These eight Nine-Star Beads would be useless to ordinary people; even if they smashed them, they wouldn't gain their functions. But Zhou Xuan was different. However, Zhou Xuan thought that if he smashed the Nine-Star Beads and obtained the same function as the original Nine-Star Bead, he would already have the ability to absorb solar energy, so absorbing the Nine-Star Beads wouldn't be of much use. That's what he thought before, but now Zhou Xuan suddenly became interested. He hadn't destroyed those nine Nine-Star Beads; instead, he had preserved them. Perhaps they would really be of great use now!
Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan said to the strange fish, "Do you still want to eat ginseng? I can get you another one. Don't worry, you don't need to exchange your abilities for it. I can give it to you anytime you want!"
The strange fish shook its head, said nothing, sank to the bottom of the water, and went to rest in a corner, seemingly no longer interested in food.
Zhou Xuan smiled faintly, then went upstairs to his room, took the eight Nine-Star Beads out of the box, and went to the rooftop terrace. The sunlight felt very comfortable on his body, and the heat was directly absorbed from his skin and converted into energy.
Zhou Xuan took out the eight Nine-Star Beads. To prevent himself from ever obtaining and absorbing their energy again, he initially only broke one, then held it in his palm, channeled his supernatural power into it, and then absorbed it.
At that moment, Zhou Xuan felt that the power of the solar flames suddenly became excited, and the amount of solar energy absorbed suddenly doubled. The continuous solar energy was converted into energy and flowed into his body, swimming around in his body, making him feel extremely comfortable.
Zhou Xuanli immediately became excited. It seemed that after absorbing the energy of the Nine Star Pearls, the speed and amount of solar energy he absorbed had doubled. If he absorbed the remaining seven pearls, he could increase his ability by seven times. With the original nine times the amount of solar energy he absorbed, he wondered if that energy would be enough for him to fly.
Zhou Xuan felt that the solar energy absorbed by his body was extremely large, making his body feel bloated and uncomfortable. He estimated that if he were to absorb more energy from the Nine Star Pearl, his body might not be able to withstand the large amount of sunlight absorbed by the Nine Star Pearl. It would be like a water tank; if it were full, it would burst.
With such a large amount of surplus energy in his body, Zhou Xuan began to ponder what methods he would need to fly. To fly, one must first break free from the law of universal gravitation on Earth. Secondly, all flying machines or animals have their own characteristics. Flying machines rely on powerful engines to propel the machine and generate power. Once the speed reaches a certain level, buoyancy is generated, which in turn propels the flying machine into the sky. Theoretically speaking, the greater the energy of the engine, the greater the propulsive force, and the faster the flight speed.
Animals that can fly rely on their wings. While animal flight has some similarities to aircraft, it is largely different. Animals cannot reach the speed of aircraft. When the speed exceeds the speed of sound, the resistance encountered in the air becomes greater. When the speed reaches a certain point, the object will burn due to friction as it travels at high speed through the air. This requires ensuring the heat resistance and friction resistance of the aircraft.
Currently, the fastest speed that a spacecraft on Earth can withstand is nine times the speed of sound. Any faster, and the high temperatures and friction that the spacecraft can withstand become an insurmountable problem.
Zhou Xuan knew absolutely nothing about aircraft, but he often saw rockets and fighter jets flying, and he vividly remembered the flames shooting out from the exhaust ports of their engines. He thought that this was probably to generate power to propel the aircraft. He also had more energy in his body than ever before. If he could release this energy to the soles of his feet in some way, he might be able to generate power, and flying might not be just a dream anymore.
Zhou Xuan had just heard the strange fish say these words. Regarding the ability to fly, the strange fish neither said that he could nor that he could. It only mentioned that the power required for flight is enormous. Based on this, Zhou Xuan thought it was possible, depending on how he interpreted it.
On the rooftop, solar energy continued to flow into Zhou Xuan's body. Feeling the surge of energy, Zhou Xuan thought about how to convert the energy from the soles of his feet into a jet of energy and then into power.
Zhou Xuan tried for a while, channeling his supernatural power out of his body. It was an invisible force, but it couldn't propel his body or generate engine-like power. After thinking for a moment, he channeled the force to the soles of his feet, where the Yongquan acupoint was located. The two acupoints were like the exhaust nozzles at the tail of an airplane.
