Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 100: Running Advanced to Rushing, Extreme Sport—Parkour
Finally.
Around eight o’clock,
the panel before Wang Ye’s eyes appeared distorted.
After a brief tremor, the panel revealed clear text again. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
[Your Running Skill Level is maxed out and upgraded to "Rushing".]
[Rushing lv1 (0.0%)]
In that instant.
A staggering number of insights and techniques flooded Wang Ye’s brain.
His neural activity surged to its limits.
Wang Ye’s gaze became blank, and his running steps gradually slowed until he stopped.
But his eyes grew clearer, moving from a dazed to a focused state.
Wang Ye sat on the bench beside the track.
He slightly digested the surplus of techniques in his brain.
"Rushing... has this upgraded in the direction of acceleration?"
Wang Ye rose again, ready to test his hundred-meter sprint time.
Assuming a crouched stance, he half-lying on the ground, pressed the stopwatch, and instantly his body shot forward like a cannonball.
Swoosh!!!
If an Olympic champion of the hundred-meter event were present, they’d be startled to observe that Wang Ye’s starting technique was perfected to the extreme. Every crossover, leg lift, ground thrust, and arm swing was impeccable and lightning-fast.
From the depths of their heart, onlookers would think this is the most beautiful short-distance running posture in the world, so beautiful that it seems beyond human capability. Like watching a cheetah chase after a gazelle on the savanna, absolutely mesmerizing.
After completing the hundred meters, Wang Ye pressed the stopwatch.
[7.45 seconds]
"Actually made it to seven seconds..."
Wang Ye gasped, his face showing astonishment.
He initially thought that after his skill upgrade, his hundred-meter sprint would only improve to nine or eight seconds. Unexpectedly, it reached seven seconds-plus all at once.
It’s known that human physical structure isn’t inherently suitable for short-distance running. Even when pushed to the limit, it’s lower than the baseline of many wild animals.
Therefore, achieving less than ten seconds in the hundred meters and then improving further is often as challenging as reaching the heavens for world-class sprinters. Just improving by a fraction of a second is exceptionally impressive, yet Wang Ye managed to enhance by two seconds.
If this achievement were known to the public, it would undoubtedly stir a commotion bigger than his marathon record-breaking.
Breaking two hours for a marathon can still be barely considered within reasonable limits.
But a seven-second hundred-meter sprint is truly mutation-level.
Wang Ye continued trying middle- and long-distance events for a while.
Discovering his endurance had significantly increased, though not as dramatically as his speed.
For instance, if before the upgrade he could maintain a three-minute pace for seventy kilometers, post-upgrade he could now run continuously for over a hundred kilometers.
After testing all the data,
Wang Ye plopped down on the bench, rubbing his chin thoughtfully:
"Pure running is now difficult to challenge me further, future training might need some obstacles."
According to Wang Ye’s experience, to rapidly improve skill proficiency, training difficulty and challenge must be increased. Simply running on flat ground for training might leave one waiting forever for the next upgrade.
Wang Ye pondered for a while. The simplest way he thought of to increase challenge was either weightlifting or adding obstacles during running to increase difficulty.
Wang Ye vaguely remembered that the Olympics did have hurdle track events, but those need specific tracks with hurdles installed. This park is a public place, clearly not allowing him to set up obstacles.
But besides hurdle running, there’s another sport involving running while overcoming obstacles.
That is Parkour.
On many short-video platforms, you can frequently see individuals who are obsessed with extreme sports.
They carry a motion camera on their head or chest and shoot first-person videos of themselves leaping over buildings, running fast on rooftops and high walls, or even cliffs, posting them online for views.
Besides these online parkour enthusiasts, there are professional parkour athletes worldwide. They participate in internationally recognized competitions, skillfully showcasing their parkour techniques within designated arenas and time limits to score points.
But most parkour enthusiasts still prefer training at buildings and parks.
Wang Ye glanced around.
Finally settled on a nearby flower bed.
The wall beside the flower bed stood two meters high, allowing leverage on the flower bed’s edge to climb the wall. The wall provided ample running space and numerous hard-to-cross obstacles and uneven gaps. It looked like an excellent parkour location.
Moreover, the park was nearly void of visitors at the moment, no need to worry about affecting others.
"Well... let’s give it a try!"
Wang Ye took a deep breath, suddenly sprinting madly.
In the blink of an eye, he reached the flower bed, swiftly leaping onto the flower bed’s stone edge. Then a long vault grabbed the two-meter-high wall, pulling himself up by sheer arm strength.
After rolling up the wall with minimal delay, Wang Ye immediately stood up, starting to sprint along the wall.
He sprinted, leaping over obstacles along the way without slowing down at all. Even facing obstacles over a meter high, he casually leaped over them.
The [Rushing] skill also enhanced Wang Ye’s jumping abilities. If measured on standard grounds, his current long jump and high jump scores would likely break world records both.
As Wang Ye started venturing into parkour alongside, the proficiency of [Rushing] accelerated like using a double experience item.
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About two minutes later.
Wang Ye arrived at the top of the park’s security pavilion.
He leaped down from the pavilion top, rolling on landing to mitigate force.
Then easily stood, thinking about the flaws during his recent parkour attempt.
"Leg power is stable, but climbing seems slightly lacking.
Moreover, parkour in the city is indeed somewhat inconvenient."
Most buildings in Shenzhen are office towers and residential buildings of three stories or higher.
In comparison, Europe’s popular terraced buildings are more suitable for parkour.
Suddenly, Wang Ye recalled.
He recently saw on TikTok that an extreme sports challenge would be held in Shenzhen.
Including a parkour speed contest.
Wang Ye nodded slightly,
"Engaging in parkour seems like a good choice, with the event providing excellent venues and competitions against other players to increase challenge. Of course, the key is the prize money..."
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