Jiangcheng training ground.
A wide valley, with rugged cliffs on both sides, dotted with a few old and uneven trees and shrubs, and some dark green moss can be seen vaguely between the rock cracks.
After Qin Xiaotian followed Yan Yan into the training ground, the other party directly took him on a "hitchhiker" flight for more than two hours, and then airborne at the designated location.
Yan Yan said to Qin Xiaotian, "I'll go ahead and explore the way. You stay here and don't move around." '
Then Qin Xiaotian was left here alone.
"It's been half an hour."
After Qin Xiaotian entered here, he was always highly vigilant, holding the ghost sickle to maintain fighting status, and at the same time quickly searching around with his eyes.
But after searching for a while, he didn't even see the shadow of the pioneer mantis.
I don’t know why Yan Yan airborne him here.
It seems that there is no need to run so far to kill the Vanguard Mantis.
Although the downwind machine is cheap, it costs NT$3,000 for two people.
Qin Xiaotian sighed in distress.
He couldn't go back now even if he wanted to.
The flight took more than two hours, and it was at least 700 to 800 kilometers away from where the teleportation gate was installed at the training ground.
As a Black Iron Level 2, he didn't have the guts to traverse such a far forest.
Being in an unfamiliar environment.
This place is remote and rarely visited.
If it weren't for the fact that there were cliffs on both sides, and he only had to be vigilant in two directions, he wouldn't have dared to stand here alone.
Another ten minutes passed in silence.
Just when Qin Xiaotian was suspicious and ready to explore the direction Yan Yan left.
A "whistle" sound suddenly came.
Qin Xiaotian looked solemn and stared closely at the direction where the sound came from.
I saw a pioneer mantis rushing out of the dense jungle outside the valley.
There was a full distance of more than two hundred meters away from Qin Xiaotian, and the other party just rushed towards him, causing a cloud of dust to fly.
"Is this... a food delivery?"
Qin Xiaotian scratched his head. Just when the Pioneer Mantis was about to get close to him, he suddenly moved his feet and tilted the sickle in his hand slightly without exerting any force.
The sharp edge of the knife was already close to the ferocious mouthparts of the Pioneer Mantis, splitting his head in two.
Bang!
There was a dull sound, and under the impact of inertia, the body of Pioneer Mantis hit the pile of rocks on the side of the valley diagonally.
Qin Xiaotian turned his head and glanced.
The body of the mechanical creature is entirely constructed of alloy. After a hundred years of development, it has become an indispensable building material in human production and life.
It's a pity because there are too many types and numbers of mechanical creatures.
Therefore, such materials have limited value.
The body of the Pioneer Mantis is sold as a black iron-grade alloy material, which costs only 100 yuan per ton.
An adult Pioneer Mantis weighs only three to four hundred kilograms, and it would take two or three to make up one ton.
It would be better if it was close to the teleportation square.
But here are the words.
Eh....
Qin Xiaotian kicked the body of Pioneer Mantis in disgust.
That's it.
It’s not even enough for shipping costs.
"Logically speaking, they should be in groups of three or five!"
Qin Xiaotian raised his eyes and looked towards the mouth of the valley.
Pioneer mantises are social creatures and rarely act alone.
After all, it takes two to reproduce!
However.
Qin Xiaotian was not kept waiting for long, only two minutes passed.
In the same direction, another pioneer mantis rushed over.
The difference from before was that there were two rushing over this time.
Also in a panic.
It's as if there is something terrible behind the butt driving them away.
This time, Qin Xiaotian did not stand still and wait for the opponent to rush over. Instead, he took the initiative and rushed forward with his sickle in hand.
"It's not difficult at all!"
With a twist of his wrist, Qin Xiaotian easily harvested the two mantises.
In the original state of being bare-handed, he relied on the 403 heavy cannon as a shield, and he was able to stand firm despite the siege of eight or nine vanguard mantises.
Now after being trained by Yan Yan...
...Pooh......
After being trained by Yan Yan, he was holding a melee weapon in his hand.
Qin Xiaotian didn't pay attention to these little minions at all.
"However, after killing these mechanical creatures, the source of the mecha clearly felt that the concentration of source power in the air had become higher!"
Qin Xiaotian stretched out his hand to hold the air.
As the two pioneer mantises were harvested, after their death, the source power attached to their bodies also flourished.
