Strength Comparison, Joining the Special Training Program?

Looking at Zhang Yu's Physical Strength of 3.21, He Dayou's eyes were filled with disbelief.

He couldn't believe that after spending so much money and training so hard every day, Zhang Yu was still so far ahead of him.

He screamed inwardly, "How is this possible? How could this happen?"

"What exactly did Zhang Yu do? Why did his Physical Strength increase more than mine in just one month?"

"Is it some new drug or technology? But where did he get the money?"

Lan Ling's gaze also sharpened, and he thought to himself, "Did Zhang Pianpian intervene behind Zhang Yu's back? How could she have improved so much? What exactly did this woman do? Did she use the Immortal Dao Technique from White Dragon High School?"

Wang Hai was even more curious about how Zhang Yu had made such a leap in skill. "Which pharmaceutical company? Which company's new technology? Are they trying to promote a new product through Zhang Yu?"

He carefully observed Zhang Yu and found that there were no prominent needle marks on Zhang Yu's temples, and there were no signs of training on the common acupuncture points on his arms.

Logically speaking, such a high school student doesn't seem like a Body Tempering expert.

Wang Hai thought to himself, "The needle placement must be somewhere I can't see. Is it the Heavenly Demon Needle Technique? Or the Blood Corpse Needle Technique? What method was used?"

Zhang Yu, on the other hand, felt uneasy under Wang Hai's gaze. Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Old Wang must be suspecting me of using drugs again."

"How many times have I said it? I've always practiced Natural Body Refinement."

Monster Beast Meat Powder? Who doesn't eat some Body Tempering?

Beast Protein Milk has virtually no side effects.

The Primordial Pill is even less of a technical application of medicine.

"I practice true, purely natural cultivation, sleeping under the open sky and on the ground every day."

Zhang Yu looked at the Door Panel Man, Lan Ling, and thought to himself that this was the true medicine man who had condensed the essence of Immortal Dao Technique.

Zhang Yu asked, "So? Is there still any problem with us joining the Competition Team now?"

Lan Ling's eyelids twitched slightly, and she said in a sarcastic tone, "According to the agreement, of course..."

Meanwhile, compared to everyone's disbelief, surprise, and curiosity, Ye Haitao, who was originally in fifth place, was filled with despair.

Originally ranked fifth, she dropped to seventh after Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen joined, completely losing the opportunity to participate in Physical Competition.

Thinking of the huge sums of money her family had invested in the Competition Team and the Special Training Program, and the debts they had incurred... now that they had lost their chance to participate in the competition, Ye Haitao felt as if the sky was falling.

Her legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground, her limbs twitching uncontrollably as if she were about to lose control.

Wang Hai's gaze sharpened. "Her Dao Heart is unstable. Go get her Dao Heart Buffer and force it into her mouth."

On the other side, Li Yong, who was originally fourth but is now sixth, is even more unable to accept this result, especially since his Physical Strength is only 0.02 levels lower than Bai Zhenzhen's.

"My parents have already burdened me so much—to send me to high school, to earn money for my competitions, and to allow me to enjoy Special Training Program..."

In order to earn money, Li Yong's father joined a gang and smuggled children's flying swords, risking his life to earn tuition fees for Li Yong.

The mother joined the Food Gang, where she replicated pre-made dishes in an underground workshop. She constantly faced the dangers of gang warfare and corporate raids. Now, under the pressure of Synthetic Food, she is facing the crisis of being optimized or dismissed by the gang.

This is Li Yong's family, a gang-related family with an income higher than that of white-collar workers in the city, but who constantly face risks such as death, bankruptcy, and debt.

As a second-generation member of a criminal gang, Li Yong's childhood dream was to go to university.

"I am the hope of my family. Only by getting into university can I change our family's fate, leave the underworld behind, and break free from the gang..."

"To keep up with the training pace here, I take more than twenty kinds of medications every day, eat every two hours, and have suffered fractures multiple times during extreme muscle training. Now, if I stop taking painkillers even slightly, I experience excruciating pain all over my body..."

