[{"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-614":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},231539,282,"Chapter 614 - 341","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-614",614,"\u003Cp>In the air of the old apartment building, there lingered an indelible musty smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wall paint had peeled off in patches, exposing the dull gray cement beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various advertisements like \"infertility treatment\" and \"locksmith and plumbing repair\" were randomly stuck on walls, resembling a rash plaguing the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lonely incandescent bulb hung near the staircase, casting a dim light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It flickered occasionally, projecting shadows onto the walls, stretching and distorting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator stopped on the seventh floor, its old iron gate creaked, struggling to slide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scraping sound echoed in the quiet hallway, piercingly loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman staggered out of the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tight camisole and a pencil skirt accentuated her alluring curves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scent of alcohol and cheap perfume mixed into the hallway air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, she had just escaped a night of revelry, returning home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her exquisitely made-up face was somewhat smudged, still carrying the remnants of intoxication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her high heels struck the floor with crisp yet slightly chaotic \"tap tap\" sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, she seemed completely unaware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just around the corner in the shadows of the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were a pair of eyes emerging in the darkness, gazing at her swaying figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman wobbled as she walked deeper into the corridor, stopping before a door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fumblingly, she pulled out a bunch of keys from her handbag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their collision produced a tinkling sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed she expended much effort to aim the key at the lock and open the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly stepped inside, the door shutting behind her, isolating everything from the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the corner, those eyes still fixated on the direction where the woman disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within the pupils, there faintly flickered a bizarrely ominous red glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if a beast lurked there, ready to devour its prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About half a minute later, a figure silently emerged from the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wide black raincoat enveloped the figure entirely, with the hood pulled low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raindrops, not yet dried, trickled from the edges, forming tiny patches on the dusty floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure moved down the long corridor, treading as lightly as a feline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the lights here were broken, with only one or two at a distance still illuminating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint light barely outlined the contours of the tightly shut doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them came various sounds of residents’ lives: TV noise, the intermittent cries of a baby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the figure passed beneath a functional bulb, the dim glow faintly revealed a white mask on the face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hideous, terrifying, resembling an Evil Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the mask, Fang Cheng’s eyes were sharp, staring towards the corridor’s end swallowed by darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This apartment building was constructed in the early Republic era, with ten floors, in a spiraling structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All facilities exuded an old-fashioned sense of time, not to mention surveillance equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder that the target \"Scorpion\" would choose to hide here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intelligence provided by Chen Chen was only a rough range, lacking a specific room number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he could only use the most primitive method of elimination, observing from the opposite rooftop to narrow down the target to a few suspicious residents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Fang Cheng was standing on the seventh floor, his gaze fixed on the door labeled \"709\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a dozen minutes ago, he had seen the lights in this room go out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From every perspective, this place was the most suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng quietly approached the door, refraining from immediate action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he slightly closed his eyes, amplifying his sensory perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Invisible ripples expanded outwards, penetrating the thick door, probing into the darkness within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All surrounding residents’ noises were filtered, leaving only the sounds generated inside this room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside was a deathly silence, with not even the faintest breath or heartbeat detectable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a thread of abnormal scent, like an invisible hook, caught Fang Cheng’s sense of smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It mingled with the inherent mustiness of the corridor, subtle, faint, yet pungent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the stench emitted from excessively sun-dried salt fish by the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a scent might be difficult for ordinary people to detect or discern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fang Cheng could clearly perceive it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was certainly not the condition of a normal resident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, then he reached out, gently pushing the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door remained unmoved, tightly locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng glanced down at the old lock, without the slightest hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, he reached inside his raincoat, retrieving a cross-shaped screwdriver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he steadily aligned the screwdriver’s tapered edge with the lock hole, slowly inserting it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hand tightly grasped the cold door handle to steady the door panel, while the other gripped the screwdriver’s handle firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ears keenly captured the roar of a car swiftly passing on the street outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s wrist suddenly exerted force, thrusting the screwdriver inward, using brute force to collide with the lock pin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharply suppressed cracking sound emanated from the lock’s core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfectly masked by the roar from the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng gripped the screwdriver’s handle, then his wrist calmly twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the lock pins were violently dislodged from their positions, and the obstruction vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lock yielded, obediently rotating open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squeak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door gently swung open, revealing the scene inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng stepped inside directly, without deliberately lowering his footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the resident inside was truly the target \"Scorpion\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then with the extraordinary vigilance recorded in the intelligence, even the slightest sound of unlocking should have been enough to wake them from sleep and prepare for confrontation.\u003C\u002Fp>",917,"2026-05-29T15:13:35.336Z","2026-06-01T04:29:35.325Z",1,"novelbin.me","5908be2b7bb229dcf3bb327288702b8c3948ed2bab5d1de01ae5c52b778af0a0","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-615","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-613",1278,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-cover.jpg"]