Chapter 11: Tang Yongqing
To be honest, in Shen Mu's expectations, breaKing through to the Planetary level within a year and comprehending the Artistic Conception before becoming a Planetary level would be quite good. He just didn't expect that the memories of his Azure Dragon clone over the past few decades would give him a big surprise.
"It's only the beginning of June now, and there's still some time before August. It's just right to settle down for two months and complete the understanding of the sea into my spear technique and body technique."
According to the training camp regulations, every August is the month for a life-and-death adventure on Australia.
With the help of the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart, two months would be enough for Shen Mu to enhance his physical fitness and spirit force to the limit of the Wargod level.
"Maybe I can try challenging a King-level monster then."
The few King-level monsters on Australia were at the first stage of the Planetary level. After all, this place was for training camp students to hone their skills, and there wouldn't be monsters as powerful as his Azure Dragon clone.
In the secret room, Shen Mu opened the box containing the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart. The Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart was a crystal the size of a fist, with surging liquid inside that appeared golden-green.
"This Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart is probably the one Luo Feng obtained on Misty Island."
According to the description of the effects in the manual, the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart could increase the physical fitness of a Wargod-level individual by three to five times.
Shen Mu's physical fitness was about 73,000 kg, which was the level of a primary Wargod. As long as it could be increased four times, he could easily reach the advanced Wargod level.
Shen Mu skillfully controlled a flying knife to cut open the crystal shell and then consumed the golden-green essence liquid. The rich life substance quickly spread throughout his body, integrating into countless cells at an astonishing speed.
This transformation lasted the entire night.
The next morning, Shen Mu stood in front of the strength testing instrument, and the screen already displayed his current strength data.
349,000 kg, advanced Wargod level.
"Indeed, it has increased more than four times, almost five times."
Shen Mu could also feel that his cells were in an extremely saturated and bloated state, to the point where he couldn't even practice the guiding technique to absorb cosmic energy.
That was the essence of the spirit of nature lying dormant in his body. For the next two months, Shen Mu's main task was to completely digest this effect.
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The temperature in Hongning Base City, located in the Northern Hemisphere, was also gradually rising, and the monsters in the wilderness area became increasingly restless. Therefore, there were many cases of training camp students getting injured in June, although this did not include Shen Mu.
With Shen Mu's advanced Wargod-level physical fitness and peak Wargod spirit force, he was absolutely invincible below the King-level monsters. Even if he encountered a real King-level monster, he could easily escape.
In the evening, in the training camp, in the leisure hall where students of the Chinese faction often gathered. There were groups of a dozen or so, some chatting with each other, some sparring and exchanging ideas in the martial arts hall, the atmosphere was relaxed. Shen Mu, on the other hand, was testing his physical fitness before the strength test.
Boom! Accompanied by a muffled sound, the punching bag displayed Shen Mu's current strength data.
"I say, Brother Shen Mu, you're already an invincible Wargod. Why are you still working so hard? We're too embarrassed to slack off." Zhao Ruo lay on the sofa in a laid-back posture, looking at the 463,000 kg punching force data on the screen, her face full of envy.
In terms of strength, Zhao Ruo was barely in the middle of the training camp students, with martial arts and body techniques only at the second realm of mastery, and a two-fold increase in force amplitude. This year, she had just stabilized in the top 100 of the Black Dragon rankings.
Shen Mu initially started training in martial arts because of his strength and had the most sparring sessions with Zhao Ruo, so their relationship was quite familiar.
Shen Mu shook his head slightly: "It's still far from enough. Today's strength increase hasn't reached 4,000 kg. After all, I've taken the spirit of nature, and my realm is at the advanced Wargod level, so it doesn't count as working hard."
This data seemed exaggerated, with a daily strength increase equivalent to the peak of a intermediate warrior-level fighter, but in fact, it wasn't much.
An ordinary warrior-level fighter could only increase by a few dozen kilograms a day, and that was under the condition that their body's potential had not been fully exhausted and they hadn't encountered a growth bottleneck.
But for a Warlord-level fighter, a daily increase of over a hundred kilograms was possible because the higher the physical fitness, the more cosmic energy the cells could absorb each day. Upon reaching the Wargod level, the amount of cosmic energy absorbed daily became quite exaggerated. As long as the body's potential had not reached its limit, a daily increase of several hundred or thousand kilograms of strength was also normal.
The so-called body potential was the manifestation of cell activity. The vast majority of fighters could only reach the advanced warrior level in their lifetime. With the help of external substances and potions, they might become a Warlord-level fighter.
The above was just the normal improvement data. Shen Mu had the assistance of the gravity room and the potency of the spirit of nature. Among them, 20 minutes of training in the gravity room was equivalent to a full day of training for an ordinary fighter.
Shen Mu could use the gravity room for a total of 90 hours a month, with a month's improvement comparable to half a year of conventional training, not to mention the assistance of the spirit of nature.
"Haha, Little Ruo, do you still want to compare with Shen Mu? A month's improvement of 100,000 kg, in terms of talent, perhaps only Luo Feng can compare with Shen Mu." The speaker was Shi Jiang from Jiangnan Pavilion, with a lean figure and muscles like steel, exuding a sharp aura.
