"Everyone says that once you officially become a Warrior, you can access Limit Dojo's internal Warrior network!" Lin Yun said excitedly.
Some special internal networks required a specific identity to access. Only Warriors from Limit Dojo were eligible to enter its internal Warrior network—Limit Home. By contrast, any Warrior could log in to the HR Alliance platform.
"Limit Home." Lin Yun typed the website address on the keyboard.
A massive screen, a full two hundred inches across, appeared on one wall of the media room. The Limit Home interface immediately loaded.
"Beep." Lin Yun verified his fingerprint.
The gentle sound of music flowed through the media room like a babbling brook. At the same time, a personal profile appeared on the enormous screen, displaying a photo of Lin Yun and his personal information below it—
Name: Lin Yun
Gender: Male
Address: Jiangnan Base City, Huaxia Nation
Warrior Certificate Number: 42612320560800317106
Rank: Fighter Rank (Beginner)
Contribution Points: 0
Currency Balance: 100,000,000 Huaxia Currency
In the quiet media room, Lin Yun took a sip of freshly brewed tea. His gaze remained on the huge screen on the wall. "One hundred million Huaxia Currency? The startup funds promised by Limit Dojo really did come through."
At the top of the webpage was a row of buttons. One was flashing continuously, with a line of text on it: "You have two new emails."
Lin Yun lightly tapped the wireless keyboard's touch screen and opened his inbox.
"Whoosh!"
The first email opened, and a video appeared.
"Hello, Mr. Lin Yun." A middle-aged man in a black suit appeared on the screen, smiling. "I'm Chairman Zhou's assistant. I believe you've already seen the one hundred million in startup funds the chairman promised you. As for purchasing manuals for movement techniques, blade techniques, and Guidance Techniques, you can buy them directly through the internal network. As long as the price doesn't exceed two hundred million, the internal network will reimburse you directly, and you won't have to pay a cent. If the price exceeds two hundred million, you'll have to pay the difference yourself. On behalf of the chairman, I'd also like to congratulate you on passing the Martial Artist Combat Assessment."
With that, the video ended.
"Limit Dojo has treated me pretty well." Lin Yun clicked on the second email.
It was also a video.
"Welcome, newly promoted Warrior Lin Yun. On behalf of Limit Dojo, I'd like to welcome you to our big family." A sweet-looking young woman smiled. "This is your first time entering Limit Dojo's internal network, Limit Home. Allow me to introduce what you can do here."
"First of all, on Limit Home, you can purchase weapons of all kinds and at every level, Guidance Techniques, manuals for movement techniques, and manuals for offensive techniques like blade, spear, and sword techniques. You can also buy firearms, vehicles, protective gear, communication systems, custom-made explosives, special medical drugs, gene serums... even rare materials and treasures. As long as you have enough money, you can buy them."
"Once you've paid, your goods will be delivered within twenty-four hours."
"Through Limit Home, you can even hire a War General-level or even a War God-level Warrior to provide you with one-on-one instruction over the network. Of course, you'll need to pay enough."
The young woman in the video smiled. "If you have enough Contribution Points, the prices of all the items I mentioned will be cut in half!"
Lin Yun was startled.
Half price? If an item cost one hundred million, then with enough Contribution Points he could buy it for just fifty million? Contribution Points were incredibly useful. But his current balance was zero.
"Contribution Points have many uses. They don't just give you discounts on purchases. For example, once you reach a certain Contribution Point level, you can call on special units within Limit Dojo." The young woman smiled. "The more Contribution Points you have, the higher your standing in Limit Dojo, the more authority you'll have, and the better your benefits."
"There are two main ways to earn Contribution Points."
"The first is by hunting monsters and collecting valuable materials from their bodies. Sell those materials to Limit Dojo, and you'll earn both money and Contribution Points."
"The second is to donate money to Limit Dojo. The more you donate, the more Contribution Points you'll earn. The current rate is one Contribution Point for every 10,000 Huaxia Currency donated. The donation system accepts donations starting at 10 million Huaxia Currency, and Warriors can donate up to 100 billion. In other words, the maximum number of Contribution Points you can earn through donations is 10 million."
Lin Yun drew a sharp breath.
There was a limit on donations? You could only donate up to one hundred billion? Would Limit Dojo refuse to take any more? One hundred billion Huaxia Currency! As far as he knew, the wealth of Huaxia Nation's richest person on the current Forbes list was only a little over 100 billion. The world's richest person on the Forbes list had assets of only 120 billion US dollars, equivalent to 420 billion Huaxia Currency.
Of course, the Forbes list only counted assets that were publicly known. Some super-rich families had more wealth than certain billionaires, but that was the accumulated wealth of a family over several generations.
"Mr. Lin Yun, let me remind you that hunting monsters is the best way to earn Contribution Points, since you can earn money as well as Contribution Points." The young woman in the video smiled. "Now that you have your startup funds, don't rush to buy anything. You can visit the Warrior Forum's reference section and read up on some basic information about Warriors. It'll be very helpful when choosing manuals and weapons."
