Invincible through Touching Corpses

Even Lin Xinghai was stunned when he heard the number of Points Little Fatty announced.

A million Points in one go was definitely on par with a Fourth Level Task.

Under normal circumstances, Fourth Level Tasks weren’t meant for students like them. Missions of that level required facing Fourth Level Mutated Zombies, which were comparable to the Divine Demon Realm.

Only the special forces squads from the Military Department, led by Divine Demon Realm experts, were qualified to complete such missions.

"Boss, and that’s not all! We successfully completed the clearing mission on this trip, which will net us another 300,000 Points."

"Plus, we ran into a lot of Mutated Zombies and Abyssal Creatures during the mission. With the double rewards, the Points for those kills add up to 200,000. That means we earned nearly 500,000 Points from this one mission alone."

"If you add in the reward from this time, our total earnings from this expedition will be about 1.8 million Points."

"And your contribution was without a doubt the greatest. I think you’ll get about 1.5 million Points all by yourself. If that’s the case, you’ll shoot straight into the top three on the Points rankings," Little Fatty said, his eyes shining with excitement.

Many of the others listening in were so surprised they just stood there, stunned.

If what Little Fatty was saying was true, then it was all a bit too outrageous.

’But on second thought, it wasn’t entirely impossible.’

After all, even the top 10 squads were only taking missions worth around 200,000 to 400,000 Points.

Factoring in the Mutated Zombies and Abyssal Creatures they killed, they might average around 400,000 Points per trip.

That kind of income didn’t sound that different from what their squad was making. The problem was, that was the squad’s total income. How much of that did the other captains actually get to keep?

Even if you calculated it at a generous 30%, they’d only be adding a bit over a hundred thousand Points per mission at most.

This one time, Lin Xinghai had earned the equivalent of ten of their missions.

This was more than enough to make up for the fact that Lin Xinghai had started a night later than the top squads.

"Excellent! But it’s not just about me. You all need to work hard, too. Try to get every one of you onto the Points rankings," Lin Xinghai said.

The squad members around him nodded earnestly. Before, they wouldn’t have dared to hope for such a thing, since everyone on the rankings was a Body Shaping Realm student.

But now, the appearance of the Blood Bags had introduced an unknown variable. Many things that seemed impossible before were now within reach, especially after following Lin Xinghai and witnessing him perform one miracle after another.

Cleaning up the battlefield was a swift process. Especially after the military called in a few more squads to help, the corpses on the ground were quickly loaded onto Armored Vehicles, and the convoys departed one after another.

...

「20 minutes later」

The Xinghai Squad returned to the Military Department’s main base.

Lin Xinghai immediately sent Little Fatty to the Mission Hall to submit the mission completion request. As for himself, he went straight back to the room the university had arranged for him, ready to break through.

That’s right. After racing against the clock for the Refinement of the Blood Burst Pill, the tempering of his liver had already surpassed 80%. And while the five Blood Bags Little Fatty had brought him at the end had lost a small fraction of their potency, the Blood Qi Power they contained was more than enough for him to finish tempering his liver completely.

He had now finished tempering three organs—his heart, stomach, and liver—which met the requirements for a breakthrough.

Since he met the requirements, Lin Xinghai naturally wasn’t going to wait. He decided to break through immediately.

Once he completed his breakthrough, he could test out that idea he had earlier. If he succeeded, he should be able to earn a huge amount of credit, allowing him to apply for enough Creation Essence Liquid.

...

While Lin Xinghai was in his room beginning his breakthrough, the Mission Hall was thrown into an uproar.

The reason, of course, was that after Little Fatty submitted the mission, the Points were recalculated. Lin Xinghai’s personal Points had skyrocketed from 217,000 to 1,758,000.

An increase of 1,541,000 Points in less than an hour.

His rank had also shot up from 189th to 2nd place, leaving him just 120,000 Points behind the number one spot. For a squad capable of taking on Third Level Tasks, that was a gap of only a single mission.

"How is this possible? Did the system glitch? I could’ve sworn they only took on a Third-Level clearing mission," a student from Capital University said, his face etched with disbelief.

"Yeah, I remember that too. And it was a pretty troublesome clearing mission. Normally, it would take at least three to four hours to finish. Finishing it in less than an hour is one thing, but how could they possibly get over 1.5 million Points?" his companion immediately chimed in.

"There’s a detail you might have missed. Those 1,541,000 Points are just his *personal* Points. How much did the squad’s total Points increase by? Not even completing a Fourth Level Task would be this insane!" someone else cut in.

Discussions like this filled the entire Mission Hall the moment the rankings were refreshed.

Naturally, under the circumstances, some people were skeptical and went to ask the staff for an explanation.

They soon got their answer. The source of Lin Xinghai’s massive Points gain was primarily an emergency rescue mission. During that mission, Lin Xinghai had performed exceptionally, single-handedly killing over 100 Mutated Zombies.

This news hit them like another bombshell.

The previous skeptics were left dumbfounded, with nothing but sheer horror in their hearts.

It couldn’t be helped. An average squad wouldn’t even dare to provoke 100 Mutated Zombies, even if they were all First Level.

In fact, anyone with half a brain knew they couldn’t all be First Level Mutated Zombies. There were bound to be plenty of Second Level, and maybe even Third Level ones. The appearance of such a horde of Mutated Zombies would be a death sentence for any squad.

But what had they just heard?

Lin Xinghai had single-handedly killed that many Mutated Zombies.

They wanted to question the authenticity of the claim, but anyone with a bit of sense knew that such shocking news could never be faked. It would have been verified repeatedly before being announced.

Of course, some people wanted to know how Lin Xinghai had done it, but the Military Department remained tight-lipped. Obviously, no one was willing to reveal their trump cards, especially not during a sensitive time like the university tournament.

The news spread at an alarming rate, quickly making its way out of the Mission Hall. It wasn’t just limited to the students, either; soon, the instructors and leaders of the various universities all heard about it.

This was bound to cause another major stir.

However, the reactions from all sides were different—a mix of joy and concern.

And among all the instructors, the happiest was undoubtedly the class advisor, Jian Hua.