Chapter 187 : Chapter 187
Chapter 187. Rewarded with a Supreme-grade · Mini-Map, Unlocking a God’s-Eye View
“This…”
Qin Feng revealed an expression as if he had discovered an entirely new world.
It was hard to imagine that simply reciting a few lines of text that sounded completely wrong could actually increase one’s cultivation speed.
This was far too outrageous.
Gradually, he began to understand why everyone in Group One, aside from Jiang Feng, was already above the Fourth Realm.
In previous years, new recruits had all just graduated from school. Only those with truly exceptional talent could reach the Fifth Realm, and such people were practically one in ten thousand.
But in this batch, Su Linyu, Tang Long, and Chu Xingchen were all in the Fifth Realm, while Jiang Yichen had gone even further, almost catching up to him and reaching the level of a Seventh-Realm Martial King.
Given a situation this absurd, having a cultivation method this absurd somehow felt strangely consistent.
“Instructor Qin.”
At that moment, Jiang Yichen woke up from his half-hour nap and was stunned to find Qin Feng standing behind him.
It felt a little like sneaking a look at his phone in class, only to be caught by the dean peering in through the window.
Qin Feng also snapped out of his shock. Seeing that Jiang Yichen was about to call over his teammates, he immediately reached out and pressed him down.
“Let your group cultivate here today. Do not disturb them under any circumstances.”
At this kind of cultivation speed, interrupting them would be far too great a waste.
“Huh?” A puzzled look appeared on Jiang Yichen’s face. “Weren’t you asking us to come up with a tactical plan?”
Qin Feng thought for a moment and lowered his voice as much as possible. “You are the group leader. It is enough if you tell me.”
“…” Jiang Yichen was speechless. He said flatly, “Our tactic is simple. Increase our strength, then crush everything in our path.”
“Good! Very good.” Qin Feng approved of it at once.
With that kind of strength, what else could he possibly say?
Jiang Yichen: “…”
Seriously? You are not even going to argue with that?
“Jiang Yichen, this cultivation method of yours is simply miraculous. The only problem is that its values run completely counter to Huaxia’s core values. It is fine for your own use, but do not pass it on to the other new recruits. Understood?”
Qin Feng’s tone was extremely serious as he warned him.
Although reciting it could accelerate cultivation, spreading something like this in the military would cause trouble.
Jiang Yichen nodded earnestly. “Do not worry, Instructor. We will keep it for ourselves.”
Qin Feng gave a grunt of acknowledgment. “Good. Then your group can cultivate here today. I am going to train the others.”
“Huh? But we still have to take the Recruit Assessment too. The tactical assessment is a required part of it.”
“Your Recruit Assessment is different from everyone else’s.” Qin Feng smiled mysteriously.
A puzzled look surfaced in Jiang Yichen’s eyes. “Different how?”
In his previous life, he remembered all new recruits taking the exact same assessment.
Qin Feng shook his head and deliberately kept him in suspense. “You will find out when the time comes.”
After saying that, he left the warehouse.
Jiang Yichen frowned slightly, unable to make sense of it.
But whenever something like this happened, he chose not to think about it at all. Rather than rack his brains trying to figure out the reason and possibly still fail to do so, it was better not to think about it in the first place.
Why not just relax his mind and continue enjoying life?
Jiang Yichen took a bottle of 1982 Lafite out of his Spatial Bag, slowly poured himself a glass, gave it a gentle swirl, and raised it in a toast to freedom.
[Ding! Slacking Choice triggered.]
[Choice One: Faced with Instructor Qin’s suspense regarding the Recruit Assessment, you insist on figuring out the reason and making an effort to investigate it. Reward: ‘Mr. Deep-Dive’
Choice Two: Faced with Instructor Qin’s deliberate suspense, you choose to slack off and not think about it. Since thinking about it probably will not lead to an answer anyway, rather than sinking into fruitless mental exhaustion, you might as well relax yourself and spend more time enjoying life. Reward: ‘Intermediate Slacking Gift Pack’.]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on making your choice. Reward: ‘Intermediate Slacking Gift Pack’. Would you like to open it?]
That works too?
Jiang Yichen laughed. Even something so ordinary could trigger a Slacking Choice. This system really was not bad.
