Chu Bamboo returned to his room. After a moment of thought, he subconsciously said, "Z..."
Then, Chu Bamboo suddenly realized—Z... was still updating!
"I'm so out of it." Chu Bamboo rubbed his face. After washing up and thinking for a bit, he took out a small portion of the Life Ladder from his metal bracelet.
"...And now!" Following the method recorded in the diary, Chu Bamboo began to refine it directly. The Life Ladder looked like a tender blade of grass, but it was blood-red. The young leaf even pulsed and swelled from time to time like a heart, giving it an unsettling aura.
As Chu Bamboo operated the Dharma Gate, the Life Ladder's bud actually began to melt like ice under the Sun, gradually turning into liquid and seeping into his palm.
Immediately, Chu Bamboo's heart began to pound violently—
