Perverted Finger Pull-up

"You can even sneak in a workout during class?"

Chen Jue looked on in surprise, leaning in for a closer look. The grip trainer looked just like a pair of tweezers, roughly the size of a smartphone, making it incredibly portable to tuck into a pocket.

However, what made Chen Jue feel most ashamed was that even with a system panel, he still lacked the disciplined exercise habits of fitness enthusiasts like Yu Jie.

The guy was even utilizing the time during class.

Since obtaining the panel, he had wasted most of his time on socializing, never once throwing himself into exercise with such singular focus.

He had only gone to the gym a few times, and even then, he had just been slacking off.

Chen Jue felt he still had a long way to go if he wanted to build a physique as enviable as Yu Jie's.

He deserves that amazing build and physique!

Chen Jue sighed inwardly, deciding to become a man of action from this moment on. He pulled out his phone, searched for the same model of grip trainer, and placed an order immediately.

Seeing this, Yu Jie flashed a sunny smile and began explaining the joys of rock climbing. As an interest coach at the rock climbing club, his primary job was to share insights and cultivate interest among visiting guests.

If he could manage to sign up a few members along the way, both Yu Jie and the junior student he brought along would earn a decent commission.

Seizing the opportunity, Yu Jie took the chance to demonstrate the arm strength and explosive finger power required of a rock climber.

Yu Jie extended his right hand, hooked a single index finger onto a rock hold, and exerted force with that one arm. The muscle fibers across his entire arm tightened, and with a powerful upward pull, he hoisted his entire body into mid-air.

He had performed a pull-up while hanging from a single finger, half a meter off the ground!

"Holy crap!"

"That's insane!"

Chen Jue's eyes went wide.

With his current physique, he found it difficult enough to do a pull-up while gripping a bar with both hands.

Let alone performing such a high-difficulty upper-body maneuver using only a single finger.

What was most incredible was that Yu Jie actually managed to complete five standard pull-ups using just that one finger!

After finishing, he let go and landed, saying with a calm expression, "Brother Jue, how was that? Pretty impressive, right?"

"Damn it!"

"It's like he's cheating!" Chen Jue nodded, feeling deeply envious.

If such terrifying arm and finger strength were applied to Darts, wouldn't he be able to easily pierce through wooden boards from dozens of meters away?

"That set of movements is called a Finger Pull-up, a mandatory skill for professional rock climbers."

"My limit is 10 reps with a single finger on my right hand, and my left is a bit weaker, maybe 7 or 8. But there are masters abroad who can do 40 Finger Pull-ups in one go just as a warm-up—that's what you call truly impressive!" Yu Jie explained patiently.

"40 Finger Pull-ups?"

"What kind of superhumans are these?!"

"Did they inject super-soldier serum?"

"Why do they feel more like they're cheating than I am?"

Hearing such an outrageous number, Chen Jue felt completely numb.

He felt like an ordinary person who had suddenly stumbled into a world of freaks.

No wonder people online always said not to challenge someone else's livelihood with your own amateur hobby.

The gap between them was something an ordinary person simply couldn't imagine!

After being schooled by a young guy at the rock climbing club, Chen Jue left the sports industrial park in a daze.

On the way back to the talent apartments, countless bizarre thoughts flashed through his mind.

It was as if Yu Jie's Finger Pull-ups had kicked open the door to a new world for him.

In Chen Jue's view, since the human body was capable of such incredible feats—

Being able to lift a hundred-plus-pound body with just a single finger—

Then if he trained every finger to that level and used all five together, how exaggerated would his hand strength become?

And if he extended that to his entire body... the image was simply unimaginable!

If an ordinary person had such thoughts, it would certainly be highly unrealistic.

But Chen Jue was different; he had a panel that could correct his exercise form and monitor his physical progress.

As long as he trained reasonably, he had the hope of reaching the level of Yu Jie or Li Chaoqun.

My perspective was just too narrow.

Why bother being a darts player?

Wouldn't it be better to just become a superhuman?

The more Chen Jue thought about it, the more excited he became, his mind wandering so far that he didn't notice the traffic light and nearly ran a red light. Fortunately, he didn't hit any cars or pedestrians.

Putting aside those unrealistic fantasies, Chen Jue returned to his talent apartment in a somewhat dazed state.

However, the moment he stepped back into his little apartment, Chen Jue couldn't sit still.

He decided that starting today, he would turn around his habit of procrastination!

First, he needed to set a plan and some goals for himself.

First, the work (slacking off) at Hengtong must be done, as it was his only current source of income.

Second, he had to pursue his side hustle of making videos; it was the only way Chen Jue could think of to increase his income.

Third, physical exercise should be placed at the top of his daily activities.

As for the most crucial goal, if he wanted to pursue a pretty girl with high standards like Wu Fang, he had to thoroughly change himself from the inside out.

Setting aside the issue of poor financial conditions for a moment.

Making big money was an age-old problem; without the luck and destiny for it, even risking one's life would be useless.

