Chapter 14
Yongno was now lying flat on a big rock, breathing quietly as if he were asleep. Mari, who had reached a much higher level of mastery than Yongno, thoroughly knew his status as well as the situation within him.
“... Unbelievable. How could he engage in self-contemplation for three days without meditating or going into a state of trance after reaching enlightenment?” murmured Mari in amazement.
Self-contemplation was a high level of spiritual ability for players to introspect themselves. Three days of being in a trance would only feel like a minute or two. However, those who contemplate would be going through a time at normal speed or even longer than the actual duration. Therefore, most of the users couldn’t engage in self-contemplation for more than an hour, but Yongno was doing it for three consecutive days.
Mari uttered, “Basically, players need mental strength and power of concentration to self-contemplate… But perhaps those don't apply to this guy because he’s just enjoying it.”
Would it actually be sustainable for a person to study or perform complicated tasks for three straight days without any breaks? That would be close to fully concentrating on studying or doing intellectual work for seventy-two hours without having a break, meal, and sleep. Realistically, it would be almost impossible since the longer we spent time performing high-quality intellectual work, the poorer our mental health became. Even if we had the fortitude or a very high concentration, we couldn’t beat random thoughts intervening ourselves.
However, we could think differently by changing the situation. What if we were playing our most favorite game for three days straight without any breaks? Would there be a difference between working hard and enjoying ourselves? Some people could say that even playing games for all three days and nights would be quite challenging. Still, if we were thinking it cool-headedly, realistically, and based on our experience, playing our favorite game for that duration would be much easier.
“Geez, what a freak!” snorted Mari.
Whoosh.
But before she sighed, there was a sympathetic resonance; Yongno’s inner qi moved violently. It meant only one thing, and that is No Living World, the esotericism of the Gold Core Immortal Technique was open.