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However, in a chance experiment, he discovered that the 'breathing method' described in this method could indeed increase a person's physical fitness to a certain extent, achieving the effects of strengthening the body, improving health, and prolonging life.

So he began to study this method in depth, but most of the ancient books he had were incomplete, and even the part that first described the breathing method was not very complete.

He led his team to earn money by taking on corporate projects while devoting all his energy to this research.

In the book, the author recounts that he invested tens of millions of dollars in this project, becoming completely absorbed in it day and night. As a result, his wife divorced him, his children disowned him, and many of his favorite students chose to study under other mentors due to the intense workload.

Even so, he persisted in pushing the project forward.

He vaguely saw the mysteries of human life and the truths of the universe in this project.

These are things he should pursue tirelessly.

The preface is mostly the author recounting the hardships of the research, as if a taciturn, solitary old man is rambling on to an 'audience' across the pages of a book.

This audience may be thousands of kilometers away, or even centuries apart.

Only at the very end did the author casually mention the purpose of writing this book: "To summarize and organize the materials I've collected over the years regarding martial arts in the First District, and to provide a simple overview and verification."

He Ao flipped through the contents of the book at the back.

This book is divided into three chapters. Based on the incomplete ancient books he collected, the author briefly describes his understanding of the first district of martial arts.

He believes that the martial arts of District One are something that has been passed down in District One for a long time, even before the Great Cataclysm.

The reason is simple: the linguistic logic of all ancient books is slightly different from the linguistic logic of the First District during the original Federal period, which he examined.

The First District uses ideographic script, which evolved from hieroglyphics. Although the script itself remains unchanged, the way people speak changes in different eras. Therefore, the author judges that these ancient books were not written in the era of the original First District of the Federation, but in an earlier era.

Although the logic of the language is different, the written language remains unchanged. The author relied on the First District script collected by the survivors of the First District and through continuous experimentation, he roughly made a meaning comparison table by guessing and some deduction.

It contains about one or two hundred commonly used characters from ancient books and their explanations, and this table was also included in the book.

He Ao flipped to the appendix at the back and started the super

I wrote this table down.

The author believes that the martial arts of the First District is an extremely complex training system, which includes a wide variety of different training methods. Some martial arts, when cultivated to the end, can even transcend the ordinary and become legendary beings similar to 'angels'.

However, such 'cultivation' was impossible before the Great Cataclysm. Only after the Great Cataclysm did a certain 'mysterious energy' permeate the air, enabling people to gain powerful strength.

This raises a question: the martial arts tradition in the first district may have predated the Great Cataclysm. People cannot create something out of thin air that can only be fully cultivated after the Great Cataclysm and has a rigorous logical system.

The author could not analyze the specific background of this, and could only speculate that before the cataclysm, there was already some kind of 'energy-rich' environment in the first district, similar to that after the cataclysm.

Moreover, this environment may be different from the current environment of the Great Cataclysm, because the Great Cataclysm gave birth to things that the martial arts system has never mentioned.

Upon seeing this, He Ao paused.

Ordinary people might think that what is mentioned here that is not related to martial arts refers to exotic beasts, but He Ao keenly realized that the author of this book might be referring to 'talent sequences'.

He Ao had once read the journal of the person who speculated that the talent sequence had a periodicity. That person seemed to have a deep connection with the founders of the Federation. For example, he obviously knew Ellenska, the founder and first mayor of Dawn City.

It's even possible that person was one of the founders of the Federation. According to Federation documents, some of the founders of the Federation came by ship from District 1. It can be said that the current new order and civilization of the Federation have been greatly influenced by District 1.

Since the founders of the Federation had a close relationship with the First District, if the talent sequence had already appeared long ago, then considering the time span for the formation of a complete martial arts system, the First District must have figured out certain patterns instead of having to start from scratch.

However, looking at the clues recorded in that journal, all the patterns seemed to have been discovered from scratch.

Therefore, the talent sequence is very likely a unique product of the post-Cataclysmic event.

Thinking of this, He Ao was taken aback.

If the talent sequence is tied to the Cataclysm, then what is the main world experiencing right now?

In the main world, a large number of 'talents' that are exactly the same as the talent sequence have also appeared.

Perhaps we need to collect more detailed information about the cataclysmic event.

He thought for a moment,

Currently, there is very little information online about the Great Cataclysm and the former Federation, as if it has been deliberately erased by some force.

Eve can collect them first.

Unfortunately, the Norlanca Group was established too recently, less than a hundred years ago, and Kaya City was a new city established 400 years after the Federation, so it did not have access to those hidden histories.

Dawn City has a long history, and now Christos is the mayor. We could try to find an opportunity to ask him to collect some hidden historical materials.

He Ao temporarily suppressed his doubts. The changes in the main world had been going on for at least a decade and it seemed that they would continue for the next day or two.

However, after this mission is over, we can use the position of the deputy director of the overseas department to inquire about relevant information from the senior management of the research institute. These people have been in contact with the ruins for so long, they probably know something.

The impact of the cataclysm on the world was enormous. Judging from the scattered records that Heo saw, the cataclysm almost completely destroyed prehistoric human civilization, leaving almost no records.

After a period of fighting against alien beasts and teetering on the brink of destruction, humanity, under the leadership of the First District, rebuilt civilization.

He turned his attention back to the book and flipped to the third and final chapter.

This chapter is the author's personal opinion.

But upon seeing the contents, He Ao frowned slightly.

The power went out at home. After busying myself for most of the day, I found out that the circuit breaker had tripped intermittently. It had tripped, but not completely. In this hot weather, I felt so hopeless. Air conditioning is truly a great invention.

