Singlehandedly - Chapter 32

Chapter 32: The Beginning

On the top floor of the hotel, Tang Hong looked out into the distance.

The streets of the imperial capital under the dark night were decorated with dots of lights, neon lights flashing, and busy traffic.

After watching for a while, Tang Hong withdrew his gaze and sat back onto the edge of the bed.

The floor of the hotel standard room was carpeted, and the light brown color of the carpet could help a person’s mood to relax. He rubbed on the carpet, and couldn’t help but imagine what the situation in the special training camp would be like in two hours’ time.

No one knew where the special training camp was and how they were going there.

Silence shrouded the top floor of the hotel, everyone was waiting.

“Someone will come to pick us up, right?”

Tang Hong pressed his temples, the pressure of willpower on the nerves didn’t increase nor decrease. He began to practice the fist technique.

This transcendent technique method was actually quite simple. He only needed to concentrate his whole body strength onto the fist, at the same time completely relax his whole body. He just had to reach the state of not tensing his body, not deliberately directly his strength, and practice the technique in a natural manner.

Achieving this signifies he had reached the entry standard of the fist technique.

After that, if he could make a bang when he punched out while training, able to switch between ‘fast and slow’ on his own, start learning how to use vibration in his technique, that would be the intermediate standard.

As for the advanced standard, that required him to create echoes with each punch.

“Too difficult.”

Tang Hong was familiarizing with the nuances of his body and estimating the realm of advanced standard. “Creating echoes with each punch requires extremely high requirements for the physical fitness. I am still a very long way from that standard. At present, with my current strength, I’m unable to create fist echoes with every punch.”

Two months should be enough. After breaking the limit of willpower, he shall then break the limit of strength.

“But.”

“Does the percentage value of strength represents the limit of the human body or the limit of strength?” Tang Hong took down this question in his heart and was waiting to figure it out in the special training camp.

His thoughts changed to something else.

He recalled that in the morning, wearing the training suit that Fang Nanxun gave him, he reached the entry standard in less than five minutes, and his fist technique directly improved to the intermediate standard.

Such terrifying progress, just because of a set of clothes.

Wearing exercise clothes and casual clothes actually made such a big difference… When this puzzlement arose, Tang Hong gradually started having doubts in mind. Thinking carefully, he immediately found a lot of loopholes and unreasonable places.

No!

That wasn’t training clothes!

With a flash of inspiration, the corner of his eyes throbbed, and Tang Hong suddenly stood up. “That’s the smell of disinfectant water, that’s the hospital clothing!”

Willpower wasn’t wisdom or knowledge, but it could enable a person to keep calm.

As long as a person was truly calm and think about something, he would be more objective, sharper, and more logical than usual.

‘Why lie to me?’

‘Is there another reason?’

‘As soon as Dr. Sang left, Fang Nanxun found an excuse to stuff me a set of medical clothing and told me that the previous nine failures were due to not wearing training clothes.’

‘They…’

‘Wanted me to practice alone!?’

With his heart beating wildly, Tang Hong picked up his cell phone and dialed Fang Nanxun’s cell phone number directly.

The call was answered.

Fang Nanxun asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Why did you ask me to wear medical clothing? Why was I able to instantly reach the entry standard just by wearing a medical suit?” Tang Hong asked straightforwardly.

On the other side.

Fang Nanxun, who was in Yunhai City, was silent for a moment.

He thought that he could hide it for a while, but it was seen through by Tang Hong in less than a day.

Tang Hong was really a born material to become a transcendent. Reaching the entry standard and then the intermediate standard was a happy event that was akin to becoming the top scholar of the year. Yet Tang Hong could think about things calmly while being in such a surprised and happy mood, that really wasn’t easy.

It should be known that many people would subconsciously refuse to discover the truth.

“You are nervous.”

Fang Nanxun said solemnly, “It’s thanks to Dr. Sang that we could find out the crux of the matter. When I accompany you by the side, you will be nervous. It is said that it is an unknown type of tension that affects the way the body exerts its strength. I don’t understand more than this.”

Nervous?

Tang Hong couldn’t help but laughed. “Why would I be nervous?”

