Chapter 107: Are you planning to fight the entire world?
Jiang City.
433 Dongyan Road.
Tactical Combat Training Base.
Obstacle and Climbing Training Area.
Twenty robust soldiers are undergoing a comprehensive special police five-item skills test on the training ground.
There are over fifty more people on the field, responsible for recording test data for each stage with various equipment, including some originally unnecessary data, which are now also within the recording scope.
After the five-item comprehensive skills test, the twenty soldiers immediately moved into the comprehensive training hall and, after a short rest, will proceed to the next stage of testing.
Near the viewing platform of the training hall, the many experts who had just received the preliminary test data couldn’t help but exclaim:
“I thought Martial Arts would greatly improve the human body, but I didn’t expect it to be so significant.”
“Yes, compared to their test data before practicing the Cultivation Technique, this improvement is too exaggerated.”
“In just three days, their performance in all aspects has improved by an average of more than 30%. The worst can achieve the national second-level athlete standard in the 1,000-meter run. At this rate, it won’t be long before they surpass the world record.”
“Among everyone, the one with the fastest cultivation speed and the most outstanding strength should be Xu Wei, who first broke through to Transformation Force. His results are also the best among everyone, averaging over 20% better than Hidden Force and over 50% better than Manifest Force.
Although the difference seems small on the data level, combined with the characteristics of Force itself and the enhancement of the body, it is easy for a Transformation Force cultivator to defeat five or six Hidden Force cultivators at the same time.
Overall, there is indeed a considerable difference between the three Minor Realms of Manifest Force, Hidden Force, and Transformation Force, and the division is relatively reasonable.”
“According to the explanation of the 《Yin Yang Jade Crane Technique》, Manifest Force, Hidden Force, and Transformation Force can be collectively referred to as the Force barrier. There is a gap between them, but it is not particularly large. The next major realm is called Innate.
Innate is the first important hurdle in the early stage. To successfully break through, even for Transformation Force cultivators, it is not that simple. It requires a lot of time, and it is best to be paired with external medicine like Yin-Extreme Pill and Yang-Extreme Pill to assist.
According to the computer simulation, Innate is almost the limit of human physical fitness, equivalent to the peak humans who can reach the world’s top level in speed, strength, and nerve response.
If everyone could reach this level… the scene, I dare not imagine.”
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After everyone was slightly shocked for a while, the leader in charge of the Cultivation Technique practice suddenly asked:
“How about the control group experiment?”
An expert holding the test data immediately reported:
“According to the preliminary preparations, we let ten soldiers eat normally, and the other ten, in addition to normal meals, took a small amount of Yang-Extreme Pill and Yin-Extreme Pill powder.
Currently, these two Pills have a beneficial effect on them, but the degree of benefit is not as great as imagined.
It may be because their Realm hasn’t reached the level where they can exert the medicinal effect of the Pills themselves. They need to wait until they enter Innate before they can stimulate the Genuine Qi in their bodies to completely absorb the medicinal power. They can’t do this with just Force now.”
“This is also good news.”
Hearing this, the leader’s expression softened slightly.
The experts present naturally understood his meaning.
The raw materials of Yang-Extreme Pill and Yin-Extreme Pill were already very scarce, and the prepared Pills were completely insufficient. If these two Pills could play a huge role in assisting cultivation before Innate, one could imagine the scene of frantic buying in the market, which would definitely trigger huge turmoil throughout society, and a series of social problems would arise around these two Pills.
But if these two Pills could only play a supporting role after Innate, the situation would be much better. After all, Innate is not so easy to achieve, and this threshold alone can stop a considerable portion of the population.
In this way, only a few thousand to tens of thousands of people, at most, an estimated tens of thousands of people, could break through to the Innate Realm in a short period of time. Then the existing Ginseng and Storax should be able to support a long period of time, enough for everyone to find ways to graft and plant, find substitutes, and analyze the medicinal properties in the laboratory for synthesis, and so on.
In this way, when Innate Martial Cultivators appear on a large scale, maybe they have already mastered a cheaper and more convenient method of making medicine, and the so-called raw material crisis will no longer be a crisis.
