Thunderstorm Asthma? I’ll Just Drain the National Power Grid!

10: What a huge loss! Did I suck the bottom of Dragon Shield’s pot dry?Lin Yuan stood rooted to the spot, looking utterly bewildered.

Although the Primordial Thunder God Body could devour energy, it seemed to require a digestion process.

It was like a person eating; they couldn’t just keep eating non-stop.

But... this was too fast!

He looked down at himself, then up at the pool of liquid lightning.

It felt like going to an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet.

He had just eaten two mantis shrimp and hadn’t even had a chance to go for the Boston lobster and king crab.

Then a waiter came over and said, ”Sir, I’m sorry, your dining time is up.”

What kind of situation was this!

A huge loss!

It was an absolute rip-off!

The more Lin Yuan thought about it, the more depressed he became. This was a ”special meal” personally approved by the director, and he had only eaten so little. He felt he had really let down this cultivation opportunity.

He struggled, trying to absorb a little more.

Even if it was just a tiny bit more!

However, every cell in his body resisted, sending out a feeling of repulsion.

Just then, he suddenly noticed that the surrounding ”broth” didn’t seem as concentrated.

The originally viscous purple lightning had become much thinner, and its glow had dimmed.

Lin Yuan’s heart sank.

Oh no.

Could it be that in that short time, he had absorbed all the essence of this pot of ”soup”?

This stuff looked very expensive.

If he had to pay... the thought of that possibility made Lin Yuan shiver, and he instantly lost all desire to continue soaking.

He climbed out of the lightning pool.

Better run quickly.

If he were discovered, he couldn’t afford to pay.

However, as soon as he got ashore, he was met with two pairs of staring eyes.

Su Wanqing and Elder Zhang were intently gazing at him.

Lin Yuan looked behind them at the huge screen.

He didn’t understand any of the colorful curves and data on the screen.

But he understood the piercing ”beep, beep” alarm sound.

It was over.

He really had broken it.

Lin Yuan’s heart sank to rock bottom, and he completely deflated.

He stood awkwardly, scratching his head, like a primary school student who had done something wrong and was waiting for the teacher’s reprimand.

He tentatively asked:

”Um... did I... not perform very well?”

”How were my results? Was the time I spent too short, and I failed?”

His question directly startled Elder Zhang out of his petrified state.

Elder Zhang took a deep breath, put away the shock on his face, and replaced it with an expression of profound regret.

He sternly rebuked:

”Not just short! It was a complete waste!”

This shout made Lin Yuan flinch.

”Do you know how precious the energy in this lightning pool is?” Elder Zhang pointed at the pool, looking as if he wished Lin Yuan could be better. ”Every trace of energy is purified from extraterrestrial meteorites and then condensed by dozens of experts at the research institute, maintaining the array day and night!”

”And what happened? You!”

”You went in for ten minutes and came out. What’s the difference from taking a bath?!”

As expected, his performance was too poor!

Lin Yuan felt even more dejected upon hearing this.

He was truly disappointing; he had wasted the opportunity given by the bureau.

Elder Zhang looked at his crestfallen appearance and secretly nodded.

Teachable.

It was necessary to give him a bit of a dressing-down first, lest this young man become arrogant and ignorant of his limits in the future.

He cleared his throat and added, ”However, considering you’re new and this is your first time encountering such a high-level environment, being able to last ten minutes is...reluctantly (barely acceptable).”

Upon hearing the words ”barely acceptable,” a glimmer of light returned to Lin Yuan’s eyes.

”But!”

Elder Zhang’s tone suddenly shifted, becoming even more severe.

”Your energy absorption and conversion rate is simply too low! Your efficiency is worrying!”

He pointed at a data line on the screen that had already plummeted to the bottom.

”In a full ten minutes, you only barely consumed ninety percent of the ’overflow energy’ from the lightning pool!”

Elder Zhang deliberately replaced the concept of ”total reserve” with the less important-sounding ”overflow energy.”

”The rest was all wasted! Do you know how much loss that caused?”

Lin Yuan believed him.

So, what he absorbed was just the peripheral ”overflow energy”?

And he only absorbed ninety percent?

This efficiency was too poor.

His heart was filled with guilt.

The Dragon Shield Bureau disregarded past grievances, helped him pay his debts, gave him a salary, and now even used such precious resources to cultivate him.

Yet he was so ineffective.

No!

He absolutely couldn’t continue like this!

Lin Yuan raised his head, his gaze becoming incredibly resolute.

He bowed deeply to Elder Zhang.

”I understand!”

”I will definitely perform well in the upcoming training, redouble my efforts, and never fail the bureau’s investment in me!”

Watching Lin Yuan, who had been spurred into high spirits by his deception, Elder Zhang nodded in satisfaction, but his face still maintained that serious expression.

Su Wanqing, standing nearby, witnessed the entire exchange.

She looked at Lin Yuan, full of guilt and determination, then at the serious Elder Zhang who was ”lecturing” him.

She opened her mouth, intending to say something, but ultimately chose to remain silent.

Never mind.

Since the director had specially approved him to come, he must have had his considerations.

”Alright, your ’special meal’ is over.”

Su Wanqing stepped forward, her voice returning to its usual cool tone.

”Now, rejoin the team.”

”Yes!”

Lin Yuan responded loudly and followed Su Wanqing’s footsteps.

Watching their retreating figures, the serious expression on Elder Zhang’s face instantly collapsed.

He rushed back to the control console in two strides, his hands trembling with excitement, and immediately dialed an encrypted communication.

As the call connected, he practically roared.

”Director!”

”Something big has happened!”

”We... we might have unearthed a god!”

...Meanwhile, on the other side.

Lin Yuan followed Su Wanqing back to the training ground.

Although he had been severely ”criticized” by Elder Zhang, his mood at this moment was not entirely one of dejection.

He could feel that his body had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Inside him, an unprecedented power was surging.

This power was hundreds of times purer than when he previously absorbed 220V electricity!

He had a thought.

A trace of electric current flowed along his meridians to his fingertips.

”Zzzzt.”

A small cluster of purple electric sparks danced on his fingertip for a moment, then quickly vanished.

This was... the power of the D-rank - Condensation Realm!

And the newly unlocked Palm Thunder and Lightning Control!

Although in the instructor’s eyes, he was just a ”barely passing” and ”inefficient” poor student.

But Lin Yuan clenched his fists.

He knew that he was no longer the sickly person who would end up in the ICU after an 800-meter run.

The final assessment in a week.

He was looking forward to it.