Zhou Xuan unleashed a tremendous surge of energy from the Yongquan acupoint on the soles of his feet. He exerted immense force, and the energy erupted from the Yongquan acupoint, instantly generating tremendous power beneath his feet. This explosive force propelled Zhou Xuan into the air, sending him flying several meters high. Before he could even rejoice, he plummeted headfirst back down. Because his ascent was not a straight line, his fall was skewed, and he landed in the courtyard.
Zhou Xuan let out a low cry of surprise, and then crashed heavily into the yard from dozens of meters in the air like a stone, creating a crater more than a foot deep in the ground with a loud "boom"!
Fortunately, Zhou Xuan's body was as tough as steel, and he was unharmed. He got up, dusted himself off, and looked around. No one noticed him, but the bodyguards and Fu Ying's family members heard the noise in the yard and ran over. Seeing Zhou Xuan's embarrassed look, they didn't know what had happened.
Zhou Xuan said sheepishly, "I was practicing my martial arts and made a mess of the ground, hehehe!"
The crater was shaped exactly like a human figure. The bodyguards stared wide-eyed, wondering if it had been created by someone using their own body.
Chen Chao and the other bodyguards knew that Zhou Xuan's martial arts skills were astonishing, far surpassing their own. Although they were surprised, they didn't say much. Seeing that nothing was wrong, they all dispersed. With such strong martial arts skills, it was not surprising that Zhou Xuan would do something strange.
Zhou Xuan felt hollow inside his body. The burst of energy he had just released to fly into the sky, although he hadn't flown very high, had used more energy than ever before. Even just one burst had completely depleted the enormous amount of energy in his body!
Fortunately, the solar energy was replenished in a timely and continuous manner.
Zhou Xuan thought for a moment. Only by absorbing energy from a few more Nine-Star Beads could he possibly supply the energy required for flight. The energy consumed just now had given him too much of a shock. At his current rate of absorbing solar energy, it was absolutely impossible for him to supply enough. Even if he absorbed all nine Nine-Star Beads, with nine times the current energy absorption, it still wouldn't be enough to sustain him for a long time of flight.
The energy consumption of flight is too great; it is estimated that the rate of solar energy absorption would need to be dozens of times greater than it is now to supply the energy required for flight.
However… Zhou Xuan thought about it and realized that the situation just now made him afraid to experiment at home again. If he were to experiment again, he wouldn’t be able to control the direction of the flight. If it flew onto those tall buildings outside and then fell down, damaging the road would be a small matter, but attracting the attention of passersby and hitting passersby would be a big deal.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Xuan held back and went back to the living room. Then he whispered to Fu Ying and Fu Tianlai, "Grandpa, Yingying, I want to go out to sea tomorrow. Can you come with me?"
Fu Tianlai and Fu Ying both laughed and nodded. Fu Tianlai said, "Of course we can. It's not like we haven't been out before. We've been twice on a yacht. If you like, we'll take our biggest yacht out tomorrow and the whole family can have some fun!"
Fu Ying naturally shared the same thought, but she found it strange that Zhou Xuan would ask her for help if it was just a trip. For such a small matter, she could have just asked directly; there was no need to beg. The whole family was happy when they went out together, just like last time. What would they not want?
Zhou Xuan whispered again, "Grandpa, I don't want many people to go. I have something to do and it's best not to let others know. That's why I want Grandpa and Yingying to go. We don't even need a boatman; we'll sail it ourselves!"
The two then understood Zhou Xuan's meaning. Fu Tianlai quickly said, "Okay, okay, no problem. I'm an expert at driving yachts, and I've even operated helicopters. If you have time, I'll take you to experience what it's like to fly in the sky. It's really exciting, especially when you're piloting the plane yourself!"
Zhou Xuan chuckled to himself, thinking that he was going to fly to the sky and no longer needed Fu Tianlai's invitation.
Fu Ying understood that Zhou Xuan must have some secret to do, which might be related to his special ability, otherwise he wouldn't have done such a thing. She nodded immediately and said, "Okay, then let's get some rest early tonight. I'll go talk to Mom and ask her and Sister-in-law Luo Ya to stay home and take care of Sisi and Si Zhou tomorrow!"
