Start with push-ups to gain experience

Chapter 337 Upgraded Lightness Skill, the Possibility of Becoming Spider-Man

Looking at the description of the "Absolute Control" effect displayed on the panel, a look of understanding flashed in Fang Cheng's eyes.

From a biomechanical perspective, pull-ups are one of the most extreme ways to train grip strength.

It requires the trainee to firmly grip the support with their fingers and rely on the concentric and eccentric contractions of the forearm muscles to counteract their own weight.

This process deeply stimulates the core muscle groups of the hand, such as the flexor and extensor muscles of the forearm, and even the palmaris longus.

During the dynamic phase of practicing pull-ups, that is, when the body is pulling upwards, the fingers and palms must actively tighten to generate explosive grip force to counteract gravity.

During the static hanging phase, the hands need to continuously perform isometric contractions to maintain body stability, which trains the endurance of grip strength.

The reason why ordinary people cannot do many pull-ups is not only due to factors such as weak back muscles, excessive weight, and incorrect force exertion techniques, but also directly related to insufficient endurance and explosive power of the forearm muscle group.

Often, the hands lose strength first, while the back muscles haven't reached their limit yet.

Therefore, many top rock climbers have fingers as strong as iron clamps.

They consider practicing pull-ups and their variations as the core method for building grip strength, even more important than back training.

After long-term training, it can significantly improve hand grip strength, reaching more than several times that of the average person.

Now that I've mastered the "pull-up" skill, it's only natural that such a powerful special effect could be generated.

In the blink of an eye, Fang Cheng was already eager to experience it for himself.

He quickly walked to the wall and picked up a brand new 20kg dumbbell from the corner.

With five fingers grasping and gathering, slowly envelop the cold knurled grip of the dumbbell.

That rough, metallic feel was transmitted very clearly through the skin of my palm.

Fang Cheng did not exert any force; he simply stood naturally and gripped the handle as if he were lifting a heavy object.

The next second, Fang Cheng's eyes narrowed and his body trembled slightly.

The power instantly travels from the core along the spine to the shoulders and back, and then is pumped into the arms like a high-pressure pump.

Then, the forearm muscles suddenly tensed up, the bulging muscle lines resembling tangled steel cables.

All the power is gathered at the fingertips in a fraction of a second through the flexor and synergist muscles!

"Crunch—creak—"

A chilling, metallic, distorted shriek suddenly rang out in the quiet room.

The feeling wasn't like metal being squeezed, but more like a piece of wet wood being forcefully squeezed dry.

Fang Cheng let out a breath, slowly loosened his fingers, and stared intently.

On the hard cast iron grip of the dumbbell, five faint white fingerprints were clearly visible, as if branded on it.

It gleams with a pale, metallic sheen, the unique luster of metal whose molecular structure is destroyed after being subjected to violent bending.

Judging by the naked eye, the depth of this dent is at least half a millimeter!

"Hiss... This is a bit outrageous."

Fang Cheng muttered to himself.

Such sturdy cast iron, in his own hands, seemed to have become a toy that he could manipulate at will.

It's important to understand that human fingers evolved towards greater dexterity than sheer strength in order to achieve precise manipulation.

The muscle groups involved in gripping and exerting force are relatively weak among all the muscles in the body.

Generally speaking, an adult's maximum grip strength is only about one-fifth to one-tenth of the impact force generated by his full-force punch.

With Fang Cheng's current strength attribute of nearly 50 points, even without using the "Qilin Arm" special effect to amplify it, a simple straight punch can leave a clear fist mark on the iron plate.

But that's the result of the whole body's power being transferred through kinetic energy and concentrated at the fist.

The difficulty of making a mark on cast iron of equal hardness using five fingers, which are relatively fragile and have more isolated muscle groups, increases exponentially.

To achieve such an effect with only a base strength attribute of nearly 50 points is nothing short of a pipe dream.

Now, the "Absolute Control" skill effect has dramatically increased the grip strength that can be released instantly by 1.5 times.

This allowed him to barely touch the threshold of the martial arts novel's "fingertips chilling, splitting gold and breaking iron".

"It seems that with the steady improvement of my strength attribute, breaking steel bars with just my five fingers is not such a distant dream after all..."

Fang Cheng looked at the slightly deformed 20kg dumbbell in his hand and secretly rejoiced.

