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The rice I bought won't arrive for two days. Out of boredom, Lu Yao went to a gym to test his current fitness level.

He had never been to such a place before, so he randomly picked a bench to sit on and started by casually lifting a 50 kg dumbbell with one hand;

Next, he tried bench pressing, finding 100 kg to be somewhat light. Lu Yao kept adding weight, pushing up to 300 kg for over a dozen repetitions before he ran out of strength;

Finally, he did deadlifts with an improper form, also at 300 kg.

After finishing, he dusted off his hands, to find a group of astonished and speechless muscular hulks behind him!

The strong men had taken notice when Lu Yao kept increasing the weight. Initially, they intended to gently remind him to be careful, to prevent the young man from injuring himself.

But the more they watched, the more unbelievable it became!

Their builds were two to three times wider than Lu Yao's, yet their numbers were only half or even one-third of his!