This Time, It Really Was Cheating

[That day, you had gone out specifically to relax. While resting in the park, you happened to encounter Luo Hua, who was about to jump into the lake. You saved him, and when Luo Feng rushed back and learned what had happened, he was deeply grateful to you.]

[In January 2057, you returned to the Wilderness Area. This time, you no longer slaughtered wildly, instead focusing on honing your footwork and spear technique...]

[In August, not long afterward, Luo Feng unexpectedly became the Inspector of Limit Martial Hall's Jiangnan Base City. He even flew a dark-blue fighter jet into the wilderness to pick you up.]

[You were shocked, not only because he was flying a fighter jet, but also because becoming the Inspector of Jiangnan Base City required at least War God Level strength, while you were still only an Advanced Warrior Level martial artist.]

[In 2058, news suddenly spread that Luo Feng had supposedly fallen.]

[Then, on September 30, Limit Martial Hall's official website suddenly issued an announcement declaring War God Luo Feng dead.]

[For some reason, you instinctively refused to believe it.]

[After Luo Feng's "death," his family began suffering inexplicable harassment. It was clearly retaliation from his enemies.]

[Luo Feng was not only your close brother, but had also helped you before. Unable to tolerate such behavior, you intervened, exposed the matter directly, and reported it to Limit Martial Hall headquarters.]

[Luo Feng's family had suffered inexplicable harassment. After your report, the matter eventually reached Hong. Under Hong's orders, Luo Feng's family's lives finally improved.]

[In December, Luo Feng returned and killed Vulture Li Yao. Because you had looked after his family, he expressed his gratitude and gifted you a Plant Spirit.]

[Under his guidance, your World Destruction Spear Technique successfully broke through to the second level.]

[You consumed the Plant Spirit and advanced to Intermediate War God Level. You were thrilled... yet you had never once questioned where you had obtained the Plant Spirit before.]

[Slaughter in the Wilderness Area...]

[Simulation complete!]

Phew...

This simulation seemed a little long!

Yang Wu sat up from the sofa and let out a long breath. Looking at the simulation's course of events, he somehow felt that the words were dripping with sarcasm.

He did not dwell on it.

Yang Wu carefully took stock of his gains: Micro-level Footwork, the second level of the World Destruction Spear Technique, and a second Plant Spirit...

Overall, the gains from this simulation were quite decent.

He then turned his attention to the withdrawal options.

[Simulation complete. Please choose.]

[1. Martial arts insights from the past three years.]

[2. Cultivation experiences from the past three years.]

[3. Fortuitous opportunities from the past three years (random).]

"I choose one: martial arts insights."

Yang Wu skipped over option three. The Plant Spirit was certainly tempting, especially to someone who had already tried it. Plant Spirits truly held a fatal attraction for him.

But withdrawing a fortuitous opportunity was a matter of luck. Without any more reliable choice, he was unwilling to gamble.

He then decisively ruled out option two and directly chose martial arts insights.

The experiences in option two could improve combat experience, strengthen combat awareness, and enhance mental resolve and willpower, but they were not particularly useful to Yang Wu at the moment.

The instant Yang Wu made his choice, insights into all kinds of spear techniques and footwork suddenly appeared in his mind, as though he had personally experienced them, without the slightest sense of incongruity.

This feeling of having cheats...

Was amazing!

Still, there was one small regret.

In the simulation, Yang Wu had purchased the first three levels of the World Destruction Spear Technique, and before the simulation ended, he had even mastered World Destruction to the second level.

However, in reality, he did not possess the original manual for the World Destruction Spear Technique.

So his attempt to get it for free had failed.

"Entrance Level footwork!"

Yang Wu was eager to try it out, so he simply began practicing his footwork in the cramped bedroom.

On Earth, evasive footwork was divided into Basic Level, Entrance Level, Perfect Level, and Artistic Conception Level.

Once footwork reached Entrance Level, it meant a martial artist could evade attacks with the smallest possible movements, achieving the greatest efficiency in dodging.

It represented an extremely fine degree of control over one's strength and body, allowing one to make the most exquisite evasions at the lowest cost. Every movement and dodge seemed as though it had been calculated by a computer.

For a martial artist to comprehend Entrance Level footwork through training alone was far too difficult, because ordinary combat training simply could not achieve such results.

Only those with genuine talent, or martial artists who had emerged from countless life-and-death trials, could more easily comprehend Entrance Level footwork.

Even among Warrior Level martial artists, many had not attained Entrance Level footwork. In real combat, physical fitness was only one aspect; footwork, spear technique, and awareness were all equally important.

"Let's try sensing Cosmic Energy again."

Yang Wu stopped demonstrating his footwork, leaped onto the bed, and sat cross-legged, preparing to try again and see whether he could successfully sense Cosmic Energy.

In the simulation, Yang Wu had successfully sensed Cosmic Energy tonight and cultivated Genetic Force.

Of course, his ability to sense it so quickly was certainly inseparable from the effects of the Plant Spirit.

After consuming the Plant Spirit, the surging life energy flowing through his body made his cells more sensitive to Cosmic Energy.

That was why he had succeeded in cultivating it in a single night.

From birth until the first time they cultivated Genetic Force, humans went through more than a decade, perhaps even longer. Their bodies had never absorbed Genetic Force, and their cells had always remained in a state of hunger.

Therefore, after succeeding in cultivation for the first time, the increase in strength was also the most terrifying.

By the second cultivation session and beyond, the body's cells had long since eaten their fill, so their appetite was obviously nowhere near as great as it had been the first time.

Only through constant cultivation over many years could the Genetic Force within one's cells gradually strengthen.

At the same time, the amount by which one's punching strength increased after that first cultivation could also, to some extent, represent one's talent.

An increase of 300 kilograms in punching strength was fairly common among martial artists.

An increase of 600 kilograms was considered quite good.

An increase of more than 1,000 kilograms meant one was among humanity's elites.

Only an increase of more than 2,000 kilograms could be considered a human genius.

In the simulation, Yang Wu had gained more than 3,000 kilograms of punching strength after succeeding in cultivation for the first time. It was not because he was some sort of genius, but because of his Advanced Warrior Level physical fitness.

Strictly speaking, his talent was only barely better than that of an ordinary martial artist. It could not be called outstanding.

After all, those dazzling geniuses could increase their punching strength by more than 2,000 kilograms when they first cultivated Genetic Force while still possessing Quasi-Warrior physical fitness.

And in a base city with hundreds of millions of people, there would be one or two such geniuses every year.

He needed to look farther ahead. Compared to the universe, what was Earth?

That said, the key was that Yang Wu was still struggling at the bottom rung on Earth. Leaving this little Earth village was still far in the future.

The road had to be walked step by step. First, he would stand at Earth's summit.

"This time..."

"It really is cheating."

Assuming the Five Hearts to the Sky posture, Yang Wu adjusted his movements according to the familiar memories in his mind, then began regulating his breathing.