My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 10 Records
"Brother, no, Dad, how did you do that?!" Lin Xia's hand holding the phone trembled slightly. He looked at the numbers on the screen repeatedly, still doubting whether it was his imagination.

Blinking hard, she found the number was still the same. After a brief silence, Lin Xia struggled to think of a solution. Then, like a bee circling a flower, she moved from Chu Zhu's left to right, and from right to left.

"Forty-six seconds! Are you even human? A lap around the track is 400 meters, and you only need 46 seconds... Let me check the world record... No, our country's record is 45.46 seconds! And that record was set in 1997."

"You've almost broken the national record! No, no, no, my stopwatch technique wasn't quite right! Your actual speed might be under 45 seconds. This, this is a real breakthrough of our national record!"

"Could it be my imagination? Is there something wrong with my phone...? Should I test it again? Dad, I'll buy you a drink... Also, why aren't you sweating at all? No, why aren't you even breathing? Is it something wrong with me?"

As Lin Xia spoke, he clearly began to question the meaning of life. It's no wonder he was shocked; he and Chu Zhu had grown up together... He even knew that Chu Zhu knew his favorite underwear was red, just for good luck.

So he knew Chu Zhu was physically fit; in junior and senior high school, she was among the top runners in her class during school-wide races. But being among the top in a class and setting a national record… those are two different things!
"..." Chu Zhu tried her best to suppress the upward curve of her lips and said calmly, "So-so!"

As for why he didn't even break a sweat or catch his breath... that's because he didn't give it his all!
and so……

Chu Zhu clenched her fist, inwardly sighing, "This is basically confirmed..."

Even if one's physical condition is temporarily better, it's impossible for it to advance to a world record level by leaps and bounds—it can only be an anomaly.

Of course, what has been confirmed is only that the dream world is his cheat code, not a simple mental illness.

As for whether the dream world is the future of the real world... or a virtual illusion, or a parallel world... we still need to carefully consider, experiment, and speculate!
"Am I dreaming right now?" Lin Xia thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said arrogantly, "Bamboo, go cook me two dishes..."

"You've got some nerve." Chu Zhu laughed angrily and slapped him on the back of the head.

"Ouch...no, it really hurts..." Lin Xia's expression suddenly changed. "Dad, do you have the desire to become a track and field superstar in our country? But speaking of which, what's going on with you? Did your cheat code really work?"

"Could it be that everything you experienced in that other world in your dream was really real? So, that other world is actually a world with extraordinary powers, and you returned to this world with the cultivation techniques after cultivating in that world? I see. This matter is also recorded in the recently popular dual-world novels!"

"Yeah, I do!" Chu Zhu rolled her eyes. "I wouldn't mind teaching you: search online for radioactive stuff, buy it, and just shove it in your mouth! If you survive, you'll ascend to immortality. I'm not kidding!"

Lin Xia: “?”

"You saw that 'radiation-filled energy pants' meme too, right? People these days are really something, they'll sell anything with radiation, they've lost all sense of decency," Lin Xia almost burst out laughing, but looking at Chu Zhu's expression, his tone suddenly became uncertain, "You're probably just joking with me... right?"

As I said before, both sides know each other too well.

"It's true!" Chu Zhu's tone remained half-dead. "As for the cultivation technique, there isn't one."

"Radiation cultivation, that sounds familiar!" Lin Xia opened his mouth several times, but finally sighed, "Don't tell me that your memory is also from several years in the future on Earth—Joy of Life, right?"

"Unsure," Chu Zhu replied calmly.

"Oh... Ah? No, buddy!" Lin Xia was shocked. If Chu Zhu had simply nodded and said yes, he wouldn't have believed it, but...

"Are you kidding me? But didn't you say that the era you lived in... had cell phones, and its systems and technology were very similar to modern times! It was just that its mindset was very feudal and backward, which made it difficult for you to fit in!"

"No, is your future... really a complete reboot like in 'Joy of Life'? Does it mean there's a nuclear war going on in the future? What year is it? Is there a specific date? If it's close to now, I'll steal my parents' property deeds right now, sell them, and spend what I need! Otherwise, if I die before I've spent all the money, that's a huge loss." Chu Zhu: "..."

Uncle and Aunt are so lucky to have such a good son as you.

In fact, Chu Zhu knew that Lin Xia was joking.

finally.

Just as Chu Zhu said, Lin Xia treated them to dinner. Although it was the school's communal meal—

The dinner table.

"Actually, I'm not quite sure either! Are you serious or just kidding me?" Lin Xia sighed.

While eating his spicy hot pot, he muttered, "But ever since I was little, I've felt that you'll definitely be amazing in the future... after all, you have superpowers."

"Although your dream is about the future... I'm more inclined to believe that you actually awakened physical superpowers along the way... at least that makes more sense."

"Oh no, I've become a clown! Are you really going to become the sun someday? It's a self-fulfilling prophecy! I can't hold it in anymore. Do I have the potential to become a world-renowned prophet? But bro, I really don't want to be a eunuch! If you really don't eat beef, just let me slide past you..."

"Don't worry, it's just this one meal!" Chu Zhu slapped the table and said generously, "If it's feasible in the future, I'll grant you Mars as a fiefdom! I'll make you the Martian vassal king."

"Isn't this exile?" Lin Xia couldn't hold back any longer. "Shouldn't I thank the emperor for his kindness?"

"After all, you're my good son." Chu Zhu waved his hand magnanimously. "It's all what I should do, don't mention it!"

Lin Xia: "I beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-"

……

at the same time.

Principal's office.

"Are you serious?" Li Quanyuan stared at Zhang Song, then at the computer Zhang Song had placed in front of him—

On the screen is a video of a child running, captured by a camera on the playground.

“I’ve estimated it!” Zhang Song’s voice was a little hoarse, and his body trembled. “Forty-four to forty-six seconds! One lap around the track, he’ll most likely break the national record. And… his form is very bad! The shoes he’s wearing and the clothes he’s wearing are all hindering his movement.”

Zhang Song spoke more and more fluently, "Moreover, I'm quite certain he's not from the national team... Principal, you know I retired from the provincial team! I know all those track and field stars on the national team... Even if there are newcomers, there's no way I wouldn't find out about them."

"In other words, this is a wild one! A monster who broke the national record purely through talent, without any training... What does that mean? If it were given even a little training, then..."

(End of this chapter)