Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 369 Double Gravity

A set? The third set?

Pushing a small cart borrowed from the property management, loaded with dumbbells, Zhai Da still felt surprised while waiting for the elevator.
Surprisingly, a small, cheap dumbbell plate actually met the minimum requirement for the set, thus activating the effect.

Moreover, the "Endogenous Furnace" set seems to have great potential.

Just hearing the name makes it sound awesome.

In fact, since starting university, Zhai Da has been doing less and less physical exercise.

The summer after the college entrance exam was the time when he studied the hardest, because he had a clear goal: to lose weight and grow taller.

Since Zhai Da reached what he considered his ideal height of 183cm, and possessed an excellent physique with eight-pack abs, and was considered a heartthrob among writers (so much so that he was mistaken for Hu Ge when wearing a mask), he has become less focused on exercising.

The most important reason is that I'm busy.

He wasn't a sports student, much less a professional athlete; his training goal was simply to have a good physique, which he achieved in his freshman year.

After that, the [Extreme Wristband] was used less and less, including during exercise.

Of course, that doesn't mean he's weak now. The foundation he built hasn't completely disappeared, and his abs still have definition, only the fat pads have become thicker.

Physical strength and power are absolutely no problem for him; he can hold a piece of wood weighing over a hundred pounds and shake it for a long time.

Of course, overall, he is just an ordinary person with "good physical strength" and "good physique" at this age. His relative strength is endurance, but in terms of absolute data, he is not particularly outstanding.

But now this "Endogenous Furnace" set seems to have opened up a new path.

Each set has its own unique features.

"Magic Costume" is basically all about magic itself, "Eight Sufferings" focuses on insight and understanding, and "Inner Furnace" seems to point directly to a path of inner refinement!

Although the three effects may not seem that magical at the moment, each one is based on long-term training and is a growth-oriented ability. Moreover, this is a blue set that is higher than "Magic Costume" and on the same level as "Eight Sufferings".

The maximum number of sets is 7.

Judging from the ultimate effect of the "Mystic Code", the ultimate effect of the blue set can only be more outrageous.

Zhai Da nodded to himself: "No matter what, it's a good thing. Especially the 'hormone stabilization'. It's a pity that I'm already young and healthy. If I were eighty years old and got this effect, it might be immediately noticeable."

Longevity cannot be achieved solely through hormones, but hormones can influence the quality of life, which is sometimes more important than lifespan itself.

Compared to a 100-year-old who is bedridden and delirious, an 80-year-old who can eat, play, and have a bright, lively spirit is clearly more cost-effective.

It seems to have some connection to longevity, but unfortunately it can only affect oneself and has nothing to do with the teacher's lifespan.

The elevator dinged as it arrived, interrupting Zhai Da's thoughts. He pushed the trolley inside; the dozen or so dumbbells were quite heavy, causing the elevator to sway.

When Yu Xiaoli got home, it was already 11 p.m. She leaned on the sofa and watched TV, but the volume was very low, while Tang Xiaokui and Lu Wei sat at the dining table.

Little Wood is teaching Tang Xiao Kui some basic arithmetic.

In order to fully integrate into the family, she was not allowed to return to kindergarten or preschool for the first six months before starting primary school. However, in a little over ten days, she will be going back to Dongyang to attend primary school and learn something.

However, Tang Xiao Kui was naturally intelligent. When she was in the orphanage, she even showed a maturity far beyond her peers. It was only after she had a stable home that she gradually revealed her childlike nature, but her mind was still intact.

Her idea was simple: her older brother and sister were all top scorers in the college entrance examination, and she wanted to be one too!
Although she may not fully understand the difficulty of this matter.

Being smart alone is not enough; you also need continuous effort and the support of your peers.
In Zhai Da's cohort, no exceptional students emerged from the scattered provinces, and the two did not have a crushing advantage in scores. It is said that the second-place student was only three points behind them.

"Brother! You're back!"

Tang Xiao Kui is very clingy. She would hop and skip to get her slippers as soon as she heard the door open, but her brain short-circuited for a moment when she saw the stroller.

"What's this? A dumbbell?"

He took out the smallest one, but it still felt heavy. Zhai Da stopped him, saying, "Don't touch the rusty one, it'll cut your hand!"

Yu Xiaoli also came over: "What kind of junk did you get?"

Zhai Dazhang blurted out, "I took those who were laid off by the company home to practice on my own. I've been slacking off for a while."

He patted his stomach as he spoke: "My abs aren't as defined anymore."

Yu Xiaoli chuckled and said, "That's great! You've been getting busier and busier lately. Now that you've held that press conference, it's good for you to get back into shape. Our whole family will train together!"

Tang Xiao Kui, holding up a small dumbbell, exclaimed, "I'll train too! I want abs!"

"What do you need abs for? You should just play badminton."

Many people care whether you have money or not, but only your family cares whether you have good health.

He placed the dumbbell rack on the balcony, or more precisely, next to Xiao Hei's birdcage. Zhai Da only took the rusty one and returned to the bedroom.

