After briefly glancing over their race preparation plan, Wang Ye had some ideas about preparing for the half marathon.
He put down his phone and got out of bed.
He went to the bathroom, emptied his bowels, and then stood on the scale to weigh himself on an empty stomach.
71.34kg
Compared to yesterday, he lost more than eight pounds.
Looking in the mirror, he felt that his abs were indeed more defined.
His muscles also became more prominent; his back muscles were sharply defined like chiseled planks, with his shoulders wide and robust, giving his body a graceful, flowing model-like physique.
His current muscle condition and body fat percentage were already comparable to some fitness bloggers on TikTok.
If he were to make borderline videos, he'd surely attract a lot of attention and likes.
But Wang Ye was not interested in fussing with internet stuff.
His mind was solely focused on evolution now.
Wang Ye continued by taking a tape measure from the bathroom counter and measured his height.
175.5 CM.
He grew five millimeters taller than yesterday.
Though the increase wasn't much, it could at least prove that evolution could heighten his stature.
Wang Ye rolled up the tape measure and placed it back in the cabinet.
Initially, he wanted to go to the living room to test how many push-ups he could do.
But hindered by the fact that he hadn't supplemented his nutrition since today's evolution, he feared testing recklessly might lead to a low blood sugar condition like yesterday.
He planned to cook a bowl of noodles to regain some energy, and test the physical abilities afterward.
Wang Ye took out a pack of noodles and half a pound of marinated beef left from the day before yesterday, along with some green vegetables.
Then he walked into the kitchen and began to prepare the beef.
He took the beef out of the marinade, drained the broth, placed it on the chopping board, sharpened the kitchen knife a bit on the whetstone, and started slicing the beef.
As he sliced the beef, he checked his attribute values.
[Physique: 1.7]
[Divine: 0.8]
[Evolution Level: 14.0]
[Continuing to evolve, with an increase of one Evolution Level each day.]
The physique improved by 0.2, while the divine improved by 0.1.
The progress in physique remained rapid, showing significant changes visible to the naked eye each day.
There was also a minor increase in his five senses.
Especially his sense of smell.
Wang Ye slightly closed his eyes.
He could easily smell the aroma of spices released from the beef on the chopping board and the unique scent of beef, even detecting a hint of rust on the knife's edge, the damp stench of the chopping board, and the car exhaust odor from outside the kitchen window.
In the past, he might need to get close to barely smell these scents, but he would never smell so distinctly.
As for the other senses; hearing, vision, touch, taste.
Wang Ye only vaguely felt that four senses' acuity had some improvement, without significant changes.
Just when he closed his eyes, carefully sensing the enhancement in his sense of smell.
Scratch.
He accidentally cut his finger with the kitchen knife.
Sss!
The sensation of pain instantly flooded his entire hand, and a small trickle of blood oozed out.
Wang Ye's expression changed, he immediately turned on the tap water, washing the wound, and grabbed a paper towel to press and stop the bleeding.
But he was bewildered to find that after carefully wiping off the blood, the wound miraculously healed.
The original cut vanished, leaving only a shallow white scar.
"Could this... this be the healing ability brought by evolution?"
Wang Ye was dumbfounded.
From cutting the skin to stopping the bleeding and healing, took no more than about three minutes.
In about three minutes, the cut healed completely, without even leaving a scab, which was too bizarre.
No one would believe it if he spoke of it.
No wonder he recovered to full condition after performing high-intensity exercises and sleeping last night.
With such a terrifying recovery ability, not to mention running twenty kilometers, even if he ran a full marathon, he likely wouldn't suffer any aftereffects.
With joyful feelings, Wang Ye added the sliced beef to the noodle soup to simmer.
Then he added soy sauce, salt, and other seasonings, finally scooping into the bowl, sprinkling some green vegetables and chopped scallions.
A bowl of steaming beef noodles was thus ready.
Wang Ye held the steaming beef noodles, happily slurping it up.
It took him about ten minutes to finish breakfast.
After the meal, his mother called.
Beep... Beep...
The phone on the table started vibrating.
Wang Ye swiped the screen to answer the call.
On the other side of the line, his mother said, "Hey? Xiao Ye, your cousin is getting engaged at the end of the month, remember to come back for the engagement party and offer a couple of drinks to your uncle's family."
"Alright, I'll try my best to come," Wang Ye nodded and said:
"But I have to participate in the half marathon in the Longjiang District at the start of next month, so I need to maintain a light diet these days, and probably won't be able to drink with the elders."
"You're running a marathon?" his mother suddenly raised her tone.
Wang Ye gave a wry smile, "Yes, haven't I been practicing running lately, I heard there's a half marathon race in Longjiang District early next month, so I signed up to experience something new."
After a long silence, his mother said, "Exercising is good. Yet, you should be careful, don't hurt yourself, and if your body doesn't feel right, immediately stop, don't force yourself to complete the race.
After all, you just got out of the hospital, your body's definitely not as good as those athletes who train all year round."
"Got it," Wang Ye responded.
After hesitating for a few seconds, his mother added, "If necessary, why not have your father and me sign up with you for the race, it'll be good to look after each other."
"Sure, since you can withdraw anytime during the race, the registration fee is only one hundred yuan per person, it's not expensive. If you agree, I'll help you sign up through the app later."
The purpose of Wang Ye participating in the marathon was for his health, naturally, he supported the whole family joining the marathon race.
And the marathon event itself was aimed at the general public.
Families participating together were not uncommon.
On the other end of the line, his mother happily agreed.
After hanging up the call.
Wang Ye opened the marathon registration app and filled in the identity information for his parents.
He paid the two hundred yuan registration fee.
According to the registration rules, as first-time participants in the half marathon, they also had to undergo a medical examination and bring the report to the venue to collect the race kit.
Thus, Wang Ye intended to take his parents for a full medical check-up in a few days.
As an opportunity to screen his parents for physical illnesses, and see if his evolving body might present some unforeseen changes in its data.
After successful registration.
Wang Ye began to test today's exercise data.
He started with some push-ups.
Perhaps due to weight loss and increased strength, he found doing push-ups exceptionally easy this time.
He did fifty push-ups consecutively, experiencing only slight muscle soreness and a bit of breathlessness.
Wang Ye straightened his arms, took a deep breath, and continued speeding up the rhythm.
Swoo— Swoo ——
Quickly, as his muscles heated rapidly, his body began to sweat, and his breathing gradually became labored.