72: Chapter 72 Four Months, World Upheaval Part 1

Time passed in silence.

The 54th day of Chen Mo's seclusion.

On the military camp training ground at dawn, thousands of soldiers stood in neat formation.

Their breathing rhythms were completely synchronized.

Every inhalation sounded like the pulling of bellows.

Every exhalation carried a low, rumbling echo like muffled thunder.

This was not the simplified version.

This was the complete Basic Muscle Tension Technique.

Several months ago, the Xia military began to promote the simplified version of the Basic Muscle Tension Technique on a large scale.

The results at that time had already shocked everyone; the soldiers' physical fitness data skyrocketed like it was on a rocket.

The injury rate plummeted, and training efficiency multiplied.

And now, the complete version was being rolled out comprehensively.

On the training ground, an ordinary reconnaissance company soldier was performing deadlift training. The barbell was loaded with weight plates on both ends; a rough calculation put it near 800 kilograms.

He took a deep breath, tensed his back, engaged his legs, and lifted the barbell steadily off the ground.

His comrades around him did not cheer or show surprise, because such scenes were simply too common in the military camp nowadays.

800 kilograms was just the passing mark.

Six months ago, the world deadlift record was just over 500 kilograms, set by the world's top powerlifters.

And now?

Any soldier who had fully trained in the Basic Muscle Tension Technique could easily Breakthrough 1000 kilograms.

The improvement in physical fitness was comprehensive.

Speed, strength, endurance, reaction time, and recovery ability—every metric was soaring at an unnatural speed.

Many veteran squad leaders joked that any new recruit pulled out now could have gone to the Olympics and won a gold medal six months ago.

This was not an exaggeration at all.

In fact, the Xia General Administration of Sport had fallen into a happy dilemma—should they send active-duty soldiers to participate in international competitions?

If they sent them, the results would be too outrageous and easily arouse suspicion; if they didn't, the public would look forward to seeing Xia athletes win glory for the country in the arena.

In the end, they decided to handle it low-key.

But paper cannot wrap up fire forever.

When Xia soldiers displayed physical fitness far exceeding that of ordinary people during certain international military exchange activities, the world's eyes began to focus on them.

At first, it was just sporadic reports.

A military observer from a certain country anonymously revealed that the physical fitness test data of Xia soldiers was "unbelievable."

Then came comparative analyses of various satellite images, showing that the training intensity in Xia military camps had undergone a qualitative change within a few months.

Then there were the intelligence agencies that had been watching every move of Xia for years, piecing together the fragmented information they had collected to reach a conclusion that made their backs turn cold.

The overall physical fitness of the Xia military had already far left other countries in the world behind.

It wasn't just a small lead; it was a crushing lead.

The day the news was completely exposed, global public opinion exploded.

The headlines of major media outlets were all asking the same question: "What exactly happened in Xia?"

Some began to suspect that Xia had mastered some kind of special resource or technology.

The pressure from the international community came in like a tide.

Governments of various countries issued statements one after another, demanding that Xia disclose their secret to improving physical fitness "for the well-being of all mankind."

In the United Nations diplomatic hall, the Xia representative faced the successive questioning of dozens of countries, always maintaining a calm demeanor.

"Xia has not concealed anything."

This was the unified official response.

Simple, crisp, without any superfluous explanation.

But this obviously could not satisfy those countries that had already turned red-eyed with greed.

Undercurrents began to surge.

People of various identities flooded into Xia under various pretexts—international students, business delegations, tour groups, academic exchanges... Every foreigner entering the country was repeatedly screened by intelligence departments, but there were always some who slipped through the net.

Xia's response was also very simple.

Everyone who had been in contact with the complete Human Breathing Method was placed on the highest-level protection list.

Dedicated security teams were stationed around core personnel 24 hours a day.

As for those who held even deeper secrets, they were protected so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through; they themselves didn't even know how many lines of defense were set up around them.

Meanwhile, the whole world was frantically researching the simplified version of the basic movements that Xia had previously made public.

Top sports scientists, biomechanics experts, and neuroscientists from various countries were summoned to analyze the mechanical principles of every movement day and night.

The complete Basic Muscle Tension Technique had also spread out; after all, too many people had mastered it.

The overall rate at which humanity was becoming stronger began to accelerate.

Time continued to move forward.

The 89th day of Chen Mo's seclusion.

On this day, social media around the world was simultaneously flooded with a few videos.

The first video came from an area in the Atlantic Ocean, where researchers on a research vessel captured footage they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

A blue whale surfaced to breathe.

But this was no ordinary blue whale.

Its body length was close to 40 meters.

Previously, the largest blue whale on Earth was only about 33 meters long.

And this one was significantly longer than the largest record.

