The Path of the Devouring Starry Sky
Chapter 16

Basic Training Camp

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The next day, on the way to Kyoto Base City, Tang Yongqing stared at Su You beside her and asked:

"Brother Su You, why was your phone busy all day yesterday?"

"Huh? Really?" Su You feigned confusion and quickly raised his left hand to check.

"Oh, I must have set it to Do Not Disturb while training yesterday and forgot to change it back. Look, Qing."

As he spoke, Su You extended his left hand toward Tang Yongqing, and the screen of his communication watch indeed showed it was in Do Not Disturb mode.

Tang Yongqing nodded, her suspicions dispelled, and Su You couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At around eleven in the morning, after the four members of Su You's family arrived in Kyoto Base City, they had lunch together before taking a Hummer reserved by the Extreme Martial Arts Hall to the airport, arriving just after one in the afternoon.

"Xiao You, train hard once you get there, and don't worry about home." His father Su Yongyi's voice was a bit low.

Su You said with a grin: "Don't worry, Dad. It won't be long before your son is the strongest student in the training camp."

His mother Gong Yanrong had red-rimmed eyes as she held Su You's right hand: "Don't be overly competitive. Safety comes first, you hear me?"

Su You nodded and looked at Tang Yongqing nearby: "Qing, I'm sorry I can't see you off to university."

"It's the same if I see you off!" Tang Yongqing leaned tightly against Su You's shoulder.

Su You smiled and then urged: "Take good care of yourself at university. If anything happens, contact me directly."

In his memories from his past life, Tang Yongqing had been harassed endlessly by Wang Xing'an of the Wang Family. Fortunately, Luo Feng had appeared in time to save her. Although according to the timeline that should have happened several years later, taking precautions in advance was essential.

After saying goodbye to his family, Su You followed Yang Hui through security and entered the passenger plane via the boarding bridge. As for his luggage, it had naturally been arranged for transport long ago.

"Mr. Yang, your seats are in the top-level premium cabin." A beautiful flight attendant smiled.

Yang Hui nodded and led Su You up the stairs toward the top level.

This passenger plane was shaped like a flying saucer, with the interior divided into a top level, middle level, and bottom level. The top level was the premium cabin, while the middle and bottom levels were standard cabins.

A ticket for the premium cabin cost 20 million Huaxia coins, while the standard cabin cost 10 million, a price far beyond the reach of ordinary wealthy people.

Fortunately, his ticket expenses this time were covered by the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, so his savings wouldn't shrink again.

More than an hour later, the passenger plane landed at the airport in Hongning Base City. After retrieving his checked luggage, Su You followed Yang Hui out of the airport and took a private car to the Basic Training Camp.

Walking through the training camp gate, one could immediately see a massive dragon sculpture nearly fifty meters high. On the pitch-black dragon scales were small display screens, each showing a name, and there seemed to be a ranking system as well.

Hmm? No sense of oppression, just an ordinary sculpture? Su You thought to himself.

Yang Hui smiled: "There is also a black dragon sculpture at the Elite Training Camp, but the two eyes on that one are from a real SS-level monster. That pair of eyes alone is worth tens of billions.

Work hard, and perhaps one day you will be able to enter the Elite Training Camp and see that black dragon sculpture."

Su You nodded, scanning the display screens on the dragon's scales. From top to bottom, there were 613 names in total, and Su You even spotted a familiar one.

"NO.22 Shi Jiang"

"This is the ranking for the Basic Training Camp. Currently, there are 613 students from all over the world here. About twenty students graduate every month, and about twenty new students join at the same time.

There is a ranking based on each person's combat achievement points, from highest to lowest."

"What is the ranking for?"

Su You couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled. In the Elite Training Camp, students fought for rankings to gain more time to use ancient civilization treasures, but the Basic Training Camp shouldn't have such treasures, right?

"Entering the Basic Training Camp only proves that you have good talent, but it doesn't mean you have become a powerhouse yet.

There is competition here too, and it is even more intense than in the outside world. Your opponents are all geniuses, and this ranking is tied to some precious resources."

"Precious resources?"

Yang Hui nodded: "The Elite Training Camp graduates thirty or forty people every year, and two-thirds of the admission spots are recruited from the Basic Training Camp. So, who gets this qualification? Naturally, it depends on the rankings of these geniuses.

Every month, the top-ranked student in the Basic Training Camp and those who have placed in the top five three times can earn an opportunity to take the assessment for the Elite Training Camp. As long as you pass the assessment, you can enter."

"So that's how you get into the Elite Training Camp!" Su You's eyes lit up.

Yang Hui smiled and pointed into the distance at a nine-story tower-shaped building:

"That is called the Nine-Story Tower. It is where all students study and train. Inside, there are special training rooms modeled after ancient civilization ruins that can effectively increase your cultivation speed.

However, we usually call it the 'Little Nine-Story Tower.' The one at the Elite Training Camp is the real Nine-Story Tower. It even has genuine ancient civilization cultivation rooms for students to use. Even we War God-level experts are envious of those ancient civilization cultivation rooms!"

Su You smiled along. With his memories from his past life, he was no stranger to the challenge rooms, gravity rooms, and trial rooms of the Elite Training Camp.

Following Yang Hui through the training camp, the two arrived within minutes at a courtyard with the words "Kyoto Courtyard" written above the gate.

"The students from Kyoto Base City live in the Kyoto Courtyard. You can get to know them in a while. Come, let me take you to check in first."

Su You followed Yang Hui into the courtyard. It spanned about a hundred meters in diameter. On the east, south, and west sides, there were five pavilions each, about fifteen meters long, while the north side where the gate was located had only four. Each pavilion had two floors and was built in a distinct ancient Huaxia style.

"Is anyone inside? A new student has arrived!"

Just as Yang Hui finished calling out, a young girl wearing a white martial arts uniform flashed out from the second floor of the middle pavilion on the west side.

She had short hair and delicate features, but her expression was extremely cold. The skin exposed to the air was slightly flushed, and there were beads of sweat on her forehead.

"Zhang Yue, are you the only one here?"

The cold-faced girl nodded slightly without speaking.

Yang Hui said with a smile: "His name is Su You. From now on, he will be living here in the Kyoto Courtyard with you all. He just arrived, so please look after him."

After Zhang Yue nodded slightly again, Yang Hui turned to Su You and said: "Get a good rest today. It's best not to wander around. I'll take you to meet your combat instructor tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

Yang Hui smiled, patted Su You on the shoulder, and then left directly.

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