Panel and Limitless Body

Panel and Limitless Body

On the coach.

Chen Sheng watched the scenery flash past outside the window and could not help feeling sentimental.

After five years, he had finally returned here.

Sadly, he no longer had any family here.

His former hometown had long since changed beyond recognition.

Seeing that they were about to arrive, Chen Sheng withdrew his gaze and looked before him.

Chen Sheng

Strength: 0.86

Agility: 0.92

Constitution: 0.91

Skills: Limitless Body (Through training, your body can be strengthened without limit, and the effects of training will not diminish) (Cannot be upgraded), Breathing, Swimming, Running

Skill Points: 0.07

The average attribute value for a normal adult male is 1

This was the panel Chen Sheng had suddenly awakened a week ago.

Judging purely from the numbers, it was utterly dismal.

But that was precisely why Chen Sheng had returned to his hometown.

Five years ago, his parents had died of illness. Chen Sheng left his hometown and went to a first-tier city to work.

However, for an ordinary person with neither higher education nor family wealth, climbing the ladder in a first-tier city was simply too difficult.

Although Chen Sheng worked diligently and never complained, after five years, his salary had remained at a consistently low level.

In the end, years of staying up late and working overtime had ruined his health. He had nearly spent all his savings just to barely recover.

After recovering from his serious illness, his body had become unbearably weak. Even walking a little faster left him gasping for breath.

Only after this experience did Chen Sheng understand.

No amount of money was as real as good health.

Besides, he had not been making much money to begin with.

So,

after awakening his Golden Finger, he quit his job and decided to return to his hometown.

"Wutong Village intersection! Anyone getting off, hurry up!"

The coach driver's shout interrupted Chen Sheng's thoughts.

He hurriedly stood up, laboriously pulled his suitcase from the overhead compartment, and headed toward the front of the bus.

After getting off, Chen Sheng stood at the intersection and looked into the distance.

Past the intersection was a downward slope. After walking a hundred meters, one could see golden fields on both sides.

Although Quanjin City, where Wutong Village was located, counted as a second-tier city,

Wutong Village had remained undeveloped due to its remote location and still retained its rural appearance.

"Driver."

Chen Sheng waved, calling over a Motorcycle Taxi from nearby.

The driver was a dark-skinned old man. Upon hearing Chen Sheng call, he flicked away the cigarette butt in his hand and slowly drove his motorcycle over.

"Where to, young man?"

The old man smiled warmly, looking kind and friendly.

"Into Wutong Village."

"That's quite a ways. Twenty yuan."

"Eight."

Chen Sheng decisively held up eight fingers.

"No, no. I'd lose my shirt for eight yuan."

The old man repeatedly waved his hands.

"Then forget it."

Seeing this, Chen Sheng said nothing more. He simply pulled up his suitcase and walked toward another Motorcycle Taxi.

"Hey, you've even got a suitcase. That's a lot more weight to carry—"

The old driver kept chattering on, trying to find excuses, but Chen Sheng had no intention of paying him any attention.

Just as he reached the other Motorcycle Taxi,

a shout came from behind him.

"Fine, fine! You win!"

Chen Sheng grinned, turned around, and climbed straight onto the Motorcycle Taxi.

The old man curled his lips and muttered something indistinctly, seemingly complaining.

But Chen Sheng pretended not to hear.

After all these years away, these Motorcycle Taxi drivers had not changed one bit when it came to ripping people off.

For less than two kilometers, the old man had dared ask for twenty yuan.

If he had not been carrying a suitcase, Chen Sheng would not even have been willing to offer the exorbitant price of eight yuan.

After a few jolts, the motorcycle slowly started moving, gradually picking up speed.

The cool autumn wind rushed into his face. Chen Sheng shivered instinctively before gradually getting used to it.

Looking at the familiar scenery on either side, he took a deep breath.

The air of his hometown still had that familiar scent.

Wutong Village was still much the same as when he had left five years ago.

Only some familiar shops had vanished.

Chen Sheng also noticed that the Sha County Snacks place he used to frequent seemed to have been renovated.

