Elder brother's garrison

"Um--"

"Umhaaaaaah————"

The sounds of muscular men in the gym still echoed in Xiaobai's ears as they used all their strength to lift various heavy machines, pushing their endurance and strength to the limit time and time again, letting out beast-like roars into the air.

Xiaobai entered the territory of these muscle monsters. She stopped in front of the huge barbell, listening to the sounds around her and staring at the barbell.

Compared to the muscular men around her, her figure appeared so delicate and petite. She was quiet and still, her eyes open, looking exactly like a little white rabbit that had wandered into a battlefield full of fierce tigers and brown bears fighting.

Xiao Bai's presence naturally attracted the attention of the muscular men.

Or to put it another way, it's hard not to notice them.

After all, in a gym full of muscular men, filled with sweat and a fiery atmosphere, it would be quite an eye-catching scene if a petite girl, dressed in all white with long flowing hair and even her white sneakers were spotless, suddenly walked in, like a scene from a movie.

Despite their caution, the group of muscular gym-goers chose not to bother Xiaobai.

After finishing their own set of training, they simply sat in their seats, sweating and resting, at most smiling at Xiaobai's back.

If the person walking into the weight training area is a tall, curvaceous newcomer wearing yoga pants, the muscular men, seeing her interest in trying out the strength equipment, would likely offer to help, explaining how to use the various machines, considering the risk of injury for beginners. However, if the person walking into the weight training area is a young girl who looks very young, perhaps even younger than high school, with fair skin, delicate features, and barely any muscle, it's unlikely to arouse any interest in teaching her.

I guess this little girl just ran in to look around and play around.

If these instruments were left here for her to touch freely, she probably wouldn't be able to lift even a few.

People like us who don't conform to normal aesthetic standards shouldn't go up and scare her.

With that thought in mind, the tough guys felt relieved and stopped staring at Xiaobai's back, instead focusing on their training.

In the few seconds that Xiaobai was staring at the barbell, she was completely unaware that she had attracted the attention of all the muscular men in the gym.

Because her attention was focused on the barbell in front of her.

The huge barbell in front of Xiaobai is placed in the most conspicuous position in the gym's equipment area, which looks subtly different from the atmosphere of the other equipment.

Like... the sword in the stone?

The thought popped into Xiaobai's mind, and she blinked.

The barbell in front of Xiaobai was indeed quite unusual—unlike other equipment that was stored away, it was placed on a platform that appeared to be ready for immediate use and for clean and jerk training. Several heavy weight plates were welded to both sides of the massive metal bar, each plate almost half the size of Xiaobai's body. Although the barbell was sitting motionless on the floor, its appearance was striking enough, like a mountain standing on the platform, with a strong, heavy sense of weight emanating from it.

So, why is this barbell placed here?

Xiaobai was intrigued by the barbell in front of her. She looked around but found that the muscular men around her were all doing their own training programs, and it seemed that no one wanted to use this huge barbell.

Xiaobai withdrew her gaze, walked to the barbell, bent down, and gently touched the metal bar with her fingers.

Just as Xiaobai bent down and touched the metal barbell, the muscular men in the training field seemed to react subconsciously, stopping their training exercises and looking at Xiaobai once again.

When they saw Xiaobai bend down to touch the most eye-catching giant barbell in the gym, the muscular men present raised their eyebrows, exchanged glances, and then shook their heads with smiles.

Xiaobai, of course, didn't notice any of this either.

Xiaobai gently gripped the huge metal barbell in front of her, adjusted to a comfortable position, and with a gentle effort, silently lifted the heavy barbell.

effortless.

Xiao Bai blinked, straightened up, and the metal barbell in her hands hung in mid-air, rising all the way to Xiao Bai's thighs.

This weight... well... at least it's much lighter than a deep-sea destroyer.

Xiao Bai made his own assessment.

After trying it herself, she still couldn't find anything special about the barbell.

But at that moment, she suddenly realized something—that she seemed to still be in human society, and the weight she was lifting... seemed like something a human girl with her appearance could not possibly do.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai quickly bent down, hoping to quietly put the barbell back in its original position when no one else was paying attention.

