Chapter 11 - My Mundane Life as a Baby. Sigh~

*Sleepily opens eyes*

Where am I....?

Fluttering my eyelids a little, trying to shake the discomfort from eyes but failing, I looked up to see wooden beams across the width of the house, providing support to the frame of the roof visible from the inside.

I... really have been born into a new world. And of all worlds, a cultivation one. Well, at least it wasn't into a world like my old one where corrupt officials in the government, and rich people having all the power, 'engaging' in the so-called capitalism.

I'm not dissing the concept, the premise sounds nice, but the reality is, that human greed knows no bounds. And that the rich people earn money using money, and are basically earning money through the less richer people's spending, saying that it's all good for the 'economy', whatever that was supposed to mean. I don't know much about the economy, I wouldn't mind learning about it if I had the time, but I guess I just didn't. Didn't learn and didn't have the time. Too late though.

At any rate, if hoarding wealth crashes the economy, then isn't the rich the biggest culprits of them all? After all, having large amounts of money satisfies greed, but provokes fear. Fear the all would be lost. I doubt that even a more technologically advanced civilization far superior to my own old civilization would be able to escape from the problems that plagued my old world.

A world like a western fantasy would be simple and nice. Just get strong by slaying monsters and train skillz, and you can stay unfettered. Perhaps a nice seclusion in the woods with peace and quiet wouldn't be too bad. I could deal without the amenities of modern civilization, though plumbing is a must. Without magic or some sort of equivalent, it would be a HUGE pain in the arse to draw water from the river or well. And then farming and rearing a few animals, I guess. Monster meat would be good too. If it's delicious. The closest thing to that is a demon beast. Not even sure if they're tasty.

Speaking of which, what time is it?

I looked around after properly waking up from my daze of staring at the ceiling and soaking in my random thoughts that popped up with the first sign of consciousness.

The sky outside the square window was pitch black, with the stars lighting up in what seemed to be a cacophony of colours, with what looked like clouds of nebulae filling the space in between the innumerable stars.

Beautiful. One more thing to celebrate about after leaving that shit hole of a civilization that cares little for its environment that literally makes up the living space. I swear, it's like humanity is naturally death seeking. Unless technology sufficiently advances enough, sooner or later, Oxygen, the sweet gas that slowly kills us all and yet keeps us alive at the same time, will run out. Trees can only do so much when it doesn't even occupy half of the space it used to occupy.

And also, a world filled with Qi is pretty great. At least in terms of air quality. it feels like I've climbed onto a tall mountain with fresh dew dripping off the leaves and moistening the air.

*Fuuuuuuuu Ah~*

Delicious. Let's stop admiring the scenery and get my bearings.

My parents are sleeping on what seems to be a smooth jade version of a kang. Maybe it's special? Jade usually keeps cool even in warm temperatures, so I get its use in summer, but now seems to be beginning of spring.

Sure it warms up to the touch, but it will be very cold when you first lie down...

The room looks like a very minimalist designed bedroom. A separate door aside from, the entrance, perhaps the walk-in closet lies to the left of the bed, which is in the middle of the room. A dressing table lies at the square window to the right of the bed. And directly opposite the bed is the wide double door going to the living room.

There doesn't seem to be any paint, the things around all look like their natural colours, if they were normal in this new world.

And I, lay yet again in mom's comforting naked chest. It seems to be my permanent spot while feeding and sleeping.

And I'm not complaining, it's great!

Let's check and see how's my body doing...

So far nothing out of the ordinary...

If Qi wasn't extraordinary.

So far, the cycle has steadily grown well. Much more than I expected.

How long has it been since I slept? I woke up around 6 am yesterday... I think. Waking mom up, flying through the air, getting catched, waiting for mom to prepare her technique, and finally, drinking that sweet nectar-like milk. It took about an hour I think? My sense of time is a little fuzzy, and my internal clock has never been the best.

Oh, wait. New body means new everything. Including internal body clock. I still have hope. Yasss.

So let's say I went to sleep around 7 am. It looks to be in the dead of the night, so, about 1 am? That means I slept for.... 7+12=19+6=25... so a total of 18 hours. Last I knew, the rate for generating Yin-Yang Qi was 1 strand/10mins or 0.1 strand/min. Super slow compared to the converter which makes neutral Qi at a rate of 2 strands/min. Technically speaking the cycle generates Qi at 20x slower the rate than the converter... If we only talk about a single type of Qi.

18hrs*60mins=1080mins.

Time taken*Rate=Amount produced.

1080*0.1=108 strands of Yin-Yang Qi, 108*2=216 strands of Qi total produced.

