What happens when you take something perfectly ordinary and master it to the extreme?
While Wang Liang was scrolling through Douyin, he saw a creator practicing flying needles. The comments were full of lines like, “The sun rises in the east, and I alone am undefeated. We welcome the Cult Leader Dongfang!” It looked like fun, so he picked up a toothpick and tried a few moves himself.
To his surprise, a progress bar appeared before his eyes: [5/10000].
After he had practiced 10,000 times, the progress bar turned into a streak of golden light and shot into his right hand, the one he used to practice flying needles.
He casually picked up a toothpick and flicked it with a finger. With a sharp thwack, it pierced the cutting board he used to chop vegetables.
From then on, every ordinary thing he did became extraordinary. More accurately, it was earth-shattering…
