Magnetic Weight Training

The next day, the two returned to Xiangfan City at dawn, when the sky was only beginning to brighten.

Bai Ge went straight to sleep, while Shao Yuan tirelessly researched the Sterility Ring.

After sleeping until the afternoon, Bai Ge woke to find Shao Yuan gone, so he trained by himself.

"Starting today, let's try to double the training volume as much as possible."

"Yeah. We'll also increase the weight to twenty kilograms. The training effect will be nearly four times as great that way."

"Unfortunately, this is as much weight as we can add. Any more would just become a burden."

The reason he said this was that Bai Ge's added weight came from weighted straps tied around his hands, feet, and waist. This kind of weight was useful at first, but adding more would only make the training uneven.

"Right, I can use magnetic force to apply resistance to every inch of muscle throughout my body."

"But anything heavier would still be too much for me right now. I'll try it after my punching power reaches five hundred kilograms."

For the time being, Bai Ge continued wearing twenty kilograms of weight while doubling his training volume.

Six hours of hard work gave him four times the training effect and increased his punching power by twenty kilograms.

That evening, Shao Yuan finally returned.

He was wrapped up from head to toe, and the gloves and mask left him drenched in sweat.

Bai Ge had already finished training and walked over, just about to speak.

Shao Yuan said, "Keep your distance from me. I'm covered in viruses right now."

"Hm? You spent the entire day without sleeping just collecting viruses?" Bai Ge asked.

Shao Yuan nodded. "I visited all the major hospitals and came into contact with quite a few patients. As long as my skin touches theirs, I can move the viruses in their bodies."

"I collected more than two hundred types of viruses, but most of them were influenza viruses. I tested them, and recombining their genetic material can produce more dangerous viruses."

Bai Ge asked, "Recombination? How did you recombine them?"

"By stimulating them with medicine... There are a whole bunch of influenza viruses in my body now. After I took some medicine, most of them were eliminated, but the influenza viruses that remained exchanged genetic material with one another and mutated. A new type of influenza was born in my body. It doesn't have a name, so I temporarily named it the Source One Virus. I was probably the first person to discover it, so I can name it whatever I want, right?"

"Aren't you afraid of dying? With so many viruses in your body, what if you suddenly drop dead?" Bai Ge asked.

Shao Yuan nodded. "That's true. Before long, I started feeling awful. I also lost my appetite and my body became weak."

"Don't worry. Once I noticed something was wrong with my body, I transferred the Source One Virus into a white mouse. I only have ordinary influenza in me now."

Bai Ge was somewhat speechless. He knew Shao Yuan had quite a few white mice at home. They had previously been used for dissection, but now they were being used to store viruses.

The target of the virus transfer had to be a living organism. Microorganisms wouldn't work. Shao Yuan couldn't exactly transfer them into a human being, or they would spread in no time.

"I really wish I had a laboratory," Shao Yuan said.

Bai Ge pursed his lips. "I have a factory building in the suburbs. You can renovate it into a laboratory."

Shao Yuan's eyes lit up. "Great! Let's go tomorrow."

Bai Ge shrugged. "Whatever. I'm going to study."

"Study?" Shao Yuan asked in confusion.

Bai Ge turned on the computer. "Aside from special training, I also study whenever I have time every day. Otherwise, where do you think I got all these skills?"

Shao Yuan let out a long sigh. "You really work hard."

Bai Ge smiled. "Contained anomalies are bizarre and unpredictable. How could I not work hard?"

"That's true. Take this ring, for example. Fortunately, we discovered it early, and that guy didn't really know how to use it. Otherwise, it would have been a disaster..." Shao Yuan said.

"Oh?"

Shao Yuan waved his right hand. "Bacteria and viruses are the species with the longest evolutionary history on this planet. The species they've wiped out are impossible to calculate. Humans have actually been fighting viruses since the moment we appeared. The growth of the immune system and medicine has been a process of racing against viruses."

"Throughout Earth's history, countless species have gone extinct and countless new species have risen. Yet the only ones that have consistently adapted to the environment and survived until today are these microorganisms."

