Physical Augmentation

"Bang!"

Chang Ping fell heavily, his back of the head making intimate contact with the ground.

Fortunately, the ground wasn't hard, but very soft and wet. Otherwise, he would have definitely gotten a concussion.

"I'm not dead?" Chang Ping, initially lying on his side, pushed himself up with his arms.

He touched his left chest. The bloody gaping hole was gone, the wound completely healed without a single trace.

Dry bloodstains remained around him, proving he wasn't dreaming. The poisonous woman had indeed dug out his heart.

He guessed he was unharmed because of that mysterious voice just now.

He couldn't feel his heart beating, whether it was an illusion or not.

As he was thinking, a data panel suddenly appeared before him, just like in a game.

Name: Chang Ping
Gender: Male
Hobby: Women
Talent: Physical Augmentation (automatically gains one jin of Strength per minute)
Strength: 69 (Warrior Apprentice)
Soul Force: 13 (Spirit Master Apprentice)

"This must be my Transmigrator's Benefit (System)?" Chang Ping stroked his chin. "But what's with this 'Hobby: Women'? Am I that desperate?"

He wasn't interested in just any woman; he only liked beautiful women.

While he was grumbling, the numbers on the panel suddenly changed. His Strength went from 69 to 70.

"What the heck?!" Chang Ping was a bit surprised. "It really increases one jin of Strength per minute? Isn't that too simple and crude?"

One jin of Strength per minute, sixty jin per hour, 1440 jin per day.

In the City of Radiance, Warriors and Spirit Masters had five ranks: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Black Gold, and Legendary. Each rank had five star levels.

As long as Strength reached one hundred, one would be a Bronze Star One Warrior; if Strength reached two hundred, a Bronze Star Two Warrior;...; if Strength reached one thousand, a Silver Star One Warrior;...; if Strength reached ten thousand, a Gold Star One Warrior;...

"You ate my heart, huh?" Chang Ping clenched his fists, capable of killing an ox, and gritted his teeth. "You ate mine, so spit it out, with interest!"

If he didn't make Shen Xiu, that bitch, call him "Daddy," he wouldn't be named Chang!

The current problem was how to get out of this place where he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.

Even though Chang Ping's eyes were practically bulging, he still couldn't see anything, as if he were blind.

"If only I had a torch~" Chang Ping slumped back onto the ground dejectedly.

He couldn't see anything, so it was better not to act rashly. What if he triggered some mechanism or trap?

[Ding! Exchange Shop opened. You can summon it by silently thinking the command. Please explore its functions yourself, host.]

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"Exchange Shop?" Chang Ping was stunned for a moment. "Can I exchange for a torch from there?"

As the thought echoed silently, a panel quietly appeared. Its appearance was identical to the data panel.

The shop interface displayed various goods: weapons, armor, pills, inscription scrolls, and more. However, most of them were Bronze-tier, usable only by Bronze Star One Warriors and Spirit Masters.

Exchanging for them only required Strength.

"What the heck?! It works like this?" Chang Ping was overjoyed. He thought he would need to spend money to exchange for items.

The Sacred Family provided room and board, so there were no expenses. Thus, his salary was hidden in the cracks of his dorm room wall, and he didn't carry it with him.

Fortunately, exchanging for items only required Strength.

Exchanging for a torch only cost 1 jin of Strength, very cheap.

He clicked to exchange, Strength was deducted, and a torch automatically appeared in Chang Ping's hand.

The torch lit up automatically, and the darkness retreated like lightning.

At this moment, Chang Ping could finally see his surroundings clearly.

He wouldn't have known if he didn't look, but he was shocked when he did!

Scattered around were shattered skeletons, bone-white and extremely horrifying.

Moving the torch closer, Chang Ping squinted, observing carefully.

He discovered that these bones belonged to humans.

He didn't know what had destroyed them.

As he was pondering, a "swishing" sound of water suddenly came from not far away.

Following the sound, he saw a blurry, giant dark shadow slowly approaching.

"What the hell is that?"

Chang Ping's face turned pale with fright. He quickly stood up and retreated.

He hadn't taken two steps before his back hit the wall.

He turned his head and saw there was no way back.

"I can only go sideways!" Chang Ping pressed himself against the wall and hastily moved to his left, because men are on the left and women on the right.

Heavy footsteps sounded behind him, unhurried. The monster didn't seem to intend to give up.

The path on the left soon reached its end, and ahead lay the bottomless Cold Pond.

Pairs of emerald eyes opened in the dark pond water. Chang Ping gasped.

"Whoa! I've stumbled into a monster's den!"

Unable to advance further, Chang Ping had no choice but to retreat.

Naturally, he ran right into the monster behind him.

It was a half-human-tall black turtle, carrying a giant shell covered in bone spurs. It flicked its scarlet tongue, drooled thick black saliva, and stared greedily at Chang Ping.

"What the heck is this? I haven't seen this in any novel?"

Just as Chang Ping was confused, the system spoke again.

[Black Water Mysterious Turtle, Silver-grade Demon Beast. Brutal in nature, enjoys eating human flesh.]

[Strengths: Extremely high defense, extremely fast underwater speed, extremely strong bite force.]

[Weaknesses: Extremely slow on land, fears fire.]

"...Fears fire?" Chang Ping twitched his eyebrows.

He held up his torch and tentatively, slowly approached the Black Water Mysterious Turtle.

As expected, upon seeing the torch coming closer, the little turtle retreated in terror.

Chang Ping advanced, it retreated.

"Go home and suckle, you coward!"

Chang Ping drove the Black Water Mysterious Turtle back into the Cold Pond and swaggered along the edge, waving his torch.

As soon as he left, the Black Water Mysterious Turtle crawled out of the water and slowly chased after him.

There was no other way. Chang Ping had to hold his torch and drive the little turtle back into the water again.

After going back and forth several times, Chang Ping finally couldn't stand it anymore.

He exchanged for eleven more torches and stuck them into the soft, damp ground, forming a large circle to protect himself.

He thought the Black Water Mysterious Turtle would retreat, but to his surprise, it lay down on the ground not far outside the circle, staring at Chang Ping menacingly.

"Look, look at your dad! Keep looking and I'll dig your eyes out!" Chang Ping cursed angrily. "Still not leaving? Fine, you just wait. I'll chop your head off and stew it later!"

He wasn't joking; he was serious.

The Exchange Shop had everything, except food. He had to find his own food to fill his stomach.

As his Strength grew, so did his appetite, and the hunger intensified.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that he could now not only kill a bull with one punch but also eat a whole bull in one sitting.

Time ticked by, and Chang Ping's Strength increased rapidly.

Suddenly, the Black Water Mysterious Turtle stood up.

It had spotted Chang Ping walking out of the safe zone while wiping his drool.