Eye-Skipping Method

Monday morning. Assembly.

Chu Fei looked at the mountain road, his mind racing:

To improve his ranking in the morning run, gritting his teeth and sprinting madly was not enough. Under the harsh "encouragement," no one dared slack off.

Contents on Human Mechanics, Human Engineering, and the like surfaced in Chu Fei's mind;

Then he mapped out the running route and more.

Gradually, he built a Big Data Model for the morning run.

Limited by his abilities and lacking detailed data, he could only make rough calculations.

With his train of thought settled, Chu Fei immediately used a drop of Wisdom Dewdrop.

In an instant, the world before him became exceptionally clear, and he began calculating:

Chu Fei raised his right hand and cocked up his thumb, alternately closing his left and right eyes. The principles of the Eye-Skipping Method and trigonometric calculations flashed through his mind. He calculated one rough figure, then another, then another...

In the blink of an eye, Chu Fei had calculated dozens of figures, covering a distance of more than ten meters ahead.

Cao Liwen glanced at Chu Fei's strange movements, a glint flashing through his eyes. He blew his whistle. "Ready, run!"

Almost the instant Cao Liwen's whistle sounded, everyone burst forward.

But Chu Fei's direction seemed to be slightly off.

His figure bent faintly as he raced along the rocks at the roadside. After a few steps, he leaned slightly forward and "fell" downhill. Then he landed on the dirt path, ran two steps, and stepped onto the rocks again.

Compared with the other students, Chu Fei's movements were clearly different.

While everyone else was still bewildered, Cao Liwen saw everything clearly:

"At the start of the sprint, he doesn't step on the dirt ground, but runs over the rocks. That lets him make the fullest use of friction and rebound force, shortening the time of reaction.

"At the end of the steps, he leans forward, borrowing gravity to conserve as much stamina as possible.

"During the fall, he gets a brief moment to catch his breath and recover a little strength.

"After landing, stepping onto the dirt road provides cushioning.

"Though the effects are slight, something is better than nothing, and every little bit adds up!"

As Cao Liwen analyzed, Chu Fei had already "drifted" down the mountain.

After advancing just over fifty meters, Chu Fei had opened a gap of about three meters from Li Honggang.

Behind them, everyone was still packed together.

Chu Fei's method finally drew everyone's attention.

Li Honggang narrowed his eyes, his pace inevitably quickening slightly. Lu Hong beside him did the same.

Without looking back, Chu Fei simply kept running his own race.

His eyes constantly swept over his surroundings. As his arms swung, he raised his thumbs to measure the area around him, making one rough calculation after another.

The Wisdom Dewdrop was rapidly being consumed.

Chu Fei did not treat Wisdom Dewdrop as the driving force behind "exercise." Instead, he treated it as the productive force behind "calculation," using it to calculate figure after figure.

Wisdom Dewdrop was consumable. Once used up, it could only be accumulated again.

But the calculated data could be used over and over.

That was knowledge.

Chu Fei's thumb-raising movements finally caught the attention of Li Honggang and the others.

Who was he looking down on? Everyone had learned the Eye-Skipping Method in class.

Lu Hong was the first to imitate him, followed by Li Honggang, Zhang Xuan, and the others.

Seeing more and more students begin imitating and calculating, Cao Liwen smiled.

Big Data Cultivation should have the bearing of Big Data Cultivation. This was very good.

And even better was Chu Fei.

His figure flowed like drifting clouds and running water, while the distance between him and Li Honggang steadily grew.

3.1 meters, 3.2 meters...

By the time they reached the foot of the mountain, the distance between them had widened to nearly five meters. Chu Fei was far out in front.

After reaching the foot of the mountain, Chu Fei slowly turned around and stretched his legs. When Li Honggang neared the finish line, he smiled faintly and began the return trip uphill.

Because of the power of "encouragement," Chu Fei did not dare slack off too much either.

The calculations for going uphill and downhill were completely different, but with the boost from Wisdom Dewdrop, Chu Fei still quickly completed his rough calculations.

