Chapter 71: Omnipotent Superman

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Omnipotent Superman

Finished a 400-meter dash in 3.99 seconds?!

Are you serious?!

What kind of human bullet train is this?!

When Gu Qing finished a full lap of the 400-meter track in under four seconds,

every single person present was frozen in utter, disbelieving shock.

If Gu Qing were an Extraordinary Awakened who had awakened some kind of Superpower that enhanced his body, they could have accepted his high Physical Strength.

But the problem was, Gu Qing was just an ordinary Extraordinary Contactor!

How could his Physical Strength possibly be this high?

It was something so blatantly illogical that they found it genuinely hard to accept.

...

At the finish line,

Gu Qing glanced at his score on the timer.

3.99 seconds.

He had broken the four-second barrier using just fifty percent of his normal strength.

If he activated his Muscle Knots mode and went all out, he could probably break two seconds.

Four seconds and two seconds.

It might seem like a simple twofold difference.

But in reality, the difficulty increased exponentially.

Fortunately, Gu Qing’s Physical Strength also increased exponentially.

Otherwise, forget about breaking two seconds;

even breaking three would have been a pipe dream.

Without giving it another thought,

Gu Qing left the track and walked over to the adjacent vertical jump testing area, stopping in the very center.

Next, he was going to test his jump.

As for how much strength to use,

it was a no-brainer—still fifty percent of his normal strength.

’The distance between the floor and ceiling looks to be about twenty meters. I wonder if I can touch the top with just half of my normal strength?’

Gu Qing thought to himself as he looked up at the ceiling.

With that thought,

his body slowly sank down.

His legs bent.

He assumed a coiled posture, ready to leap.

The next second!

Gu Qing’s eyes focused, and he explosively pushed off the ground, launching himself into the air.

The moment he jumped,

the specially reinforced floor tiles beneath his feet couldn’t withstand the sudden, immense force of his push-off.

With a loud CRACK,

the surface of the tiles instantly spiderwebbed with cracks before the entire section shattered and exploded.

In an instant,

shattered stone and dust flew in all directions.

The ground abruptly sank,

letting out a faint, continuous tremor.

Harnessing the recoil from that earth-shattering stomp,

Gu Qing shot into the air like a cannonball fired from a gun. His body became a blurry afterimage, rocketing straight toward the twenty-meter-high ceiling.

In a flash, he reached the highest point of the testing center, his head hitting the ceiling.

And then!

A thunderous explosion erupted:

"BOOM!!!"

The thick ceiling, as fragile as cardboard, was smashed open into a large hole by Gu Qing’s head.

In that moment, steel rebar bent and snapped, large chunks of concrete broke off, and a cloud of dust and debris filled the air.

As for Gu Qing...

He neither broke completely through the ceiling and flew out of the testing center, nor did he fall back to the ground under the pull of gravity.

Instead, his entire head was stuck in the ceiling, his body suspended high in the air, swaying slightly with the remaining inertia. The scene was almost comical.

But—!

Not a single person there could bring themselves to laugh.

They were all completely shell-shocked.

Stunned into place by Gu Qing’s terrifying jumping power,

they remained speechless for a long, long time.

After an unknown amount of time,

the dead-silent testing center finally began to buzz with discussion:

"A twenty-meter jump! He went straight through the ceiling! That’s insane!"

"That’s too much! He’s not human!"

"This college student, Gu Qing... is he really an Extraordinary Contactor like us?"

"Damn it, I seriously suspect he’s actually an Extraordinary Awakened!"

"Wait, why isn’t he moving up there? Don’t tell me he knocked himself out?"

The murmurs grew louder and more widespread.

Just as the staff were about to fly up to the roof to check if Gu Qing had actually knocked himself unconscious—

"CRACKLE... CRACKLE..."

A faint cracking sound was heard.

Gu Qing simply twisted his neck, and in the next moment, his head broke free from the hole’s confines. He began to free-fall from the twenty-meter-high ceiling.

