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Chapter 2 Wu Jin
"No, no, no, no... Something's not right!"

"Huchi~~~Huchi~~~"

Wu Jin lay on the shore, panting heavily.

The exhaustion he felt all over, and the emptiness he felt after swimming to the end with everything he had, became increasingly intense for him.

This feeling... why does it feel so real?

It's impossible for a dream to be this realistic; the icy water stimulated his entire body, making his mind feel even more alert.

My thoughts became more focused.

"Wu Jin, are you alright?"

The safety officer swam up to Wu Jin's side. Wu Jin waved his hand and swallowed hard, saying, "It's...it's nothing, Brother Li!"

"You're really going too far!"

"Why did you go back into the water after just experiencing oxygen deprivation?"

"Are you out of your mind?!"

The safety officer, nicknamed Brother Li, was also a swimming champion; he had been following Wu Jin but hadn't been able to catch up with him.

"Wu Jin, are you out of your mind? Huh?"

Teaching assistant Zhu Ying also strode over aggressively, and stood on the shore, launching into a tirade against Wu Jin: "Don't you know you can't do strenuous exercise after being deprived of oxygen? I told you to observe from the shore yourself, what were you doing?"

"Who told you to go into the water?!"

Wu Jin: "..."

He was scolded without any chance to retaliate, because... it really was his fault.

He thought he was dreaming!

Just like Xia Luo in "Goodbye Mr. Loser" who wanted to be unrestrained in his dreams, Wu Jin also acted willfully.

But what he didn't expect was that he... seemed to have really been reborn, just like Xia Luo.

Before even reaching the shore, Wu Jin was pinching his thigh hard underwater, the intense pain fueling his growing excitement.

That was the excitement of a possible rebirth.

Furthermore, it also activated the "swimmer's heart"!
System?
Wu Jin knew this too.

"Can you come up?"

After scolding her a few times, Zhu Ying actually felt sorry for her 12-year-old disciple, and her voice gradually softened.

She knew very well why Wu Jin did this.

For athletes who have gone through puberty, this is the initial "talent wall" they have to overcome!
Few people can make it through; only one in ten can. The rest become ordinary people. They either go back to their studies or persist without seeing any future and end up like her, spending their whole lives learning to swim, only to become a coach or work at a swimming institution.

This is the cruelest side of competition.

Talent is always more important than effort, but effort always accompanies talent.

Having talent alone is useless; you have to use your inner strength and willpower to overcome the various problems that come with development.

Longitudinal bone growth affects body streamlines, leading to decreased paddling efficiency... Male development and androgen secretion increase muscle cross-sectional area, causing movements to become deformed and uncoordinated...

And of course, weight!

During puberty, the average weight gain is 20-25 kg. If the body fat percentage increases, the buoyancy advantage may be offset by the weight burden.

Etc., etc.

Wu Jin is currently facing such a series of physical changes.

He was actually working really hard, training very hard, swimming diligently, trying to break through his developmental barrier, but... it was really difficult.

Zhu Ying reached out her hand, but Wu Jin smiled at her and said, "Coach Zhu, I can do it myself!"

"Really?"

Zhu Ying suddenly smiled; she liked students with resilience.

Although she was very worried about Wu Jin's health.

"can!"

Wu Jin braced herself with her hand and stood nimbly on the shore.

Standing at nearly 1.7 meters tall, he will undoubtedly reach over 1.9 meters in the future. He is the perfect model for an excellent swimmer, with long arms and broad shoulders, and his streamlined body is already taking shape.

Moreover, Wu Jin has a sunny and handsome face, which is rare among his peers.

This is also why Zhu Ying likes this student very much.

He'll definitely be a sporty, athletic young man in the future; even if he doesn't swim, he'll probably be very popular with girls.

"Go sit down for a while. I'm still worried. I'll take you to the hospital for a check-up later!"

"If anything happens, won't your parents kill me?"

