TU! TU! TU! TU! TU! TU! TU!
Both of their eyes bulged as the stuff panicking and an SOS alarm being played.
In front, they saw guards forming a semicircle. They all withheld guns, wearing white battledress.
All of their guns pointed towards a man on his knees, his eyes turned red, blood pouring out. He screamed.
"Hey, take the guns down" Adrian rushed and intercepted the guards.
Aeron jostled through two guards and saw the view in front—a guy in his 60's screamed, as his skin had turned pale and mutated in the color of yellow. His veins had bulged to their extreme. He had gray hair and wore a white lab coat.
After that, the man collapsed.
Adrian moved forward and checked the pulse. Adrian's expression died down. The man on the ground had died.
He stood up and waved his hand towards the guards, "Everyone's dismiss"
The guards scattered. Meanwhile, in Aeron's eyes, he observed traces of yellow fog leaving the man's body. As the fog blended with the air, the dead man's skin regained its original shade.
'That's Mana!'
Aeron recognized the phenomena.
"Send him back to his room," Adrian commanded.
Aeron felt his two shoulders being grabbed,"What!" Two guards dragged him back to the elevator. "No, no I still want to see."
"Sorry, but you're too young for these thing," Adrian said looking towards Aeron
Two guards grabbed the corpse and moved it.
"Seth!"
"Um,here, I am here" His assistant rush over.
"How did this happen?" Adrian asked.
"Well…" Seth rubbed the back of his head. He had a clumsy look, with brown eyes and blonde hair. Almost everyone in the lab wore a white lab coat.
"Curiosity killed the doc" A woman walked near them. She wore golden glasses and had red eyes along with black hair. She continued, "Two days ago, he went alone, to research the restricted grounds. He must have been infected there."
Adrian sighed, "You sound cold as ever I see." He continued, "He told me, he had 3 grandsons, cover all of their education fees, and grant them a job after graduation, as for his corpse, hold a funeral after examining it, that's the least, we could do."
"Sir, about the cause of his death.." His assistant spoke, "We found something."
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Aeron rested on his bed, "Argh, can't believe I got kicked out."
"But it seems, the research on the preceding effects of the tower already started. So, did they still fail to prepare for the upcoming crises?" The news of his family's death flashed through his mind, "Or, they did find something."
He stood up and took out the box given to him by his brother.
"Lets see, lens integrated with a fitness AI. Must be something, if it wore the science fair."
On his finger, he placed one of the lenses and placed on his eye. He did the same with the other.
After placing them, he saw a screen appear in mid-air.
[Starting System……]
[Fitness Supervisor Premium Version 3.64]
[Powered by Atlene Tech]
'Atlene Tech, ah, the organization my sister started. Thinking, back, didn't I also start something similar trying to compete?'
[Choose Your Package]
[Mode: Usual]
-For those who just want to stay healthy.
-Pricing Range: 30-75 Aro
[Mode: Exceptional]
-For those who want to remain more muscular and fit than the average
-Price Range: 55-165 Aro
[Mode: Athlete]
-For those who partake in professional physical competitions.
-Price Range: 175-500 Aro
[Mode: Inhuman]
-A competition created for those who want to test and go beyond the limits of the human body
Update: 'User: _____ already completed and won the competition.'
Total Number of Participants to complete the program: 3
Total Number of Participants to take the challenge: 54
-Entry Price: 500 Aro
-Special Reward for those who rank in the top 10
'hm, a competition, I like it.'
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He pressed the [Mode: Inhuman]
[Analyzing The User]
[Error]
[Failed to detect the scanner]
[Please place the scanner on your forearm]
"Scanner?"
He looked back at the box and found a small circular, black device. "So, this is a scanner?"
He brought the scanner nearer to his left arm's forearm.
Then the scanner got attached to his arm like a magnet on metal.
The scanner spread out. Taking the shape of a bracelet around his arm.
[Successfully linked With the Scanner]
[Would you allow the Fitness Supervisor Premium Version 3.64 link with your card?]
"Yes"
He felt a sharp pain on his forearm.
[Scanning DNA Sample]
[User's Digital Card Found]
[Suggested Username: Aeron Or, Would you like to use an alias?]
"Aeron is fine."
[Would you allow Fitness Supervisor Premium Version 3.64 to scan your body anatomy and manage your activities?]
