Swallowed Star: Lord of Sirius
Chapter 17

My Force Level Is Only 0.7? (Please Bookmark and Keep Reading)

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My Force Level Is Only 0.7? (Please Bookmark and Keep Reading)

In less than two minutes, Xu Yang arrived before the rectangular complex.

The walls were not particularly high, only about twenty meters. Along the fifty-kilometer-long wall, there was only a single ten-meter-tall double-leaf gate.

"Creak—"

As Xu Yang approached, the gate opened automatically.

"Since it's a system, it couldn't possibly harm me, right?"

Xu Yang had always been quite confident in his Golden Finger.

Ding! Force Matrix activated. Host's current physical force level: 0.7.

"Fuck, what's with the gate closing?"

Xu Yang jumped in fright. The instant his tail crossed the threshold, the gate slammed shut, and the system prompt suddenly sounded beside his ear.

"Rumble~~~~"

The enormous rectangular complex began to tremble. Countless patterns on the ground started emitting light, rapidly converging into pale wolves that resembled Xu Yang. At a glance, there were thousands upon thousands of them, and every pale wolf gave off an aura no weaker than Xu Yang's.

In other words, the system had generated thousands upon thousands of Apprentice Fifth Order "Xu Yangs" at once!

"What? So many wolves? How is that possible?" Xu Yang's expression changed drastically at the sight.

Judging from the auras of these pale wolves, every one of them was powerful!

Apprentice Fifth Order Force Matrix, activated!

The system spoke again from midair.

"Awwooo!"

"Awwooo!"

In an instant, the thousands upon thousands of pale wolves all turned into streams of afterimages, each reaching a speed of one hundred and thirty meters per second.

"Fuck!" Xu Yang's green fur made him especially conspicuous amid the sea of white. With a thought, he sprang onto all fours and sprinted desperately toward the area with fewer wolves. He had no choice but to run. Who knew the system would be this cruel, throwing so many Same Level opponents at him all at once?

But the entire Force Matrix was only fifty kilometers across. Very soon, Xu Yang was blocked by pale wolves closing in from all directions.

"Awwooo!"

"Awwooo!"

The pale wolves all roared. Some pounced from the front, some attacked from the sides, and some lurked behind him, launching a frenzied assault from every direction.

"Kill!!!"

Xu Yang was like a middle schooler cornered in an alley by thugs. He shouted to steel himself and charged forward.

"Bang bang bang~~~~"

The sound of flesh striking flesh sounded. The pale wolves quickly fell into battle with Xu Yang. His cold, gleaming claws became streams of afterimages as he frantically attacked the pale wolves pouncing at him. After all, the space around Xu Yang was limited, so only six pale wolves could surround and attack him at once...

At once?

Xu Yang groaned inwardly. He was already close to being unable to hold on. Although his stamina seemed inexhaustible in this Training Room, the pain from the wounds inflicted by the pale wolves was completely real!

Less than five minutes after being surrounded, nearly a hundred wounds had already appeared across his body.

"Fuck!!!"

Xu Yang's mouth was full of blood—some his own, some from the pale wolves. As the pale wolves charged without fear of death, Xu Yang began to feel exhausted. The system kept replenishing his stamina, but the blood flowing out of those countless gashes took even more strength with it!

He was running at a deficit.

Finally, the pale wolves surrounding Xu Yang bit down on him from all directions. The horrifying sounds of flesh being torn apart and bones separating from flesh... Xu Yang felt his consciousness grow muddled and drift away, rising into the air.

"Did I... die?!"

When he regained consciousness again, Xu Yang found himself standing at the entrance of the Force Matrix.

Ding! Host's highest force level in this trial: 1.4. Average force level: 0.76.

Xu Yang stood there with a blank expression, still unable to recover from the terror of having just been torn apart by the pack of wolves.

Second by second, time passed. Only after a full ten minutes did the light slowly return to Xu Yang's eyes.

"Fuck you, system***! There wasn't even a warning, and it just started like that!!!"

"You scared the hell out of Uncle Xu!!"

"..."

When people were overwhelmed by panic and terror, they would vent their fear by cursing loudly. Xu Yang had been badly frightened earlier, and he cursed for a full five minutes without repeating himself once!

Unfortunately, the system panel had no intelligence. No matter how Xu Yang cursed until his mouth went dry, he received no response. Instead, even while Xu Yang was cursing, the system continued replenishing the stamina he had expended...

That made Xu Yang feel a little embarrassed. The system's actions made him seem rather ungrateful.

"Ahem, sorry, system. I wasn't cursing at you just now. Don't hold it against me." After apologizing to the nonexistent system intelligence in the air, Xu Yang slowly calmed down and sorted through the situation he was facing.

"This force level should be the one the Original Work mentioned, the hundredfold level that must be completely mastered before breaking through to the Undying stage. Yet my average force level is only 0.76, and even the force level I Burst forth with when cornered was just 1.4." Xu Yang was very dissatisfied with his current state, because according to the Force Matrix, he had not even mastered the most basic onefold exertion of his body.

He had strength but couldn't use it!

What a useless wolf~~~

He glanced at the Force Matrix with some fear. That sensation of death from earlier still lingered in his mind.

"Screw it. It's not like I'll really die!" Forcing down the fear in his heart, Xu Yang gritted his teeth and walked through the gate again.

"Creak—"

Even his back carried a trace of tragic resolve.

An hour later, Xu Yang looked at the white space with equal parts attachment and fear before the system expelled him.

Whoosh!

His consciousness returned to his body.

The earthy smell of soil, the bloody scent of snake meat, and the stuffy air in the cave mixed together. Xu Yang took a deep breath. The sweetness of this real world was something the system's simulated Training Room did not possess. Or rather, the system had never bothered optimizing that aspect, since it was irrelevant.

Silenced once again, Xu Yang could only continue talking to himself in his mind.

Fortunately, time in the Training Room is relatively frozen compared to the outside. Otherwise, leaving my Main Body for an hour would be far too dangerous in this primeval forest.

The moment Xu Yang left the system, he received this information, allowing him to enter the Training Room for trials without any worries.

Let's see what the other three buttons do.

The Training Room function alone had left Xu Yang both delighted and fearful. What other surprises did the system's three newly unlocked functions have in store?

He could hardly wait!

As his thoughts touched the Domain Draw button, a pop-up window appeared—

Host level insufficient. Please increase your strength before trying again.

Xu Yang's wolf face twisted into a humanlike grin as he continued clicking the buttons below.

Host domain level insufficient. Please increase your strength before trying again. Host law level insufficient. Please increase your strength before trying again.

As expected, the two gray buttons after Domain Draw also brought up pop-up windows.

The road ahead is long, but I like it!

Tearing off a mouthful of python meat, Xu Yang's spirits rose to an unprecedented height.

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