parentshiftbook Chapter 261 Northwest General
Chapter 261 Northwest General
Chapter 261 Northwest General
"Um?"
The surrounding members of the genius group suddenly felt a strange tremor and immediately looked towards the source of this dangerous aura, namely Chen Lie.
After focusing their attention on Chen Lie for a moment, they all felt a chill run down their spines, as if animals were facing a natural enemy, their limbs powerless.
Even members like Tang Jiu'er, who have reached the pinnacle of Qi and Blood, are no exception.
"What's going on? Why did Chen Lie's aura suddenly change?"
This feeling is like—extreme pressure?
Tang Jiu'er felt strange. Chen Lie suddenly gave her the feeling of facing her older sister, who had already reached the peak of her Qi and Blood Realm, when her Qi and Blood value was only a few hundred calories.
But how could that be? When her Qi and Blood value was close to two thousand calories, the Extreme Pressure had already had no effect on her. Moreover, she was already a Qi and Blood Extreme Realm expert, so the Extreme Pressure should not cause her any discomfort.
Those closest to Chen Lie quickly moved away, all assuming that Chen Lie was secretly using some powerful martial arts technique.
At this moment, the special students from other provinces who were hunting strange beasts were all stunned.
"Holy crap, where did that beast go?"
"Holy crap, it really is? What happened?"
Several students from other provinces who were hunting a beast that resembled a giant rhinoceros saw it suddenly turn and run away. They immediately gave chase, but could not catch up and had to let the beast escape.
In the blink of an eye, all the dozens of strange beasts gathered nearby turned around and ran away, leaving a group of special recruits who were hunting strange beasts completely bewildered.
Chen Lie glanced at the alien beast radar. The alien beast dot on the radar was now nearly a kilometer away from him, and he pondered to himself.
It seems I misjudged. The power of the dragon tendons and bones could not only make the beast retreat 500 meters, but judging from the distance on the radar, it should be a kilometer away.
The students admitted through special admissions in Dongchuan Province were also very puzzled.
"Why are all the monsters retreating?"
"What happened?"
Chen Lie naturally wouldn't say that the beasts had left because of his coercion, and said, "Now that the beasts have left, let's rest here for a while and then go back to the shelter."
He had originally intended to venture alone into the depths of Kunlun Ruins, but having wasted almost a whole day teaching the special students from Dongchuan Province how to hunt strange beasts, he had no choice but to give up.
"Chen Lie, so you were here!"
At this moment, Chen Lie suddenly heard a clear and melodious voice coming from afar. He turned around and saw Ruan Liusu, Zhao Ziyan, and a handsome boy.
"How was your harvest in Dongchuan Province today? How many strange beasts did you hunt?"
Ruan Liusu came to Chen Lie's side and asked.
"We hunted 24 strange beasts today," Chen Lie said.
Zhao Ziyan, standing next to Ruan Liusu, scoffed, "They mobilized over a hundred people from one province and only managed to hunt down 24..."
A strange beast.
Today, the three of us worked together and successfully hunted down 30 strange beasts, including one second-tier beast.
"This is already a remarkable achievement on the first day of military training," Ruan Liusu said.
The handsome boy behind frowned, stepped forward, and said in a calm tone, "Liusu, is this your friend?"
Aren't you going to introduce it to me?
Ruan Liusu glanced at the boy and said, "You two will most likely never cross paths in the future, so what's there to introduce?"
The handsome young man's face immediately darkened. They had been working together to hunt the strange beasts for several days, but he never expected Ruan Liusu to be so disrespectful to him.
Zhao Ziyan then stepped forward to smooth things over, saying, "Let me tell you, this is Liu Su's friend, the martial arts champion of Dongchuan Province, named Chen Lie."
After that, she casually introduced him to Chen Lie: "This is Xu Yifei, a member of our Jiangsu Province Genius Team."
Chen Lie nodded, while the boy named Xu Yifei gave Chen Lie a cold look.
He had also heard rumors about the genius group in southern Jiangsu Province.
Is this martial arts champion from Dongchuan Province the person that Ruan Liusu's family introduced him to?
How much strength could a martial arts champion from one of the poorest provinces on Earth possibly possess? How dare he harbor such lustful thoughts towards a genius girl from a martial arts powerhouse?
They have absolutely no idea what they're capable of.
"By the way, Chen Lie, how many students from Dongchuan Province are admitted through the special admissions program this year?" Ruan Liusu asked.
360 people.
"360 people. The maximum duration of military training is supposed to be half a month. If they hunt 24 strange beasts a day, they can complete the training task on the last day of the training."
