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Chapter 199 Skill Effect "Memory Palace"

early morning.

The winter sun poured in through the open windows, spreading a glowing patch across the worn old floorboards.

The ivy placed in the corner of the wall is half immersed in the light and half hidden in the darkness.

In the living room filled with dappled light and shadow, a muscular figure was doing squats with all his might.

He was shirtless and had a heavy barbell on his shoulders.

The broad chest is like a thick barrier, with bulging pectoral muscles and hard lines, as if able to withstand any external impact.

As you slowly squat down, the deltoid muscles on your shoulders bulge high like two solid hills.

The black sports shorts on the lower body perfectly outline the sturdy legs.

The quadriceps are incredibly strong, and every time I bend my knees and squat, my leg muscles become as tight and bulging as steel.

It firmly bears the weight of the barbell and the body, providing a rock-solid foundation for completing the entire movement.

Every slight tremor of the muscles demonstrates the fusion of strength and beauty.

"Whoops——"

Beads of sweat slowly flowed down his cheeks, and the hot air exhaled turned into white smoke, filling the air.

It was as if the violent energy hidden in the body was fighting against the coldness outside.

A gust of wind blew up the curtains, bringing a cold breath, but it was melted by the hot breath the moment it broke into the house.

Then it turned into a few soft breezes, gently ruffling the corners of the calendar on the wall.

The pages of paper fluttered like awakened butterflies, making a rustling sound.

Finally, as if he was tired of playing, he gradually calmed down.

The calendar also stopped turning, and the top page slowly fell down and stopped.

In the soft light, today's date is clearly displayed——

February 2nd, the 2th day of the twelfth lunar month, Sunday.

"..."

"299."

"300."

When he counted to 300, Fang Cheng let out a long breath of hot air.

Then he gently put down the 250-kilogram barbell, straightened his back, raised his head and took a breath.

Then he walked to the balcony and looked down at the street scene below through the open window.

The tents set up at the epidemic prevention and control checkpoints have long been dismantled.

The last two remaining young patrolmen were now walking around the building collecting belongings and rolling up the black and yellow police tape.

It seems that they are also preparing to evacuate.

"As for..."

Fang Cheng raised his eyes slightly and his gaze swept across the entire building opposite like lightning.

The room on the eighth floor where the surveillance camera was previously hidden was no longer in sight, and no abnormalities were detected in the other rooms.

The female special search team specialist named Cheng and her accomplices disappeared since around 11:00 am yesterday.

And today is the third day after the physical examination.

According to the epidemic prevention personnel, as long as no abnormalities are detected in the sample specimens within 48 hours, the residents of the entire tube building will be able to resume their free movement.

Speaking of which, the time had actually arrived yesterday afternoon, and the lockdown was essentially lifted.

The police guarding outside had already evacuated one after another.

For safety reasons, Fang Cheng did not resume his normal training plan until this morning.

At this moment, after looking around the streets on both sides of the tube building several times, his guess was confirmed again.

This matter has come to an end.

It is estimated that after the "masked man" appeared in Xiguan District late at night, the special search team shifted their main target of suspicion from Jiuchang Street in Jiangbei.

Fang Cheng squinted at the morning light outside the window and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he looked intently at the light blue screen that appeared in his field of vision.

One prompt message after another flashed by.

[Muay Thai experience +8]

[Tai Chi experience +7]

[Push-up experience +19]

[Squat experience +22]

[Leg Raise Experience +10]

[Pull-up experience +10]

[Back Bridge Experience +19]

[Handstand experience +20]

[Qigong experience +3]

These are all the experience points I gained after resuming morning exercise today.

Out of caution, Fang Cheng did not continue to exercise on the rooftop for the time being, but stayed at home to practice.

Therefore, the experience gained from the two skills "Pull-ups" and "Leg Raises" is relatively small.

After all, the wooden door frame at home cannot withstand the damage and destruction of my body and hundreds of kilograms of weight.

Fang Cheng then focused his extra energy on several other fitness skills.

300次负重500斤的杠铃深蹲，300次负重200斤的六指俯卧撑，150次负重200斤的倒立撑，600次铁板桥起立。

Such high-intensity exercise makes me feel refreshed.

All the pores on my body seemed to be activated and were breathing freely.

After being locked in the building for several days, the depression and frustration that had been accumulating for a long time were finally released.

The body that has neglected exercise does not feel tired. Instead, it seems to start the engine again and inject a new vitality.

Besides.

Fang Cheng also made reasonable adjustments to the fighting skills training plan.

More emphasis is placed on lower-level "Muay Thai" and "Tai Chi" to improve the efficiency of normal air strikes.

