The Three Major Star Power Cultivation Models

Wu Kui listened to Wei Hailong's explanation, but he still refused to accept it.

He was only good at strength training, and his strength had always far exceeded that of ordinary people.

"Why can't someone with one strong attribute be the core? Isn't it enough if my strength crushes the enemy team's core?" Wu Kui remained very confident. He felt there would be no problem as long as his strength utterly crushed the opposing core.

Wei Hailong wagged a finger. "You're getting ahead of yourself. A true super soldier with two strong attributes won't be weaker in either individual attribute than an Awakener with only one strong attribute. That's because attribute training is subject to diminishing marginal returns."

"What are diminishing marginal returns?" a student asked, not understanding.

"Have any of you even passed your academic classes?" Hearing someone ask such a simple question, Wei Hailong really couldn't be bothered to answer.

Han Youwei looked around at her classmates. Seeing that no one was answering, she raised her hand to respond.

Just then.

Fang Yuan wanted to see whether he could earn Rage Points from Han Youwei, so he jumped in first. "Diminishing marginal returns means that, with all other conditions held constant, if one input is continuously increased in equal increments, once output reaches a certain level, the additional output produced will decrease. In other words, the marginal product of the variable input diminishes."

That was the textbook's standard answer.

Students who insisted on taking the martial arts entrance exam weren't necessarily good at martial arts classes. Often, it was because their academic grades were even worse.

As a result, many of his classmates couldn't understand such a textbook answer.

"Can you speak human?" one student couldn't help complaining.

"Simply put, the higher an attribute is, the more slowly it improves through training. Earlier, you said the strength limit for a Lv.1 Awakener was 20 points. That isn't accurate. The accurate statement is: once strength approaches 20 points, diminishing marginal returns mean that the amount of training needed to improve it keeps increasing, until it approaches infinity."

After explaining, Fang Yuan looked around at his classmates. "Seriously, how did you people make it to your senior year without even understanding diminishing marginal returns?"

Those words provoked everyone's anger again.

More than a hundred students from both classes simultaneously shot Fang Yuan "angry stares," all wanting to burn a hole through him with their eyes.

Watching the string of +1 Rage Points on his attribute panel, Fang Yuan was positively delighted.

This was how it should be.

To get stronger, he couldn't just keep farming Rage Points from one person. He had to farm everyone.

Beef Meatball reached out and patted Fang Yuan's shoulder. "Fang Yuan, if you keep using an AoE taunt like this, you're going to get less and less popular in class."

Fang Yuan pointed at the hand resting on his shoulder. "Get your pig's trotter off me."

Beef Meatball's expression stiffened. "Your favorability with me just dropped to zero!" he said indignantly.

Rage Points +3.

Fang Yuan muttered inwardly, One serving of chicken wings can raise his favorability by 100. What's there to worry about if it drops to zero?

Seeing that someone had clearly explained diminishing marginal returns, Wei Hailong continued the lesson. "Correct. Because of diminishing marginal returns, once one attribute approaches its limit, training a second attribute provides a greater increase in combat power. Therefore, a super soldier with two strong attributes has two attributes approaching their limits. Neither individual attribute can be crushed."

At that moment.

Li Weilian asked with great confidence, "What if three attributes, or even four, break through their limits?"

Wei Hailong turned to glance at Li Weilian and answered, "If all four attributes, along with Superpower Trait and tactical ability, are maxed out in all six areas, that would be the legendary hexagonal warrior. But that's only a legend. No such thing exists on Earth, so stop letting your imaginations run wild."

Wu Kui understood and hurriedly asked, "Then what should I do? Besides strength, which attribute should I train?"

"Your strength hasn't even reached its limit. Why are you thinking so far ahead?" Wei Hailong answered bluntly.

"But if I only have one strong attribute, I can't become a super soldier." Wu Kui still held on to his dream of becoming a super soldier.

"There are hundreds of millions of Awakeners worldwide. Plenty of them can't become super soldiers. One more won't make a difference." Wei Hailong didn't soften his answer at all.

Wu Kui's face immediately fell. "Instructor, that's way too discouraging. Is that any way for a teacher to act?"

"A blow from me will only cost you face. A blow out there will cost you your life," Wei Hailong said, his voice cold and hard.

"I'm no gardener nurturing the flowers of our nation. I'm just someone who crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the battlefield. All I can teach you is how to survive under the claws of Star Beasts!"

Wei Hailong held up a document and continued, "According to the latest information from the Divine Sword Bureau, the number of Star Beasts in Huaxia's inland regions and coastal waters has been increasing exponentially over the past two years. If that rate continues, Star Beasts may well begin attacking cities within the next two or three years."

"Do you think I'm really here because your school invited me? No. The nation sent me! Because our survival is facing an enormous challenge, and the next two or three years will be the most critical period. The nation needs powerful super soldiers."

The new instructor elevated his speech to the level of national honor, immediately firing up the students in both classes.

"Next is today's lesson. Who knows the three most commonly used Star Power cultivation models?" Wei Hailong asked.

This was a more advanced question, beyond the material in high school textbooks.

Only someone who had done extensive extracurricular reading might know the answer.

Han Youwei happened to have read about this in the library. She raised her hand again, wanting to answer.

Fang Yuan showed no courtesy whatsoever and jumped straight in. "The EVA Star Power Model, the Davis Model, and the Yang Yuping Star Power Model."

After answering, he even turned to glance at Han Youwei.

He muttered inwardly, Get angry... get angry... give me some Rage Points.

Despite having awakened this miraculous Superpower Trait so long ago, he had never received any Rage Points from Han Youwei.

Wei Hailong looked at Fang Yuan. "Not bad. A bookworm has snuck into martial arts class."

Branded a bookworm out of nowhere, Fang Yuan's face immediately darkened.

This time, not only was Han Youwei not angry, she covered her mouth and laughed instead.

High school textbooks never mentioned things like cultivation models at all.

As a result, most of the hundred-plus students in the two classes were utterly confused.

"What model? What does that mean?"

"Does he mean something like a model car?"

Wei Hailong pointed at Fang Yuan. "Come on, bookworm. Keep explaining. What is a model?"

Fang Yuan rolled his eyes. "I'm not a bookworm. I don't know. Ask that girl bookworm over there. She spends all day in the library."

As he spoke, he pointed at Han Youwei at the other end of the formation.

Of course, it wasn't that Fang Yuan didn't know. He simply didn't want to answer. This new instructor had branded him a bookworm for no reason. There was nothing endearing about him.

Han Youwei raised her hand and explained, "A model is a form of thought through which humans reproduce the essential characteristics of an object of study, such as its structure, functions, attributes, relationships, and processes, under certain assumed conditions."

"Can you people speak human?"

"It basically means a research model or a data model. In other words, a set of methods to help Awakeners cultivate."

Han Youwei paused, then continued, "The most widely used Star Power cultivation model in the world today is the EVA Star Power Model. During cultivation, this model guides Star Power to form a specific circulating pathway within the body, with the aim of accelerating cultivation progress."

"What about the other two models?" Seeing that students in the two classes could answer these complicated questions, Wei Hailong simply let the two of them continue explaining.