[{"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-616":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},231541,282,"Chapter 616 - 342","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-616",616,"\u003Cp>Plop...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound echoed again, sticky and dull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like something wet being dragged across the concrete ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It formed an eerie duet with the crisp clack of her high heels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind funneled in from the alleyway behind, bringing cold rain that pressed her skirt against her legs, fluttering continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the dim streetlight, her shadow stretched and twisted on the wet ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, it felt as if another unseen shadow was slowly approaching, merging with hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi’s breathing became slightly rapid, and goosebumps rose on the back of her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She forced herself to look straight ahead, but the corner of her eye involuntarily glanced back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her unusually sharp senses, she couldn’t detect the breathing or heartbeat of the stalker at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was definitely not normal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi’s left hand quietly slipped into her bag, her fingertips brushing against the cold, hard metal of a canister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was pepper spray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lightly bit her lower lip with her teeth, steadying herself a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, speaking in a whisper through the micro earpiece hidden by her hair:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Fisherman, can you hear me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint electric current noise came through the earpiece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, a calm male voice responded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fisherman acknowledges, what’s the situation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems like the Shark has appeared...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi’s lips moved slightly as she carefully reported:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can feel he’s right behind me, about fifteen meters away. I’m not looking back, afraid to alert him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood, Bait, maintain your position, stay alert, and don’t startle the target for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male voice paused, then his tone turned cold, issuing a series of commands:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Other teams, get ready. Surround from the rear and both sides of the street, the net is closing in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Team A acknowledges.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Team B acknowledges.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Team C acknowledges.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Different voices responded one after another on the communication channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi exhaled slightly, but the tension in her heart didn’t ease a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crime scene photos of the female victims flashed in her mind, recalling the monstrous acts of that killer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The murderer was a mutant, cunning, cruel, possessing almost ghostly special ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To lure out this hidden deviant pervert, the Special Search Team devised tonight’s capture plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The operation code names were Bait, Fisherman, Net, and the target Shark respectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she was the most crucial bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bait, don’t be afraid, the other members are closing in around you, this time we’ll make sure he doesn’t leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if sensing her inner turmoil, Fisherman’s voice came through again with reassuring strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi took a deep breath and continued to walk forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold, wet wind blew, sending a chill through her bare legs beneath her skirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raindrops, fine and dense, struck her bare skin, giving a strange sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seemingly elusive gaze from behind felt stuck to her pale thighs, making Cheng Leyi uncomfortable all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She instinctively reached out to pull down her short skirt that barely covered her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Fisherman, the target is closing in, seems to be picking up speed toward me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zi... acknowledged... maintain...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a burst of static interference came through the earpiece, and the voice broke intermittently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi’s heart tightened, and she instinctively quickened her pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"click-clack\" of high heels in the puddles suddenly became rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footsteps behind her also quickened, matching her pace without the slightest difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was about to exit the side road, Cheng Leyi suddenly felt someone grab her calf from behind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The touch was cold, slippery, with a nauseating stickiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A restrained scream broke the silence of the rainy night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leyi, what happened!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold on, we’re almost there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earpiece signal resumed at that moment, and the channel erupted in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without thinking, Cheng Leyi threw down her umbrella, lifted her other leg, and kicked backward fiercely with her high-heeled foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her foot only met empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Leyi couldn’t care about anything else, just frantically stomped, trying to shake off the sticky thing on her leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, several agile figures swiftly rushed out from the shadows of the street alleys around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leyi, sister!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five team members encircled her, looking at her stomping and shouting in the rain, their faces full of urgency and a hint of puzzlement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The killer? Where was that perverted menace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her teammates arrive, Cheng Leyi stopped screaming and looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she froze completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the five team members followed Cheng Leyi’s stiff gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them froze as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind in the alley suddenly whooshed from the other end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black plastic bag, soaked by rain, was tightly clinging to her leg, flapping with the gusts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strange footsteps from before were just the sound of it being blown along, rolling and slapping in the puddles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene fell into an instant of dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One team member, looking at Cheng Leyi’s drenched, disheveled appearance and the plastic bag, the culprit on her leg, couldn’t hold back anymore and burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The laughter sounded like a switch, instantly spreading the emotion to everyone else, and they all started laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tallest, burliest man laughed heartily:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought the Shark had bitten, but all this time, you got ambushed by a damn plastic bag!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",889,"2026-05-29T15:13:35.336Z","2026-06-01T04:29:35.325Z",1,"novelbin.me","3d6a12eaec19f8b506254d34ed831bec8ecaee985da3d0f31a359d871ca57d73","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-617","starting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-chapter-615",1278,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-to-gain-experience-from-push-ups-cover.jpg"]