Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

Zhao Hao was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. He could feel his spiritual energy moving slowly and involuntarily, but he was already numb.

"What the hell is this gymnastics? No wonder the times keep clamoring for it! I'm going to clamor for it too!"

……

Although the 188th set of broadcast gymnastics, originating from the space psionic era, is incredibly bizarre and even embarrassing, it still has some effect!

Moreover, it must be said that the ability card that can be rated as a Black Iron 3-star card has a pretty significant effect.

Zhao Hao felt that his own spiritual energy was more active. Although the total amount had not increased, his control over it had improved slightly.

The body also gets a workout from the twisting movements, and the warm feeling after the workout is like drinking sunshine.

After just two days of training, Zhao Hao's agility attribute increased by 1 point!

This wasn't entirely due to the calisthenics; rather, it was because Zhao Hao's agility attribute, after a long period of training, had reached its peak of 12 points, and the stimulation from the calisthenics boosted it to 13 points. This also demonstrates that the calisthenics were indeed effective—quite impressive!

Zhao Hao suddenly realized that he couldn't keep such great gymnastics to himself!

Alone Better Together!

Come on, let's meow like cats, not like we're doing gymnastics!

The first person Zhao Hao thought of was Elena.

Elena, an ordinary 17-year-old girl, possessed strong recovery abilities due to her youth, but her physical strength was quite average. Facing Zhao Hao, a monster with three times the physique, she felt overwhelmed despite using all her strength and was utterly defeated.

Now that we have such a great opportunity to train, we certainly can't let it pass us by.

Besides, teamwork makes the dream work, and Zhao Hao also wanted to see if this bizarre gymnastics routine could unlock some new knowledge.

And there's Gou Quan and Fatty!

Zhao Hao realized that the greatest value of this card was not the card itself, but the fact that this set of gymnastics could be taught to others!

This is a simple body-refining technique that can be widely disseminated!

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Chapter 164 The Imprisoned Girl

To Zhao Hao's surprise, Elena adapted to the demanding and strange gymnastics conditions very quickly, and was able to complete a whole set of gymnastics routines with ease in just three days.

However, it still takes up to an hour, and each time I finish practicing, I'm drenched in sweat and panting for breath.

However, as an ordinary person, the feedback she received after training was also amazing.

Physical fitness is improved almost visibly, and it is a comprehensive improvement, such as sleep quality, brain activity, digestion, metabolism, hormone secretion, etc.

It's like the entire living organism is being optimized in every aspect.

On the contrary, Fatty, Gou Quan, and the others struck poses and then howled and cried their hearts out.

Over the course of three days, Gou Quan tried to escape several times, but was caught and brought back by Zhao Hao and Fatty each time.

Currently, the small group only consists of three ordinary people: Gou Quan, Elena, and Ai Lan. Ai Lan has only been a member for a short time, so he hasn't been included in this count yet.

Elena has already started training very smoothly, so Zhao Hao naturally cannot let Gou Quan back down from the challenge.

As for the fat guy, he just wanted to drag Gou Quan down with him.

As mentioned before, although the fat man is overweight, his agility and flexibility are quite good, much better than the average person. After all, he has a solid foundation from practicing martial arts and Errenzhuan (a traditional Chinese folk art form) since childhood.

He was better able to adapt to the absurd gymnastics than Gou Quan, although he could only perform the first eight sets of movements.

But Fatty was proud; he wouldn't back down, and stubbornly refused to utter a sound. A true man!

As long as someone even worse is screaming around me, I can bear it.

Sylvia and Nanaya Saki performed slightly better than Zhao Hao, but much worse than Elena, and could only complete the first twelve sets of moves.

That's right, the entire 188th set of broadcast gymnastics consists of 36 sets of movements.

That day, Zhao Hao and his group were howling and screaming in their backyard when the phone rang.

Elena sat up from the mat to answer the phone.

When others perform the movements, it takes them one or two minutes to return to a normal posture. After each exercise, they are numb and unable to get up for a long time. Only Elena can control the recovery of the movement with relative ease.

"Hello, this is Zhao Hao's home," Elena said, picking up the phone.

"Oh, it's Elena. This is Colt. Is Zhao Hao there?" Colt's increasingly desolate voice came through the phone.

"Good morning, Mr. Colt. I'll go get Zhao Hao for you. It'll probably take a while, so please wait a moment." With that, Elena put the microphone aside and jogged to the backyard.

"Zhao Hao, it's Mr. Colt on the phone."

Zhao Hao adjusted his awkward movements and, with Elena's help, returned to his seated position on the ground, feeling completely drained...

Elena helped Zhao Hao to the phone. "Hello, Colt, what's up?" Zhao Hao said weakly.

Colt laughed upon hearing this: "Young people should be mindful of moderation."

Joking aside, Colt quickly got down to business.

Even after 79, the affairs of the Mysterious Bureau did not decrease; on the contrary, they became even busier. Even the Christmas holidays were spent on rotating shifts.

You have to understand, this is Amei! Making employees work overtime here comes at a huge cost! But there's no way around it, the Mysterious Bureau is just incredibly busy.

