From top student in college to scientific research powerhouse

Chapter 63 Training goal achieved, new ability gained!

"Starting today, I will devote myself entirely to exercise, and everything else will have to take a back seat."

"Keep at it and see the results..."

Zhang Minghao made up his mind.

Exercising is the most important thing right now.

The other requirements for system capability upgrades have been met; the only missing element is the physical assessment value, which is 5 points short. Improving by 5 points is not easy.

For any attribute, the higher the value, the slower it grows.

This is just like leveling up in a game; once you reach a higher level, it becomes much harder to advance.

If I continue to exercise intermittently as before, and spend most of my energy on research, I don't know when my physical stats will reach 70 points.

Now, take advantage of the holiday time to put everything else behind you.

Exercise is the top priority.

After leaving the Institute of Optics, Zhang Minghao went to the Applied Electromagnetism Laboratory. Summer vacation was approaching, and the laboratory was filled with a holiday atmosphere.

Most of the doctoral students have not yet left.

Unlike undergraduate students, doctoral students can only use the school's designated holidays as a reference. In many cases, it depends on the supervisor's arrangements.

Regarding the application of electromagnetic laboratories, it remains to be seen whether experiments and project work should continue.

Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, and Chen Shuai discussed it and decided to take a three-week vacation.

Doctoral students who don't have many plans can go back home, and researchers and associate researchers can also take the opportunity to take a vacation.

Chen Lanjun went back.

Liao Shuyan and Xu Chao decided to stay at school. They felt pressured to graduate and wanted to do more experiments and prepare their graduation theses.

Zhang Minghao ran into Xue Kun, who also said he needed to rest for half a month.

"I'm going back to Donggang tomorrow to spend more time with my kids during the holiday."

Xue Kun came to work in Jiangzhou, but his wife and children are still in Donggang. Living apart is not easy, and he also needs to take holidays to visit his family.

Zhang Minghao asked curiously, "Isn't Auntie coming over here?"

“She has a job, and her child will be taking the college entrance exam next year.”

Xue Kun spoke with a hint of helplessness, but also a touch of anticipation, "I'll have my child apply to Jiangzhou University, so we can be together then."

"Bon Voyage!"

"Aren't you going back?" Xue Kun asked curiously.

Zhang Minghao pursed his lips and said nothing.

He is alone.

After her parents divorced, they each started their own families. She also has two younger brothers who are half-bloods, so she's practically all alone.

Actually, my father would contact me occasionally.

After the last news story, my father called to inquire about it, and he gave a brief explanation before letting it pass.

They later exchanged a few words on a messaging app, and he could feel his father's concern on the other end. However, the impact on reality was also significant. In his predecessor's memories, he always felt like an outsider in his own family whenever he went back.

"I should still go back when I have time, after all, they are family..."

"Let's talk about it during the New Year!"

As for the mother, there has never been any message from her on any messaging app.

"never mind!"

"Exercise is the most important thing!"

Zhang Minghao rallied his spirits and went straight to the gym to find a coach, mainly to prevent injuries caused by overexertion or unscientific movements, which could damage his body.

With the guidance of a professional coach, the situation is much better.

The coach he found was named Wu Xiaodong, 25 years old, a master's student at Jiangzhou University of Physical Education, who worked part-time at a gym.

Zhang Minghao explained his needs: to exercise as much as possible while preventing injury and harming his body.

"You just want to exercise more and work out, not to build muscle or shape your body."

Wu Xiaodong felt something was off.

Many young men come to the gym to make their muscles more defined or to develop a good physique, such as getting eight-pack abs.

The other party's only request is to exercise more without getting injured?

"It's easy!"

"Let me introduce the equipment to you. Before using some of it, you need to do some stretching..."

With the guidance of a professional coach, you can exercise freely and in large quantities.

During his holiday, Zhang Minghao devoted himself to sports, spending most of his daytime at the gym, and sometimes even taking breaks there.

Train when you're well-rested, and rest when you're tired, repeating this cycle.

At first, Wu Xiaodong thought Zhang Minghao was just casually working out, but later he started to worry, "Do you treat the gym like your home, or do you treat working out like your job?"

"Won't this affect my health?" He was starting to have doubts.

