Early the next morning, Yang Wu ate breakfast but didn't choose to go to the Limit Martial Arts Hall to train.
This time, Yang Wu's physical attributes had reached the advanced warrior level; his progress was simply too great. Even Luo Feng in the original story, with his enhanced mental power, only increased his strength by 2000 kilograms when he successfully cultivated gene energy for the first time.
But Yang Wu now? Before even cultivating gene energy, his strength had already reached over 6000 kilograms.
From birth to the first cultivation of gene energy, humans have a gap of more than ten years where their bodies never absorb gene energy. Therefore, the first successful cultivation results in the greatest increase in strength.
However, a gain of several hundred kilograms at once is considered ordinary; a gain of two thousand kilograms is considered genius, and in a base city, there are only one or two such geniuses a year; but a prodigy like Yang Wu, who gains over five thousand kilograms at once, is incredibly rare!
If Jiang Nian discovered such talent, he would definitely be recruited early, just like Luo Feng.
"But that's not enough!" Yang Wu knew very well that there were many treasures in this world that could improve physical fitness, and mere physical fitness wouldn't attract the attention of the higher-ups at the Limit Martial Arts Academy.
Moreover, Yang Wu was already 24 years old!
Generally speaking, the period from 16 to 30 years old is the stage where martial artists progress the fastest; the older one gets, the harder it is to progress.
He remembered that in the original story, one of the female lead Xu Xin's suitors, Guo Hai, was already close to reaching the level of a high-level warrior at the age of 22, yet even such a genius didn't receive much attention from the Thunder Martial Arts Academy.
And now, at 24, Yang Wu had only reached the level of a high-level warrior in terms of physical fitness. How much attention could the Limit Martial Arts Academy possibly give him? At most, he might be specially recruited ahead of schedule.
"After my next simulation, I'll choose martial arts enlightenment, and maybe I can make a name for myself!" Yang Wu thought to himself. "According to the simulator's prompts, the next simulation is in a month, which is just before the actual combat assessment."
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"Five Hearts Towards Heaven Cultivation Method!" Yang Wu didn't plan to go to the martial arts academy when it was crowded, so he simply began to try cultivating genetic energy.
He returned to his room, sat on the bed, crossed his legs with the soles facing upwards, placed his hands on his lap with palms facing upwards, and straightened his back.
"Sensing cosmic energy for the first time is the hardest. Even a genius like Luo Feng can sense it in a day. I wonder how long it will take me?"
Yang Wu thought expectantly, then slowly adjusted his breathing, maintaining the five-center-upward posture, and slowly sensed the cosmic energy.
Suddenly, a realization flashed through Yang Wu's mind, as if he had cultivated gene energy countless times.
"This… could it be because of the time simulator?"
Although somewhat surprised, Yang Wu's body reacted quickly. He immediately adjusted his movements according to the familiar memories in his mind, then closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and silently sensed the cosmic energy.
Time passed second by second.
Five minutes later, Yang Wu had entered a deep meditation.
Suddenly, wisps of strange energy flowed into his body through the soles of his feet, the palms of his hands, and the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head.
"Is this cosmic energy?" Yang Wu carefully sensed the strange energy entering his body.
This invisible and intangible cosmic energy, once inside Yang Wu, was frantically absorbed by every cell in his body.
Subsequently, countless cells grew stronger, and simultaneously, Yang Wu's body under the influence of these cells underwent continuous changes.
Whether it was the skin on the surface of his body or the bones and muscles inside, everything was rapidly strengthening. Compared to the rewards from the previous simulator, this change was slow, but the impact was profound.
Yang Wu's bone density was constantly increasing, his cells were constantly dividing and growing stronger, and his weight was also constantly increasing.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
The clock struck noon, but Yang Wu was still cultivating in his room.
Fortunately, Yang Wu had already informed his parents about his cultivation, so Yang Yuande and Liu Yuhua didn't call him for lunch.
Finally, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Wu, who had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, opened his eyes.
"How long have I been cultivating?"
