He got up.

After washing up.

Luo An was about to leave his room when he heard a knock on the door: "Knock knock knock."

"Who is it? Coming, just a moment."

Luo An went to the door.

He opened it, only to find Hei Ta standing at his doorway, her face brimming with eagerness and longing.

"Luo An, your abilities should be ready to use on me again, right?"

The mad scientist Hei Ta was back online.

"They should be."

Luo An didn't give a definitive answer.

The detailed descriptions of his skills stated that he could only use them twice on the same target in a day.

He couldn't be sure about the definition of "day."

After all, in the universe, different planets have different rotation speeds, so their days are different.

Some planets have slower rotation speeds, making their days 40 hours, 50 hours, 60 hours, 70 hours, or even hundreds of hours long, which is very common.

Others have very fast rotation speeds, resulting in days of only 20 hours, 15 hours, 10 hours, or even shorter.

And the train!

It travels across the cosmos, so on the train, there is no concept of "day," only hours, minutes, and seconds.

Still, 60 seconds make a minute.

60 minutes make an hour.

"I wonder how long a day on the skill panel really is… System, that's wrong of you. Why not just say how many hours directly?"

This thought had just formed in Luo An's mind.

The next moment.

The skill descriptions on the panel instantly changed.

All the "days" were replaced with "24 hours."

"System, I was wrong to blame you. A system that knows its mistakes and corrects them like you would be very popular if it were to write web novels. It would surely receive a lot of monthly tickets, flowers, and review votes from handsome and dashing, suave and charming, graceful and elegant, universally adored, beloved by all, and irresistible to flowers, causing cars to blow their tires, handsome and beautiful readers, right?"

Seeing the change in the skill descriptions on the panel, a secret joy welled up in Luo An's eyes and heart.

Amidst that joy.

Remembering Hei Ta's fervent gaze, Luo An quickly regained his composure and shook his head: "Hei Ta, I just checked, it's not possible yet."

"Not possible?"

The eagerness and fanaticism in Hei Ta's eyes and face vanished instantly, and her entire being returned to a state of rationality.

She paused for a moment, then asked, "Since it's not possible now, when will it be possible? You can't stay impossible forever, can you? Can you even do it at all?"

?????

No.

What do you mean, when will it be possible?

What do you mean, you can't stay impossible forever?

What do you mean, can you even do it at all!?

You say things like that.

People who don't know might think I'm inadequate in that area!

Luo An couldn't help but vent his frustration internally.

But.

He still answered Hei Ta's question: "I just carefully checked, and my abilities can only be used twice on the same target within 24 hours, for now. After using them twice, I need to wait 24 hours before I can use them on that target again."

"But, the cooldowns after using the two abilities are independent of each other."

"Let's say, I use the 【I Love Lollies】 ability on you, the one that turns people into lollies, right now. Then, one hour later, I use it on you again, then."

"Starting from now, after 24 hours, I can use the skill on you again. After 25 hours, I can use it a second time."

Hei Ta sighed in relief after listening to Luo An's explanation.

Then.

She said very seriously and earnestly: "That's good, as long as you can do it. I thought you wouldn't be able to do it forever!"

Luo An: "..."

Hei Ta: "Since that's the case, I'll come back to you in ten hours. By then, your abilities should be ready to use on me again."

After speaking.

Hei Ta turned to leave.

Suddenly.

It seemed she had thought of something.

She stopped, turned her head, and said seriously, "Oh, right."

Luo An was puzzled: "En?"

Hei Ta said seriously, "You must have just woken up, right?"

Luo An quickly nodded: "Yes."

Hei Ta said seriously, "According to the information I've gathered from the interstellar network, a normal male's desire will greatly increase upon waking up in the morning, and they will usually want to engage in intimacy. I thought that when I came to see you this morning, you would be eager to do that with me, but you weren't…"

She.

Paused for a moment, then displayed a look of hesitation.

Luo An waited for ten seconds, seeing that Hei Ta was still hesitant, he couldn't help but ask, "Hei Ta, what are you trying to say?"

Hei Ta hesitated for a moment, then said seriously, "Male creatures, especially humans, have very strong self-esteem. When it comes to that aspect, their self-esteem is even stronger. I'm mainly worried that if I say it, it might affect your self-esteem."

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not concerned about you. I'm mainly worried that if your self-esteem is affected, it will be detrimental to my future research."

Luo An's expression darkened even further.

In fact.

He could vaguely guess what Hei Ta wanted to say.

After taking a deep breath.

Luo An, with a black face, said in a low voice, "It's fine, just say it."

Hei Ta stared intently at Luo An for a few seconds, then said seriously, "You wouldn't… be truly lacking in that area, would you?"

Luo An: "..."

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