"Finally, I hope you'll reach the pinnacle of the Warrior path as part of our big family at Limit Dojo."
With that, the young woman in the video bowed, and the video ended.
Lin Yun was amazed...
Limit Dojo's internal network, Limit Home, really was useful. It had just about everything. Through the Warrior Forum, Lin Yun had also learned much more about the various secrets of the Warrior world. Now, the question before him was how to spend the two hundred million.
The three most important manuals for a Warrior were movement techniques, offensive techniques, and Guidance Techniques. Guidance Techniques determined how much a Warrior's strength improved, while movement and offensive techniques determined his combat ability. Choosing these three manuals was especially important.
Lin Yun had never encountered any of them before. In the Coiling Dragon World, the Warrior path didn't seem to include movement techniques or offensive techniques. Warriors and magi ultimately sought to comprehend laws. In the Swallowed Star World, however, people had created all kinds of secret techniques. Of course, these techniques were ultimately meant to help them comprehend laws more effectively. For example, the cultivation technique World Destroyer, used by the world's strongest man, Hong, was an application of the Law of Light; Thunder God's Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, meanwhile, was based on the Law of Thunder. So, choosing a good manual might help him reach the threshold of comprehending laws sooner.
The only thing he didn't know was whether these manuals would have the same effect in the Coiling Dragon World.
"Better check out the online store first."
Lin Yun tapped the wireless keyboard's touch screen and entered the online store.
Various detailed product categories appeared on the enormous screen on the media room wall. Lin Yun selected "Manuals"—"Offensive Techniques." After clicking through three times, the screen displayed photos of the manuals, along with their names and prices.
World Destroyer, category: spear technique. Rating: Ultimate. Price: 1 trillion Huaxia Currency (full price), 500 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Four-Star Contribution Points)
Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, category: blade technique. Rating: Ultimate. Price: 1 trillion Huaxia Currency (full price), 500 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Four-Star Contribution Points)
Phantom Blade Art, category: blade technique. Rating: SS rank. Price: 100 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 50 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Three-Star Contribution Points)
Mist Sword, category: sword technique. Rating: S rank. Price: 30 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 15 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Three-Star Contribution Points)
After reviewing all the offensive technique manuals, Lin Yun realized that the two he was most interested in were the first two: World Destroyer and Nine-Layered Thunder Blade. One could lead straight to the realm of the Law of Light when mastered, while the other pointed directly toward the Law of Thunder. But Lin Yun was curious about how the Law of Light in the Swallowed Star World differed from the Law of Radiance in the Coiling Dragon World.
After weighing it for a while, Lin Yun ultimately chose Nine-Layered Thunder Blade. He was more interested in blade techniques than spear techniques.
Lin Yun opened the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade webpage and, just as expected, found that it was sold in separate parts.
Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, all nine stages—Price: 1 trillion Huaxia Currency (full price), 500 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Four-Star Contribution Points)
Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, first eight stages—Price: 500 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 250 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Four-Star Contribution Points)
Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, first five stages—Price: 20 billion Huaxia Currency (full price), 10 billion Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Three-Star Contribution Points)
Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, first four stages—Price: 400 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 200 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Two-Star Rank Contribution Points)
Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, first three stages—Price: 200 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 100 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Two-Star Rank Contribution Points)
Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, first two stages—Price: 100 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 50 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: Two-Star Rank Contribution Points)
Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, first stage—Price: 50 million Huaxia Currency (full price), 25 million Huaxia Currency (half price, requirement: One-Star Contribution Points)
At the bottom of the webpage, a prominent red warning appeared: "Nine-Layered Thunder Blade is an Ultimate blade technique, extremely difficult to master and even harder to learn. Countless Warriors around the world have chosen this technique, yet haven't even mastered the first stage. Please choose carefully!"
Lin Yun smiled. He had two bodies, and in the Coiling Dragon World, he had an affinity for the Thunder Element. He refused to believe he couldn't even learn one blade technique.
"Please confirm your purchase of the first four stages of Nine-Layered Thunder Blade. The amount due is 200 million Huaxia Currency!" A prompt appeared on the screen. This was Lin Yun's first purchase. Under his contract with Limit Dojo, his first purchase of an offensive technique, movement technique, or blade technique manual was exempt from Contribution Point requirements, allowing him to get the best available price directly.
"Confirm!" Lin Yun clicked.
"Please verify your fingerprint to confirm."
Lin Yun placed his finger on the fingerprint scanner on the wireless keyboard.
"Beep!"
"Fingerprint verification passed."
"Purchase successful!"
"Payment successful!"
"The first four stages of Nine-Layered Thunder Blade will be delivered to your home within twenty-four hours." One prompt after another appeared on the screen.
"That money went fast. Two hundred million, gone in a flash. Still, it was worth it. Nine-Layered Thunder Blade includes a corresponding movement technique, Guidance Technique, and offensive technique. It's basically three manuals in one, so it's great value for money! The only thing I'm worried about now is whether I'll be able to practice it in the Coiling Dragon World."
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