The First Mission

Chapter 7: The First Mission

Early morning. Zhao Xin, Liu Chuang, and the others had gotten up long before dawn. For no other reason than that Lena had said she would issue their armor this morning. They had been too excited to sleep all night, and today they had gathered on the training ground especially early.

The others had been on the training ground for over half an hour before Yi Chen finally strolled over. If anyone hadn't been excited last night, it was probably him. After all, he had the Bright Silver Armor gifted by the system. In every aspect, it was no less than Ge Xiaolun's Dark Alloy Armor, and it was lighter, more refined, and more handsome.

They waited for about another hour before Lena finally sauntered over.

"Aiyo, big sister, why are you so late? We've been waiting here all morning." Liu Chuang complained as he saw Lena walking over slowly.

"Geez, do you have any conscience? This goddess went to the Giant Gorge Ship first thing in the morning to get your armor, and you're still complaining about me. No conscience." Lena said, somewhat displeased.

After she finished speaking, Lena handed out the armor to them, but there was none for Yi Chen.

"Um... Yi Chen, your armor hasn't been made yet. We didn't expect you to join, so we didn't prepare it in advance. But don't worry, it'll be ready within a month at most." Lena explained.

"No need. I'd like to exchange the armor for something else. I have my own armor." Chen Yi said.

"You have your own?" Lena was a bit confused. After all, on Earth, the only ones capable of making this kind of armor were probably Super Seminary.

Then, under Lena's gaze, Yi Chen used Spatial Technology to transport the Bright Silver Armor from his System Backpack onto his body. It was a suit of silver-and-gold armor, with classical patterns engraved on the chest. On his back was a novel gray-black cape, very long. As Yi Chen stood there, the cape was only about thirty centimeters from the ground. On the cape was a pair of pure white Sacred Wings, which Yi Chen had specially designed.

Ge Xiaolun and the others were speechless. They had thought their own armor was pretty cool, but compared to this, they were instantly crushed. More importantly, this cool armor was on Yi Chen, which gave them an urge to beat him to death.

"Yi... Brother Yi, do you have another set of this armor? I'll trade you mine, and I'll give you anything else you want." Zhao Xin finally couldn't help but say.

"Gone. Just this one set. And I don't know how to make it. I only have this one."

"Ai, it's really infuriating to compare people." Zhao Xin sighed.

"Ahem... Zhao Xin, get back in line. Who told you to run off? Um... Yi Chen, since you have armor, I'll have them give you something else. You might need it more." Lena said.

"Okay."

"Mm. Then let's start today's training plan."

"Turn around. Line up in a single file." As she spoke, she came to the front of the line. "Forward, eighty thousand meters. Run." After saying that, she took the lead and started running.

Yi Chen didn't know if running was useful for them, but he didn't say anything. He followed Lena and ran. Next came Qiang Wei, Qi Lin, Chen Yaowen, and Liu Chuang, who also started running. However, Ge Xiaolun and Zhao Xin were a bit intimidated. Eighty thousand meters? Was that something humans were supposed to do?

For the next three months, except for Yi Chen, who had his own training plan, everyone else underwent targeted training customized by Lena.

Zhao Xin mainly focused on running, but it was running around Juxia City. Completing the round trip in one hour was considered passing. According to him, he was so tired he had become the Lightning Letter.

Qi Lin and Qiang Wei trained together. One practiced dodging, the other practiced assassination. However, Qi Lin faced a much harder time against Qiang Wei, who had the Space-Time Gene.

Cheng Yaowen practiced control. His gene was named Heart of the Earth. As the name implied, he had the ability to control the earth. He could use mud to trap enemies or form defenses.

Liu Chuang had it the worst. Every morning, he had to spar with Yi Chen for three hours. Facing the powerful Star Bolt Gene, he could only get beaten up. Then, in the afternoon, he would spar with Lena for another three hours. Obviously, he got beaten up then too. However, from being instantly defeated before to now being able to trade blows with them, his progress was clear.

Ge Xiaolun's training was the simplest and most brutal. As the Power of the Galaxy, his Undefeated Body had extremely high durability and could withstand a lot of damage. For now, his training consisted of getting beaten up in various ways. However, according to the higher-ups, there was something even more powerful inside him, but it couldn't be developed with Earth's current technology.

After three months of training, the members of Xiong Bing Lian had acquired some of the tenacity of soldiers. They were no longer as naive as before.

During these three months, Yi Chen had been using the Power of Stars to temper his body every day. However, because he lacked the resources to upgrade his Divine Body, he was still a first-generation Divine Body.

"Hey... Brother Yi, over here." Liu Chuang, seeing Yi Chen in the distance carrying a food tray, called out to him. After three months of training, the relationship between the Xiong Bing Lian members and Yi Chen had improved a lot. Although Yi Chen had a cold personality, having trained together for so long, a kind of bond called comradery had formed between them.

Yi Chen carried his food tray and sat down across from Liu Chuang. After a while, Ge Xiaolun and Zhao Xin also arrived.

"Aiyo, this is killing me every day. It's exhausting your Uncle Xin." Zhao Xin complained.

"Haha... Actually, everyone is pretty impressive." Chen Yaowen said from the side.

"Hey, hey, hey, which girl do you think is the prettiest?" Liu Chuang suddenly asked.

Hearing Liu Chuang's words, the girls at the next table pricked up their ears. They still cared about what others thought. No... they cared about what one particular person thought.

"Hmm... I think they're all goddesses. But it's strange, doesn't the Super Gene change your looks too? Look at every single one of them." Zhao Xin quickly flattered them, neither offending anyone nor praising anyone in particular.

Hearing their conversation, Yi Chen couldn't help but think back to the angel he had met at Angel International. Ever since that meeting, Yi Chen would involuntarily think of her.

"Hey, Brother Yi, what do you think?" Liu Chuang said to the distracted Yi Chen.

Suddenly, Lena stood up, her hand pressed to her ear, and said, "Commander."

Seeing Lena's expression, everyone looked confused.

"What... what's going on?" Liu Chuang asked.

"No idea." Zhao Xin also said, looking dumbfounded.

"Yes. Moving out immediately." Lena said again. Then she turned to the confused group and said, "We've received... our first mission."

"What's going on? Have the aliens attacked?" Liu Chuang asked.

"You know the Victorious Fighting Buddha, right?... The Super Soldier sleeping in your mythology has awakened. The military has ordered us... to move out immediately." Lena said with a grave expression.

As she spoke, she led everyone to the boarding area.

Lena grabbed Yi Chen, who was about to board, and said, "We don't need to go on this mission. We have a more important task."

"What task? Can't you handle it yourself?" Yi Chen asked, puzzled.

"Uh... it's to meet an angel. You've interacted with her before. Having you there will be somewhat useful." Lena said a bit awkwardly. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to hold her own alone, so she wanted to drag Yi Chen along to barely save face.

(End of Chapter)