Basic Shooting: Hell's Curse

He washed up, registered, got a haircut, changed clothes, and then ate.

It was during registration, when Rick's name was entered into the files, that Yang Yunzhi heard another ding.

"Congratulations, you have become a Private Third Class. You have received the basic rewards: 20 Doriki and the skill [Basic Shooting]."

"You have received one lottery draw. Would you like to draw?"

Yang Yunzhi felt his entire body suddenly tremble, followed by a surge of warmth spreading through him.

He touched his arm and felt that his muscles seemed much firmer.

At the same time, a wealth of shooting knowledge appeared in his mind, including aiming techniques, firing techniques, trajectories, lead calculations, wind speed calculations, and more.

"So this is the system reward?" Yang Yunzhi was instantly delighted.

After all, an ordinary Marine with a gun only had a combat power of 10, while his 20 Doriki did not include a weapon.

His original Doriki had probably been around 4, far below that of an ordinary person. Now, it had suddenly risen to 20.

In other words, just like that, his combat power had increased fivefold!

There was also the skill [Basic Shooting]. It gave him not only shooting knowledge, but also the corresponding muscle memory.

He was now confident that, with a gun in hand, he could hit every shot within fifty meters.

Anything farther than that would not do. That was the limit of the basics.

However, shooting did not only include firearms.

Throwing, archery, and other subjects related to shooting were all covered by [Basic Shooting].

"Since there are basic skills, there should be intermediate and advanced ones too. Maybe I can become a super sniper someday!" As someone who had transmigrated, Yang Yunzhi was naturally quite interested in firearms.

After experiencing the system rewards, Yang Yunzhi checked his three newbie rewards again.

His mind space had expanded from one cubic meter to two cubic meters.

He did not know whether it doubled with every level or increased by one cubic meter per level.

The map range had also expanded from a radius of one hundred meters to two hundred meters.

As for the portable AI, there was no visible change in its appearance.

"Little Bean, what changed about you?" Since he could not tell, Yang Yunzhi simply asked.

"I-I don't know!" Little Bean answered.

"I know!" Although Little Bean did not know, Yang Yunzhi could sense it. The mechanical quality in Little Bean's voice had diminished somewhat, replaced by a touch more humanity.

Clearly, that was a sign of increased computing power.

With that, Yang Yunzhi understood Little Bean's upgrade path.

It would probably go from AI to super AI, then to artificial intelligence?

"Oh, right. There's also that lottery draw. I thought I would have to wait until I was promoted to Private Second Class, but going from civilian to Private Third Class counts as a promotion too?"

Yang Yunzhi said, "Draw!"

Then he felt his whole body shake, and Little Bean's voice rang out. "Congratulations, Master. You have drawn the passive skill: Hell's Curse.

Hell's Curse: Every living being you kill has a chance to drop a soul. Ordinary living beings have a 50% drop rate, while elite-level beings and above are guaranteed to drop one.

Each soul provides you with 0.75 armor and 0.75 ability power.

"Holy shit, Thresh's passive!"

You could actually draw something like this!

If I draw Veigar's passive, Nasus's Q, Sion's W... wouldn't that be absurdly overpowered?

"Master, I have compiled your personal information. Would you like to view it?" Little Bean asked.

"Then let's take a look!"

A panel immediately appeared before his eyes.

[Yang Yunzhi]

[Age]: 18

[Doriki]: 20

[Skills]: Hell's Curse (Passive), (Basic Shooting)

[Newbie Rewards]: Space (2 cubic meters), Mind Map (radius 200 meters), Portable AI (Little Bean).

Mm, the panel was simple, and there were very few skills.

However, Yang Yunzhi had read plenty of novels in his previous life. He knew that panels had little on them early on and far more later.

By the later stages, they sometimes took thousands of words to describe, so he was in no hurry. He could take it slow.

After changing clothes, Yang Yunzhi followed Ryan to the training ground.

When Hina saw him, her eyes first lit up. He had looked skinny before, but after putting on a Marine uniform, he really did look a little like a Marine.

Then she could not wait to give him his assignment. "Sit here and help me register each person's name, age, and number of laps run. I'm taking the recruits for training. Oh, right, what's your name?"

"Rick!"

"Rick, is it? Every day when you report for work, you need to come to me to collect your assignment. Before you get off work, you must come report your work to me as well! We'll set the times at nine in the morning and five in the afternoon. I'll also arrange an office for you beside mine. If it isn't an assignment that requires you to go out, stay in your office. I expect you to be available whenever I call! Understood?"

Yang Yunzhi immediately nodded. "Understood!"

Wasn't this just being a secretary?

Still, secretary it was. Secretaries advanced quickly, and it was safe!

He just did not know whether Hina would sleep with her secretary.

If she really wanted to, should I resist, or not resist?

