Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 199 Foreign Language Level 2! If you don't close the net soon, I'll become the boss!

A faint fragrance permeated the air, and the fresh air system and the air conditioning set to a comfortable temperature ensured that even in this winter, one would not feel cold or stuffy in this completely enclosed first-floor gym while wearing short sleeves and shorts.

Lu Mingfei lay on the bench press, each breath like a bellows being pulled. The heavy barbell seemed not to be metal but some kind of living thing, crushing and grinding every inch of his trembling muscles with its weight of one hundred kilograms.

Sweat had long since soaked through his hair, trickling down his temples, gathering on the bench, and then dripping onto the rubber mat on the floor, leaving a small, dark stain that strangely had no smell and seemed exceptionally clean.

Lu Mingfei felt his vision blurring at the edges, the bright light from the ceiling spreading outwards. For a moment, he felt as if he had entered paradise, and in paradise…

"Lügen haben kurze Beine."

The angel's voice was clear and bright, like a sharp arrow piercing through the hazy consciousness that had almost reached its limit.

"The literal meaning is that lies have short legs. The actual meaning is equivalent to the Chinese proverb 'You can't hide fire with paper,' meaning that lies will eventually be exposed and cannot last long, just like a person with short legs can't run far..."

The explanation that the angel had given earlier flashed through Lu Mingfei's mind subconsciously.

If you have to study like this even in heaven, then many people would probably rather go to hell.

The thought flashed through Lu Mingfei's mind, but he was too exhausted to say anything more, so he could only keep it to himself.

However, compared to the perks given by the angel, studying didn't seem to be a difficult task at all—she stood slightly behind his head, leaning forward to fulfill her duty of assisting in the training, her beautiful and hot curves almost completely on display.

Just as he was thinking this, his blood seemed to be flowing out of his control again... Lu Mingfei's expression changed. No, what angel? It's clearly a devil! If he couldn't resist the temptation now and lost his strength, wouldn't the consequences be quite serious?
His chest heaved violently, and the muscles in his arms were trembling slightly. The soreness felt like it was tearing him apart, but he still exhaled slowly and steadily pushed the barbell upwards... until the highest point.

When exercising, exhale when exerting force, and the slower the movement, the better the muscle training effect. These basic common sense principles have become muscle memory for him.

Su Xiaoqiang watched this scene quietly. Although she could tell that Lu Mingfei had reached his limit, she didn't seem worried at all.

Because Lu Mingfei is currently bench pressing a weight class of 100 kilograms!
This is the weight that an ordinary person who has never exercised would need to train hard for at least a year, resting one day every three days with constant breaks, and strictly controlling their diet to achieve... But for Lu Mingfei?

Only thirteen days.

In fact, he didn't work out every single day of those thirteen days; strictly speaking, it was only five days... less than fifteen hours in total!
Given his previously frail physique, this was practically an unbelievable myth.

However, since Su Xiaoqiang learned about the hybrid race, the dragon race, and Lu Mingfei's "true identity" from Yu Ji, these anomalies no longer seem so unusual.

Given its existence, it's normal for it to make this kind of progress, right?
So there's absolutely no need to worry about Lu Mingfei suddenly collapsing from exhaustion. It would be absurd for someone of his stature to be crushed by a barbell. Besides, she'd seen Lu Mingfei in this extreme state far too many times; every time he finished, he would…

With a loud "bang," Lu Mingfei slammed the barbell down. His vision blurred, and his chest heaved as he breathed heavily. However, this breathing rate did not last long before it began to slow down at a visible rate, until it became completely calm after about ten seconds.

That's right, that's it... Su Xiaoqiang thought to herself. Compared to Lu Mingfei's terrifying rate of progress, this inhuman instant recovery speed was even more outrageous.

"Lügen haben kurze Beine."

When Lu Mingfei spoke, he almost perfectly replicated Su Xiaoqiang's pronunciation... In that state just now, he not only completely remembered the meaning, but also memorized the pronunciation.

Without surprise or further probing, Su Xiaoqiang chose to read the next sentence. She was now hardly surprised by anything Lu Mingfei could do.

"The beginning is always the hardest..."

[Warning, rest time between sets has ended. Training to begin immediately. Electric shock countdown...]

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, and having fully recovered, he lay back down on the bench press. Upon hearing the warning tone, he instinctively let out a groan.

The word "schwer" struck his weary nerves like a stone. Heavy! So heavy! This damn barbell is heavy, this damn German is heavy! Ever since the schedule arrived, his life has been practically written with "schwer" from beginning to end!
Lu Mingfei chose to study German, just like Su Xiaoqiang.

