Surprise

Gu Yuyue explained, "A special physique, as the name implies, is a constitution different from that of ordinary people. It varies from person to person, each with its own characteristics. The one thing they share is that once awakened, they provide enormous benefits to one's martial advancement."

"Once this physique awakens, its bearer's talent and aptitude will undergo a leap in growth, and their combat power will become truly astonishing."

"After so much research, scientists have only reached the conclusion that special physiques cannot be replicated, are difficult to inherit, and are highly random."

"Since the Great Cataclysm, humanity's bodies have been strengthened to a certain extent due to the revival of spiritual energy, but the changes have been far less dramatic than those of ferocious beasts. Therefore, many believe that those with special physiques may be the result of a second evolution."

"Still, speculation is only speculation. There is no theoretical basis whatsoever."

Chen Wu had not expected there to be so much behind this. He could not help asking, "Sis, do you know how many martial artists in the Republic have awakened special physiques like mine?"

Gu Yuyue answered very directly, "I don't know."

Chen Wu asked in surprise, "Sis, how could you not know?"

Gu Yuyue smiled faintly, making all flowers pale in comparison. "Your sister is a police officer, not some immortal. At most, I have access to more information than ordinary people. Besides, although the awakening rate for special physiques is low, the Republic has a population base of nearly two billion. There must be quite a few."

"This time, when I went on a business trip to Yang Province, I heard rumors that there was a reserve martial artist in the province who could wield lightning naturally."

"I see. Then, Sis..."

Chen Wu still wanted to ask something else, but Gu Yuyue cut him off. "Whatever you want to say can wait until after we eat. We've been talking for so long that the food is about to get cold. Hurry up and eat."

"Okay."

After Chen Wu and his sister Gu Yuyue finished eating and cleared away the dishes, the two sat on the sofa in the living room.

Gu Yuyue was still very happy about Chen Wu awakening a special physique.

In her view, her younger brother's transformation was precisely because he had awakened a special physique, completely shedding his former despondency.

However, out of a police officer's vigilance, she still had to go through the motions and ask, "Xiao Wu, you should tell me now how you awakened it, right?"

Chen Wu smiled slightly. "Sis, if I said I went to sleep the night after you left, then woke up awakened the next day, would you believe me?"

Gu Yuyue did not particularly doubt Chen Wu's explanation. "That isn't impossible. The randomness and unpredictability of special physiques are simply too great. That is why related research has made no progress for so long. Even genetic testing methods cannot reveal any major differences between them and ordinary people before they awaken."

Chen Wu appeared rather pleased with himself before his sister. "Looks like I'm the legendary chosen one."

"Not one of the Republic's four current Grade One powerhouses possesses a special physique, yet they still fought their way step by step out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood during the Great Cataclysm, defeating countless formidable opponents to become the strongest people of this era."

To keep Chen Wu from becoming smug and losing himself in arrogance, Gu Yuyue said earnestly, "So, Xiao Wu, don't think you can look down on the world's experts just because you've awakened a special physique."

"In battles between martial artists, life and death hang by a thread. You only have one life. Never lose it through carelessness."

Chen Wu laughed. "Got it, Sis. I'll look down on the heroes of the world after I become a Grade One martial artist."

"You little rascal."

After laughingly scolding him, Gu Yuyue said to Chen Wu, "We're going out this afternoon to tell Mom this good news."

Not wanting to delay his sister's work, Chen Wu said, "Sis, I can tell Mom myself. Don't you still have work at the station tomorrow? You should stay home and get some proper rest today."

Gu Yuyue asked with a smile, "Take a look at your sister. What's different about me?"

Chen Wu gave her a very serious look, then offered the universally applicable answer, "Sis, you've gotten prettier."

"You little rascal, always sweet-talking."

That said, what woman did not like being told she was beautiful?

Gu Yuyue was greatly pleased by her younger brother's words. Smiling, she said, "Xiao Wu, let me tell you something. Your sister is about to break through."

Hearing this, Chen Wu said excitedly, "What?! Sis, you're entering Grade Six!"

Gu Yuyue looked at Chen Wu and nodded. "During this operation, I already touched the threshold of Grade Six. So before returning, I requested three months of martial leave from the station."

The period from age sixteen to thirty was when one improved the fastest. The older one got, the harder it became to advance.

The final year of high school and the four years of university were especially the years when martial artists could improve most easily through cultivation.

Back then, as the leading figure of her class, his sister had already been a martial artist at the peak of Grade Eight when she graduated from the police academy.

For experts seeking to break through to Grade Six, the age of thirty was a hurdle.

If one broke through to Grade Six before turning thirty, their chances of reaching even higher martial realms would increase greatly.

The path of martial arts only became more difficult the farther one went, and the gap in strength between ranks grew ever wider.

In truth, given his sister's talent, she should have entered the ranks of mid-tier martial artists a year ago.

If she had not needed to care for him, dividing her attention and slowing her martial progress, she would not have only just reached the threshold of Grade Six now.

"Perfect timing. You've also returned to martial arts. During these three months, while I'm breaking through, I can guide you from the side and prepare you for the start of your senior year."

After learning that Chen Wu had awakened a special physique and reached the fourth Body Tempering Origin Transformation, Gu Yuyue had already made plans for her three-month leave.

The morning sunlight spread across the earth, while the dew on the grass and trees had yet to fade.

Inside the government compound, staff members entered the office building in groups of three or five to clock in, then headed toward the cafeteria.

Gu Yuyue and Chen Wu, who had paid respects at their mother's grave yesterday afternoon, walked into a huge building beside the office building.

After Gu Yuyue unlocked the door with facial recognition and fingerprints, she took Chen Wu straight up to the third floor and entered a room with a sign reading "Training Room."

Judging by how familiar Gu Yuyue was with the place, she had clearly come many times before, whereas it was Chen Wu's first time here.

Though it was called a training room, it was actually a space covering more than five hundred square meters.

Starting from the innermost corner and extending outward were all kinds of equipment, such as Origin Seed detectors and force testers.

They looked like high-end equipment, even better than what a martial arts gym had.

Those machines alone probably cost tens of millions of Red Coins.

On the wall opposite the entrance hung weapons such as sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, and battle-axes.

The cold gleam spilling from those neatly arranged weapons under the morning sun made it clear that they had been sharpened. The materials used to forge them were also of a high grade, far beyond the unsharpened weapons Chen Wu had used at the martial arts gym before.