This caused the concentration of source power around his body to surge instantly.
However, with the passage of time and distance, this concentration is also declining sharply.
Qin Xiaotian once calculated that after the death of a pioneer mantis, within ten minutes, the source power concentration within a thirty-meter radius with the corpse as the center increased significantly.
Within this range, the tempering of mecha source parts can be accelerated.
After exceeding this time and range, the concentration of source power is almost the same as that in the secret realm.
Of course, it's not just the Pioneer Mantis, but also other Black Iron-level creatures. Although there are differences, the overall error is not big.
"If there were hundreds or even thousands of Pioneer Mantises here, I wouldn't be able to advance to LV3 right there."
Stand in place and let the mecha absorb the source power floating in the air.
It’s still faster to practice like this.
During the few days in the basement, the energy in my body remained motionless and there was no feeling of growth at all.
The source parts of the mecha are not tempered and polished by the source power, and they all remain in the same state as a few days ago.
Now that he had just killed three pioneer mantises, the free source power had not yet been absorbed by the mecha, and Qin Xiaotian had already noticed that the strength of the mecha had increased slightly.
Although the improvement is very small, not even a mosquito leg, it can actually be felt.
"It would be great if it could be directly digitized like playing games!" Qin Xiaotian had some flaws;
But he quickly dismissed this idea.
This is reality, not a game.
But you can't treat it with game thinking, otherwise you will pay for it with your life.
Life is the most fair thing.
Rich or poor, there is only one thing for everyone.
Soon, before the source power concentration dissipated, Qin Xiaotian's mecha completed the source power absorption.
Sweep away the source power within the space.
The source power concentration dropped and returned to the average level of the secret realm.
sand, sand, sand,,,
Before Qin Xiaotian could relax, four more vanguard mantises rushed out from the other side of the valley.
At this time, no matter how confused Qin Xiaotian was, he could still guess that this was Yan Yan's handiwork.
From 1 to 2, and then from 2 to 4.
So regular.
At first glance, it seems that Yan Yan is there to seduce and control.
Qin Xiaotian finally understood what Yan Yan meant. The appetizers of love were just for him to warm up.
Qin Xiaotian immediately put away his contemptuous attitude and focused seriously.
He thought for a while, and finally took a defensive posture, leaning against a cliff, and looked at the four vanguard mantises that were attacking in a prepared manner.
Without knowing how many mantises Yan Yan would eventually let over.
Qin Xiaotian didn't dare to rush and kill wantonly.
This is a city defense battle, not a siege battle, and there is no need for him to break out of the siege.
Using the least amount of energy and persisting for the longest time is the optimal solution.
The mindless rush is indeed quite satisfying.
But after all, he behaves recklessly,
That will only speed up the loss of energy in the body.
This unnecessary waste is fatal on the battlefield.
"Then let's see how long I can hold on today!"
Qin Xiaotian murmured, and through the mecha's field of vision, he locked the four charging mantises tightly, slightly adjusted his body posture, and kept the surrounding terrain in mind, ensuring that he could move and borrow strength at any time when needed.
One second,
Two seconds,,
The third second!
At a distance of several hundred meters, in sprinting mode, in just three seconds, Pioneer Mantis was already close to Qin Xiaotian.
Qin Xiaotian squatted down suddenly.
The whole person quickly entered the attack state, without any need to accumulate energy at all. The ghost sickle in his hand turned into a black lightning with a "whispering" sound, and instantly cut through one of the mantises, splitting it into two. Half.
At the same time, his waist tilted strangely 45 degrees to the back and side, narrowly avoiding the sweeping sweep of a mantis's sickle arm, and then quickly returned to normal.
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
The other three mantises had not yet found the relay point, so they changed their attack direction, and Qin Xiaotian started a new round of attack.
Under the personal guidance of Yan Yan.
Qin Xiaotian's melee combat ability has been greatly improved, and the feedback to the mecha is a bit rough, but it is much better than before.
The moment the 403 heavy cannon in his hand slammed into one of the mantises, the sickle in his right hand had already removed the sickle arm of the other mantis, and mixed it up to block the collision of the third mantis.
Everything is at ease.
There is no pressure at all.
From the beginning to the end, these pioneer mantises could not make Qin Xiaotian move even half a step.
