Chapter 20: Comprehensive Advancement

Training was monotonous.

Day after day passed, no wonder Su Shen wanted to escape after just a month in his previous life.

But now, with a clear goal and a heavy load of study and writing, he had no time to dwell on such thoughts.

The hardship barely registered.

Instead, time seemed to fly, and in the blink of an eye, over half a month had passed.

During this time, Ning Debao had grown increasingly convinced by Su Shen’s explanations of “professional knowledge.” After all, this was cutting-edge SCI science, supported by scientific evidence. She only wished to verify it herself.

After more than half a month of investigation, she discovered that throughout the entire sports school, every student who ran the 100 meters in under 11 seconds strictly adhered to this “6-second law.” This revelation was astonishing, as it completely overturned a key part of the existing national training system.

The feeling was exhilarating, rekindling the passion she once had in university.

In the following week, she visited several sports schools around Xiangshan City, recording observations. Sure enough...

It was true.

Just as Su Shen had told her.

The formula Vi = Vm(1 - e^{-kt}) held firm.

There was no fallacy suggesting it applied only to Westerners but not Easterners.

Therefore...

The critical focus should be on the 6-second mark, not the traditional 30 meters.

This discovery was so groundbreaking that when Ning Debao presented the research data to Su Shen, gulping water as she spoke, “Xiao Tian, this finding is incredible. We must hurry to publish it in a domestic sports journal—it will surely cause a sensation.”

Ning Debao said this, but Su Shen knew well that domestic sports journals were a mixed bag with limited influence. Moreover, since he hadn’t yet proven results through this method, the old experts and scholars would hardly accept such a novel concept quickly.

Silence.

Like a stone sinking into the sea.

Perhaps a small ripple was the most realistic outcome.

Living in a later era, Su Shen saw this resistance much more clearly than Ning Debao.

Thus, he remained calm.

Although they submitted the detailed article to the journal “China Sports World,” Su Shen paid little attention to the results. Instead, he urged Ning Debao to expand the sample size, ideally collecting data from elite provincial team athletes to enhance credibility.

Hearing this, Ning Debao calmed down considerably, though she also thought...

Su Shen’s composure was truly beyond his years.

A 15-year-old with such temperament? Are geniuses all like this?

That said, they began training according to this new approach.

It was a bold experiment.

After all, no amount of data could be as convincing as personally achieving results—though it risked delaying Su Shen’s golden growth period. For a sprinter, time was precious.

Yet Su Shen firmly told Ning Debao...

He believed in science.

And he even wore an expression that said, “If I don’t go to hell, then who will?”—which boosted his image in Ning Debao’s mind by fifty levels.

No choice—it was all to justify applying more advanced training techniques and concepts, as the old methods were simply too outdated to meet his needs.

Moved by Su Shen’s self-fashioned persona, Ning Debao agreed to this plan, but only for a month. If there was no clear improvement, they wouldn’t waste time.

Su Shen naturally agreed, because he had already begun secretly training this way. Otherwise, why would he send Ning Debao out?

It was all part of the plan.

The preliminary training was familiar to him. Many exercises and methods unavailable at his small-town junior high were now accessible with machines, equipment, and facilities, allowing him to quickly get up to speed.

So, he was confident in his progress.

Though it seemed like only a month was granted, in reality, during the past half month when Ning Debao was busy, he had already been quietly adjusting training programs and practicing. With another month ahead, before the Pearl River Delta Invitational, Su Shen’s goal was far more ambitious than merely maintaining an 11.18-second time.

He was a man with ambition; he wanted to improve again.

And improve steadily.

While training, the two conducted their own “human experiments.”

Some coaches who observed shook their heads, thinking Ning Debao, a newly transferred female college coach, was unreliable. These training methods seemed incorrect. But coaches only cared for their own athletes and no one was willing to interfere.

Despite some whispers, Ning Debao had become quite proficient with the “6-second law system” under Su Shen’s guidance.

Moreover, Su Shen had deliberately introduced many advanced training exercises and eliminated many useless ones.

Of course, these were minor tweaks, seemingly “accidental” discoveries.

But to truly refine something so meticulously, without a powerful scientific team working for years through repeated failures and validations, it was impossible.

Yet Su Shen was a “second-generation,” able to work backward from results, making it much easier.

“Hmm, extending the breath-holding run distance is correct. Your heart rate clearly shows an intensity change. It’s much better than the original training—let’s keep this.”

“We can also adjust the arm swing based on the signal.”

“Acceleration runs and so forth will all be tested using the 6-second law as a boundary.”

They constantly refined their methods.

Sometimes Ning Debao felt that, although backed by scientific theory, this adjustment process was surprisingly smooth.

However, with her growing respect for science and Su Shen’s persistent claims about the power of science, she accepted the explanation.

No point digging deeper.

What else could she do?

After all, in 2004, with time travel and reincarnation, such insights were rare—who would have thought to explore this path?

“Xiao Tian, the article says CP-ATP only sustains the body's energy for 6 to 8 seconds, right? Can that be scientifically improved? Is there a way?” Ning Debao had completely fallen into the “pocket trap” Su Shen prepared for her, unknowingly becoming a believer in scientific training systems.

“Yes,” Su Shen smiled, “but Coach Ning, we can’t do that yet—no equipment or machines. Don’t worry, we’ll first optimize the training program. The fundamental bodily issues can wait.”

“Alright, then Xiao Tian, I have another question...”

Well, now they truly were “both teacher and friend.” Seeing Ning Debao’s willingness to learn, Su Shen had no reason to hold back.

Through training and discussions, their mentor-disciple relationship flourished rapidly. Ning Debao now felt uneasy if she didn’t accompany Su Shen to the library every day.

Her thirst for knowledge rekindled the fighting spirit of her student days.

So, she didn’t care what others said.

College students of this era still had some intellectual pride and dignity.

Unlike later generations who were often disparaged.

After preliminarily completing the core optimization of the training program, Su Shen began preparing to test the initial training results.

Now,

Only half a month remained until the Pearl River Delta Invitational.

Su Shen checked his physical data—

Name: Su Shen.

Age: 15.

Height: 174.3 cm.

Weight: 64 kg.

Strength: 30.

Speed: 32.

Endurance: 30.

Reaction: 33.

Flexibility: 31.

Strength had increased by 2 points, speed by 2 points, endurance by 2 points, reaction by 2 points.

He then raised flexibility from 31 to 32, spending these “five-dimensional points.”

Because he’d realized that later points might become more abundant, so saving them for later wouldn’t help.

Early on, he could focus on individual skills and patch weaknesses.

Though he knew that later, the gap between strengths and weaknesses would widen.

For now, balance was best.

Moreover—

A month and a half was still too short to cover everything.

Su Shen carefully felt his body—it was entirely different from when he first arrived.

At least, it was like upgrading from a fifty-thousand-dollar car to a hundred-thousand-dollar one.

His attributes had comprehensively improved.

This was the result of having professional machines and equipment at the sports school.

So... was Su Shen just treating the sports school like a “large gym”?

Yes, for now, that wasn’t out of the question. He had done these trainings before and knew which were wrong and which needed improvement.

Then, it was time to test his specific sprint data.

Su Shen stood on the track, full of spirit, ready for a routine sprint test.

Ning Debao stood at the track's end, eager to see how much Su Shen had improved during this period.

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