Zhu Ying pretended to be serious, and Wu Jin said speechlessly, "No need, Coach, I feel fine!"

You could even say that I've never had such a good life in both of my lifetimes combined!
His whole body was full of energy, and he had the vigorous vitality of having regained control of his young body after being reborn.

Wu Jin could only sigh... Youth is truly wonderful! "Let's go take a look, it'll put your mind at ease!"

After saying this, Zhu Ying yelled at the other students who were watching the show, "What are you doing? Have you finished your aerobic and anaerobic training?"

"Sun Yang, are you proud of beating Wu Jin?"

Wow!
A group of boys and girls around Wu Jin's age either fell into the water or stayed on the shore to form a core group.

Sun Yang made a face, stuck out his tongue, and lay down on the shore to start his land training.

"Sister Zhu!"

At that moment, an intern coach came to Zhu Ying's side.

Although Zhu Ying is only an assistant coach, she has a decent track record at Chen Jinglun Sports School, so she is assigned two assistants.

This is one of them.

"what happened?"

Zhu Ying looked at her assistant.

"Just measured 50 meters for Wu Jin, manual measurement!"

The assistant handed the stopwatch to Zhu Ying, who was both amused and exasperated: "At a time like this, you're still testing him?"

In that situation, how did the assistant even have time to test the child's 50-meter freestyle time?

Zhu Ying shook her head, her eyes unconsciously glancing at the stopwatch.

"..."

With just one glance, her expression immediately changed.

27.54 seconds.

"No mistake in the test?"

Zhu Ying looked up abruptly; the results surprised her.

"no!"

"I just tested it; I pressed the button as soon as he entered the water... I estimate the meter reading wouldn't exceed 28!"

"Great, you've met the Level 2 standard!"

"He used to struggle to run 50 meters in 30 seconds!"

"Amazing, it increased the time by 2 seconds directly?"

Zhu Ying glanced at Wu Jin, who had just lain down not far away, and a smile immediately appeared on her face.

28.09 seconds, this is the current technical standard for second-level swimmers in the 2003 version of the domestic 50-meter freestyle!
In other words, if Wu Jin had achieved this result in an official competition, she would have been eligible for a national second-level athlete certificate and certification.

In China, the 50-meter freestyle is the sport with the fewest athletes.

Because both now and in the future, the 50-meter freestyle is a very weak event for people of East Asian descent.

Unlike long-distance races like 800 or 1500 meters, where Asians can compete with swimming powerhouses like those in Europe, America, and Australia using their skills.

In short distances, it's completely dominated by white people!
Just like Black sprinters.

This is a natural advantage of a certain sport in terms of race.

"Should we switch him to training the 50-meter dash?"

A thought suddenly popped into Zhu Ying's mind, but... she immediately dismissed it.

It's so unrealistic.

The gap between China and other countries in the 50-meter dash is even greater than the gap between Black and Asian athletes in the 100-meter dash!

It was a difference of about 2 seconds.

In track and field, the 100-meter dash takes less than 1 second.

"Wait a minute? How did this kid improve so much in the 50-meter freestyle?"

"Why did you actually regress in the 100-meter race?"

Zhu Ying just couldn't understand it. If Wu Jin hadn't been so oxygen-deprived from his intense training, she would have wanted him to swim again.

For her as a coach, such an improvement is clearly unscientific.

She preferred to believe that the stopwatch was faulty.

"No, I'll take him to the hospital to get checked out first!"

"No problem, let him test it again..."

Zhu Ying stared at the 27.54 seconds on the stopwatch, her thoughts drifting.

If Wu Jin can stabilize in this range, she might be able to make it to the national finals in the 50m freestyle if she works hard... This is much more promising than the highly competitive men's 100m freestyle!
After all, few people specialize in the 50-meter freestyle; most are just doing it as a side event and only train occasionally!

Meanwhile, Wu Jin was studying the system he had just acquired.

(End of this chapter)