Seeing Xu Wei, who was a Transformation Force cultivator, easily defeat one Hidden Force cultivator after another on the fighting arena, the leader couldn’t help but ask the person next to him:
“What’s going on with this Transformation Force cultivator, Xu Wei?”
The expert next to him immediately replied:
“Since these three days of cultivation, Xu Wei’s progress has been very stable, breaking through a Minor Realm a day. According to our estimates, he has a high probability of becoming the first Martial Cultivator in this group to break through to Innate.”
“Do you know the reason why he broke through so quickly?”
“We conducted a detailed test on him, including a comprehensive monitoring of his cultivation process. Currently, it seems that this is very likely due to a special situation caused by his personal characteristics.
Xu Wei is naturally strong-boned and has abundant Qi and blood. Even with the same food, he absorbs significantly more nutrients than others. Simply put, he is a so-called Martial Arts genius, and there is no possibility of replication.”
The leader was slightly disappointed, but quickly cheered up again.
Twenty elite soldiers can screen out a Martial Arts genius. With so many people in the entire army, even if the screening ratio is reduced, at least a thousand people of this level can be screened out, right?
Even forming a Special forces would be enough.
“However, although it cannot be replicated in batches, based on Xu Wei and other soldiers with faster cultivation speeds, we have roughly formulated a set of preliminary screening mechanisms that can determine whether a person is suitable for Martial Arts at the fastest speed.
On the basis of the preliminary screening, we add some other feedback mechanisms, such as the degree of dietary absorption, the speed of Martial Arts entry, and so on, and make a comprehensive judgment, which can greatly reduce unexpected interference factors.”
Hearing this, the leader shook his head and said:
“I estimate that we don’t need to do the screening mechanism. After Qi Xuan makes Martial Arts public, most people will definitely try to practice it themselves.
If it’s just one person practicing alone, there may still be a situation of a frog in a well being arrogant, but when everyone compares with each other, they can immediately know whether they are suitable for practicing Martial Arts and whether they can continue on this Martial Dao path.
In a certain sense, this is also a good thing. Although Martial Arts can strengthen the body, it also requires a huge consumption of resources. Just the dietary stage before Innate costs a lot of money every day. If you determine in advance that you don’t have the qualifications to practice Martial Arts and treat cultivation as a hobby, at least you won’t let your family bear too much burden.
In this regard, we also need to find ways to do a good job of guidance, not to let the society form a trend of Martial Cultivators being superior to others, to define practicing Martial Arts as personal growth rather than a tool for social stratification, to avoid creating Martial Cultivator privileges, and to ensure the dignity and personal safety of ordinary, bottom-level people as much as possible.”
“Finally, regarding the aspects of breaking the law and violating prohibitions, Martial Cultivators who break the law will be subject to the same punishment as civilians, and if the situation is serious, the penalty will be increased.”
“A knight uses martial arts to violate prohibitions. Once a person masters military force, they will unconsciously despise the rules. Only by severely deterring and striking with iron-blooded methods can those Martial Cultivators learn to fear and learn to coexist peacefully with ordinary people.”
“This point must be strictly guarded against. You will give me a report later.”
Everyone immediately nodded in agreement.
“In addition, because the effect of the early Cultivation Technique experiment was good, we will further expand the cultivation sample. By screening individuals suitable for practicing Martial Arts within the entire army, the total number of experiments will be increased from twenty to one thousand, and we will further record various related data in Martial Arts cultivation to prepare for the follow-up.”
The leader looked at Xu Wei, who easily won the championship on the field, and then said:
“Since he has the talent for practicing Martial Arts, we should let him better exert his talent.”
“Give him a portion of the Silver Steel Grass Extract and see if it can help him enter Innate.”
“If it succeeds, he will be the first Innate born in our country after Qi Xuan announced Martial Arts, and also the first Innate born globally, which is of great significance.”
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The northwest side of the training base.
In a high-standard single-person training room.
Xue Cheng, who had just circulated the Force in his body through two cycles, exhaled a breath.
He opened his eyes and roughly sensed his own progress, and his face couldn’t help but reveal a look of disappointment.
For Qi Xuan, the requirements for practicing Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques are already much lower than those for Immortal Cultivation Techniques, and basically, an ordinary person can practice.