"All right, do this for a while first. I'll come back later and see how you're doing!" Hina stepped aside, then directed the seven or eight Marines who had been clustered around her. "Follow me. I'll take you to train!"

Yang Yunzhi sat down in the chair. Perhaps because Hina had just left, it still retained a trace of warmth.

But Yang Yunzhi did not dare let his thoughts wander. He began working diligently.

Then he discovered that the job was incredibly simple and did not require diligence at all, because very few people came to enlist. There might not even be one person in an hour.

All he had to do was monitor how many laps the applicants ran. One lap took anywhere from over three minutes to five minutes, and using tally marks, there was no way he could count wrong.

He did not even need to think. He only had to keep his eyes open, because his AI would handle everything.

"Looks like you're doing quite well?" Two hours later, Hina returned, fragrant with sweat. When she saw that Yang Yunzhi had successfully recorded two names, she praised him.

Yang Yunzhi blushed slightly from the praise, mainly because the job was too easy.

It was like calculating one plus one equals two, only for someone standing beside you to praise you for getting it right.

"It's all right, it wasn't difficult!" Yang Yunzhi said modestly.

Hina nodded. The job truly was not difficult, but other than the two of them, no one else could do it, because the other soldiers were genuinely illiterate!

"Are we recruiting soldiers now?" Seeing that Hina did not seem to be leaving anytime soon, Yang Yunzhi asked curiously.

Normally, one could not casually ask questions in a military camp, but Yang Yunzhi could tell that this camp did not seem very formal. Hina probably would not mind too much.

"Of course!" Hina nodded. "I only took office two months ago, and then I discovered that the soldiers here had completely rotted away. Slacking off, refusing to catch pirates, and refusing to train were minor issues. Some were actually selling military weapons, and others even had connections with pirates outside!"

"I spent two months cleaning things up and barely managed to drive out the problematic Marines. But there aren't many capable people left, so we can only recruit new ones. Still, as you can see, recruiting isn't easy. It's been three days since we started, and we've only recruited eleven people!"

"How are you recruiting?" Yang Yunzhi asked.

"By posting notices at the entrance!" Hina replied.

Yang Yunzhi immediately held his forehead. "That's it? Nothing else?"

"What else can we do?" Hina asked in return.

"No, weren't you a graduate of the Marine Elite School? Don't you know how to recruit soldiers?"

"They don't teach that at the elite school!" Hina spread her hands. The Marine Elite School taught the Six Powers, swordsmanship, Devil Fruit development, and navigation. Why would it teach such things?

Then she looked at Yang Yunzhi again. "Ah, I forgot about you. You've studied before, so hurry and tell me. Is there any way to recruit a large number of soldiers quickly?"

Yang Yunzhi immediately sighed. The Marines in this world were truly pitifully naive!

No wonder they could be toyed with by the Five Elders and even have their funding restricted!

You're the military, brother. How could you possibly lack money?

"Recruiting soldiers is simple!" Yang Yunzhi said. "Doesn't West Blue have a weekly newspaper? We can put an advertisement in it!"

"Huh?" Hina was stunned at first. "There's a way like that?"

But she quickly shook her head. "No, Base 36 doesn't have much funding. How could we afford to advertise in a newspaper?"

"But we're the Marines, and it would be a public service advertisement, not something meant to make a profit. How could they have the nerve to charge us?" Yang Yunzhi spread his hands. "If they insist on charging money, we'll accuse West Blue Weekly of leaking Marine military secrets, then shut down their newspaper office!"

Hina rolled her eyes. "Your methods are far too rough, and they haven't done anything like that!"

"But civilians reported it, so we have to investigate, right? We can investigate for three or five months. If they really didn't leak anything, then at worst, we apologize!" Yang Yunzhi explained.

Hina was instantly stunned. "We can do that?"

"Of course, and it's legal and compliant!" Yang Yunzhi said with a smile.

As the old saying went, commoners did not fight officials.

Because if officials wanted to make trouble for commoners, they could always find a way.

"Of course, shutting down the newspaper isn't our goal. We only want them to publish an advertisement for free. As long as we appeal to their emotions and reason with them, I'm sure they'll understand!"

Hina nodded. She was not stupid. She had simply never encountered many things before, but once Yang Yunzhi explained it, she understood immediately.

She was not a rigid person either. This might carry the implication of a threat, but if it could quickly recruit soldiers, save a great deal of time, and break no rules, why not do it?

"Let's go!" Hina slapped Yang Yunzhi on the shoulder.

"Where to?"

"To contact the newspaper office!" Hina said hurriedly. "There's no time to waste. We need to act quickly!"

"What about the people on the training ground?"

"Haven't they already run five laps? They've passed, so there's no need to watch them!"

She understood the reach of newspapers. Base 36 only had an authorized strength of 350 people. Once the newspaper published the ad, they could easily fill their ranks.

So why waste time here?