Swallowed Star: Time Simulation
Chapter 9

Five Hearts Towards Heaven Cultivation Method

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Early the next morning, Yang Wu finished breakfast, but he chose not to head to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall to train.

This time, Yang Wu's physical fitness had reached the level of a high-level warrior, and the progress was truly immense. Even for Luo Feng in the original story, who possessed the enhancement of spiritual force, his strength had only increased by 2,000 kilograms when he successfully cultivated genetic energy for the first time.

And what about Yang Wu now? Before even cultivating genetic energy, his strength had already reached over 6,000 kilograms.

From birth until the first time one cultivates genetic energy, there is a gap of over a decade or even longer where the body has never absorbed genetic energy, so the improvement in strength upon the first successful cultivation is the greatest.

However, an increase of several hundred kilograms is considered normal; an increase of 2,000 kilograms is considered genius-level, and in a single base city, such geniuses appear only once or twice a year. But for a monster like Yang Wu, who increased by over 5,000 kilograms in one go, it is unknown how long it would take for another to appear!

With such talent, if discovered by Jiang Nian, he would surely be recruited in advance just like Luo Feng.

But this is still not enough! Yang Wu knew very well that there are many treasures in this world to improve physical fitness, and mere physical strength would not easily attract the attention of the higher-ups at the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.

Moreover, Yang Wu was already 24 years old!

Generally speaking, the ages of 16 to 30 are the stages where a martial artist's progress is fastest; the older one gets, the harder it is to improve.

He remembered that in the original story, Guo Hai, a suitor of the female lead Xu Xin, had strength approaching that of a high-level warlord at the age of 22. Yet, even such a genius did not receive much attention from the Thunder Dojo.

And now, at 24 years old, Yang Wu had only reached the level of a high-level warrior. How much attention could he possibly draw from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall? At most, he would just be specially recruited early.

After my next simulation, if I choose martial arts insights, perhaps I can shock everyone! Yang Wu thought to himself, According to the prompt on the Time Simulator, the next simulation is in a month, which is just in time for the actual combat assessment.

"Five Hearts Towards Heaven Cultivation Method!" Yang Wu did not intend to go to the martial arts hall while it was crowded, so he simply began to attempt cultivating genetic energy.

He returned to his room, sat on the bed, crossed his legs with the soles of his feet facing upward, and placed his hands on his legs with his palms facing up, keeping his back straight.

"The first time sensing cosmic energy is the hardest. A genius like Luo Feng could sense it in a day. I wonder how long I will need?"

Yang Wu felt expectant, then slowly adjusted his breathing, maintaining the Five Hearts Towards Heaven posture, and slowly began to sense the cosmic energy.

Suddenly, a flash of insight appeared in Yang Wu's mind, as if he had cultivated genetic energy countless times before.

"This... could it be because of the Time Simulator?"

Although Yang Wu was somewhat surprised, his body did not hesitate. He immediately adjusted his movements according to the familiar memories in his mind, then closed his eyes, calmed his heart, and silently sensed the cosmic energy.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Five minutes later, Yang Wu had already entered a state of deep meditation.

Suddenly, strands of strange energy flowed through the soles of Yang Wu's feet, the palms of his hands, and the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head, gradually pouring into his body.

"Is this cosmic energy?" Yang Wu carefully sensed the strange energy entering his body.

Once these intangible and formless cosmic energies entered Yang Wu's body, they were frantically devoured by every cell in his body.

Subsequently, countless cells grew stronger, and at the same time, Yang Wu's body underwent constant changes under the influence of these countless cells.

Whether it was the skin on the surface of his body or the bones and muscles within, everything was strengthening rapidly. Compared to the rewards from the simulator, this change was much slower, yet it felt incredibly profound.

Yang Wu's bone density was constantly increasing, his cells were continuously dividing and strengthening, and his own body weight was steadily rising.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

The twelve o'clock bell rang at noon, but Yang Wu was still cultivating in his room.

Fortunately, Yang Wu had already informed his parents about his cultivation, so Yang Yuande and Liu Yuhua did not call him for lunch.

Just like that, time reached three o'clock in the afternoon, and Yang Wu, who had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, finally opened his eyes.

"How long have I been cultivating?"

