chapter 7 "Cannon fodder only"

When this woman is not smiling, she is as dignified as a lady in a history book, but once her expression becomes vivid, she has an indescribable charm and allure.

At this time, her voice and her movements were extremely tempting. Some of the older children began to breathe rapidly, but the big men who were handymen and thugs next to them all had fearful expressions on their faces. Even Jarl's expression became obviously unnatural.

Carwyn suddenly remembered her two partners who failed the exam and were beaten to death by her, and felt a chill in her heart.

Next, Isis explained in detail the principles of force cultivation and the introduction to the art of military attack.

There are nine Force nodes in the human body, three of which are located in the lower abdomen, chest, and forehead, and the other six are located in the hands, feet, and knees. The Force Node not only stores the Force, but also is the key point to absorb the Force.

Since the entire history of mankind is a history of war, the current classification of ability levels has a strong military flavor. After igniting the first force node, you will officially enter the ranks of soldiers and become a first-level soldier. Every time you light one more after that, you will be promoted to a level.

When all nine nodes are ignited, there will be a chance to hit the first big bottleneck. Successfully getting through all the nodes will form a force vortex. That is a qualitative breakthrough! Such a person is already a truly strong man, possessing the ability to confront the dark race head-on. When on the battlefield, he is the mainstay and can be called a warrior.

Since the Military Attack Technique is the basic skill in Emperor [**], its style is as its name suggests, extremely fierce and domineering. Its biggest feature is that it can be quickly achieved. As long as the first node is successfully ignited, the force in the body will surge like a tidal wave, layer by layer, like waves hitting the force node.

Compared with the secret methods of other noble families, the Art of Soldiering Advances very quickly in the early stages of cultivation, and may even allow people to break through their original talent barriers. But its shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the force of the force is too powerful, and it will damage the practitioner's body. The more you practice, the more obvious the damage will be.

Therefore, no one has ever been able to reach the level of a warrior simply by relying on military techniques. If you want to break through, you must change your techniques in the later stages. Because of this, this technique is called a technique specially practiced by cannon fodder.

But as Isis said, people who come to practice the art of military conquest, regardless of their status, have reasons why they have to come, and most of them will not survive to level nine, so why bother?

If you really have the amazing talent to break through the ninth level and become a warrior, then such people will naturally have unlimited opportunities. There will be people everywhere to recruit them, and there is no need to worry about the resources for later advancement.

Looking back, Carwyn and his group of children spent their first year in the training camp using various methods to exercise. Only by strengthening one's body can one be able to withstand the ferocity and tyranny of the Military Attack Technique.

From this day on, Carwyn daily class schedule included two more hours of practice time in the afternoon and evening, but the amount of physical exercise and learning of various knowledge and skills did not decrease at all. After hearing the new arrangement, the faces of these children who had survived the bloody training in the past year were no longer relaxed, and their little faces all fell down.

In the afternoon, these children were led to a small valley not far from the camp.

In the center of the valley are pools of hot springs emitting billowing steam. Dozens of thick metal pipes are inserted into the hot springs at one end and connected together in a winding manner at the other end.

These huge metal pipes with a diameter of more than one meter covered the entire valley like spider webs, with several machines of unknown purpose standing up to ten meters high. Those machines have no shells, and the minimum diameter of the exposed gears is more than one meter, and they are interlocked with each other through dense conveyor belts and metal chains.

Around these machines, rows of metal longhouses were built. The outer walls of these longhouses are yellow and appear to be covered with copper, and there is no rust at all.

The children were divided into teams of ten and entered into a metal longhouse. The longhouse is divided into single rooms, which are their training rooms.

The training room is quite small, and the walls are surprisingly thick. The inside is covered with copper rust, and the ground is made of copper fence. Through the gap, you can see a dark hole underneath, which is bottomless.

Carwyn followed the order and entered a small room. It was empty, without any furniture, except for a small leather-covered cabinet in the corner next to the door.

Carwyn took off his shirt and trousers and stuffed them into the cabinet. Then he recalled the instructor's previous demonstration and sat cross-legged. Almost immediately, the door was pushed open.

A shirtless, dark-skinned slave walked in, opened a copper door on the wall, lit a small piece of dark wood, and threw it in.

The slave never said a word from beginning to end, and closed the door when leaving.

As a harsh bell rang, the training room shook slightly, and there was a faint roar of machines. A moment later, a large amount of hot steam poured in from the four walls and ceiling, quickly filling the entire space.

Suddenly, a wisp of smoke escaped from behind the bronze door at half a person's height on the wall. In the full room of steam, you could clearly see the curling white smoke at first, then gradually spread, and finally mixed with the steam completely. As one body. The room is filled with strange fragrance.

