[{"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-615":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},231540,282,"Chapter 615 - 341:","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-615",615,"\u003Cp>The reason Fang Cheng didn’t choose the more direct method of kicking down the door and barging in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was simply because he didn’t want to disturb the neighbors before confirming the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interior was pitch black, with thick curtains blocking all the streetlight from outside, creating a sense of isolation from the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this had no effect on Fang Cheng, as everything in the darkness was clearly visible, with distinct outlines in his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a standard three-bedroom apartment, with very simple furnishings, but unexpectedly clean and tidy, almost to the point of being overly meticulous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s eyes swept like a hawk over every inch of space, his powerful perception searching for any enemies possibly lurking in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, his muscles coiled like a snake, tensed to the extreme, ready to strike deadly at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the intelligence, the target supposedly has abilities related to invisibility, so he must remain on high alert at all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living room, kitchen, bathroom...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng quickly made a round around the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the only thing left was the closed bedroom door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint fishy smell was emanating from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Scorpion could very well be hiding in there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng no longer hesitated, striding toward the bedroom, suddenly lifting a foot and kicking the door hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fragile wooden door, along with the lock, shattered inward like it was hit by artillery, splinters flying everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stealth and assassination were not Fang Cheng’s forte.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At times like this, a more direct use of force was necessary to resolve the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the bedroom door burst open, the scene inside instantly came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few wardrobes, a desk, a table lamp on the desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to it were a few scattered risque magazines with explicit covers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s gaze swiftly swept over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, it fixed on the bed in the center of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bed was draped with a layer of white gauze, and through the translucent veil, a vague human silhouette lay quietly within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was filled with the smell emanating from that source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng slightly squinted his eyes and walked over step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t hear any heartbeat or breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before reaching out to pull aside the thin veil, he could already determine that the figure on the bed should be a corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as he expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The veil was abruptly lifted, revealing a horrifying mummified corpse underneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse’s appearance had fully lost any semblance of its living face, with skin stretched tightly over the bones like dried cured meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eye sockets were sunken into two black holes, the mouth agape in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if in extreme fear before death, desperately pleading with the killer for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng let out a slow exhale of stale air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gruesome sight of the corpse was truly... too horrific.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by certain body features could it vaguely be discerned that it was a female.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed to have been dead for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But strangely, the body showed no signs of decomposition, nor the usual stench accompanying corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if her body’s moisture and vitality had been completely drained by some force in a very short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng carefully observed the mummified corpse, hoping to discover some clues, but he found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was not a professional forensic scientist and had no detection equipment at hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then raised his head and once more scrutinized the entire room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be confirmed now that, aside from this corpse, there was no other living person in the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, he kicked the door open and even deliberately exposed his back several times while searching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was to lure out any potential enemy using the Invisibility Technique lurking in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the opponent never revealed themselves from beginning to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was Chen Chen lying to me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as that thought arose, it was immediately dismissed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s gaze fell on the floor at the foot of the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a fingernail-sized piece of yellow, sticky substance long since solidified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes lit up, crouching down and extending a finger to cautiously touch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon contact, a burning pain spread across his skin as if it had been splashed with concentrated sulfuric acid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flesh on his fingertip slowly shriveled, its moisture being absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng’s gaze sharpened, letting True Qi circulate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wisp of crimson-gold flame \"whipped\" out from his fingertip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strange droplet of mucus evaporated into a wisp of blue smoke under the scorching fire, disappearing without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This must be Scorpion living here, no doubt...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng stood up, his gaze settling back on the desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a cup of coffee there; he reached out to touch the cup’s wall, still warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner of this room must have left just recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, his attention was caught by the lamp’s wire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the wire, he looked towards the socket in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, a white device with a dial was plugged in, seemingly for timing purposes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng instantly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a timer switch for controlling the bedroom lights; set a time, and it automatically cuts the power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lights he saw go out from outside earlier were not because the owner went to sleep, but because of this trickery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This prey is indeed quite cunning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the more it is like this, the more it proves he hasn’t found the wrong target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Cheng walked to the window and pulled open the heavy curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside was equally pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold rain smattered against the glass, flowing down and blurring the street scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked out the window, his gaze flickering slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the profile in the case files, Scorpion has a habit of appearing on rainy nights, trailing young women, waiting for the opportunity to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This type of serial killer, after long periods of dormancy, usually enters an uncontrollable impulse phase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They become unable to resist going out, searching for new targets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And tonight might very well be the time for hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could stay here, hidden in this room, waiting for the other party to return and trap themselves, then deliver a fatal blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Fang Cheng abruptly turned his head to look again at the bed where the woman’s corpse lay in a tragic state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he extended his hand and gently closed her eyes, which could not find peace, calmly saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, I’ll make sure the killer joins you in death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, he didn’t linger any longer, turned, and walked to the window, directly opening it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next second, he unhesitatingly leaped out from the seventh-floor window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black raincoat fluttered and danced in the night wind, like a hawk spreading its wings, instantaneously disappearing into the dark rain curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...............\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiangbei District, Yingchun Road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neon sign of the \"Urban Beauty\" nightclub diffused purplish-red halos into the rain curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a giant beast in the urban jungle, opening its misty eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even on rainy days, the fervor here cannot be extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powerful drumming penetrated the walls, intertwining with the sound of the pouring rain, vibrating the slippery asphalt road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cars periodically paused at the entrance, dropping off or picking up fashionable, elegantly dressed men and women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi’s luck clearly wasn’t good tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s been standing under the eaves for nearly ten minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another, taxis with their red \"For Hire\" lights on whizzed past her, splashing water, forcing her to repeatedly step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sighed irritably, put away her phone, and tucked it into her handbag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her home was just two blocks away, and walking back wouldn’t take long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having made up her mind, she opened the expensive transparent umbrella bought at the nightclub entrance and stepped into the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eye-catching red strap dress wrapped around her graceful figure, her long, pale legs noticeably standing out in the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stiletto heels clicked crisply yet lonely on the waterlogged pavement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver tasseled earrings gently swayed with her steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the sequined handbag on her shoulder, they reflected the city’s dazzling midnight lights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she turned the street corner, the noise was instantly thrown behind, as if the world had been put on mute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a quiet side street, most of the shops had closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the dim street lamps cast hazy circles of light in the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rain tapped on the umbrella surface, making a pattering sound, becoming the only background noise at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi tidied her hair, blown messy by the wind, and continued walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some unknown point, a peculiar sound joined the rain and her footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a deliberate, unhurried sound of footsteps, treading through puddles, sounding heavier and stickier than her high heels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost like... someone walking in soaking boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One step, and another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rhythm was evasive, complementing her steps like a shadow that wouldn’t go away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi’s heart sank sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers clutching the umbrella and handbag tightened unconsciously, her knuckles turning slightly white.\u003C\u002Fp>",1533,"2026-05-29T15:13:35.336Z","2026-06-01T04:29:35.325Z",1,"novelbin.me","80e6f344788a086a54e8402f119ec89cfd3078b74f136730d4696768148e2461","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-616","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-614",1278,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-cover.jpg"]