Chapter 204

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

Niu Xiang wasn't mistaken; the second squad of Rattan Armor soldiers was newly formed from fresh Level 1 Students.

Compared to his demolition company which drew public outrage, recruiting students for the Martial Arts Hall was remarkably easy. In fact, with the Hall's subsidies and wages, never mind learning kung fu — even washing dishes and mopping floors would draw countless applicants.

Whether out of curiosity and worship for martial arts, or merely to improve their lives, in short, the second and third batches of students put in effort far surpassing the past.

From the parents' perspective, sturdy armor always provided some comfort. At the very least, it was their own sons injuring others, not being injured by thugs. Patrolling locally still carried a touch of minor glory, as if defending home and country, protecting their native soil.

Basic Body Techniques weren't difficult to begin with; with students applying themselves, even the slowest needed only a month. As for rapid-upgrade models like Cao Zheng, they didn't even need two weeks.

The latecomers' effort and struggle likewise spurred on the earlier students. Chen Yi stipulated that only students who contributed to the Hall qualified to use the Divine Oil; therefore even the laziest youths had to don armor and perform "community maintenance" patrols.

For these students whose training sessions lasted 20, 30, even 50 hours straight, a continuous 12-hour patrol was simplicity itself. The shantytown wasn't that large, and Niu Xiang and the others soon had nowhere left to go.

A true people's war uses the people's sons to fight the war's sons. Students native to this district spared no effort in maintaining the community; some even attempted to shoot Niu Xiang dead... The Niu family's bullying of local men and women hadn't been a matter of just a day or two.

More and more students signed their names on the enrollment code of conduct.

When the Hall's headcount rapidly increased to 200, Lin Haitao began to feel pressure. He was still just an ordinary Level 1 Student — and one who had used the Divine Oil at that — and watching later arrivals surpass him, his mood was extremely tense.

The Hall's resources began to grow scarce; various facilities started being zoned with "Level 3 Students Priority" and "Level 2 Students Priority" signs posted everywhere.

Although only Xiong and She Lei were currently Level 3 and Level 2 Students respectively, everyone knew young men like Cao Zheng would break through soon — they trained 70 hours per session, rested less than 5 hours, and unless the Hall ordered otherwise, they didn't leave the premises... Training effect double his own, training time double his own; Lin Haitao also began constantly challenging his own limits.

He had once completed a 70-hour training session, but since then he often used 50 hours as his daily training interval... Although he ranked among the front of the first batch of students, once student numbers increased, he discovered he had apparently still been too relaxed.

Another half-day patrol ended; Lin Haitao didn't return to the dormitory beside the Hall to rest, but after bathing, put on loose training clothes and went to the Hall's second floor.

He waited for a good spot, then assumed the correct posture and performed the opening stance of the Fourth Body Technique Set. Students named the different Body Technique sets in the order Chen Yi taught them. After Lin Haitao's resistance that day was met with whipping, he had to learn other types of Body Techniques, ultimately settling on the Fourth Set.

Speed could be roughly 30% faster.

Lin Haitao silently accumulated.

Just like ordinary people in the Saint Qiao Kingdom — no mentor, no assistance, relying only on himself.

Someone passed by; footsteps were crystal clear to his keen hearing.

Lin Haitao was somewhat distracted, but he swiftly pulled his thoughts back, then slightly closed his eyes, imagining the surroundings filled with Qi, various colorful breaths linking into a network...

The network formed rapidly, and moreover was nearly stable.

Lin Haitao was stunned; he had never heard of any student able to form a stable Qi Network — not even Xiong. Among students, linking to the Qi Network 5 times per 10 training hours was already considered very effective; that was merely a faint, vague sense of a network's existence — nowhere near this feeling of the network being right before him.

Voices sounded beside him again; Lin Haitao felt the Qi Network fluctuate slightly. He hurriedly closed his eyes, yet couldn't help thinking: Could it be I'm truly a genius?

The colorful breaths persisted for 10 hours; Lin Haitao faintly sensed signs of a breakthrough, with hope of becoming the Hall's third Level 2 Student, leaving his mood extremely uplifted.

Just then, Liu Xinyu's voice came from beside him: "Chen Yi, it's 21:30."

"I know. Knock off."

After those words, Lin Haitao sadly discovered that the seemingly stable Qi Network he had linked to slowly, slowly vanished.

His mind went blank again, leaving only a gray, hazy network like mist in fog, drifting in the distant horizon.

Lin Haitao involuntarily opened his eyes, just in time to see Chen Yi's departing back.

At this moment, even the mist-like Qi Network could no longer be seen.

"So it was the Hall Master linking the Qi Network." Lin Haitao felt disappointed, but then faintly stirred again — if I train beside the Hall Master every time, I'll definitely improve rapidly, and moreover, this seems to still be a secret, at least among the students.

He glanced around; his distance from Chen Yi was the closest, only about 1.5 meters, while everyone else was basically 2 meters away or more...