Under Xiaobai's control, the barbell quietly returned to its previous position without making a sound, just like the moment Xiaobai picked it up was a dream.

Xiao Bai looked at the barbell on the ground and wiped his forehead.

call……

Fortunately, I was quick enough to react and only managed to lift the barbell up to my thighs before lowering it. If I had lifted it overhead like those weightlifters in the Olympics, it would have been hard to explain if someone had seen me doing that…

The atmosphere at this gym has always been noisy and not really my style. Now that I've tried out the equipment, it's time to go back to Wisconsin.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai wanted to leave the spot.

However, just as Xiaobai was about to turn around, she suddenly realized something else.

This incident made Xiaobai stop in her tracks as she turned around.

That is... the gym's originally noisy environment... suddenly became quiet at some point.

Could it be that……

As if realizing something, Xiaobai cautiously turned her head and looked back.

really.

The moment Xiaobai turned around, she saw a whole group of muscular men in the weight room behind her, sweating profusely, sitting in their seats, staring at her with wide, bulging eyes and gaping mouths.

The gym was unusually quiet at this time.

It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

After a few seconds, someone finally spoke in a low voice.

"Holy crap... 415 kilograms deadlift..."

"Damn... awesome!!!"

"Holy crap!!! A new record!!! Holy crap!!!"

"I saw!"

As soon as the first person spoke, the rest of the gym hunks seemed to be awakened and immediately started shouting excitedly.

Rumble rumble rumble —

To Xiaobai's astonishment, the group of muscular men immediately dropped everything they were holding and, like a pack of charging tigers and bears, swarmed around him with eyes full of admiration.

For a moment, Xiaobai felt as if the sunlight around him was about to be blocked, and all around him were huge, tall walls made of human muscles.

"Little sister!! Awesome!! You're really awesome!!"

"Where's the receptionist?! Record the video, quick, quick, get the recording right for me!!"

"415 kilograms deadlift, holy crap!!! Holy crap!!! I'm speechless!"

"Deadlift! A perfect deadlift!"

"I've never seen anyone lock into that position so well in my entire life!!!"

"And they handled it so gently, holy crap!!! That's ruthless!!"

"..."

All around, there was a deafening roar of applause and cheers, interspersed with dozens of shocked, adoring, ecstatic, and reverent gazes. In that instant, Xiaobai seemed to become the center of attention in the gym.

The group of muscular gym-goers handed Xiaobai a towel and bottled water, cheered, and pulled out their phones, which were smaller than their own palms, to take excited photos of themselves.

Xiao Bai's expression froze.

The cheers from the gym were so loud they drowned out the roof, alerting the staff at the front desk who rushed over.

The moment the staff at the front desk saw that the source of all this was the young girl who had just come in to experience the gym, their gazes towards Xiaobai became quite interesting.

……

Afterwards, Xiaobai finally learned some gym basics through the explanations of the muscular men at the gym.

It turns out that the huge barbell displayed in the most prominent position in the gym is the gym's prized possession—the so-called deadlift record. Anyone who wants to challenge and break the record will go there to attempt it. Once they succeed, the weight of the barbell will be increased again and again. Now, thanks to the gym's efforts over many years, the barbell has been stacked to 415 kilograms, and no one has broken the record for many years.

As for the so-called "deadlift," it is actually one of the weight training exercises called "bent-leg deadlift."

This type of weight training exercise doesn't involve lifting the barbell overhead. Just like the beginner did, simply bend your legs and extend your arms naturally to grab the barbell at your arm-hanging position. That's actually a fairly standard locked stance.

This unexpected turn of events led to Xiaobai breaking a gym record.

"Welcome to the new king of the gym! The king of deadlifts!!"

“芜”

"Deadlift King! Deadlift King! Deadlift King!!!"

Amidst the thunderous cheers, Xiaobai's attempts to explain were repeatedly drowned out. Helpless and weak, Xiaobai was pushed onto an awards stage by muscular men and front desk staff. The crowd below erupted in cheers, one wave after another. The staff members walked up with proud faces, carrying the prizes and putting flower wreaths on their heads.