Fortunately, the deformation wasn't too extreme.

Otherwise, dealing with such a thing would be quite troublesome.

After putting down the battered dumbbells, Fang Cheng gently shook his hands and refocused his gaze on the control panel.

Looking at the description of the second special effect related to "absolute control".

"Specialized climbing ability, increased friction per unit area at the fingertips by 1000%..."

Fang Cheng read it aloud in a low voice, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

After thinking for a moment, he untied the weight plates from his waist and threw them on the floor, making a loud "clanging" sound.

Then, stretch your limbs, walk to the wall, and reach out your finger to gently touch the wall painted with light blue latex paint.

sizzle-

The moment my fingertips touched the wall, a strange sticky sensation was felt, instantly transmitted from my nerve endings.

The feeling was as if billions of nano-sized bristles had grown on my fingertips, gripping the tiny pores in the wall that were invisible to the naked eye.

Through internal vision, Fang Cheng could clearly perceive that a powerful electrostatic attraction was generated at the microscopic level the moment his fingers touched the wall.

The original smooth, mirror-like latex paint wall surface becomes rough, like 800-grit sandpaper, under this touch.

"Are they trying to make me evolve into a gecko?"

Fang Cheng mentally complained, then simply stretched out his hands, spread his fingers like claws, and pressed them against the wall.

He tried to grab the wall with both hands and slowly climb up like a gecko.

However, as soon as he exerted force, his body rose slightly by less than one centimeter.

puff!

A slippery sensation, as if there was nowhere to grip, came from my fingertips.

"no……"

Fang Cheng shook his head.

The renovation workers did an excellent job.

As a result, the wall surface was so smooth and flat that there were no visible bumps at all.

Static friction alone is not enough for him to slowly resist his own gravity on an absolutely vertical plane.

However, not being able to crawl slowly doesn't mean you can't conquer this wall.

Fang Cheng looked up at the wall, which was about three meters high, and the ceiling covered with putty.

There, crisscrossing I-beams, reinforced to suspend sandbags and training equipment, resemble an inverted steel forest.

The "branches" among them provide excellent gripping points.

Fang Cheng's gaze sharpened slightly, then he stood close to the wall again, his knees slightly bent.

Suddenly, he took a deep breath, raised his right hand, and forcefully gripped the wall painted with latex paint.

At the same time, he slightly pushed off with the soles of his feet and leaped upwards.

Sizzle— The instant his fingertips touched the wall, a violent friction caused his leaping body to freeze for a moment.

In the fraction of a second before the slippage was about to occur, Fang Cheng's right hand formed a five-fold claw, and his arm muscles and core muscles suddenly exploded.

He wasn't trying to fight against gravity and slide down, but rather using the powerful friction as a fulcrum to move upwards.

The next second, instead of descending, his body rose, actually shooting up more than half a meter along the wall.

Then, the left hand followed suit, doing the same thing.

Each grab is like a mini pull-up performed in a vertical plane.

This can no longer be called crawling; it's a completely violent leap.

Fang Cheng instantly understood.

The magnitude of friction depends on two factors: the coefficient of friction and the normal force.

He doesn't need to move as slowly as a gecko.

As long as sufficient positive pressure can be applied to the wall, this terrifying static friction coefficient of 1000% can be completely converted into upward propulsion.

As long as he is fast enough and powerful enough, he will never fall.

Of course, such a violent outburst is not necessary right now.

With just two swift exchanges, Fang Cheng ruthlessly conquered the more than three-meter-high wall.

My body is now firmly attached to the seam between the wall and the ceiling.

At this moment, he was like a cheetah perched on a cliff, eyeing its prey.

The next instant, Fang Cheng twisted his waist and lightly pushed off the wall with both feet.

He was like a cannonball, flying towards the center of the living room.

With arms outstretched in the air, he lunged towards the inverted steel forest.

This time, he didn't use his whole palm to grip the iron frame; that would be too unchallenging.

His target was the 90-degree right-angle edge less than one centimeter wide beneath the iron frame.

Just as his body reached its highest point, Fang Cheng suddenly reached out his right hand.

Using only his thumb, index finger, and middle finger, he precisely pinched the metal edge that could hardly be called a gripping point.

In rock climbing, this is known as the "Pinch Grip," or pinch grip technique.

This technique is very important in rock climbing, especially when facing smooth or small footholds, as the pinch grip can provide stable support.