However, if he wanted to always train beside the Hall Master, he would need "priority" rights.

He looked at the "Level 2 Students Priority" and "Level 3 Students Priority" notices pasted on the wall, and slowly sank back into a cultivation state.

The primary task: break through.

Chen Yi still didn't know that his Subway-derived Chengxiang could actually be shared; the Saint Qiao Kingdom's scholars had some records on this aspect, yet there was no need to explain it to the "Master".

The pickup truck loaded with about 5 cubic meters of goods and headed for the Subway Station.

The little lizard loved the West Continent's scenery, which reminded it of its homeland — though Yaolongs could never clearly describe what their homeland looked like...

All along the way, it chattered incessantly about those canal trees, Su Cao, wild cattle, and Saber-toothed Beasts.

The voice came from the car radio, sounding like a madman's station was broadcasting.

Chen Yi drove straight into the warehouse, then locked the main gate. He actually wasn't worried about the Subway's secret being discovered anymore. Because by using the Mexicans, he had already proven that only under his leadership could one enter the Subway, exit the Subway, pass through the Light Gate, leave the Light Gate. Most importantly, others passing through the Light Gate could only linger within the Light Curtain's range.

Currently, the Light Curtain's radius was about 5 kilometers; if others left the Light Gate by 5 kilometers, they would feel rapidly increasing pressure until they could not resist and were forced back.

And providing Gene Completion to the Light Gate could expand the Light Curtain's range.

Regarding this, Chen Yi's enthusiasm was slightly low.

On one hand, because the Fossils' effect was diminishing; on the other, from safety considerations, he hadn't thoroughly scouted the West Continent's situation yet, and didn't want the Light Curtain to expand all at once.

However, preparations could begin now.

Chen Yi stood inside the Subway Station, waiting for the time while practicing combat techniques.

Actually still postures similar to Body Techniques, only when invoking the Magic Net they required Qianwang participation, demanding a strong enough body.

The Magic Net suddenly began to tremble.

Chen Yi slowly concluded his practice, knowing the Subway had arrived.

The Magic Net suddenly shuddered.

"Critical State?" A concept the Holy Knights had explained suddenly surfaced in Chen Yi's mind.

When the body's frequency approaches the Magic Net infinitely closely — that is, when the body's Chengxiang increases infinitely — a Knight may skip ranks.

The little lizard seemed to sense something too; it jumped down from Chen Yi's shoulder, then shook its body, transforming into a Remington 700, its muzzle moving freely on alert.

Chen Yi was completely unaware of what was happening outside, only ceaselessly thinking: "Back then, what did they say one should do..."

After thinking for half a day, he finally recalled: "Wait and see!"

Just as he recalled this sentence, the Magic Net inside his body had already transformed from a trembling stream into surging river water.

The little lizard curled its tail sneakily and stuffed it into the magazine.

It could also sense the changes in the surrounding Magic Net.

In fact, the Magic Net inside its body was likewise in a state of trembling. As a pet, its body's Chengxiang was infinitely close to Chen Yi's.

One person, one gun, both trembling at some strange frequency...

Fast fast fast slow, slow slow slow fast, fast slow fast slow... the Magic Net follows the heart's desire, like this damn universe; Douqi follows the heart's desire, like this damn Earth.

People always gain good fortune in good luck, and gain bad luck in misfortune.

Chen Yi didn't board the Subway, so the latter wouldn't leave, and as long as the Subway didn't leave, Chen Yi's "critical state" would keep Accumulating.

24 hours later, the little lizard couldn't take it first.

It was originally at the peak state of Douqi Level 9, lacking merely an increase in Chengxiang with the Magic Net. For a Yalong, the requirements would be raised accordingly by quite a bit.

If developing at normal speed, two years would be enough to let it complete the final step. Even the Ruoyuan Holy Knights of the Saint Qiao Kingdom could at most accelerate this speed, yet still couldn't violate common sense and achieve it in one leap...

But the "critical state" could.

A large amount of Douqi piled up inside the little lizard's body, invaded its cells, changed its cells, nourished its cells, everything was for the sake of Chengxiang with the Magic Net.

Chen Yi's face flushed red, he forced his eyes open, and through the pet Ring on his chest, used his mind to say: "Don't worry, the critical state only has benefits, no drawbacks."

"So painful!"

"Think of something else."

"Why aren't you in pain?"

"Probably because of body volume. Also the Magic Net's requirements differ in height; the Huanlong is said to require contact with Yaguang..."

The Huanlong went "puff" in one breath, holding its breath saying: "My large intestine is in Yaguang, so painful."

"Why not take it back first?"

"The place was determined from birth, I don't know where it is either..."

"Then if you get constipated, that'll be trouble."

Just as they were speaking, Chen Yi felt a cramp in his stomach, his face turning Green Crystal in an instant.

The Huanlong instead went "oh yeah": "Douqi 1 Ji, Douqi 2 Ji, Douqi 3 Ji... I'm going to surpass you!"

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