There was no particular reason for choosing this language; he simply picked it randomly.

The learning model was similar to when Lu Mingfei took on the extra task of learning physics during his last workout, with Su Xiaoqiang teaching him from the side while he did sets and learned at the same time!

Undoubtedly torment.

"They say everything is difficult at the beginning... Haven't these past ten days been the beginning? Shouldn't I get some relief now?"

Lu Mingfei's thoughts wandered aimlessly, his lips twitching slightly, because this reminded him of a uniquely Chinese situation. For every individual, it seems there isn't a single stage that isn't important since birth.

"The most important years for babies are 1-2 years old," "3-4 years old is even more important," "First grade of elementary school is especially important to lay a foundation," "The transition from sixth grade to junior high school determines the future," "Junior high school determines success or failure for a lifetime," "High school is the watershed moment," "You can't relax in college," "Working is just the beginning of a lifetime," "Work hard for your children after retirement"...

I hope I'm not in the same situation as them? Everything is difficult at the beginning, difficult in the middle, and difficult at the end!
No……

He seemed to be somewhat split in two, with two people in his mind: one rambling on and on, spouting nonsense and wailing, and the other listening attentively to Su Xiaoqiang's teaching. His body, meanwhile, was working entirely on its own, relying on muscle memory.

Until he came to his senses... with a "bang" of temporary relief, another training session ended.

Blurred or even blacked-out vision and depleted stamina had almost become a habit. Lu Mingfei quietly waited for himself to gradually recover from this state of utter exhaustion to one of radiant vitality and high spirits...

You know what, and you really have to admit, putting everything else aside, the process was actually quite comfortable!

"Could it be that I've awakened some strange or unusual fetish?" Lu Mingfei wondered, realizing this.

Fortunately, he quickly found a reasonable explanation for himself in the next moment—when a person suffers enough torment, he will subconsciously seek out the things that can barely be called "comfortable"...so this is just normal behavior!

"The next sentence..."

When Su Xiaoqiang is being unserious, she can be a tempting witch, but when she's serious, she's meticulous in her work, doing nothing or saying anything superfluous, and simply continuing to teach Lu Mingfei.

One teaches, and the other learns and practices at the same time; the efficiency is surprisingly high.

The method of measurement couldn't be simpler—every so often, a semi-transparent subtitle appears accompanied by a familiar mechanical response!

Just as Lu Mingfei had imagined, the improvement in proficiency brought about by learning new knowledge was astonishingly rapid.

[Through diligent study, your [foreign language] level has improved, gaining 5 proficiency points.]

【go through……】

The previously stagnant skill level is now visibly approaching an upgrade!

Meanwhile, another indicator is improving, albeit much more slowly, but still relatively steadily—

[Through your efforts in becoming a "scrolling dog" (a player who uses a game mechanic), your "scrolling dog" skill has improved, gaining 1 proficiency point.]

"First of all, I'm not a 'scrolling dog' (a term used to describe someone who is overly enthusiastic about studying); I'm just good at using my free time to study!"

Lu Mingfei retorted inwardly, this title made him extremely unhappy... In his opinion, his greatest wish was to lie flat, but now he was forced to become a "rolling dog", it seemed that he had really been successfully transformed by the schedule!

Doesn't that mean I've given in?
No, no, even if my body is honest, I have to be firm in my words and heart!

"Secondly, putting aside the name of the title, in terms of its effects, it is indeed quite appealing..."

Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

Logically, a person's learning ability should be extremely low during this kind of anaerobic exercise, but since Lu Mingfei started implementing the schedule plan, he doesn't seem to have explained any reasoning.

He could learn physics even without the [Rolling Dog] keyword, but now that his learning efficiency has improved, he can learn German even faster than the average person in their normal state... which is the efficiency of Lu Mingfei's normal learning state when he doesn't enter "flow" mode.

"Could it be that the title reward given by the schedule unlocks the automatic oxygen distribution in my body during exercise, allocating more oxygen and energy to the brain... thus improving efficiency?" Lu Mingfei subconsciously speculated from a scientific perspective.

In the past, when he encountered such a situation, he would at most exclaim, "Wow, that's awesome!" But now, with more and more knowledge he has acquired, applying what he has learned to analyze principles has become instinctive.

He analyzed the situation in a daze, repeating the cycle of doing group work and resting, and continuing to learn... Before he could come up with a seemingly feasible result, another line of semi-transparent subtitles appeared.

[Through diligent study, your [foreign language] level has improved, gaining 5 proficiency points.]

