Chapter 202-2: Battle Formation System, Too Brutal (2) |
This battle formation system was truly complex and was also the course that Li Zheng and the Grind Kings players disliked the most.
It required learning a large amount of theoretical knowledge and then conducting practical training.
If they failed to learn it well, they might be unable to graduate from the third phase training camp.
If they did not study, the Four-Eyed race and Ghost Bull race in the same squad would pinch their necks and force them to pull all-nighters to study hard.
They even forced extra lessons, coming to the training field late at night to conduct battle formation adaptation training.
With such a group of diligent roommates, it was impossible not to work hard.
Only during this process did their mindset shift from passive effort to proactive.
Because they wanted to look after these training camp brothers.
During the observation, Li Zheng and the other Grind Kings players were also learning.
“My head hurts watching this. This is only an basic battle formation. If we have to learn even more complex ultimate battle formations in the future, I am afraid all my brain cells will be burned and still be not enough. If only we could have a player system type of power and master it directly.” Murderous Intent Rising complained weakly at this moment.
“No big deal. We have a study cheating method.” Li Zheng grinned.
“What study cheating method?”
“Brain Overclocking. This Inherited soul is a huge aid to learning. You can check the forum guides and analyses. As long as you embed this Inherited soul, you can basically achieve photographic memory during learning.”
Hearing Li Zheng’s explanation, Dirt Poor, who was sitting nearby, nodded as well.
“Indeed, we can open a star vein slot for a support ability. Brain Overclocking is a very good choice. It is just that the price of opening a star vein slot in the later stage is too expensive.”
Dirt Poor’s complaint was also what Li Zheng thought.
At the current stage, the strength of star vein combinations was steadily increasing as the player legion grew.
But the price of opening star vein slots was rising along with it.
There were cultivation combat techniques to assist the improvement of body tempering level. The price for the first 10 levels was ten thousand each. Early on it felt outrageously expensive, but now it seemed reasonable.
But the price of opening star vein slots was unreasonable.
Aside from the initial No. 1 star vein slot being free, the No. 2 slot cost 500 sacrificial power, the No. 3 cost 1,000, the No. 4 cost 2,000. They had now all opened eight star vein slots.
The price to open the No. 8 star vein slot was 32,000 sacrificial power.
Not counting the decomposition of Inherited souls and the purchase costs of Inherited souls, just embedding a single support Inherited soul cost over 30,000 sacrificial power.
Afterward, each additional star vein slot combined with a powerful Inherited soul could give strength a leap in improvement.
But the cost also grew by multiples.
Embedding a non-combat type Inherited soul seemed simple, but the later the stage, the more expensive the cost.
This was also a feature of the game Monster World.
In the existing systems, any one of them required a vast investment of resources if singled out, and even then the strength nodes could not be capped. There was always a path to keep improving.
By comparison, perhaps alternating decomposition and replacement was more in line with saving money.
However, doing this would undoubtedly waste quite a lot of sacrificial power on purchasing and decomposing new Inherited souls, and each replacement also incurred a 5% loss of evolution points.
But to reduce the burden of study, some expenses were necessary in Li Zheng and the others’ view.
According to the chief instructor Shiasura, ultimate battle formations were the most complex type among all formations, constructed with an entire legion as the foundation.
The legion commander would serve as the formation’s core to control it, condensing the entire legion into a super lifeform comparable to a god.
For example, Futu of the 138th Legion that they had seen through the illusion.
The ultimate battle formation would take Futu as the core and connect all the warriors of the 138th Legion together.
Fortunately, learning ultimate battle formations required graduating from the training camp first and would only begin after entering a legion. Each legion’s ultimate battle formation had a different form, and the warriors’ roles were different as well.
At this moment, Dirt Poor seemed to think of something and suddenly asked curiously.
“Brother Li, do you think our player legion will launch a combination mode similar to battle formations in the future?”
“How would I know… but it can be seen that the growth settings of the player legion are advancing toward integrating combat power. Perhaps in the future there really is a probability of launching a combination mode similar to battle formations.”