Shi Jiang and Chu Qiang both joined the training camp in the year 2053, and this year was their last year in the training camp.
"Speaking of which, Luo Feng hasn't come out of the ancient civilization ruins yet, has he..." Zhao Ruo's expression dimmed slightly. Although Luo Feng had only been in the training camp for half a year, his relationship with her was quite good.
"No, there are still three months... before it's a year."
Hearing them talk about Luo Feng, Shen Mu picked up a towel and wiped the sweat from his face as he spoke: "Grandmaster chatted with me some time ago and asked if I was willing to enter the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins to see if I could find any clues about Senior Brother Luo Feng."
After Shen Mu became an invincible Wargod-level spirit master by taking the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart, Hong told him about the situation of the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins. If Shen Mu was willing to explore the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins, he would not only be given a set of Black God Suit but also a manual of experience for breaking through to have a Domain.
"What?" As soon as Shen Mu said this, the dozen or so Chinese faction students present all looked over.
Chu Qiang walked directly to Shen Mu: "Brother Shen Mu, don't be impulsive. The ancient civilization ruins are full of too many unknowns. No one can predict what accidents might happen inside the ruins."
Shen Mu nodded slightly: "Yes, I think so too. After all, the ancient civilization ruins are too dangerous. If I die on the battlefield, so be it, but if I die in the ancient civilization ruins, that would be too much of a waste."
To be honest, Shen Mu really intended to venture into the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins before. At that time, he would put on an attitude of disregarding his own safety and wanting to rescue Senior Brother Luo Feng. Not for the rewards offered by Hong, but simply to brush up on his favorability and make it easier to hitch a ride.
You have to know that Luo Feng is a good person, and if you get along well with him, he will really help you. Luo Feng's childhood friend Wei Wen, with average talent among Earthlings, was forcibly piled up with resources to become an Undying after Luo Feng grew up.
This was purely a win-win investment.
Moreover, as a transmigrator, Shen Mu also knew the inside story of the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins. As long as a spirit master did not trigger the death assessment, there would be no danger. Even if triggered, Shen Mu was not afraid. Even if he couldn't complete the assessment within three years, Luo Feng would be able to control the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins through Babata by then. At that time, he would not be in any danger, and he would also gain Luo Feng's favor, with the hope of joining Yun Mo like Hong and Lei Shen.
Shen Mu's golden finger was just a King-level Azure Dragon clone, which was really nothing in the universe, not as good as the advantage of a transmigrator's knowledge of the future, so joining Yun Mo was very necessary.
Even if Shen Mu was confident in himself, he only aimed at Hong and Lei Shen. Being able to reach the level of Hong and Lei Shen in the future would be satisfactory. As for matching Luo Feng, this basically had nothing to do with talent, all depending on whether his cheat could match Luo Feng's cheat.
You have to know that Luo Feng's growth path was one cheat after another: Undying inheritance, possession, Godking apprenticeship, etc. If he lacked any cheat, he wouldn't have become City Lord Luo.
Of course, the above plan to brush up on favorability was just Shen Mu's previous idea. Now, thanks to his mother Chen Wen, Shen Mu had a new and more stable plan to brush up on favorability.
"Senior brothers and sisters, continue. I'll go back and rest first." Shen Mu looked at the others and said with a smile.
"Okay."
"Take your time, Brother Shen."
Many Chinese students greeted Shen Mu warmly.
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After returning to his pavilion, Shen Mu poured himself a glass of water and then picked up his phone to apply for a video call.
"Beep... Beep…"
A few seconds later, the video call connected, and a woman in a white coat appeared on the screen, with the background resembling a laboratory in some research institute. The woman wore a pair of black-framed glasses, which could not hide her excellent appearance and added a scholarly aura of intelligence.
"Amu, you're done training!" Tang Yongqing's eyes curved, looking at Shen Mu with some surprise. (T/N: Amu is an endearing term for Mu.)
Shen Mu nodded slightly and then asked, "Sister Yongqing, that Wang Xing'an hasn't continued to harass you, has he?"
Tang Yongqing nodded slightly, a faint smile appearing on her face: "No, after Aunt Chen intervened, he immediately apologized and never came to the research institute again."
Shen Mu looked at Tang Yongqing and said softly, "Sister Yongqing, after August this year, I plan to graduate."
Tang Yongqing, Luo Feng's cousin, her mother was Shen Mu's mother's high school classmate, and she was now his blind date partner, just developing into a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.
Tang Yongqing was slightly stunned: "I heard Aunt Chen say that the elite training camp is a five-year system, right?"
"Well, but my strength is too high now, and the training camp doesn't want me anymore. Sister Yongqing, do you want to take me in?"
"..."
Half an hour later, Shen Mu hung up the phone, his gaze through the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the sunset on the distant horizon. Since transmigrating, whether in his past life or this life, he had always been very cautious. The more he knew, the more he felt his own insignificance and lack of security.
"Scheming and calculating, just to live a better life."
Shen Mu could only do this, living in such a world where even his every word and action could not escape the eyes of others.
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