Getting A System In A Modern World - Chapter 199

Chapter 199: Testing Physical Strength
Silas was pleased with what he’s able to achieve with the current rank of his superpower. He compared it to what it was before he underwent his first evolution metamorphosis and he found out that though the difference was there, it wasn’t that huge.

Though he said that, he knew that even a minor difference can make a lot of difference in a fight.

After Silas has checked the matter manipulation part of his superpower, it’s now time to check the Regeneration part of it.

Silas thought of how to start testing his Regeneration but only one thing came to his mind.

“Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. This is going to be a little difficult. Do I really have to hurt myself because I want to test my superpower?” He couldn’t help but shake his head when he thought of this.

He knew that’s it’s the only way he can go about it. He tried to think of any other possible way but nothing else came to mind.

He could only sigh in defeat when he saw that no other idea was coming to mind.

“Even if I have to hurt myself, can I really bring myself to do it?” Silas thought of this and shook his head.

“Nah, I ain’t a masochist. Inflicting pain on myself is definitely out of the question.”

“I guess I will only be able to check the progress with my superpower when the opportunity presents itself,” Silas said, making up his mind.

Silas isn’t scared of pain or anything. In fact, he has experienced so much pain in his life—physically and emotionally—that he has become numb to it.

Not being scared of pain is another thing while having to intentionally hurt himself because he wants to test his superpowers is something different entirely.

How far would he have to go test the current limits of his superpower? Would be have to break his bones or inflict a deep cut on his skin? Silas shivered lightly when he thigh of it.

“Well, since I can’t test my regeneration, then I should test the limits of my physical strength.”

“First, let’s test my agility and stamina,” Silas said as he took a running stance.

If it was before, the only way that Silas would be able to test his speed so with the Pod’s Domain but that has changed as Luna has created a way for Silas to use the Gear to do that.

It’s not actually something special as all Luna did was to reconfigure the AR function of the Gear.

Silas also decided to test out his agility at the same time. Since running expends stamina, then he would be killing two birds with a stone.

He looked ahead and smile. He plans to run as many laps as his stamina can allow, running to one end of the beach to another.

With an exhale, he took off and broke into a sprint. As he covered the distance, he felt the night wind blowing heavily against his face and his skin, sending a chilling feeling throughout his body.

The feeling was uncomfortable. On the contrary, Silas loved it. As he ran from one end of the beach to another, the wind kept hitting his skin.

After four hours of running around the beach, Silas was starting to feel slightly out of breath but he continued to push himself. He felt that he could still go on and he intends to push himself, so that he can know his exact limit.

Two hours later, Silas couldn’t go on anymore as he collapsed on the ground, trying to catch his breath.

“Wow! That was intense!” When was the last time that he actually felt tired? He couldn’t remember.

After the island incident, his body went bizarro and his biorythm became messed up.

Silas didn’t understand why but he kind of felt good as he lay down on the beach and, tired.

He looked at a section on the Gear that was displaying his speed; 20 mph.

“It seems like my physical stats got nerfed badly. I went from more than 500 mph down to 20 mph. Same as my previous infinite stamina. Tsk.” Silas said and shook his head feeling slightly disappointed.

“Well, I guess it’s one of the reason why I’m able to feel hungry again. But what about my strength? Can I still crush a diamond with just my bare hands?” Silas looked at his hand curiously and clenched his fists.

“I doubt it. If my agility got nerfed so badly, then my other stats won’t be spared and that includes my strength. I guess I will have to test it to find out its limits but that would be for later. I’m too exhausted to do anything right now.”

Silas decided to ask the system about the nerfing of his physical strength.

“System, why did my physical strength get nerfed so badly?”

[It’s not exactly nerfing. Your physical strength has been balanced by your superpower.]

“I see. That’s why you said that I have go through another evolution metamorphosis to increase my physical strength and that of my superpower?”

[Yes.]

“Not bad, I guess.” Silas felt that his situation was similar to those dual cultivators that cultivates both qi/mana and their body at the same time.

“The power system is kind of messed up but it does makes things interesting.”

Silas continued to lie down on the sandy beach, resting his exhausted body. The cool and refreshing night wind continued to blow from the ocean, hitting his body and making him to feel extremely relaxed.

Due to how relaxed he was, Silas didn’t notice it but he started dozing off and in a few minutes later, he had fallen asleep.

…

*Cow-cow-cow*

A low but piercing keow jolted Silas out of his sleep. He wanted to open his eyes but the direct sunlight hitting his face prevented him from doing so. It was only after he used his hand to block out the sunlight from hitting his face, was he able to open his eyes.

“I was so exhausted that I slept off. Well, it’s all good since I enjoyed the sleep and it was very refreshing.”

Silas’ body was constantly hit by the refreshing, cool, night wind as he slept on the beac and this is the reason why he feels refreshed when he woke up.

Silas didn’t know when he slept off. All he wanted to do was to rest a little at the beach, regain some of his stamina before going back to the cabin house but he was too tired that he slept off.

He wasn’t worried that he might be in any form of danger as he slept on the beach as his safety is guaranteed on it. He doesn’t have to worry about animals or humans as there are no one on the island except for him.

The only danger he might possibly be in is if he gets pulled into the ocean but that’s impossible as he was quite a distance from the shore.

Silas looked around the empty beach and pushed himself up from the ground. He shook and dusted the sand off his body before making his way to the cabin house.

…

A couple minutes later, Silas was already cleaning himself up. He was now wearing a blue jeans pant and a white T-shirt.

He walked out of the cabin and made his way to the harbor where a speedboat was already waiting for him.