Chapter 9: Birth of a Sigma
One girl in particular, from his neighborhood, couldn't take her eyes off him. She had always thought Lin Mu was cute, but now he was downright handsome.
She mustered up the courage to approach him as he jogged by, calling out his name.
"Lin Mu! Lin Mu, wait up!"
But Lin Mu, still skeptical of strangers, jogged around her, His quick evasion left her heartbroken and embarrassed, She stood there on the pavement not knowing what to feel after being avoided by the supposed cursed child.
' I wonder what that was all about anyway ' Lin Mu raised a brow while continuing his jog.
[I believe it is what you humans call attraction...., It seems to me like that female specimen has taken a liking towards you]
' Wait, Chen Hua?, Your joking, Why on earth would she like me, I mean she never even talked to me before'
[The same reason everyone's been stealing glances of you till now, it's because of your heightened appearance]
[My statistics shows that over 90 percent of human females are far more prone to approach a well presentable male rather than an inferior one]
'...' Lin Mu didn't know whether to be happy that she complimented him or angry that she called his former appearance inferior.
The truth of the matter wasn't that Lin Mu wanted to be rude, but that he wasn't ready to talk to anyone yet, If they began asking questions as to what brought about his sudden transformation, He knew that it would become a problem that he couldn't get rid of easily. He needed time to process his new body and all its capabilities in other to control it, Only when he was sure that he could hide it from other's while in close proximity would he then try engaging them.
Undeterred, Lin Mu continued his jog, feeling the rush of endorphins as he pushed his body to its limits. He broke into a sprint, running faster and farther than he ever had before in the blink of an eye, his breathing steady and strong. His muscles flexed and relaxed with each stride like a well oiled machine, His feet pounding out a rhythmic beat.
After a few blocks, he then came to a stop Infront of the road. He stared in silence at the building across the road before his eyes which had a sign that said.
**Duan Xian Gym**
Infront of the gym where two huge sleeping mutant beasts that lay'd on the right and left sides of the gyms entrance respectively, Moreover, judging from their appearance and the pressure they released, It was easy to see that they weren't your everyday normal mutant beasts.
[Notice: Red spiked wolf and Blue clawed Rycan detected]
[Combat Level: Stage 5 body refining]
[Would host like to combat target's?]
' Do I look like a ruffian to you?.' Lin Mu rolled his eyes at the system.
Lin My was already intimidated by their fearsome statures so when the system suggested he battled them, He couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
Why on earth would he do anything to provoke such monsters when all he'd been fighting till now we're bloody mutated rats and a few Bloody lizard's and variant mutated rats, moreover they were two of them.
After regaining his composure, He concluded that although the gym before his eyes was a public gym, The one who had made it must've been a very formidable individual if he wasn't bothered by leaving such high-level mutant beasts here to serve as watch dog's.
Lin Mu obviously didn't want to try anything stupid, He simply just went through the gate without even stopping to gaze at the two magnificent creatures.
" Thank God I made it in alive, For a second there I thought those two might've pounced on me mid way" Lin Mu let out a sigh of relief.
[System has detected that the host is a coward]
" Say's you and no one else so there's no need to worry " Lin Mu felt irritated but he didn't dare to truly retort back, After his uneventful time during his first dimensional transportation, He really wasn't so eager to return there with another exponential aggro or punishment stuck to his back.
" Moving on to the next topic, I have to admit that am feeling more refreshed than earlier, Your breathing technique is really effective" Lin Mu said as he made his way into the public gym, eager to test his strength and agility on the gyms equipment. "Finally, something useful from you that doesn't involve insults."
He had always been fascinated by weightlifting and cardio but could never visit such a place since he found it a bit tasking, On average everyone who came to this Gym were superhuman, so they would have a higher starting point than him when it came to physique and strength, Even if they weren't strength type superhumans, They were still stronger than your average human, Not to mention that just coming here would attract several dissatisfied gazes from the public.
Although this gym was one made explicitly for the public, hence it's categorization as a public gym. Lin Mu knew that if anyone of them ever wanted to harm him they could easily do so, Though violence was never condoned, he knew that they could just brush it off as an accident without caring whether he had a say or not, That was just how cruel he had it back then.
Fortunately, Now he had the body to match his enthusiasm. If anyone were to try anything like most did back then, He wouldn't mind using them as an example to showcase his newfound capabilities.
Lin Mu walked in through the front door, He calmly walked pass the reception area because there really wasn't any need to go there since he wasn't going to pay anyways, Plus it saved him the trouble of having to talk to someone.
As he entered the gym, a few heads turned in his direction. Those who knew him couldn't believe their eyes, While those who hadn't paid much attention to him before found it hard to take their eyes of him.