Systematic Survival

25 - Intense Training

'That would be awful. Well, I don't want to find out. Too many rewards on the line.'

[43/100 Sit Ups]

He thought that actually, the rewards would probably only get better in the future, so this would be the best-timed quest to test how it works, but he decided to just finish it and hoped he would never have to deal with a failed timed quest.

'It's probably not that big of a deal anyway.

His muscles were definitely burning now as he was nearing the end of his sit ups. The stats he had now made it much less tiring but he was still human. He heard another notification as he was almost done.

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[Training Successful]

+1 Strength

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'I was wondering when that would happen.'

He felt his muscles become even denser, and the workout suddenly got a little easier. He quickly heard yet another light ding.

[19 Minutes Left]

[100/100 Sit Ups]

'Wow, I really got a lot of time to spare.'

He surprised himself a bit. He hadn't expected his stats to be this effective. He had assumed that they were a static multiplier like 15 strength would equal 1.5x, but it seemed a bit better than that, though he wasn't sure by how much.

There wasn't really an easy way to tell either unless he bought or made testing equipment or something.

'Well, just one more set, 100 squats. After that, I'll get some rewards and I'll level up!'

He was super excited. With the system, it was like his birthday every day. He just kept getting more 'gifts' to unwrap. He felt the same as when he had rolled a rare character from a loot box, but it was real rewards now, not fake loot.

He started to do squats, again hoping he was doing it correctly. After the new point in strength, most of his fatigue was gone, but it was starting to come back only a tiny bit.

[27/100 Squats]

He kept going, nothing really holding him back. Before he started this quest, he really thought he was going to fail. So it really was a nice feeling to have completed it fairly easily with time to spare.

'I wonder what stats I should invest in when I level up? I don't really know which ones would be important right now. I guess I could always save them in case I get into a tight situation.'

He thought about it and weighed the pros and cons in his mind. If he did hold onto the unassigned stat points, he might be able to assign them more usefully later, instead of just guessing for now. But he was also thinking about one stat he hadn't really leveled.

'I wonder if luck is worth it to level? Would it affect my luck a lot or only a little? Also, how could I even tell? What if I was already going to get lucky, and it actually didn't affect anything?'

As he considered his options, he heard a light ding, then a loud ping, and then a third loud notification. He also felt his body changing. So many things happened at once.

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||Stats||

Name: Matt Peterson

Age: 18

LVL: 2 [XP 118/120]

HP | 17/20 +1

MP | 0/0

Status Effects: (None)

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||Attributes||

[Str] - 16 +1

[Con] - 11

[Agi] - 15 +1

[Dex] - 12

[Int] - 16

[Luk] - 11

[Stat Points]: 0

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||Skills||

Inspect [Lv.1], Map [Lv.2], Help [Lv.1], Storage [Lv.1], Mind Palace [Lv.1]

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||Quests||

-General-

Pay the Rent [$223/800] [Reward: +Mystery Reward, +30xp]

Reach LVL 5 [2/5] [Reward: +10 Unassigned Stat Points, +1 Artifact]

Make a stranger believe you are a celebrity [Reward: Stat Unlock, +30xp]

Compete in an event and win [Reward: +1 All Stats, +75xp]

Intense Training: Do 100 Pushups, 100 Sit Ups, 100 Squats, and a 10 Mile Run [Timed] [100/100, 100/100, 100/100, 10/10] [Reward: +3 STR, +3 AGI, +50xp]

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-Daily-

*Daily quests not available in beta*

||Storage||

-Items [3/25]-

Used Bullet [1], Gun [1], Knife [1]

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