In just a few breaths, two of the four pioneer mantises were destroyed. Before the remaining two could attack again, Qin Xiaotian had already used quick eyes and quick hands to send the sickle blade into the opponent's body.
After this wave of vanguard mantises were dealt with, there was another few minutes of interruption.
Qin Xiaotian adjusted his breathing for a while.
Quietly absorb the source power in the air to temper the source parts of the mecha.
Because he only needs to defend the front and back directions for the time being, Qin Xiaotian doesn't feel the pressure yet.
over time.
More and more pioneer mantises are being released in the jungle.
The number also increased from 8 to 16, and finally stabilized at 30.
Ten minutes is a wave.
A steady stream.
It seems endless.
Qin Xiaotian was also gradually immersed in the attacks one after another.
The nine-meter-high mecha body was rampaging in the valley, like a wild tiger, galloping wantonly in the area.
The ghost scythe became more and more comfortable in Qin Xiaotian's hands. It seemed to be smooth and smooth when swung, and every move was full of power and unstoppable momentum.
However, with the continued impact of Pioneer Mantis.
Qin Xiaotian's mecha inevitably suffered some damage. Even the durability of the ghost sickle in his hand dropped from 300 points to 15 points. The sharp blade was now full of pits and gaps.
It could break at any time.
"Groan!"
A metallic buzz sounded.
Finally, during Qin Xiaotian's sweep, the sickle, which was severely lacking in durability, instantly shattered when it hit the mouthparts of the Pioneer Mantis.
The armed fragments shattered and hit Qin Xiaotian in the face.
"Depend on!"
Qin Xiaotian, who was about to kill, faced a sudden change. Unexpectedly, his right side fell and was suddenly attacked by the remaining dozen pioneer mantises.
Almost instantly, he lost his center of gravity.
He staggered back seven or eight steps until he hit the rock wall of the valley and stopped his decline.
"Dry!"
Facing the vanguard Mantis that was besieging him, Qin Xiaotian had no time to change his weapons.
You can only raise the 403 heavy cannon and use it like a fist.
A dozen days ago, he was able to deal with seven or eight pioneer mantises with his bare hands, and now the number has doubled.
But it's not a big problem.
Qin Xiaotian waved the 403 heavy cannon and smashed it hard at the vanguard mantis. As he turned around, the heavy cannon danced like an iron fist. It was as dense as a violent storm and soon killed the remaining dozen or so vanguard mantises.
"Damn it, the car almost rolled over!"
After successfully dealing with this wave, Qin Xiaotian looked for a gap, released the mecha summons, quickly found a sickle part from the corpse, and reloaded it into the source parts card slot.
"Isn't this possible?"
A burst of laughter came, and Qin Xiaotian knew who it was without turning around.
"Sister, I am only Black Iron Level 2."
Seeing Yan Yan's return, Qin Xiaotian did not continue to summon the mecha. Instead, he squatted on the corpse of a pioneer mantis, breathing heavily.
One morning.
Under Yan Yan's guidance, he went through more than a dozen waves of vanguard mantis attacks.
More than 400 heads were killed before and after.
The corpses of the pioneer mantis lay all over the valley.
"I know you are Kurogane."
Yan Yan released the mecha status and walked to Qin Xiaotian with a smile: "If it weren't for your level, I would have given you hundreds of them."
Qin Xiaotian rolled his eyes: "You really think I'm made of iron."
Yan Yan spread his hands and pretended to be helpless and said: "You can't do anything even with a silver-like wax gun tip. These are the most basic mechanical creatures. In the graduation exam, in terms of combat ability, they are probably about this level of difficulty."
"ah?"
Qin Xiaotian stood up in surprise and looked directly at Yan Yan: "Are you sure the graduation exam is this difficult?"
After these days of training, his combat ability has initially taken shape.
Although it was a bit difficult to face thirty pioneer mantises.
But if you are careful, you can solve it.
If the graduation exam is this difficult, doesn’t that mean it’s not difficult?
"Otherwise? This is an assessment, and we are not asking you newly awakened rookies to die!"
Yan Yan glanced at Qin Xiaotian with disdain: "The graduation exam mainly focuses on personal combat strength test and team ability test.
In order to compete for good resources, people with good talents focus on displaying their personal combat power.
People with poor talent should focus on developing team command skills.
Everyone has the opportunity to express themselves, the important thing is to find a position that suits them. "
"oh oh!"
