Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 9 Five Hearts Facing Heaven Cultivation Method

The next morning, after having breakfast, Yang Wu did not choose to go to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall to train.

Yang Wu's physical abilities have reached the advanced warrior level this time, a truly remarkable improvement. Even Luo Feng in the original story, despite his enhanced mental power, only gained 2000 kilograms of strength when he successfully cultivated gene energy for the first time.

And what about Yang Wu now? He hasn't even cultivated his genetic energy yet, but his strength has already reached over 6,000 kilograms.

From birth to the first time a human cultivates genetic energy, there is a period of more than ten years during which the body has never absorbed genetic energy. Therefore, the first successful cultivation results in the greatest increase in strength.

However, gaining several hundred kilograms at a time is considered normal; gaining two thousand kilograms at a time is considered genius. In a base city, there are only one or two such geniuses a year; but a prodigy like Yang Wu, who can gain more than five thousand kilograms at a time, is someone who doesn't know how long it will take to appear!

If Jiang Nian were to discover such talent, he would definitely be recruited ahead of time, just like Luo Feng.

"But that's not enough!" Yang Wu knew very well that there were many treasures in this world that could improve physical fitness, and physical fitness alone would not attract the attention of the higher-ups at the Limit Martial Arts Academy.

Moreover, Yang Wu is already 24 years old!

Generally speaking, the period from 16 to 30 years old is the stage where martial artists progress the fastest; the older they get, the more difficult it becomes to improve.

In the original novel, one of the suitors of the female lead, Xu Xin, was Guo Hai. At the age of 22, his strength was already close to that of a high-level warrior, but even such a genius did not receive much attention from the Thunder Martial Arts Academy.

Yang Wu, who is now 24 years old, has only reached the advanced warrior level in terms of physical fitness. How much attention can he attract from the Extreme Martial Arts Academy? At most, he will be specially recruited ahead of schedule.

"After the next simulation, I'll choose martial arts enlightenment, and maybe I can make a name for myself!" Yang Wu thought to himself. "According to the simulator's prompts, the next simulation is in a month, which is just in time for the actual combat assessment."

……

"Five Hearts Towards Heaven Cultivation Method!" Yang Wu didn't plan to go to the martial arts school when there were many people, so he simply began to try cultivating genetic energy.

He returned to his room, sat on the bed, crossed his legs with the soles of his feet facing upwards, placed his hands on his lap with his palms facing upwards, and straightened his back.

"Sensing cosmic energy for the first time is the most difficult. Even a genius like Luo Feng can sense cosmic energy in a day. I wonder how long it will take me?"

Yang Wu looked forward to it, then slowly adjusted his breathing, maintaining the posture of facing the sky, and slowly sensing the energy of the universe.

Suddenly, a realization dawned on Yang Wu's mind, as if he had cultivated his genetic energy countless times.

"Could this... be due to the time simulator?"

Although Yang Wu was somewhat surprised, his body moved quickly. He immediately adjusted his movements according to the familiar memories in his mind, then closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and silently felt the energy of the universe.

Time passed second by second.

Five minutes later, Yang Wu had entered a deep state of meditation.

Suddenly, a strange energy flowed into Yang Wu's body through the soles of his feet, the palms of his hands, and the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head.

"Is this cosmic energy?" Yang Wu carefully sensed the strange energy entering his body.

After these invisible and intangible cosmic energies entered Yang Wu's body, they were frantically devoured by every cell in his body.

Subsequently, countless cells grew stronger, and at the same time, Yang Wu's body also underwent continuous changes under the influence of these countless cells.

Whether it's the skin on the surface of the body or the bones and muscles inside, everything is getting stronger at a rapid pace. Compared to the rewards from previous simulators, this change is slow, but it's still very noticeable.

Yang Wu's bone density is constantly increasing, his cells are constantly dividing and becoming stronger, and his body weight is also constantly increasing.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

The clock struck noon, but Yang Wu was still cultivating in his room.

Fortunately, Yang Wu had already informed his parents about his cultivation, so Yang Yuande and Liu Yuhua did not call him for dinner.

And so, it came to three o'clock in the afternoon, and Yang Wu, who had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, finally opened his eyes.

