41: Human Mechanics, Thinking, and the Nature of Swordsmanship

After chatting with Jiang Yuxi, Bai Xuan directly ignored the messages from everyone else.

He went online immediately and started searching for study materials.

It has to be said that in the internet age, searching for study materials is indeed convenient.

Many e-books can be downloaded directly, and they are free.

However, Bai Xuan had already bought physical books, and they would arrive at the delivery station tomorrow morning.

At that time, he could wear a mask to pick them up.

He could read e-books, but he also needed to read physical books.

“Let’s start by looking at books related to human biomechanics.”

Since Bai Xuan wanted to learn, he naturally wanted to read the most professional textbooks.

Coincidentally, he could directly find the Yujing University’s human biomechanics textbook online.

Bai Xuan downloaded it directly and started to read it.

Reading ten lines at a glance and memorizing everything he read, Bai Xuan thought as he read.

“human biomechanics is an important branch of biomechanics, applying principles of physics, especially Newtonian mechanics, to study the mechanical properties of the human body structure during movement, posture maintenance, and when subjected to external forces.”

“It reveals the mechanical roots of the efficient operation and potential damage of the human body, this intricate machine, and is the core foundation for understanding health, optimizing athletic performance, designing rehabilitation programs, and ergonomics.”

“The core components of human strength are bones, muscles, and the transmission of force.”

“The skeletal system, as the rigid lever of the human body, is the basic framework for movement.

“Joints are the fulcrums of levers, bones are the lever arms, and different joint types determine the degrees of freedom and range of motion.”

“The muscular system is the power source of the human body’s movement system.”

“Muscle contraction generates tension that acts on the bone levers through tendons, overcoming resistance to produce movement.”

“The coordinated contraction of agonists and antagonists ensures smooth and stable movements.”

“…”

“By utilizing human biomechanics, through analyzing movement techniques, optimizing force transmission efficiency, reducing energy leakage, and maximizing speed, strength, or endurance output, the human body’s athletic ability can be greatly enhanced.”

“In short, human biomechanics is the key to deciphering the mysteries of human movement.”

“It profoundly reveals the mechanical basis of everything from daily walking and sitting to peak performance in competitive sports, and provides indispensable scientific evidence for maintaining health, preventing injuries, enhancing abilities, and optimizing human-computer interaction.”

“Mastering its basic principles is an important step in scientifically understanding oneself and achieving optimal body function.”

“…”

Bai Xuan thought as he read, gaining a great deal.

“Indeed, human biomechanics is very important, or rather, modern science is very important.”

“More scientific research into the human body naturally leads to more scientific utilization of the human body and the development of its potential.”

“The sword arts I have mastered, although different in style, share many underlying logics and all conform to the principles of human biomechanics.”

“Based on the knowledge points in human biomechanics, I can also optimize the sword arts I have mastered to a certain extent… As for how to integrate and refine the many sword arts into one… I still need to think carefully.”

“Because a scientific, rigorous, and complete sword art must be systematic and very precise.”

“Moreover, sword art is not just sword art; among the many Wudang sword arts, they include internal alchemy, Daoist Qigong, Daoist guiding techniques…”

“Strengthening the body, cultivating one’s character, developing human potential… training the human body to a certain extent… no, strengthening the human body to the greatest extent, strengthening all aspects of the human body.”

“The essence of sword art is still the utilization of the human body; the stronger the human body, the stronger the sword art can be; the human body is the foundation of sword art.”

Thinking of this, a thought suddenly arose in Bai Xuan’s mind, and he thought of some online novel content.

“In some fantasy novels or Xianxia novels… there are always some advanced cultivation techniques that cause principles to intertwine within the human body, thereby forming even more powerful, even supernatural, powerful Physiques.”

“The so-called principles… can be understood as laws, reason… or they can be understood as science.”

“Scientific knowledge is the law of the universe, the natural order of all things… Principles intertwining within the human body… means transforming the human body with various knowledge and techniques… thereby transcending the ordinary…”

“human biomechanics, of course, is also a kind of principle.”

“Even every sword art, every martial art, every skill… is a kind of principle. Thousands of principles intertwine within the human body, causing mortal flesh to undergo a complete transformation and transcend the ordinary… This is the path of evolution, also the path of cultivation, and even the path to heaven!”

The more Bai Xuan thought, the brighter his eyes became, as if he had already seen the future, seeing himself ascending to godhood and becoming an immortal.

“Indeed, even with the game world, various knowledge in the real world is a very precious resource for me, capable of helping me become stronger faster.”

“Therefore, I am now increasingly looking forward to my Spirit attribute breaking its limit.”

“The Spirit attribute and learning ability are strongly correlated.”

“The higher the Spirit attribute, the stronger the learning ability.”

“Now, I only need three more drops of [evolutionary blood] to break the limit of my Spirit attribute.”

“Tomorrow… I will be able to complete it.”

“Let’s go to sleep first, it’s already late.”

Putting down his phone and closing his eyes, Bai Xuan quickly fell into a dream.

It is worth mentioning that Bai Xuan’s sleep quality was getting higher and higher.

The next day, in the game world.

Bai Xuan began to hunt, and also practiced the various sword arts he had learned yesterday during the hunt.

Moves from different sword arts were executed by Bai Xuan with flowing grace, unconstrained, Do whatever you want, ever-changing, and effortlessly.

In actual combat, Bai Xuan also perceived changes in his body and calculated speed and strength based on the professional knowledge from human biomechanics.

“Indeed, all changes are inseparable from their origins… All sword arts conform to the various theories in human biomechanics, so I can completely regard human biomechanics as the core of sword art, commanding thousands of sword arts, and creating a sword art that is most suitable for myself.”

With this thought, Bai Xuan also cast his gaze towards the Zhenwu Sword in his hand.

It must be said that this Zhenwu Sword was much easier to use than the dragon spring sword.

Bai Xuan found it very handy.

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!!!

In the midst of the frantic killing, the proficiency of various sword arts was rapidly increasing.

Level-up notifications continuously appeared before Bai Xuan’s eyes.

Attribute points, skill points, blood of evolution, and even low-level skill synthesis crystals…

The harvests grew more and more, and the levels of various sword arts also became higher and higher.

Suddenly,

After killing a Mid-Level Infected and obtaining a drop of blood of evolution, Bai Xuan smelled the fragrance of a High-Level Mutant—a rich meaty aroma.

“This smell… it’s so fragrant…”

A little saliva unconsciously secreted, Bai Xuan swallowed his saliva, and couldn’t help but turn his gaze to the south.