Miles didn’t bother to answer but looked at the devices that help train the body.
Thanks to the new age and the ever-progressing technology Mother AI brought from the foreign world, the devices used in daily life have been upgraded to a new level. Not only for the military but even in the littlest areas, including sport. These devices were programmed to increase efficiency. They weren’t lifeless machines to put in motion to run the muscles anymore, but so much more than that. They could analyze the body to create a workout plan for working on a particular muscle. And the first training device Miles had chosen was, Gravity Lounge.
The Gravity Lounge was a special room with adjustable gravity. It could be reduced to 0G and increased to 20G. It was one of the most convenient devices for the initial adjustment period after using the Strengthening Serum because gravity would influence all muscles.
Miles talked to Cale and others for a little longer and came before the gravity device. He was about to set the gravity and opened the door. Before he could enter though, he was stopped by Lucy.
“Miles, how about a wager?” Lucy said as she looked at him with disdain.
“What do you have in mind?” Miles asked. He was curious about what this intemperate lady was thinking.
“We enter Death Trap together. First to leave, lose.” Lucy said smugly and looked at Miles. Death Trap was a special 3 hours program in Gravity Lounge. Starting with 1.5G, 1.5 times the Earth’s gravity, it would increase 0.1G every 5 minutes. At the end of the 3 hours, the gravity would be 5.1G, 5.1 times of Earth’s. It was a death trap.
The basic AI uploaded on the machine could recognize the situation and cancel the gravity field in case of emergency, and people waiting outside would take the person out. But overstaying would still cause internal damages.
Miles has never been in a Death Trap before but worked under different gravities He could live through under 2G and still hold on up to 3G. But beyond that, it was too difficult. He didn’t think Lucy could hang on either, so he accepted the wager.
“What are we betting on?” Miles asked Lucy.
“Our dignity!” Lucy said cockily and looked around herself to see the prasing face of soldiers. After all, she was a military commander and liked to boast in front of her underlings.
“I don’t need yours.” Miles didn’t accept the wager. ‘What should I do with your worthless dignity?’ He thought and said, “If I win, you will back off and will get off my bumper.”
“Fine!” Lucy looked mad because of Miles's answer. She wagered her dignity in front of her soldiers, and Miles said he didn’t need her dignity. “What if you lose?”
“I will be your man. You can ask me anything you want.” Miles said. He didn’t think he would lose. He would never lose, especially now that he used the second serum.
“I will make you my bitch.” Lucy said and entered the room.
Miles followed behind.
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Cale closed the door and started the Death Trap program. Inside the room was filled with workout equipment, such as dumbbells, indoor rower, leg press machine, bench press...
Miles gave a cursory look at the room then turned to Lucy, who was taking off her military top. Underneath it was a black tank top. Her chest was so full they were about to jump out of the sides to declare their independence. Because of her perky bosoms, the bottom of the tank top was lifted, and her belly could be seen.
Miles looked at her, and his mind drifted off for a while.
Lucy ignored the immature Miles and went to the sofa in the corner of the room. She sat on it with one leg under her lovely and round bottom and said to Miles. “You agreed to wager without knowing my superpower right?” She had that smile, an indication she was up to no good.
“It is all the same.” Miles acted cool, yet he was starting to get nervous.
Death Trap contests didn’t allow participants to attack each other. Then it only meant either she had a superpower to help her through the trial or make it harder for Miles. Either way, it wasn’t good for Miles. But since he agreed, he was gonna make the best of it.
‘Alma said Lucy would be the crowd control of the team. Then her superpower must be something that can slow or stop enemies. But since she is so confident, her powers must be related to weight.’ Miles analyzed.
He walked to the devices and decided to use the bench press to work his chest and arms, while gravity was relatively lower.
Lucy looked at him like a moron. “You realize you are in a Death Trap right? Are you gonna work out?” She asked.
“Lady, I am here to work out, not to keep up with the joneses. I will mind my own business, you do yours.” Miles said as he started.
Gravity was going to increase every five minutes, thus Miles decided to do this for 15 minutes, before changing. Because of the steady increase in the room, the same exercise in 5 minutes intervals will be another set without him taking a break, and his muscles will have to adapt to changes. Miles intended to use Death Trap when he was coming anyway. Lucy just challenged him while he was entering. He accepted it in passing.
“You know, the human body can adapt to anything. If you put a human baby into a dark cave, he will start to see in the dark after a while. Even if he cannot, he will come up with a way to find his way around it. The miracle of the human body is its adaptive powers. But it is also a con.” Lucy started to speak from the coach she was sitting in.
She looked at Miles with a smile and continued, “If you do the same training, your body will stop developing. At least the speed of its change will decrease. But if you do chaotic training, your body will not know what is happening, so it will act in an emergency. The emergency guideline is written in your genes. So deep in your genes, even your body won’t know what is happening to it."
She did not stop there, "Did you know, when you are in the cold and about to die, the body shuts down all organs one by one?”
“Your heart will cease to send blood to your limbs first, preventing your escape entirely. Even if you scream as much as you want for your heart to send some blood so you can try your hardest for an escape, for hope, you will not be able to. Because the emergency guideline in your genes will try to protect your most precious organ, heart.
Then many organs will follow suit, putting your body in a state of shock and increasing the risk of conditions like liver failure and kidney failure. The lungs will shut down too. Your body will run cold, with only the heart warm. Your only hope is that someone finds you and takes you out from that freezing hell, but no one will come as your heart ceases to stop. You will be dead by then.” Lucy said with intense emphasis.
Miles didn’t know why Lucy was explaining these to him. It had nothing to do with him or with their competition. But the thought of possibilities of Lucy having cold related superpowers came to mind. Still, it wouldn’t be strong enough to freeze him to death even if she used her full power. Miles looked at her perplexed as she continued.
“You see, emergency guidelines are there to protect you, but it hasn’t evolved thanks to modern science. The rate of freezing death is so minuscule that humans don't remove that faulty guideline from their genes. And that is not the only one now, is it?” Lucy rose from where she was sitting and walked step by step to Miles.
With each step, Miles felt the weight on his arms and chest getting heavier.