This water hits harder than Red Bull? It can even cure your nearsightedness!
Ten minutes later, Fatty was the first to return to the dorm after washing up.
He had not even dried the water droplets on his face, and his expression said he had nothing left to live for.
Walking behind the door, Fatty picked up his large mug out of habit and pressed the water dispenser's blue tap.
"Glug, glug-"
A string of tiny bubbles rose inside the dispenser as clear water filled more than half the mug.
Fatty's throat was parched enough to smoke. Without caring whether the water was cold or hot, he tipped his head back and took a huge gulp.
The instant the water entered his throat, his whole body froze.
Something was wrong.
Something was wrong with this water.
The cheap purified water they usually ordered for the dorm, at ten yuan a jug, always tasted a little astringent.
But this half-mug of water not only had no off taste whatsoever, it carried a sweetness that refreshed him to his very core.
The water was like a cool, clear spring, sliding down his esophagus into his stomach.
Then, a sudden change occurred.
That coolness lingered in his stomach for less than two seconds before instantly becoming a warm current that surged wildly through every limb and bone.
Fatty felt his whole body jolt.
The soreness along his inner thighs vanished.
The lactic acid buildup and swelling in his calves from standing at military attention for so long vanished.
Even the heavy exhaustion accumulated over more than a decade of staying up late gaming was washed completely away by that warm current in those few short seconds.
In its place came an unprecedented sense of lightness and strength.
Fatty felt so ridiculously good that never mind running three kilometers-he felt that even if a bull stood before him right now, he could knock it flat with a single punch.
"Holy shit!"
Fatty's eyes went as round as bronze bells, and his grip unconsciously tightened a little.
"Creeeak-"
The grating sound of twisting metal rang out in the quiet dorm.
Fatty looked down. He had actually crushed a large dent into the thick stainless-steel mug in his hand!
"This... what the fuck..." Fatty stared incredulously at the mug, then looked up at the jug of purified water sitting there quietly. His Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty. "Did someone spike this water with stimulants?!"
"What are you yelling about this early in the morning?" Liu Chen walked in from outside, carrying his toothbrush cup.
Chen Mo followed behind him without speaking, but his brows were slightly furrowed. He could tell that something was off about Fatty.
He had looked half-dead when he went out to wash up just now. How had one drink of water left him positively glowing, his eyes practically shining?
"No! Chen'er! Old Chen! This water... there's seriously something wrong with this water!" Fatty was so excited that he could barely speak coherently. He grabbed Liu Chen. "Hurry up and take a sip! There's definitely something fucking wrong with it!"
Liu Chen grew dizzy from being shaken and irritably shook off his hand. "Drink, drink, drink. What, is this lousy jug of water going to bloom flowers in my mouth?"
As he spoke, Liu Chen casually picked up his plastic cup, filled it a little less than halfway, and tipped his head back to down it.
Chen Mo watched Fatty's expression from beside him. After pondering for a moment, he silently picked up his own cup and poured a little too.
Three seconds later.
"Pfft-cough, cough, cough-"
Liu Chen abruptly doubled over, coughing violently.
But his eyes remained fixed on the floor, and his expression rapidly shifted from confusion to utter shock.
He was severely nearsighted, with a prescription stronger than minus six in both eyes. Normally, without his glasses, he could barely tell a person from an animal beyond five meters.
Water had splashed onto his glasses while he washed his face, so his vision should have been blurry right now.
But the instant he swallowed that mouthful of water-
Liu Chen felt a cool, stinging sensation in both eyes, as though someone had pressed ice cubes against his eyeballs.
Then the world lit up.
With trembling hands, Liu Chen abruptly pulled off his thick, black-framed glasses.
He stiffly raised his head and looked at the dorm regulations posted on the opposite wall.
Normally, without his glasses, that sheet of paper looked like a white mosaic.
But now, not only could he read the large lettering, he could even make out the printing company's ant-sized phone number at the very bottom with perfect clarity!
He turned again, looking out the window.
Over a hundred meters away, a pink T-shirt hung on the balcony of the girls' dorm. He could even clearly distinguish the texture of the cartoon design on it.
"Holy shit!" Liu Chen swore, clutching his hair with both hands. "I'm not blind? I can see without my glasses?! What kind of fucking divine water is this?!"
He jumped up on the spot in excitement, grabbed Fatty's shoulders, and shook him wildly. "Fatty! Can you see that mosquito clearly? The one on the doorframe! Holy shit, I can even see the hairs on its legs!"
Beside them, Chen Mo's reaction was less exaggerated than Liu Chen's, but he too had lost his composure.
Chen Mo had spent years staying up late reading, and he had serious problems with his cervical spine. Normally, even turning his neck slightly caused unbearable aching.
But after drinking that mouthful of water just now, he had felt a warm current rise at the back of his neck.
He instinctively rolled his neck.
There was no sound.
The aching and stiffness that had followed him like his shadow melted away without a trace.
His entire mind was clearer than it had ever been.
Chen Mo's usually calm face was now filled with shock.
He stared fixedly at the seemingly unremarkable jug of purified water on the dispenser. Countless scientific explanations flashed through his mind, only for him to reject them one by one.
This was not scientific at all!
What kind of water could instantly cure minus-six nearsightedness?
What kind of water could cure cervical spondylosis caused by years of strain?
"This... where exactly did this water come from?" Chen Mo took a deep breath, his voice dry.
"The old guy from logistics delivered it yesterday. Ten yuan a jug, no different from usual!" Fatty swallowed, his eyes gleaming. "Who cares where it came from! Brothers, this has to be a fucking immortal pill dissolved in water!"
As soon as he finished speaking, dorm 502 fell into a deathly silence.
Three people, six eyes, all stared straight at that jug of water.
The next second-
"Move! I'm getting another cup!" Liu Chen shoved Fatty aside and charged forward with his cup.
"Piss off! Lord Fatty was here first!" Fatty grew frantic. Using his weight advantage, he bodily squeezed Liu Chen aside, then fished an enormous army-green sports canteen issued during military training out from under his bed.
With a click, Fatty unscrewed the cap and lined it up directly beneath the tap.
"Fatty, you have no martial virtue! If you fill a canteen that big, what are we supposed to drink?!" Chen Mo could no longer keep his cool either. His usual refined manner had long since been flung beyond the ninth heaven as he reached out to snatch Fatty's canteen.
"Stop grabbing! It's spilling, it's spilling! Every fucking drop is life!"
Fatty guarded the canteen like a family heirloom, still shouting nonstop. "Red Bull ain't shit! This is the real mysterious power of the East! With this stuff, Lord Fatty will run those three kilometers today so fast the instructor will call me Daddy!"
Three grown men crowded around a water dispenser, nearly coming to blows.
Meanwhile.
Beside the bed furthest inside the dorm.
Lin Bei sat on the edge of his bed, unhurriedly tying the laces of his camouflage canvas shoes.
Watching those three idiots fight tooth and nail over half a jug of water mixed with the tiniest wisp of spiritual energy, he helplessly pressed a hand to his forehead.
They really had never seen the world.
"Enough. Stop fighting." Lin Bei walked over and smacked each of them on the back of the head. "Keep dawdling and we'll be late for assembly. The fitness test is today. Look sharp, all of you. Don't disgrace our dorm 502."
Fatty hugged his canteen full of spirit water tightly and roared with sky-high bravado, "Don't worry, Brother Bei! Today, Lord Fatty will show them what it means to be Jinghai University's Bolt!"
Lin Bei raised an eyebrow.
"Let's go."