I hope to speed up the upgrade of the two skills and further enhance my strength.

I breathed in the fresh and free air outside the window and continued to practice the cloud-shrouded and mist-enshrouded Qigong to relax the muscles and bones of my limbs.

Fang Cheng then raised his hand, wiped his face, which was still sticky after the sweat evaporated, and turned to walk towards the bathroom.

My grandfather was released from the intensive care unit the night before and transferred to the general ward.

I can go visit him this afternoon. The old man should be able to talk to me soon.

So, now I have to tidy up my appearance.

slam-la-

Turn on the faucet and cool tap water gushes out.

He scooped up a handful of water with both hands and poured it on his scalding face.

Then he picked up the towel, soaked it, wrung it dry, and carefully wiped every inch of muscle along his arms, chest, and back.

Wherever it passes, the salt and dirt remaining on the skin surface are wiped away, the sticky feeling disappears, leaving only freshness and a slight coolness.

After wiping the body, pour some shampoo on the palm of your hand, rub it, and wash your hair.

After cleaning himself completely, Fang Cheng raised his eyes and looked at himself in the mirror.

Her eyes were bright and lively, her hair was still wet, black, thick, smooth and shiny.

When the hair dryer blows, it looks like waves of wheat, so it can be used to shoot a shampoo commercial without any problem.

Even though a lot of true energy was consumed in Dantian, the body was still as healthy as usual.

The only thing I'm not very satisfied with is that his muscles are too big. Even with clothes on, his macho physique is still somewhat conspicuous.

"I hope Grandpa doesn't fail to recognize me..."

Thinking of this, Fang Cheng immediately summoned the panel and looked at the progress bar on the left side of the attribute bar.

After a period of training, the decimal values of the four basic attributes have increased slightly.

Strength 25%, Agility 89%, Constitution 41%, Spirit 36%.

In particular, the agility attribute increased significantly, from 53% to 89%.

The main reason is that the last time I comprehended the mystery of Tai Chi "using stillness to overcome movement, and using softness to overcome hardness", I entered a mysterious state similar to the flow of water.

This improves the body's flexibility and balance to a certain extent. Looking at the agility attribute that is not far from a breakthrough, Fang Cheng's heart warmed slightly, and he whispered to himself:
"If I work harder, it won't take long before I can return to my normal handsome appearance..."

The taps were turned off and the sliding doors were moved away.

Fang Cheng walked out shirtless in slippers and let out a sigh of relief.

I walked to the kitchen feeling refreshed and opened the refrigerator.

But it was empty inside. There was no food except two carrots and half a slice of pork.

We have been locked up in the building these days and have consumed too much of the food reserves.

Although the police would provide basic security and buy daily necessities for him, he could not resist his huge appetite and could not stop eating.

It seems that I have to go out and buy some food later.

Glancing at the clock on the wall.

7: 58.

It's still early.

Fang Cheng then walked back to the bedroom and came to the desk.

The books on the table were still lying quietly in the places where they were closed last night.

The light shines through the gap in the window and quietly falls on the words on the cover, as if a flickering and dancing elf is calling itself.

Fang Cheng reached out and opened the curtains, allowing the sunlight to fully enter the bedroom.

Then pull out the chair and sit down again.

"Keep practicing your skills."

Looking at the panel showing the progress bar.

[Speed Reading Level 1 (243/250)]

After several days of hard practice, it was finally time to improve this skill.

And in this process, I seemed to vaguely find a breakthrough opportunity that was different from the usual ones.

Fang Cheng sat at the desk and picked up the thickest book.

This is the latest edition of the national dictionary, with a total of 1658 pages, which includes about 11000 Xia national characters.

In addition to the explanations of commonly used characters, it also includes explanations of many idioms and words, as well as their evolution history and usage examples.

It can be said that this is an extremely comprehensive reference book with extremely complex content.

At the same time, it is also an excellent tool for exercising memory.

Fang Cheng reached out and opened the dictionary, starting with page 1.

Then he took a deep breath, calmed down, and silently said:
"Speed reading skill, activated."

In an instant, it was as if a magical button was pressed in my mind.

Fang Cheng's eyes became extremely sharp, and he picked up the thick dictionary steadily with both hands.

Then, his fingers quickly twisted the pages of the book.

Hua Hua Hua——

Accompanied by the continuous sound of flipping books.

The densely packed words on the paper seemed to come alive in an instant, lining up to rush towards his eyes.

At the same time, countless synapses in the brain are sparking and transmitting massive amounts of information at the speed of light.

At this moment, Fang Cheng seemed to be in an absolutely rational mechanical state.