"The hunting efficiency will gradually increase afterward, but accidents are inevitable. How about I set aside half a day tomorrow to help you out?" Ruan Liusu said.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ziyan immediately said, "Stop joking, Liusu. You are the backbone of our Southern Jiangsu Province. What will we do if you go to help Eastern Sichuan Province?"
"Our province's task is almost complete, isn't it? It won't matter if I'm absent for a day," Ruan Liusu said.
"No, have you forgotten that when we came here, the president of the Martial Arts Association told us to do our best to win the honor of the Northwest General Star?"
"There are only seven spots for the Northwest Generals. Do you really expect us to compete with the top ten provinces on Earth?"
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"They say they're among the top ten on Blue Star, but the geniuses from the top three provinces—Lanjing, Longhai, and Jingji—all skipped military training. The gap between us and the top provinces isn't that big, so why can't we try to win this rare honor?" Zhao Ziyan said.
Ruan Liusu said, "When I came back just now, I glanced at the military merit points ranking. There's a big gap between our Jiangsu Province and the top seven, so we probably have no chance."
"The gap is not small, but it's not too big. If we work hard, we still have a chance to catch up."
"We've tried our best, and others will definitely try their best too. The gap is there, and it's not just a tiny difference; we can't catch up."
Chen Lie then asked, "What is the Northwest General Star?"
Zhao Ziyan rolled her eyes at Chen Lie and said, "Your province is one of the worst in the world. The Northwest General Star has nothing to do with you. Why do you know so much?"
Xu Yifei, standing beside him, said in a slightly mocking tone, "The Northwest General Star Light can only be obtained by the top twenty martial arts provinces on Blue Star. Dongchuan Province seems to be a province ranked outside the top 70 on Blue Star, so knowing this won't do any good."
Ruan Liusu glanced at Zhao Ziyan and Xu Yifei and explained, "The Northwest General Star is a competitive system for hunting alien beasts established by the Blue Star government."
Based on the ranking of military merit points, the Northwest Generals are divided into two categories: collectives and individuals.
The title of "Light of the Stars" is a collective honor, and the beneficiaries are the provinces behind those who win the special admissions award for "Light of the Stars".
The "Light of Generals" program compares the total military merit points earned by all specially recruited students during military training across different provinces, with each province acting as a collective.
The seven provinces with the most military merit points will receive the honor of "General's Star Light," and the Blue Star Martial Arts Association headquarters will allocate global resources to the provinces that receive this honor the following year.
The second type is individual general star, which is based on the number of military merit points obtained by an individual in hunting exotic beasts.
The seven people who accumulate the most military merit points will receive the honor of Northwest General.
The official Blue Star will reward the person who wins the Northwest General Star title with 100000 Star Coins and will issue a commendation notice to the province where the person who won the Northwest General Star title is located.
However, the 100000 Star Coins awarded by Blue Star are not the Star Coins circulating on our Blue Star, but the universal currency of the Central Galaxy Empire. When you go to Star University in the future, you can use them to purchase martial arts resources from outside the stars.
It's no exaggeration to say that our Blue Star's Star Yuan is practically worthless outside of space. Even 10 billion Blue Star Yuan wouldn't compare to 100,000 Star Yuan, the common currency of the Central Galactic Empire.
"I see."
Chen Lie nodded. In this way, he could try to obtain the 100,000 star yuan, the common currency of the Central Galaxy Empire.
In the Central Galaxy Empire, Divine Mind Masters naturally have a strong advantage over low-intelligence alien beasts. Among beasts of the same level, a single mental attack can cause several alien beasts to lose consciousness and perish on a spiritual level. Unless they encounter alien beasts with powerful bloodlines, ordinary alien beasts have no power to resist the mental attacks of Divine Mind Masters.
Of course, the divine sense masters on Earth certainly don't possess such power, because they fall short in every aspect.
The two most important points are: firstly, because of weak mental strength, both the purity and intensity of mental strength are low.
Secondly, the method of controlling mental power is crude and inefficient.
It's likely that only a third-tier Divine Sense Master native to Earth could achieve what Chen Lie has.
"Liusu, why are you telling him all this? Do you think Dongchuan Province, which is at the bottom of Blue Star, can compete with the top ten provinces on Blue Star?" Zhao Ziyan said.
Ruan Liusu glanced at Zhao Ziyan and said indifferently, "Ziyan, Chen Lie is also my friend. How do you put me when you speak to me like that?"
"I've always talked like this, it's just a habit. Never mind, forget I said anything." Zhao Ziyan shrugged.
