[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups":3,"chapter-starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-216":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},231241,282,"Chapter 216 - 181: Want to Eat Meat? Come Find Me","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-216",216,"\u003Cp>Winter nights come early and are deeper dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chill pervades the room, with a faint layer of white frost condensing on the windows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the end of the year draws near, the tubular building becomes increasingly empty and quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many who came to East Capital for work have gradually returned home early for the New Year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With less noise, it’s rather suitable for the remaining residents to go to bed early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dimly lit living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng has been practicing Tai Chi Boxing for several hours, becoming more spirited instead of sleepy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding-a-ling—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a piercing alarm rings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng stops immediately, looking at the information displayed on the panel in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tai Chi Boxing Experience +12]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he glances at the alarm clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>11:00.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s getting late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, he can continue sitting in meditation, practicing his Meditation Skill for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Fang Cheng immediately stops and stands up, washes up quickly, and walks into the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turns off the light, goes to bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the room plunges into pitch darkness and silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neon lights flicker through the window on the seated silhouette, mysteriously bright then dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city’s noise gradually quiets, various sounds fade like the tide, becoming silent, distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But hidden information in the dark becomes active and more noticeable than during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s eyes are slightly closed, silently visualizing a flame in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his eyes, waves of electromagnetic signals flash and zoom by rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the light scattered by the flame sends out invisible vibrations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one looks over the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More radio waves travel at high or low frequencies, weaving through skyscrapers, drifting across colorful neon lights in the cold night sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some are emitted unintentionally, others pass some information between each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, most are signals from radio stations and communication devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bright circle formed by the flame seems to have a mysterious attraction to certain specific frequencies of radio waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While meditating, Fang Cheng constantly hears faint rustling sounds by his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes it seems like someone is calling his name, sometimes it’s like the frequency hopping noise from a radio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s like... many pairs of eyes hidden in the dark are secretly watching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These strange hallucinations ultimately cannot shake a mind capable of deep Meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Fang Cheng continues practicing meditation, perceiving his mental state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he feels a slight movement in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vaguely feels a strange consciousness crawling towards him along a wave, burrowing into his mind like a caterpillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hush~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a breeze enters the room, chilling his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if something dark is lurking behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng frowns slightly, still keeping calm, choosing to continue focusing deeply in Meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time a shadow flashes by!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hush~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hush~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it seems to be exhaling a cold breath, slowly approaching, and its face becomes clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facial features like blood-drained voids, complexion as pale as unburned paper ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It resembles He Yao who jumped to his death, and Wu Shihao from the Red Tiger Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more like the many people he had killed, faces overlapping, twisted unrealistically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are continuously crying, the sound eerie and piercing, making one’s head buzz, unable to calm down and meditate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s eyelids twitch involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly he frowns, glaring with wide-opened eyes, impatiently shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get lost!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he speaks forcefully, his internal organs, bones, and muscles seem to tremble in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, like a tiger roaring in the mountains, thunder rumbles across the sky, shaking the whole room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a faint scream arising, the figures before his eyes instantly dissipate, and silence falls around his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disturbing illusions never appear again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, Fang Cheng’s gaze is sharply bright, carefully scanning the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t find any abnormal figures or traces in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just feels a slight heat at the brow center, the flame in his mind shaking vigorously, the Spiritual Fire seemingly burning more intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng frowns slightly, pondering for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he gets up from bed and walks to the window, yanking open the curtains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the misty glass window, one can see the scene downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Street sides dotted with candles and cold leftover food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A breeze blows, and the ash from the burnt paper in the fire basin flies around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere indeed feels a bit eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s gaze flickers, looking somewhat peculiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, he’d rather it be vengeful spirits claiming lives, or an evil ghost during its haunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from his Meditation perception, the likelihood of being attacked by spiritual power seems much higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the silent night sky in the early morning, feeling the chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s mind races through every possible suspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially that guy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a sudden ringtone breaks the almost solid atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s gaze sharpens, quickly picks up the cellphone from the bedside table, pressing the answer button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very faint weak voice drifts from the phone, as if the cold wind is sobbing outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening closely, it’s actually the sound of gasping breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiu Mei?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the voice is Zhou Xiumei, Fang Cheng is very surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle of the night, and living so close, why would this girl call him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Cheng...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",884,"2026-05-29T15:13:17.898Z","2026-06-01T04:29:34.702Z",1,"novelbin.me","2d9c04620eccf9221d0a78c155cdd3b240ec520cf7832b9134a975f4ca999424","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-217","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-215",1278,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-cover.jpg"]