usenovelgroup Chapter 5: Nearly Doubled Strength
Chapter 5: Nearly Doubled Strength
Last night I played the game "I chase you, and if I catch you, I'll do *that* to you" with the goblin.
Lin Jue had barely slept, so when he arrived at the classroom, a strong sense of fatigue washed over him.
But he simply rubbed his sore eyes, sat down, and muttered to himself:
"I trained a little harder last night, maybe I overdid it."
Hearing this, Jiang Fan couldn't help but pat his thick biceps and exclaim in amazement:
"You call that hard work? If I had your amazing resources, I would have been chasing girls to my heart's content by now, instead of sitting here reading magazines every day to satisfy my cravings."
It has to be said that Lin Jue's muscles, which he has honed over the years, are truly impressive.
It has undulations but not sharpness, power but not ferocity, presenting perfect muscle lines.
In addition, his face is fresh and handsome, which gives people a strong sense of contrast between his delicate appearance and his monstrous appearance.
In Jiang Fan's opinion, it was a complete waste of her good looks and figure to be out there doing manual labor every day.
If you could hook up with a few rich and beautiful older women, your life would be much easier.
Of course, everyone has their own ambitions, and Lin Jue is not the kind of man who would live off a woman.
Even after sitting down and being extremely tired, he still took out two new dumbbell plates from his backpack.
Watching Lin Jue install the iron plate onto the pair of dumbbells that already weighed fifty kilograms.
Jiang Fan's lips twitched involuntarily as he pointed at the large lump of iron and asked:
"You can add more weight? How much more?"
"Not much... only seventy kilograms. I don't have enough dumbbell plates on hand, otherwise I could add more."
As Lin Jue spoke, he casually lifted the giant dumbbell, which weighed as much as a person, under Jiang Fan's ghost-like gaze.
Not bad, adding 20 kilograms of weight at once didn't feel like a strain at all.
It seems the power boost I got from yesterday's upgrade was more effective than I expected.
After a night of fierce fighting and body tempering, Lin Jue's attribute panel has undergone significant changes:
----------
Name: Lin Jue
[Sequence: Seeker]
[Level: LV2 (350/2000)]
【属性：力量36—体质28—敏捷29—魔力0—精神0—感知0】
[Skill: Lock-on]
[Equipment: Lock-on]
[Item: Lock]
----------
Last night, after defeating a full twenty goblins and successfully leveling up to LV2.
Lin Jue's three physical attributes all increased by as much as 10 points.
In addition, there are the stat increases from self-training during travel and combat.
His current strength attribute has reached an astonishing 36 points.
It's almost twice as good as when I first entered the dungeon yesterday.
The strength attribute increased almost double overnight.
This is something that would be impossible under normal circumstances.
After all, the human body has its limits, and the harder you train, the smaller the improvement you will gain.
For example, if you want to run 100 meters in 15 seconds and get it to 14 seconds, you only need to put in some effort.
However, even with the same one-second speed increase, going from eleven seconds to ten seconds is incredibly difficult.
It is common sense that the closer one gets to the limits of human physical function, the lower the rate of improvement that can be achieved through training.
Ke Linjue's "Ultimate Body Forging" not only increases training efficiency but also removes functional limitations.
This means that his body has no limits; as long as he trains his body, he can improve indefinitely.
Besides relying on physical training to improve, the enhancement gained from leveling up by fighting monsters in dungeons is also quite astonishing.
The moment the upgrade was completed in the early hours of this morning, Lin Jue felt a warm current surge into his body, quickly spreading throughout his body.
After that, he could clearly feel an explosive power emanating from every muscle.
And because agility was also enhanced, the body actually became much lighter after the strength was increased... completely ignoring the laws of physics.
Such an amazing effect from just one level of improvement.
If it leveled up a few more times, wouldn't it be able to fly to the heavens and dive into the earth? Would it become Superman?
However, before continuing to enter the dungeon to upgrade and train.
Lin Jue still has to resolve some serious problems that were discovered last night.