"My family has sacrificed so much, I have sacrificed so much, why should I lose?"

"Just because Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen became the lackeys of the rich? Just because they got invested in and became rich, does a poor wretch like me have to lose to the dogs of the rich?"

Clearly, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, who switch between their Spirit Root every day, are already seen by many classmates as having been invested in by wealthy individuals and belonging to the wealthy elite.

So when he heard Lan Ling agree to let Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen join the team, Li Yong stepped forward.

He stared intently at Bai Zhenzhen and said, "Our Physical Strength is only 0.02 levels apart, which isn't a decisive difference in Physical Competition. I challenge you!"

After this period of training, Li Yong also learned that Physical Competition are not just about comparing Physical Strength numbers.

Otherwise, all the high school students in Songyang could just be listed according to their Physical Strength; what's the point of a competition?

Physical Strength figures are just a basic requirement; what Physical Competition test is... how far students can utilize their physical abilities.

"Bai Zhenzhen has the backing of Zhang Pianpian, so her financial resources are definitely more abundant than mine. But I don't believe that she has been training harder or more focused than me over the past month. Her control over her physical strength is probably not as good as mine."

"Furthermore, thanks to the Special Training Program, my Fascia Self-Limitation has been released during surgery, allowing my muscles to unleash explosive power beyond their limits... I'm sure I can beat her!"

While mentally encouraging himself, Li Yong pointed at Bai Zhenzhen and said, "I want to have a contest with you to see who is stronger. Do you dare?"

Before anyone else could speak, Bai Zhenzhen couldn't wait to laugh out loud, inwardly shouting, "Good! Today is my day, it's not Yu Zi's turn to show off!"

But when Bai Zhenzhen thought about how Zhang Yu couldn't continue showing off because his stats were too high and no one dared to challenge him, she felt a little less happy.

She turned her gaze to Li Yong, who had spoken, adopting an aloof and icy demeanor, and said calmly, "How do you intend to compete?"

Li Yong strode forward. "Alright, then let's have a competition..."

"Insolence!" Lan Ling snorted coldly. "This is about deciding the school's competition slots, not a game for the two of you. The specific competition events will be discussed and decided by me and the teachers."

After some discussion, it was decided that Bai Zhenzhen and Li Yong would compare their physical strength through barbell weightlifting.

Of course, like all Physical Competition, magic cannot be used during the competition; it is a contest of pure physical strength.

Therefore, both of them had detection patches affixed to their bodies to monitor whether their magical powers were being used.

Watching this scene, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "It seems I'll have to stop the Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method during the sports competition. It's a pity I'll miss out on a period of Passive Breathing Technique." Of course, Zhang Yu could control and stop the Passive Breathing Technique of the Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method, since it was ultimately Breathing Technique he had mastered.

On the other side, Li Yong walked up to the 1500-kilogram barbell, grabbed it with both hands, and with a loud shout, lifted the barbell up, his face flushed.

After holding the position for five seconds, with a loud bang, the 1,500-kilogram barbell slammed onto the ground, then bounced a few more times.

Li Yong looked at Bai Zhenzhen with a serious expression. "You do it."

Under everyone's gaze, Bai Zhenzhen walked to the barbell. Her body shuddered, and her muscles tensed, making her appear as if she had gained a little weight.

The muscles intertwined and pushed against each other, as if they had become a single unit.

Under the training of the Thunderclap True Body, Bai Zhenzhen's nervous system was strengthened, making her extremely powerful in recruiting and controlling the strength of her muscles.

Later, after exchanging Spirit Root with Zhang Yu for cultivation, her Body Tempering incorporated some of the effects of the Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi, making her coordination of muscles and the explosive power of her body even stronger.

At that moment, Bai Zhenzhen effortlessly lifted the 1500-kilogram barbell with both hands, without even breaking a sweat.

As she lifted it, her expression remained unchanged, and she said calmly, "This one is too easy, let's try something a little harder."

