Chapter 43: Lu Ming: I Also Know About Favors
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The increase in attributes was expected.
The greater surprise was the increase in the level of fitness skills.
From Level 4 (350/400) to Level 7 (0/700) in one go!
The improvement was huge.
In a daze, Lu Ming thought of more.
“Fitness shouldn’t be rigid. Fitness should be integrated into daily life. Doing housework is fitness, walking on foot is fitness, sitting on a chair when you’re tired, standing up and stretching is also fitness. Even doing a squat when walking is also fitness!
“Fitness is all about strengthening your body.”
It was a little like returning to nature.
In a good mood, Lu Ming picked up the bow and arrow by the table and started target practice.
Lu Ming mumbled as he shot arrows.
“Isn’t this also a form of fitness?”
On the attribute panel, the words ‘Fitness Lv7 (0/700)’ slowly squirmed and finally stopped at ‘Fitness Lv7 (3/700)’!
At noon, Lu Ming raised his archery to Lv8 (0/800).
Agility increased by 0.8 points.
It was worth noting that the proficiency of fitness skills had also increased to a certain extent to Level 7 (20/700).
Fitness skills were far more important than other skills. Now that Lu Ming had found an additional way to increase the proficiency of fitness skills, he was simply overjoyed.
He made himself a sumptuous lunch.
It was not until lunch was over that Lu Ming thought of something.
On the second floor, he opened the window and saw the survivors still working hard outside.
In the morning, more than one-fifth of the zombie corpses scattered on the ground had been cleaned up. This was already an impressive result of labor.
He looked at the person closest to him.
“Hey, big brother, your name is Yang Guan, right?”
When Yang Guan heard Lu Ming’s call, he hurriedly ran to the window.
“It’s me, Brother Lu. What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. Have you had lunch?”
At the mention of lunch, Yang Guan’s face stiffened and he subconsciously rubbed his stomach.
“N-no…”
There was not much food reserve here to begin with.
According to Wang Xiong’s intentions, they would return to the Zhang family’s gathering place to get food this morning, but they were delayed by Lu Ming’s matter.
Zhang Chengcheng was still lying on the bed and sleeping soundly. Wang Xiong was also working overtime to help Lu Ming organize his fitness arrangements. Naturally, he did not have the time to find anything to eat.
Hearing this expected answer, Lu Ming nodded gently.
“Call everyone over. I’ll get you something to eat.”
With that, he closed the window.
Lu Ming would never take advantage of others for nothing.
He respected the efforts of everyone involved.
Zhang Chengcheng had used her superpower to help him train, which had helped him a lot.
Wang Xiong even provided professional fitness advice, and his assistance was even reflected in his attribute panel, showcasing the impact he had on Lu Ming’s progress..
Although he could help him for free, Lu Ming did not want to take advantage of him. He did not know much about relationships, but at the very least, he understood the simple chain of favors, where others helped you and you helped others in return..
Yesterday, Lu Ming had heard Zhang Chengcheng say that they were going to find food today. What did this mean?
This meant that they did not have enough food.
In the morning, they helped him. Logically speaking, he had to help them solve some problems that he could solve.
For example, food.
Five bags of flour, five bags of rice, and five boxes of canned food were moved from the second floor to the first floor by Lu Ming.
Standing at the top of the stairs, Lu Ming looked back at the empty second floor. At this point, the supplies on the second floor had been exhausted.
Feeling heartache was inevitable.
But it was a little heartache.
His character made Lu Ming not dwell too much on the problem of food.
When he arrived at the door and opened it, he saw Zhang Lixin, Yang Guan, Qin Lie, and Wei Jiming.
“Take these and eat them first. If it’s not enough, come find me.”
After handing the supplies to Zhang Lixin and the other three, Lu Ming saw joy on their faces.
Zhang Lixin: “Thank you, Brother Lu. This food would help us a lot.”
Lu Ming nodded lightly and turned around to close the door without any pleasantries.
After lunch break, he felt refreshed with all attributes fully restored.
After waking up, Lu Ming washed his face and planned to increase his archery proficiency in the afternoon.
However, he heard the doorbell ring.
When he arrived at the door and turned on the electronic screen, he saw Wang Xiong standing outside.
“Brother Lu, thank you so much for the food.”
Wang Xiong said gratefully.
As a Level 2 Awakened, Wang Xiong had a huge appetite to begin with. To be honest, he had not been able to fill his stomach properly for the past two days. The last time he had filled his stomach was at the Zhang family’s gathering place.
This afternoon, he ate a whole ten catties of rice in one go and felt that his mind was clear and his stamina was good.
“It’s nothing,” Lu Ming said calmly.
It was indeed heartbreaking to give away supplies, but compared to the help Wang Xiong and Zhang Chengcheng had given him, Lu Ming felt that the supplies were worth it.
“By the way, Brother Wang, my fitness plan…”
“It’s not done yet. A professional fitness plan needs to vary from person to person. It’s impossible to do it rigidly. I thought about it all morning today and felt that instead of making a rigid fitness plan for you, why don’t I train with you every morning in the future?”
This was called professionalism!
Merely having a workout plan was not enough; the best approach was personalized guidance, emphasizing attention to detail and thoughtfulness.
Lu Ming immediately grinned. “That would be great!”
With that, he was about to hang up when Wang Xiong called out to Lu Ming.
“Actually, there’s one more thing. Brother Lu, you gave us so much food at noon. Wasn’t your food supply also insufficient?”
Lu Ming thought for a moment and nodded. “There isn’t much left.”
There was only half a year of supply left—this was the result calculated based on Lu Ming’s current appetite.
In the future, as Lu Ming became stronger, his appetite would definitely increase. Therefore, when Lu Ming said that there was not enough food, he was not lying, or exaggerating for vanity.
That was indeed what he thought.
“Then Brother Lu, do you have anything else to do in the afternoon? Are you interested in coming with us to stock up?”
“Restocking?”
“Yes, I’m going to the Zhang family’s gathering place to get food. There are a lot of food reserves there.”
Inside the door, Lu Ming could not help but fall into deep thought.
It was the same old saying.
Food was a big problem.
As his appetite increased, Lu Ming would encounter a food crisis sooner or later.
Just the reserves at home were not enough for Lu Ming to completely stay indoors and grind his attributes for the rest of his life.
In fact, he was already prepared. Sooner or later, his house would run out of food. At that time, Lu Ming would have no choice but to go out.
But he had indeed never thought of leaving his house now.
Just as he was about to reject Wang Xiong, Lu Ming changed his mind.
It didn’t seem impossible to go out now…
Living zombies would evolve. The later he went out, the more powerful and dangerous the zombies outside would be.
Moreover, most food had expiry dates.
It had been less than a month since the apocalypse arrived. It was relatively easy to go out and find food now. The later they went, the less edible food they could eat, and the more difficult it was to find food.
The two thoughts of going out and not going out kept intersecting.
In the end, Lu Ming chose a compromise.
“Give me a week, okay?”