"Jiang Fan, there are some things I'd like to ask you to help me with."
"Hmm? Is it related to beautiful women?"
"Of course not... Imagine you're in a vast mountainous region, surrounded by numerous scattered enemies. How would you locate them as quickly as possible?"
Lin Jue tried to act as if he was just asking casually, but his eyes were carefully scrutinizing Jiang Fan.
Meanwhile, the 70-kilogram dumbbell in his hand never stopped moving.
[Host attribute change detected, Strength +1]
To put it simply, this problem is the actual trouble Lin Jue encountered in "Goblin Heights" last night.
That goblin squad wasn't very strong in combat; they could be easily taken down whenever they encountered them.
However, the area of "Goblin Highlands" is much larger than imagined.
This has made finding the enemy's location the most pressing issue at present.
After entering the underground city yesterday, Lin Jue wandered aimlessly on his own two legs.
If you're lucky, you might encounter a goblin squad; if you're unlucky, you'll just be wandering around the streets.
Fortunately, there is a "return to town" function in the dungeon that allows you to teleport out at any time.
Otherwise, if he kept wandering around inside, Lin Jue probably wouldn't even be able to find the exit.
If this problem cannot be solved, not only will the efficiency of leveling up by killing monsters be very slow.
Finding the "Goblin Queen" and the "Goblin Elite Watchtower" is a huge challenge.
Other professions, due to their various skills, tools, and sensory abilities, may not be in such a predicament.
However, Lin Jue's "Sequence. Seeker" almost completely abandons all external assistance, making it particularly difficult in this situation.
"What about a vast mountainous forest area?" Jiang Fan thought for a moment and quickly suggested:
"If we don't restrict technology, what do you think about using drones for aerial search and location?"
"Drones? You mean those remote-controlled airplanes?"
"It's like an upgraded version of a remote-controlled aircraft. Those things are excellent for performing specific tasks such as aerial photography, surveying, and inspection. The military uses them extensively."
Hearing Jiang Fan say this, Lin Jue couldn't help but be tempted.
Drones...that does sound like a good idea.
The Goblin Highlands are covered in forests and bushes, which severely limits horizontal visibility.
However, if drones are used for aerial photography, the search range and efficiency can be greatly increased.
Thinking of this, Lin Jue nodded silently and continued to ask:
"Where can I buy a drone? The convenience store probably doesn't sell them, right?"
"What are you thinking? A convenience store... You have to go to a 'Da Jiang Technology' specialty store to get them, but drones are expensive. Are you sure you want to buy one?"
When Jiang Fan asked this question, his tone became cautious.
He knew that Lin Jue's family was not well-off; his parents had passed away and he had a younger sister who was hospitalized.
Even his exercise equipment is often salvaged from discarded junk.
Where would these extremely poor families get the spare money to buy such expensive items as drones?
You should know that these days, the city and its surrounding areas are frequently attacked by gate beasts.
Various supplies became scarce, and the price of high-tech products soared.
As far as Jiang Fan knew, even the lowest-spec drone with a camera function would cost tens of thousands of yuan.
More advanced professional aerial photography drones are incredibly expensive, and are simply beyond the reach of the average person.
But Lin Jue simply smiled and nodded, without saying anything more.
After all, his hunting haul last night was quite substantial, yielding a total of five gold coins.
Even if sold at 30,000 per gold coin, the total would be as much as 150,000.
Furthermore, considering that drones can further increase monster-killing efficiency and the speed of gold coin acquisition.
The return on that investment is undoubtedly high, and the earlier you invest, the better.
However, before that, Lin Jue still had to go to the port after school in the afternoon.
Although he no longer needs to go to the dock to work as a porter to earn money.
But yesterday, foreman Li Qiang said that there was a lot of work to be done today.
Even if it weren't for the money, Lin Jue couldn't stand up Brother Qiang; that would be too dishonest.
After all, Brother Qiang has always taken good care of him, and he can't be the kind of person who forgets his kindness.