Zhou Xuan responded and then went back to his room to prepare. He still had seven Nine-Star Beads left to take with him, so he needed to see what else he needed to prepare.
(To be continued)
Volume 1, Chapter 662: A Shooting Star from Outer Space (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
I played with little Sisi in bed for a while last night. This little one is already trying to stand up; she keeps kicking her legs to get up. She's only a few months old, but her body is already bigger than other children her age. Little Sizhou is the same; he's nine months older than Sisi, now one year and one month old. He can already walk all over the place and can clearly say "daddy," "mommy," "grandpa," and "grandma," but he just can't say "maternal grandfather," which always annoys Fu Yaolai, who says little Sizhou isn't close to him. ##Read more novels##
Actually, "Little Si Zhou" is just a name that can't be easily understood in three characters; it's not that they dislike him. Children are very sensitive; whoever is affectionate towards them, they will be good to and attached to that person. In this family, the two people closest to the children are actually Fu Yaolai and Fu Yuhai, even more so than Zhou Cangsong and his wife. The least close person is actually their father, Zhou Xuan.
Because his family doted on the two children so much, Zhou Xuan didn't care much. It wasn't that he didn't like his children, but rather that it wasn't his turn to hold them.
Fu Ying came out of the bathroom, drying her wet hair with a towel, and asked, "Zhou Xuan, what are you up to tomorrow?"
Although she had some guesses, Fu Ying couldn't be sure, because if Zhou Xuan was doing it for superpowers, he could do it at home as well, and he had done it before. Superpowers are invisible and intangible, and no one would know or see them.
Zhou Xuan teased little Sisi, then said to Fu Ying, "Yingying, have you ever thought about how you would feel if I could fly?"
Fu Ying was taken aback, genuinely surprised. If Zhou Xuan said he had some other ability, even turning dung into gold, she would believe him. But to say he could fly was rather strange, because she knew that Zhou Xuan's abilities were generally heading in a certain direction.
Actually, Zhou Xuan's ability to build a body harder than steel was something he had just acquired, so Fu Ying didn't know about it. Of course, Zhou Xuan had many abilities that Fu Ying didn't know about. It wasn't that Zhou Xuan wanted to hide it from her, but rather that he felt it wouldn't matter whether Fu Ying knew he had special abilities or not. "You...can you really fly?" Fu Ying paused for a moment, then asked curiously, "Are you kidding me?"
Zhou Xuan shook his head, composed himself, and said, "Yingying, it's true. I tried it on the rooftop today. I can fly, but my superpower isn't enough to keep up with the energy depletion. I only flew a dozen meters before falling down, crashing from the rooftop into the courtyard..."
Fu Ying was immediately shocked and quickly grabbed Zhou Xuan's hand, looking around. In the afternoon, Fu Ying, her family, and the bodyguards all heard the loud noise in the courtyard and ran to the courtyard to see the deep pit. They were all fooled by Zhou Xuan's explanation and really thought he was practicing some kind of kung fu.
But when Fu Ying heard Zhou Xuan say that he had fallen from the rooftop, she was terrified. The rooftop of her house was over 20 meters high, and falling from such a height would be fatal. Moreover, Fu Ying knew that although Zhou Xuan had superpowers, he was not physically strong, which was why she was afraid. She quickly and carefully checked him to see if he was injured.
Zhou Xuan smiled and took her hand, saying, "It's alright, Yingying. My superpower has also been enhanced. I didn't tell you, but the molecular density and mass of my body have evolved. It's much harder than steel, and its hardness is dozens of times greater than that of diamond. I've tested it with bullets, and no bullet could hurt me. I estimate that my body's heat resistance is also dozens of times that of diamond, so nothing can hurt me. You don't need to worry!"
Fu Ying was stunned and speechless. To be honest, she knew that Zhou Xuan had superpowers. She knew roughly what abilities Zhou Xuan had before, but she really didn't know that he was so powerful now. When she heard that Zhou Xuan said he might be able to fly, she was really shocked and at a loss!
After a long while, Fu Ying finally said, "Zhou Xuan, there are some things about you that I can't quite figure out!"