How could he just let go and leave?
It wasn't just friends, he had family, he still had to break out of Crime Prison Island and go home to see Aunt Yao, who he regarded as his mother.
"What's missing... What else do I need for the leap of life to occur?"
Gao Xin finally stopped stubbornly imagining that swallowing a piece of blade, treated as medicine, would allow him to evolve.
It had been too long, with no effect for such a prolonged period; he had to consider that this was futile.
But he wasn't truly wavering! He simply accepted the fact that the human body couldn't leap to a higher form of life out of thin air.
He always believed in the power of life, the supreme force capable of creating that mysterious purple mist-like substance.
It's just that he was missing something, because the physical laws are incredibly powerful, and a material basis is indispensable.
It must be the case; he was lacking the basic materials...