The Cheat Is Here

Limit Hall, sixth floor.

"Yang Wu, the Martial Warrior Combat Exam is on August 1. Once you pass the combat exam, you'll be a true Martial Warrior."

Inside the neural response testing room, Jiang Nian, who had been silently standing beside Chief Instructor Wu Tong, smiled as he spoke to Yang Wu.

Yang Wu had already become a Quasi-Warrior. As long as he passed the Martial Warrior Combat Exam in August, he would become an official Martial Warrior.

As a martial arts hall instructor, watching a student he had personally trained become a Martial Warrior—

It was a joy from the bottom of his heart, not for a bonus, nor for fame... At least at this moment, he was simply happy for Yang Wu.

Wu Tong smiled. "All right. Three people passed this Quasi-Warrior assessment: Yang Wu, Cheng Yu, and Qian Xiao."

"Everyone, there are still matters to handle, including signing the combat exam agreements. Jiang Nian, help them take care of it."

With that, Chief Instructor Wu Tong left the sixth floor of Limit Hall first with the other instructors.

The routine Quasi-Warrior assessment was over. What followed was their own internal meeting.

Only Instructor Jiang Nian and the three others remained in the neural response testing room.

"Come with me!"

Jiang Nian patted Yang Wu on the shoulder, then led the three back to the training hall on the sixth floor.

"Sign these three contracts."

Several filing cabinets stood in a corner of the training hall. Jiang Nian took three contracts from one of them and handed them to Yang Wu and the others.

Yang Wu took the contract without even bothering to read it. He picked up a pen without the slightest hesitation and scribbled his name across it.

"Mm, good."

After the three signed the contracts, Instructor Jiang Nian collected them and projected an article onto the broad wall of the training hall.

Genetic Force Cultivation Method

It was here. It had finally appeared!

Looking at the article on the projection screen, Yang Wu was slightly excited. Obtaining Martial Warrior status, being able to conveniently purchase weapons and equipment, spear technique manuals...

Compared to this article, all of that had to stand aside.

This article had been Yang Wu's main purpose for taking the Quasi-Warrior assessment today.

This Genetic Force Cultivation Method, called Five Hearts to the Sky, was the only method on all of Earth that could cultivate Genetic Force.

There might be such methods in ancient ruins, and Babata definitely had them, but this Genetic Force Cultivation Method was the easiest method for Earthlings to access.

By cultivating the Genetic Force Cultivation Method, Martial Warriors could absorb Cosmic Energy from the universe and transform it into Genetic Force through their body cells.

Genetic Force would then nourish the body's internal and external organs, continuously strengthening a Martial Warrior's physical constitution.

That was why Martial Warriors could split mountains and shatter rocks, demolishing buildings with a single punch or kick as easily as breathing.

Evening.

Yi'an District, train station.

After getting off the train and leaving the station, Yang Wu hurried to a roadside barbecue restaurant and stuffed himself full.

He had been hungry all day and had nearly starved to death.

Martial Warriors were powerful, but their appetites increased just as dramatically.

Of course, ordinary food could not satisfy a Martial Warrior's stomach. They needed either high-energy compressed food or special ingredients.

Yang Wu smacked his lips. He had to admit, this barbecue restaurant tasted pretty good.

Compared with what he remembered from his previous life, it was about the same level.

Then again, with the Great Nirvana having occurred and monsters outside constantly threatening humanity's survival, how could people spare much thought for food?

After paying the bill, Yang Wu hailed a taxi and returned to his little home.

Yi'an District, Landu Garden Community.

Yang Wu's room.

He sat on the bed with his back straight, crossing his legs so that the soles of both feet faced upward. His hands rested on his legs, palms facing up.

Five Hearts to the Sky referred to the soles of both feet, both palms, and the Baihui acupoint atop the head—all five hearts facing upward.

This posture was actually rather similar to the way Daoists meditated.

Cosmic Energy filled every corner of the world, yet most humans could not sense its existence. To absorb even a trace of Cosmic Energy, one first had to sense it.

As long as one could sense Cosmic Energy and open that first gap, the body would have a much easier time absorbing it.

However, the first attempt at sensing it was often the hardest.

Ordinary geniuses could sense Cosmic Energy on their first day of cultivation, while less talented Martial Warriors might need half a year or even a year to sense it.

However, failing to sense it did not mean one could not absorb Cosmic Energy. Once someone reached the Quasi-Warrior threshold, the vast majority could cultivate Genetic Force.

Even if they could not sense it themselves, their bodies would unconsciously absorb Cosmic Energy at an extremely slow rate.

It was just that this instinctive absorption rate was far, far too slow.

"Breathe in... breathe out..."

Yang Wu's breathing gradually evened out as he tried hard to calm his mind.

The surroundings were silent, and his breathing was almost inaudible.

One minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Thirty minutes passed.

An hour later, Yang Wu opened his eyes and helplessly got up to stretch his aching legs.

It was his first time using this posture too. After sitting for a while, his legs felt sore and weak.

"Again."

Yang Wu crossed his legs again, closed his eyes, and calmed himself once more, attempting to sense the Cosmic Energy that existed everywhere around him.

One hour passed.

Two hours passed.

Three hours passed, yet Yang Wu still could not enter that state of utter tranquility.

"I refuse to believe this."

He completely emptied his mind and slipped into a hazy state. Gradually...

He fell asleep.

"Ugh..."

The entire night passed like that. It was not until the next morning that Yang Wu jolted awake from his dream, his body still maintaining the Five Hearts to the Sky posture.

He helplessly moved his legs, then went downstairs for breakfast before returning to continue.

"Again."

Yang Wu was not discouraged. After all, he knew exactly how much talent he had. Even Luo Feng had needed an entire night to succeed, hadn't he?

May 2: cultivating...

May 3: still cultivating...

May 4: immersed in cultivation...

May 5: Yang Wu was so immersed in cultivation that he could not pull himself away. It was not until personnel from the relevant department delivered his Quasi-Warrior certificate on the sixth day that he reluctantly ended this intoxicating state of cultivation.

All right, Yang Wu was fooling himself. In truth, he had gained nothing over the past few days and still had not sensed any Cosmic Energy.

Since that was the case, he could not be blamed for cheating.

Cheat, come forth!!!

He had originally wanted to cultivate through his own hard work, so certain people would not think he had no strengths other than cheats.

Ha, just kidding.

But if anyone really thought that, it could only be because they were jealous.

Of course, he would work hard.

But he had enough self-awareness to know that his foundation was the talent to Extract the Future. As long as he made full use of this cheat, along with just a tiny bit of his own effort—

If he still could not soar, then heaven simply wanted him dead.

Yang Wu shook his head, preparing to activate his cheat.

However, before officially activating it, he still had one thing to do first.