Weird, my gaming life

night.

Lin Yuan, who had always used meditation as a substitute for sleeping, suddenly felt an overwhelming drowsiness, and instantly knew what was about to happen.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will wake up in reality.

Sure enough, the next moment, the scene before my eyes began to distort and blur, instantly turning into shattered glass in the darkness.

Game time is over.

……

As consciousness returned, extreme exhaustion and soreness overwhelmed him like a tidal wave, but at the same time, a sense of fulfillment and power surged within his body.

Two contradictory feelings intertwined in Lin Yuan's mind, but after only a moment, the fatigue and physical discomfort began to subside.

An unprecedented feeling of comfort washed over me.

The innate dual-level true energy within Lin Yuan's body began to circulate throughout his body, cleansing away all the lesions.

His muscles and bones were also changing rapidly. The physical enhancement brought about by the two external martial arts techniques was gradually changing the structure of his body.

Lin Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, and what came into view was the cold ceiling of the gym and Qin Wan's expressionless face.

She was looking down at him.

"One hour later, we're there."

Not far away, Lu Feng, leaning on the barbell, was staring intently at him with a gaze that was a mixture of resentment and pleasure.

A black soft bag was tossed into Lin Yuan's arms.

"Five minutes, eat it." Qin Wan's emotionless voice continued.

Lin Yuan tore open the packaging, and an indescribable fishy-sweet smell rushed into his nostrils.

Without hesitation, he squeezed all the paste-like nutrients into his mouth and forced it down.

A faint warmth spread through his stomach. Although he could feel the strengthening effect of the nutrient solution on his body, it was utterly useless to him in his current state.

"stand up."

Qin Wan turned around and walked to the other side of the gym.

Lin Yuan pretended to struggle to stand up, and every movement seemed so forced, after all, he had just experienced high-intensity exercise.

If he recovers all at once, he'll inevitably attract attention, and he doesn't want to be seen as an oddball in real life.

Lu Feng followed behind, limping.

Qin Wan stopped in front of a row of strange instruments that looked like medieval torture devices.

"Burning blood and forging bones, the first step is to break down and then build up."

She pointed to two identical metal frames covered with belts and winches that could be turned.

"This is for stretching and strengthening the skeletal structure. Its function is very simple: to stretch your muscles and bones inch by inch, and then crush them inch by inch."

A cruel smile curled at the corners of her lips.

"Until your bodies get used to the pain of breaking down and rebuilding."

Lu Feng's face turned deathly pale instantly.

"My foot..." he blurted out instinctively.

"Shut up."

Qin Wan coldly interrupted him, "Pain will tell you where your weakest point is. You feel pain in your ankle because the rest of your body isn't hurting enough."

She gave them no time to react, and like picking up chicks, she pressed them onto two cold metal frames, one in each hand.

The belts were quickly fastened, securing their limbs and bodies firmly.

"My rules are very simple."

Qin Wan stood in front of the control panels of the two machines.

"During training, whoever begs for mercy first will have their nutritional supplements halved for the day. If they pass out, they get nothing."

She first looked at Lin Yuan and pressed the start button in front of him.

"Creak—"

As the machine operated, the belts connecting the limbs began to tighten slowly in four directions.

A tremendous force came from the joints of his limbs, as if four horses were pulling his body, but Lin Yuan felt nothing. What could he do but continue to pretend?

So Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and controlled the secretion of sweat, causing his back to be instantly soaked with cold sweat.

He deserves an Oscar here.

Qin Wan's gaze fell on Lin Yuan's face.

The scream she expected did not occur.

The child was trembling violently, but there was no pain in his eyes.

A hint of surprise flashed in Qin Wan's eyes, which then turned into almost fanatical satisfaction.

This is exactly the kind of monster she wants.

She turned her head and looked at Lu Feng, who was trembling with fear on the other side.

"Your turn."

Qin Wan reached out and pressed the second button without hesitation.

"Ah—! No! Stop! Stop!"

A scream even more piercing than the sound of bones cracking instantly echoed throughout the empty gym.

Lu Feng's voice was filled with fear and pleading, forming a stark contrast to the deathly still Lin Yuan beside him.

A hint of pity flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes; his entire demeanor was an act.

And Lu Feng! Sigh! This child, why does he have to come here to suffer when he could have a perfectly good life!

Lu Feng's screams echoed through the gym. Qin Wan stood in front of the control panel, watching expressionlessly.

