Chapter 1716 - 436: The Blur Between Virtual and Reality

Chapter 1716: Chapter 436: The Blur Between Virtual and Reality

After the cultivation ended, Xie Yu almost staggered to the dining table.

The robotic butler had just placed a high-protein nutritional meal on the table, and he grabbed the utensils and devoured it ravenously.

At this moment, the coarse texture and strange taste of the food didn’t matter at all.

The almost frantic feeling of hunger completely dominated his will.

His body seemed drained from the cultivation, with every cell screaming desperately for fuel.

The act of swallowing became instinctive, as his stomach digested the food with unprecedented efficiency, sending energy deep into his still trembling muscles.

After the fifth meal, the heart-racing hunger finally subsided slightly.

Sighing deeply, Xie Yu leaned back in his chair, looking at the empty plates, realizing that this special Body Refining Method was fundamentally transforming his metabolic system.

This was exactly as the information recorded by 734 indicated.

According to the description, the core principle of this method is different from exercises like running or weightlifting that stimulate muscle growth.

It mainly guides muscle fibers to undergo high-frequency micro tremors.

These tremors can cause micro-damage to a large number of muscle fibers in a very short time.

To repair the micro-damage and cope with this unprecedented energy consumption, the body instinctively greatly increases its basal metabolic rate.

This explains why there is such a strong feeling of hunger and why food can be rapidly converted and utilized.

Essentially, it is a more efficient cycle of destruction and reconstruction.

It bypasses the energy waste and joint wear caused by macroscopic exercises, focusing directly on the microscopic level of body enhancement.

To understand the body changes more accurately, he went to the gym area at home.

Ready to comprehensively assess body changes.

The tests began with the most familiar bench press.

Xie Yu remembered clearly that 85 kilograms was his physical limit.

He lay down on the bench, grasping the barbell with both hands.

Starting at 70 kilograms, it felt like pushing a clothesline, with no pressure at all.

Raising the weight to 80 kilograms, his arm muscles only slightly tensed.

When the weight increased to 90 kilograms, the familiar heaviness finally returned, and he steadily completed three pushes, the soreness of the muscles was unclear, as if he could still tap into a bit more potential.

This shows that his strength had significantly improved with just one workout.

After the bench press test, he then stepped onto the treadmill, setting the incline to 8% and the speed to 10 kilometers per hour.

In the past, running for 15 minutes would leave his lungs like a broken bellows, his legs leaden, and physical strength severely depleted.

This time, the timer passed 20 minutes, sweat soaked his clothes, his breathing was rapid, but the rhythm did not falter, and the limit seemed far from reached.

Next was the vertical jump test.

Taking a deep breath, he bent his knees and jumped lightly into the air.

Upon landing, the pressure pad displayed a value of 51 centimeters.

This was 3 centimeters higher than the previous record, but the improvement was not substantial.

Finally, he closed his eyes and stood on one leg.

This was a test of balance stability.

According to the Body Refining Method developed by 734, this is a special method that trains the whole body, significantly improving physical coordination.

Normally, he would start to sway widely left to right quickly.

At this moment, as time ticked away, the tiny muscles under his feet were autonomously adjusting microscopically, maintaining balance.

It was only minutes later that the body showed uncontrollable tilting.

Then came the other project tests.

A half-hour later, he came before the robotic butler.

"Full-body scan, compare with the previous three test data."

Instantly, a light screen unfolded in the air, with light blue data quickly listed.

The robotic butler also summarized at this time:

"Master, comparing with the previous three test data, your basal metabolic rate increased by 15.7%, muscle fiber density increased by 1.8%. Neural conduction speed increased by 4.2%, joint stability index increased by 12.1%, and the detailed comparison data is as follows."

With that, the robotic butler printed out a paper report.

Xie Yu took the report, his eyes carefully scanning each data comparison, his shock growing stronger.

Although the improvement is not even comparable to the attribute gain from hunting a low-level monster in Monster World,

this, however, is reality!

In the real world, achieving such comprehensive improvements would require months of scientific training and a strict diet.

Yet, this Body Refining Method from the Information Stone record compressed this process to the extreme in just over ten minutes with one successful cultivation.

This was a genuine Life Transition occurring on his flesh and blood body.

What concerned him the most was the final note: A detection of an unknown energy conversion mode, with a new metabolic model being established.

This meant his physiological changes exceeded the preset database of the household robot.

A systematic establishment of a new metabolic model was needed for tracking.

This report from the robotic butler had opened a door that Xie Yu had never imagined.

It had already been proven that the cultivation system in Monster World could be fully applied in the real world.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he decided to continue refining.

Systematically verifying the subsequent effects of this Body Refining Method, as well as any potential risks.

After all, the Body Refining Method is adapted to the body structure of Martial Arts Mini World creatures, and being human, there would certainly be aspects that couldn’t adapt.

The next day, Xie Yu initiated strength enhancement adaptation training.

The goal was to master the introductory techniques of Body Refining and establish a basic database.

Two hours of morning training.