Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Shedding Skin
The entire transformation lasted for over ten minutes, and his body heat gradually subsided.
At this mont, his attributes had changed to:
Strength: 12.6 (10)
Agility: 12.8 (10)
Physique: 13.5 (10)
Intelligence: 12.3 (10)
Perception: 10.8 (10)
Willpower: 11.4 (10)
Except for willpower and perception, the remaining attributes showed a significant increase, with so even gaining two points.
He tightly clenched his fists, a surge of powerful strength flooding through his body.
Not only that.
His five senses beca sharper, his mind more agile, and even those difficult problems on yesterday’s monthly exam that he couldn’t solve were now crystal clear with just a thought.
Even ti seed to slow down considerably in his eyes.
...
The gravity, three tis that of Earth, now felt not much greater than Earth’s to him, and he felt he already possessed so self-defense capabilities.
He stood up, preparing to explore the area.
Leaning on a stick, he walked with careful steps along the mountainside.
The newfound strength seed not easy to control.
The usual habit of exertion was now seriously mismatched with his powerful body, either too much strength or too little; he nearly fell several tis.
Fortunately, after walking cautiously for more than ten minutes, he slowly began to adapt.
This was a desolate small island, only about one square kiloter in size.
Apart from a mountain peak in the center, the surrounding area was ocean, with no animals on the island except for so small ant-like insects breeding on the grassland; there were no other creatures.
This let him breathe a sigh of relief, indicating that this place was quite safe.
He made a brief observation around the mountainside, noticing it was nearly two in the morning.
He started to return.
When he returned to Earth through the passage, he suddenly felt light as if he were about to float away, stumbling lightly as he walked.
At first, he walked slowly, then began to run.
Falling several tis, he got up and continued running.
On the deserted, empty streets, Chen Shouyi ran excitedly, laughing as he ran, his speed increasing, like a gust of wind racing through the streets, quickly arriving ho.
He opened the door, tiptoeing back to his bedroom.
Closing the door, he flopped onto the bed, rolling around a few tis; today’s adventure made him feel thrilled and excited.
He silently chuckled a few tis, unable to resist opening the attributes panel again.
The increased attributes hadn’t returned to their original state, and the talent option was still there. Only "Natural Healing" was replaced by "Basic Self-Healing."
He clenched his fists, the skin of his palms creaking under the tight friction.
Everything was real.
He truly beca stronger, unimaginably powerful.
Then, a question suddenly occurred to him, and the excitent quickly faded.
"Should I report this spatial passage?"
Chen Shouyi was hesitant; deep down, he absolutely didn’t want to. No one would want to.
It’s said that Martial Arts Academy apprentices will enter a concealed spatial passage for training, which indicates that the unique environnt of the other world can greatly enhance the strength of apprentices.
Now, his attributes had surpassed the standard of a Martial Artist Apprentice, even nearing that of a Martial Artist.
For example, the assessnt for male Martial Artist Apprentices requires bench pressing 200 kilograms, and now, based on his attributes, he estimates he can reach 290 kilograms, just one step away from the Martial Artist’s 300-kilogram standard.
Moreover, his agility was 0.2 points higher than his strength, fully reaching the Martial Artist standard.
Regarding physique, it was the strongest attribute among all his attributes, reaching an astonishing 13.5.
But he ultimately hadn’t passed the Martial Artist Apprentice assessnt. Even if he passed, he still had to wait more than five months to enter the Martial Arts Academy.
During this ti, a spatial passage accessible only to himself strongly attracted him. He felt if he could train quickly under three tis gravity, his strength would undoubtedly improve further.
However, an unguarded spatial passage in the city was sowhat dangerous.
That night, he tossed and turned, his mind struggling, until near dawn when he finally drifted off to sleep.
He hadn’t slept long when his biological clock woke him up on ti.
Though he only dozed off for a while, Chen Shouyi felt refreshed, without any sleepiness from staying up all night.
He picked up his phone to check the ti, finding the screen still off. Hastily, he turned it on again, relieved to see it light up quickly; apparently, the otherworldly environnt hadn’t damaged it.
