Chapter 487: Chapter 484: I’m Also Doing This for Your Own Good

Meanwhile, Feng Hao was gradually getting used to the 50x gravity. Although every movement was incredibly difficult, he steeled himself and started doing various basic training exercises.

He had no choice. Doubling his basic attributes in a month was no joke.

Under the high-intensity training, time seemed to stretch on forever.

A mere ten-odd minutes felt as long as a century.

However, just as the five of them had resigned themselves to their fate, the Thief Master walked in at some unknown time. He glanced at the five of them training, then nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, not bad. Very self-disciplined."

In response, the five of them simply buried their heads in their training without a word, though inwardly they were seething.

The Thief Master had expected as much. He strolled around leisurely a few times, then said with a wide grin, "Looks like you’re all just about warmed up. In that case, let’s officially begin."

"Warmed up? Officially begin? What do you mean?" the five of them asked, stunned.

"Wasn’t I clear enough?" The Thief Master curled his lip into a sly smile. "That was just the warm-up. The real training is only just beginning."

As he spoke, the sound of whirring machinery echoed through the training room. Immediately after, the ambient magic energy in the room began to churn restlessly.

Faced with this sudden development, Feng Hao and the other four felt their scalps tingle with dread.

Before they could ask, the gravity in the room began to fluctuate wildly: five times... three times... six times... two times... one time... four times... seven times...

What followed were the frantic screams of Feng Hao and the other four.

One must understand that the training room’s gravity was multiplied by the effect of the Gravity Rings. The fluctuations might not have seemed large on their own, but once multiplied, the result was a change of several dozen times the normal gravity.

In an environment with such massive gravitational fluctuations, just standing still might have been manageable. But they were training. The moment the gravity shifted, their form would instantly break, making strains and sprains almost inevitable.

Feng Hao had been doing squats. When the gravity shifted, he first slammed down onto the floor, then shot upward like a rocket and smashed hard against the metal ceiling. With a pained cry, he tumbled back to the ground.

He tried to get up but found it was like being on a roller coaster—he couldn’t even stand steadily.

It wasn’t because the impact had dazed him, but because the gravity was fluctuating so wildly that his every subtle movement was either massively amplified or diminished.

Of course, Feng Hao was doing relatively well. The most wretched were Lin Luo and the other three. They were already draped over the training equipment in disarray, unable to even stand, their screams incessant. The looks on their faces were as if they’d just swallowed a fly.

"You damn old man! You can’t do this!" Lin Luo cursed as he stumbled about. "Stop it now!"

"Yeah, Thief Master," Mei Meimei cried out in pain, "someone’s going to get killed if this keeps up!"

But the Thief Master remained unmoved, chuckling with narrowed eyes. "I’m only doing this for your own good. This gravity fluctuation device wasn’t cheap to build, you know."

"How much? I’ll pay! Just make it stop!" Kang Shuai yelled, his face bruised and swollen.

"That won’t do," the Thief Master said with a wicked grin. "As disciples of our Thief God Hall, you must be prepared to suffer. You’re only just beginning, so you might feel a bit out of sorts, but you’ll get used to it soon enough."

"Look at me. I’m also under these gravity fluctuations, am I not? Completely unaffected."

"Bullshit! If you’re so tough, put on a Gravity Ring and try walking around," Wang Tongqian retorted through gritted teeth. He was frozen in a bizarre posture, not daring to move an inch.

At this, the Thief Master’s old face flushed. He grumbled, "I went through the same training back in my day. As if I can’t handle a measly gravity fluctuation!"

"Anyone can talk big. If you’ve really got it, then prove it. Take a few steps," Wang Tongqian said, his face full of disbelief.

"Third Brother’s right! If you’ve got the guts, then walk!" Lin Luo and the others chimed in.

"Hmph! I can’t be bothered to bicker with a bunch of kids." The Thief Master snorted, sounding a little less confident. "Ahem... you all keep training. I’m going to go act as Guardian for Little Yunyun."

With that said, he flicked his sleeves and swaggered away, "not taking a single cloud with him."

Watching the Thief Master make his shameless exit, the five trainees could do nothing but curse wildly to vent their frustration.

"Damn it! When I’m finally a badass, he’s the first one I’m coming for!" Wang Tongqian grumbled.

The others also did their best to hold their positions, not daring to move rashly as they endured the pain racking their bodies.

"I feel like a toddler learning to walk again—staggering all over the place, can’t even stand straight," Kang Shuai complained through gritted teeth. "No, wait, this is even more of a pain in the ass than learning to walk!"

Hearing this, Mei Meimei asked curiously, "No way, you can remember back to when you were learning to walk?"

"Of course," Kang Shuai said smugly. "Your bro here was the champion of the very first Dafeng City Genius Baby Competition. I could crawl the day I was born, walk at one month, run at two months, compose poetry at three, and dance at four. You can’t even imagine how incredible I was."

"I remember it well. During the competition, the other little runts had to be bribed with gummy candies just to get them to crawl forward slowly. But me? I just kicked my legs out and WHOOSH, I was already at the finish line. The judges were dumbfounded."

After hearing Kang Shuai’s account of his glorious infancy, the oppressive atmosphere in the room lightened considerably.

Feng Hao was dumbfounded. He couldn’t resist teasing, "Seriously? Second Brother, you really entered such a ridiculous competition?"

"Sigh, I had no choice," Kang Shuai said with a look of resignation. "My mom’s into that kind of stuff."

At his words, everyone burst out laughing, leaving Kang Shuai looking utterly mortified, his suave demeanor completely gone.

"Alright, let’s not waste any more time. We need to hurry up and train," Lin Luo reminded everyone with a sigh.

"Don’t mess with us, Boss," Wang Tongqian said, his face a mask of misery. "It’s a struggle to even twitch a muscle right now. How are we supposed to train?"

Lin Luo gave a wry, helpless smile. "What other choice do we have?"

"Fine. I guess this is the only way." The group exchanged helpless glances and then began to move, ever so cautiously.

As it turned out, even the slightest movement was affected by the gravitational fluctuations, and the group quickly descended back into a stumbling, disorderly mess.

"Damn it all! You guys think the Thief Master is sick in the head?" Wang Tongqian complained as he stumbled. "Couldn’t we just train normally? Why’d he have to pull this kind of stunt? It’s obvious he just wants to torture us."

Feng Hao mused aloud, "The teacher is probably trying to train our control over our own strength. But his method is a bit crude. We should have started with smaller fluctuations."

"You think so?" Wang Tongqian pouted resentfully. "It sure feels like he’s just messing with us."

"Fifth Brother has a point," Lin Luo said thoughtfully. "That old geezer is a pain, but he wouldn’t actually harm us. In an extreme environment like this, we really can effectively hone our strength control and physical coordination."

"But we can’t even stand up straight right now! How are we supposed to do high-intensity training, let alone double our basic attributes in a month?" Mei Meimei complained, pouting.

"Looks like we’ll have to do what Fifth Brother is doing and start with the basics," Lin Luo said after a moment of thought.

And so, under Lin Luo’s lead, the group began to attempt various basic training exercises.

The resulting scene was a spectacle to behold. They stumbled and fell, shot up and crashed down, their screams echoing nonstop. An unknowing observer would have mistaken them for a crew of astronauts in a malfunctioning space capsule.

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