Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 178: Are You Really Running Barefoot?

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Are You Really Running Barefoot?

Wang Ye held the angle grinder, pressing hard on his own chest.

Grind—Grind!!

Countless tiny skin fragments splattered out with the high-speed rotating cutting disc, but due to the poor sharpness and cutting force of the angle grinder, the layer of skin never managed to be completely cut open.

Not until the angle grinder had been cutting on his skin for half a minute did he finally feel a slight sense of pain.

Only to see the skin, which had been rubbed so thin by the cutting disc, finally split open with a "crack" sound.

Bright red blood oozed from the wound.

Wang Ye couldn’t help but exclaim:

"This improvement is exaggerated."

Before upgrading, it took only a second or two for the angle grinder to cut through his skin.

Now it actually took a full half a minute to cut through.

It was evident that his defense power was much stronger than before.

"I wonder if with my current defense power, I have the chance to withstand a collision with a dump truck..."

Wang Ye clenched his fist, feeling an indescribable satisfaction in his heart.

This was the sense of security and elation brought by having invincible defense power.

He rinsed the bloodstains and flesh debris at the scene with the bathroom shower, washing them all down the drain. Then he changed into regular clothes, compensated the hotel front desk several thousand yuan for the cracked bathroom wall tiles, and went out for a late-night snack.

Around three in the morning, Wang Ye returned to the hotel to rest.

Before sleep.

Wang Ye briefly checked the video data of that promo video.

After half a day of fermentation, the video’s likes had already soared to a million.

He estimated that it could continue to rise to several million by tomorrow.

If Wang Ye breaks the record at the Lanzhou Marathon in four days, the likes might even surge upward, reaching tens of millions of likes.

What does ten million likes mean? Reaching ten million likes would mean this video would become one of the year’s most viral phenomenon topics on TikTok. Popular memes like "Thai Cool", "Jini is so beautiful", "ahead of the game", and "obvious bag" would have to bow down.

By then, Wang Ye’s TikTok account followers might rise to ten million, making him a top-tier influencer on TikTok.

Wang Ye continued to glance at the comment section and related videos of this video topic.

So far.

Aside from foreign influencers like Coach Xiu still criticizing Wang Ye’s marathon record for cheating,

most domestic influencers and netizens were seizing this heat to praise Wang Ye vigorously.

After all, Wang Ye’s abilities displayed until now were simply outrageous.

Besides breaking the world record in the marathon event, now he even seemed suspicious of breaking the world record in the 100-meter sprint, directly elevating Asia’s relatively lagging two sports events to an international top level.

Is he single-handedly overthrowing the entire world sports industry?

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The next day.

June 11th.

5:23

Wang Ye discharged copious amounts of feces in the toilet,

After a simple wash, he went out for breakfast at a noodle shop.

Lanzhou’s noodles are very filling and come in large portions.

Wang Ye ate about 15 bowls of beef noodles and was nearly 80% full.

Just as he was planning to continue heading to the nearby park for running training.

Suddenly.

Ding ding.

A notification sound came from Wang Ye’s phone in his pocket.

Nowadays, he had set most of his communications to Do Not Disturb.

Only a select few could send him messages that triggered the notification sound.

This included his parents and Li Weimin, the general manager of his endorsing company Anta Group.

Therefore, a message that could send a notification sound was by no means a trivial matter.

Wang Ye stopped in his tracks and took out his phone.

He found it was a message from Li Weimin.

[Li Weimin: [Image]]

[Li Weimin: Wang Ye, here are our brand’s top carbon plate running shoes and racing uniforms, which I just had sorted out. Let me know which one you like, and I’ll quickly send someone to deliver it to you. There are four days left until the Lanzhou Marathon, so get used to the running shoes in advance to avoid issues during the race.]

Wang Ye typed a line and sent it out, [Uh... I forgot to tell you, I’m planning to race barefoot, so just send me a fitting racing suit.]

After the message was sent successfully, there was an obvious half-minute silence from Li Weimin before he sent out a series of ellipses.

[Li Weimin: ...]

[Li Weimin: Barefoot?]

[Li Weimin: It shouldn’t be the barefoot I understand, right?]

Wang Ye then typed out a line and sent it: [It’s literally what it means, racing without shoes. ]

[Li Weimin: ...]

[Li Weimin: Damn, are you crazy??]

Wang Ye patiently explained: [I’m not crazy, I’m serious. I only discovered recently that I can run faster barefoot than with shoes because I’ve trained in the Golden Bell Shield, which gives better skin friction and arch rebound strength than carbon plate shoes. Wearing carbon plate shoes would actually hinder my physical performance.]

[Li Weimin: ... You’re not bluffing, are you?]

Wang Ye replied: [How about I send you a video of my barefoot training later?]

[Li Weimin: Hmm... How about this, later there will be local employees from Anta in Lanzhou who will drive you to a dedicated training venue. You can train for a long-distance run barefoot at the facility’s track while I have someone record a video for you.]

[Li Weimin: You don’t have to run the entire marathon, just run three kilometers, five kilometers, or ten kilometers as per your usual training volume. I just want to see if you have the ability to run long distances barefoot.]

[Li Weimin: The rubber track at the field should be easier than asphalt, right? If you can’t even run on the rubber track, let’s forget about the barefoot race plan.]

[Li Weimin: I’m not saying you have to wear our brand’s gear for the award ceremony or anything. I’m mainly concerned about the possibility of you messing up in the Lanzhou Marathon, which could affect our brand’s reputation, leading to a chain reaction affecting us. Understandable, right...]

Wang Ye pondered for a moment and sent:

[No problem.]

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About half an hour later.

A special vehicle arrived downstairs at the hotel.

Wang Ye got in the vehicle and headed to the nearest training venue.

After entering the venue, he first took off his shoes and socks, standing barefoot on the rubber track, adjusting to the subtle bumps on the track. The track had some elasticity, but it mainly offered excellent friction and resilience.

The training ground provided by Anta for endorsing athletes was top-notch in its configuration, with materials and craftsmanship on Olympic-level.

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