"Kid, get up, I know you've got a strong body, but no one asked you to do push-ups..." The owner of the breakfast shop was baffled. What's with youngsters these days?
Ren He didn't know that his actions had left a psychological shadow on the owner, who, from that day on, never again dared to praise anyone's physical strength...
1, 2, 3... 56!
Ren He's muscles began to sour at the 56th push-up; it was a sign that his explosive power had reached its limit, and from then on, it was all about willpower!
At this point, people eating breakfast started to put down their chopsticks and watch Ren He do push-ups. They thought he was moving really fast, but like the owner, they didn't understand why he was doing it...
Ren He didn't care about the stares from others; completing the task was more important to him than anything else at the moment.
His blood began to boil, and at the 80th push-up, it seemed like every subsequent push-up was akin to agony.
Each heave of his body felt like completing a cycle of reincarnation!
His sweat hadn't come out yet; sometimes exercise is strange like that. You don't sweat during, but you end up drenched afterwards.
In his previous life, Ren He had never imagined he could do so many push-ups; back then, he couldn't get up after ten.
This lifetime, given a chance to start over, he savored the process of his blood burning!
More and more people gathered to watch him, but he suddenly became immersed in his own world, focusing solely on completing each push-up!
Keep your spine straight, breathe rhythmically!
89! 90!
Upon completing the last push-up, Ren He even felt a sense of transcendence, challenging one's limits was nothing more than this!
When he stood up, he realized that so many people were watching him, and some were even recording videos...
"Cough cough, there's nothing to see here, everyone, please disperse," Ren He said, as if nothing had happened.
Someone asked, "Kid, why did you suddenly start doing push-ups?"
"Forced by life..." Ren He answered and walked away. At that moment, he couldn't bother with anyone else because the Divine Punishment System had sent a message!
"Congratulations to the host for completing the task of doing 90 push-ups within a minute. You have been rewarded with 'Emetic Water', which can be used three times and activated by thought."
Damn, what kind of reward is this? I busted my ass doing all those push-ups thinking I'd get something good, and this is what I get?
Are you kidding me?!
It sounds really dodgy, okay?!
And how am I supposed to use this thing? They say they gave me water, but I don't see any water!
Just as Ren He was puzzled about how to use this thing, a middle-aged man suddenly patted him on the shoulder: "Hi there, I'm a reporter from the entertainment section of the Luo City Evening News. I happened to be having breakfast in that shop, and I want to interview you... Blegh!"
The reporter, mid-sentence, suddenly threw up, wasting everything he had eaten that morning. Ren He quickly dodged, his expression incredibly awkward as if he was struggling not to laugh.
He slowly shuffled away, silently chanting in his heart, "Sorry, sorry, it was an accident, definitely an accident..."
Even after he had walked about a hundred or two hundred meters away, the reporter was still throwing up without stopping, probably everything including bile!
That made Ren He feel a bit embarrassed, but hey, there was no helping it. At the time, he was figuring out how to use that potion. Who would have thought he'd just subconsciously...
"This Emetic Water is pretty awesome," Ren He thought, scratching his chin. It eased the dissatisfaction he initially felt when he saw the reward. Maybe this thing could be really useful at a critical moment.
At least it's pretty interesting, right?
He suddenly felt that the Divine Punishment System wasn't necessarily all that serious...
Arriving at school, he went to class as usual. At this stage there were no punishment tasks, nor any life pressures. It was the most relaxed time, he simply needed to write the great book already formed in his mind, and he could enjoy life peacefully with the rest of his time.
He glanced to the side and noticed Little Fatty Xu Nuo reading a very thick book. Ren He's curiosity was piqued, "What are you reading?"
"My cousin gave it to me, it's about programming philosophy. It looks quite interesting," said Xu Nuo.
Ren He remembered that Xu Nuo had mentioned his skills and interest in programming before. He asked, "What is programming philosophy?"
"What is programming philosophy? The answer could be very complicated, or very simple. To put it in one sentence, it's the thinking process of solving practical problems with a computer, that is, programming philosophy," Xu Nuo's eyes were shining as he talked about programming.
However, Ren He was a complete novice in comparison. He was interested in other things, "Have you dabbled in website development or games?"
It's only 2005 now. Apart from entertainment stuff, everything here is pretty much on the normal track. Some brands even overlap with those in his previous life.
The lag in cultural entertainment has affected the development of recreational and entertainment activities. Some are simply historic issues, resulting in a distorted development, while others are not so severely affected, just lagging behind.
Having observed for some time, Ren He found that the areas lagging behind were in online entertainment and games!
The hottest games at the moment are still staying at the level of games like Red Alert, The Legend of Sword and Fairy, and Legend from his previous life. So Ren He had some ideas about this as well.
He just felt that it would be so boring if the world lacked certain games. He was an otaku in his past life, inseparable from games every day.
"Games? Which kind do you mean?"
"5v5 strategy type, like ten people split into two teams, then they fight..." Ren He hesitated as he explained.
Little Fatty was confused. What the heck is that? Could you be more vague?
However, explaining games was something Ren He found hard to do in just a moment...
After thinking for a bit, Xu Nuo said, "Website development means using markup languages through a series of design, modeling, and execution processes to transmit electronic format information via the internet, ultimately being viewed by users in the form of graphical user interfaces. I've helped my cousin with some modeling work. If there is a complete web design, I think I could give it a try. As for games, I'm still a blank slate."
A blank slate... Ren He thought about it. Some projects needed to be undertaken with trustworthy people, and it was time to direct Little Fatty Xu Nuo!
"When you study, focus a bit more on these two areas. We might have the opportunity to do something big in the future," Ren He said cheerfully.
Xu Nuo took anything related to computers seriously. He nodded and agreed, "Okay!"
For some reason, Ren He felt that some of his ideas were very likely to be realized through Xu Nuo's efforts.