Seeing the clock on the wall pointing to three in the afternoon, Yang Wu was slightly startled.

While cultivating, Yang Wu could not perceive the passage of time at all; he hadn't expected that it would already be afternoon by the time he finished.

"It's past noon, time to eat!" With a thought, Yang Wu got up from the bed.

Accompanied by a "crack" sound, all of Yang Wu's movements came to an abrupt halt.

The armrest of the bed had been crushed by Yang Wu!

"What is going on?"

Throughout the previous night, Yang Wu had been familiarizing himself with his own strength. Although he couldn't control it perfectly yet, there definitely shouldn't have been such a loss of control.

But now...

"Ah Wu, what's wrong?"

Hearing the commotion in Yang Wu's room, Liu Yuhua, who was watching television in the living room, stood up in a hurry and walked quickly toward his room while calling out loudly.

"Mom, don't worry, I'm fine! I'm in the middle of cultivating, please don't come in yet!" Yang Wu shouted back in a hurry.

He didn't dare let Liu Yuhua in; he couldn't control his strength at all right now, and it would be bad if he accidentally hurt his mother.

"Ah Wu, you don't have to push yourself so hard with the cultivation. Our family's life is good enough as it is!" Liu Yuhua stopped in her tracks, but still called out with concern.

"Mom, I know! It was just an accident, I'll be fine in a moment!"

"Alright then! Ah Wu, if you need anything, just call Mom!" Although she had stopped, Liu Yuhua was no longer in the mood to continue watching television.

"I know!"

After answering his mother, Yang Wu began to carefully sense his own strength.

He suddenly discovered that, even though only half a day had passed, his strength had become much greater than before.

"Could it be that my physical fitness has already reached the War General level?" Yang Wu found it somewhat hard to believe.

He had never held much hope for his own talent. He didn't possess the Spirit Reader talent that Luo Feng had; he would have been satisfied with an increase of a few hundred kilograms after successfully cultivating Genetic Energy for the first time.

However, if his strength had only increased by a few hundred kilograms, the current situation would never have occurred.

Helpless, Yang Wu could only carefully adapt to the growth of his own strength within the room.

By evening, while Instructor Jiang Nian and the other instructors had gone home to rest, Yang Wu once again came to the training hall on the fourth floor of the Dojo alone.

A moment later, looking at the number displayed on the punch strength testing machine, an irrepressible look of excitement appeared on Yang Wu's face.

The display screen clearly showed—"9271kg".

"Nine thousand kilograms, Junior War General!" Yang Wu clenched his fists in excitement.

Even back when he possessed the strength of a Senior Warrior through the simulator, Yang Wu had never been this excited.

This was because this growth in strength was entirely the result of Yang Wu's own efforts, rather than something obtained out of thin air through a cheat.

After a while, having finished testing his speed and neural reaction speed, Yang Wu finally calmed down.

"The growth in strength is a bit off; what exactly is the reason for this?"

Although Yang Wu believed he would become a powerhouse, he wasn't confident enough to think he could increase his strength by over three thousand kilograms the first time he cultivated Genetic Energy.

Therefore, there must be a reason for this that Yang Wu was unaware of.

"Could it be because my foundation is higher than other prospective fighters?" Yang Wu finally hit upon the key to the problem.

"When other fighters cultivate Genetic Energy, their punch strength is only a little over one thousand kilograms, while mine is six times theirs. The strength gained after cultivating Genetic Energy should naturally be more than theirs!"

Thinking of the key point, Yang Wu immediately did some mental math according to his theory and found that if he calculated his strength increase based on a punch strength of one thousand kilograms, it would only be about five hundred kilograms.

This number actually matched Yang Wu's own talent quite well.

"If I had known that successfully cultivating it would increase my strength by this much, I wouldn't have cultivated it yet!" Yang Wu muttered to himself.

Fortunately, there was no one else on the fourth floor, otherwise, they would surely despise Yang Wu for acting coy after gaining an advantage.

However, Yang Wu was speaking the truth.

He hadn't even fully mastered his original Senior Warrior level strength, and now that his physical fitness had reached the Junior War General level, he was even more at a loss as to what to do.

"For the time being, I cannot cultivate Genetic Energy again; I must fully master my own physical strength first!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

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