This is the first time I've tried to study the originator of everything: the ambiguous dumbbell plates.

He didn't immediately clean off the rust. For someone with a vintage workbench like him, this kind of small modification was easy, but he'd have to figure it out first before starting. Zhai Da removed the dumbbell plates and placed them on the scale, which showed 19.7KG.

For a handheld dumbbell, this is already considered a heavy weight, and there are specific figures, not the "unverifiable" thing the system says. Zhai Da felt roughly the same way when he held it.

It can only be said that there were errors in its initial production, plus wear and tear.

"Where does its ambiguity lie? In purely psychological perception?"

Fluctuation range of 1-5 times
Zhai Da picked up the dumbbell plates, recalled the system description, and silently told himself, "This thing is very heavy."

As he weighed it in his hand, a magical scene unfolded.

The more I weighed it, the heavier it felt in my hands.

In the end, I couldn't even hold it anymore; my fingers were gripping it so tightly that it felt like they were about to break.

Even though I was just holding two dumbbell plates in my hands, it felt like I was carrying a double-door refrigerator.

Moreover, due to incorrect form and lack of preparation, the dumbbell plate fell to the ground, but without making a loud noise, only leaving a shallow mark on the floor.

Zhai Da moved his hands, clearly feeling stiffness and soreness from exerting too much force.

Interesting. It didn't change the quality, but it deceived my body?
All the feedback was so real.
Five times the weight. That's nearly 100 kg.
Zhai Da immediately became interested; he was always more interested in studying the system's strange and unusual abilities.

The weirder, the more interesting!

He got up and picked up a pen from the side. Zhai Da stood on it barefoot, feeling a slight pain and a distinct foreign body sensation.

Then he picked up the ambiguous dumbbell plates again. This time he was prepared and gradually convinced himself that these things were very heavy.

Sure enough, the feeling of that double-door refrigerator gradually returned, but he was prepared and braced himself with a strong posture, but not to the point of crushing him.

Their attention, however, was focused on their feet.

Surprisingly, the pain didn't increase much?

But everywhere else was tense; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that even their toes were straining.

Interesting
So only one question remains: what does it mean to distribute the contents evenly throughout the body?
It's somewhat similar to the mechanism of an "equipment bar." Turning this function on and off is simply a matter of Zhai Da issuing a command in his mind. As this idea began, he suddenly felt a difference.

The weight in my hands had disappeared.

Instead, there is an immense sense of heaviness throughout the body.

It felt like there was an invisible pressure, acting evenly on my body, including my internal organs!
In just a moment, Zhai Da felt his stomach begin to cramp, his breathing became difficult, and his ears throbbed as if he could hear his own heartbeat when he occasionally suffered from insomnia.

Zhai Da quickly began to silently repeat in his mind, "It's very light."

The discomfort throughout my body gradually subsided, and it seemed that the ambiguous dumbbell plates had regained 1.0 times their original weight.

But that feeling of being suppressed remained, like a shadow following me.

Zhai Da immediately understood what was going on.

Water pressure? No! The so-called uniform distribution is actually equivalent to gravity!
He weighs around 80 kg, while the dumbbell plates weigh up to 100 kg. He was just subjected to 2.25 times the force of gravity, which could have seriously injured his body.

This is completely different from someone gaining 100 kilograms and lifting 100 kilograms, and it's also quite different from what a pilot does.

For example, fighter pilots can experience up to 9 times the load, and manned spacecraft can experience even higher loads. However, he had heard from his teacher that the feeling was like experiencing inertial pressure of 9 times one's own body weight in a certain direction, which is still different from actual 9 times gravity. There are also adjustments made through load suits, sitting posture, and other methods.

Even now, when Zhai Da holds dumbbell plates at 1.0x magnification, his hands feel weightless, as if he's holding cotton, but his body still feels like it's bearing about 1.25 times the force of gravity, and he still has a noticeable sense of pressure resistance.

Zhai Da experienced the sensation of 1.25 times the normal gravity.

It's a little uncomfortable, but not unbearable.

The legendary warrior of Harbin can withstand the king!
Zhai Da conducted one last experiment. As someone who considered himself a technician, he always thought things through a bit more.

He wanted to see if the center of gravity had shifted.

Try leaning forward or backward; you can indeed feel the difference in your center of gravity compared to normal, but because your body is being tricked, it's not very noticeable.

The line between falling and losing balance has indeed changed.

This equipment system is ridiculous!
There's always a feeling that it's unscientific in many ways, yet respects science in many others.

It was like slapping physics in the face, followed by the addition: I still love you, baby!
Or perhaps it's just science that he can't understand yet?
In any case, he seems to have succeeded.
A method for training under 1.25-2.25 times gravity.

Although this number will decrease as weight increases, that's roughly the idea.

If you don't want the issue of center of gravity to cause a chain reaction, it's best to modify it.
To practice or not to practice?
This isn't a difficult problem; it's not a one-off deal!

Let's give it a try! Let's practice splitting first and see what happens!
(End of this chapter)