“I think so too. In fact, the direction of perfecting the player system can be traced. Early on a player received a cultivation combat technique gifted by God of Wealth. At the time I was wondering why our player system had no cultivation combat technique setting. I was so envious… and after half a year, we players also obtained the cultivation combat technique function to use.” Family-Sharing Stepdad nodded in agreement.
“I hope they launch a function soon that can grow quickly with very little sacrificial power.”
“How about spending 1 point of sacrificial power to become a demigod?” Li Zheng glanced sidelong at the speaking Leopard-Headed F2P.
“Sure, why not? If this function exists, I will definitely praise the Lunar Eclipse race on the forum for three days.”
Amid the small talk, the battle formation training ended.
Li Zheng and the others immediately stood up and followed the dismissed trainees toward the cafeteria.
In the afternoon they would undergo a second round of physical examinations and then be given new special potions to drink according to their physical condition. For these few days’ training, they could not participate in anything except eating.
Even eating had requirements. The Rune Physician specifically instructed that for the next two days they must drink pure spirit springwater and could pair it with mild medicinal spirit plant meals, but they could not eat any kind of meat.
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Two days later.
Pa.
A piercing bright light hit his face. Li Zheng instinctively raised a hand to shield his eyes and peered through his fingers.
At that moment a voice came from above his head.
“Step into the formation.”
Hearing this, Li Zheng did not hesitate. Once his eyes had somewhat adjusted, he went to the center of the formation and stood still.
“Lie down.”
He continued to follow the Rune Physician’s instructions and lay at the center of the formation.
At this time an energy arm condensed in midair and gently slashed across his chest. The blood that overflowed was guided by an invisible force and fell into the center of the formation.
“Trainee Li Zheng, we will now conduct a more detailed examination of your physical condition. This is a necessary step before the implantation of an innate organ. We will need your full cooperation throughout. Please answer accurately according to our questions.”
“Understood.”
The formation below activated at this moment. The rune lines seemed to come alive. Li Zheng’s blood rose into the air along with it and decomposed into tiny beads at the center of the formation, each droplet wrapped in rune energy.
During this process the runes sometimes condensed into complex patterns and sometimes dispersed into fine points of light, as if reading the information contained in the blood.
Meanwhile, beam after beam of light scanned from the top of his head to his heels.
Where the light passed, he felt his skin warm slightly, as if countless tiny energies were moving through his body.
“Trainee Li Zheng, have you ever been corroded by curse-series energy?”
Facing the question, Li Zheng thought briefly and gave his answer:
“No.”
In fact, he had.
Previously, during his confrontation with the Earthmind bully in the Emperor’s Mound Mountain Range region, he had been corroded by curse energy released by a Black Tide curse-series unit.
But that was in a life far, far… far too many lifetimes ago. After coming out of the small black room, he was completely renewed.
So he gave the answer “No.”
“Trainee Li Zheng, has your body ever been damaged by energy overload, for example, meridian rupture or collapse of energy circuits?”
“No.” Li Zheng answered crisply.
In fact, in previous battles not only had he suffered meridian injuries, he had even experienced loss of limbs. But that was his former self, not the one who came out of the small black room.
“Trainee Li Zheng, have you ever come into contact with forbidden energies or forbidden rites?”
“No.” Li Zheng answered without hesitation.
A moment later, the Rune Physician’s voice sounded again.
“Trainee Li Zheng, have you ever had bodily aberrations, such as limb deformity, energy leakage, or organ failure?”
“No.”
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After answering dozens of questions in a row, the Rune Physician once again began operating the energy arm to conduct a physical examination.
After a long time, the Rune Physician’s voice came.
“Examination complete. Your physical state basically meets the requirements for implantation. Next we will carry out preparations before implanting the organ. Keep your body relaxed and do not resist.”
Li Zheng nodded and then took a deep breath. He knew the true trial was only just beginning.