Jiangnan Base City

After arriving at Jiangnan Base City, Lin Qingyu headed straight to the military district outside the Base City.

The moment he arrived, Lin Qingyu saw Li Dawei welcoming him with Wang Luohan, both wearing broad smiles.

Strictly speaking, Li Dawei was considered one of Lin Qingyu's elders.

Li Dawei had been acquainted with Lin Qingyu's father, Lin Meng, and had even held Lin Qingyu when he was first born.

"Uncle Li, you're being so welcoming that I'm almost overwhelmed," Lin Qingyu said as he followed Li Dawei.

"Haha, anyone would be this welcoming upon meeting an expert of your caliber, Xiao Yu." Li Dawei was in high spirits. "And that research institute of yours is quite impressive too. The venom produced by the institute has performed exceptionally well in testing. Our Base City bought a batch to deal with this Beast Tide."

Lin Qingyu coming to Jiangnan Base City was only one factor. After all, even a Councillor level expert could not casually intervene in a Beast Tide. However, the results developed by Lin Qingyu's research institute were genuinely useful—perhaps even more useful than Lin Qingyu himself during a Beast Tide like this.

After all, if a Councillor level expert took action, the Monster Kings in the sea would respond in kind. What had originally been a manageable Level One Beast Tide might spiral out of control and become a Disaster level beast tide.

Humanity was at a severe disadvantage against sea monsters. Sea monsters could launch a Beast Tide whenever they wanted, while humans could only defend passively. They did not even dare deploy Councillor level experts lightly, fearing that the Beast Tide would lose control.

Still, Lin Qingyu's arrival made Li Dawei extremely happy.

After learning that the sea monsters were gathering to launch a Beast Tide, Lin Qingyu had directly sent most of the materials he had on hand to the Southeast Military Region. He had even sold the King level monster directly to them.

The Lord level materials alone would allow the Southeast Military Region to rush-produce a large batch of high-quality equipment.

Materials from King level monsters were often impossible to buy even if one had the money.

Lin Qingyu's arrival this time would indeed allow the Southeast Military Region to reduce a great many casualties and losses.

"Uncle Li, there's something I'd like to ask you to help me with," Lin Qingyu said.

"Fine. As long as it's within my abilities, I'll definitely help," Li Dawei said.

"Uncle Li, you know about my past circumstances. My talent as a Mental Master was simply too high—so high that my body couldn't bear it, leaving me paralyzed for fifteen years. But accordingly, the moment I awakened, I possessed strength beyond that of a War God." Lin Qingyu said, "My case should be exceptional. But it suddenly occurred to me that there may be people in similar circumstances. Perhaps because of Mental Power, they have difficulty moving or are tormented by illness, and because of that, they never set foot on the path of becoming martial artists. Yet they may actually possess tremendous talent, only for that talent to become the shackles restricting them."

"Oh?" Li Dawei immediately became interested. A genius like Lin Qingyu was unprecedented; there was not another like him anywhere on Earth.

But even if they could not reach Lin Qingyu's level, merely having the qualifications to become a War God level expert would increase the overall strength of Human civilization.

On an Earth ravaged by monsters, the more experts humanity had, the better.

"The Limitless Martial Arts School only accepts people once they turn sixteen, while physical examinations for enlistment and higher education in our country are generally conducted at eighteen. Many younger talented people may be overlooked because they aren't valued, or may even choose not to become martial artists for various reasons. So I hope we can arrange a relatively large-scale physical examination for some younger people and use the examination reports to see whether there are people in circumstances similar to mine," Lin Qingyu said.

"That is a good idea. I can make the decision here in Jiangnan Base City and conduct physical examinations by school. But have you discussed this idea with Commander Jia?" Li Dawei asked.

"No. I only came up with it in the past few days. Before that, I was mainly focused on becoming more familiar with Origin Force and Mental Power," Lin Qingyu said.

"Mm, I'll discuss it with Commander Jia. After all, this plan would be beneficial to the selection and cultivation of talent," Li Dawei said.

As a soldier, Li Dawei naturally acted with decisive efficiency. After settling Lin Qingyu in, he immediately reported Lin Qingyu's idea to Jia Yi.

Jia Yi believed that the plan was feasible. Of course, there would be quite a few difficulties in truly putting it into practice. Physical examinations themselves were not particularly troublesome, but conducting them on a large scale would consume considerable medical resources.

The war between humanity and monsters had never stopped. Medical resources were more urgently needed for martial artists and soldiers, so physical examinations were generally only arranged at age eighteen, when one entered university or enlisted.

However, this year was somewhat special. Across Huaxia, because Lin Qingyu had killed several King level monsters and a large number of Lord level monsters, the overall pressure was much lower than in previous years. They could use this opportunity to conduct pilot programs in certain areas first.

Three days later, Lin Qingyu was reviewing a set of documents within the Southeast Military Region's base.

Although the large-scale physical examinations had not yet begun, some recorded special cases had already been collected and handed over to Lin Qingyu.

Fortunately, Lin Qingyu was a Councillor level expert. Otherwise, an ordinary person would not have had the authority to access these records.

"Mm, found him." Lin Qingyu looked at one of the files. "His name is Luo Feng. He lives in Yangzhou City, is twelve years old this year, has fainted twice, and has suffered from headaches since childhood. It all matches the Original work."

"It's the weekend today. I might as well go see Luo Feng." Lin Qingyu acted as soon as he had the thought. After informing the people at the base, he flew straight out of it.

At his speed, reaching Yangzhou City would not take much time.

When Lin Qingyu arrived at Luo Feng's home, Luo Feng was not there.

However, Lin Qingyu did not disturb Luo Feng's family. Yangzhou City was only so large, and a twelve-year-old child like Luo Feng could not have gone far. He could simply search for him with Mental Power.

Very soon, he found Luo Feng in a park near his home, practicing with a crude wooden saber.

The Limitless Martial Arts School only accepted students at sixteen, and Luo Feng's family was not wealthy like those of some tycoons or martial artist families, able to afford a private training room. Thus, practicing in the park with a wooden saber was part of his daily routine.

Although his equipment was crude, Luo Feng's movements were precise and methodical, and he practiced with great seriousness.

Lin Qingyu walked directly over and said to Luo Feng, "Hello, you're Luo Feng, right?"

Seeing Lin Qingyu approach and greet him, Luo Feng put down his wooden saber and looked at him with some confusion. "Hello, big brother. I'm Luo Feng. May I ask who you are?"

Lin Qingyu was fifteen this year, so in front of the twelve-year-old Luo Feng, he truly counted as a big brother.

"My name is Lin Qingyu," Lin Qingyu introduced himself. "I can see that you're exceptionally talented. You may even become a peerless expert in the future. Are you interested in practicing martial arts with me?"

Twelve-year-old Luo Feng was stunned by Lin Qingyu's words.

He had indeed fantasized before that he was an unmatched genius, and that one day an expert would descend from the heavens and take him as a disciple.

But in his fantasies, the person who came to accept him as a disciple was either an ethereal, detached master living beyond the world, or a fierce and domineering powerhouse radiating heroic might. If nothing else, even an old man with white hair and a youthful face would have been acceptable.

But someone like Lin Qingyu, who was only a few years older than him, had never crossed his mind.

Chapter Nineteen was still blocked, but I revised it and posted another chapter. It should be fine now and shouldn't affect the reading experience.