Chapter 2
Lu Ming slept deeply through the night.
Lu Ming woke up at seven in the morning, feeling refreshed.
He immediately opened his attribute panel and looked at his attributes.
Name: Lu Ming.
Age: 25 years old.
Strength: 5.3
Physique: 5.7
Agility: 5.5
Lu Ming was taken aback and muttered to himself, “Something’s not right.”
He remember that before he went to bed last night, his attributes were:
Strength: 5.1 (5.4) ↑.
Physique: 5.5 (5.8) ↑.
Agility: 5.3 (5.5) ↑.
They had increased, but not completely. His strength and physique did not increase to the values in brackets.
After some brief reflection, Lu Ming had an answer.
“Exercise, 30% training, 70% diet, and 10% sleep. There shouldn’t be a problem with the exercise. After exercising, the values in brackets immediately increased, proving that exercise was effective in promoting one’s attributes. My sleep was also fine; I slept from 10 pm to 7 am last night, which was healthy. So the only issue must be with my diet.”
Thinking about the food he ate after exercising yesterday, Lu Ming nodded.
“It must be the diet. I had canned food yesterday, which is high in salt, fat, carbohydrates, but low in protein. And protein replenishment after exercise is very important.”
With this in mind, Lu Ming got out of bed and freshened up.
He went to the second floor and pulled open the curtains to look outside.
The streets were crowded with pedestrians during the morning rush hour, a bustling scene of prosperity. There was no sign of an impending disaster.
However, Lu Ming firmly believed that the end of the world was near.
After some thought, Lu Ming returned to the fitness area.
“Let’s try again!”
Three sets of push-ups, three sets of squats, and an hour of jogging.
After the exercise, the attributes became:
Strength: 5.1 (5.6) ↑.
Physique: 5.5 (6.0) ↑.
Agility: 5.3 (5.7) ↑.
At the same time, the feelings of hunger and fatigue surged, but they weren’t as intense as yesterday and were bearable.
With this in mind, Lu Ming decided to go out to have breakfast. It was not wise to touch the supplies at home.
The familiar breakfast stall was only twenty meters from home.
The familiar breakfast.
There were five beef-filled steamed buns, a bowl of soy milk, two boiled eggs, and a plate of pickled cucumbers.
The bun filling was oily, and there was also soy milk and boiled eggs to provide additional nutrition.
Lu Ming ate, his mouth full of oil, and he quickly emptied the breakfast. What used to fill him up only made him 70% full now. Following the principle of eating small meals frequently, Lu Ming returned home but did not feel too sleepy.
“Continue training and study this attribute panel.”
Another three sets of push-ups, three sets of squats, and an hour of jogging.
After the exercise, the attributes changed to:
Strength: 5.3 (5.8) ↑.
Physique: 5.7 (6.2) ↑.
Agility: 5.3 (5.9) ↑.
The Strength and Physique in parentheses only increased by 0.2 points…
Lu Ming frowned. He decided to push his physique further and did another round of squats, but there was no change in his physique at all.
“Is there a limit to the attribute points obtained through training in a day, or is it because I haven’t rested that my attributes don’t increase?”
Both possibilities were possible, so both needed to be verified.
After some thought, Lu Ming got back on the treadmill again.
This time, he set the speed to 12 and began to run!
Ten minutes later, Agility: 5.5 (6.0) ↑
Exhausted, Lu Ming walked off the treadmill and quickly drank a cup of protein shake, feeling the onset of drowsiness.
It was already eleven o’clock.
Considering his options, Lu Ming was not in a hurry to sleep. He needed to address the issue of lunch first.
He went out and went to a small restaurant nearby. He ordered a plate of marinated beef, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and two bowls of white rice.
It was close to 12 o’clock when he returned home after eating and drinking his fill.
The drowsiness became irresistible, and Lu Ming lay down on his bed and drifted into dreams.
…
Lu Ming slept until one o’clock in the afternoon and woke up feeling refreshed.
An hour of afternoon nap was enough to solve most of his problems.
Upon waking up, Lu Ming immediately checked his attribute panel.
Name: Lu Ming.
Age: 25 years old.
Strength: 5.8
Physique: 6.2
Agility: 6.
All attributes obtained in full!
“Therefore, exercise, food, sleep – all three are indispensable!”
“Although I haven’t tried it, from the eating segment, I can infer that if any of the three aspects are not done properly, it will affect the attribute points obtained.”
Just like exercising, if the movements were not done properly, it was already good enough to avoid getting injured, let alone gaining one’s attributes.
As for food, it was crucial that he paid more attention to the nutritional balance.
Sleep was of utmost importance; without good sleep, everything else would be in vain.
“And in the first half of today, I completed this cycle thoroughly… Each of the three attributes gained 0.5 points. Will I continue to gain attributes today?
With the thought in mind, Lu Ming immediately started exercising.
However, the results were unsatisfactory.
“No improvement.”
“And I don’t have the hunger or fatigue like before.”
“Therefore, there is a limit to the attribute points gained through training every day. The upper limit is 0.5.”
This was not good news at all.
Initially, Lu Ming had the idea of crazily gaining attribute points and doing nothing else each day. Unfortunately, there was a daily limit on the attribute acquisition, which shattered Lu Ming’s plan.
Sitting at the desk, Lu Ming pondered briefly, and another idea came to mind.
Can’t I increase the attribute points obtained from a single training exercise through a more scientific, reasonable, and weight-bearing method?
Push-ups, squats, and running, these three training methods were indeed quite scientific. If an ordinary person persevered with them every day, their physique would definitely improve.
However, sports science had advanced to a point where there were indeed better ways to train— using equipment, weights, professional guidance, and a proper dietary combination.
Lu Ming had some knowledge of fitness but not much.
To validate his speculation, Lu Ming needed to come up with a plan.
“One option is to go to the gym and hire a personal trainer.”
This option could not be used.
There was no gym near his house, and Lu Ming firmly believed that the apocalypse was imminent. It was absolutely impossible for him to travel far at this stage.
“Another option is to invite a professional to come to my house.”
This was also a pass.
Home was Lu Ming’s last bastion, and he would never allow anyone to enter his house.
“Then there’s only one last option left…”
Self-learning.
Thanks to the appearance of the Internet, there were no more obstacles to the dissemination of knowledge. As long as one was determined and wanted to learn, most knowledge could be found on the Internet.
…
After a casual search, a lot of strange knowledge appeared.
He downloaded the video, downloaded the document, organized it, and summarized it. Before he knew it, it was past three o’clock in the afternoon.
And Lu Ming had more ideas.
From the looks of it, I’m still farming attribute points quite quickly. Even if I only get 0.5 points a day, my physique will soon far exceed that of ordinary people.
Clenching his fists tightly, Lu Ming could clearly feel his strength increasing.
“So, more weights, more equipment.”
While waiting for the email to arrive, Lu Ming had nothing to do.
After some thoughts, Lu Ming sat in front of the computer again and searched for survival knowledge, combat teaching, shooting techniques, and so on.
Regardless of whether it was useful or not, he would download it all. In the event of a disaster landing on the Internet, there would always be room for this stored information to be used.
He also thanked himself for the large hard drives with several Ts.
Around evening time, the information Lu Ming needed was all downloaded.
At that moment, the doorbell rang.
The delivery had arrived.