Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups Chapter 1016 - 507: Muscle Armor, Prototype of the Ultimate Lifeform

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Afternoon.

The spacious living room was like a sauna, shrouded in smoke.

The rolling heat waves mixed with intense meat aroma and grease filled every inch of the space.

The floor was littered with torn vacuum-packaging bags, scattered empty cans, and large sticky patches of bloodstains and food debris.

It was as if just after a savage gluttonous feast, the scene was tragic and unbearable to behold.

And in the center of this messy dump, there stood a naked, strong figure amidst the swirling mist, making dull chewing sounds.

Crunch, crunch—

In the silent room, the heart-pounding noise kept echoing, like a grinder smashing through hard beast bones.

Finally, after finishing off the last spiced pig’s trotter, Fang Cheng’s chewing motion came to a halt.

The hunger that nearly devoured his sanity receded like a tide, leaving only a slight bulge in his stomach wall.

"Phew—"

Fang Cheng exhaled a long breath of foul air.

The scorching breath shot out like a white arrow several meters before slowly dissipating into the smoke.

He looked somewhat dazed at the mountain of garbage in front of him and the half-empty large freezer, with a flicker of astonishment in his eyes.

"Did I really eat all this?"

Fang Cheng instinctively touched his belly.

Just now, he went on a ravenous spree, gorging down dozens of pounds of high-calorie meat.

If an ordinary person did this, even if they had ten stomachs, they would have burst by now.

Yet, at this moment, the bulge in his abdomen was not overly exaggerated, and it was visibly flattening at a discernible speed.

The digestive system inside his body, like a furnace, was running at full speed, instantly breaking down and vaporizing the swallowed food, extracting every drop of nutrition.

Until it was converted into the most refined life energy, replenishing the fundamental deficiency of the cells.

Even though his body instinctively kept sending signals saying "I can still eat."

Roughly shoving aside the greed to continue eating, sanity clearly told him: he must stop!

"Burp—"

Fang Cheng belched, forcibly suppressing the greedy urge to continue eating.

He casually grabbed a napkin and wiped off the grease at his mouth’s corner.

He didn’t rush to assign the remaining 5 points of Free Attributes.

Instead, he paced slowly around the messy living room, helping his body complete the final stages of digestion and adaptation.

The boiling qi and blood inside him continuously nourished his limbs and bones through the blood vessels.

With every step, it was as if his feet were rooted firmly on the ground, and he could clearly feel the changes brought by adding points.

Fang Cheng clenched his fist.

The moment the five fingers closed, it seemed as if the air in his palm was squeezed until it burst, emitting a crisp sound.

An unprecedented sense of control emerged spontaneously.

It was as if this shell was no longer a frail body of flesh and blood but a war machine made of steel, operating with precision.

Fang Cheng closed his eyes, and his mind delved into his body.

The originally vast Dantian Qi Sea unexpectedly expanded by more than double.

The azure True Qi roared and surged within like an ocean.

Not only did the total amount soar, but its purity was also enhanced a notch, faintly glowing with a golden hue.

As his focus deepened, Fang Cheng initiated even finer introspection.

He clearly heard the beating of his own heart.

It was like the deep rumble of a heavy hydraulic pump working at full force.

Each beat was weighty and powerful, causing a slight resonance in the chest cavity.

The blood pumped out was no longer an ordinary red liquid; it had become thick and dense, flowing through the blood vessels like liquid mercury.

This high-density plasma, if placed in a regular human body, just one drop would immediately clog blood vessels and send blood pressure skyrocketing, leading to organ failure and death.

It could be said that such a unique physiological phenomenon completely defied the common sense of modern medicine.

But within Fang Cheng’s body, this mercury-heavy blood relentlessly surged forward under the robust engine of his heart.

The blood rushing past the vessel walls made a "rushing" sound like rushing rivers.

The oxygen and nutrients carried in the thick plasma were hundreds of times beyond that of ordinary humans, providing this extraordinary body with a terrifying, continuous source of power.

Muscles expanded and contracted, qi and blood circulated throughout, and the spinal column emitted faint "crackling" sounds.

The body was now adapting to the new strength.

Fang Cheng’s gaze then penetrated through layers of flesh, looking at his limbs and bones.

The originally white bones had long shed their mundane color, presenting a jade-like texture with a faint golden sheen.

The bone density was astonishingly high, with the structure seemingly compressed to the extreme, arranged as if by numerous tiny diamond crystals.

With a slight exertion of force on the joints, a series of muffled sounds like metal clashing resonated from within the body.

This set of bones, even hydraulic shears would struggle to damage.

Even being hit head-on by an anti-tank sniper rifle’s large-caliber bullet, the bullet would get stuck in the bone seam, unable to advance further.

These were no longer human bones, but some kind of divine weapon made for battle.

The fascia and muscle fibers encasing the bones were also denser than the strongest steel cables.

They tensed and relaxed under the skin, possessing enough strength to tear through armor and clash with iron.

"This is... truly a rebirth!"

Fang Cheng suddenly opened his eyes, whispering words of admiration.

At this moment, wisps of white steam were still rising from his forehead.

His whole body was like an ever-burning nuclear reactor, radiating heat continuously outward.