His average stride downhill could reach around 0.85 meters, but uphill, his stride had to be controlled below 0.7 meters, perhaps even shorter.

With shorter strides, he no longer needed to consider cushioning. Instead, he had to worry about slipping when stepping on the dirt road.

One rough calculation after another—or rather, one "approximate value" after another—flashed through his mind as Chu Fei's figure swayed up the mountain road.

Behind him, Li Honggang's face began to flush red. He was tired—and furious!

Li Honggang inwardly cried that things were bad. If he could not immediately adjust his condition and carefully distribute his stamina, he absolutely would not last to the finish line.

Yet looking at Chu Fei, so far ahead, made Li Honggang's heart tremble.

This was bad. He was going to get whipped!

He turned to glance at Lu Hong beside him and felt slightly reassured. At least he was not fighting alone.

Twenty-five minutes passed quickly. The morning run required three round trips along the mountain road, and the distance between Chu Fei and Li Honggang had widened to a full ten meters!

That was only because Chu Fei had eased up at the end.

Why run so fast? If tomorrow's result was worse than today's, wouldn't that just be asking for a whipping?

Calculating like mad was exhausting too, all right? So Chu Fei's display of being completely drained was not fake at all.

But before Chu Fei could stop, Cao Liwen suddenly spoke. "Keep running!"

"Me?" Chu Fei pointed at the tip of his nose.

Cao Liwen said coldly, "After nearly half a month of training, everyone's physical fitness has improved. Starting today, you'll run four laps."

Had I been exposed?

I've already acted completely exhausted. Why are you still doing this?

But when he turned and saw Li Honggang and Lu Hong's flushed faces, Chu Fei suddenly smiled—he only needed to perform better than them.

And sometimes, one had to take a risk and give it a try. Besides, Chu Fei had an excellent idea.

I'll try slacking off openly: by doing research and experiments!

Turning around, he ran downhill, but Chu Fei was not particularly fast. He constantly stretched out his hand and used the Eye-Skipping Method to calculate all kinds of data.

Whenever Li Honggang and the others behind him were about to catch up, Chu Fei would run a few faster steps, then continue calculating.

Thus, when Chu Fei had "dawdled" his way to the final hundred meters, he suddenly broke into a wild sprint and reached the finish line before anyone could catch him.

After completing the fourth lap, Chu Fei braced his hands on his knees and panted heavily, though his eyes inevitably fixed on Cao Liwen.

Oh, and the four old men behind the plaza.

Then Chu Fei looked at Li Honggang and the others.

After four laps, everyone was exhausted into limp noodles.

Morning runs were dangerous. Falling behind meant getting whipped.

Once everyone had arrived, Cao Liwen began announcing the results:

Li Honggang, down one rank, two lashes;

Lu Hong, down one rank, two lashes;

Zhang Xuan, rank unchanged, no punishment;

Zhang Shaojie, down one rank, one lash;

Tang Yong...

For every name called, the four old men whipped one person.

But when Li Honggang heard that Zhang Shaojie had fallen one rank yet received only one lash, he screamed, "Teacher, why does he only get one lash? Lu Hong and I get two lashes each."

Cao Liwen said blandly, "As class monitor and vice class monitor, you must set an example!"

Li Honggang felt his vision go dark. Suddenly pointing at Chu Fei, he screamed, "He slacked off! He obviously slacked off!"

"First place receives no punishment. Furthermore, Chu Fei has opened the correct path of cultivation for Big Data Cultivation. He is awarded one hundred yuan."

"..."

Chu Fei accepted an exquisite sheet of "Metal Paper," a brilliant smile appearing on his face.

It was a banknote made of nanometal, flexible and sturdy, difficult to counterfeit.

Yet as he looked at the cold, gloomy gazes of Li Honggang and Lu Hong, a trace of icy ruthlessness flashed through Chu Fei's heart.

On the surface, however, Chu Fei maintained his radiant smile.

As a hunter, one had to know how to hide oneself!