Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Time went past day by day, Tang Hong’s probing of individual value was moving closer to the right track.
There was absolutely no need to attempt things that were too simple and too easy, unless he was willing to spend a lot of time.
With this amount of time, he would be better off attempting to do other things.
Apart from that, the messages that he had sent to Fang Nanxun had not gotten a reply. He private messaged and asked Fan Yu but Fan Yu wasn’t clear either. She only knew that Fang Nanxun was still carrying out his task. The situation at North Lake Province was grave, the other consultant from Yunhai branch office, Consultant Liu was also there.
Tang Hong gradually felt a strong sense of urgency, it would soon be the end of May.
One more month, and he would have to head to the capital to participate in the Yellow River Organization’s headquarters special training camp.
He had to become strong as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, what would he do if he could not place within top three for the camp’s entry test.
Fang Nanxun had given him a lot of help, he also had high hopes for him. Although Fang Nanxun did not make any demands of the entry test, perhaps he didn’t think much of him, perhaps he didn’t care,
but Tang Hong had expectations for himself, he could not muddle along.
At the very start, he felt that the goal of first place was rather faraway.
His goal was top three, the Transcendent points they would be rewarded with were a considerable amount too, it was more practical.
Those people with illustrious backgrounds had a much higher starting point. They’d probably gotten their spots for the special training camp last year and began targeted training. They were at least half a year or even more than a year ahead of Tang Hong.
It was like a 100-meter dash, those people’s starting points were ahead, closer to the finish line.
“What’s there to fear?”
“I’ll catch up.”
Ambition gradually sprouted in Tang Hong.
“I want first place.”
It could be said that he was indebted to Fang Nanxun for his appreciation of his abilities. The more outstanding his performance was, the more potential he showed, would be the best way of repaying Fang Nanxun.
Moreover, he would have an advantage in taking the lead temporarily.
And he would always have an advantage if he was always in the lead.
“Transcendents…”
“Break through the limits of the human body, break through the limits of willpower.”
Through his interactions with Fan Yu these days, Tang Hong learned of these two key indicators.
If one wants to be a Transcendent, none of these are dispensable. Only the former was easier and the latter was more challenging. Some people could possibly steel their willpower for their entire lives but still fail to break through the limits of willpower.
He brought out the system interface.
Mortal: Extremely small and weak creature.
Willpower: 50%
Strength: 35%
Realm: 0.00
Individual value: 25
Pondering for a while, Tang Hong made a decision. Six points of individual value were added to strength.
The strength percentage figure blinked lightly, it rose to 41%. “That’s enough. According to my earlier calculations, I will have absolutely no problem bench pressing 100KG.”
Tang Hong did not go to the fitness center again.
Because there was no need.
Swoosh swoosh!
The rate at which his blood flowed abruptly quickened. Tang Hong’s skin began to flush, he seemed to hear the clear rattle from his muscles and bones, that was his bones changing, their density increased.
He even had an illusion.
That he would be able to lift this bed if he gave his all.
“41% strength.”
Tang Hong gripped his palms. He indistinctly felt that sturdy energies were coming from within his body. The muscles on his arms became more evident.
In addition, what surprised him the most was that his pectoral muscles and abs already had a clear outline.
Lifting his short-sleeved shirt that was a little tight, Tang Hong drew in a breath. It was virtually like a dream.
His chest and abdomen had clear edges, filled with a powerful sense of potency.
“Too strong.”
“Compared to the minute increases, adding them at one go made me feel even realer and clearer. Entirely different from the previous time, my body’s to the addition of six points to strength this time is very strong.”
Tang Hong could not help but look towards the back of his hands. Green veins stood out.
Then, his line of sight landed on his arms, legs, as well as his soles that were stepping in white plastic sandals. His skin carried a light flush, like he had just walked out from the sauna.
“Fortunately I live alone.”
Tang Hong shook his head and planned on walking out of the bedroom to get a shower before anything else.
His left palm rested on the door handle…
He suddenly recalled that this house had been loaned to him by Fang Nanxun. Other than the four bedrooms and two bathrooms, there was real-time monitoring in all the other areas. With a turn in thoughts, Tang Hong sat down on the bed again.
It was best to do so little by little when he raised his strength percentage figure in the future.
Having tremendous changes overnight, he had no way of explaining that.
“Mm.”
Tang Hong let out a breath and rubbed his six-pack abs.