[Note: Your information is perfectly safeguarded and would be only used by the algorithm to create a suitable fitness plan]
"Yes"
[Scanning bone density]
[Scanning body fat ratio]
[Scanning testosterone levels]
.
.
.
The more of those scanning screens showed for a while.
[Scanning Completed]
[Comparing Your Stats With Your Age Group]
[You are healthier than 82% of your age group]
"So, there are 18% of kids healthier than me, I don't like that]
[The amount of time you would like to exercise for?Recommended 1.5 hours/per day]
"Let's see….hm...I do also have a lot more things to do, so 1.5 hours per day seems fine."
[Noted]
[Time Range? Recommended: Around 4 pm]
"I don't think, I would be free around 4 pm, so morning 5-6:30 am."
[Noted]
[Do you have the privilege of gym equipment?]
"Yes, pretty sure my brother has a open gym."
[Do you have the privilege of open ground?]
"Yes"
[Analyzing Given Data]
[Note: You have chosen Inhuman Mode. Your biological data would be collected from today for one year. Every change on your body would be noted. Consistency would be emphasized. Progress would be noted. And compared with others]
[Diet Plan Formed]
[Exercises Plan Formed]
[It's already past 6 30, would you like to start now, or start tomorrow?]
Aeron stretched his arms and gave a light smile, "Of course, start now."
[Day 1: Basic Warm Up Exercises]
[Push-ups: 0/10][3 Sets]
[Chin Up: 0/10][2 Sets]
[Pull Up: 0/5][2 Sets]
[Light Jog: 0/ 3 km]
[Time Limit: 1 Hour 29 Minutes 59 Seconds]
[Note: Failure to complete the task in time would be noted]
"well, well, now that makes, the task, more exciting."
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"This is problematic," Adrian sighed. He stretched his leg on top of the white table while he sat on a chair.
"Complaints are overflowing, problems in mining and extraction have exceeded the norms. If this keeps up….." Seth said.
"This could also be an opportunity, like the discovery a new element," The female assistant remarked.
"What did you find out from examining the doctor's corpse?" Adrian asked
The female assistant looked down upon the tablet she held and spoke, "Well, the cause of death seems to be an a phenomenon similar to blood rejection, or an extreme hemolytic transfusion reaction."
She continued, "When he entered the restricted zone, a foreign compounded entered his lungs, when the compounded came in contact with his blood, the blood cells mutated. At least some of them did, But his organs rejected the new blood. And along with the mutated blood producing internal heating resulted in death."
"Strange, why did the mutation only start 2 days later? And I though we already sent rats down the area, yet they remained unaffected. What else do we know about this foreign compound?" Adrian asked
"…"
"That it degrades soil and water," Seth answered
Adrian sighed again
"New information arrived," The female assistant spoke out as she continued looking at her tablet. "The team we sent, completed digging a passage below the restricted ground. And they say they found hollow ground."
Adrian's eyes widened.
"Shall I grant them permission to enter there?" She asked
"No," Adrian stood up, "Prepare the lightware. I will head there myself."
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"3!"
"4!"
Sweat dripped from his body. He let go of his hand and dropped to the ground.
"This is just insane!"
Aeron had completed the 30 push-ups. But doing chin-ups directly after push-ups is no easy task.
He breathed heavily.
He grabbed the shaker. Shook it well and drank. It came with his diet plan and was delivered instantly to his house. It was a positive supplement developed by the same company to help with the fitness process.
He raised his hands and grabbed the bar again.
The tasks were demanding but not impossible. Frankly, just thinking about the remaining exercise while struggling with the chin-ups was enough to give him daunting thoughts. So, he stopped thinking.
He pulled himself. Even when his muscles burned, he pulled. Even when his muscles screamed, he pulled
He let go when his hands felt numb. Rested for a while, then restarted. After a long cycle of resting and exercising, he finally completed.
[Push-ups: 10/10][3 Sets]
[Chin Up: 10/10][2 Sets]
[Pull Up: 5/5][2 Sets]
[Time Taken: 1 Hour 15 Minutes 34 Seconds]
Only 15 minutes remained, and running 3 km in 15 minutes was just impossible in his current state. So, he just rested in the ground for the next 15 minutes while drinking the supplement.