"THUD!!!"

The instant his feet hit the ground, a massive impact boomed out,

making everyone’s eardrums ring.

They were all shaken to the core.

His gaze swept over the shocked faces of the crowd.

Gu Qing felt a small thrill of satisfaction.

He then stood up straight,

and walked toward the glass pods for the reaction speed test.

He casually picked a pod and stepped inside.

With a thought, Gu Qing instantly activated his Lightning Reflexes mode.

"SWISH! SWISH! SWISH..."

The moment the pod door closed,

a large number of soft balls shot out from all directions, raining down on Gu Qing from every angle.

Aided by his Lightning Reflexes,

it was as if time had frozen for Gu Qing. He could clearly track the trajectory of every single ball, effortlessly dodging their assault.

One minute later,

Gu Qing walked out of the glass pod.

He had easily achieved a perfect score.

Next,

he moved to the damage resistance testing area.

He casually picked up a brand-new AK rifle.

He pointed the muzzle at his own head.

Just as he was about to pull the trigger,

he paused. ’Taking a bullet to the head feels a bit lacking,’ he thought. ’Not spectacular enough.’

So, he moved the muzzle away from his head.

And shoved it directly into his mouth.

Everyone’s eyes widened in astonishment. He shoved the barrel in his mouth? What was he trying to do?!

"RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT...!"

The rapid sound of gunfire erupted.

Gu Qing pulled the trigger, letting the AK rifle’s bullets pour wantonly inside his mouth as gunpowder smoke filled the air.

The crowd was dumbfounded, every single one of them frozen in place.

After a moment, they snapped out of it, and gasps of shock rang out:

"Holy crap! He’s using an AK as mouthwash! What kind of monster is he?"

"He must be an Extraordinary Awakened! He’s awakened a Superpower related to Physical Strength!"

"I agree! The previous Extraordinary Origin test must have been a mistake!"

A moment later, the bullets ran out.

Gu Qing lowered the AK rifle, spat out the bullets from his mouth, and turned to pick up a heavy tear gas canister.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd,

he pulled the pin on the canister, letting the thick, white, irritating smoke billow out.

Instead of closing his eyes and backing away, he leaned in and began inhaling the acrid, choking smoke as if it were a cigarette, leisurely puffing out clouds.

The sight made everyone’s scalp tingle. They were stunned speechless.

Half a minute later,

Gu Qing casually tossed aside the completely spent tear gas canister.

He then walked over to a long table and stopped.

The table was covered with all sorts of solutions.

Snake venom solution, concentrated sulfuric acid solution, paraquat solution, hydrofluoric acid solution, potassium cyanide solution...

All of them were deadly poisons.

A single touch would either kill or maim an ordinary person.

But Gu Qing, with a calm expression, picked up the nearest beaker of potassium cyanide solution and tilted his head back to drink.

GLUG, GLUG, GLUG, GLUG, GLUG, GLUG.

He finished it in a few gulps.

Then came the snake venom solution, the concentrated sulfuric acid solution, the paraquat solution, the hydrofluoric acid solution...

He downed them all like water, picking them up one by one and chugging them.

At that moment, the entire venue fell dead silent.

Everyone’s pupils constricted and their jaws dropped, completely stupefied by the absurd and terrifying scene.

He’d sent a multi-ton punching machine flying with a single punch.

Run 400 meters in 3.99 seconds.

Smashed through a twenty-meter-high ceiling with a standing jump.

Used an AK for mouthwash.

Smoked a tear gas canister like a cigarette.

And now, he was chugging various deadly poisons as if they were water, pouring one beaker after another into his mouth.

So comprehensive!

This was truly comprehensive!

It was no exaggeration to call him an all-around Superman!

But...

How could such a monstrously powerful and ruthless person be an Extraordinary Contactor?

The other two Extraordinary Awakened from his batch didn’t even come close to his performance.

The crowd couldn’t figure it out for the life of them.

...