Qin Xiaotian nodded thoughtfully.
Everyone's talent is different. A-level talents and F-level talents are in the same examination room. If you only use pure personal combat power as the criterion, it will obviously be difficult to convince the public.
If this is the case, then what kind of assessment is needed?
Those with talents below C level can be directly sent to the military camp, while talents with above level can go to college.
Simple, clear and hassle-free.
But reality is not the case.
In an era when the whole nation is resisting mechanical invasion, no matter what level of talent, it has its own value.
Likewise, there are positions suitable for each other.
When necessary, even if the opponent has no awakened talent, as long as he has outstanding command ability over the opponent, he can still mobilize personnel with B-level or even A-level talents to accomplish strategic goals.
In special times, even S-level talents must obey orders honestly.
This is an era when the entire population resists the invasion of other species.
Humans will fight among themselves, but the overall goal is the same.
Therefore, it will not happen that a class will be directly solidified and lose its upward path due to some unilateral factors.
This is not conducive to unity.
"But the awakened ones still have advantages!" Qin Xiaotian pursed his lips.
In some secret realms, ordinary people do not have the conditions to survive without the help of equipment.
It's like the secret realm of the sea of stars.
Most of them are in space. Ordinary people can't breathe without the help of equipment, let alone command the battle.
The class is not solidified and there is a certain path for advancement, but the awakened ones have natural advantages.
Hey, anyway, there is no one who can kill him with a stick.
There is room for all.
"Okay, let's do this for morning training."
Seeing Qin Xiaotian standing there in a daze, not knowing what to think in his mind, Yan Yan lifted the bangs in front of his forehead and tucked them behind his ears, and said: "I'll give you a rest for an hour. After an hour, I'll walk back!"
"Ah?" Qin Xiaotian came back to his senses.
Walk back?
Back to where?
Over there at the training ground's portal?
Is there any mistake.
Let’s say at least a few hundred kilometers here.
"Ah what?"
Yan Yan summoned a pocket version of the crescent blade and trimmed his nails: "I will take you with me. If you encounter a crisis on the road, you will run as fast as you can. This will mainly train your escape ability."
"Does this thing need training?" Qin Xiaotian sneered.
Running is the same as breathing and sleeping.
It's an instinct engraved in a person's bones, where does the training come from?
"Accidents are bound to happen during the graduation exam. The death indicator given by the military camp is 3%. If you think you don't need training, then just kill here for another afternoon and contact the helicopter to fly back in the evening." Yan Yan said carefully without raising his head. prune.
"3% death indicator?"
Qin Xiaotian's expression froze slightly.
In other words, if the number of accidental deaths is within this range, the assessment team will not be held accountable?
Doesn't this allow people to live?
Who just said that.
This graduation exam is not for novices to die.
Who dares to bet on this 3% indicator?
Thinking of this, Qin Xiaotian couldn't help but rub his face, and said with a smile on his face: "Sister, I think my escape ability is a bit immature, I still need my help to give me some special training."
"sister?"
Yan Yan put away the pocket version of the crescent blade and immediately became energetic. She straightened her chest and abdomen and said slightly: "Now you know how to call me sister? No, I want to hear you call me 'godmother' now!"
Qin Xiaotian:? ? ?
What does this tiger girl mean?
I really feel like I’m still chasing stars.
I still want to be a mom fan.
You didn’t support me either.
Are you taking advantage of Luan Shuangyu, or are you taking advantage of his missing father?
hiss.
If you think so.
It seems that he can't take advantage of himself.
"Godmother!"
After thinking about this, Qin Xiaotian screamed shamelessly.
Yan Yan suddenly turned to stone, and goosebumps fell all over her body.
"Stop, stop, stop."
Yan Yan shuddered and took a step back in horror: "You really screamed!"
"if not?"
Qin Xiaotian said shamelessly;
"No, no, no!"
In response, Yan Yan was so frightened that she waved her hands and refused. Her face turned green and red, and she murmured: "Forget it, stop screaming. If you really yell like that, wouldn't it be chaos?"
"What's the mess?"
"Ah, no, there's no chaos..."
"What's chaos if it's not chaos?"
"If there's no chaos, there's no chaos. Don't call me godmother in the future!"
"What's that called?"
"Call me Yan Yan, Sister Yan, or just call me Sister!"
"Okay, Sister Yan."