The pupils of his eyes were shining, and like a laser printer, he kept scanning and recording the contents of each page of paper almost instinctively.

Wherever he went, he took in all the textual information. Those complex vocabulary combinations and difficult academic languages were all quickly broken down and absorbed by him during the accelerated reading process.

Fang Cheng vaguely entered an extremely wonderful state, as if he had touched a key to open the door to the palace of wisdom.

The stopwatch of the alarm clock next to it was ticking.

The flow of time around me seemed to slow down.

The pages of the dictionary are turning at an increasingly faster pace.

An hour passed.

The thick dictionary is almost at the last page.

Fang Cheng seemed to be still immersed in the vast ocean of knowledge, searching for some key mystery between the rapidly turning pages.

suddenly.

A prompt message floated past my eyes.

[Warning! You are starting to overdraw your energy, which will affect your physical condition. Please take a rest.]

Fang Cheng's brows were knitted together, and his face showed pain.

Throw away the dictionary immediately and rub your temples vigorously with both hands to relieve the swelling and pain in your head.

It was not until a few minutes later that his furrowed brows relaxed and he let out a long breath.

And at this moment, right in front of his eyes, new prompt information is scrolling out.

[Congratulations, after unremitting efforts, your skills have reached a higher level and have reached the master level]

[Speed Reading Level 2 (0/500)]

[Get enhanced rewards, skill special effect "Memory Palace"]

[Memory Palace, when activating the skill, you can enter the super brain state for a short time, greatly improving your memory, and you can reconstruct and reproduce all the things you see in front of you in your mind]

[Note: This skill's special effect will consume a large amount of mental energy, so the activation duration and cooldown time are related to the mental attribute.]

Fang Cheng closed his eyes and recalled the contents of the dictionary he had memorized.

The printed words suddenly jumped out like vivid tadpoles, as if they had already been imprinted in my mind.

Don't try to show off your skills like being able to recite something backwards.

Even if you just think about which page, which line, and which word, a very clear picture will immediately appear in your mind, just like you are opening the dictionary and finding that page yourself.

Even every punctuation mark is remembered clearly without any omission.

His memory is so strong that he is like a monster.

Do not!
This is not the true effect of the "speed reading" skill after being promoted to the master level.

Because the special effects of "Memory Palace" should not be just that.

The so-called "memory palace" sounds like some kind of hidden magical skill.

In fact, it is indeed an ancient and magical memory training method, also known as the "Mind Palace" or "Memory Palace".

Fang Cheng had also had a preliminary understanding of this when he was in school in order to improve his memory.

More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Greek poet Simonides attended a banquet where the banquet hall collapsed, killing and injuring many guests and leaving the place unrecognizable.

Simonides, however, was able to successfully identify all the bodies by using his memory of the guests' positions at the banquet.

This was the initial inspiration for the Memory Palace, which uses the wonderful connection between spatial location and memory to "place" things that need to be remembered in every corner of a familiar space.

In the Middle Ages, memory palaces became popular among scholars and monks.

They had to memorize massive amounts of religious texts and academic works, and by building memory palaces, they broke down difficult scriptures and complex theories and placed them in imaginary churches, corridors, and rooms, so that they could just pick them up and look at them when they needed them.

Modern memory masters have even come up with new ways to use the memory palace.

Some top card-playing masters can move a vast number of poker card suit and number combinations on the table into their own "palace" within a few seconds, storing the information in each "storage room".

After that, you only need to "revisit" the route to accurately locate the completely shuffled deck and completely see through your opponent's cards.

Simply put, the memory palace is based on the unique advantages of human understanding of spatial memory.

First, find a suitable real coordinate as the construction site for building the "palace".

Then, you can gradually place the information you want to remember in the imaginary "palace".

During the building process, the more detailed and lifelike the details are, the deeper the memory will be and the more difficult it will be to erase.

This palace can be as small as an office or a dormitory, or as large as a library, or even treat the entire city as one's own private palace.

But that requires extremely strong spiritual energy, otherwise you will be overwhelmed and lost in the flood of information.

Beginners can start with the most familiar place around them, such as their own home or school classroom.

Once you have mastered the proficient "decoration" skills, you can slowly expand your territory and continuously extend the space.

As soon as he thought of this, Fang Cheng's eyes lit up and he quickly glanced around his bedroom.

The specific effects of this skill are not clear at the moment, but I think the difference should not be too big.

Fang Cheng glanced at the warning message on the panel, then stood up from the desk, sat cross-legged on the bed, and prepared to meditate.

Restore your spirit to its peak state before trying again.

(End of this chapter)