Congratulations! Through your hard work, your [Foreign Language] level has increased to LV2.

You have obtained the entry "[Language Analysis]"!

[Entry: Language Analysis]
Effect: Select a language, and your ability to analyze that language will be improved.

Lu Mingfei: "???"

The joy that had just welled up in my heart was doused with cold water before it could fully bloom.

He chose to retract his previous statement.

Although he hadn't said those words aloud yet, only thought about them in his heart... he still had to take them back, to take them back firmly!
Originally, Lu Mingfei felt that the vocabulary entries provided by the pre-upgraded [English] schedule were not very useful compared to other vocabulary entries because they were incomplete and had room for improvement, just like [Piano].

But now, even after upgrading to "Foreign Language," the new entries I get...

It doesn't seem to be of much use!
The difference compared to other entries is simply too great!
"Leaving aside other aspects, just considering the 'words become law' aspect of the 'Chinese language' subject, which is also a form of language, the difference in intensity is not just a little bit, is it?"

Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

Indeed, he was well aware that, as a language, Chinese, represented by the Chinese language, was quite unique.

Language also represents written language.

Chinese characters, representing a logographic writing system, are the only pictographic writing system still widely used today. Compared to the phonetic writing systems of the Indo-European language family, they possess unparalleled uniqueness in their phonetics, writing, and grammar systems.

Putting aside other matters, when discussing this matter, we must return to the topic of inheritance... Looking at the whole world, there is only one language and script that has been continuously evolving and used for over six thousand years without interruption.

Moreover, this is only the known history. If we add the history of the dragon race that has been deliberately concealed... it may be even longer!
Perhaps, it might even have evolved from the origin of dragon script?
Lu Mingfei didn't know, but guessing is supposed to be about letting your imagination run wild. If guessing required evidence, it wouldn't be guessing anymore; it would be deduction.

"If that's the analysis, it seems acceptable?" he thought to himself.

Furthermore, strictly speaking, the effect of [Language Analysis] isn't exactly weak; it just lacks any auxiliary abilities in combat. However, compared to [Language Proficiency] given at level one, it's at least not limited to English.

Moreover, it has no side effects or time restrictions.

For example, right now, I can use this entry myself...

Lu Mingfei subconsciously chose to use the target language—German.

In an instant, it was as if a switch in his mind had been flipped, and a flood of information poured in. This information was indescribable, without syllables or symbols. For a moment, Lu Mingfei felt a little dizzy, but when he tried to trace it carefully, he couldn't find anything.

"Hidden files?" Lu Mingfei's expression instantly turned quite serious.

"What?" Su Xiaoqiang was taken aback.

"I'm trying to figure out how to find the 'show hidden files' switch on the human body..."

Fortunately, Su Xiaoqiang was very familiar with Lu Mingfei's situation. She did not follow Lu Mingfei's line of thought, because that would not only fail to yield any results but would also lead to endless discussions... She simply began teaching the sentences on her own.

"Noch einmal!"

However, before she could even begin to explain the meaning of the sentence in Chinese, Lu Mingfei subconsciously chimed in.

"Again?"

A sudden silence enveloped the entire gym.

Su Xiaoqiang was taken aback. "You've learned this sentence before?"

"Do not……"

Lu Mingfei shook his head blankly.

At that moment, he came to his senses.

He had absolutely never learned this German phrase, nor had he ever heard it anywhere before.

but……

He understands!

"It seems a bit perverted..."

he thought.

"What language parsing... this is clearly just loading an instant translator!"

……

at the same time.

A clandestine communication channel.

"Good news and bad news, which do you want to hear first?" Old Tang sent a message.

"Uh... good news?" Ye Sheng replied.

"The good news is that they've decided to take action, and it'll be tomorrow."

"And the bad news? They've noticed you?"

Ye Sheng's heart skipped a beat. "If that's the case, evacuate immediately. Don't worry about being exposed!"

"No, the situation is a little worse than that... o(╥﹏╥)o" Old Tang somehow created an emoticon that looked like it was about to cry and go crazy.

"They felt that we couldn't afford to be disorganized when facing a strong opponent, and because I'm quite popular, it seems many of them are prepared to vote for me..."

"So buddy, when exactly is the organization going to close in? Three days after three days, if this keeps going on like this, I'm going to become the boss!"

"Tomorrow, that is, tomorrow!" Ye Sheng wiped his sweat. "You absolutely mustn't be tempted and go astray!"

"Don't worry, I understand. Killing a chicken is punishable by beheading, but the boss's crime is even more serious. They are definitely trying to harm me!" Old Tang said righteously.

(End of this chapter)