A Kindred Spirit Was Hard to Find
Liu Peiqiang had invited Wang Yue over with great enthusiasm, but after hearing what Wang Yue said, he was deeply unhappy. Who talked to people like that?
Then again, he figured he'd probably annoyed Wang Yue by showing off too much, so he didn't take it to heart. He just said gloomily, "If you keep talking like that, someone's going to beat you to death."
Wang Yue knew his remark had been ill-timed, so he hurried to explain. "I just noticed that solar radiation is getting worse, and more and more people are getting radiation sickness. If I'd found out sooner, I could've done something about it."
Curious, Liu Peiqiang asked, "What could you do?"
Seeing that Liu Peiqiang was finally taking him seriously, Wang Yue replied earnestly, "It's actually simple. I know a martial art that can absorb radiation. Once you've learned it, radiation won't have much effect on your body."
Of course, it wasn't as simple as Wang Yue made it sound. In the Joy of Life world, people who practiced martial arts using radiation energy usually conditioned their bodies as they trained. Over time, their bodies became more receptive to radiation and gradually adapted to it.
In this world, humanity had long since adapted to the sun, and most people could withstand its radiation. Only a small number couldn't adapt to the change, and they were the ones who developed radiation sickness.
If these people practiced the martial arts from Joy of Life, they might not become experts, but they could still increase their resistance to radiation. Their radiation sickness would naturally clear up.
If someone else had said this, Liu Peiqiang would have assumed they were joking. After all, if martial arts really existed, they wouldn't have stayed hidden