This concerned a major Alliance resolution, a matter of military strategy, no less. Although Fang Tangtang personally felt, ’It’s a waste not to attack,’ when it came to something so important, she ultimately decided to talk it over with Gao Neng.
She left the room.
Fang Tangtang went straight upstairs.
Soon, she arrived at Gao Neng’s "training room."
"Ahem." Fang Tangtang coughed softly, then knocked on the door. "Gao Neng, I, Death God Fang Tangtang, am about to enter! You have five seconds to get dressed!"
One!
Two!
Three!
"I’m coming in!"
Fang Tangtang pushed the door open and went right in.
The room wasn’t lit, but in the center, a projection of a world map glowed with blue light.
Because of the map, the room wasn’t actually that dark.
At least, with Fang Tangtang’s current power, she could clearly see Gao Neng standing behind the map, his eyes slightly closed, looking like a meditating old monk.
Of course, Gao Neng hadn’t had time to get dressed.
While in his training state, Gao Neng was shirtless, wearing only a pair of slightly loose pajama pants. He didn’t look particularly special.
But add a stunningly handsome face to the mix, and it was a completely different story.
"Gao Neng, let me ask you something. If there were a few empty cities in the West and South Districts right now, should we attack them?" Fang Tangtang, of course, wasn’t going to mention Liangshan’s visit.
After all, she couldn’t let Liangshan and Gao Neng meet again. If that happened, the fact that she was impersonating Gao Neng would be exposed.
"Attack?" Gao Neng’s eyes slowly opened.
Within them swirled all sorts of lights: red like fire, blue like ice, cyan like wind, black like earth... This was his current state.
Since returning from the Eastern District, his special attributes had grown to nearly fifty different types, each one at 100% mastery.
Normally, the energy he had absorbed from the Source of Evolution in the Eastern District should have been enough for him to break through and become one of the Strongest.
And there hadn’t been any problems in the early stages.
He had advanced triumphantly from the Tier Nine Early Stage to the Tier Nine Late Stage.
The process had been exceptionally smooth, but right at the Tier Nine Late Stage, he found himself stuck again.
He had been back in the City of Hope for several days now, and he had spent all that time in seclusion, trying to break through. But the results were less than ideal.
’How do I break through?’
’Where exactly is the bottleneck?’
This was the question on his mind.
And Fang Tangtang’s words immediately made him think of something...
Back when he was breaking through from Tier Six to Tier Seven, he had also been trapped by a bottleneck. In the end, he had achieved his breakthrough on the Northern District Battlefield.
’Do I have to rely on fighting again?’ Gao Neng blinked, the lights in his eyes flickering continuously. "Perhaps it’s worth a try."
"Worth a try?" Fang Tangtang’s eyes lit up. Just as she’d thought, Gao Neng would also choose to fight.
"Yeah, you’ve reminded me. This method might actually work. By the way, what did you need me for?" Gao Neng finally noticed Fang Tangtang, who had come in. He stood up from his seat and grabbed a towel to wipe himself down.
"It’s nothing now. You can go back to your training," Fang Tangtang replied immediately.
"I’m done training. I’m going to go out for a walk." Gao Neng shook his head. He’d been in seclusion in his room for days with no progress.
’Might as well go out for a bit.’
’Or maybe I could go spar with Qin Lei and Li Tiannan?’
’Huh?’
’That’s a great idea!’
’I’ll fight all the Strongest in one go!’
’Maybe I’ll break through!’
Thinking this, Gao Neng’s mood instantly brightened. Fighting against the Strongest would not only let him familiarize himself with his special attributes’ abilities, but it might also give him a chance to break through.
Most importantly, he could also learn about the abilities of the other Strongest.
It was like killing three birds with one stone!
Deciding on a course of action, Gao Neng threw on a shirt and prepared to head out.
"Huh? You’re going out? Then let’s go find... Wait, you can’t go out right now!" Fang Tangtang suddenly realized.
’Liangshan is still in the living room!’
"Why can’t I go out?" Gao Neng was a little confused.
"You just can’t... I mean, you just finished training. It would be better to take a hot bath before you go out," Fang Tangtang said, her face turning red.
"Take a bath? Hmm, I probably should." Gao Neng sniffed himself and decided it was a pretty good suggestion, so he didn’t refuse.
"Wait here, then. I’ll have someone run you a hot bath."
"Okay." Gao Neng nodded.
SLAM!
Fang Tangtang immediately slammed the door shut, then flew down the stairs and into the living room in a single breath.
In the living room.
Liangshan was waiting patiently.
"Councillor Liang, Gao Neng said he just had a sudden insight and might be on the verge of a breakthrough. He asked me to give you a message," Fang Tangtang said as soon as she reached the living room.
"A message? What is it?" Liangshan opened his eyes.
"He said to ’proceed as planned.’ As for what that means exactly, I don’t really understand." Fang Tangtang blinked, a look of complete ignorance on her face.
"’Proceed as planned?’ Very well, I understand."
"You should head back, then. It’s getting late, so I won’t keep you for dinner."
’Some hospitality from Speaker Gao...’ "Fine, I’ll take my leave!" Liangshan hadn’t planned on staying to freeload a meal anyway, but he was still a bit annoyed by the way Fang Tangtang had said it.