In the near future, he planned to shelve strength once again. He would not increase his strength again before he entered the camp.
Willpower percentage figure was the focal point. He stared at the system interface. “I still have 19 points of individual value, I’ll try adding seven points first.”
He did not wish to continue saving up these individual value, he was going to use all of them today.
But…
As the effects of increasing strength was so strong, Tang Hong was worried. Would adding too much to willpower at one go damage his brain? One cannot be too careful with his consciousness and whatnot.
“Add!”
Tang Hong closed his eyes, and made preparations.
Boom!
He felt like the area between his brows was being punctured by needle tips. There seemed to be will-o-wisps pulsating inside his brain. “It’s fine, it’s not too painful, it’s still within my tolerance range.”
Tang Hong was making preparations for the future.
In consideration of Fan Yu’s description, breaking the limits of willpower was a great ordeal, randomness, nothing was definite. He had to provide against a rainy day and make preparations in advance.
“Breaking through the limits of willpower.”
“Perhaps it is really as difficult as Fan Yu has put in.”
“In the event that one point of individual value isn’t enough to break through the limits, 10 points, even 20 points of individual value ought to be enough. I’ll familiarize myself beforehand in case I don’t know where my upper limit is when I’ve reached the critical point. It would be terrible if I do the adding forcefully and turn myself into an idiot.”
To put it bluntly, Tang Hong wanted to experiment and find out the upper limit of the addition of individual value to willpower.
“More!”
The remaining 12 points of individual value were instantly depleted!
His willpower percentage figure suddenly blurred, it blinked and pulsated!
Rumble!
As if tempered glass suddenly cracked, starting with the middle point, cracks extended. There were even rattling sounds shaking Tang Hong’s mind, he almost fell.
Tang Hong hurriedly used his right hand to hold up his body.
“Mm…”
“It’s indeed a little painful…”
He did know whether it was because he had grown accustomed to living alone, or because his willpower percentage figure had gone up by 7%, Tang Hong found that his endurance was stronger than before.
If this had been before he got the system, he probably would have collapsed on the spot and groaned in agony.
Dong Dong.
Two to three notification alerts came from his cell phone that had fallen to the bedside at some point.
Tang Hong panted, he picked up his cell phone while rubbing his temples. Two people had joined the WeChat group chat that had been silent for many days. They were bombing the group chat with red packets.
Red packets!
His eyes brightened, his fingertips tapped and he only felt that the pain in his head had instantly lessened significantly.
“200 Hua dollars!”
“200 again, 200 again, why is it still 200.”
Tang Hong tapped on six red packets successively, receiving 1200 Hua dollars.
He was a little surprised. The tips of his fingers slid as he went through those red packets.
Each red packet was a total of 3000 dollars, divided into 15 portions.
Hence, whoever collected the red packet would get 200 dollars. “Such big red packets, should I return them?”
“Forget it.”
“I’ll just send a full red packet too when my internship pay is in.”
Tang Hong pursed his lips and smiled. He could now be considered a rich man too, right.
The next moment.
Two more messages popped up in the group chat.
That person said, “Other than Sister Fan Yu, we have a total of 14 people in the group chat… Let’s take the opportunity before we head to the capital to meet once. We can all get to know one another @everyone”
Soon after.
That person sent a location message.
Tang Hong looked at the location, then looked towards that person’s profile picture. It was a photo of a red-haired young girl facing the afterglows of dusk with a small smile.
The red-haired young girl asked in the group chat. “@TangMonkBigBoss are you coming?”
Hmm?
Tang Hong faltered, when did he become the big boss.
Suddenly, a notification sounded. A red number appeared in the contacts list at the bottom of his WeChat interface.
Tang Hong tapped in for a look. It was the red-haired young girl who was organizing a gathering in the group chat earlier. She’d even sent a verification message: Big boss, big boss, add me, add me, chirp chirp chirp.
Shouldn’t it be wuwuwu.
Tang Hong felt that he had been living alone for too long. He seemed to have lost touch with the times.
The names of the members in the group chat were all changed to their real names.
Tang Hong had some impression after looking through the previous time. He accepted the red-haired young girl’s friend request and added a WeChat name for her: Jiang Lulu.
“Hello.”
Tang Hong greeted.
But the red-haired young girl Jiang Lulu directly sent a voice message like they were good friends. “Come on, come on. It’s our first WeChat group gathering.”
“Sure,” said Tang Hong.
“But I have a presumptuous request…”