In such a small space, the humidity suddenly rose, making it a bit stuffy. Carwyn instinctively took a deep breath. Suddenly I felt refreshed, and I seemed to faintly feel something moving lively in the void around me. It is similar but different from the green raindrops that fell on the body on that crimson moon night.

This is Force resonance!

Carwyn was overjoyed and hurriedly calmed his mind and meditated on the art of military attack. Sure enough, something in his body seemed to wake up from the silence. The Force in the surrounding void became more excited and active, and penetrated the body one by one as if being attracted.

Two hours passed quickly, and a Qingyue bell suddenly rang in the valley, awakening all the children from their trance.

Carwyn slowly opened his eyes, feeling extremely regretful.

In just one afternoon, a ray of substantial force had been condensed in his body. Although it is still extremely small, it feels vaguely there, but it is enough to make Carwyn ecstatic. According to the description in the Military Conquest Art, being able to condense and form the Force on the first day means that one has outstanding talent and is expected to reach the level of an advanced warrior above level 7.

The spices inside the bronze door have been burned out, and no more fragrance leaks out. Although the room was still filled with steam, Carwyn's sense of the Force gradually became dull and blurred.

This lesson is over.

Suddenly there was a roaring mechanical sound in the room, the walls began to vibrate, a strong suction force came from under the fence on the ground, and the steam in the room disappeared dryly and quietly in the blink of an eye. Then, amid the squeaking sounds of gears and hinges, the heavy copper door of the training room was slowly lifted.

Carwyn ignored his still wet underwear, put on his clothes as quickly as possible and walked out of the training room, ran to the designated venue, and stood in his queue.

Jarl appeared again, with a cunning and cruel smile, and said slowly: "You should all have realized the benefits of 'Zhuyan Blood' from the lesson just now. You know, such a small piece," He gestured with the length and width of his index finger, grinned, and the upper and lower gold and silver teeth reflected a cold light, "It can buy more than a dozen lives!"

Carwyn knew that the piece of wood was not ordinary, but he didn't expect it to be so valuable.

But it depends on how you calculate the lives of a dozen people. For a child like Carwyn who grew up in a garbage dump, a dozen lives together may not be worth a single silver coin. Before meeting Ramsey Cole, Carwyn had only seen two copper coins in total. One of them was missing a dime, and he had never seen a silver coin before.

Jarl paused, suddenly raised his voice, and shouted: "But in the future, you will never have such a good thing! Starting from this week, all training subjects will be scored according to your performance, and you will be assessed a week later! The bottom half of the generals will There will be no 'Vermillion Blood', and the first half will get double the 'Vermillion Blood'. If you can rank in the top ten, then congratulations, you can also get the third piece of 'Vermillion Blood'!"

The children's faces all changed, and their eyes on their companions around them became wary.

A few glances passed over Carwyn, and then quickly looked at the others. Carwyn was inconspicuous and had been ranked low in previous trainings.

In this way, the first week passed quickly. In the weekend rankings, Carwyn was ranked 75th, which meant that he would be without Zhuyan Blood for a whole week.

The night the rankings were announced, Carwyn didn't sleep.

He reflected on each of his training subjects one by one. Rankings are not included in the Military Conquest Technique for the time being. Among the various knowledge courses that Isis is responsible for, Carwyn always ranks at the top, but the majority is still various physical training. In these projects, Carwyn lags behind in almost all of them.

Carwyn lay quietly on his back, staring at the ceiling above his head, reaching out and gently touching the huge scar on his chest. The malnutrition caused by living in the garbage dump for many years has been almost cured by the food in the training camp, but because of this injury, his body is much weaker than that of a normal child.

Carwyn now somewhat understands what Baird said back then. This injury still leaves hidden dangers. Whenever he overloads in training, the injury will hurt, which reduces his endurance time and intensity. Carwyn could barely keep up with the pace of training only by relying on a much tougher will and more diligence and sweat than others.

But now, the new regulations are obviously going to accelerate the elimination of half of the people. There is a huge gap in the speed of cultivation between people with and without ‘Zhu Yanxue’. If this accumulates over time, the gap between the two groups in front and behind will only gradually widen.

When Carwyn finally fell asleep from exhaustion, he thought a lot, but he never thought about giving up. As long as you persist, you will always see tomorrow and the glimmer of light in the darkness.

Carwyn wants to recover his disadvantage bit by bit. He has to fight hard to win every subject and every point!

This week, Carwyn worked hard to train and his ranking improved, but only by one place.

Another week passed, and Carwyn successfully crossed the seventy mark and became sixty-nine. However, in the third week, Carwyn fell ill due to overtraining, and his ranking dropped to ninety-three.

Perhaps the goddess of fate saw Carwyn's struggle and efforts. Starting from the fourth week, the number of knowledge courses suddenly increased significantly.

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