Last checked amount was 69 😏 strings of Qi total, including natural generation and salvaging from mom's milk. Plus the rate I know, it should be about 90.6 strings of Qi total.... but there's approximately 100 strings of Qi total here in the cycle resting at my heart.

Reverse calculation suggests that (100-69)x10=310 strands of Qi total.

Amount produced/Time taken=Rate. So,

(310/2)/1080=0.14351852... let's say 0.15 strands/min of Yin-Yang Qi for convenience sake.

That's not bad of a jump. 1.5x in fact.

If I'm not mistaken, I calculated the rate I used when I first completed the cycle, so the amount was 1 tendril of Qi each. Total would be 20 strings of Qi, but actually it's 10 strings of Yin-Yang Qi.

It seems that the rate of production is proportional to the amount of Yin-Yang Qi in the cycle. So far it's 1:2 ratio in increase though. The amount of Yin-Yang Qi basically tripled, but the increase in rate was only half of that, 1.5. Interesting. A nearly linear(heh) increase. It's getting kinda OP. At this rate, aren't I going to have never-ending amounts of Qi? If the increase never ends.

So far, 20 strings = 2 strands/10mins. 69 strings = 3 strands/10mins. I don't see a formula to it. Plus, if my hypothesis is right, then it would mean the rate is constantly improving. I think I might need to add an unknown...

Ugh this string and strand thing is confusing my brain. I need a better word for the units. Or better yet, a proper classification and standard of measurement. Haiz. For now... let's use thread. Seems fitting. A thread of Qi. Doesn't sound bad.

1 tendril=10 strings= 100 threads.

Yeah. Much less confusing.

Now, onto my neutral Qi. Now it's all over my body. In every single one of my cells. I can feel it. It's concentrating in my heart though, and I can see why. the milk has been absorbed as nutrients into my bloodstream, and it has to pass through my heart at some point. Still. I can tell if there's any effect. It feels... more lively? I guess. It's still very obedient. But it doesn't feel unfeeling anymore, like it's truly settling in or something. It's nice I guess.

...I wanna test something out.

As I thought that, I made the neutral Qi stay out of my heart, letting it flow elsewhere and stopping it from coming back into my heart. I then observed the 『Yin-Yang Cycle』closely, noting its surroundings. After 10 minutes 1.5 threads of Yin-Yang Qi was produced. Then, I noticed. That familiar feeling, similar to the converter. Neutral Qi?!?!

But I cordoned off the heart. There shouldn't be any at all... Wait, the feeling it gives off is weird. It's that unfeeling, robotic quality to it kind of feeling...

I see. Truly worthy of being called Neutral Qi. I think if it stays in a body long enough, it gets dyed by the attribute of the body. Mine is newborn, so there's probably no inclinations. But others might have their neutral Qi dyed into a different attribute. But isn't this broken? On top of generating more of itself, it even has an extra, probably useful byproduct. Then again, if the real『Yin-Yang Cycle』is the source of all Qi in this world, then maybe it's only fair. The residents of this world probably also do not care about rationing or conserving or ensuring Qi doesn't run out. Qi might thin out, but it'll probably thicken again sometime, sooner or later.

Sigh. The reckless abandon intelligent life has for its surroundings.

I then let go of my restrictions on my neutral Qi, letting it fill my heart once again. The neutral Qi just produced by the cycle immediately was dyed by the rushing neutral Qi that was dammed at the Vena Cava.

Can I still call this Neutral Qi I wonder? Maybe, maybe not. Whatever. As long as it's good, I'll ignore it for now.

There's nothing more I can do with Qi, so let's move to my body. It's probably very weak. I should move it as much as possible to build up the strength of the muscle.

I can move my arms no problems, but my neck. I can't even lift my head. The best I can do is turn my head. Welp. Time to train. If I can at least support my head up by myself, it would be great.

As I greedily thought of benefits I could get from gradual training, I started moving my limbs in its widest range of movement possible, while trying my best to straighten my limbs out as much as possible. And I warmed up my neck by turning my head from left to right and then back.

Until these movements are effortless, I should continue to endeavour. I shouldn't forget about flexibility. As a future woman, flexibility will be one of my greatest advantages against my enemies, particularly those who don't train their flexibility as much, male or female. Females have much more leeway in terms of flexibility tho.

Welp. What remains is constantly training, doing it on and off will give mixed results. I guess doing something repetitive is somewhat difficult. But holding out til the end gives sufficient benefits, so why not. Plus, it tempers my will. 2 birds with 1 stone. Heh. I guess I'll just continue until I'm tired, and then go back to sleep...