Apocalypse Arrives: I Become a Powerhouse by Scavenging
Chapter 16: Meditation

Chapter 16: Chapter 16: Meditation

The next day, Moira Lynch was woken up on time by her six o’clock alarm. She then brushed her teeth, washed her face, ate breakfast, filled a swimming pool with water, and swapped it for a new one to continue filling.

Then, she began a day of studying.

Now that she knew the Learning Machine could be used for more than just studying, Moira Lynch began to search it for information on the spiritual power talent.

The Learning Machine flashed a few times, and then an introduction to spiritual power appeared on the screen.

Spiritual power is divided into seven levels. With each increasing level, the difficulty of cultivation multiplies. At the higher levels, people who have awakened a spiritual power talent are nearly invincible because they can kill without leaving a trace.

People who awaken spiritual power are natural-born commanders and scouts. Under the coverage of their spiritual power, every small movement made by anyone within its range has nowhere to hide.

Under these circumstances, the only way out is to leave the area covered by the spiritual power.

When Moira Lynch saw that after cultivating spiritual power to Level Six, it could actually cover an entire planet, her jaw dropped.

’This is only Level Six. Wouldn’t cultivating to Level Seven be even more terrifying?’

Moira Lynch’s current spiritual power had a range of about a five-meter radius. According to the interstellar ranking system, this was merely the entry-level for Level One.

Seeing this, Moira Lynch couldn’t help but sigh. She had been so smug about her progress before. ’Looks like I celebrated too soon.’

She then searched for methods to rapidly increase spiritual power. Soon, the Learning Machine presented her with three options.

The first method was combat. By constantly fighting and facing perilous situations, one could continually break through their own limits in a crisis.

This method was universally acknowledged in the interstellar community as the fastest way to improve. It wasn’t just for Spiritual Power Awakeners; it was applicable to all Talent Awakened.

The second method was to increase spiritual power through meditation. The advantage was that it was safe; the disadvantage was that it was slow.

Moreover, meditation required absolute focus, without any distracting thoughts, and demanded a high level of concentration.

The third method was to find a type of ore called a Mind Stone. After absorbing it, a Spiritual Power Awakener could drastically increase their spiritual power. It could be described as both fast and safe.

But before Moira Lynch’s eyes could light up, she saw the note at the very bottom.

P.S. Mind Stones are an extremely rare ore in the interstellar community. They can only be found by chance, not sought out. The most recent appearance was a hundred years ago—a thumb-sized Mind Stone. At that time, it was sold at the Nymphaea auction house for a final price of two billion.

Moira Lynch’s breath caught, and her gaze shifted to the second method. ’Meditation must be like the cultivation in those novels, and the first method is basically tempering myself through trials.’

Moira Lynch decided to temporarily abandon the first method—trials. She was still far too weak; going out for trials now would be more like a suicide mission. As for the Mind Stone, she couldn’t afford it either.

’Looks like the only option left is the second one: meditation.’

Moira Lynch incorporated meditation into her daily schedule, setting it for the evenings.

After all, the temperature dropped at night. It wasn’t as hot and stifling as during the day, making it easier to concentrate.

The Learning Machine also thoughtfully provided her with a meditation manual.

’This manual is probably standard issue across the interstellar community, like a textbook,’ Moira Lynch thought. ’Otherwise, there’s no way I could’ve found it with a simple search.’

For the next few days, Moira Lynch’s life became extremely routine.

Waking up at six a.m. on the dot, she would wash up and eat breakfast, then start studying the interstellar language at six-thirty. At twelve, she’d eat lunch, replacing her usual one-hour nap with meditation. Then at one, she’d begin exercising.

In the afternoon, when the temperature began to drop, she would go out and purchase supplies. She still had a lot of money, after all, and it seemed a shame not to use it.

After returning from buying supplies, she would eat dinner while catching up on the latest news, and then begin her meditation.

After successfully expanding her spiritual power radius to eight meters, Moira Lynch managed to figure out a few tricks for using it.

It all came down to eight words: The thought forms, my body stills, my power performs.

During this time, a batch of crops in her space had ripened. Moira Lynch harvested them all into her granary and then planted new ones.

The few calves, lambs, and foals she had previously taken in from Serene Ranch had also become much more energetic after a few days of recuperation.

Although they were still far from being comparable to their siblings, at least they could eat now and were no longer half-dead like before.

Additionally, the machines Moira Lynch had listed for sale had all sold out, bringing her an income of two hundred Gold Coins.

Seeing how popular these machines were, Moira Lynch listed another batch. ’I can’t use these things anyway. Better to sell them all than have them take up space.’

She opened the System Mall. ’Two hundred Gold Coins. First, I’ll spend a hundred to buy ten bottles of D-grade Spirit Relief Liquid, just in case.’ With the remaining hundred Gold Coins, Moira Lynch turned her attention to other items.

After browsing for a long time, she finally settled on two items.

Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit Tree Seedling: Long-term consumption of its fruit can improve one’s constitution.

P.S. The Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit Tree has extremely demanding environmental requirements and is very difficult to keep alive. Customers are advised to consider their purchase carefully.

Medicine Fruit Tree Seedling: Its fruit has the effects of restoring stamina, anti-aging, skin whitening, and slimming. Long-term consumption can also prevent diseases.

P.S. Its environmental requirements are even more demanding than the Bone Marrow Cleansing Fruit’s.

Besides these two types of fruit trees, there were many other fruit trees with miraculous effects, such as the Healing Fruit, Medical Fruit, and Detoxification Fruit trees.

But the prices of these fruit trees were among the cheapest of all the items in the System Mall.

This was only because they were extremely difficult to grow. Their environmental requirements were incredibly high, not tolerating even the slightest bit of pollution. Otherwise, they would up and die on you.

Moira Lynch even used the Learning Machine to search for them. Unsurprisingly, the survival rate of these fruit trees was also very low in the interstellar community. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would be sickly and frail, let alone bear any fruit.

Given the current environment on Caelus, it was naturally impossible to grow these fruit trees. But Moira Lynch had her space.

The environment inside her space would definitely meet the growth requirements of these fruit trees.

After she clicked "purchase," two clearly malnourished seedlings appeared in her hands.

Seeing this, Moira Lynch didn’t dare to delay for a second. She brought them into her space, found a beautiful and propitious spot to plant them, and watered them with root-settling water.

After a flurry of activity, Moira Lynch could clearly feel that the two seedlings were in much better condition than just a moment ago.

As more and more players successfully "woke up" and awakened their talents, an increasing number of posts about the "game" started appearing.

It was only then that Moira Lynch learned that not everyone’s first "game" was Serene Ranch. Some people were even teleported to a kindergarten, with the mission to look after children.

Reading the poster’s complaints about how difficult the children were, Moira Lynch couldn’t help but feel relieved she had been sent to the ranch.

’Kids are cute, as long as they don’t cry.’