From Swallowed Star: Ten-Thousandfold Amplification Begins
Chapter 4

Yang Wu's Current Advantages and Disadvantages

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[Congratulations, Host, you obtained 10 buns through a legitimate transaction. Would you like to perform a Ten Thousand Times Amplification?] [Ten Thousand Times Amplification of 10 buns successful. Congratulations, Host, you obtained 10 'magical' buns.]

"Yang-ge, your appetite has really gone up today, huh?" Luo Feng asked, somewhat confused.

"I didn't eat enough yesterday, so I wanted to have a bigger breakfast." Yang Wu spouted nonsense with a straight face.

How was this an issue of appetite?

He definitely wasn't going to tell Luo Feng that eating buns could replace cultivation and make him stronger.

Cultivation? He would never cultivate in this lifetime!

Luo Feng didn't think much of it. Yang Wu was a towering 1.9 meters tall and a Quasi-Warrior, so such an appetite wasn't impossible to understand.

Yi'an District Limit Martial Hall.

"Senior Brother Yang, Senior Brother Luo, good morning!" The students greeted Yang Wu and Luo Feng enthusiastically.

"Morning." Yang Wu and Luo Feng nodded in response.

Although they had yet to receive their Quasi-Warrior certificates, news that Yang Wu and Luo Feng had become Quasi-Warriors had already spread throughout the Yi'an District Limit Martial Hall.

With the two of them as examples, quite a few students had arrived for morning training before dawn.

Even some familiar Salted Fish faces, who were rarely seen on ordinary days, were training hard.

In their eyes, even someone like Yang Wu, who lacked exceptional talent but had relied on relentless effort, could become a Quasi-Warrior. Why couldn't they do the same?

If Yang Wu knew they thought that way, he wondered whether he would be left speechless.

Senior Student Teaching Building.

"Ha! Hah!"

The moment the two reached the entrance, they heard bursts of martial training shouts from within the Training Hall.

A White Robe Youth wielded an iron spear, continuously sweeping it through the air and producing sharp, illusory spear shadows.

"Hey, what's going on at the martial hall today? Not only are there so many people, but they all came so early." Luo Feng was somewhat puzzled.

"Yang-ge, Madman, you two are here too." The White Robe Youth stopped moving. "Haha, then let me congratulate you both on becoming Quasi-Warriors first."

"How did you know?"

Yang Wu merely smiled without speaking, while Luo Feng looked stunned.

If he remembered correctly, after he came out yesterday, aside from his family, hardly anyone knew that he had passed the Quasi-Warrior Assessment.

"On the afternoon of July 1st, Instructor Jiang told us the good news as soon as he returned," the White Robe Youth explained.

"You weren't at the martial hall, so you definitely didn't see Instructor Jiang's face. His smile was absolutely radiant!"

"That's why, inspired by you two, all the students are acting like they've been pumped full of adrenaline..."

"But speaking of which, Yang-ge, Madman, you've already passed the assessment. Why are you still here training so early?"

"The Combat Assessment is on August 1st. I don't dare slack off, since that's the real test." Yang Wu spoke calmly.

In truth, Yang Wu hadn't taken the so-called Combat Assessment seriously.

But thinking of the earlier bun amplification incident, Yang Wu had another idea.

Monster materials could be sold for money, but the monsters in the Combat Assessment were all ordinary Beast Soldier-level creatures.

Beast Soldier-level monsters could be easily swept aside with firearms. Even an ordinary Warrior carrying a machine gun could kill Beast Soldier after Beast Soldier as long as his marksmanship was good.

Beast Soldier-level materials were not very valuable to begin with, and they were so easy to obtain that they were clearly worth little.

But he had the Ten Thousand Times Amplification System!

After Beast Soldier-level materials underwent Ten Thousand Times Amplification, their value could increase ten thousandfold!

If materials from an elementary Beast Soldier could only sell for a few hundred yuan, then after being amplified ten thousand times, they would be worth several million!

That was the value of ordinary elementary Beast General-level materials!

If he handled things properly, he could earn several million, or even more, from this Quasi-Warrior Combat Assessment alone.

Making a fortune in silence—this was so cool.

And this was only Beast Soldier-level material!

While Yang Wu was deep in thought, he and Luo Feng had already arrived at the weapons room.

After entering, Yang Wu casually picked up a Blood Shadow Battle Blade that seemed reasonably comfortable to use.

"Too light!" The instant Yang Wu picked up the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, he felt that it... didn't suit him at all.

Yang Wu wasn't the only one. Luo Feng felt the same way.

"Haha, looks like our strength has improved quite a bit. Weapons suited for Advanced Students don't feel right at all." Yang Wu laughed. "Come on, let's go to the Fourth Floor!"

"Yang-ge, the Fourth Floor is for instructors and coaches." Luo Feng looked confused.

"Although we've passed the Quasi-Warrior Assessment, our official certificates haven't arrived yet. Can we go in?"

"We'll know if we try." Yang Wu smiled.

He knew the plot, so he naturally knew that the Elder on duty on the Fourth Floor was easy to talk to.

On the Fourth Floor of the Senior Student Teaching Building, Yang Wu briefly explained why they had come.

"Hey, it's Yang Wu and Luo Feng." The Elder on duty looked delighted. "I heard from the coach that you two are already Quasi-Warriors. Haha, go right in."

Strictly speaking, they still had not received their Quasi-Warrior identification.

If Uncle Li had refused them entry, that would have been perfectly reasonable. But since he chose to help them, that was a favor.

"Haha, thank you, Uncle Li." Yang Wu laughed.

"Ha!"

"Hah!"

Yang Wu slowly performed the moves of the Basic Saber TechniqueHorizontal Slash, Upward Lift, Swinging Chop, Consecutive Slash... Every move was incomparably precise.

After practicing for a while, Yang Wu looked toward Luo Feng.

With every Swinging Chop Luo Feng made, his center of gravity remained unaffected. He practiced again and again, constantly making adjustments.

While Yang Wu was still practicing the basics of the Blade Technique, Luo Feng had already begun to Infer Other Cases from One Instance!

Yang Wu might have trained longer than Luo Feng, but when it came down to it, his attainments in the Blade Technique were actually inferior to Luo Feng's.

This was the gap in talent and comprehension!

Even with the Ten Thousand Times Amplification System, it seemed difficult to change that gap in the short term.

Yang Wu was a transmigrator, so he knew very well that mental Willpower and comprehension would become increasingly important later on.

Comprehension was manageable. There were ways to improve it.

For example, a Bloodline Evolution Agent could evolve a person's bloodline and reduce the difficulty of breakthroughs.

But when it came to the mind, there were no shortcuts.

Only a powerful mind could allow one to truly understand oneself, and only then could one's Willpower improve.

Of course, after experiencing immense trials and tempering, one's Willpower might improve as well.

And once one's Willpower increased, comprehension would rise along with it.

The two complemented each other; neither could be lacking.

But Yang Wu also knew that complaining about how his talent and comprehension were inferior to Luo Feng's was meaningless. He might as well summarize his current advantages.

First, he knew the plot. That was an inherent benefit of being a transmigrator, allowing him to avoid pitfalls and obtain opportunities more easily.

Second, he had the Ten Thousand Times Amplification System. Through Ten Thousand Times Amplification, he could obtain opportunities time and again.

As for anything else, he seemed to have no advantages at all.

As Yang Wu silently analyzed the advantages in his favor, he had unknowingly begun to see himself as Yang Wu and had completely integrated into the world of Swallowing the Stars.

"Though my opportunities may still be inferior to Luo Feng's, I'm not completely empty-handed." Yang Wu's gaze sharpened.

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