After all, her exploration team was different from the Operations Department team. Each of their explorations required expensive Locator Stone, and they also needed the person who first discovered that space to accompany them.
Once Wen Jing has been there, he has permanently gained access to that space.
Chapter 65
The underground training ground of the villa is made of high-strength alloy.
"Training has begun. Current mode: Circular moving target... Intensity: A1 level."
As the mechanical voice announced, a red, fist-sized marker appeared on the wall surrounding Wen Jing, moving erratically.
She stood in the center with her eyes closed, focusing intently on the gathering and circulation of energy.
"Call out!"
Suddenly, Wen Jing opened her eyes, and a beam of light shot out from her eyes, disappearing in a flash, hitting the moving target.
"Drop!"
"Target hit, energy level: 31."
Wen Jing rubbed his eyes and saw the burn mark on the wall caused by the Energy Pulse ripple like water before becoming as smooth and clean as the rest of the wall.
The special alloy used here has a unique molecular structure that can distribute damage from a localized area to the whole body; it is a commonly used material in the Awakened training room.
As a reward for First in the Grade, this luxurious villa is almost as well-equipped as the training rooms in the academy.
Furthermore, there is a monthly damage assessment, and as long as the damage does not exceed 50%, no compensation is required.
Switch to fixed target mode.
At Wen Jing's command, a fixed red dot appeared on the opposite side.
She stretched out her palm, energy gathered in it, and finally transformed into a dazzling shockwave.
"Drop!"
"Target hit, energy intensity: 97."
On the third day after purchasing the remote combat skill, Wen Jing had naturally mastered it and reached the proficiency level.
[Master 'Combat Skill: Energy Pulse ', Skill Points +8]
As soon as she had a thought, a faceless fluid robot appeared in the holographic projection in front of her, demonstrating the combat technique to her from all angles.
The robot's body is semi-transparent, with various parts inside glowing. This glow is a demonstration of the energy circulation within the body. The light emanates from various parts of the body, flows into its palm according to a fixed frequency and trajectory, and finally releases a powerful beam of light.
After completing a standard demonstration, the light from the 'cultivation guide' within the robot disappeared, but its movements continued.
The robot suddenly became more agile. Previously, it could only release Energy Pulse with its hands, but now it demonstrated releasing them from its eyes, legs, and mouth.
That's right. In theory, Energy Pulse can be emitted from more than just the hands.
If this combat technique has a fixed animation and wind-up animation like in tokusatsu shows, then its effectiveness in combat will be severely limited.
Just as the subsequent demonstrations were naturally arousing the learners' interest and longing, a pop-up window appeared, blocking the robot's view.
[Click to enjoy a 9.8% discount and purchase ' Intermediate Energy Pulse ' for 343 Integral, unlocking detailed training instructions!]
Wen Jing skillfully turned off the advertisement, then replayed the previous projection, carefully pondering and reflecting on it.
"I can barely release pulses using my eyes and legs now, but the intensity is far less than with my palms, and it causes some damage to my eyes, indicating that the energy flow method needs adjustment..."
"At the same time, only the pulses from both palms can 'charge'; the longer the charging time, the higher the intensity of the final released pulse..."
"Hmm... I can't release it from my mouth yet, but perhaps I can break through that with my Wilderness Body."
[Mastery of 'Combat Skill: Energy Pulse ' - Proficiency: 23%]
A moment later, Wen Jing opened his eyes, ending his cultivation.
Remote learning also has its advantages. Although it doesn't allow teachers to provide precise guidance based on each student's energy response like in-person classes, it eliminates the time constraints. As long as you keep up with the pace, you can study for as long as you want.
Anyway, the holographic cultivation guide is there; the rest depends entirely on individual comprehension.
Therefore, for Wen Jing, this method allowed her to learn combat skills even faster than she could take elective courses normally.
Wen Jing stepped out of the training field, and as she climbed the stairs, the surrounding equipment provided her with an air shower.
Click.
The basement door opened, and the robot butler's projection appeared outside. "Master, lunch is ready, and we have also booked your exploration of the Ancient Wilderness for half an hour later."
"Um."
Wen Jing tossed her now completely dry ponytail and responded.
Moving into a large villa has indeed made things much more convenient, especially with the support of interstellar technology, allowing her to focus on cultivation and exploration without having to worry about anything else.
Food is provided free of charge in the villa area, and the butler will customize the menu according to Wen Jing's preferences. Although the ingredients are not naturally grown, they are printed with high precision, and there is plenty of nutrient solution.