“Subconsciously nervous? Dr. Sang only said that this isn’t nervousness in a normal sense. You can ask him about the specific situation next time.” Fang Nanxun instructed and hung up.

Inside the room.

Tang Hong frowned.

He knew that nervousness was only the appearance. “Practicing the fist technique is only effective when I do it alone…”

Dong Dong!

The sound of knocking suddenly came from the door.

“Tang Hong~”

“Tang Hong~”

Tang Hong faintly heard a soft voice outside the door calling him. “It’s Jiang Lulu? Why is she here?”

Opening the door, Tang Hong said, “Fan Yu said that we should wait patiently in the room. We need to stand at the door and waited at 11:50 PM. Which is only one hour away.”

“Lue Lue.”

Jiang Lulu spat out her pinkish little tongue.

“It’s so annoying!”

Jiang Lulu squeezed into the room. “I went to find Guo Bojun and the others, but they didn’t open the door. Damn it, they thought that opening the door for me was a part of the camp test, morons!”

Tang Hong: “…”

Tang Hong welcomed Jiang Lulu into the room and patted the light-colored bed. “What do you want to do.”

“I’m bored, let’s play games.” Jiang Lulu took out a deck of cards from her back, jumped onto the bed cheerfully, and kicked her sandals onto the floor.

Tang Hong couldn’t help but smile.

He had lived alone for a long time and was used to being alone. It feels very healing to meet a girl like Jiang Lulu who seemed to be without a care in the world.

“Aren’t you afraid that I will do something to you?”

Tang Hong sighed.

Jiang Lulu triumphantly took out the anti-pervert spray and a small portable electric baton. “Sure, go ahead, do you think I’m afraid of you?”

“Electric baton?” Tang Hong’s eyes lit up, and he leaned directly in front of Jiang Lulu to snatch away the electric baton. Turning on the button, he gently poked it at his arm under Jiang Lulu’s horrified gaze.

Jiang Lulu shouted halfway, “Stop! Stop! You want to die!?”

Her voice stopped abruptly.

Because Tang Hong only shivered twice, his face slightly ruddy, looking like he was in pleasure.

‘Fang Nanxun was right.’

‘There isn’t any way to display willpower on the outside.’

Willpower wasn’t magic or cultivating to become an immortal, but a power hidden in their daily life.

Willpower was restraint, it was also resistance to temptation. Even if the limit of willpower was broken, if there is no physical foundation of the body, the person would look no different from an ordinary person… Tang Hong looked down at his arm, his strong muscles offset some of the electric currents, and his strong willpower made him restrain the pain.

Next moment,

he looked up,

and Jiang Lulu’s big round eyes came into his eyes.

“Y-y-y-y-you, t-t-transcendent?”

Jiang Lulu’s brain went blank and she stuttered.

“How is it possible for me to become a transcendent so fast.” Tang Hong said, “Did you not realize that I only use the lowest level current?”

“T-t-t-that’s also very powerful.” Jiang Lulu continued to stutter.

As she said this.

She quietly came closer to Tang Hong and poked on Tang Hong’s arm twice with her fingertips hesitantly. “Can I touch it?”

“…”

She asked the question after she had already poked finish his arm, what kind of brain circuit does she have? Tang Hong turned off the electric baton and returned it to Jiang Lulu.

Putting away the electric baton, Jiang Lulu thought for a while, then said, “I have to go now.”

Was she scared?

Tang Hong laughed amusingly and sent her ou, watching her return to her room.

The hotel room returned to silence, and only time passed bit by bit in the silence. Very quickly, the time reached 11:50 PM.

Countdown to special training camp: zero.

Click.

Tang Hong opened the door gently.

Ka, Ka, Ka, the doors of all the rooms on the top floor of the hotel also opened one after another, as if it was an agreed exercise. The long and straight corridor looked very neat and orderly. At a glance, there were about fifty people.

From the looks of this, in addition to this hotel, there were also other meeting points.

“This special training camp has at least 200 people.”

