Devouring the Starry Sky: Talent Extraction
Chapter 15

Buying Weapons Through a Proxy

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[On the 29th, the skies were gray and overcast, as though something major was about to happen.]

[In the Wilderness Area, after waiting for many days, you finally noticed something unusual. You hurriedly notified the military district and reported it to Limit Martial Hall headquarters.]

[A Tier 3 Rat Tide erupted in the county town. Although the military district had made thorough preparations in advance, the beast tide seemed determined to fight to the death and still caused some casualties.]

[Amid the rat tide's final desperate counterattack, War God Lu Gang in the Wilderness Area was seriously injured.]

[The successful confirmation of the paper's contents set your heart ablaze. It meant that, with this information, you would eventually reach the pinnacle of power.]

[Mist Island was a Land of Treasures, and for you, the best route onto Mist Island was to enter the Elite Training Camp.]

[You chose to reveal your strength: an Advanced Warrior Level at the age of twenty-five, with Entrance Level movement techniques. Even more astonishing was that, just a few months ago, you had not even been a Quasi-Warrior.]

[The news of you immediately shocked the world!]

[Very soon, Limit Martial Hall's upper management sent an envoy to bring you to Hongning Base City, the headquarters base of Limit Martial Hall.]

[You successfully entered the War God Reserve Camp. Under the guidance of War God instructors and with all kinds of advanced equipment, your strength entered a period of rapid growth. During this time, your spear techniques broke through to the Proficient Level.]

[At the end of March, Luo Feng entered the War God Reserve Camp. You knew very well what the War God Reserve Camp represented, and a trace of pressure began to arise in your heart.]

[You threw yourself into bitter training... Your movement techniques and spear techniques both improved greatly.]

[August was the month when Elite Training Camp members embarked on life-and-death adventures on the Australia Continent. You declined the other trainees' invitations to team up and chose to go it alone.]

[However, the Australia Continent had more than ten times as many types of monsters as the Asia Continent, and Lord Level monsters were everywhere.]

[You accidentally stumbled into the nest of a Lord Level monster. Between life and death, you finally touched upon Perfect Level movement techniques. However, there were simply too many monsters...]

[You died!]

[Simulation ended!]

"It worked!"

Yang Wu cried out in surprise. The result was unexpected, yet also perfectly reasonable. To reap the greatest rewards, one had to take greater risks.

Yang Wu knew himself well. He understood his original nature: tenacious, adventurous, decisive...

It was only because his awakened memories had given him greater knowledge that he had become somewhat hesitant when making choices.

Sometimes, knowing too much was not entirely a good thing.

That was why he had written certain parts of the paper vaguely.

He downplayed the minor details and emphasized the important ones.

Only he understood himself best and knew how to fully stir his own curiosity.

The greatest gain from this simulation was not his insights into spear techniques and movement techniques, but confirmation of one thing.

The simulation could be manipulated!

[Simulation ended. Please choose.] [1. Martial arts insights from the past year.] [2. Cultivation experiences from the past year.] [3. Opportunities from the past year (random).]

Before making his selection, Yang Wu first destroyed the physical evidence on the table. The paper burned itself in the flames, turning into ash that slowly scattered across the floor.

Only after confirming that the evidence had been destroyed did Yang Wu make his choice.

"Option one, martial arts insights."

The instant he made his choice, it felt as though long-sealed memories deep in Yang Wu's mind had suddenly been awakened. All kinds of insights regarding spear techniques and movement techniques surged forth.

"Hoo..."

Only after a long while did Yang Wu open his eyes and exhale a breath of stale air. Proficient Level spear technique insights and movement technique insights close to the Perfect Level—this was no small gain.

There was great terror between life and death, but also great opportunity.

Cross that threshold, and one would undergo a tremendous transformation. Fail to cross it, and one would die and vanish into nothingness.

Following a normal cultivation pace, Yang Wu would have needed at least one or two more simulations to reach this level of insight into movement techniques.

"I've become stronger again!"

"Crack..."

"Hoo... Another one broke."

Yang Wu looked helplessly at the spear shaft broken into two pieces in his hands and tossed it into a corner. Six or seven broken spears had already piled up there.

"I can't freeload anymore. I have to spend money."

The training equipment at Limit Hall simply could not withstand the full force of his Proficient Level spear techniques. He had even emptied the armory of every spear of the same model.

He still remembered the expression on Chief Instructor Wu Tong's face when he had carried a training spear out of the armory. It could not have been any darker.

Yang Wu wanted to buy himself a set of weapons and equipment, but he clearly was not qualified to make such purchases yet. Fortunately, he could have someone else buy them on his behalf.

Others could purchase ordinary weapons and equipment for him, but knowledge-based manuals were protected by strict intellectual property rights and could not be bought through a proxy.

Not only that, private instruction was strictly forbidden. Whether it was a friend or family member, once discovered, one would have to prepare to face the life-threatening risks brought by the world's experts.

Without buying them, one had no right to cultivate them!

The most suitable weapons for Advanced Warrior Level martial artists were A6 Model weapons. Such weapons could battle the vast majority of Advanced Beast General monsters without worrying about being damaged.

An A6 Model Pojun Spear cost 20 million Hua Xia currency at full price. However, with enough Contribution Points, it could be bought at half price for 10 million.

Ten million Hua Xia currency... Across both his lives, he had never seen that much money.

Fortunately, it was not really his money, so spending it did not hurt quite as much.

The startup funds from signing the contract, as well as choosing manuals and such, would have to wait until Yang Wu passed the martial artist assessment and became an official martial artist. Only after gaining martial artist privileges would he be qualified to enter Limit Martial Hall's internal network and purchase manuals.

The 20 million in startup funds would also be deposited directly into the martial artist account belonging to him.

Because he knew about Yang Wu's situation, Supervisor Zhuge Tao had made things convenient for him. The investment funds of over a billion had already been deposited into an unregistered account.

This worked out perfectly. Yang Wu was planning to ask him to purchase some weapons and equipment on his behalf, with the funds deducted directly from that account.

Yang Wu took out his phone and was about to call Zhuge Tao when the phone began vibrating first.

The caller ID read—Chief Instructor Wu Tong.

"Hello, Yang Wu!"

"Haha, good news. Come to the second floor of Limit Hall. I'm busy here right now, so I'll explain it to you later."

"Beep... beep..." Yang Wu was just about to speak when a series of busy tones came through the phone. The other side had already hung up.

He glanced at the date. July 1st.

"Limit Hall."

"Another round of Quasi-Warrior assessments?"

Yang Wu felt somewhat wistful. Who could have imagined that only a little over two months ago, he had merely been a young man struggling toward the Quasi-Warrior assessment?

Yet in just two short months, his strength had risen rapidly, and he had already reached the Elementary War God Level.

"I'll go take a look first!"

Yang Wu casually tossed his phone onto the table, left the house, and headed toward the towering Limit Hall at the center.

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