Chapter 145

I guess some of the metals on this treasure chest can enhance Jin Xiaobao's energy.

After obtaining the cultivation manual, Xu Jintang went directly into the cultivation room and sat cross-legged.

She slowly circulated her spiritual energy, and her breathing gradually became steady. With each breath, her spiritual energy began to circulate automatically in her meridians.

This time, the mental energy was circulated entirely according to the cultivation method presented by the jade.

It operates in a completely different way than before.

Strangely enough, this operating method seems to accelerate the cultivation process.

The increase was particularly noticeable for Tilting Scales.

In the past, when she entered deep cultivation, the illusory Ice Soul Dragon behind her and the Tilting Scales appeared on equal footing.

However, after practicing this method, the phantom of the Tilting Scales clearly began to grow larger and completely took over the dominant position.

Xu Jintang spent the entire night practicing the newly acquired martial arts technique.

Until dawn the next day.

"Hoo..." Xu Jintang lifted her hands and slowly finished her exercise.

After finishing her cultivation, she looked inward at her spiritual sea of consciousness and felt a surge of joy.

This mental strength growth rate was at least twice as fast as her previous cultivation methods.

The results were surprisingly significant.

"Your technique is indeed excellent. Keep using it from now on," Jin Xiaobao's clear, childlike voice rang out again.

If even someone as picky as him approves of this technique, it must be quite good.

Xu Jintang responded with a "Mm".

After leaving the cultivation room, Xu Jintang checked the time.

It was getting late, and she needed to hurry to report to the Command Camp.

After a day and a night of travel, Xu Jintang finally arrived at the Command Camp.

Xu Jintang was directly introduced to the person in charge of the military camp by the commander-in-chief.

The military camp commander couldn't be so idle as to personally lead the trainees, so he could only delegate the task to his subordinates, who in turn assigned it to their subordinates. After being passed down through the layers of command, it eventually reached Captain Wang.

Therefore, in Captain Wang's eyes, Xu Jintang was just a nobody who got in through connections.

Wang Yile sized up Xu Jintang, his expression revealing a hint of impatience. "You're a bit late. Go train with the team first and see how everyone else does it."

Xu Jintang, being new to the area, wasn't too arrogant and nodded in agreement.

"Okay. Then I'll train with you from now on?"

Wang Yile nodded perfunctorily, "More or less. You arrived the latest, so you were basically a transfer student. There are a lot of things I can't explain to you separately. If there's anything you don't understand, be clever and ask the others."

"Also, there are many prohibitions in our Command Camp that are absolutely forbidden to be violated, so you'd better not cause trouble."

Xu Jintang smiled obediently, "Okay."

Seeing her good attitude, Wang Yile's expression softened slightly. "Okay, come with me, I'll take you to the dormitory first. Our dorms are four-person rooms, the facilities are definitely not as good as your military academy's, but they can meet your daily needs."

As they spoke, the two arrived at the girls' dormitory building.

Wang Yile stopped walking. "Go inside and complete the formalities with the dormitory manager yourself. I'll be waiting for you at the training base in an hour; there will be a group training activity for trainee soldiers this afternoon."

"Understood!" Xu Jintang gave a standard military salute, watched Wang Yile's figure gradually disappear, and then turned and walked into the girls' dormitory building.

Upon entering the dormitory building lobby, the dormitory manager's lounge is on the left.

Xu Jintang went to the window of the lounge and knocked.

The female administrator who was browsing the Star Network forum looked up, paused when she saw Xu Jintang, and asked, "Who are you?"

"Sister, I'm an intern who just started reporting for duty today. Captain Wang asked me to come and complete the check-in procedures."

The administrator then realized what was happening, "Oh, I see. Then please come with me."

She turned off her communicator, got up, and left the lounge.

Xu Jintang first filled out several information forms, and then signed a confidentiality agreement for the military camp.

After verifying all the information, the dormitory manager gave her a chip-enabled room key.

"There's one person short for room 807. It's occupied by your group of newly joined interns. They arrived early, so you can ask them if you have any questions." After explaining, the dorm supervisor pointed to the elevator, "Eighth floor, 807. Just go there."

Chapter 145

"Bite--"

The elevator arrives at the floor, and the doors open automatically to both sides.

Xu Jintang stepped out of the elevator and glanced at the room numbers across the hall. Looking down, he saw that dormitory 807 was right at the end of the corridor.

She went to the room and knocked on the door.

A response came quickly from inside. "Who is it?"

"I'm an intern who came here today to report for duty."

The door opened, revealing a girl in a dark green military uniform. She had short, ear-length hair, delicate features, and her gaze swept over Xu Jintang with a sharp edge.

"You only arrived today to report for duty?" Mo Yuqi asked, frowning.