"Well, only delayed by ten minutes or so."
He quickly dressed, heading to the bathroom to wash up.
Chen Xingyue was already in the bathroom, wearing a cute bunny pajamas, groggily brushing her teeth.
"Morning!" Chen Shouyi greeted, then took out his toothbrush to start brushing his teeth as well.
Chen Xingyue rinsed her mouth, spat out the white foam, glanced at the mirror, suddenly saying, "Bro, you’re peeling."
"Oh, really!" Chen Shouyi looked closely for a while and indeed found it so.
Mysteriously, there was a lot of old skin on his face, patchy in places. He ignored brushing his teeth, biting the toothbrush, pinching a piece of dead skin, and tore it off in front of the mirror, resulting in a large expanse coming off with a rip.
He paused, noticing the skin beneath was red, white, and smooth, tender as a baby’s.
He ca to his senses, noting Chen Xingyue’s surprised expression, calmly saying, "Maybe I got too much sun yesterday."
"Weren’t you taking an exam yesterday?" Chen Xingyue questioned imdiately.
"The sun during noon, the faucet was too big when washing hands, wetting my pants, so I dried off in the sun for a while," Chen Shouyi explained seriously, finding his thoughts extrely agile now, lying without even thinking.
"Bro, you’re disgusting."
Chen Xingyue said with a face full of disdain.
"Who’s fault is it for your strong curiosity? Besides, it’s not like I peed my pants, just water! What’s so disgusting about that? In elentary school, once when you were urgent, you even..." Chen Shouyi imdiately retaliated.
Seeing Chen Shouyi about to bring up her embarrassing childhood incident, Chen Xingyue’s face turned red with embarrassnt and anger: "If you say another word, I won’t talk to you anymore."
Her earlier doubts vanished without a trace.
Watching Chen Xingyue flee in embarrassnt, Chen Shouyi felt triumphant. It was the first ti he won a verbal battle against this sharp-tongued sister.
After Chen Xingyue left, he quickly closed the bathroom door and forcefully scrubbed his face in the mirror, peeling off the entire skin.
Looking at his reflection in the mirror, he felt slightly unfamiliar.
He looked a bit handso, with rosy lips, white teeth, and skin as smooth as jade. Under two thick eyebrows were a pair of bright, dark eyes.
Compared to his previously slightly dark, ordinary appearance, it was like a complete transformation.
In the mirror, Chen Shouyi felt no joy, only surprise.
"How am I supposed to go out like this?"
"When my parents see , will they believe it’s from sunburn if I continue explaining?"
He looked at his arm, gently rubbed it, and imdiately rubbed off a large piece of dead skin, estimating he had shed skin all over.
He quickly took off his clothes, showered, and scrubbed off the dead skin all over his body.
Back in his bedroom, he sat on the bed with a face full of worry.
How was he going to explain this?
He couldn’t stay in the bedroom forever, nor could he avoid his family altogether.
Then he saw the bedroom window, had an idea, and went over to open it, looking down.
Below was a small alley, four or five ters above ground. Chen Shouyi felt with his current physique and strength, he should be fine jumping down. As for explanations, maybe he could say he returned to his slightly dark skin after a day in the sun!
Watching passersby gradually move away, with no one behind, he took a deep breath, made a decision, and with his arm on the window, jumped down.
With a "thud," Chen Shouyi landed easily, his feet barely bending, as if he had jumped from half a ter high.
The passerby ahead, hearing the noise, thought sothing fell from the sky and turned back suspiciously, but found nothing but a person behind.
Chen Shouyi smiled at them, then went near a restaurant and shouted from a distance:
"Mom, I’m going out with classmates; I’ll be back tonight."
"Alright, be careful on the way," Mrs. Chen, mopping the floor, replied instinctively to Chen Shouyi’s voice.
She realized sothing was off after speaking; when did he leave?
By the ti she reached the door, Chen Shouyi had long disappeared without a trace.
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