But for Xue Cheng, he still felt the huge talent gap in Martial Arts practice.
This gap may not be as harsh as Spiritual Root, but it does exist.
Basically, Martial Arts practice takes the human body as the core, and it is truly people-oriented.
Therefore, those with strong bodies are more likely to achieve results in Martial Arts.
It is obvious that teenagers and even adults with abundant Qi and blood are most suitable for practicing Martial Dao. On the contrary, the middle-aged and elderly with deficient Qi and blood are very difficult to practice, and their progress is extremely slow. If they are not careful, they may even practice themselves to death.
And even among adults, there will still be considerable differences between each other.
Some people have strong bones and abundant Qi and blood, so they naturally practice very quickly.
Some people can’t even speak two sentences without panting, and they even have to condition their bodies at the same time during practice to prevent damage to their foundation, so their speed is naturally not fast.
Although Xue Cheng didn’t fall to the worst, he was also unremarkable.
It took him nearly two days to reach the Manifest Force level.
If there were no twenty soldiers to compare, he might still be complacent and feel proud of the great progress he had made.
But now, among those people, the worst one is also Manifest Force, and there are six or seven who have reached Hidden Force.
There is even one extremely perverted one who directly entered Transformation Force.
——Is that a human?
For a moment, Xue Cheng couldn’t help but feel a little discouraged.
Not only because he was not very suitable for practicing Martial Arts, but also because he had failed the expectations of his childhood friend and the world.
Now everyone knows that he is the first person on the ground to get the Martial Arts Cultivation Technique.
He was three days ahead of everyone else. Even if he couldn’t become Number One Under Heaven, he couldn’t hold back the vast number of Martial Cultivators.
Thinking of walking outside in the future, and others pointing at him—look, everyone is Innate, and the person who first got Martial Arts is only Hidden Force—Xue Cheng’s whole body turned red.
“What the hell is this social death behavior?”
“Can I still walk outside in the future?”
“Can I still get married and become a father who makes my children proud? （Sobbing）”
After being slightly dejected for a while, he rubbed his face hard.
“Even if I am looked down upon by the world and pointed at by outsiders, at least I can’t let my relatives, my childhood friend, and those who care about me down.”
Xue Cheng cheered up and decided to practice for another two cycles.
Before he could calm down and adjust, a knock on the door suddenly came from outside.
Who would come to see him at this time?
Although he felt strange, Xue Cheng still got up from the futon and walked straight to the door to open it.
Standing at the door were Zhang Meng and others who had been chasing him all the way.
Seeing Xue Cheng open the door, Zhang Meng smiled and said:
“Mr. Xue, didn’t I disturb you?”
“Brother Zhang is joking. Is there anything I need to help with? Just give me a call.”
“Not at all, not at all. You have already made a great contribution to the country. Next, the country should also issue you a reward. We never treat those who have contributed badly.”
Saying that, a colleague behind him handed over a safe, and he took out the key and opened the safe.
Inside was a black foam pad, and in the center of the foam pad was a glass bottle the length of an index finger, filled with a pale white liquid.
“This is the Silver Steel Grass Extract, that’s right, it’s the Silver Steel Grass you’re thinking of.”
Zhang Meng introduced on the spot:
“Currently, most of the Silver Steel Grass has been taken by us for scientific research. The Silver Steel Grass Extract in front of you is one of the research results.
This is a corresponding extraction and dilution of the Silver Steel Grass, made into a mild medicine that even ordinary people can take normally, and it retains a considerable degree of effect to strengthen the body.
However, due to the quantity of Silver Steel Grass, we still don’t have too much stock of the extract, even after dilution.
However, in view of Mr. Xue’s great contribution to the country, we will issue you a Silver Steel Grass Extract every month for the next year.
In the future, if the country has more gains on the Island, even if it is a rare item not for sale, we will give you priority for a small portion of the supply. This is the reward you deserve.”
Hearing this, Xue Cheng was immediately overjoyed and repeatedly expressed his gratitude.
After sending off Zhang Meng and his party, Xue Cheng returned to the training room alone. Looking at the pale white medicine, Xue Cheng couldn’t help but reveal a look of emotion on his face.