"If Han Rui hadn't used it to treat illnesses and make money, but had instead continually collected viruses, accelerated their evolution, and created a virus that exceeded humanity's current ability to withstand it while also possessing extremely high contagiousness, then it would have caused a massive plague."

Bai Ge nodded. "That's true. Any random contained anomaly has such potential. These things really are sources of disaster."

"That's precisely why I don't want to be suddenly enveloped by some inexplicable disaster one day. That's why I have to take the initiative to contain them."

"But if used properly, they can also be extremely useful."

"You can research this, but take it easy. Don't let things get out of control."

Bai Ge could also transfer viruses, but it wasn't very convenient. If the virus was inside someone else's body, he first had to get that person into his pocket dimension.

Of course, it might come in handy later, so producing some wouldn't be a bad idea. But he didn't particularly like doing this kind of thing, so it was just right to leave it to Shao Yuan.

Compared with him, Shao Yuan was much more adept at it, and this was research he was extremely interested in.

Once Shao Yuan achieved results, Bai Ge could simply have him transfer a copy to him. He could then lock it inside his pocket dimension, which would also serve as a safe backup.

Early the next morning, the two went shopping everywhere. Shao Yuan bought the vessels needed for microbiological research.

Bai Ge, meanwhile, bought a large quantity of materials and swept up all kinds of metals. He wanted to build a railgun.

After all, the factory building was too large. Using it only for Shao Yuan's biological research would be a waste.

It could easily be divided into four main sections.

One section would be given to Shao Yuan. Since it had not gone through official approval, it was hidden in the deepest part of the factory building.

Bai Ge also sealed all the windows for this purpose, then completely enclosed Shao Yuan's research area with highly isolating material panels. This was also to prevent the viruses from escaping.

Another large section was where Bai Ge assembled machinery. Although he could also do it in his pocket dimension, it was still better to have a place for it in reality.

The remaining two sections were a warehouse and a training room.

The warehouse went without saying. Large quantities of supplies were piled inside, and Bai Ge silently sent a batch of them into his pocket dimension as well.

The training room was for his own use. As his strength grew, his training area had to expand too.

Although there was no swimming pool, it could still fit all the other exercise equipment.

"I'll make this area into a simple weighted training room." On an empty patch of land, Bai Ge marked out an area of less than sixty square meters.

He bought a large amount of steel and directly built an iron room there.

Its structure was firm and sturdy. Even if the entire factory building collapsed, this little steel room would remain intact.

For Bai Ge, such a room was the perfect place for weighted training.

He could use magnetic force to create resistance against his body and increase the training effect.

Bai Ge walked into the iron room and slightly adjusted the magnetic poles, causing an attractive force to form between the steel beneath his feet and his body.

He deliberately applied this force to his entire body, making himself the object being acted upon.

A powerful pulling force immediately dragged Bai Ge toward the ground, as if every muscle in his body had been loaded with dozens of kilograms of weight.

Training in this place consumed very little magnetic energy over the course of a day. The range was small and the magnetic force was weak, requiring only a power output of one hundred kilowatts.

But for Bai Ge at his current level, it was still too much. After trying it once, he realized he couldn't possibly complete his training volume.

If he forced himself to finish, he might even injure himself.

"It won't work for now. I'll return to the normal twenty-kilogram load first. The force is too evenly distributed, and increasing it too much would be a major test of my physical strength."

Bai Ge adjusted it, reducing the attractive force, and began his normal training.

Dull thuds rang out from inside the little steel room from time to time.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

As his strength grew, he basically went through one or two sandbags every day.

Therefore, to train his resistance to blows, Bai Ge simply started punching the steel.

Every time he raised his fist, it felt as if a sandbag were hanging from it.

His high kicks were the same. Each time he lifted his leg, it felt as though it had been filled with lead.

The training effect here was astonishingly good. After all, this kind of weight was far more comprehensive than simple straps. It took care of every part of his body, even strengthening his internal organs' resistance to pressure during training.

After completing his training volume, Bai Ge's punching power increased by forty kilograms, reaching two hundred and twenty kilograms.

His overall improvement in other areas was even more difficult to calculate.

"This method is pretty good. There's still a week until the visa interview. By then, I should have exactly five hundred kilograms of punching power."