Now, countless veterans who have spent more than ten years in the Bureau of Mystery reminisce about the leisurely days of reading a newspaper, drinking tea, and watching TV all day.

It's the holiday season now, so there are fewer people around, and then this happened.

Colt couldn't spare any manpower, so they wanted Zhao Hao to work overtime.

The task itself wasn't particularly important; the problem was that it involved tracking and investigation, and none of the bureau's capable officers were very good at it.

Although Zhao Hao was very reluctant to work overtime, he believed that it was better to uphold justice sooner rather than later.

It was definitely not because Colt paid triple overtime and claimed the case involved the imprisoned girl.

When Zhao Hao mentioned the Mysterious Bureau's mission to his friends, everyone cheered immediately.

This is absolutely terrifying, this kind of grotesque gymnastics is just too horrible.

Exercise needs to be done in moderation, with periods of tension and relaxation. Take a break for now; there's plenty of time in the future.

It seems that anyone can practice this, but it still depends on talent and perseverance.

……

Since it was a holiday, everyone brought Elena along, as a way to help her gradually accept the inner world and prevent her from being mentally overwhelmed by the sudden appearance of the unknown.

Moreover, Zhao Hao had already inquired with Colt and learned that this supernatural event was not of a particularly strange or bizarre kind, and there were no deaths or anything like that.

The group arrived at the Liberty City Police Department with their Secret Service credentials.

Some mid- to high-ranking police sergeants in the police station have a general idea about the Bureau of Mysteries, since these guys always jump out and take over whenever there's a strange or unusual case.

It wasn't that no sheriff was dissatisfied; one officer, after investigating a case that had been taken over without authorization, went insane, killed his family, and then committed suicide. After that, no one dared to touch it anymore, and everyone was happy to have some peace and quiet.

However, it is really rare to see so many secret service agents come at once.

Zhao Hao obtained the case file and glanced through it. It stated that in recent months, women had been disappearing in some remote areas of Liberty City. There were probably eighty or ninety of them in total.

However, this is really insignificant for Liberty City, which has a population of nearly seven million.

In the chaotic areas of this city, who knows how many people die every day? Who cares about the woman who quietly disappears?

Therefore, people only find out that someone is missing after someone reports it to the police or after they are discovered.

So this data wasn't compiled, and nobody noticed it. Until the night before last...

Zhao Hao led everyone to the hospital, where an injured girl was hospitalized.

"Madam, I'm sorry to bother you, but we need you to tell us what happened..."

The girl looked to be in her early twenties and was quite pretty.

She wasn't seriously injured, but according to the doctor, certain medications had affected her nerves, and she would need to be hospitalized for observation for a short period.

The girl began to recount what had happened.

"I...I don't remember very well...My mind is a mess. I remember, I started drinking at a bar, and then I met a guy, he was very charming, it was love at first sight..."

"Later, I was locked in an iron cage in a basement. There seemed to be other women there too..."

Zhao Hao and the others exchanged glances. Zhao Hao asked, "Was it that man who imprisoned you? Do you remember what he looked like? What did he do to you?"

The girl clutched her head, her expression pained. "I can't remember anything, it's all very blurry. Those days are all very blurry. I can't remember anything at all. I only remember a strange fragrance..."

"Then, tell me how you escaped."

“I got the key by accident, I don’t remember how. I broke the window and jumped out, and kept running and running… I was hit by a car on a bridge, and then I woke up in the hospital.”

She was hit by a car, and after waking up in the hospital, she called the police, which alerted the Bureau of Mystery.

"Okay, I understand. Please get some rest."

Afterwards, Zhao Hao went to ask the doctor about the girl's condition.

The doctor admitted, "We haven't yet determined exactly which medication affected the patient's nervous system. What we do know is that the effect is temporary. In the few days since admission, the patient's confusion and amnesia have begun to lessen..."

Zhao Hao and his group got into the fat man's beat-up car and drove towards the bridge where the girl had been hit.

"So, what kind of superpowered being imprisoned that poor girl?" Elena couldn't help but ask in the car.

The fat man chewed his gum and said, "It's not certain yet. But what's certain is that it's definitely holding more than one girl captive."

Gou Quan touched the century-old gun at his waist: "If I catch that beast, I'll castrate him!"

Nanaya Saki also touched the hilt of the sword at her waist.

Sylvia held in her hand a piece of clothing that the girl had worn before, hoping to be inspired to create a prophetic painting.

Winston remained silent, studying the map and calculating the distance and range.

"Stop, we're here. This is it." Zhao Hao was the first to jump out of the car.

"The girl was found the night before last, the night of the 2nd. By the time the police arrived the next day, all traces of the girl had been destroyed. It snowed that night, and the snowplows cleared everything. The police found nothing..."

The Bureau of Mysteries has a dedicated department that analyzes cases that occur in this country, filtering out those that may involve supernatural beings and the underworld.

Their efficiency was quite good; they reportedly even used some special items. The problem is that on this kind of traffic bridge, a day is more than enough time to erase any trace.

However, this is also why Colt sought out Zhao Hao and his team.