Chapter 812 - Crushing Torture (1/2)
Chapter 812: Crushing Torture
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
The Subaquatic Corvette was speedy and cruised under the sea, distancing itself a few thousand nautical miles away from Haiben Island in just a few minutes. After using the probing sensor to check above, it then surfaced near a desolate island.
“Let’s land here.” Tang Xiu stepped out of the hatch and stepped onto the sea’s surface and then onto the island. Cheng Xuemei, who stood in the cabin door, watched in disbelief. Even though she had become an ability user herself, treading on the surface of the water so easily was something she couldn’t possibly do.
“I’ll come.”
Cheng Xuemei took a deep breath and quickly manipulated the Earth element to condense and form a pathway to the outside of the cabin hatch. She then stepped out and walked along until she came to Tang Xiu’s side.
“So how are you going to help me?”
Tang Xiu took a pack of gravity suits from his interspatial ring and handed it to Cheng Xuemei. “Put this on and then run around the island. Keep running for two hours without stopping every day. Then, I’ll keep you accompany for sparring. That will allow you to familiarize yourself with your current strength.”
Cheng Xuemei had become accustomed to the unusual things Tang Xiu took out of thin air, so she nodded and put the suit on. The suit was like mech-armor that directly wrapped around her body, yet she was confused and asked, “How does this suit affect me exactly?”
Tang Xiu just let out a pale smile and reached out to her shoulder. Red numbers appeared on it and the digits began to change.
“This is…”
Cheng Xuemei was shaken as she clearly felt that the suit she was wearing began to become heavier and heavier as the numbers changed. In just ten seconds, she felt like she was being crushed on the ground by the increased gravity, despite her physique being otherwise fine.
Tang Xiu pressed her shoulder again and the gravity abruptly kept at that level. He then said, “This is a gravity suit and the maximum gravity it can manipulate is to be about 36 times greater. What you’re now enduring is 12 times the usual gravity of Earth. I think this is the limit you can take for now. Try to walk slowly under the gravity pressure and then run afterward. When it seems like your step feels like flying, you’ve completed the first stage.”
“Do I start now?” asked Cheng Xuemei, still somewhat in disbelief.
“Time is money; wasting it is just shameful, no?” Tang Xiu nodded. “So, get started now! I’ll be right behind you to supervise you for two hours. Don’t let me down, got it?”
With explosive power in her bones after hearing Tang Xiu’s words, Cheng Xuemei struggled to get up from the ground. She then took a few deep breaths and tried to lift her thighs.
BAM…
A step was taken under the pressure of twelve times the usual force of gravity, and Cheng Xuemei was still unable to control her own strength. Her body swayed and then fell heavily to the side.
“GET UP AND CONTINUE!”
BAM…
“GET UP AND CONTINUE!”
BAM…
“GET UP.”
“…”
It was just simple walking. Cheng Xuemei was like a toddler who had just learned to walk. She tried her best to maintain her balance and attempted to lift her legs, falling again and again and then having to get up one time after another. The process was painful, but she gritted her teeth and persevered.
An hour and a half later.
Cheng Xuemei was now panting and wheezing, sweating profusely all over her body with a face flushed red. She even had green veins faintly protruding on her forehead. At this moment in time, she had nearly reached her own limit and overexerted herself, evident by her aching soreness which made it feel like a cushion of needles was pricking her.
“Huff… huff… c-can I… can I… have… some rest?”
After falling again, Cheng Xuemei didn’t get up immediately but raised her beautiful face and looked at Tang Xiu. A bit of a painful expression could be seen in her eyes along with some hope.
“No.” Tang Xiu flatly rejected the plea and indifferently said, “The tougher time you can endure, the better you’ll be. You need to improve your physical strength to challenge your limits and stimulate your potential. You still have an hour. Persevere!”
Cheng Xuemei clenched her fist and gritted her teeth, struggling hard to get up. Her body was violently trembling which was accompanied with some tears of grievances in her eyes. She kept struggling bitterly to walk step by step. After the effort of working herself to death, she was able to make some progress. At the very least, she could now maintain her balance despite her speed being slower than the average speed of a walking adult.
After three steps, extreme fatigue engulfed her and she lost her body’s balance again, falling heavily on the ground.
“Get up,” said Tang Xiu coldly, hands folded being his back.
Tears finally flowed out of Cheng Xuemei’s eyes. She struggled hard to slowly get up again. This time, it took her nearly half a minute to get up.