Xu Jintang nodded and smiled, "Yes, I'm a little late."

Mo Yuqi continued to scrutinize her, her tone unfriendly, "Didn't the dorm supervisor give you your room key?"

"Since it was my first time here, I was worried it wouldn't be appropriate to just walk in, so I knocked to see if anyone was home."

These words softened Mo Yuqi's expression slightly. "Come in."

She stepped aside, gesturing for Xu Jintang to come in.

"The lower bunk by the window is still empty, you can take that bed. Your other two roommates haven't come back yet, you should see them after training, and I'll introduce you then."

Mo Yuqi added, "Also, just call me Yuqi."

Xu Jintang wrote them down one by one, "Okay."

The bed was quickly made, Xu Jintang sat down, turning to observe Mo Yuqi opposite him.

She lived in the lower bunk opposite, and was currently meditating cross-legged. Her breathing was steady, but her mental energy was circulating at an incredibly fast speed.

A hint of surprise flashed in Xu Jintang's eyes.

Such a fast operating speed?

"Beep--beep--"

"All trainee soldiers in the Command Camp battalion are requested to assemble at the training base within ten minutes. All trainee soldiers in the Command Camp battalion are requested to arrive at..."

The broadcast suddenly started and played on a loop three times before stopping.

Xu Jintang quickly got up and got out of bed.

At the same time, Mo Yuqi, who was opposite her, also stopped cultivating and called out to her, "Let's go together."

Xu Jintang and she exchanged a glance and nodded. The two quickly left the dormitory.

The training base, covering tens of thousands of square meters, quickly assembled into formations.

Because when the report was being made, the trainees had already been assigned to their respective teams, and each formation was already full.

Xu Jintang had nowhere to stand, so he could only stand obediently to the side.

A moment later, Wang Yile walked over with a stern face, glanced at Xu Jintang, and said, "Today, I'd like to introduce a new partner. Come up and introduce yourself."

All eyes of the trainee soldiers around them turned to them.

Xu Jintang instantly became the center of attention.

She straightened her back, stepped forward, and spoke in a loud voice, "Report! My name is Xu Jintang, from Leikedasi, currently a first-year military academy student, with a mental strength level of Fourth Tier."

The room fell silent for a moment after those words were spoken.

Wang Yile looked at Xu Jintang with surprise, "A first-year military academy student from Leikedasi, already at the Fourth Tier level of mental strength?"

Mo Yuqi, who was in the formation, also looked over in surprise, her expression full of astonishment.

Xu Jintang scratched his head modestly, "It's just that I spend a lot of time cultivating usually."

The other trainee soldiers looked at her with more caution.

A military academy student who can reach the Fourth Tier at this age is definitely not an ordinary person, especially since this is a student of Leikedasi, who is ranked first.

Wang Yile withdrew his gaze and waved his hand, "The formation is full now, you can stand anywhere. After today, we will eliminate some trainees, and the formation's positions will be adjusted again."

"Eliminated?" Xu Jintang asked curiously.

Wang Yile put his hands behind his back and nodded. "That's right. Today's group training activity can also be seen as an elimination test for you. We didn't expect so many people to sign up to be trainee soldiers this year; the number of people accepted actually exceeded our expectations. So we arranged this elimination test to reduce the number of trainee soldiers."

I hope everyone will take this seriously.

This news clearly caught many people off guard.

Immediately, a cacophony of voices erupted from the training base. "There's an elimination assessment? What kind of assessment will our Command Camp arrange?"

"I don't know. Are you assigning me to command? I applied to the Command Camp because my goal is to get into the Command Bureau later."

"I don't know how many people will be eliminated, and I'm suddenly feeling anxious."

Xu Jintang stood to the side, appearing much calmer than most people.

Similarly, Mo Yuqi's emotions remained relatively stable, and her facial expression did not change much.

"Quiet." Wang Yile raised his hand to stop the murmurs.

The training base fell silent instantly.

"Let me explain the specific rules of this elimination assessment. Currently, the Command Camp battalion has accepted a total of 1,207 trainee soldiers. After this assessment, we will eliminate at least half of them."

"The elimination assessment will be a simulated battlefield individual survival battle, primarily testing an individual's ability to survive in extreme environments. Furthermore, the use of supernatural abilities will be prohibited in this survival battle, and the extreme environment will change at any time; please be prepared."

Soon someone raised their hand and asked, "So how do you determine if someone is eliminated?"

Wang Yile replied, "Those who die from extreme environmental changes are considered directly eliminated. Those eliminated from the simulated battlefield by others are also directly eliminated."

Xu Jintang pursed her lips, lost in thought.

In other words, this survival battle can also involve mutual "killing".

"The elimination assessment will take place in the simulated battlefield. You will have ten minutes to prepare. After that, we will begin the assessment immediately."