How Should the Eyes Move?

As his Constitution attribute rose, a warm current surged near Chen Jue's eye sockets.

His eyes, which had been stinging and squinting from staring at the sunset, no longer felt irritated; instead, they welled up with tears, bringing forth a sensation of cool relief.

It felt as comfortable as looking up at a vast expanse of greenery after staring at a phone screen for too long.

Special wavelength light stimulating the mitochondria?

Constitution rising, and vision improving along with it?

Staring at the sunset can actually grind attributes!!!

Chen Jue stared at the system prompt, completely bewildered.

He had previously assumed that this attribute panel only provided feedback through physical exercise or massage-induced stress relief.

Who would have thought that staring at the sun could also yield attributes?

He wasn't a plant; he couldn't perform photosynthesis. How could he extract energy stimulation from sunlight?

Filled with doubt, Chen Jue stared at the orange-red sunset for a few more moments, intending to experiment.

The result was obvious!

Although the light of the setting sun wasn't as intense, staring at it for too long still made his eyes ache and sting.

Aside from his eyes watering incessantly, the panel showed no further prompts.

Was it a coincidence?

Or was there another reason? Chen Jue muttered to himself.

Taking advantage of the break after finishing the Twelve Taiji Forms, he pulled out his phone to search for relevant information online.

He specifically focused on keywords like "eyes," "sun," "mitochondria," and "vision restoration." As a working professional, Chen Jue quickly unearthed scientific knowledge he had never encountered before.

According to scientific research, the retinal cells of the human eye contain a large number of special mitochondria. These specific mitochondria age and fail much faster than those in other tissues of the body, which is one of the primary reasons for the decline in vision.

However, recent scientific studies suggest that these special mitochondria are extremely sensitive to long-wave light between 650 and 900 nanometers. Daily exposure for a certain period can improve mitochondrial performance and increase the activity of visual cells, thereby achieving the miraculous effect of slowing down or even improving one's vision.

As for long-wave light between 650 and 900 nanometers, it appears as red and deep red in nature, most commonly found in the glow of the rising sun in the morning and the setting sun in the evening.

Just three minutes of red light exposure every day can have the effect of improving vision!

Although the degree of vision improvement through such external stimulation is very slight and often requires long-term persistence to see phased progress, for a severe myope like Chen Jue, this was nothing short of incredible news.

Because he had to work in front of phones and computers for long periods every day, which was very taxing on his eyes, his myopia had already reached over 500 degrees, accompanied by varying degrees of astigmatism.

Once he took off his glasses, he couldn't even tell men from women beyond half a meter away.

Even with glasses, looking at distant objects resulted in double vision, which severely affected his performance in skills like Darts and Stone Skipping.

Only 3 minutes of optimal effect per day?

But it seems not many people know about this red light therapy.

Could it be that it isn't universal? That it doesn't work for everyone?

Chen Jue thought to himself, guessing it was a matter of individual physical differences.

However, having just come into contact with this obscure piece of human biology, he only had a superficial understanding of these technical terms.

Although his biology grades were decent back in school, he had long since returned all that knowledge to his teachers after so many years since graduation.

He sat there researching for half an hour until the sun went down, at which point Chen Jue finally hit the brakes.

The information on the internet was endless; just like scrolling through Douyin or Bilibili, once you got addicted, you could easily waste days.

As a newly minted man of action, Chen Jue naturally wouldn't waste his precious time on his phone anymore.

After his workout, he was drenched in sweat, so he went back to grab a clean set of clothes before heading out.

Glancing at the attribute panel, Chen Jue had spent the day grinding the Twelve Taiji Forms to Lv3 (1766/2000). He estimated that a bit more practice tomorrow morning would be enough to level it up.

Beyond that, he had managed to grind out 0.06 attribute points today, making it the most efficient day since he had acquired the panel.

In high spirits, Chen Jue forgot about the frustration he'd faced with Zhu Hongbin earlier that morning and drove to Jingtanghui to meet up with Jiang Zhe.

The moment the two college best friends met in the parking lot, they exchanged a knowing look, flashing that "you know what" lecherous grin.

They went in for a buffet first, followed by a full-service spa.

However, Chen Jue didn't request the technician Nana this time.

It wasn't that he disliked her technique, but rather that Nana was too popular with the other "lechers," and there was already a queue for her. Chen Jue had no choice but to use the tablet to "select a concubine" and chose a new one, number 72, Xiao Mo.

Since Chen Jue was treating, and it was rare to see him splurge, Jiang Zhe was extremely lively during this outing.

He chatted with Chen Jue about the gossip in their group chat, especially the story of "Teacher Wu saving a little boy from a dog's mouth," which Jiang Zhe brought up and repeated several times.

He even pulled up the photos of Wu Fang circulating online right in front of Chen Jue to comment on them.

"Number Four, this girl is pretty good, right?"

"She's super popular online right now!"

"Two darts, and she took down a Pit Bull that big! So cool and beautiful!"