Although he was indeed very grateful to the country, he knew even better that this was actually the harvest brought to him by his childhood friend.
If Qi Xuan hadn’t transmitted the Martial Arts Cultivation Technique to him through a password, the country, no matter how good it was to him, would not have given him the extremely precious Silver Steel Grass Extract for nothing.
“Alas, why do I feel like I owe you more and more, kid.”
“If I weren’t a woman, wouldn’t I have to offer myself?”
“Forget it, since you’re in the sky, I’ll take care of the ground for you.”
“I hope that when we meet in the future, I won’t be too far behind you.”
He drank the extract in one gulp, sat on the futon, and immediately began to practice.
On this day, Xue Cheng successfully broke through Hidden Force in the training room.
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For the whole world, three days is a very short time, but within these three days, many things still happened around the world—
Some Political Figures passed away.
Some Scientists won awards.
Some terrorists attacked.
Some ransomware viruses spread rampantly.
Also, some large-scale pig-butchering scams were shut down.
……
But these seemingly impactful events ultimately couldn’t compare to those light screens.
Qi Xuan’s Live Stream took away all the attention, even the female college students looking for sugar daddies, the gang members trading in the corners, and the federal employees applying for unemployment insurance would occasionally take a peek.
Countless people were eager for Qi Xuan to announce the Martial Arts Cultivation Technique, but for these three days, he seemed to have completely forgotten about it, riding Sunday to explore the Jungle, occasionally teaching Ancient Seal Script, and chatting and joking a few words, and it was basically over.
Martial Arts, he didn’t mention it at all.
This made the people of Various countries outside Da Qian feel even more anxious.
United Nations camp.
Although it is not a formal United Nations exchange place, as a camp that will soon be exploring the Island, this place gathers representatives from various countries.
At this moment, led by the representative of Lighthouse Country, a group of representatives are furiously berating Liu Wang, the representative of Da Qian:
“Return the Storax that was stolen from our country immediately!”
“Hurry up and return ours too! Otherwise, don’t blame us for imposing port taxes!”
“You currently have four freighters that have been inspected and detained by us. If you don’t return the goods, don’t blame us for detaining more!”
……
Liu Wang angrily refuted:
“You are engaging in trade bullying!”
“Bullying? You stole things first, and now you dare to say that about us?!”
“We are fair and just trading!”
“Fair and just is based on the absence of information asymmetry.”
“Nonsense, how can there be no information asymmetry between countries?”
“Anyway, we don’t care. Either you return all the Storax, or you announce the Martial Arts Cultivation Technique now!”
The plot is revealed. The representatives of Lighthouse and other countries are eyeing covetously, and finally revealed their core needs.
Storax is indeed very important, but the Martial Arts Cultivation Technique is even more important.
Referring to Qi Xuan’s terrifying destructive power, if Da Qian cultivates ten thousand Qi Xuans with the Cultivation Technique, the consequences are unimaginable.
Even though Qi Xuan promised to announce the Cultivation Technique in three days, he didn’t mention anything in these three days of Live Stream. What if he breaks his promise?
Various countries dare not gamble and decided to get the Martial Arts Cultivation Technique as soon as possible.
Moreover, they just happen to have Storax, which is a perfect excuse.
Faced with the pressure from everyone, Liu Wang’s face suddenly turned cold:
“If you insist on robbing us, then don’t blame us for speaking with our fists.”
“Fists? How many pairs of fists do you have?”
The Lighthouse Country representative sneered:
“Are you planning to fight against the whole world?”
Liu Wang said calmly:
“Anyway, I can definitely beat the one who shouts the loudest on the spot.”
The Lighthouse Country representative’s face immediately stiffened.
The voices of the representatives of other countries, including Turkey, who were clamoring, also became much quieter.
After a pause, the Lighthouse Country representative said with a gloomy face:
“Since you like practicing Martial Arts so much, and you need to collect resources from Foreign, then don’t blame us for increasing the review and passage fees of several major international shipping lanes!”
Liu Wang’s face suddenly changed.
Just as all parties were at daggers drawn, a new day, also the fourth day of the Live Stream, began.
