"I never expected that I'd end up attending Jiangnan First Military School as a military colonel!"
Thinking of this, Qin Mu could not help but laugh.
For this assessment, Qin Mu had deliberately gone to considerable lengths to draw the attention of various factions and raise his own value.
Among the major factions, Qin Mu had originally leaned more toward the Limit Martial Arts School. Although the military offered many advantages, the lack of freedom alone had been enough to make him hesitate.
Perhaps the military understood that as well, so they had adopted this compromise. He would attend military school, and during that time, the military could gradually change his way of thinking. It could be said that everyone was happy.
No matter what happened in the future, at least there was one thing he had over Luo Feng!
He was going to college, while Luo Feng was merely a high school student.
Fainting during the college entrance examination because the math questions had been too difficult was probably going to remain a lifelong black mark for Luo Feng.
After signing the contract with the military, Qin Mu did not stay at the camp. He headed straight back to Yangzhou Base City.
"Uncle Qing, I've passed the martial artist assessment. Get ready to move! I joined the military, and tomorrow we'll move directly into the military family Villa District."
After calling Uncle Qing, Qin Mu immediately shared the good news.
"Haha, I knew you'd definitely pass the assessment, Xiao Mu. Let me know when you're back. We'll have a proper drink, haha."
Uncle Qing burst into laughter, his voice carrying obvious relief.
As a soldier, he knew that even practical assessments could result in casualties. Since Qin Mu had passed, it meant he was fine.
After returning to Yangzhou Base City, Qin Mu had a good drink with Uncle Qing. Only after they had discussed the move for the next day did he return home.
Once home, Qin Mu sat before his computer desk, logged into an internal military website, and entered his account information.
A message popped up.
Name: Qin Mu Gender: Male Rank: Colonel Level: Advanced Warrior level martial artist, Mid Warlord Mental Master Military Merit: 0 points
This account had been set up by Zheng Xing while Qin Mu was at the military camp. Zheng Xing had also tested his strength along the way, which was why this profile existed.
"Welcome to the military, Colonel Qin Mu. You are now one of those defending Huaxia. This is your first time logging into the military network—the military intranet, martial artist edition. Next, I will introduce the functions of the military network."
A video window appeared. A valiant-looking female officer appeared in the video and gave him some simple guidance.
"On the military network, you can purchase all kinds of weapons and equipment, including firearms, as well as various cultivation techniques and more.
"The military network possesses the world's most extensive weapons and equipment database. You may also use it to privately customize equipment, as long as you have sufficient money or Military Merit."
Within the military, Military Merit was extremely important. With enough of it, purchases could even receive discounts.
This was actually similar to the contribution points of the Limit Martial Arts School. The difference was that Military Merit could only be earned by hunting monsters; no amount of money could be exchanged for it.
The military network contained everything imaginable. Its information was incredibly extensive, including intelligence on all sorts of monsters and wilderness information, all of it comprehensive and updated in real time.
Besides that, many martial artists on the military network exchanged ideas and held discussions with one another.
After watching the guide for a while and gaining a general understanding of the military network, Qin Mu entered the shop section that interested him most.
"After joining the military, your first purchase of manuals, weapons, equipment, and other items will not be restricted by Military Merit. Furthermore, the prices can be halved."
This was one of the benefits of joining the military. In truth, all the major factions had similar arrangements.
The difference was that the military had promised that this time, not only cultivation manuals, but all other items bought for the first time could be purchased at half price.
"First, cultivation techniques!"
Qin Mu eagerly opened the cultivation technique page. Up to this point, he only knew some basic spear techniques and had never encountered anything remotely profound.
"World Destruction," category: spear technique. Rating: ultimate. Price: 100 billion Huaxia Coin (full price), 50 billion Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: four stars) "Nine Heavens Thunder Saber," category: saber technique. Rating: ultimate. Price: 100 billion Huaxia Coin (full price), 50 billion Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: four stars) ... "Overlord Spear," category: spear technique. Rating: SS-class. Price: 10 billion Huaxia Coin (full price), 5 billion Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: three stars) ... "Limitless Saber Technique," category: saber technique. Rating: S-class. Price: 6 billion Huaxia Coin (full price), 3 billion Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: three stars) ...
"As expected, the military also offers techniques from the Limit Martial Arts School and Thunderbolt Martial Arts School."
Qin Mu studied the information on the techniques, understanding the situation.
This was perfectly normal. It was not only because the military had good relations with powerful figures under Hong and the Thunder God, but also because Hong and the Thunder God had deliberately spread these techniques. Only they knew Earth's true position in the universe.
They desperately hoped that more powerful individuals would awaken on Earth.
Looking at those prices, Qin Mu felt somewhat helpless. Although he had a purchasing quota of 300 million, it was still far too little compared to prices that started at tens of billions and reached hundreds of billions.
"Fortunately, they can be bought separately."
Qin Mu directly opened the top-ranked "World Destruction."
If he was going to learn something, then he would naturally learn the strongest! With Qin Mu's current talent and comprehension, along with the Mother Nest's assistance in cultivation, there was no technique he could not learn.
Manuals could be purchased in separate portions. There was no need to buy the entire set at once, otherwise almost no one could afford them.
"World Destruction," all six levels—Price: 100 billion Huaxia Coin (full price), 50 billion Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: four stars) "World Destruction," first five levels—Price: 40 billion Huaxia Coin (full price), 20 billion Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: four stars) "World Destruction," first four levels—Price: 15 billion Huaxia Coin (full price), 7.5 billion Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: three stars) "World Destruction," first three levels—Price: 5 billion Huaxia Coin (full price), 2.5 billion Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: two stars) "World Destruction," first two levels—Price: 1 billion Huaxia Coin (full price), 500 million Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: one star) "World Destruction," first level—Price: 200 million Huaxia Coin (full price), 100 million Huaxia Coin (half price, Military Merit: one star)
Seeing these prices, Qin Mu let out a soft breath. Money was never enough. His 300 million quota was not even enough for the first two levels; he could only buy the first level!
As for Military Merit, he did not need to worry about it. Earning it was actually simple—kill monsters!
Ten thousand points of Military Merit counted as one star.
One hundred thousand points of Military Merit counted as two stars.
One million points of Military Merit counted as three stars.
Ten million points of Military Merit counted as four stars.
Killing a Beast Soldier level monster generally earned only 1 point of Military Merit. A Beast General level monster earned at least 100 points, a Lord-level monster at least 10,000 points, and a King level monster at least 1 million points!
The exact amount of Military Merit would be assessed in detail rather than fixed. It mainly depended on the monster's strength.
The next time Qin Mu made a purchase, he would need Military Merit as well.
"World Destruction" was not merely a spear technique. It also included matching movement techniques and a guidance technique, so a single set of "World Destruction" was enough for cultivation.
A great many people had bought the first level of "World Destruction," but very few had succeeded in mastering it. Like "Nine Heavens Thunder Saber," which was known as the most difficult saber technique, this spear technique was also the most difficult!
However, Qin Mu felt no pressure. Cultivation was difficult because it placed extremely high demands on physical strength, bodily control, neural response, and other factors, but Qin Mu had the Swarm to assist his training.
With the Mother Nest's immense computational power, it could easily discover improper or erroneous aspects of Qin Mu's cultivation and mark each movement one by one.
It could directly identify which muscle was using Force Application incorrectly and which movement technique had become distorted.
As long as he practiced more, mastering it was inevitable!
"This little money is only enough for the first level! Buy it."
Qin Mu clicked lightly. After confirming it, 100 million was gone.
"There are also training methods for Mental Masters, as well as offensive techniques!"
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