webnovelvip Chapter 233 Training Camp for Advancing to Tier 2
Chapter 233 Training Camp for Advancing to Tier 2
The day Xiao Qianyu returned, Zhao Leiguang was squatting at the entrance of the base canteen, gnawing on a chicken leg.
He looked up and mumbled, "Sister Yu is back," before continuing to eat.
Xiao Qianyu ignored him.
But as she passed by, she casually unscrewed the cap of the chili sauce bottle in front of Zhao Leiguang and pushed it to his side.
Zhao Leiguang was stunned for two seconds.
This woman had never done anything like this before.
He hadn't even wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth when he yelled something into the cafeteria.
"Su Yunqing! Come out quickly! Has Xiao Qianyu been possessed by a ghost today?!"
The Dragon King's Halberd struck him precisely on the back of the head.
It wasn't very forceful, but the sound was crisp.
"Shut up and eat."
Zhao Leiguang covered his head and chuckled.
Shen Xinglin, who was standing next to him, walked by with a tray, glanced at him expressionlessly, and then sat down some distance away.
Lin Chuxue was eating ice cream by the window, her legs swinging back and forth under the chair.
Su Yunqing is braiding Wen Yue's hair.
In front of Wen Yue was a whole row of unopened crossbow magazines.
Lu Yan leaned against the cafeteria door frame, holding a glass of cold water in his hand.
He looked at these people.
His gaze was calm.
Seven people, one team.
They can penetrate high-dimensional weapons, but they can also argue over a bottle of chili sauce.
The cohesion of the first squad was finally forged over these three days.
It's not done by giving orders.
It was blood, tears, and that rain that made it possible.
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On the evening of the third day of rest, the communicator rang.
Qin Wangshan's voice was devoid of pleasantries.
"Come to headquarters, now."
Lu Yan put down his water glass and left the cafeteria.
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The deep command center of the Dragon Guard headquarters.
The lights were dimmed.
Qin Wangshan stood in front of the holographic projection table, a cigarette dangling from his fingers.
"sit."
Lu Yan did not sit down.
Qin Wangshan didn't pay any attention and simply turned on the projector.
A map showing the distribution of stargates floats in the air.
The coordinates of 137 known stargates worldwide are densely packed with red dots.
"The southern front is nearing completion, Chi You is trapped on the northern front, and the eastern and western fronts are temporarily calm."
Qin Wangshan put the unlit cigarette in his mouth and bit the filter.
"But that eye saw you."
Lu Yan did not respond.
"Looking at you means it has memorized the precise coordinates of Earth."
Qin Wangshan poked the largest red dot in the projection with his finger.
"The next wave won't be a probing attack; it will be a full-scale opening."
Projection switching.
A roster of all second-tier awakened individuals within the territory of China.
Total: Fourteen people.
"Fourteen." Qin Wangshan spat out the cigarette ash from his mouthpiece. "Nationwide, there are only so many people who qualify for the second tier."
"How many first-tier awakened individuals are there?" Lu Yan asked.
"That's enough. But a first-order being is nothing but paper in front of higher-dimensional beings."
Qin Wangshan turned off the projector and turned around.
"Can your halo system catalyze mass breakthroughs from first-order to second-order?"
Lu Yan thought for two seconds.
"You can't directly catalyze them. But you can push them to the critical point."
"How do you force me?"
"The pressure of real combat combined with high-intensity attribute enhancement training will help your body memorize the rhythm of the second stage, making the breakthrough a natural outcome."
Qin Wangshan narrowed his eyes.
Are you sure?
"After those civilian awakened individuals on the southern front received their equipment, at least twenty of them were already hovering on the brink of disaster. They were just one step away from being eliminated."
Qin Wangshan was silent for a few seconds, then pushed a document with a red cover onto the table.
"The head instructor of the second-stage awakening special training, and all members of the first squad serve as subject instructors."
"The trainees are all members of the Longwei Second to Ninth Squads, totaling seventy people."
"This group of people were selected from three thousand candidates."
Lu Yan flipped through the roster and glanced at it.
"Shall we meet tomorrow?"
"We'll arrive tonight."
Qin Wangshan took another thin report out of the drawer and handed it over.
