Late at night.
Lu Li's eyes burned with intensity. He was filled with excitement. The more he imagined the future power and grandeur of The Immortality Club, the more he felt the blood in his body surge like fire!
His ambition was growing wildly, like weeds in spring, spreading uncontrollably!
In this world, there already existed a handful of top-tier clubs—gatherings of influential figures and elites from various fields, including royalty. These were the birthplaces of the powerful, the gathering grounds of the wealthy... membership was a symbol of both wealth and status.
There was a private nautical club, founded by the Howard family, the ship-owning dynasty of Greece. It had only 100 members worldwide and was hailed as the "Ultimate Billionaire Club."
There was the Skull and Bones Society at Yale University. Its initiation rules were incredibly secretive and steeped in religious ritual.
Among its members had emerged three Presidents of the Beautiful Country, two Chief Justices—it was considered the most mysterious and powerful alumni organization in the Beautiful Country.
Then there were places like Augusta National Golf Club, the Harbor Jockey Club, the Billionaire Club, the Elite Society…
Each of these top-tier clubs held immense influence.
But if Lu Li's vision of The Immortality Club came to life, then all these clubs would be reduced to trash!
The Immortality Club would become a force that stood above all else.
"The only President of The Immortality Club shall be its founder, Lu Li, who shall hold a sacred and supreme authority…"
Lu Li's lips curled upward as he continued writing in his note
"Lu Li shall be the highest decision-maker in all matters of The Immortality Club. He shall have the authority to command and direct all members of the club to act in full accordance with his will and instructions.
All orders issued in the name of Lu Li shall carry an inviolable, sacred status—no disobedience or questioning is allowed…"
In short—
Lu Li would be the emperor and god of this club, with the power of absolute veto.
"Below the President, a Management Committee shall be established, consisting of twelve members: one Chairman, one Vice Chairman, ten Member Representatives… and one Secretary-General…"
Lu Li wrote out nearly half a notedetailing the organizational structure of The Immortality Club.
Outside the window, a hint of dawn began to rise. At some point, the torrential rain had stopped.
Lu Li set down his pen, glanced over his notes, then closed the note
This colossal club would become the central focus of his efforts for the foreseeable future.
He placed the noteinto his drawer.
...
Lu Li was now ready to test the remaining two abilities related to time: Time Acceleration and Time Deceleration.
Since he hadn't yet acquired anyone else's time (lifespan), using either ability would consume his own lifespan.
However, to Lu Li, lifespan was the least of his concerns.
First, he checked his current data.
Name: Lu Li
Age: 27
Remaining Lifespan: 68 years 88 days 18 hours 58 minutes 59 seconds
Lu Li did the math. Without his supernatural ability, he would live until the age of 95.
To be honest, that number surprised him.
After all, he worked as a programmer. Late nights and overtime were normal. Sudden death wasn't exactly unheard of…
"Not bad. Looks like even without powers, I'd still be the toughest survivor among programmers!"
Lu Li quipped to himself.
Then he turned his attention back to trying out his powers.
"Let's start with acceleration."
Lu Li sat naturally in his chair and whispered.
The moment the thought formed, a prompt appeared in his mind:
"Please select a multiplier for time."
"Double," Lu Li responded.
A strange sensation began flowing through his body.
Then, something changed...
Lu Li raised his head and looked around. Suddenly, everything he heard and saw seemed to have slowed by half.
He looked at the screen of his open laptop on the desk.
While watching the time in the lower right corner, he began silently counting...
Moments later—
He discovered that after he counted to 120, the minutes digit on the computer clock had only just changed once.
He heard movement downstairs. He stood up and looked out the window.
He saw a middle-aged man walking his dog...
But strangely, both the man and the dog were moving at half speed.
"So…"
"My time is now flowing at a different rate than the outside world? I'm moving twice as fast?"
Lu Li pondered.
He raised the multiplier sharply to ten. In other words, his time now flowed at a ratio of 10:1 compared to the outside world.
In Lu Li's eyes—
The leaves falling outside the window drifted down in extreme slow motion...
The footsteps of passersby crawled like snails...
Everything in this world had slowed to a crawl.
Even sound had become dragged out and distorted.
"My time has sped up by a factor of ten, so I see everything around me moving ten times slower. Which means…"
"In the eyes of others, I'm reacting ten times faster!"
"What if… I stack even more time?"
Lu Li's face lit up with joy.
Moreover, he sensed he could expand the area affected by his time flow, though doing so would require consuming more units of time.
This ability was incredibly powerful—it essentially granted him overwhelming self-protection.
At ten times speed, a hundred times, even more—Lu Li could become invincible!
Lu Li exited Time Acceleration.
He checked his time:
Remaining Lifespan: 68 years 88 days 18 hours 46 minutes 59 seconds
Only two minutes had passed in the outside world, but Lu Li had spent one minute at 2x speed and another minute at 10x speed—so his lifespan had been reduced by twelve minutes total.
"Awesome!"
Lu Li clenched his fists, grinned, and muttered.
Moments later...
Lu Li began testing Time Deceleration.
This ability essentially extended each unit of time, stretching one portion into double—or even more.
To Lu Li, it looked as though the world outside was in fast-forward mode.
"So this must be what the outside world saw when I used acceleration just now."
Lu Li concluded.
As for Time Deceleration, Lu Li felt its effect on himself was likely far less useful than Time Acceleration.
But maybe in the future, he could discover new ways to use it.
After all...
Who could say for sure?
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