Military Merit Points Explode

Crack-crack-crack~~

Qin Tian's entire skeleton suddenly burst forth with a string of explosive pops like firecrackers. His muscle fibers twisted and swelled wildly like dragons and serpents, while veins bulged across his skin like thick, gnarled tree roots spreading beneath the surface.

His already robust physique swelled visibly, shredding the short-sleeved shirt he wore. Every muscle stood out with sharp, chiseled definition, gleaming with a cold, bronze-like luster under the room's light.

Even more astonishingly, his skin gradually became covered in ancient, dark-gold patterns, like the scales of a primordial beast—mysterious, domineering, and imposing.

His blood surged like a great river, his heartbeat thundered like a war drum, and every pulse caused the tables and chairs in the room to tremble faintly.

When he suddenly opened his eyes, a fierce flame seemed to burn deep within his pupils. The oppressive aura radiating from him made the very air feel stagnant.

A few minutes later~

Hoo~~

Qin Tian let out a long breath. His body shrank rapidly like a deflating balloon, returning to its previous well-proportioned, sturdy form. The dark-gold patterns on his skin gradually faded and eventually vanished.

Qin Tian slowly rose to his feet. A surging power, like a mighty river, churned within him. His abundant Blood Qi spilled out, raising the temperature in the room by a few degrees.

He felt as if he had become a humanoid wild beast, reborn from the ground up. A mysterious force roamed through his bloodline, and once activated, it would instantly plunge him into a peculiar state.

Hegemon Body!

Combat power immediately increased, up to a maximum of 150%.

It was essentially a watered-down version of a Super Saiyan.

But one had to understand that in real combat, a 1.5-fold increase in combat power was already terrifying.

A fight that was originally evenly matched would instantly tip into overwhelming advantage for one side.

"Those twenty thousand Evolution Points were well spent~"

A faint smile curled at the corner of Qin Tian's mouth. Physical transformation was always the most intuitive and addictive thing. He felt that now, relying solely on his physical body and blade techniques, he could contend with ordinary Third Order Transcendents.

He had to admit, Purple Talents were truly formidable. Whether it was the [Ten Thousand Poisons Snake Body] or the [Savage Hegemon Body], both could massively boost his combat strength.

The only pity was that Purple Talents were incredibly hard to obtain.

Purple Talents were on par with Silver Bloodlines. Those who possessed them were all elite geniuses, hard to even meet on a daily basis, let alone hunt and loot.

And to upgrade a Blue Talent to Purple required consuming a massive amount of Evolution Points.

The over twenty thousand Evolution Points he had earned through exhausting effort were just enough to upgrade the deep-blue [Savage Battle Body] to the light-purple [Savage Hegemon Body]. It went without saying that upgrading a light-blue Talent to Purple would require at least fifty thousand Evolution Points or more.

After awakening the Savage Hegemon Body, the fatigue from a night of hard fighting was swept clean. Qin Tian picked up the shredded fragments of his shirt, disposed of them, took a shower, and then entered a state of Psionic Cultivation.

Psionic Cultivation required persistence—no slacking off even for a single day.

The next day, the Earth Dragon Squad was eating in the mess hall, surrounded by discussions about the battle at Hujian Grand Canyon.

It was a brilliant case of "luring the snake out of its hole."

The commander had exploited an intelligence gap, sending out Clones disguised as special forces personnel as bait to lure tens of thousands of elite Serpent Tribe warriors.

The moment the Serpents showed themselves, the Military Department immediately ordered missile units to use the locators on the Clones as coordinates for a precision bombardment.

Nearly ninety percent of the Serpents died in that missile barrage.

The remaining Serpent remnants were then wiped out by the Special Forces Team sent in afterward.

Not only that, but several Fifth Order and Sixth Order Serpent experts were slain by Su Yunyi.

It was the most brilliant and glorious victory in the past month, dealing a heavy blow to the Orcs' arrogance, while also making Su Yunyi, as the commander, a household name and adding a significant achievement to his personal record.

"If it weren't for Qin Tian capturing Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng and uncovering the Serpents' plot in advance, yesterday's victory wouldn't have happened."

Xiao Yunlong took a fierce bite out of a chicken leg and muttered under his breath, "Everyone's praising Su Yunyi around here. Who knows that the real credit should go to our Qin Tian?"

"Watch your words!"

Qin Dadi shot Xiao Yunlong a glare and said sternly, "Are we in any position to gossip about members of the Gold Family? Su Yunyi was the one who devised the plan, and Su Yunyi was the one who killed the Sixth Order Serpent. It's only right that the honor goes to him."

"Besides, it's better that no one knows about Qin Tian. Su Yunyi can handle the Orcs' retaliation, but can Qin Tian?"

Qin Tian took a sip of his drink, inwardly agreeing completely with Qin Dadi's reasoning.

As the saying goes, the tree that stands out in the forest is the first to be felled by the wind.

With his current strength, being too conspicuous was far from a good thing.

Laying low and developing quietly was the true path.

"I... was just saying something offhand."

Xiao Yunlong also realized his mistake, mumbled a few words, and went back to gnawing on his chicken leg.

"Qin Tian, do you feel any resentment?" Liu Zhaozhao asked.

"No resentment at all."

Qin Tian shook his head. "I've already gotten what I wanted."

Twenty thousand Evolution Points, two Purple Talents, two Blue Talents, and two Green Talents.

These were all the gains he had harvested over the past two days.

Compared to others' recognition and praise, he still valued tangible things more.

"This mindset is very good."

Qin Dadi looked gratified and said, "Qin Tian, rest assured. The Empire has the most authoritative, fairest, and most intelligent military merit evaluation system. No one's contributions will be buried. I estimate that the Military Merit Points will be credited to your account no later than tonight, and your points will definitely satisfy you."

"Mm."

Qin Tian nodded.

The core of the military merit evaluation system was an ultra-large-scale intelligent brain, known as the "Battlefield Sky Eye."

During combat, everyone's performance was captured by the Battlefield Recorder on their chest and transmitted in real time to the intelligent brain.

After the war ended, the intelligent brain would combine all the footage with the materials submitted by the Military Department to award the fairest Military Merit Points to the combatants.

No one, no commander, could influence the intelligent brain's assessment and judgment.

This military merit system, to a certain extent, weakened the power and influence of the high-ranking Military Department officials, while simultaneously making the grassroots and mid-level soldiers trust the Empire more, fighting for it without reservation.

Just as the slogan often repeated within the military went:

The Empire will never let down any hero who fights for the Empire.

Beep beep beep

On the way back to the dormitory, several people's Smart Bracelets vibrated and sounded at the same time, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

"The bracelets are all ringing, that means..."

Xiao Yunlong's eyes lit up, and he quickly opened his Smart Bracelet, seeing a new message on the Military Department's Soft Body.

"Look, the Military Merit Points have been issued." Xiao Yunlong shouted excitedly.

So fast!

As expected of a large-scale intelligent brain.

Qin Tian opened the Soft Body with great anticipation, and when he saw that string of numbers, the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up a bit.

At that moment, Xiao Yunlong secretly glanced at Qin Tian's Smart Bracelet.

No way, did I see that wrong?

Xiao Yunlong blinked hard and stared intently.

The next second, his eyes suddenly widened, and he used all his strength to suppress the urge to shout, squeezing out a few words through gritted teeth:

"Damn, 70,000 military merits."