"I heard her family background is great too, they own several houses from demolition compensation. The line of people chasing her already stretches from West Lake all the way to Qiandao Lake!"

Jiang Zhe clicked his tongue twice, though it was unclear where he'd picked up that version of the story.

The person who had actually sent that Pit Bull flying with a single dart was lying right beside him.

Chen Jue didn't clarify, however, merely muttering to himself, West Lake to Qiandao Lake? Are there really that many romantic rivals?

After finishing their chat about the girl, Jiang Zhe asked about Chen Jue's new job.

After all, Jiang Zhe had pulled strings to get him the position, so as the referrer, he naturally cared about how things were going.

"20K monthly base salary, includes a 40-square-meter studio apartment, with year-end bonuses and other performance reviews calculated separately."

"That's a pretty decent package, right?"

Chen Jue lay on the massage chair, speaking while letting Xiao Mo, dressed in her uniform, work on him as she pleased.

He had practiced the Twelve Taiji Forms all day; while the muscle fatigue wasn't as intense as lifting iron at the gym, the sheer duration meant the energy expenditure was high.

As Xiao Mo's small hands kneaded his joints, Chen Jue felt a mix of soreness and relief, his mouth letting out involuntary grunts.

When Jiang Zhe heard about the compensation, he whistled and sighed, "That's already excellent! With our mediocre degrees, 20,000 a month is pretty much the ceiling for a wage slave."

Having been a boss himself, he knew the salary situation in Hang City.

For someone like Chen Jue to get into a top-tier financial firm like Hengtong, he could be considered the cream of the crop among junior college graduates.

To climb any higher, he would need to upgrade his degree or enter management and become a boss himself.

As for those online news reports claiming the average annual salary for 2023 graduates reached 10,342 yuan, it was best to just take them with a grain of salt.

Because the word "average" was used very cleverly there!

Little Wang graduates from junior college, works in a factory tightening screws, and makes four thousand; Little Li graduates from Tsinghua or Peking University, joins a tech giant like Alibaba, ByteDance, or Huawei, and makes 500,000 a year.

They are both fresh graduates, so if you add them together and average it out, everyone has a bright future.

The meal and spa took over two hours.

Xiao Mo's technique was excellent, but this time, no attribute points popped up.

Chen Jue guessed that since his base attributes had improved, simple relaxation like massage was no longer enough to trigger an effect.

If he wanted to raise his attributes further, he would have to rely on disciplined exercise.

Leaving Jingtanghui, the original plan was to head to an internet cafe and game until 11:00 PM to kill time.

On the way, Jiang Zhe was hit with a "life-or-death" barrage of calls from his wife, so the follow-up activity had to be canceled.

Driving back to the talent apartment, Chen Jue originally wanted to get to bed early to rest up and have enough energy to continue exercising and grinding attributes tomorrow.

But remembering the scientific knowledge about eyes he'd learned online that afternoon, combined with the spa massage at Jingtanghui that had loosened his muscles and activated his meridians, a strange idea suddenly popped into his head.

"If red light therapy can accelerate mitochondrial metabolism, improve vision, and boost the [Physique] attribute..."

"Then if I do targeted eye exercises, could I completely cure my nearsightedness?"

Once this absurd thought took root, Chen Jue couldn't fall asleep.

He went online to search for relevant eye exercises, and the video tutorial that popped up was none other than the Eye Health Exercises that had accompanied him through twelve full years of elementary, middle, and high school!

"Should I give it a try?"

"Maybe it actually works?"

Chen Jue watched the tutorial, listened to the familiar music, took off his glasses, and started to follow along.

However, after going through several rounds of the four-section Eye Health Exercises, while the area around his eyes felt slightly pressed and relaxed, the panel didn't pop up with any notifications.

"Did I do it wrong?"

"Or can the panel not record this kind of skill?"

Chen Jue was skeptical and searched online for various versions of the Eye Health Exercises throughout the years.

From the four-section version to the five-section version, he finally found the source of all Eye Health Exercises: the original 8-section version invented by Liu Shiming in 1961.

He had tried all the variations and abridged versions beforehand without much effect.

Only with this original 8-section version, which included an acupuncture point chart and detailed written instructions, did the panel actually react after he pressed along the eye points!

[Ding~]

[Completed one qualifying session of Eye Health Exercises. The internal carotid artery, ophthalmic artery, and optic nerve near the eye socket were stimulated by pressure, accelerating blood flow to the eyeball and promoting the metabolism of visual cells. Your visual ability has improved by an infinitesimal amount.]

[Skill Activated: Eye Health Exercises]

Only one chapter tonight, squeezed out with difficulty.

Because I've been to the hospital frequently over the last two days, Pianfeng has also caught the flu; my throat is inflamed and my whole body feels terrible.

By the way, thanks to book friends ending in 8224, Siwen Hualu, and Pride of the Grass for the tips!

Allow me to rest for the night; I will update normally tomorrow.

Still asking for recommendation votes.