Back at the sports school, Huang Changqing had once said something to Han Zhilu.
He said training was a battle against yourself.
Your body, your willpower—they're constantly telling you to stop.
It's all too easy to let your willpower waver.
But if you give in, you'll never improve, and the training will be for nothing.
That's why you have to fight. You have to battle your own willpower. Victory means transcendence.
Han Zhilu used to think his willpower was pretty good.
He trained hard and never slacked on the assignments Huang Changqing gave him.
It was the same when he later gave up soccer to focus on his studies. Even a genius couldn't escape the tedious grind of practice problems, which was its own kind of mental conditioning.
Han Zhilu had done it all, and done it well.
But in this moment, Han Zhilu genuinely wanted to give up.
'This is insane!'
