6 Improving
(A/N: A pretty boring chapter. Bear with it for now.)
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Lucas observed the trees further and noticed small buds growing out of their branches. He acted like he had all the time in the world and carefully counted how many buds grew out of each tree.
After some time, Lucas finished counting and double checked to make sure he counted right. There was basically no need for Lucas to be doing this but he was bored to death waiting for the trees to grow. The more time he could consume, the better.
He did get something out of this though. He discovered each tree grew 20 to 30 buds which would soon grow into fruits.
After counting everything, he soon grew bored and started thinking of ways to spend his time. He wandered Eden a bit to completely familiarize himself with the place but he was also quickly finished with that since the space was still limited. He figured he would have to nurture it as mentioned by the message before so that it could grow.
In the end, Lucas just ended up opening his status screen and staring at it. It still had the same data that was presented the first time he saw it. However, he hoped he would find something just to entertain himself.
[Name: Lucas Morgan]
[Race: Human]
[Potential: 1 (Receives +0.1 to all attributes after an hour of cultivating. Restricted to one cultivation session everyday)]
[STR: 0.7]
[VIT: 0.8]
[AGI: 0.8]
[INT: 1.1]
[WIS: 1.0]
[Level 0: 0 ★]
He was unbearably weak. Physically, he had lower stats than the average person. As for his intelligence and wisdom, they were just at the level of a normal person. Without his books, he would undoubtedly be unable to survive the current disaster.
Since he didn't have anything to do, Lucas then decided to improve himself. Perhaps training for the meantime should be good for him. It could improve his body and better prepare himself for what's about to come.
Usually, it would actually be a bad idea to subject yourself to a lot of physical activity in this situation since it would consume a lot of your energy. Food and water supply to regain strength would usually be scarce so exhausting yourself while danger lurks everywhere is an unwise decision. Fortunately, this was not a problem for Lucas.
Lucas didn't work out much and didn't how he should proceed. He remembered his P.E teacher saying that recklessly working out without knowing even a little of the science behind it.
For example, one exercise targets a specific muscle group. Then, if you would proceed to another exercise which targets the same group, it would just be redundant and may even cause harm since you will be overworking that muscle group.
Lucas was afraid that instead of improving, he would hurt himself and so, he proceeded to what he thought was closest to a professional workout routine.
The One Punch Man Training Regime!
It consisted of 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10 km run.
Even without professional knowledge, Lucas knew that the four sets of exercises target different areas. With these, he would be able to train his upper, core, lower body, and his endurance.
It would be too much to actually complete such hellish numbers so Lucas thought he would start small. With his strength, he should be able to complete 10 push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and then a 1 km run.
Finally coming up with a plan, Lucas started warming up. Warm-ups are always important!
He did a couple of stretches here and there and then proceeded to get down on the ground. With much difficulty, he eventually completed 10 push-ups and took a rest. Following after that were 10 sit-ups and another few minute break. He then did 10 more squats before resting again and then completing the whole workout routine with an exhausting 1 km run.
[Name: Lucas Morgan]
[Race: Human]
[Potential: 1 (Receives +0.1 to all attributes after an hour of cultivating. Restricted to one cultivation session everyday)]
[STR: 0.7 >>> 0.8]
[VIT: 0.8 >>> 0.9]
[AGI: 0.8 >>> 0.9]
[INT: 1.1]
[WIS: 1.0]
[Level 0: 0 ★]
"Would you look at that, all my physical stats increased by 0.1. Was it supposed to be this easy though? I'd become stronger than an average person tomorrow if this is the case."
Lucas wondered about it and soon concluded that it was either because he had low stats so it was easy to increase or it was the work of Mana.
Either way, it was good for him.
Speaking of a 0.1 increase, Lucas got interested in the cultivation which was mention in his potential. He apparently can gain 0.1 after an hour of cultivating. But how can he cultivate? Is just like those novels where he sits down cross-legged and meditate?
Curious once again, Lucas sat down in a meditative position and closed his eyes. The one thing he remembered was that he had to have a calm mind so he tried clearing all of his chaotic thoughts which proved to be quite a difficult task.
Fortunately, he leaned of a useful tip from a random video. When struggling with meditation, try focusing and putting all of your concentration to one thing, whether it be a random stationary object or a sound that wouldn't overwhelm you too much.
Lucas went with sound and meditated near the stream. The sound of the gentle current was very calming so he figured it would have a good effect on meditation. And so, with his eyes closed, he fully concentrated on the sound alone and it actually did wonders for him.
It was as if this unnecessary thoughts got taken away by the current.
His mind went blank and the only thing that filled his head was the soothing sound of the stream's running water. He lost his sense of time and he didn't know how long he had been in that state. Perhaps, he could even stay like this until someone or something could shake him off it.
Fortunately, he was forcibly woken up exactly after an hour of meditation. Lucas woke up with a refreshed mind and rejuvenated body. It felt as if his body was floating among the clouds.
[Name: Lucas Morgan]
[Race: Human]
[Potential: 1 (Receives +0.1 to all attributes after an hour of cultivating. Restricted to one cultivation session everyday)]
[STR: 0.8 >>> 0.9]
[VIT: 0.9 >>> 1.0]
[AGI: 0.9 >>> 1.0]
[INT: 1.1 >>> 1.2]
[WIS: 1.0 >>> 1.1]
[Level 0: 0 ★]
"It worked!"