Chapter 3738 A Satisfying Day (Wisconsin Exclusive)

These people who are into sports are really pure. When they saw Xiaobai break the deadlift record in the gym, they didn't doubt Xiaobai's identity at all. It seems that in their eyes, anyone who can break a record is welcome, no matter who they are.

After the awards ceremony, Xiaobai was recommended by the group of excited hunks to try out various other fitness equipment.

This time, however, Xiaobai was smarter. When she was using various fitness equipment, she carefully observed the strength limits of other muscular men, trying not to do anything like breaking records.

More than forty minutes passed before Xiaobai finally found a chance to leave the gym.

Xiao Bai never expected to spend so long at the gym.

When Xiaobai returned to the climbing area looking like he'd shed a layer of skin, Wisconsin had just finished his own challenge and was asking the staff about Xiaobai's whereabouts.

Wisconsin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xiaobai carrying a large pile of items in both hands and dragging her tired (mentally) steps back. She immediately ran towards Xiaobai and waved to her with a smile.

"This way, this way!"

"Wisconsin...you're done." Xiaobai forced a smile as she saw Wisconsin approaching.

"That's right, these people are too enthusiastic! I had to beat them all up before I could come down!" Wisconsin said proudly, her gaze falling on Xiaobai. When she saw the large pile of items Xiaobai was carrying, she showed a curious expression, "Eh... wait a minute, what are all these things in your arms?"

"Well..."

Xiaobai didn't know where to begin explaining.

Wisconsin took the item from Xiaobai. She first picked up a plastic can that was as big as a small gasoline drum and blinked as she looked at the packaging.

"Uh... protein powder??"

"Hmm... consider this a prize."

"……video tape??"

"...Um...this is also something they said they would give to me..."

"Oh..." Wisconsin examined the videotape, and when she finally saw the gold-plated medal around Xiaobai's neck and the brand-new VIP card in his hand, she suddenly seemed to understand something. She smiled at Xiaobai and said, "So that's how it is... You just went to the gym and broke their record, right! This videotape must be a record-breaking video that the gym gave you. They've always had this tradition!"

"Uh... um..." Xiaobai looked embarrassed.

"Hehe..." Wisconsin immediately smiled with her eyes narrowed. She looked at the embarrassed Xiaobai for a long time before adding, "Hehe, so even you... couldn't tell, Admiral."

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai really wanted to explain that he only wanted to go to the toilet at first.

Who knew that fate would play such a cruel trick on me along the way, and I inexplicably came back with a bunch of prizes...

However, just as Xiaobai was about to say these words, she saw Wisconsin's happy expression, as if she had found a companion, and in the end, she swallowed them back down.

……

Regardless, although the atmosphere might not be quite right for him, Xiaobai thinks this stadium is still pretty good.

When Xiaobai left the gym with Wisconsin, the receptionist seemed to have also received news that Xiaobai had broken the gym's deadlift record. She stared at Xiaobai with her beautiful eyes, constantly appraising his physique, her mouth agape.

After a long while, the receptionist finally managed to squeeze out a sentence with mixed feelings, saying that Xiaobai truly lived up to her reputation as "Sister Wei's sister," displaying the fierceness typical of her family.

Xiao Bai couldn't explain anything to this, and could only leave the stadium with Wisconsin under the reluctant gaze of the receptionist.

"Wisconsin, you must be hungry after exercising all morning, right?" After leaving the gymnasium, Xiaobai found a place to stuff all the prizes he had won into his ship equipment space, then clapped his hands and came to Wisconsin's side, asking her.

"Yeah, let's go eat," Wisconsin said with a smile. "The Admiral is treating!"

What would you like to eat?

"That one!" Wisconsin said without thinking, turning around and pointing to a bright red building next to the sports stadium.

Xiao Bai looked in the direction Wisconsin was pointing.

It turns out that it was a well-known global chain of hamburger restaurants.

"...Just this?" Xiaobai looked at Wisconsin with a strange expression.

"Hehe, I've been wanting to eat hamburgers with the Admiral for ages!" Wisconsin said with a laugh. "Sure!"

"...It works, but it doesn't..."