Chapter 272: Chapter 234 Military Training Instructor
Chen Xing's large order of black and white Xuan chickens was delivered.
He asked Sìxiàng to help with the processing.
It must be mentioned, with Sìxiàng's transcendence now, its speed of processing ingredients had become so much faster than before!
Chen Xing directly felt the benefits of transcendence.
With Sìxiàng as a helper, it took just a morning to deal with a few hundred chickens.
He got the little snail from his sister,
"Eat!"
The little snail looked at the fried chicken, which wasn't much smaller than itself, and its forehead antennae slightly shook.
It seemed a bit troubled...
It liked to drink brain marrow, spinal marrow, bone marrow.
But fried chicken wasn't on its menu!
"If you want to progress, you must overcome some things," Chen Xing said lightly.
Sìxiàng bent slightly, staring at the little snail.
It and its master worked hard to prepare the food, and you don't like it?
The little snail quietly secreted some mucus from its underside... its soft body tensed up.
Danger!
It hurriedly pounced.
It's just fried chicken, I'll eat it! I'll eat more! I'll devour it!
Not a single thread of meat was left behind; even the marrow within the chicken bones was sucked clean.
The little snail lay on the ground with a round belly.
Before it even had a chance to catch its breath, another fried chicken, still warm, landed in front of it.
"You surely haven't had enough, right?"
"..."
The little snail really wanted to say it was full.
But then it suddenly felt bursts of magic power surging within its body like tides.
The ripples layered upon one another, and it discovered its magic power limit had actually increased!
The little snail's expression changed.
The two antennae on its head couldn't stop shaking.
Eating this could actually enhance the magic power limit.
This thought flashed through the little snail's not overly rich brain, followed by immense joy!
I'll eat and eat and eat!
The little snail's eating speed became slower than before, and it must be said that the size of the mouth somewhat represented the efficiency of absorbing food.
For instance, if it were Taotie, these few hundred lemon fried chickens would amount to just a mouthful.
If it were Sìxiàng, it could eat them one by one like lychees with its big mouth.
But for the little snail, it was rather troublesome...
But after all, it was on the right track.
Chen Xing received a message from his tutor.
It was about military training, asking him to come over.
Chen Xing left the remaining fried chickens with his sister, instructing her to help monitor the feeding.
Then Chen Xing went to his tutor's place.
"You want me to be a military training instructor?"
"This is the school's idea; mainly, they want to hear your opinion,"
"It's equivalent to a C-level project; you can get academic credits and GPA rewards," Han Yuning added.
GPA and academic credits as a reward... that's actually quite nice.
Chen Xing knew what he had come for.
He came to study, and since everyone else had military training, he naturally wouldn't want to stand out.
But if it could be easier and he could get rewards, he would naturally agree happily.
"I think it's pretty good," Chen Xing agreed.
Han Yuning smiled and said, "I guessed you wouldn't refuse. Wait a bit, and come with me to meet the other instructors and the dean. This military training is a major project, do it well."
...
Chen Xing followed the tutor into the depths of the school.
It was just the edge of a serene lake.
Chen Xing hadn't expected that there'd be such a tranquil and elegant environment within the school.
Many people were standing by the lake.
Chen Xing also saw a somewhat familiar face among them.
One of them was Teacher Qin whom he had met yesterday, and the other was President Huang, who had recruited him into the school.
In addition, there were more than a dozen figures in military attire.
"This military training is a major pilot project implemented in the first year after the new policy from above, and our Jiuzhou University, as the topmost prestigious university in the nation, has a very important purpose and outcome for this military training."
President Huang said.
"I believe you all know that there is a saying out there that war is coming."
No! The war has actually already begun! It's just happening in places you don't know about."
President Huang's words seemed to be addressed to everyone, but in fact, he was speaking to Chen Xing and Han Yuning.
Because apart from the two of them, the others here were basically aware of some more secret news.
Those dozen or so instructors were frontline officers from the military.
Teacher Qin had just returned from the hinterlands of Fentian Giant City.
President Huang said gravely, "Starting this year, Jiuzhou University and all Beast Taming universities will increase the time spent on practical courses by 30%, to encounter the wilderness and wars earlier."
"Others' tasks have already been explained. Chen Xing, your task is to participate in military training like a normal student on the surface, but in special or emergency situations, your role is to ensure the safety of your classmates."
Chen Xing asked directly, "President, what are the criteria for special or emergency situations?"
"Enemies at the Transcendence level," President Huang replied directly, "or large-scale casualties."
Chen Xing nodded, understanding what the president meant.
There was no need for him to be a babysitter; instead, he was to act as a trump card, to prevent enemies that exceeded the training limits from affecting the normal rhythm of military training.
After speaking, President Huang waved his hand, "During the military training, it will be waiting for you at the finishing point. You just need to follow and find it. On the plains, it's quite conspicuous."
As he spoke, President Huang stretched out his hand and summoned a giant shadow of light.
The enormous shadow of light gradually faded, and the sun in the sky seemed to disappear as the huge canopy covered the sky and blocked the sun.
An ancient treant nearly two hundred meters tall stood rooted quietly in its place.
Below it, waterfall-like roots surged out one after another, while its thick branches, like green veins, grew from the earth.
[Species]Ancient Treant
[Attribute]Wood, Earth
[Energy Level]162 (Transcendence Sixth Layers, Second Layer)
[Energy Level Limit]162
[Skills]
(Insignificant skills omitted)
Innate Skill: Forest Plunderer (Passive)
Passive Skill: Vigorous Vitality (Passive)
Since he had achieved Transcendence, Chen Xing discovered that he could see the panels of monsters or beast tamers above Transcendence.
"You guys go ahead and talk, I still have some work, let's have dinner together in the evening," President Huang said before leaving the lakeshore.
After President Huang left, Chen Xing and the fifteen officers gathered together.
Although Chen Xing looked very young, the fact that he was called here and became a military training instructor of the same status was definitely extraordinary.
The instructors didn't put on any airs and from their brief interaction, they all seemed to be straightforward men, quickly warming up to each other.
Chen Xing also subtly inquired about the frontline war that President Huang had mentioned.
He got some not-so-important intelligence, such as conflicts have already erupted between Great Xia and Fentian Giant City in some hidden or peripheral areas at the front.
However, both sides were temporarily showing restraint, and the scale was kept within certain limits.
But as for the specific locations and details of the war, they didn't go into detail.
Chen Xing knew the rules and tacitly didn't ask further.
The roots of the ancient treant reached into the bottom of the lake along the shoreline, like a water pump, raising vortexes on the water surface, and huge amounts of lake water were devoured.
A branch from a hundred meters above dangled down, resting on Chen Xing's shoulder.
"Young man, when you reach the finish line, could you help me water it a bit? Water Element skills are also acceptable, otherwise, it might lead to very serious consequences," said the humanlike face on the ancient treant's trunk slowly.
Chen Xing knew it was President Huang's beast tamed.
Chen Xing looked at it and said solemnly, "What consequences?"
The ancient treant spoke slowly, "I will be thirsty."
Chen Xing: ...
"Just a joke, in a long life, you have to find some fun for yourself," the ancient treant said solemnly. "But being larger does make it easier to get thirsty, so drinking more water is always excellent."
Do larger bodies really get dehydrated so easily?
Chen Xing never felt Taotie running short on water.
Chen Xing pondered internally.
But he quickly thought of Taotie's attribute, a Water Attribute beast tamer. If it were still short of water, that would be quite embarrassing.