"I treat sports as my job."

Zhang Minghao joked, then said, "I just wanted to practice more during the holiday, and I feel the results are great..."

He tensed his arm, showing off the muscles in his upper arm.

Although he's not quite as big as Wu Xiaodong yet, he's already developed some muscle mass.

The improvement in physical condition is very obvious.

The reason he has been able to persevere and remain so positive is because the system's physical assessment values ​​are constantly improving.

After just one day of working out at the gym, my body assessment score improved by 1 point.

Five days later, it improved by another point.

Five more days, and it's 1 a.m.

Today is the seventeenth day of training, and my physical fitness has improved by one point.

[Body: 69.]

We're just a little bit away from our milestone!

After more than two weeks of training, he felt like he had been reborn, and his body had become noticeably healthier, stronger, and more powerful.

That evening, Zhang Minghao returned to his shared apartment in the teachers' dormitory.

Yu Minxia and Li Li went home for the holidays, leaving him alone in the shared apartment.

Today was unusual. He opened the door and went inside, only to find Yu Minxia packing her luggage and Li Li sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, eating and watching TV.

"came back?"

"came back?"

Zhang Minghao and Yu Minxia greeted each other in unison.

The two of them burst out laughing.

When Yu Minxia laughed, she seemed to have discovered something. She walked over and looked Zhang Minghao up and down with wide eyes, her expression full of surprise.

Up and down, left and right...

She circled around Zhang Minghao and even pinched the muscles in his arm.

Zhang Minghao shrank back, somewhat speechless, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Li Li!"

Yu Minxia didn't answer, but instead called Li Li over, "Quick, take a look at him!"

Li Li stood up lazily, leaned closer for a closer look, and her eyes immediately flashed with the same expression. "What do you mean?" Zhang Minghao felt awkward under their gaze.

"you've changed."

After Yu Minxia finished speaking, she added, "He's become even more handsome!"

Li Li nodded in agreement. She even brought her face close to Zhang Minghao's arm and took a deep sniff, saying, "Not only have you become more handsome, but you also exude a strong masculine aura!"

"That's the smell of sweat..."

"Whatever it is, things have changed. They don't even feel like the same person anymore."

"You've changed so much! What have you been doing? Did you get plastic surgery?"

"It doesn't seem like plastic surgery. He seems a bit more muscular than before, but the aura he exudes is different..."

The two women surrounded Zhang Minghao, watching and discussing his comments.

Zhang Minghao shuddered. He quickly walked into the room, closed the door, and then locked it. He then heard two girls giggling outside.

He sat on the edge of the bed and couldn't resist taking a selfie with his phone, then comparing it to the original photo. "Did I get more handsome?"

"It seems so? He's a bit more muscular than before, but his face is still the same, though his features seem more defined, and his overall demeanor..."

"That's hard to say."

He carefully compared the photos and found that the changes were not significant, but why did Yu Minxia and Li Li react so strongly?

"Is it just because he's become stronger? Or is it that his demeanor has changed?"

"It's probably related to exercise..."

Zhang Minghao opened the system to check the data, focusing on the body assessment values.

I've never understood what "physical attributes" specifically refers to. Is it strength, health, or a comprehensive index?

"Is appearance also one of the factors?"

"So, if physical attributes are improved, appearance will also improve?"

Thinking about it that way, it does seem to make some sense.

Thinking attributes represent overall thinking ability, the most direct manifestation of which is a fundamental improvement in IQ, and physical attributes may also bring about a comprehensive improvement.

Health, strength, appearance, temperament, or even more broadly, the most healthy and energetic qualities of the human body?
……

As August draws to a close, students are welcoming the start of the new school year.

The researchers in the Applied Electromagnetism Laboratory have all returned to their posts, and the doctoral students have also returned.

Zhu Bingkun notified everyone in the lab that a project meeting was to be held, including the doctoral students involved in the project.

The trio of Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, and Chen Shuai reunited, along with other associate researchers and doctoral students involved in the project, filling the second-floor conference room to capacity.

"At today's meeting, you can also say a few words, summarize the situation of the past few months, and clarify the direction for the next step."

Zhu Bingkun said to the other two, "Let's shout slogans and try to make the research go further."

