After the excitement in Wang Ye's heart subsided, he took out the new weight scale he bought from the delivery box and installed some batteries.
Barefoot, he stepped on the scale.
The numbers on the scale began to jump.
Finally, they settled on —— 75.56kg.
Wang Ye vaguely remembered that the last time he weighed himself was during the company's physical examination last year, and the result was eighty-seven kilograms...
At a height of 1.75 meters and a weight of eighty-seven kilograms, his BMI had reached 28 in the obesity range, which was already quite overweight.
Even the doctor during the physical examination earnestly advised him to lose weight as soon as possible...
And now, his weight had dropped twelve kilograms so quickly.
Moreover, this weight loss was under the premise of increasing muscle mass day by day, which meant that he had probably lost more than twenty kilograms of fat...
Damnit.
That's twenty kilograms!
If you buy twenty kilograms of pork, it wouldn't even fit in the fridge!
Wang Ye pinched a thin layer of skin on his belly with his thumb and forefinger, marveling in disbelief.
Three days, and he lost so much weight!
Then.
He took out some discarded draft paper and a pen from his study, spread them on his thigh, smoothed out the creases with the heel of his left hand, and began to record his changes.
"Day three of evolution, height 175, weight 75 kilograms. Post-evolution, poor conditions are alleviated, strength and physical abilities are greatly improved, thinking speed slightly increased, skin showing an unknown keratin layer, fingertips with extended and sharpened nails, hair unchanged, minor improvement in all five senses, can do sixty-seven push-ups, regarding running..."
Wang Ye put down the pencil, grinning: "Let's go out and test it!"
After going out.
Wang Ye arrived at the riverside track.
Since this is a third-tier city, the city construction isn't that great.
There aren't many rubber tracks specifically for running in the city either.
This riverside park track is the most comfortable and the longest one.
While running, you can enjoy the gentle, cool river breeze.
And the track is circular with no obstacles in the middle.
Running is quite worry-free and easy.
So Wang Ye would generally choose this track for exercise.
But the drawback is that there are too many people.
Because this track is so suitable for running, almost all running enthusiasts within a radius of ten miles love to come here to run.
Especially in the morning before work and in the evening after work, there are especially many runners. Including elderly men and women out for a walk, and young people walking their dogs.
Therefore.
Wang Ye generally chooses to run after ten in the morning and after nine in the evening.
During this time, most people are at work or resting, so there are relatively fewer people on the track.
Since he is currently unemployed, there are no time restrictions.
He can run whenever he wants.
After arriving at the riverside track.
Wang Ye walked along the iron fence by the river, as usual, briskly walking a few kilometers along the track as a warm-up, flexing his calves and other muscles and ligaments to avoid unnecessary injuries from insufficient warm-up.
Once sweating and muscles were warm, he squatted down, tightened his shoelaces, activated the running record function on the new sports watch on his left wrist, and prepared to jog ten kilometers.
Suddenly.
Wang Ye froze, eyes brightening,
He noticed on the panel that his Walking Skill level had increased.
[You practiced Walking, gained some insights, and skill proficiency increased by 6.5%.]
[Your Walking Skill proficiency is full, upgraded from lv4 to lv5.]
[Walking lv5 (0.1%)]
[Traits: Reduce movement stamina consumption by 10%]
"Wow, there are traits too!"
Wang Ye said with delight.
Over the past three days, he's studied the attribute panel day and night, becoming highly familiar with its contents.
He could assure that he had never seen such a thing before.
And now, after his Walking Skill upgraded to lv5, traits suddenly appeared.
Clearly, this trait is a peculiar passive skill that appears upon upgrading a skill to lv5.
However, he still didn't know whether the "movement" in the trait increased only the "Walking" skill or reduced stamina consumption for all movement types.
If "movement" also encompassed skills like "Running" and "Cycling," then this trait would indeed be a Divine Skill.
Wang Ye, with this question in mind, started jogging on the riverside track.
His current physical fitness was vastly different from before.
His running experiences and insights were almost on par with some mid-to-high-tier running enthusiasts.
Thus, he could easily execute strides that would leave others in the dust, with each of his strides equaling two of others'.
With these long strides, leveraging his superior physical condition, he pulled his stride frequency to the maximum.
His speed was naturally extremely fast.
He was like a gust of wind, continuously overtaking other runners on the track.
The wind blowing against him ruffled his hair, and his T-shirt flapped in the breeze.
The runners who watched Wang Ye effortlessly outpace countless others couldn't help but look on in amazement.
Running a long distance at this pace and appearing so relaxed, not out of breath or flushed...
At least a few years of training, an amateur master at the very least.
But Wang Ye paid no attention to the looks of the people behind him.
He focused intently on the path ahead, controlling his breathing rhythm.
The six-minute pace, which was quite challenging yesterday, now felt not much different from brisk walking.
His breathing was also quite steady, not hurried or slow, maintaining an even pace over the kilometer without much strain.
Wang Ye speculated it might be due to the Walking trait—10% reduced movement stamina consumption.
Otherwise, merely a 0.2 constitution improvement wouldn't bring about such a significant change.
Thinking of this.
Wang Ye slightly increased his stride frequency, raising his speed to an average of about 5 minutes and 5 seconds per kilometer.
Or an average speed of five minutes and thirty seconds per kilometer.
He felt the relative wind blowing in his face intensified.
Narrowing his eyes slightly against the breeze.
After running for a while, his calf muscles began to feel somewhat sore and swollen.
Heart rate and breathing quickened significantly, but he barely managed to maintain a three-step-breath rhythm.
The other runners on the track saw Wang Ye increasing his speed yet again, displaying even more astonished expressions.
Speeding up halfway? Are you never going to run out of stamina?
Pant—Pant—
At this moment, sweat beaded on Wang Ye's forehead, dripping along his jawline onto the ground. The increased speed was putting more and more strain on his body.
Yet he had no intention of slowing down; instead, he felt more and more excited inside.
The endorphins secreted by his central nervous system made him feel unprecedentedly joyful.
He wanted to test his current limits.
Where exactly were they?