Dark room [1]

'How long has it been?'

I wondered to myself as I dully stared upwards. 

By now, all I could see within my vision was empty darkness. Nevertheless, I continued to keep my focus on my body.

As long as I could move my body... 

'The body strengthening method requires me to suffer quite a bit in order to practice it, and at the moment it is of no use to me. However, the very first part of the exercise does not require me to do anything of the sort, since all I need to do is feel my muscles in order to feel the nerve connections to my body which might actually be able to solve my paralyzing problem...'

Focusing my attention on the muscles of my body, I shut my eyes and thought about the martial manual Han Yufei had given me. 

With the aid of the chip inside of my head, I was able to somewhat recall most of the most important points of the first technique, body hardening. 

'This is my only hope.'