Three minutes...

Five minutes...

Sweat poured down Ryan's forehead, his face pale and his fingers tightly clenched as his body trembled uncontrollably. But deep inside, he felt a sense of excitement and joy.

After just five minutes of absorption, the brightness of the Divine Fire had increased slightly, and he felt that the previously loose development of his brain domain had also expanded slightly. Based on his estimation, his brain domain development should have already reached 12.01%.

The speed of this progression was nothing short of a miracle.

However, this progression wasn't solely due to the Divine Fire, but also largely due to the Fragment Room. The spiritual pressure brought about by the universal creatures' spiritual fragments in the Fragment Room constantly oppressed his spiritual consciousness, leading to the birth of new spiritual power.

Under pressure, the expansion of his brain domain was much faster than normal meditation.

The role of the Divine Fire was to devour these various and complex spiritual fragments of the universal creatures, repairing itself while also converting many fragments into pure spiritual will, which in turn nourished Ryan's brain and helped him resist pressure and expand his brain domain.

Of course, Ryan's unwavering faith also played a role. Although the Divine Fire shared some of the burden, the pain and pressure were still real. If it were James or David, they would have long screamed and given up.

It was precisely because of these three reasons that Ryan's first time was unusually strong.

This improvement also made Ryan realize that after the Divine Fire devoured the spiritual fragments of the two-dimensional giant ants yesterday, the direct increase of his brain domain development by 2% should have been due to the fact that the Divine Fire had been in his head for three years, accumulating much of his spiritual power, and that some kind of mysterious substance emitted during activation had helped him improve.

Even without yesterday's incredible experience, the expansion speed was still astonishing!

Having tasted the sweetness, how could Ryan not feel excited?

What confused him was that he had originally thought that Divine Fire was devouring spiritual power, but now it seemed that Divine Fire's interest in spiritual power had diminished greatly after devouring the two-dimensional giant ant's spiritual consciousness, and it would return most of the spiritual power it devoured to him.

So what was Divine Fire devouring?

Could it be that, in the universal creatures' spiritual fragments, there were other things besides spiritual power?

Were those things the key to Divine Fire's self-repair?

But Ryan also knew that the secrets involved were beyond his current level of understanding.

All he could do was to use Divine Fire to improve himself as quickly as possible.

Only by being strong enough could he uncover the mystery.

Perhaps when Divine Fire is fully lit up, the answer will appear!

All of this made Ryan grit his teeth and endure, using Divine Fire to devour more universal creatures' spiritual fragments.

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However, Ryan didn't know that to the people inside and outside of the fragment room, he appeared very strange.

This guy howls in pain every few minutes, and while it sounds miserable, there's a strange pleasure in it.

It's as if, in addition to the pain, he's also enjoying it.

When he howls, everyone thinks he's about to give up and press the bracelet.

But as soon as the howling stops, he persists again.

This cycle repeats over and over again.

"Super M physique! He must have this kind of physique! I finally found the reason why the previous experiments failed. Those guys have too low a threshold for pain, only those with super M physique can endure more pain, for them, pain is not just pain, but something they dream of obtaining..."

"Hahaha... I think I have the talent to become a researcher!"

Outside the laboratory, Michael's eyes gleamed as he stared at Ryan, as if he had found a treasure.

He felt that he had found the answer to the experiment.

"Freak!"

Inside the laboratory, Noah's face was also dark, and he groaned silently with an expressionless face.

At this moment, his thoughts were the same as Michael's.

As far as he knew, there were some guys in Metaverse who liked this kind of atmosphere. Those guys loved nothing more than going to the entertainment venues set up by the Spiritual Realm Corporation to let girls in leather jackets, holding small whips, and wearing police caps run rampant.

He never expected Ryan, who looked innocent and simple, to like this atmosphere!

But whether it's Michael or Noah, there is one question in their hearts at this moment:

How long can Ryan's first time last?!

"It's been a while..." At this moment, Ryan's peripheral vision glanced at the timing on his wristband.

06:00.

"It's only been six minutes. How long can I hold on for my first time? Noah's record is thirty minutes, so I'll beat him by one minute. Outstanding, but not too incredible!"

Soon, Ryan had a plan in mind.

Fifteen minutes later.

The consciousness in Ryan's brain had already become somewhat confused, and even the pain had made sweat beads appear on his forehead, and tears flowed out. As for the screams of pain, there was no longer any pleasure, just simply screaming from the pain.

Level VI pain, more painful than giving birth!

Such a terrifying pain that was even worse than severe pain was too frightening!

"Hold on, hold on! He can do it for thirty minutes, and so can I. Just nine more minutes!"

Ryan gritted his teeth, thinking of the contemptuous looks and disdainful words from the past.

In the past, he had no way to improve himself.

Now that there's an opportunity, we must make the most of every moment and seize every opportunity to use it to the fullest!

However, Ryan, at this moment, was in too much pain to catch the shocked expressions on Michael and Noah's faces, which were almost dropping to the ground.

"Freak!"

Almost simultaneously, the two people, who had no communication inside and outside the room, muttered in unison.

Noah's record was indeed thirty minutes, but that was created after several trials and getting used to VI-degree pain.

For his first time, he only lasted ten minutes.

But how long has it been for Ryan now? Twenty-one minutes!

The record for the first time entering the Fragment Room and persisting in duration had already been broken and was still being constantly refreshed by Ryan!

Soon, another ten minutes had passed.

But for Ryan, ten minutes felt like a lifetime.

His head felt like it was about to explode, his eyes were bloodshot, and sweat was almost dehydrating him.

When Ryan glanced at his wrist and saw the duration showing 31:00, although he felt like Divine Fire in his mind still had some unfinished business, he dared not hold on any longer.

He wasn't afraid of being exposed, but was afraid that if he continued like this, his head would really explode, and his brain would suffer irreversible trauma.

"Panting... panting..."

When he pressed the button on his wristband, the spiritual barrier was activated, isolating the mental pressure. Ryan immediately felt like a mountain that was pressing down on him had suddenly disappeared, and that feeling of relief was like a fish that had been jumping on the shore for a long time and was almost dried up by the scorching sun, suddenly entering the water.

The feeling of comfort made him feel like he had entered heaven, so happy that it didn't feel real...

"Hmm?"

After taking a few breaths in a row, Ryan suddenly felt that something was strange inside the Fragment Room, quiet and everyone around him was looking at him with a strange expression, not meditating at all.

Especially Noah, his eyes widened so much that his eyeballs seemed to be about to fall off.

Michael outside the fragment room had his whole face pressed against the high-strength glass, deforming slightly from the pressure.

"Fuck..." Ryan watched this scene, and suddenly realized that he may have misunderstood the meaning of Noah's words earlier.

That guy just set a record for a single duration of thirty minutes, not the first thirty-minute record.

He seemed to have done something incredible!