Ruan Liusu then looked at Chen Lie and said, "Chen Lie, your mission to hunt 360 exotic beasts in Dongchuan Province shouldn't require you to kill second-tier exotic beasts, right?"
"No, just 360 Tier 1 alien beasts."
"Okay, it's settled then. Tomorrow, we'll still be at this place. I'll do your military training for a day."
After Ruan Liusu finished speaking, she suddenly noticed that the surroundings were eerily quiet. She looked around with her beautiful eyes but did not find a single trace of the strange beast.
"There are too few strange beasts here. How about we advance a few more kilometers tomorrow?"
Anyway, we can meet here tomorrow!
Chen Lie nodded in response.
Zhao Ziyan and Xu Yifei both looked at Chen Lie with resentment.
You just nodded and accepted it?
To accept help so readily, this marriage proposal is practically tantamount to him living off a woman!
After the special students from Dongchuan Province had finished their rest, Chen Lie led more than a hundred people back to the shelter.
Today, 24 alien beasts were successfully hunted. When handing over the alien beast radar, Chen Lie received several military merit point cards and gave them to the people who contributed the most to hunting alien beasts today.
Back in the dormitory building, Chen Lie went to the temporary office area and said to Feng Shuangshuang and Lu Qingchan, "We hunted 24 alien beasts today. Record the progress of the military training mission."
"Okay, sure!"
Feng Shuangshuang and Lu Qingchan nodded.
Chen Lie took out a blue military merit point card and gave one to each of them.
"This is a military merit points card. With your combined health and mana, you can buy a fourth-tier beast meat meal at the restaurant."
"Give it to us? But we didn't do anything today!"
Feng Shuangshuang couldn't help but say something when she saw the military merit points card that Chen Lie handed her.
Lu Qingchan also felt unworthy of it. Many members of the genius team did not receive any points cards, so how could the two of them?
"You don't need to do anything. Just take what I've given you."
If a military training group leader doesn't even have this much power, what's the point of being a leader?
"Wouldn't this be inappropriate? What if others criticize me?"
"Whoever accused you, tell them to come find me!"
After Chen Lie finished speaking, he threw the two military merit point cards on the table and then turned and left.
Feng Shuangshuang and Lu Qingchan exchanged a glance and silently put away their points cards.
The next morning, Chen Lie led more than a hundred specially recruited students to the entrance and exit of the shelter.
This time, all one hundred members of the talent training camp were replaced.
After putting on the alien beast radar, Chen Lie walked ahead and left the shelter.
Two kilometers away from the safe zone of the shelter, Ruan Liusu had been waiting for more than half an hour. During that time, she chose a first-tier alien beast that was not particularly powerful and hunted it down by herself.
Ruan Liusu, who was resting, soon saw Chen Lie arrive and went up to him.
"Chen Lie, you've finally arrived. You're here to support me. Let's see if the two of us can hunt down 25 alien beasts together today."
She had witnessed Chen Lie's strength at the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament in Sichuan. Ji Lingxuan, the martial arts champion of Yunchuan, was quite formidable, yet Chen Lie still managed to win first place in the tournament, which meant that Chen Lie's true strength was definitely above hers.
"Alright then, you don't need to help hunt the beasts anymore. The fact that you can hunt so many beasts a day means you've already accumulated experience in hunting them. Why don't you teach our group your experience?" Chen Lie said.
"Alright then, I'll provide some support in a bit, guiding your people on how to hunt down the alien beasts with minimal effort when it matters most."
"good!"
Chen Lie pointed to Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er's group, indicating that Ruan Liusu should go and help them, while Chen Lie himself went to Wang Dongting and Song Yixuan's group.
Song Yixuan is quite strong, but she has been just going through the motions when hunting strange beasts, only putting on a show. Otherwise, her contribution would definitely not be weaker than Ruan Liusu's.
With Ruan Liusu's help, the special recruits from Dongchuan Province successfully hunted 20 strange beasts in just one morning. During this time, Ruan Liusu shared her experience in hunting strange beasts with Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er, who were both at the peak of Qi and Blood.
"Our martial arts champion has a wide network of connections; he even has friends in a major martial arts province like Jiangsu, and he came here specifically to help us."
"Yes, at this pace, the military training should be completed in ten days."
The specially recruited students from the Dongchuan Province Genius Training Camp were all discussing among themselves.
When the students admitted through the special admissions program in southern Jiangsu Province heard that the top five members of their province's genius group were helping an impoverished province, they were all incredulous, and many of them even came to watch.
Someone couldn't help but say, "What kind of nonsense is this? Our top combat force in southern Jiangsu Province is neglecting its own province's military training tasks and instead helping other provinces!"