Deducing Godhood from the Fetal Stage

Chapter 78 Start with Infants

In the latter half of the training, Jiang Yun's precision did indeed improve at a visible rate.

At first, it took him three or four tries to accurately grasp the edges of the triangular block, but eventually he was able to do it in one go.

The glass lubricated ball went from flying away with a single grab to being able to be picked up with three fingers.

When the training ended, Jiang Yun's ten fingers were sore and numb, even more tiring than crawling the entire distance.

He collapsed onto the cushion, panting heavily.

Ling Kuo walked over, squatted down, and stretched out her hand.

Jiang Yun thought he was going to investigate something, and subconsciously extended her right hand.

Ling Kuo grasped the small hand and pressed the acupoints on the palm and the base of the fingers with precise thumbs.

The soreness and swelling were relieved almost completely in an instant.

"good."

Only two words.

But coming from Ling Kuo, it's already extremely high praise.

He then pulled a small glass bottle from his pocket, inside which was a dark brown liquid with a strong, bitter herbal smell that could be detected even through the bottle.

"The medicinal liquid is made by boiling eight kinds of herbs that strengthen muscles and tendons. The recipe was given to me by your fourth great-aunt."

He unscrewed the bottle cap and used the accompanying dropper to draw half a tube of liquid.

"This is complementary food. After drinking it, supplement with 200 ml of breast milk. It lasts for about half an hour and can specifically guide and stimulate the strengthening of muscle fibers and nerve endings to promote development."

"You need to do this more than twice a day. Your bones are too strong and your muscles are too weak, which is an imbalance. You need to supplement it."

Open your mouth.

Jiang Yun opened her mouth and dripped the medicine into her mouth.

The next second—

His whole little face scrunched up like a shriveled walnut.

bitter.

The painful memory of drinking Chinese medicine in his past life was instantly awakened, but the concentration of this stuff was at least ten times that of his past life.

Jiang Yun almost completely lost control of her facial expressions, and even had the urge to spit the medicine back in.

In the end, I held back.

I closed my eyes and downed it in one gulp.

"Ugh..." he groaned, his little mouth tightly pursed.

Jiang Ren, who had been sitting quietly beside him, felt extremely distressed: "Uncle, isn't this too much suffering? The baby is so small..."

"Good medicine tastes bitter." Ling Kuo put away the medicine bottle expressionlessly. "Compared to battlefield wounds, it's nothing."

Jiang Ren dared not utter another word and could only look at Jiang Yun with a pitiful expression.

Just then—

"Brother~"

A childlike yet powerful voice came from the other end of the cushion.

Hao Jiajia woke up at some point and was crawling towards them with her bottom sticking out, her little hand stretched out and pointing directly at the medicine bottle in Ling Kuo's hand.

She watched Jiang Yun drink the medicine the whole time, but she didn't notice her cousin's distorted expression at all. She only saw one thing: her grandfather fed her brother, but she didn't.

This is not fair.

"Don't cause trouble." Jiang Ren reached out and pulled her daughter back. "That's bitter, you can't handle it."

"Brother, I want it!"

Hao Jiajia persisted, shaking her mother's hand and acting coquettishly.

Jiang Yun's heart stirred slightly, and he dipped a finger in the medicine and dabbed it on her lips.

Hao Jiajia stuck out her tongue and licked it.

"Hmm!"

Her little face scrunched up like a walnut as she snuggled desperately into Jiang Ren's arms.

She curled up in a ball, her eyes brimming with tears, and kept spitting out "Pui pui pui" sounds.

"Everything's broken~"

Jiang Ren laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight.

Faced with your cousin's plea, you chose to use a "slight trick" and successfully stopped her tantrum.

[Evaluation: Faulty embryo] [Computing power +5]

Hao Jiajia cried even harder.

Jiang Yun had already closed her eyes, her face showing an innocent look that said, "I didn't do anything, I'm just a baby."

Ling Kuo stood to the side, her eyebrows twitching slightly.

The muscles at the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, but ultimately nothing that could be called a smile appeared.

He silently stuffed the medicine bottle back into his pocket, turned around, and a flash of light appeared in his hand, revealing a box of medicine on the lawn.

"Training session ends here."

"Keep drinking milk. Don't stop providing the necessary nutrients."

After saying that, he vanished in a flash, disappearing from sight.

