Zane took a deep breath and calmed down.
He prayed again for good luck but… he honestly did not know whether it was a good thing to be too lucky.
The things he had drawn so far were way too good, but they did not give him any immediate satisfaction.
And that was driving him crazy.
It is like having money in the account but having to leave it be just to save up to pay for your credit card later on.
It was good practice, but that did not make it any less difficult.
It was even more difficult for him because he had already experienced financial stability and the freedom of spending.
There is a reason why consumerism is so good and so bad.
Anyway, Zane threw all these thoughts aside.
No amount of philosophical thinking would change anything.
[Body Kit
Congratulations for acquiring the Heavenly Harmony Charm Body (Male Edition).
Congratulations for acquiring the Golden Ratio Peak Male God Body (Golden Template).
Congratulations for acquiring the Extraordinary Fitness God Physique.]
"Ngh!"
Zane let out a groan before he could help himself.
A warm wave of currents washed over him sending his body into a surreal pleasure to every nerve.
Then pain.
Zane felt like he had just been hit by truck-kun all over again.
Memories that he had tried to bury surge back. Except that this time the pain was 1000x more excruciating.
His guttural grunting became a whimper just as fast.
Just the look Sophie gave him was enough to confirm that it looked just as painful as it felt.
But that was not all.
His mind was suddenly etched by some new strange information that he could not make sense of.
It was like his whole body had received an abrupt version update after a harsh hardware change.
But after the pain, Zane felt like his whole body was belonged to someone else.
Some Zen qigong master athlete running a fitness cult.
Strange, but that was exactly how he felt.
His body was lighter than ever, his mind sharper and calmer, and his spirits higher.
All the accumulated fatigue from… life seemed to have been washed away.
Zane straightened his posture feeling relaxed and comfortable all over.
He could feel his body flowing with strength, energy, and power that he never dreamed possible.
Compared to his previous state, they might as well be two different species.
His height hardly changed. He was previously 6'1" and now he was 6'2".
But his proportions did change. Drastically.
Zane was a weeb through and through though he did not always behave like it.
Not the obese kind, but the thin kind. Where it not for college, he might have even been more miserable.
His meals usually consisted of noodles and protein bars.
The only time he ever had a proper meal was when his mother got home early from work.
Yeah, his mother worked quite late despite her nagging. Hell, most times she worked the night shift and their schedules just never aligned properly.
Don't mention leftovers and whatnot. The time it takes to work up a proper meal from the fridge was too long.
Noodles just needed hot water and three minutes he could be using doing something else concurrently.
You do the math.
This is to say, his build was closer to what we call skin on bones.
And his height was not helping.
6'1" was pretty average in Anchorage but was still tall per national standards.
His knees would hurt every night, but now it was all different.
Zane gave himself a once-over and he was very pleased with the results.
He had not gained as much as muscle as one would expect for a fitness god, but it was a start.
At least his arms no longer felt weak and he biceps now felt powerful.
He also had an instinctual feeling that all he needed to do was eat well to build muscle.
It was all a 6-month-long drawn-out process but he did not need any exercise.
That said, the little muscle he did have kept twitching as if to demand some exercise.
But there was nothing he could do about that now.
He could feel Sophie eyes burning eyes through his back. He could practically feel her eyes roaming all over his body with deep surprise and suspicion.
But Zane did want her to notice these changes from the start. It is just a little unsettling.
Changing gears, he took a mirror from the countertop and looked at his face which had also gone through some changes.
Honestly, Zane felt like his face had not changed that much.
In fact, he felt like points were subtracted from his attractive parts to be added to his more unattractive parts.
The result, everything became painfully average.
His eyes, eyebrows, forehead, nose, ears… hell, even the distance between each feature was ruler perfect average.
But that was where average stopped.
His features individually were the very embodiment of average but take them all in together? Perfection.
Just looking at his face made him understand why it was the "Golden Ratio" and "Golden Template".
Flawless to a painful degree.
Zane let out a contented sigh after observing for a long time. There was no helping it.
The more he looked, the more he like, and the more he couldn't get enough.
Were Sophie not around, he would have gone to the bathroom for an extensive viewing on the full-length mirror.
But that was not possible for now.
He could only forcefully calm himself down and look into the changes the Heavenly Harmony Charm Body (Male Edition) brought about.
Unlike the others, this particular draw was more ethereal.
Zane felt like he had unlocked some kind of channel that connected him to the world at a deeper level.
It was like the very earth itself loved him and favored him over everybody else. But that was also not quite right.
He could feel the air around him change, more refreshing.
The light seemed to adjust itself to a more comfortable hue.
Even the cold outside didn't seem so harsh anymore.
This is Anchorage! When was the cold never harsh?!