Besides, the world didn't forbid poor people from dating rich people.

If Chen Jue couldn't improve his current appearance and physique, he would struggle to even pass the first hurdle of making a good impression on a girl.

As expected, girls are the true driving force for a lecher's progress! Chen Jue secretly cheered himself on.

He picked up a large box from the parcel locker downstairs and, after a great deal of effort dragging it upstairs and opening it, the 500 clay-sculpted petal-shaped skipping stones had arrived.

Counting the previously acquired phone stand, two large power banks, and the ancient mask, he was now ready to launch his side hustle and exercise plan.

He packed over 100 skipping stones into a backpack and headed to a nearby park once again.

Due to a recent incident involving a vicious dog biting someone, which had caused quite a stir, there were far fewer people in the park during the day.

After walking around, he found a suitable spot for stone skipping.

It was the park's central landscape lake, which covered a considerable area and featured well-maintained landscaping, with lawns and trees on all sides.

In a pavilion in the distance, one could see a group of old men resting and playing chess, along with a group of old women performing square dances.

"These retirees really have it easy!"

"That is what you call living."

Chen Jue looked around and sighed with emotion.

He put down his bags, began fiddling with the phone stand according to the manual, found the right angle, and turned on the recording function.

"Let's try filming a few segments first."

Chen Jue put on the mask, picked up a few ordinary flat stones from nearby, and skipped them toward the lens.

Because they weren't professional stones, even with his [Perfect] stone skipping technique, these stones reached their limit after skipping about thirty times at most.

He returned to the stand and checked the footage he had just recorded.

Feeling it was barely passable, Chen Jue made a slight adjustment to the camera angle and began switching to the clay-sculpted petal-shaped skipping stones.

"As expected of something invented by a world record holder!"

"These stones feel great in the hand."

"They're much better than the ones I bought before!"

Chen Jue weighed one in his hand and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

His [Stone Skipping] skill had long since reached the top level, and he no longer had any technical blind spots in this hobby.

Just by weighing it in his hand, he could already roughly guess the power of these new skipping stones.

Sure enough!

When Chen Jue turned and flicked his wrist, launching the stone into the lake at a standard 20-degree angle, the petal-shaped stone began to spin across the water at an incredibly bizarre speed, then flew out in an arc, pattering lightly against the surface.

The bounce height, which was almost level with the water, left Chen Jue feeling dizzy!

Good heavens!

On the very first attempt, this clay-sculpted petal stone flew nearly a hundred meters in one go!

As for the dense, circular ripples spreading across the lake, there were too many to count; he would have to watch the phone recording in slow motion to get an accurate number.

"That is truly insane!"

"Even more insane than when I first reached perfection!"

Chen Jue opened his mouth and gasped at the cool autumn air.

Thinking that such an insane feat of stone skipping was actually performed by him, the sense of accomplishment in Chen Jue's heart reached its peak.

After spending half an hour skipping stones and recording footage, Chen Jue was drenched in sweat.

Don't let the small range of motion in stone skipping fool you; the continuous, explosive bursts of power required a high level of physical stamina.

Fortunately, the hard work did not go to waste. In addition to capturing the footage he was satisfied with, Chen Jue also reaped a reward of 0.01 free attribute points from the panel.

Counting what he had accumulated previously, his free attribute points had now increased by a total of 0.03.

He planned to wait until he had saved up 0.10 before merging [Stone Skipping] and [Darts] directly.

As for increasing his three-dimensional attributes, Chen Jue intended to rely on exercise to improve them gradually on his own.

He had only just begun his training and had plenty of room for progress; saving up more attribute points might prove useful for the future.

It was just like saving up gold in a game; once you had enough economy to buy a major item and turn the tide of a losing match, the thought of that scenario alone made Chen Jue feel thrilled.

After sitting down to rest for about ten minutes, he uploaded the previously filmed video footage into a video editing app to assemble it simply, then added a piece of AI-generated voiceover and some amusing text. A short, fun video of stone skipping, lasting several dozen seconds, was fresh out of the oven.

"Done!"

"I'll just add a title and post it right away."

"It's just a short video anyway, no need to be so particular."

Chen Jue thought for a moment, edited the title to [Master of Unique Skills: Stone Skipping], and then uploaded the simply edited video to the submission sections for Master of Unique Skills on both Douyin and Bilibili.

As for whether this video would go viral, Chen Jue couldn't guess.

Who could ever predict the future?

"I've already made my best effort, so the rest is up to fate!"

Chen Jue gave himself a mental pep talk, packed up his filming gear, and while the morning was still young, began practicing the Twelve Taiji Forms by the lakeside.

First update~

I took my baby to the hospital today, which delayed the update.

The flu has been rampant lately, and we unfortunately caught it.

I have to go back tomorrow, so the update volume will be a bit lower over the next two days, and the update times will likely be pushed a bit later into the evening. I apologize to everyone in advance.

By the way, still asking for votes~

Saw someone complaining about running a red light, so I'm making a revision.