Stellar Echo: Heart of the Myst

Chapter 4 - 4: I’m a damn superman!!

Chapter 4: Chapter 4: I’m a damn superman!!

"Wait... How long have I been 'training'?..."

As the question left the boy's lips, everything suddenly started to make sense in his head, so he couldn't help but verbalize his thoughts.

"Have I been 'training' for so long that my things ended up being washed away by the water, erasing all traces? But that doesn't make sense. If that had happened, it would have taken me too. The logs and bamboo were well buried in the sand; it would take considerable force to move them! Besides, I haven't eaten or drunk anything all this time. I should be dead if that were the case..."

Still incredulous, the boy carefully examined his body, quickly noticing something obvious. Not only did he not look like someone who had been fasting for days, but on the contrary, his body looked too healthy, almost to the point of exaggeration.

The muscles on his body were now incredibly defined. Although he had always been slightly muscular thanks to a lifetime of hard work, those were work muscles, not the vanity muscles of a model that now he has.

Moreover, his tan, the result of years of working under the sun and heat, had completely disappeared, leaving his skin so white and flawless that it would shame a baby. To top it off, all the wounds and scars scattered across various parts of his body were gone, even the calluses on his hands had disappeared.

"Great, now I'm a pretty boy. But what a fucking disgrace!!! Even my calluses are gone, damn it! If the old man saw me like this, he'd stomp me into the ground for being a useless, pretty boy who has never touched a shovel in his life... Sigh Good thing no one else is here, or I wouldn't know how to go out in public..."

The boy's face displayed an expression hard to describe, combining amazement, disbelief, and a bit of resentment, as he clenched his right fist. Shortly after, in an attempt to release his frustration, he kicked a nearby rock with his bare heel. Instead of feeling the normal pain that would accompany such an action, the rock broke.

"WHAT?!"

Absolutely astonished, the boy immediately crouched down and picked up one of the pieces of rock, examining it closely and quickly realizing it wasn't brittle.

"This can't be..."

The boy muttered incredulously and quickly approached another rock of similar size, which he punched with his right hand, applying about the same force. Just like the first rock, it also broke.

Amazed, the boy quickly looked at his knuckles, noticing that although there was some damage, there were no traces of blood or anything like that. Still not believing what he was experiencing, he looked around for a stone about a meter in diameter, determined to try something different.

Since he finished his 'training', the boy had noticed something a bit strange. Not only could he feel the warmth beneath his navel with perfect clarity, but it also felt 'hotter' and somehow 'larger'. Although it was difficult to put into words what he was feeling, he had a peculiar idea in mind.

With this strange idea, the boy quickly tried to direct the 'warmth' to his arm, which he managed to do with incredible ease. Before he realized it, he felt the warmth covering his entire arm. Without thinking much, he hit the rock with all his might, causing it to shatter into pieces.

"I'm a damn superman!!!! HAHAHAHA"

Completely lost in his new discovery, the boy spent several hours

The boy immediately tried to do so. Although he didn't manage it well at first, after a few minutes, he got the hang of it and was able to cover the entire axe with 'chi'. Somehow, it started to feel like an extension of his body, a strange sensation. But since 'chi' was something he didn't understand, he ignored it and tried to fell the tree again. And this time, the axe didn't break, and instead, it left a large cut in the trunk.

"It worked!!! Hahaha!!!"

Laughing joyfully, the boy quickly finished felling the tree. He then reattached the axe and knives to his waist and strengthened his body using his 'chi', which allowed him to carry the large trunk easily back to his camp. There, he unloaded it and picked up a basket that he slung over his back, heading back to the stream.