Seeing the clock on the wall pointing to three in the afternoon, Yang Wu was slightly surprised.
Yang Wu, engrossed in his cultivation, was completely unaware of the passage of time. He hadn't expected to finish his cultivation so early—it was already afternoon.
"It's past noon, time to eat!" A thought struck Yang Wu, and he got out of bed.
With a "crack," all of Yang Wu's movements came to an abrupt halt.
The armrest of the bed had been crushed by his grip!
"What happened?"
Yang Wu had spent the entire previous night familiarizing himself with his strength. Although he couldn't yet control it perfectly, he certainly wouldn't experience such a loss of control.
But now…
"Awu, what's wrong?"
Hearing the commotion from Yang Wu's room, Liu Yuhua, who was watching TV in the living room, hurriedly stood up and rushed towards Yang Wu's room, calling out loudly.
"Mom, don't worry, I'm fine! I'm cultivating, please don't come in!" Yang Wu quickly called out.
He dared not let Liu Yuhua in; he couldn't control his power at all, and it would be terrible if he hurt his mother.
"Awu, you don't have to push yourself so hard in cultivation. Our family's life is good enough now!" Liu Yuhua stopped, but still called out with concern.
"Mom, I know! It was just an accident, I'll be fine in a bit!"
"Alright then! Awu, if you need anything, just call Mom!" Although she stopped, Liu Yuhua was no longer in the mood to watch TV.
"I know!"
Yang Wu answered his mother and began to carefully sense his own power.
He suddenly realized that in just half a day, his power was much stronger than before.
"Could it be that my physical attributes have reached the level of a warrior general?" Yang Wu was somewhat incredulous.
He had never held much hope for his own talent. He didn't possess the mental energy mastery of Luo Feng; a few hundred kilograms of strength increase on his first successful cultivation of gene energy would be considered good.
However, if it were just a few hundred kilograms of strength, this situation wouldn't have occurred.
Helpless, Yang Wu could only cautiously adapt to the increase in his strength in his room.
...
That evening, while Instructor Jiang Nian and several other instructors went home to rest, Yang Wu once again went alone to the training hall on the fourth floor of the martial arts gym.
A moment later, looking at the numbers displayed on the punching power testing machine, an uncontrollable excitement appeared on Yang Wu's face.
The display clearly showed—"9271 kg."
"Nine thousand kilograms, beginner warrior!" Yang Wu excitedly clenched his fists.
Even when he gained advanced warrior-level strength through the simulator, Yang Wu hadn't been this excited.
This was because this increase in strength was entirely the result of Yang Wu's own efforts, not something obtained out of thin air through a cheat code.
After a while, Yang Wu, having finished testing his speed and nerve reaction speed, finally calmed down.
"Something's not right about my strength growth. What could be the reason?"
Although Yang Wu believed he would become a strongman, he wasn't confident enough to gain over 3,000 kilograms of strength on his first attempt at cultivating gene energy.
Therefore, there must be a reason he didn't know.
"Could it be because my foundation is higher than other aspiring martial artists?" Yang Wu finally realized the key to the problem.
"Other martial artists, when cultivating gene energy, only have a punching power of around 1,000 kilograms, while I have six times that. So, the strength increase after cultivating gene energy should naturally be more than theirs!"
Realizing the crucial point, Yang Wu immediately did some mental calculations and found that based on a punching power of 1,000 kilograms, his strength increase was only around 500 kilograms.
This number was somewhat consistent with Yang Wu's natural talent.
"If I had known that successful cultivation would increase my strength this much, I wouldn't have bothered cultivating it!" Yang Wu muttered to himself.
Fortunately, there was no one else on the fourth floor, otherwise they would definitely look down on Yang Wu for being hypocritical.
However, what Yang Wu said was indeed the truth.
Yang Wu hadn't even fully mastered the power of a high-level warrior yet, and now his physical attributes had reached the level of a beginner warrior. He was even more at a loss.
"For the time being, I can no longer cultivate genetic energy. I must fully master my physical strength!" Yang Wu thought to himself.
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