93: Chapter 93 Running? I'm using sleepwalking techniques.

A paranormal event occurred on the track.

The other students were all huffing and puffing, their thigh muscles tensed, every step landing solidly.

Gu Fan was different.

He was "drifting."

As long as his toes lightly tapped the ground, that patch of earth seemed to come alive, actively pushing him forward.

This wasn't running at all; this was Mother Earth performing a relay transport.

Moreover, as his speed grew faster and faster, Gu Fan didn't even bother to maintain a standing posture.

His body leaned back at a forty-five-degree angle to the ground, much like Michael Jackson's anti-gravity lean, but he was moving horizontally.

His hands were shoved into his pajama pockets, and his eyes were even closed.

Snore— Snore—

As he swept past a group of desperately running freshmen at a speed of five seconds per hundred meters, those people could even hear clear snoring sounds.

"Holy... shit?!"

An athletic specialist from the elite class almost had his eyes pop out of his head.

He had just been using every ounce of strength he had, only for a gust of wind to blow past him as that guy in pajamas overtook him with his eyes closed, without even lifting his heels!

"This this this... what kind of Movement Technique is this?!"

"No arm swinging? No pushing off the ground? Not even opening his eyes?!"

"Could this be the legendary 'Mind's Eye'? Feeling the road with the heart, running with the Soul?!"

It wasn't just the freshmen who were stunned.

Standing in the middle of the playground, Iron Man's jaw had also dropped to the ground.

His eyes, which were originally full of fury, were now filled with shock, and even a hint of... fanaticism.

"Shrinking the Earth into Inches!!"

Iron Man slapped his thigh hard, the impact turning the flesh red. "This is the long-lost Shrinking the Earth into Inches!!"

"Look at that tilt angle! That's to minimize wind resistance! Perfect fluid mechanics!"

"Look at that closed-eye expression! That's entering the 'Unity of Heaven and Man' selfless Realm! Discarding physical fatigue, driving purely by willpower!"

"I was wrong... I was truly wrong..."

Iron Man trembled with excitement, his eyes actually turning red. "It turns out he wasn't lazy! He was putting all his energy into internal Cultivation! This is a true martial arts Genius!!"

If Gu Fan were awake to hear these words, he would definitely give this big dummy a red envelope.

As long as one's imagination is strong enough, even a pig flying into the sky could be explained as mastering anti-gravity superpowers.

At this moment, Gu Fan was actually dreaming.

In his dream, he was riding a roller coaster; it was just that the seatbelt was a bit tight and the wind was a bit strong.

[Law of Karma · Auto-Navigation] was not only helping him run but also helping him automatically avoid obstacles.

At the curve of the track.

Gu Fan's body still maintained its lying-down drifting posture, completely ignoring centrifugal force, as if being forcibly pushed through the curve by an invisible giant hand.

He even inexplicably performed a 360-degree Thomas flare while passing a girl who had fallen, perfectly avoiding her head before continuing to glide forward.

"Thank you, Senior!"

The girl clutched her chest, watching that departing, dashing figure with a face full of blushes. "Even running is so elegant... I'm in love."

Xiao Fan, carrying his big black pot, was originally huffing and puffing along when he saw his club president lapping everyone over and over like a ghost.

"I knew it!"

Xiao Fan wiped away a tear of emotion. "The President is teaching us that we must Cultivate anytime, anywhere! To even be able to Cultivate Movement Techniques while sleeping—what diligence! What excuse do I have not to work hard!!"

"Kill!!"

Greatly inspired, Xiao Fan howled and began to accelerate, though his posture looked like a frenzied wild boar.

One hundred laps.

For ordinary people, it was Hell.

For Gu Fan, who had cheated, it was just the time it took for a morning nap.

When he finished his ninety-ninth lap and rushed toward the finish line.

Iron Man was already waiting there early.

He held a towel in his hand, a motherly, kind, and excited smile on his face.

Whoosh!

Gu Fan crossed the finish line.

The backlash effect ended.

Inertia vanished.

Gu Fan stopped abruptly. Because he was sleeping too soundly, his body didn't react in time, and he keeled straight forward.

He was about to land face-first.

A pair of thick, powerful hands caught him steadily.

It was Iron Man.

"Careful! My Genius!"

Iron Man was as gentle as if he were holding fragile porcelain, a completely different person from the roaring devil of a moment ago.

Gu Fan dizzily opened his eyes, saw an enlarged face, and was so startled he almost slapped it.

"Uh... we're here?"

Gu Fan rubbed his eyes. "Is it time to eat? Does the cafeteria have sweet and sour ribs?"

Iron Man froze for a moment, then burst into a hearty laugh.

"Hahahaha! Good! What a wonderful display of 'Great Wisdom appearing as Folly'!"

"After running a hundred laps, your face isn't red, you're not out of breath, and even your heart rate hasn't changed! The first thing you care about upon waking is replenishing energy! What incredible body control!"

Iron Man tightly gripped Gu Fan's hand, stars shining in his eyes. "Student Gu Fan, I misjudged you before. You aren't Trash; you are an unpolished jade! A piece of peerless fine jade that hasn't been carved yet!"

"From tomorrow—no, starting now! I'm going to give you special training!"

"General training isn't worthy of you! I'm going to double it! Super double it!"

"We will challenge weighted squats! Challenge lava swimming! Challenge skydiving without a parachute!"

Gu Fan was still a bit dazed, but hearing this string of words, he instantly snapped awake.

What the heck?

Extra training?

I've acted so weirdly; shouldn't you send me to be sliced up for research or drive me away as a monster?

How did you end up getting all fired up?

"Um... Instructor, I think you've misunderstood..."

Gu Fan tried to pull his hand back, but Iron Man held it in a death grip.

"No need to be modest! Excessive modesty is pride!"

Iron Man waved his hand and roared at all the freshmen who were tired like dead dogs:

"Did you all see that?! This is the role model!!"

"While you were still complaining about being tired, Student Gu Fan has already attained the Dao in a great dream!!"

"Xiao Fan!"

Iron Man called out.

"Present!!" Xiao Fan immediately stood at attention, his face full of pride.

"Give your pot to Gu Fan to carry! From today on, whether eating, sleeping, or going to the toilet, he is not allowed to take it off! That is a Magical Artifact for Cultivation!"

Gu Fan's head buzzed as he watched Xiao Fan eagerly hand over that deathly heavy Profound Iron Pot.

What a disaster.

I just wanted to sleep; how did I end up becoming the school's king of overachievers?

He looked up at the sky, then at the hot-blooded Iron Man, and sighed silently in his heart.

This life is unbearable.

It seems I need to find a way to make this instructor "cool down" a bit.

For example... let him experience the taste of being forced to sleep too?