Chapter 443: with translation of chapter title

443. Chapter 443 Virtual Combat

"Those families outside, let alone ordinary people, even some Force Warriors and Spiritual Thought Masters, they don't even take them seriously; they can kill whoever they want, and no one can do anything to them because of this; at most, when annexing other families, they bring this up as an excuse, claiming righteous cause."

"Our city's families could never do such a thing; let alone killing an ordinary person, even verbally insulting someone would violate regulations, be reported, and result in confinement."

"There were once several family scions who, after getting drunk, went to the street and offended women; after the Big Chief found out, they were publicly beheaded; no matter how those families pleaded, it was useless, but because of this incident, later a disturbance arose."

"What disturbance?" Jiang Cheng asked curiously upon hearing that.

"What kind of disturbance could it be?"

Qin Lao let out a sigh,

"Those families had also contributed greatly to the founding of Hope City; after pleading in every way, they were rejected by the Big Chief, losing face both outside and within the clan, naturally breeding resentment, wanting to bring people in here, but the Big Chief discovered them and wiped them out completely, even—"

Noticing Chen Sao and the others nearby, Qin Lao timely closed his mouth.

"Hiss."

Jiang Cheng sucked in a breath of cold air.

I didn't expect that the elderly woman who looked gentle and pleasant would be so ruthless when she acted.

"So, you understand now?"

Qin Lao took a sip of wine, "After that incident, no family would dare to rely on their achievements and act arrogantly; new students entering the academy would also regard protecting everyone and resisting the oppression of the Jiao Tribe as an honor, rather than relying on martial power to bully ordinary people—if they truly did that, they would be condemned and despised by everyone in the city."

"That's indeed not bad."

Jiang Cheng nodded.

"Yeah, so you don't have to worry about how those families inside will treat you; but if possible, you should still try to get on good terms with them, as it would also benefit you, of course."

Qin Lao shrugged, "With your abilities, not getting on good terms with them isn't a problem; after all, relying solely on your alchemy technique, you could live better than ninety-nine percent of the people in the city."

"Is it really that exaggerated, Qin Lao?"

"Where's the exaggeration? If you really want to earn contribution points, I could tell you how much you could make in a day." Qin Lao said in a tone of envy and jealousy.

One must know that for some contribution points, he has no choice but to go out on risky missions.

As for Jiang Cheng, sitting in the alchemy room for a day, the contribution points he gains could be higher than the reward from one of his missions.

Jiang Cheng laughed and cried at the same time.

He quickly changed the subject.

"Qin Lao, I've heard that to become a Rebel Soldier, one also needs to pass a real combat trial, right?"

"Yeah, how so? Do you want to become a Rebel Soldier?"

"I have that intention; Qin Lao, you happen to be a Rebel Soldier, and I want to get some insider information from you."

"Hahaha, what insider information? You wouldn't be thinking of asking me to go easy on you, to let you pass the assessment, would you? Little brother, this isn't something I can decide."

Qin Lao glanced at Jiang Cheng.

"Oh? Then who decides?"

Jiang Cheng asked along his line of thought.

One could tell that Qin Lao greatly acknowledged his alchemy strength, but his combat ability was questionable.

"Not anyone, it's the system."

"The system?"

"It's a set of virtual combat system."

Qin Lao gazed toward the empty space ahead, "To avoid injury, the real combat assessment later will be conducted in the virtual world; as long as you enter the pod, the computer will fully read your data; in other words, your performance in virtual combat is no different from that in the real world—everything is virtual, so getting injured or even dying won't be a problem."

In this virtual combat system, your opponents are also previously recorded data, such as me, Captain Shen, the chief, the Big Chief, and even you could fight against a dozen or so Supremes from decades ago.

"!!!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Cheng's eyes widened and his breathing grew heavy.

Good fellow.

He could even fight the deceased Supremes? In that case, his martial arts progress would skyrocket, wouldn't it? After all, back in the Poor District, it had already been verified that sparring with evenly matched opponents yields the fastest martial arts experience gain, whereas relying solely on grinding, although experience points increase steadily, the speed is indeed slow—just like his current Shadowless Blade Technique, which is still at proficiency level.

Of course, there's also the factor of not having enough time.

But!

If one could use this virtual combat system for training, not only the Shadowless Blade Technique, but also any other martial arts acquired later could quickly improve proficiency.

Rapid improvement in martial arts proficiency means what? It means strength is also rapidly increasing! "Heart moved?"

Seeing Jiang Cheng like this, Qin Lao seemed to instantly see his younger self.

Back then, upon hearing this from his seniors, he was also excited beyond words; after trying several times, he finally passed the assessment, became a Rebel Soldier, and could engage in virtual combat at any time.

Full of anticipation, he directly skipped the system's recommendation and chose one of the Supremes.

However, the whole process was just him being brutally crushed, with no combat experience to speak of.

Even if they were at the same realm, the opponent could defeat him with a single move; even after becoming somewhat familiar, he definitely couldn't last more than three moves.

Although virtual combat poses no life-threatening danger, the pain sensation is indeed real, at most weakened to a certain extent, but not absent.

Therefore, many people call this process "suffering," and later, aside from a few exceptional individuals, no one would idly seek out abuse.

"It's quite tempting."

Jiang Cheng hurriedly asked, "Qin Lao, is it only by becoming a Rebel Soldier that one can use virtual combat for training?"

"That's certain."

Qin Lao said without hesitation, "Ordinary people using this would have no meaning either, but little brother Jiang, I want to remind you: if you truly become a Rebel Soldier, you won't be as relaxed as you are now."

He glanced at Chen Sao and the old man beside him.

"Once you become a Rebel Soldier, you will be assigned missions; whether you are willing or not, you must carry them out, so think carefully."

As his words fell, Chen Sao and the old man's eyes also showed worry.

Although they didn't understand terms like "virtual" and "virtual shadow," they could still grasp concepts like Rebel Soldier and carrying out missions.

This means there is danger.

"I understand."

Jiang Cheng nodded.

He originally wanted to become a Rebel Troop Soldier; now hearing that there's even this benefit? Then he must become one all the more.

"Hahaha, right, where were we? Oh, Sun Bo, right? I've also heard some things about this guy; let me tell you."

"Qin Lao, please speak."

Jiang Cheng laughed.

(End of chapter)