The whole world is stationary, the absolute silence grips the heart and spreads unknown fear to one's soul.
An unknown Island somewhere in the sea.
In a 5 story laboratory building, one of the rooms laced with bio-research equipment, Ray was seen studying a light blue reagent in a test tube, his brows frowning.
Ray was a little irritated, as he had failed to achieve his goal of developing a way to strengthen his body despite constant trials and errors over 45 years.
Yes, it's been 45 years since this Time-Stop. When he first started Time-Stop, he thought that achieving his goal wouldn't be smooth sailing, but in the end, he would find a way or at least develop a prototype of a technique that he could perfect later.
But nothing. Yes, there had been no development to his plan. It is not that he is lazy or something. He had eaten all the knowledge, that he could find on genetics & human evolution in biology in the current period. With his current knowledge, he guarantees that if he dares to be second in biology, no one dares to be first.
But there are still no developments, he had developed many serums that will put pressure on his body and make it further strengthen through energy provided by time, but it has been unsuccessful.
Frustrated he crushed the test tube in his hand, injuring it, but the next second, time-rule reverted the injury to its previous state.
Looking at his smooth hand he smiled bitterly.
"Well, it's time to take a break, anyway it has been unsuccessful for 45 years, it is unlikely that it will succeed in the last five years."
While making a decision he also paid attention to his 'Will', looking at its condition he will be able to last 5 more years in Time-Stop.
"Wait, 'Will', can my 'will' be used to interact with the real world?" Ray was startled by his bold conjuncture, and then he was excited.
If his idea was correct, not only would he be able to use his 'Will' as a weapon, but he could also use it as a device to evolve his body.
For example, he presses his body with his 'will' to let it evolve.
If this is true then he would never have to develop a cultivation technique for his body.
Because his 'Will' is like an infinitely improving cultivation technique, it is always being strengthened in constant Time-Stop & time resume.
Thinking till here, Ray was trembling with excitement, because he knew the stakes involved and he couldn't wait to start the experiment.
Ray thought for a while, then he turned around and walked out of the room, making his way toward the gym.
Coming here he locked his eyes on a 10 kg weight, looking at it intently, he secretly inspired his will, commanding it to lift the weight.
And just like that it floated mid-air, it was as natural as drinking water, even Ray was stunned a little, and then he slapped his forehead cursing himself for being stupid.
If he had carried this experiment the first time he found his will being consumed in Time-Stop, he wouldn't have to waste all this time and effort on an illusionary cultivation technique.
He may even have further strengthened his body.
But it wasn't too late now, he can start with it right away.
First, he had to figure out the amount of weight his 'Will' could lift. After some experiments, he found he could lift 100 kg, anything more than that would become strenuous.
After figuring this out, he helplessly discovered that his 'Will' was not strong enough right now to put any pressure on his body, he had already exercised under a weight that was far more than 100kg in a gym.
In his estimate, he will be able to go ahead with his body strengthening when his will is strong enough to lift at least 500kg of weight.
Well, all he can do now is to wait, because he hasn't figured out any way to actively strengthen his 'will' right now, all the way till now his 'will' has been passively tampered with in Time-Stop cycles.
He should find a way to actively strengthen his 'Will', this thought flashed through his mind.
But not now, now that the problem that had been stumbling him had been solved, he should relax a little.
For 45 years in this Time-Stop, he has been constantly studying and researching, he is mentally tired of it, now even getting near a book makes him allergic.
So for the rest of the 5 years, he enjoyed to his heart's content, what body strengthening, what researching all this was left behind.
And in this way, 5 years passed in a flash.
It is worth noting that although he didn't do any study or research, he still coded an optimizer for computer systems.
Although he created this casually, the effect it had was truly miraculous, using this computer's calculation speed can be enhanced by 30%.
He created it to enhance his company's technical reserves and influence in the market.
As for what type of storm it will create, he will find this out once time resumes its flow.
......
With the resuming of time, all the noise that flooded his ears made him relax instead of irritating him.
This was by far the longest time he had stayed in isolation, even with the 'will' that has been strengthened many times, Ray almost had panic attacks in the last year.
Now he only wanted to have a good sleep and remove the side effects that he had on his mental health.
Having a relaxing bath, he ordered a takeout, today he wasn't in the mood to eat out, chicken sticks, Chinese rice, and a glass of orange juice, quickly devouring it down. He turned on the TV and put on a random movie, lying on the sofa he watched it with his eyelids fighting.
He will check up on his company tomorrow and also put optimizer on the market.
With these last thoughts, he was in his dreams.