Tang Hong silently estimated. Out of the corner of his eye, he swept across the members of the special training camp on his left and right. They looked very familiar to him, they were all people from Yunhai City. When he looked at those members further away, he didn’t know any of them.

No one was talking loudly, everyone was observing.

The chirping Jiang Lulu also wrinkled her face and stood straight.

Guo Bojun was in a suit, and a seemingly ordinary but luxurious suitcase was at his feet.

At this moment.

Four or five stern-looking people in black formal wear appeared on both sides of the corridor. Two of them walked along the middle of the passage to review the number of people, and then they took out a dedicated camera, seeming wanting to check their photos to confirm the identity of the people who came here.

Immediately afterward, the two of them pushed a cart into the corridor.

Inside the cart were neatly folded clothes.

Each set of clothes had a name on them. It was obviously a dark black training suit made in advance, it was very thick.

“Everyone.”

“Come get your own clothes.” A middle-aged woman stood up and said loudly, “Now, all go back to your rooms. I give you all three minutes when all of you come out of your rooms, I only want to see yourselves and the clothes you just received. All other items are to be left in the room.”

Everyone, including Tang Hong, was surprised. This manner of doing things was really quite heart-shaking.

“Hello.”

Guo Bojun raised his hand to indicate, and asked, “Where should I put my suitcase.”

The middle-aged woman turned her head and said, “You will see your suitcase when you come out of the special training camp. Are there any more questions?”

“No…”

Guo Bojun didn’t ask any more questions, he just lowered his head and said nothing. In order to get a slot for him to enter this training camp, his father used many favors and embezzled the company funds. He couldn’t be willful now. Before leaving, he heard from his elder brother that in total, 19 million Hua dollars was spent to get him this slot.

Moments later.

Everyone had changed their clothes.

“There is a helicopter waiting on the rooftop.”

“The helicopter will send you all to the special training camp.”

“Next, if I read your name, please go to the rooftop to board the plane immediately…” The middle-aged woman said blandly.

“Tang Hong.”

“Jiang Lulu.”

She read the names one by one in the order of the list, and 30 people were quickly called.

The large-sized helicopter could carry up to 30 passengers.

As for using a transport plane, that would be too conspicuous, and it wouldn’t be allowed to enter the airspace of the imperial capital at all.

Hu Hu!

On the last night of June, the moonlight was bright and clear, but fierce winds were howling on the rooftop, blowing away the sultry heat, and also blowing away the perturbation in everyone’s hearts.

Because on the rooftop, there was really a large-sized helicopter parked.

“Is this necessary?”

Tang Hong’s eyes went straight.

It should be known that the Yellow River organization was a non-governmental organization, and now they were just traveling to the special training camp, wasn’t this too much of a fuss? He suddenly remembered the news that Fan Yu had said in the train station in the imperial capital during the day:

This batch’s special training camp was being targeted, there was danger.

Who was targeting it?

Wasn’t the special training camp a place to train people to fight back against the gods?

Tang Hong, who thought he had known the truth, felt that everything was unclear at this moment. The mysterious and unknown world had just revealed the tip of the iceberg.

Tang Hong boarded the helicopter.

To be frank.

He was afraid of heights.

Fortunately, his strong willpower dispelled his panic, causing Tang Hong’s expression to remain calm. “Strange, how come this helicopter has no windows.”

After the 30 of them boarded, the helicopter flew off into the night. After flying for about forty minutes, it landed slowly. The hatch opened, and two medium-sized passenger buses were already waiting outside.

Inside the bus, there were still no windows.

It was impossible to even estimate the direction. From exiting the helicopter to entering the bus, there wasn’t any time to observe their position. If only he had a compass with him.

Tang Hong sighed in a low voice.

Beside him.

Jiang Lulu gritted her teeth and said nothing. She was a little motion sick.

“The speed of this bus.” Jiang Lulu felt the vibration of the bus and came to a surprising conclusion. “It should have exceeded 100 kilometers per hour. Isn’t it dangerous to drive so fast at night like this?”

It was dead silence inside the bus.

No one spoke.

Another hour passed.

Chi!

The bus braked abruptly and the back door opened. A huge camp was right in front of their eyes!