117: Fastest defeat in history

“Alright then, I’ll give it a try.”

Li Wen nodded in response.

Just then, he suddenly remembered that he knew nothing about the payment methods within the school, so he quickly asked,

“Oh, right, how do I use the credits?”

The snake-like pet beast nearby heard this, wriggled its body closer, and kindly reminded him in a somewhat uncomfortable accent,

“Hey, there are special machines in the school for charging fees. You just need to place your student card on it.”

He paused, then added,

“Oh, right, and just a side note, if you bring a pet beast with you, you’ll have to pay an extra fee.”

At this moment, Li Wen carefully considered his current pet beast lineup and realized that only Budding Treasure needed to strengthen its physical conditioning.

So, without hesitation, he stepped forward, lightly tapped his student card twice on the machine, and thus easily completed his first purchase after entering the university.

Only ten credits deducted, that’s truly reasonable.

After doing all this, Li Wen walked straight to where the adjustment buttons were located.

Standing there, he fell into contemplation, repeatedly pondering what challenge level would be suitable for Budding Treasure.

After much deliberation, Li Wen felt that with Budding Treasure’s physical quality, directly challenging level four might not be a big problem.

However, for safety (cowardice), Li Wen still decided to be conservative and set the challenge difficulty according to his current Beastmaster level.

After much thought, he finally made up his mind and reached out to firmly Lock-On the challenge level to three.

Then, Li Wen opened his Beastmaster space and summoned Budding Treasure.

There had to be a good-sounding excuse for letting Budding Treasure go ahead and scout!

So, he grandly declared: “Of course, good things should be experienced by our beloved pet beasts first!”

Budding Treasure still maintained its cub form, taking small steps and walking into the grid area before him.

It looked as if no one else was around, as if everything around it had no effect, only rushing forward.

Even more surprisingly, Budding Treasure seemed completely unaffected by gravity, moving unimpeded, advancing quickly as if walking on flat ground.

In this way, Budding Treasure easily walked a distance of seventy to eighty meters.

Only then did its speed slightly slow down, but only by a tiny bit.

Li Wen, who had been observing quietly from the side, finally felt the huge stone in his heart drop after seeing this scene.

So, he took a deep breath, mustered his courage, and took a step forward, steadily treading on the grid.

However, at that very moment, Li Wen felt as if dozens of kilograms had suddenly been placed on his back, and a heavy sensation instantly spread throughout his body.

Although with Li Wen’s current physical condition, this amount of weight was not unbearable, and he could even persist without a problem.

But this sudden change was so unexpected that he almost fell to the ground due to an unstable center of gravity.

At this moment, Li Wen had every reason to suspect: was Budding Treasure’s seemingly effortless performance just an act, deliberately trying to trick him?

In reality, this was not the case; Budding Treasure was not that bored!

One must know that there is a huge difference in physique between pet beasts and humans; even at the same level, humans cannot compare.

Not to mention that Budding Treasure was now one level higher than Li Wen!

In other words, Li Wen had even limited Budding Treasure’s growth rate.

Level three gravity had almost no effect on Budding Treasure, but this gravity intensity, designed for Beastmasters, was enough to give Li Wen a tough time.

Although Li Wen was slightly inferior to those Beastmasters with special talents in physical enhancement, his physique was still much stronger than that of ordinary Beastmasters.

And all of this was thanks to Li Wen’s always greedy mouth.

He often tasted the daily nutritional supplements for his pet beasts to see how they tasted. It was precisely because of this that Budding Treasure often called Li Wen a “scum Beastmaster,” which was not without reason.

In addition to this, there was another crucial point: the effect of Budding Treasure’s evolution—Creation Evolution.

According to the knowledge Li Wen possessed, there was an extremely abnormal, even counter-intuitive theory:

Exercise does not directly lead to an increase in strength; the true source of strength enhancement lies in recovery.

In fact, when people engage in exercise, whether it is the exerciser’s physical reserves or various related physiological indicators, they will inevitably and gradually decline.

This trend continues until the entire exercise process completely ends, at which point these data finally reach rock bottom, which is the so-called lowest point.

However, once the training is declared over, the situation begins to change dramatically.

Due to the strong recovery effect brought about by timely and sufficient nutrient intake, those indicators that had previously been falling will rebound at an astonishing speed and climb rapidly.

Not only that, they often manage to far exceed their initial starting values.

Behind this phenomenon lies a crucial principle—it is the truth of “getting stronger” known to all, and it also has a more professional name: the “supercompensation model.”

Recalling the critical scene of that evolution. In a fleeting moment, Li Wen rapidly burned the energy within his body.

At the same time, he also benefited from his senior brother’s precise and accurate operation, allowing him to continuously replenish the necessary nutrients.

It is worth noting that the amount of energy consumed during exercise has a direct and profound impact on the extent of recovery that can be achieved in the subsequent recovery phase.

This cycle of consumption and recovery, frequently occurring in a very short period, is like an exponential accumulation and stacking.

It was through this unique method that Li Wen’s body was able to achieve extremely significant improvement and strengthening.

After mentally preparing himself, Li Wen’s slightly bent waist gradually straightened.

He took a deep breath and thought to himself, “I might as well push through and cover some distance, just enough to surpass those last-place guys.”

The initial stage went smoothly enough.

However, when he reached Zhou Ze’s twenty-meter mark, he finally deeply understood why those people before him had left their records there.

Just after this twenty-meter point, the gravity suddenly doubled, and this unexpected sensation caught Li Wen off guard.

He stumbled, his body involuntarily falling forward, and he slid several meters before barely regaining his balance.

And the moment he fell, the immense pressure in the gravity chamber instantly dissipated.

It must be said that such a design was indeed extremely user-friendly, leaving no room for anyone to overexert themselves.

Thus, a dramatic scene unfolded— “The fastest defeat record in history has been set!” Although this result did not make it onto the bottom rankings, such lightning-fast “dismounting” speed was truly astonishing.