Jiang Ren finally managed to coax Hao Jiajia, and then held both babies in his arms and fed them.

"Okay, here's something sweet for you, stop crying~"

"Ah-Yun, you should drink too. Your main source of growth is still milk~"

Of course I'll drink it, since I still need your milk to boost my cheat codes.

You absorbed Jiang Ren's breast milk.

【Abundant (Green): 52.1/300 → 52.2/300】

The moment the warm milk entered her mouth, Jiang Yun once again felt the enhanced absorption after the [Abundance (Green)] attribute was strengthened.

However, this time, the feedback from inside the body was more intense than usual.

The suffering from that bowl of medicine was not in vain; the medicinal properties were being catalyzed by the nourishing power of the breast milk, and were being absorbed into the muscle fibers at a rate that Jiang Yun had never experienced before.

The muscles in my forearms, fingers, calves, and even toes were subtly warming up, pulling on the still-developing nerve endings as they grew and connected one by one.

It itches. It feels swollen. But it doesn't hurt.

It's like soaking frozen hands in hot water in winter, that tingling yet refreshing warming sensation.

Almost simultaneously, a notification came from a hidden sense:

Through fine grip training, you have initially established a precise control circuit for your hand muscles.

[Your own Dao body and life soul have awakened the following characteristics: Power Control (White), Muscle Enhancement (White)]

[Power Control (White): Increases the accuracy of one's own power output by 5% and reduces ineffective power loss]

[Advanced Method: Playing with Toys (0/10)]

[Muscle Enhancement (White): Permanently increases the strength of your nerve and muscle tissue by 20%]

[Improvement Method: Nutritional Intake (0/10)]

Both entries are lit up at the same time.

Jiang Yun stared at the two lines of prompts in her mind, looking at them over and over again three times.

Playing with toys can increase your vocabulary, and so can drinking milk.

He suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of absurdity.

In my past life, I had seen countless cultivation systems in various novels.

What about ascetic meditation, taking elixirs and refining medicine, or using war to sustain war? Doesn't all of these sound incredibly hardcore?

But things are different with him.

Core training method: Sculpting a rubber duck.

Auxiliary exercise: breastfeeding.

Advanced Secret Technique: Playing with Building Blocks.

Eat and play, play and eat, they've really become like children.

No, he was just a child.

Jiang Yun rolled over and turned her attention to the progress bar.

You now have more control over your body and can try walking, running, jumping, and performing more complex movements.

[Next stage of growth goal has begun: Walking (3/1000)]

one thousand.

He did a quick mental calculation and found that the total distance he had walked around the yard over the past few days was just over three kilometers, which perfectly matched the progress bar.

The unit is indeed kilometers, I haven't run it.

What will you unlock after walking a thousand kilometers?

Sprinting? Climbing? Or some deeper bodily function?

I can't calculate it; there are too many variables.

But one thing is certain: the training direction given by my grandfather was correct.

Once muscle precision and neural development catch up, the quality of walking will be far higher than simply mileage.

It can't be rushed.

"Ah-Yun, time for bed—"

Jiang Ren's voice floated down from above, with the drawn-out tone typical of coaxing a child.

Hao Jiajia had already fallen asleep on Jiang Ren's other side, with milk stains still on the corner of her mouth. Her little fists were clenched tightly around Jiang Ren's collar, as if she was afraid someone would snatch it away from her.

"Sleep well, sleep well, my sweet baby, the sun will cover you in a golden robe. The wind will sing you a soft song, and when you wake up, you'll be tall and strong..."

Jiang Ren hummed a children's song softly.

This was a tune Jiang Yun had never heard before. The melody and lyrics were simple, but the singing wasn't very good. Her breath control was a bit unsteady, and she yawned a little in the middle before continuing to sing.

But it was this imperfect humming, coupled with the ambient sounds of the military compound gradually quieting down in the evening, that made it a perfect fit.

The distant bugle call signaling the end of morning exercises, the neighbor's voice calling her child home for dinner, and the rustling of old locust tree leaves in the wind all blended together.

There was a strange sense of security.

Jiang Yun wanted to reconsider the afternoon's training plan, but her eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

Sleepiness surged up like a tidal wave.

My last conscious thought was: when I wake up, I'll squeeze that screaming duck a hundred more times.