"There are many experiments to be done in this new direction, and I feel that a breakthrough is possible. Let's do more experiments first to figure out the 'magnetic correlation'..."

"Next, we will apply for new projects and carry out research on the 'Zhang phenomenon'. At that time, we will have more funding and more project subsidies."

Xue Kun and Chen Shuai both nodded.

They looked back at the conference room and examined it carefully from left to right, but something still seemed to be missing.

Zhu Bingkun suddenly realized what was happening and asked, "Where's Zhang Minghao?"

The others looked at each other.

Liao Shuyan said, "I saw him once last week. He seems to be obsessed with running and fitness. I haven't seen him these days."

"He didn't come? I notified everyone in the group chat."

"I do not know."

Zhu Bingkun asked Xue Kun, "Should we give him a call?"

Xue Kun glanced at the time and shook his head, saying, "Let's wait a little longer, there are still five minutes left. Zhang Minghao is usually very punctual."

Zhu Bingkun turned to Liao Shuyan and asked, "You mean he's always running and working out?"

"correct."

Liao Shuyan nodded vigorously, "I already said he was 'addicted' to it. That day I saw him run many laps around the track, and after he finished, he said he would go to the gym after having a meal, and even asked me if I wanted to go..."

“I heard from my classmates that they always see him at the gym on Central Street, and he’s always there.”

Zhu Bingkun muttered to Xue Kun, puzzled, "This is the first time I've heard of a physics PhD student being addicted to exercise. Usually, it's the students who are addicted to games."

"Besides, he's so young, what if he's gone astray..."

Xue Kun was also very puzzled.

Others also started discussing it. Some of them stayed at school during the holidays and occasionally saw Zhang Minghao. They all said that Zhang Minghao was exercising.

By combining the scattered information, we can conclude that Zhang Minghao has been consistently training.

Physics PhD students don't have a problem exercising, but exercising all the time?
Do nothing else?

Not doing business properly!

As everyone was discussing, a figure appeared at the meeting room door.

The man was wearing sportswear, with his bangs casually draped over his forehead, giving him the air of a sporty young man.

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. The light shining through the window shone on him, making the lines of his profile look as if they had been meticulously sculpted.

Further down, beneath the clean neck are powerful shoulders, and the arm muscles taut with each arm raise, exuding a strong aura.

A slight, curved smile played on his lips.

"Zhang Minghao!?"

Zhu Bingkun looked him up and down for a long time, and was so surprised that he stood up.

Chen Lanjun pointed to the door and exclaimed in surprise, "Zhang Minghao?"

After saying that, their eyes lit up and they shouted in a cheer, "Whoa—"

Others joined in the chanting.

Zhang Minghao was slightly embarrassed. He quickly went inside and asked, "You're not late, are you?"

Xue Kun shook his head, then looked down at the statue with surprise and asked, "Is this something you've trained for? The changes are amazing."

"It doesn't seem very big, but it's become much stronger..."

He didn't know how to describe it either.

Others felt the same way; in just three weeks, Zhang Minghao had transformed from a science PhD student into an athletic boy.

He's become stronger, exudes athleticism, and even... looks more handsome?

Can exercise make you more handsome?
Zhu Bingkun shared the same question. He touched his face and the excess fat on his stomach and couldn't help but ask, "Where did you train?"

"Such a big change in less than a month... I'm tempted to give it a try!"

Xue Kun and Chen Shuai nodded in unison. If they had known that exercise could have such an effect, they would have taken a month off to train specifically for it.

Zhang Minghao laughed and said, "I just run and work out. Exercise is good for your health, and doing more exercise is definitely beneficial."

After saying that, he quickly found a seat; it was really awkward to be stared at by a group of people.

After he sat down, he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

Exercise goals achieved!
A dozen minutes ago, on my way to the lab while running, the system notified me that my physical attributes had increased by 1 point, and all the requirements for upgrading my abilities had been met.

The ability has been upgraded!

It wasn't an improvement in my "Correct Perception" ability, but rather the acquisition of a new ability—

Associative Perception!
The description of the new ability is only one sentence: You can determine the relationship between what you understand and the problem.

(End of this chapter)