"There's one more thing. Recently, there have been abnormal fluctuations in the monitoring data of several low-level secret realms in the country. It's not the energy characteristics of monsters, and the frequency is very low. We're still analyzing it. There's too much to do after the war, and we can't spare the manpower, so we'll put it on hold for now."
Lu Yan took the report, his gaze lingering on the data curve for a moment.
"I've got it."
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The fourth basement level of the Dragon Guard headquarters.
Tactical training ground.
The metal walls gleamed under the incandescent lights, and the space was large enough to fit two football fields. The floor was cast from a special alloy, capable of withstanding a direct hit from an S-rank skill.
Seventy people stood in a square formation.
Stand tall with your chest out and head held high, looking straight ahead.
The elites of each squad are all survivors who have crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Each of them bears at least one old scar.
But their gaze wavered when the first squad walked in.
too young.
The man leading the group looked to be in his early twenties. The youngest girl following behind looked like she was underage.
The vice-captain of the third squad, with bandages wrapped around his arm, turned his head and muttered something under his breath.
"That's it? To be our drill instructors?"
The sound wasn't loud.
But the acoustic design of the training ground allowed this statement to travel far.
Zhao Leiguang removed the two Taotie shields from his back and stabbed the spikes at the bottom of the shields into the ground.
"Who spoke just now? Step forward."
The deputy leader of the third squad hesitated for a moment, then took half a step forward.
"I said it, so what?"
Zhao Leiguang grinned.
"Fine, you've got guts."
He turned to look at Lu Yan. Lu Yan, with the back of his hand against the seam of his trousers, flicked his index finger.
Zhao Leiguang received permission.
The Earth Pulse set is activated at full power. The pulse core spins. A yellowish-brown aura spreads from the surface of the dual shields to the entire body. The Earth Wall's shield value jumps to its maximum.
He took three steps forward and stood at the very front of the formation.
Double shields crossed.
"The entire third squad, please feel free to do as you please."
"I'll take it."
The third squad leader frowned but couldn't stop his men.
Seven people acted at the same time.
Blades, gunshots, magical beams, and hidden weapons—all rained down on Zhao Leiguang.
The sounds of metal clashing and skill explosions echoed in the training ground for a full fifteen seconds.
The smoke and dust cleared.
Zhao Leiguang stood still, the alloy floor beneath his feet cracked in two circles.
Not a single white mark was left on the surface of the two shields.
The shield value regenerates three times faster than it is consumed.
He moved the shield away from his face, revealing that smug grin.
"this one?"
The formation fell silent.
Wen Yue didn't give them time to react.
The World-Destroying Thunder Crossbow was raised to the shoulder. Three volleys of scatter grenades were fired in quick succession.
The crossbow bolts were not shot at people.
The landing points were all on the sides and behind the formation.
The explosions were continuous. The blast wave ripped the hair and clothes off seventy people.
The shockwave was precisely controlled to a range that wouldn't injure anyone but would make them lose their footing. A dozen or so people staggered.
Wen Yue sheathed her crossbow and returned to the ranks expressionlessly.
The training ground fell completely silent.
All seventy pairs of eyes were fixed on the person in the center of the line who hadn't moved yet.
Lu Yan took two steps forward.
He didn't say anything.
Raise your right hand, with the back of your hand facing up.
The phantom of the Void Disc rose from the palm of the hand and lazily spun half a circle.
The damage power was only at less than one percent.
The oppressive force descended.
Someone tried to straighten up, the muscles in their neck twitching, and beads of sweat rolled down their temples.
Can't do it.
Lu Yan withdrew his hand. The oppressive aura dissipated.
Seventy people were panting heavily, their backs completely soaked with sweat.
"The threshold for second-tier awakening is not a matter of talent."
Lu Yan spoke.
"It's because your bodies and minds haven't adapted to higher-dimensional energy frequencies yet."
"The purpose of this training is to force you to that frequency."
"Everyone has a chance."
He paused for a moment.
"The premise is that you can hold on."
The doubt in those seventy pairs of eyes had vanished completely.
Instead, a subtle emotion arises—the instinctive alertness of being targeted by a predator.
At Lu Yan's fingertips, the black phantom of the Void Disc was still slowly rotating.
"The next month."
He glanced at the seventy people who stood ramrod straight and deliberately held their breath.
"I will throw you into the real hell."