Perhaps he could revisit it later.

After five years away, what Chen Sheng missed most was the food from his hometown.

Sha County Snacks could be found everywhere, but every city always had its own unique flavors.

The Sha County Snacks in his hometown had always tasted best to Chen Sheng.

Before long, the motorcycle gradually came to a stop.

He had arrived.

Chen Sheng swung off the motorcycle, took out his phone to scan and pay the old driver, then carried his luggage to the front of his home.

Chen Sheng's home was a three-story house with a courtyard out front, piled with fallen leaves and trash.

It looked fairly large, but housing prices had not been as absurd back then. On top of that, the location was remote, and the seller had been a friend of Chen Sheng's father.

In the end, when Chen Sheng's father bought it, it had cost less than two hundred thousand yuan.

If this had been a first-tier city, even if Chen Sheng had a hundred kidneys, he might not have been able to afford it.

He took out his key and opened the lock hanging from the iron gate.

With a harsh screech of metal, the gate slowly swung open.

Chen Sheng crossed the front yard and went up to the second floor, where his family's rooms had once been.

The house's interior was not luxurious. It had simply been painted and tiled.

There were four rooms on each floor, but only two had ever been used. The other two had not even been renovated and had merely served as storage rooms.

Back then, Chen Sheng's parents had planned to save up money and completely renovate the house after Chen Sheng got married, using it as his newlywed home.

But now, there was no need for that.

Since no one had lived in the house for years, a thick layer of dust covered everything.

After setting down his luggage, Chen Sheng rolled up his sleeves, found some cleaning supplies, and began a thorough cleaning.

The first-floor hall, the second-floor rooms, and the front yard.

By the time he had finished cleaning everything,

day had already turned to night outside.

"Whew—"

Chen Sheng lay on the floor, staring at the ceiling, feeling utterly exhausted.

Just then,

his stomach rumbled.

He had not felt it while busying himself earlier, but once he stopped, hunger washed over him like a tide.

Chen Sheng did not move right away. Only after resting for half an hour did he slowly get up.

When he had left back then, the appliances in the house had all been sold off. Now, only the most basic furniture remained.

He could only go out to eat first.

Chen Sheng remembered the Sha County Snacks place he had seen on his way back.

He had almost forgotten what soup dumplings tasted like.

With that thought,

Chen Sheng headed straight out.

An hour later,

Chen Sheng returned home only after eating and drinking his fill.

He picked out a change of clothes and headed directly into the bathroom.

After showering and drying his hair,

Chen Sheng looked at himself in the mirror.

Beneath his skin, he could almost clearly see the contours of every bone.

As for muscles?

They were practically nonexistent.

"So this is what they call a skinny dog online."

Chen Sheng gave a bitter smile, shook his head in self-mockery, then got dressed and left the bathroom.

Ten minutes later.

Chen Sheng lay on the bed.

With nothing to do, he began considering his plans for the future.

There were still fifty thousand yuan left in his bank account, enough to support him for a while. There was no need to rush into finding a way to make money.

For the time being, he planned to nurse his body back to health first.

Chen Sheng summoned his panel.

Strength: 0.86

Agility: 0.92

Constitution: 0.91

Skills: Limitless Body, Breathing, Swimming, Running.

Skill Points: 0.07

The average attribute value for a normal adult male is 1

During the seven days since awakening his Golden Finger, Chen Sheng's attributes had occasionally increased.

Whenever an attribute point increased, his Skill Points increased by a corresponding amount as well.

The skill list encompassed all of Chen Sheng's physical abilities.

Only the Limitless Body was an exception. It did not belong to Chen Sheng himself but came with the panel.

Limitless Body: Through training, your body can be strengthened without limit, and the effects of training will not diminish.

If the skill on his panel really was as powerful as its description claimed,

did that mean that as long as he kept training, he could eventually become something like Superman?

Just thinking about it made Chen Sheng feel a little excited.

He secretly clenched his fist.

Perfect. He could use this time to test it out.

With that thought,

Chen Sheng gradually felt drowsiness wash over him.