"How long have I been cultivating?"

Yang Wu was slightly surprised to see that the clock on the wall pointed to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Yang Wu, who was cultivating, was completely unaware of the passage of time. He didn't expect that it would already be afternoon when he finished cultivating.

"It's past noon, let's go eat!" Yang Wu thought to himself and got out of bed.

With a "click," all of Yang Wu's movements came to an abrupt halt.

Yang Wu actually crushed the armrest on the bed!

"What's going on?"

Yang Wu spent the entire night familiarizing himself with his own strength. Although he couldn't yet control it perfectly, he would never again be in such an uncontrollable situation.

But now...

"Awu, what's wrong?"

Hearing the noise from Yang Wu's room, Liu Yuhua, who was watching TV in the living room, hurriedly stood up and walked quickly toward Yang Wu's room while shouting loudly.

"Mom, don't worry, I'm fine! I'm cultivating right now, please don't come in!" Yang Wu quickly called out.

He dared not let Liu Yuhua in; he couldn't control his power at all, and it would be bad if he hurt his mother.

"Awu, you don't have to work so hard in your cultivation. Our family's life is already good enough!" Liu Yuhua stopped in her tracks, but still called out with concern.

"Mom, I know! It was just an accident, it'll be fine in a minute!"

"Alright then! Ah Wu, if you need anything, just call Mom!" Although she stopped walking, Liu Yuhua was no longer in the mood to watch TV.

"I know!"

After answering his mother, Yang Wu began to carefully sense his own power.

He suddenly realized that in just half a day, his strength had increased significantly.

"Could it be that my physical abilities have reached the level of a warrior general?" Yang Wu asked in disbelief.

He never held much hope for his own talent. He didn't have the mental energy master talent of Luo Feng, and he was lucky if he could gain a few hundred kilograms of energy on his first successful cultivation of gene energy.

However, if the strength had only increased by a few hundred kilograms, this situation would not have occurred.

Left with no other choice, Yang Wu could only cautiously adapt to the growth of his own strength within the room.

……

That evening, while Instructor Jiang Nian and several other instructors went home to rest, Yang Wu once again went alone to the training hall on the fourth floor of the martial arts school.

A moment later, looking at the numbers displayed on the punching power testing machine, Yang Wu's face showed an uncontrollable excitement.

The display screen clearly showed "9271kg".

"Nine thousand kilograms, a junior warrior!" Yang Wu clenched his fists excitedly.

Even when he gained advanced warrior-level strength through a simulator, Yang Wu wasn't this excited.

This is because Yang Wu's increased strength was entirely the result of his own efforts, and not something he obtained out of thin air through a cheat system.

After a while, Yang Wu, having finished testing his speed and nerve reaction speed, finally calmed down.

"There's something wrong with how my strength is increasing. What could be the reason?"

Although Yang Wu believed he would become a strongman, he wasn't confident enough to increase his strength by more than 3,000 kilograms on his first attempt at cultivating genetic energy.

Therefore, there must be a reason that Yang Wu is unaware of.

"Could it be because my foundation is higher than other aspiring martial artists?" Yang Wu finally realized the key to the problem.

"Other martial artists, when cultivating genetic energy, only have a punching power of a little over a thousand kilograms, while I have six times that. My strength increase after cultivating genetic energy should naturally be greater than theirs!"

Realizing the crucial point, Yang Wu immediately did a mental calculation based on his own ideas and found that, according to the calculation of 1,000 kilograms of punching force, his increased strength would only be a little over 500 kilograms.

This number is actually quite in line with Yang Wu's own talent.

"If I had known that successfully cultivating this technique would increase my strength so much, I wouldn't have bothered cultivating it!" Yang Wu muttered to himself.

Fortunately, there's no one else on the fourth floor right now, otherwise they would definitely look down on Yang Wu for getting a good deal and then acting innocent.

However, what Yang Wu said was true.

Yang Wu hadn't even fully mastered the power of a high-level warrior, and now that his physical attributes had reached the level of a beginner warrior, he was even more at a loss.

"For the time being, I can no longer cultivate genetic energy. I must fully master my physical strength!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)