It's too late tonight, there will be an extra update tomorrow, everyone get some rest.

Chapter 371 The Book of God (Long Chapter, Seeking Subscriptions, Favorites, and Monthly Subscriptions)

He discovered that while martial arts could indeed strengthen the body and grant power, it had a very high barrier to entry and was extremely selective in terms of the practitioner's aptitude.

Only a small number of people can gain energy and improve their physical fitness from this breathing method.

He conducted a large-scale experiment in which less than one percent of the volunteers were able to absorb energy through breathing.

Of those who can absorb energy into their bodies, more than 80% do not achieve the required energy conversion efficiency for sustained spiritual practice.

Seeing this, He Ao felt the same way.

Although martial arts do not require the same life-threatening advancement as talent progression, they are far too selective in terms of aptitude.

Those who can engage in martial arts training are one in a thousand, and those with exceptional talent like Rijite are even rarer. With a small pool of potential practitioners, the chances of a powerful individual emerging are even smaller.

As for the talent sequence, as long as you are not afraid of death and drink the secret medicine, you can directly level up and gain a lot of power if you succeed.

Compared to martial arts, which requires arduous training, it is indeed much faster.

He Ao continued flipping through the book in his hands.

The author of this book is clearly aware of the difficulties of martial arts training, but he does not think about the problem from the perspective of a practitioner, but rather from the perspective of a scientist.

He believes that martial arts training has a certain universality. Even those who cannot absorb extraordinary energy through breathing techniques can still absorb energy from the air and improve their physical fitness through certain training.

Based on this, he conducted continuous experiments and research, and through his years of study on the impact of martial arts on the human body, he further explored these ideas.

They developed a 'body-strengthening method' based on breathing techniques. This method does not require breathing to guide energy, but instead takes a different approach and provides a method for 'physical' cultivation.

When people cultivate their physical bodies according to certain rules, their bodies naturally begin to 'breathe'.

Those who lack talent cannot gather energy flowing into their bodies, and the energy flowing into their bodies will naturally dissipate. This physical cultivation method, however, takes advantage of this 'flaw' by allowing the body to 'breathe,' directly allowing energy to dissipate within the body.

Although this energy cannot be gathered in the body, it can directly improve the quality of the body, enhance a person's physical fitness, and even enhance 'talent' in turn.

Once one's physical abilities reach a certain level, those who cultivate physical techniques can also practice breathing techniques, thus transcending the ordinary.

Seeing this, He Ao already had a clear sense of déjà vu.

He scrolled down and saw the author's name for this method.

'Body Tempering Technique'.

Sure enough, the physical cultivation method created by this author was the same book that Reggie found in the Dawn City Library, the book that changed Reggie's fate.

However, the author mentions in the book that even when practicing body-strengthening techniques, there are significant differences between people with different talents. Those with poor talent may only improve their physical fitness by a small margin over decades, while those with good talent may reach their limit in a few years or a dozen years.

Clearly, Reggie is that kind of person.

Those with good talent.

In fact, from this perspective, body tempering techniques are, in a sense, a martial arts training method stripped of breathing techniques, which greatly lowers the threshold for entering the martial arts world.

In Chapter 3, the author included some simple moves from the Body Tempering Technique. He Ao compared them and found that although there were slight differences, they were indeed the ones that Rijite practiced.

At the end of the volume, the author wrote that he actually saw the shadow of body tempering techniques in some ancient martial arts books, but perhaps because there was not much extraordinary energy in the first district before the Great Cataclysm, it did not develop into a martial art that everyone could learn, but instead became a system for cultivating elites.

He also speculated that perhaps after the Great Cataclysm, a martial art similar to body tempering techniques had emerged in the First District, but the First District's connections had long been severed by the Storm Sea, and he had no way of knowing the specifics.

He plans to make his Body Tempering Technique and years of research data public free of charge after the book is published. He has also developed many methods to assist in the practice of Body Tempering Technique using the flesh and blood of exotic beasts, which will usher in a new era for the entire Federation.

Five hundred years ago, the Federation's technology was not as advanced, and there was no stable transportation between cities. Humans were at a disadvantage compared to the alien beasts.

If the Body Tempering Technique had been made public back then, greatly enhancing the power of individual humans, it would indeed have been a monumental feat that changed civilization.

However, what He Ao now knows is that the Body Tempering Technique has not been published, or even widely published. The book on the Body Tempering Technique that Reggie found in the Dawn City Library was just a photocopy of a small booklet.

Something might have happened back then.

As a result, the author failed to achieve his goal.

He Ao flipped back to the homepage and found the author's name.

Professor Northumbert Steiner.

He turned on his bracelet and tried searching for the name.

There are many people named Norsen. He Ao searched for the author's resume based on keywords such as time, place, and professor at Morning Light University.

This is a person whose name is listed in an encyclopedia.

Northumbers Steiner, co-founder of Stars Medical, recipient of the federal highest award in biomedicine, and founder of the Stars Award.

Star Medical is currently the largest medical conglomerate in the entire Federation and one of the top ten mega-conglomerates in the Federation.

He's gaze lingered on the date of Professor Northon's death: 275 in the Federal Calendar. He had been working hard and fell ill, passing away at the age of 49.

The same year that the book he was working on was published.

Clearly, judging from his own account, Professor Norsen possesses a certain talent for martial arts, and may even be a martial arts superhuman himself. His physical condition should be quite good, and he has mentioned many times in his account that his mental state improved and his physical condition was good after practicing martial arts.