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After holding the barbell for 5 seconds, Bai Zhenzhen casually tossed it aside and strode towards another 2000-kilogram barbell.

Then, to everyone's surprise, Bai Zhenzhen, her face flushed, let out a low shout and suddenly lifted the barbell overhead.

Lan Ling's gaze sharpened, thinking to herself, "Such explosive power and muscle control; this shouldn't be her limit yet. Zhang Pianpian has really gone all out."

He Dayou originally had a similar idea to Li Yong, thinking that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's physical strength had increased dramatically in a short period of time, and since they had not participated in Special Training Program, their control might not be as good as theirs.

Seeing Bai Zhenzhen easily lift the 2000-kilogram barbell, a dark glint flashed in his eyes.

Seeing this scene, Li Yong was naturally the one with the worst mood.

After all, his previous limit was lifting a barbell of over 1900 kilograms, while Bai Zhenzhen's performance clearly far exceeded his limit.

From a rational point of view, he should give up.

But he was unwilling to accept it.

"I've sacrificed so much to get this far, am I just going to surrender because of the money of the rich?"

So Li Yong walked up to the 2000-kilogram barbell, took a deep breath, and then suddenly grabbed it downwards.

His muscles tensed instantly, and the 2,000-kilogram barbell stood before him like a Da Shan, making only a slight noise as he unleashed his power.

Li Yong roared inwardly, "I want to go to university!"

"I don't want my parents to continue being involved in gangs!"

"Get the hell up!"

With a tremor running through his muscles and veins bulging on his red forehead, he actually managed to lift the 2000-kilogram barbell bit by bit.

Roar!

With a roar, Li Yong looked at the barbell he had lifted high above his head, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

But the next moment, soft snapping sounds came from his arm.

Then, to his dazed gaze, blood spurted from his right arm.

As his grip weakened, the barbell he had just lifted high above his head fell to the ground.

Wang Hai's expression hardened, and he rushed forward, catching the two-thousand-kilogram barbell with one hand and supporting Li Yong with the other.

Li Yong tried hard to control his right arm and raise his hand, but found that the muscles in his hand were trembling and he could not control them.

Li Yong asked in a panic, "Teacher... what happened to me?"

Wang Hai glanced at it and understood the gist of it. He sighed and said, "After you have the Fascia Limitation-Removal Surgery, the expansion of your muscles can exceed the limit."

"However, your body couldn't adapt to the overload on your arm muscles, and the flesh tore."

Wang Hai knew this was one of the flaws of the Special Training Program. After all, the muscles in his body were not a whole unit. When the transplanted muscle fibers unleashed their fierce power, if the original flesh and blood could not keep up with the load, it would collapse.

Upon hearing this, Li Yong panicked even more. "Can I still get better? Can I still participate in the Special Training Program?"

Wang Hai comforted him, "It's alright, it's alright. After some treatment and a few days of rest, you'll be able to continue training..."

Lan Ling didn't even glance at the defeated Li Yong, but looked at Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu with a businesslike expression, and said, "Then, according to the agreement, your scores are good enough to join the Physical Competition Team."

"The Physical Competition next month will be a joint event for you three, along with He Dayou and the other two."

"As for the remedial classes for the Competition Team, whether you participate or not is up to you."

Zhang Yu asked curiously, "Then... what about that Special Training Program? Can we participate?"

Both Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had long been incredibly curious about this so-called Special Training Program, which allowed He Dayou and the He Dayou to experience a dramatic increase in Physical Strength within a month.

Lan Ling glanced at the two and sneered, thinking to himself, "Could it be that Zhang Pianpian also has her eye on the transplantation technology at my Songyang High School? Is that why she brought these two in?"

He stated in a businesslike manner, "The Special Training Program is spearheaded by the Student Union, with the school providing support, and the candidates are selected according to certain criteria."

"Neither of you are suitable candidates and are not eligible to participate in this program."

(End of this chapter)