Who would not like a system that only ever thought about showering him with benefits?
He had two Intermediate Gift Packs now. Why not take a gamble?
Jiang Yichen slowly narrowed his eyes and set down his wineglass.
Gamble! If you do not gamble, you do not know how to play!
“System, open both at once!” he said inwardly.
[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: Supreme-grade · Mini-Map, One Billion in Funds, and an Enjoy-Life Essential Treasure Box.]
Supreme-grade!?
The moment Jiang Yichen saw those words, his eyes lit up.
Sure enough, if you did not gamble, you did not know how to play!
Had he not won the bet just like that?
Jiang Yichen immediately opened the item description.
[Supreme-grade · Mini-Map: After fusion, the Host will awaken a Mini-Map and gain a God’s-Eye View of the map, allowing observation of the movements of enemies and allies within a radius of 1,000 kilometers.]
What?
One thousand kilometers!
Jiang Yichen’s eyes widened slightly in shock. Even a Supreme-grade Divine Mind User only had a perception range of ten thousand meters.
This was directly one hundred times that perception range, and it could even distinguish precisely between enemy and ally.
Was that not a little too ridiculous?
Without thinking twice, Jiang Yichen immediately had the system fuse it.
[Fusing… Fusion complete!]
The moment the fusion was completed, Jiang Yichen suddenly felt as though a small window had appeared within his field of vision.
The green dot represented his current location.
Curious, he opened it with his mind, and in an instant, his perspective underwent a complete transformation.
It was as though he were standing high in the sky, looking down over the earth below.
The moment the God’s-Eye View was activated, the map spanning a thousand kilometers was marked with countless dots.
They came in all kinds of colors, and at the bottom of the map, there was even a thoughtful legend explaining what each color meant.
Green represented himself. Blue represented friendly units that posed no threat. Red marked the distribution of Demonic Beasts.
As for the purple dots, they represented powerful enemies from beyond the border.
Jiang Yichen was a little stunned. He was currently stationed at the East China border, and beyond the border, there were dozens of purple dots moving about.
“Powerful enemies from beyond the border… Could they be Foreign Gods?”
He fell into thought. After the Great Cataclysm, Huaxia had established the Five Great Regions and had basically entered a state of self-imposed isolation. Aside from Huaxia’s upper echelons, almost no one knew anything about the situation beyond the borders.
In his previous life, however, he had heard that outside Huaxia, humans were still active as well, but they did not seem to be attacked by Demonic Beasts.
Because of this, the Huaxia Research Institute had personally dispatched an expedition team to uncover the secret behind why they were not attacked by Demonic Beasts.
But that team had never returned.
Jiang Yichen stared at the cluster of purple dots for a while, then sighed. “It would be even better if these dots could be analyzed in greater detail.”
The moment those words left his mouth, the purple dots on the Mini-Map actually changed.
They split into light purple and dark purple, and the map provided new labels for them as well.
Light purple—powerful martial artists from beyond the border. Dark purple—martial artists from beyond the border who had contracted with gods.
Jiang Yichen narrowed his eyes slightly. This Mini-Map was surprisingly user-friendly.
Since they had contracted with gods, they were probably something like the Divine Contract Holders of the Divine Battle Division.
What were these foreign Divine Contract Holders doing gathered at the East China border?
And judging from their movements, they had no intention of crossing the border. It seemed as though they were waiting for something.
Jiang Yichen thought about it for a moment, then tossed the matter aside. He could not be bothered to think about it.
Still, this Mini-Map really was useful. Its analysis was incredibly detailed, and every intention of the enemy lay clearly before his eyes.
Perfect. Half a month later, the new recruit tactical exercise would take place in the vast desert.
The groups from the ten military districts would each carry out different missions. Those missions would overlap in various ways, which would then trigger battles between groups.
Eliminating one person would earn ten points. Completing the assigned mission within the time limit, or eliminating other groups, would count as victory.
In the end, the evaluation would be based on how quickly each group completed its mission, along with its point total.
In that case… with this Mini-Map and Spatial Jump, he could wipe out the other groups right at the start and speedrun the whole exercise.
The corners of Jiang Yichen’s mouth could not help lifting.