Her gaze passed over Lu Feng, who was already in tears, and landed on another piece of equipment.

Lin Yuan's body was trembling at an extremely high frequency, but there was still no pain or breakdown in his eyes.

Qin Wan even saw a hint of pity in the child's eyes, though she wasn't sure if it was just her imagination.

Qin Wan's breath hitched. Who was this child pitying? An ingrate! What was there to pity about him?

However, Qin Wan had to admit that Lin Yuan's level of patience was truly worthy of a kid from the lower city.

Although Qin Wan had never been to the Lower City, she had heard that people there were used to hardship.

Clearly, Lu Feng in his previous life did not achieve this level of success.

He certainly didn't die unjustly; he didn't even know the true nature of the children in the lower district.

The Lin Yuan before her was even more perfect than she had imagined.

He knows how to transform pain into strength, unlike Lu Feng on the other side, who is simply consumed by pain.

"Ah...I...I was wrong...Mom...stop..."

Lu Feng's voice had turned into intermittent sobs. His consciousness began to blur, and his limbs, under the inhuman pulling, could only spasm and could not make any other response.

Finally, after a violent convulsion, his head lolled to the side, and he lost consciousness completely.

The screams abruptly stopped.

In the gym, only the creaking of the machines and Lin Yuan's feigned painful gasps could be heard.

Qin Wan glanced at the clock on the wall.

ten minutes.

She scoffed, walked over, and without even glancing at the unconscious Lu Feng, pressed the stop button on his machine.

Then, she walked up to Lin Yuan.

Instead of stopping the machine, she reached out and gently turned an inconspicuous knob on the control panel one notch.

"Crunch—crunch—"

The tension increased by another three points in an instant.

"Well!"

Lin Yuan's body arched violently, like a shrimp whose spine had been broken by a footstep, and an uncontrollable roar of pain finally burst from his throat.

This time it wasn't an act; it was real pain.

A powerful pulling force penetrated every joint and every tendon in his body. Even with his innate true energy protecting him, this purely physical tearing sensation still made him feel as if he were being torn apart by five horses.

However, all of this is still within his tolerance range.

"Look at me." Qin Wan's voice rang out coldly above his head.

Lin Yuan struggled to turn his eyes and met Qin Wan's beautiful phoenix eyes.

"Remember this feeling." Qin Wan slowly squatted down to look him in the eye.

"Your body is a blunt instrument. What I need to do is smash it, sharpen it, smash it again, sharpen it again, until it becomes the sharpest weapon in your hand, instead of a cage that holds you back."

"During this time, you might go crazy, you might die. Are you scared?"

Lin Yuan did not answer immediately.

Instead, he took a few deep breaths and squeezed out two words through his teeth.

"...I'm not afraid."

Qin Wan smiled.

That smile carried a morbid appreciation and satisfaction.

She stood up, without increasing the force, and simply stood quietly to the side, like the most patient hunter, watching the prey's final struggle in the trap.

Another twenty minutes passed.

Just when Lin Yuan felt he was really about to reach his limit, Qin Wan finally pressed the stop button.

The moment the belt loosened, Lin Yuan slid off the equipment like a lump of mud and crashed heavily to the ground.

He couldn't move a single finger; all the bones in his body were dislocated, and the soreness in his muscles and the stinging pain in his fascia intertwined, forming a sea of ​​agony.

Are people trained this crazy in the real world?! No wonder the success rate of gene warriors is so low.

He circulated the surging innate true energy within his body.

That warm and pure energy, like a gentle stream, began to flow through his damaged meridians, repairing the forcibly stretched muscle fibers and nourishing the bones that were groaning.

Qin Wan dragged the unconscious Lu Feng off the machine and threw him into a corner like trash.

She walked up to Lin Yuan, took a silver nutrient solution pouch out of her pocket, and tossed it next to him.

Its packaging is noticeably more upscale than the previous black one.

"Drink it." Qin Wan's voice held a hint of barely perceptible approval.

"This is 'Muscle Regenerator,' which is only available to those who push themselves to the very end during training. It can accelerate your body's recovery and evolution."

Her gaze shifted to Lu Feng in the corner, her eyes turning cold once more.

"As for waste, even breathing is a waste of air."

After saying that, she didn't linger and turned to walk upstairs.

"Training will continue at six o'clock tomorrow morning."

The footsteps disappeared at the end of the stairs.