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16:59 minutes.

Shen Xing leaned against the door, his hands crossed in front of him, looking at the two paintings on the wall of the infirmary on the right.

The two paintings on the far left and the one on the far right have been removed by Shen Xing.

One of the paintings was placed right in front of Shen Xing, and like Shen Xing, half of it was inside the school clinic and the other half was exposed in the corridor.

One was placed directly against the wall in the corridor, while the last one was placed by Shen Xing in the green belt outside the window, lying on the grass without leaning against the wall at all.

He waited quietly for five o'clock to arrive.

Shen Xing wanted to test the extent of the "resonance" that occurs every afternoon at 5 PM.

Because the first painting depicted flesh and blood hatching on the wall of the school clinic, Shen Xing subconsciously believed that the school clinic, or rather the wall in front of him, was the source of the "resonance".

Now, he wants to test just how far this "resonance" can affect.

If the scope of "resonance" is not limited to the school clinic, he can continue to use this method to explore the boundaries of "resonance" and then use the three-point positioning method to find the source of "resonance".

17: 00.

The moment it was five o'clock, Shen Xing felt warmth surging through the right side of his body. This warmth made his muscles relax, and slowly, the warmth spread to the left side of his body.

Gone is the previous feeling of a racing heart and a buzzing brain. What Shen Xing feels now is more of a feeling of "replenishment" than "evolution".

The muscle diagram in front of him, which was also leaning against the door frame like him, showed changes in the muscles on the left side of his body.

The muscles in the character's left hand began to turn bright red, and this redness started to spread to the right, but in the end it did not cover the entire right side of the body.

This looks as if the slime mold lost its vitality after spreading halfway on the culture medium.

Shen Xing retrieved all the paintings and hung them back on the wall.

The paintings placed in the outdoor corridor and those lying in the green belt outside the window were not affected by the resonance in any way.

As for the two paintings still hanging on the wall, it seems that because there are fewer objects that can resonate with them, the changes are not as rapid as yesterday, but they can still be considered "mature" at this point.

Within Shen Xing's field of vision, obvious noise had appeared on both paintings.

Now, when Shen Xing sees a relatively obvious mutant, he can detect abnormal reactions with just his eyes, without relying on a DV camera.

Shen Xing took down the two paintings in the middle, put them in his bag, then sat back down in his chair, picked up the electronic hand grip strengthener, and tested the grip strength of his hands.

[Left hand grip strength: 72.6KG]

Right-hand grip strength: 73.4KG

In yesterday's test, both hands weighed 70.8 kilograms, showing very balanced strength.

Today, perhaps because my right side was facing the infirmary, my right muscles experienced a greater increase than my left muscles.

However... the rate of increase in my muscle strength is much smaller than before.

This could be because the abnormal flesh and blood that just "resonated" has decreased, or it could be that this kind of "evolution" has its limits.

If I continue to let my body devour this flesh and blood, can I further increase my potential?

Shen Xing sat there, drank some water, waited for two minutes, and then tested himself again with the electronic hand gripper.

[Left hand grip strength: 73.0KG]

Right-hand grip strength: 73.0KG

It balanced the muscle strength on both sides on its own.

Since we can "balance" the strength, is it possible to strengthen one arm individually?

Shen Xing switched to gripping the hand gripper with his right hand and took a deep breath.

Under his deliberate control, his right arm began to gradually heat up, as if the abnormal flesh and blood attached to all his muscles were rushing to his right arm, and Shen Xing's right arm began to swell abnormally.

The skin on his right hand was stretched taut by the swollen muscles, and his entire arm began to show signs of congestion and redness. Perhaps in order to allow the muscles to "breathe" more easily, his right arm began to be torn open with lacerations.

Shen Xing gripped the hand gripper tightly, and the numbers on the electronic screen began to jump wildly, finally stopping just as Shen Xing was about to give up.

The number stopped there: 84.4KG.

His right arm had increased by about 15%, but Shen Xing could feel that this was the limit of his body, not the limit of his abnormal flesh and blood.

He could feel that he still had the strength to continue to increase the force in his right arm, and that more abnormal flesh and blood would rush to his right arm to "help".

But if he did that, his skin would burst and his blood vessels would be crushed before he could even test his maximum strength...

This force had exceeded the limits of his body's endurance. Shen Xing was fairly satisfied with the result; if he optimized his method of exerting force, this data could be improved even further.

Human muscles are interconnected; no muscle is an island. When Shen Xing gripped the hand gripper, every muscle from his fingertips to his back was working.

If Shen Xing could further distribute the strengthening of his right arm to his latissimus dorsi muscle and use a more professional way of exerting force, his maximum weight should be able to increase by about 5KG.

This strength data is already quite exaggerated; it's almost the kind of data you'd only see from a muscular man who works out regularly.

However, this is far from the limit of human potential.

Shen Xing didn't know what the current world record was, and there were few channels in China to find such information. However, when he was in school, his teacher mentioned a foreign strongman in his spare time.

In 98, Magnus Samuelson, the Swedish world's strongest man, squeezed the CoC 4 hand gripper to a complete closure.

This means that his grip strength has reached at least the limit of the grip strengthener, 165.5KG... Of course, this is only the limit of the grip strengthener, not his limit.

Of course, it's meaningless for Shen Xing to compare himself to someone whose arms are thicker than his thighs. Among ordinary people, Shen Xing's strength is already among the best.

What's even more frightening is that Shen Xing's potential is currently unknown.

He slung his shoulder bag, which contained his DV camera and paintings, over his shoulder, left the infirmary, and headed toward the school gate. He hadn't ridden his bike to work today; he had to walk.

Shen Xing is now planning to go home and cook a meal. Grandma Zhang's shop will not be open anymore, and based on his observations over the past few days, Shen Yuan should be willing to eat the food he cooks.

However, when Shen Xing reached the school gate, he saw a somewhat unexpected figure.

Shen Yuan, carrying her schoolbag, leaned against the iron railing like the other students waiting for their parents.

Are you waiting for a friend?

Shen Xing kept his promise to her and walked straight past without greeting her at school. However, Shen Yuan seemed to notice him, turned around and followed behind him.

Shen Xing deliberately slowed down, seemingly to test something. He reached out and took Shen Yuan's slightly cool hand. She didn't seem to resist and just let him hold it.

After the previous attacks, Shen Yuan started acting strangely, but Shen Xing didn't pay much attention to her at the time.

What's wrong?

Suspension bridge effect? ​​Aronson effect?

However, judging from what she has experienced and the change in her attitude in the past few days, it is more likely that she has an attachment complex called a "safe base".

"Safe base" is a psychological term; it is a place that children, teenagers, or adults can repeatedly leave to explore and return to when needed.

During this time, Shen Yuan's "safe bases" were destroyed one by one, and her mental state was extremely unstable. The only "safe base" she had left was Shen Xing.

This is a good thing.

This means that what was previously the most uncontrollable point has now become controllable.

Shen Xing liked this feeling of control, just like he had to control his own body.