Its weight was conservatively estimated to be over 500 tons, and every tail flick stirred up huge waves on the sea surface; the research vessel beside it was as tiny as a leaf.

In the video, one could hear the trembling voices of the researchers: "My God... this is impossible... this is absolutely impossible..."

The second video came from a zoo in a city in northern Xia.

An adult Siberian tiger, which originally had a body length of less than 3 meters, had grown to 5 meters in just a few months, and its weight had skyrocketed to 1200 kilograms.

The surveillance footage clearly recorded the entire process of its escape.

That night, the behemoth just casually swiped its paw at the iron cage bars, and those solid steel bars with a diameter of nearly 2 centimeters bent and deformed like noodles.

Its bite force was estimated to be close to 4 tons.

"What was the concept of 4 tons?"

A small car weighs about 1.5 tons.

With one bite, this tiger could bite through two small cars stacked together.

It smashed open the deformed iron cage and disappeared into the deep mountains in a few leaps.

The zoo's subsequent tracking yielded nothing.

The third video came from Russia, where surveillance in a residential area captured a Black Bear rampaging through the streets.

That Black Bear was nearly twice the size of a normal adult Black Bear; with one slap, it shattered the windshield of a car parked on the side of the road, and then slowly walked into the forest opposite.

Similar videos were becoming more and more frequent.

Someone captured a giant eagle with a wingspan of over 10 meters in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

Someone discovered a green anaconda longer than a small boat in the rivers of South America.

Someone witnessed a giant elephant in a herd on the Africa savanna that was comparable in size to a prehistoric mammoth.

Animals in the wild were evolving at an out-of-control speed.

Their size, strength, speed, and aggression were increasing rapidly.

Nature reserves, forest parks, and deep mountains and wild forests, which were once humanity's back gardens, had now become truly dangerous zones.

Those who loved outdoor adventures were the first to feel the changes.

The number of cases of missing hikers surged, and the search and rescue teams sent out often encountered attacks by beasts of unconventional sizes, resulting in heavy casualties.

Wild areas in various countries began to be completely closed off one after another.

The nature that humans had spent thousands of years conquering seemed to be reclaiming its dominion.

Only then did the vast majority of ordinary people truly realize.

Spiritual Energy Revival was never just an opportunity for humans.

It belonged to every life on this planet.

And compared to those animals that were born with sharp claws, fangs, and strong physiques, the speed of human physical evolution was still too slow.

Fortunately, human progress was not just about physical fitness.

The world 100-meter record was refreshed to 5.86 seconds by Xia in just three months.

Put this number six months ago, and any expert studying sports science would have told you that the human body structure dictates it is impossible to run 100 meters in under 9 seconds.

And this record would likely not last long, because new people were emerging every day.

Their bodies were undergoing incomprehensible changes under the nourishment of Spiritual Qi.

The heavyweight weightlifting record Breakthrough 896 kilograms.

The world deadlift record broke through the 3-ton barrier; ordinary standard barbell bars could no longer withstand such weight.

The event organizers had to customize special reinforced bars.

What was even more surprising was the improvement in human intelligence.

Spiritual Qi brought not only the enhancement of physical functions, but also a comprehensive leap in brain processing speed, memory capacity, and thinking efficiency.

Scientific research Breakthroughs in various Domains were emerging one after another.

New Materials, new energy, biotechnology, artificial intelligence... almost all frontier technology Domains were experiencing an explosive advancement.

A laboratory in Xia even completed a technical path in three months that previously would have taken five years.

Human creativity was being fully activated by Spiritual Qi.

But this joy was soon overshadowed by the shadows of reality.

Compared to those evolved animals that weighed several tons, individual human strength was still too weak.

An unprecedented wave of self-defense enthusiasm swept through society.

Various combat training classes were packed; from traditional martial arts to modern mixed martial arts, from cold weapon usage to firearms shooting, as long as it was a skill that could make one stronger, countless people flocked to it.

Hot weapons were still the last trump card for humans to fight against evolved animals.

Militaries of various countries began to replace their equipment on a large scale with more powerful individual weapons, and special bullets targeting large beasts were urgently developed and put into mass production.

The city's defense systems were also being upgraded.

But everyone knew that this was only a temporary balance.

Animals were still evolving.

And humans were also catching up.

The changes in the farmland were equally astonishing.

Rice yield per mu easily Breakthrough 2000 catties, and some experimental fields even reached the terrifying figure of nearly 4000 catties.

The growth cycle of various vegetables was shortened by more than half.

Chickens, ducks, pigs, and cattle in farms grew fast and large, the time to market was significantly shortened, and the meat quality was firmer and more delicious.

The world food crisis seemed to have been solved in the short term.

But the changes that Spiritual Energy Revival brought to this world were far more complex and profound than anyone had imagined.