However, Wen Jing is no longer very interested in the food in the material universe, probably because every time he goes to the Ancient Wilderness, he is either eating or on his way to eat, and the food there is all 'all-natural' and 'high-energy'.
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On a branch of a giant tree, a blue praying mantis is surveying its territory.
Its pair of forelegs are like scythes, gleaming with a metallic sheen as it moves, and upon closer inspection, a layer of venom can be seen on them.
On a white branch beside it, a cherry-like, bluish-purple fruit was nearly ripe, exerting its own attraction on other creatures around it.
Suddenly, without warning, a pulse of light flashed by.
The mantis's body was pierced straight through the middle, leaving a scorched hole with charred edges.
Somewhere in mid-air, a ripple appeared in the air, and a translucent shadow glided down lightly.
"If it were Wilderness Body, it would automatically release Energy Pulse from its mouthparts without any instruction, because this is a key organ that insects have evolved for?"
Wen Jing thought to himself, and then quickly swallowed the mantis and the blue-purple fruit.
The fruit grows slowly; it has been three months since she first entered the Ancient Wilderness, and only now has the second one finally sprouted.
The miraculous fruit that once granted her Basic Abnormality Immunity now only increases each attribute by 0.5 after consumption.
However, without that initial pot of gold, she wouldn't have achieved her subsequent rapid development in the Fluorescent Flower Field.
After practicing his combat skills with the Wilderness Body technique, Wen Jing moved on to the ant nest on the main trunk and nimbly slipped into the tree hole.
Having successfully resisted the queen ant's control last time, she had overcome her fear and this time prioritized checking the ant nest.
--I wonder if the mycelium I put in last time had any effect?
Of course, despite his thoughts, Wen Jing went straight to the Emerald Crystal Mine, his "canteen," as soon as he entered the ant nest.
"The number of worker ants here seems to have decreased."
Although she had only entered the anthill three times in total, as a super ant who had worked there for half a day, she had a deep impression of each area inside the anthill.
Compared to the previous two times, the number of worker ants digging in the Emerald Crystal Mine this time has decreased significantly.
"Because the red mushrooms poisoned many worker ants?"
Wen Jing guessed what was going on in his mind, quickly harvested the resources from the mine, and then rushed to the core area where the queen ant was located.
"Huh? What's going on?"
As she approached the core area, she subconsciously slowed down. When she crossed the 'warning line,' she expected to hear the Queen Ant's offering broadcast.
But this time... there was nothing.
No, there is still one, but it has become very faint, so faint that it is completely unlike the queen ant that Wen Jing remembered.
If the Queen Ant's mental broadcast strength was 1000 before, it's now 1.
Is this still the queen ant? How come she's already having diarrhea after only three days?
This level of control had no effect on Wen Jing at all. She continued to move forward and soon took in the entire scene of the core area.
Upon seeing the scene inside, Wen Jing was taken aback.
In the core area of this ant nest, the glossy sheen on the surface of the red fleshy mass has noticeably dimmed. Not only has it stopped laying eggs, but its body size has also shrunk significantly.
There were several worker ant corpses nearby, and the other surviving worker ants were carrying various supplies back and forth, but no longer feeding the queen.
They busily carried various supplies to the nearby nursery, seemingly oblivious to the enormous queen ant's body.
Wen Jing wasn't sure if it was because of the mycelium he had introduced, but from the current situation, he could clearly deduce what had happened.
The queen ant's ability to control her mind was significantly weakened.
So the ant colony began to raise a new queen, and the former queen was simply abandoned.
Without worker ants to feed it, the queen ant, whose other survival skills have degenerated, will slowly starve to death.
With a complex mix of emotions, Wen Jing walked up to the Queen Ant. This enemy, who had brought her the most pressure in the Giant Tree region and whom she had painstakingly prepared to defeat as a BOSS, was now powerless to resist.
Its body twitched slightly, releasing a faint pheromone scent into her.
Wen Jing suddenly felt a surge of reluctance welling up in her heart.
"Is this reluctance my own, or the final effect of your mind control?"
The next moment, the insect bit the queen ant.
Mixed with a deep, subtle sense of pity, Wen Jing quickly devoured the queen ant, unable to tell whether the taste was delicious or not.
The worker ants around them moved about, completely oblivious to what was happening, as if they had completely forgotten the queen's existence.
Life: 70
Strength: 65
Speed: 38
Spirit: 61
[Acquired Trait: Basic Hive Mind ]
Just as Wen Jing had guessed, by Digestion the queen ant, who was also an insect, she completely acquired the queen ant's most powerful abilities.