However, Fang Cheng's finger, when used in a way that appears to an ordinary person, creates a death angle with almost no effective force-bearing surface!
however.

A scene that defied the laws of kinetics occurred.

Fang Cheng's body weight of over 90 kilograms, along with the impact of his forward leap, all converged on this point.

But his three fingers seemed to have transformed into precision calipers made of high-strength alloy, gripping the edge of the iron frame tightly.

He came to a steady stop, suspended in mid-air.

Even the world's top rock climbers would only use such a right-angled edge as a momentary leverage point to adjust their posture, and would never use it as a support point for full-body suspension.

In the past, even if Fang Cheng gripped it with all his might, it would slip from his grasp in just a few seconds.

Now, the perfect combination of finger strength that surpasses human limits and friction that has been enhanced tenfold has created this miraculous scene before us.

Fang Cheng steadied himself and used the same "pinching" motion with his other hand to grab the bottom of the iron frame not far in front of him.

Then, like a nimble giant ape, he swung his arms alternately, moving forward in an amazing way and rhythm through this steel forest.

The movements were relaxed and graceful, the speed increased, and there was even a sense of skillful and effortless virtuosity.

Suddenly, in the instant of a forward swing, Fang Cheng exerted force from his waist and abdomen, twisting around like a spinning top.

His body leaped high into the air again, completing a swift somersault.

Snapped!
With a muffled thud, Fang Cheng's limbs spread out like a gecko, his fingertips and soles firmly "stuck" to the smooth ceiling.

He defied gravity and hung upside down in the air, defying all logic.

But this is not the end.

Last time, Fang Cheng used the momentum of his forward leap to glide rapidly by pressing his back against the ceiling.

This time, with more initiative, he can achieve what was previously unattainable.

Fang Cheng maintained this incredible posture, his core strength taut, feeling the residual forward momentum after the somersault.

Then, he moved his limbs in alternating motions, like the demon Kayako in the movie, crawling forward upside down.

However, upon closer inspection, it can be seen that he is not actually crawling, but rather using a grasping motion to propel his body forward.

Each time your fingertips and toes touch the ceiling, it's like stretching and stepping on flat ground, and then you leap forward a little distance.

That increased friction by 1000%, turning the already rough ceiling, which had only been plastered, into a running track with grip.

In this way, Fang Cheng relied on the effect of the "Absolute Mastery" skill to wander and crawl back and forth on the ceiling.

This feeling was incredibly strange, as if gravity was being distorted, and my entire worldview was being overturned at this moment.

Until I crawled to the top edge near the floor-to-ceiling window, I felt my body getting heavier and heavier, and I was about to fall.

Fang Cheng then chose to stop.

With a sudden push of his hands and feet against the ceiling, he completed a graceful two-and-a-half-turn somersault in the air.

Then, it fell gently like a leaf.

The soles of my feet made almost no sound when they landed on the floor.

The entire process, from takeoff to landing, was smooth and seamless.

Fang Cheng straightened up, slightly out of breath, his mind racing through every detail of what had just happened.

"After my agility attribute exceeds 40 points, during free fall, the time I can stay airborne without falling is about 3.5 seconds."

"When I tested the 'Airwalk' effect in my old home living room last time, I combined backflips and gliding movements to extend the hang time limit to 5 seconds."

"And this time..."

Fang Cheng carefully estimated the process, from the initial swing, to the inverted crawling on the ceiling, until finally letting go and landing.

The entire airborne process, without calculating the pause time between the front and back somersaults, was somehow stretched to nearly 9 seconds!
If you include the full time limit, it clearly exceeds the 10-second mark.

What an amazing improvement!
Fang Cheng's eyes gleamed brightly.

Although the ability to actually fly has not yet been mastered.

But this extremely abnormal ability to climb to the limit, combined with superhuman hang time skills.

In the complex environment of the city, it can become an unparalleled means of three-dimensional mobility, a kind of almost fantastical light-body technique.

If this skill of gecko climbing walls has different levels of mastery.

I have now reached the level of a true grandmaster.

Fang Cheng had no doubt whatsoever.

As long as I have the physical fitness, I can really move freely through the steel jungle of skyscrapers, just like Spider-Man in the movies.

Of course, the body's explosive power and the structure of the wall material will be a crucial consideration.

(End of this chapter)