Being trapped in the valley, Han Sen had nothing to do. Aside from playing with Bao'er and chatting with Earl Of Thorns, he spent most of his time practicing the Blood-Pulse Sutra.
Perhaps it was because he had eaten a lot of fruit, but although his fitness had not increased, the speed at which he practiced the Blood-Pulse Sutra had increased. In a few days, he had unlocked a gene lock.
What made Han Sen feel strange was that while he was practicing the Blood-Pulse Sutra, the Dongxuan Sutra did not have the same effect. His progress was still slow.
So, Han Sen had to stop practicing the Dongxuan Sutra and focus on the Blood-Pulse Sutra.
Aside from practicing, Han Sen had nothing else to do.
Because he was bored, Han Sen dug up the giant tools and wiped them clean. He wanted to see if he could find any clues.
But most of the tools had no markings on them, so there were no words or clues.
By accident, Han Sen found a broken stone tablet. It had been buried in the dirt of the valley.
A monkey had been digging a hole to pee, and it had dug out a corner of the stone tablet. Han Sen saw it, and so he dug it up.
The stone tablet was ten meters wide, but it was less than two meters tall. It had a mysterious sound to it, and when Han Sen looked at it, he noticed the word "knock." It was written in ancient human language.
Fortunately, Han Sen had spent a lot of time practicing the Dongxuan Sutra. If he hadn't, he wouldn't have been able to recognize the word.
"This stone tablet is actually engraved with ancient human characters. Could it be that these things were created by humans?"
That's impossible. "Han Sen was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
Above the word "knock," Han Sen saw a bloody mark. It looked as if blood had been spilled upon it. It was a very sad sight.
He didn't know what had broken the tablet, but the cut was very smooth. It was like it had been cut by a sharp blade. He didn't know what kind of person could have broken the tablet, but with Han Sen's power, he couldn't have left a mark on it.
Aside from that, Han Sen didn't find anything else. Aside from the broken tablet, there was nothing else in the valley that had words on it. He couldn't find the rest of the tablet, either.
Han Sen and the monkeys were trapped in the valley, and they couldn't tell the time. There was no sun or moon, and there was no day or night. He didn't know how much time had passed.
Han Sen's Blood-Pulse Sutra was improving quickly. His body was only fifteen hundred, but he had already reached the sixth tier. That meant he had opened six gene locks.
Han Sen ate a lot of fruit, and his self geno points increased. When he reached nine hundred, he couldn't go any further.
It didn't matter if he ate different types of fruit, or if he ate more of the same type, his self geno points didn't increase. It was as if he had reached a bottleneck.
Even Thorn Baron, who was a Royal class spirit, was able to open nine gene locks after eating so many of the fruits. It was quite a feat, to say the least.
The blue monkeys had unlocked many of their gene locks, too, and they were terrifying.
But because Han Sen had been with them for a long time, he had become familiar with them. So, they didn't fight.
Although it was difficult to tell the difference between day and night, Han Sen estimated that every twenty-four hours, a mark would be left behind.
Although it wasn't as accurate as a watch, it wasn't too far off.
According to Han Sen's estimation, three years had passed. He and Bao'er had been trapped there for three years, and during that time, Han Sen's Blood-Pulse Sutra had reached the ninth tier.
It was similar to Super King Spirit's state. He had opened nine gene locks, but he couldn't progress any further.
After all, his fitness hadn't increased, and he was still at 1500. His sacred-blood geno points and super geno points hadn't increased, either. With his fitness, he had opened nine gene locks. That was something no one had ever done before, and it was something no one had ever done before.
But Han Sen's body was too weak. Even after opening seven gene locks, he couldn't last very long.
His super king spirit mode was not affected by the strength of his body. Every time he opened a gene lock, the duration of his super king spirit mode increased. Now that he had opened nine gene locks, he could stay in super king spirit mode for an hour.
But after an hour, Han Sen needed to rest for a week. His body needed to recover, and he needed to use Super King Spirit again.
Three years had passed, and Bao'er hadn't grown up. She still looked like a baby. Han Sen didn't know if she couldn't grow up, or if her growth cycle was different from humans.
On this day, Han Sen walked around the valley as usual. This was a habit that Han Sen had kept for the past three years. Every twenty-four hours, he would walk around the valley to see if anything had changed.
But three years had passed, and Han Sen was disappointed. Nothing had changed in the valley. Aside from the fruits that they had eaten, the whole valley was like a pool of stagnant water. Even the passage of time had not left a single mark on the valley.
If Han Sen couldn't get out, he and the monkeys would kill each other.
But today, when Han Sen walked to the place he had entered, he froze.
In the next second, Han Sen's tears were about to fall. On the mountain that had been flat for three years, there was a cave. It was exactly the same as the cave in his memory. Even the location was the same. It was the cave he had entered.
"Three years … It's been three years … Finally, Bao'er … Come here … We are free …" Han Sen shouted like crazy. He ran to Bao'er, picked her up, and ran to the cave. He was afraid that the cave would disappear again.
Han Sen put Earl Of Thorns and the others back into the Sea of Soul. He shouted to the monkeys around him, "There is a way out … Go!"
He didn't care if the monkeys understood him or not. He ran and shouted, but he didn't stop. He ran as fast as he could into the cave and kept running.
Rumble!
When Han Sen heard the sound of the waterfall and saw the light in front of him, he was so excited that tears flowed down his face.
Although his strength had increased by leaps and bounds in the past three years, he was still a human. Being in the valley was almost the same as being in prison. Now, he felt like a prisoner on death row who had been released from prison and regained his freedom. The power of freedom seemed to surge in the cells of his body, making him so comfortable that he almost moaned.
Without hesitation, he rushed out of the waterfall and flew into the sky with Bao'er in his arms. The depression that had been accumulating in his heart for a long time burst out of his chest and turned into a long whistle that went straight into the clouds.
"I, Han Sen, am back … Haha …"