Chapter 878: Chapter 523: Marie’s Talent Advancement, Zong Finally Reads! [Subscription Request]
However, finishing this book completely requires 180 hours.
Even with a 30% reduction, it still needs 127 hours of reading.
Zong Shen isn’t considering so much right now.
Reading must become a habit, with persistent accumulation over time.
He can only try to find time as much as possible.
Sitting on the round stool by the window, he placed the book on the table in front of him.
Gently, he opened the first page.
Originally, he thought reading was just a formality.
Like construction, once selected, it automatically starts, without needing to understand the related principles.
However, the fact proved he was mistaken.
At least, his thinking was wrong regarding reading books.
These books have detailed content.
Upon opening, there’s first the table of contents, followed by the foreword.
Then comes the main text.
This one tells the story of a Legion Commander named Gluck.
This Gluck was quite renowned in the Human Race in the previous era.
Zong Shen was flipping through it page by page.
Sunlight streamed through the window, casting his shadow long and slanted on the floor.
As he read, a countdown bar similar to a progress bar appeared beside the book.
This countdown started from 127 hours.
However, the progress change was not fixed.
Zong Shen found that as long as he maintained focus, the progress change would accelerate.
Which means the more focused he was in reading, the better the effect.
The corresponding time consumed in completing the book would also be less.
The 127 hours was just a baseline time for completion.
However, as soon as he got distracted, the progress bar’s time would stall, and might even slightly reverse.
After discovering this, Zong Shen had an interest in reading.
Subconsciously, he began to focus on reading.
One hour passed as he continued to read.
Zong Shen blinked and felt a bit dry.
Checking the time, it was already nine in the morning.
Speaking of which, the content of this book was quite interesting.
It’s a memoir story about leading troops into battle.
Within it, there are many descriptions of situations from the previous era.
In the previous era, the Human Race’s power was quite weak.
On the entire continent, there was only one Human Race Kingdom.
The total population was just tens of billions.
Compared to the current flourishing situation of the Human Race, it was incomparable.
Before the Dimension Wars broke out, the continent was in a state of small-scale skirmishes.
The Beast Race, Undead Race, Burrowing Race, Elf Race, and Human Race were all fighting against each other.
Intermixed with various species, including Dwarves, goblins, Giants...
All kinds of strange sights.
They sometimes formed alliances, sometimes took oppositional stances.
That was a chaotic era of the Hundred Races competing for dominance.
It unknowingly fascinated Zong Shen.
He closed the book, planning to read it later.
Today, he was just here to have a bit of an experience.
Later, he’ll gradually persist to finish reading it.
Unknowingly, his forehead was covered in sweat.
He gently wiped his forehead, feeling a bit stuffy and hot.
Standing up, he considered how to return the book.
Tentatively, he said.
"I want to return the book..."
As soon as he spoke, spots of light appeared in front of him again.
These spots quickly converged, forming the projection of a little girl.
She still had a sweet smile on her face.
She reached out and took the book.
Then disappeared without a trace.
"This is quite convenient."
"I wonder what principle this uses."
"Could it be Soul Magic?"
Zong Shen thought wonderingly to himself.
Stepping towards the stairs, he headed back to the first floor and left the library.
As soon as he pushed open the main door, Zong Shen felt a wave of heat hitting him.
The library was relatively sealed, with a temperature difference from outside.
But now it felt just like leaving an air-conditioned room during a hot summer.
In just this hour or two, the outside temperature had risen to over 30°C.
Earlier in the morning, Zong Shen had said there wasn’t any overture to this challenge.
Now he certainly felt it.
It’s just after nine in the morning, and the sunlight was already as intense as if it were midday.
Walking down the stairs, the bright light made him squint.
The sun’s rays, carrying heat, illuminated and gradually warmed the equipment on his body.
In just a short while, he was feeling a bit hot.
He quickly took out the Burden-Bearer Mecha and drove it toward the residential area.
"It’s really freaking hot!"
A few minutes later, Zong Shen’s back was sweaty.
No wonder he felt a bit stuffy while reading.
The residential area had undergone tremendous changes.
This time, he came to visit Favide.
However, he didn’t know which two-story stone house Favide lived in.
Zong Shen was too lazy to ask around, so he directly consulted the Guide Module.
Following the guidance of the module, he found where Favide was located.
Though he didn’t want to rely on the Guide Module for everything, its small but useful functions like guidance and pathfinding were hard to abandon.
Zong Shen’s arrival didn’t cause much commotion.
Everyone continued with what they were doing.
The number of subjects in the territory had increased significantly.
Many newcomers had only heard of Zong Shen without ever seeing him.
Zong Shen didn’t mind this.
Once the Heat Wave Challenge is over, he could hold a subjects’ mobilization meeting to get acquainted.
Jumping down from the driver’s seat, Zong Shen approached this two-story stone house.
Compared to the Tier Two House, the two-story stone house was much more orderly.
Both the first and second floors had special raising windows.
This meant windows that open upwards.
There were two doors on both the front and back of the first floor.
They were single-leaf solid wood doors, which seemed quite sturdy.
Zong Shen walked to the door and gave it a push.
The door didn’t budge; it seemed to be locked.
He could only reach out and knock on the door.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
"Favide, open the door!"
The dignified Lord couldn’t enter the two-story stone house freely.
With the development of the territory, these stone houses had indeed attained privacy.
This also indicated the warriors began to regard this place as their home.
Overall, it’s a good sign.
The era of Big Pot Rice and Large Dormitories had become a thing of the past.
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