Was the Gap Between Him and a True Genius Really This Great?

"Raise my Mental Power Amplitude."

"Or better yet..."

"Let's include the force multiplier too!"

Chen Yi said to the Cloud Raising Mirror:

"Cloud Raising Mirror."

"Design a device that can help train Mental Power Amplitude and Force Application Technique. Make it more effective in the early stages, and keep the material costs down, so it's cheaper..."

"The main thing is to make sure the core responsible for its training assistance works better."

"The item doesn't need to last very long."

When designing treasures to provide through cloud raising, he could specify certain options. As long as an item could theoretically exist and he had enough points, he could provide it.

Chen Yi had also discovered something else.

When an item's point price increased, its actual value rose by more than the same multiple.

In other words, if the point price doubled, the actual effect might more than double-even by a great deal.

For example, the Golden Vine Marrow Spirit Liquid cost one point and could only increase strength by five kilograms without side effects. But the Abyss-Stilling Sea-Subduing Diagram Guidance Technique also improved physical fitness without side effects.

Its long-term effect was clearly thousands or tens of thousands of times greater than the Golden Vine Marrow Spirit Liquid's, yet it cost only 100 points.

Thus, an item that cost twice as many points was not necessarily only twice as effective.

[Searching and designing according to the requirements for the item to be provided...]

[Item to be provided: ...]

"This effect doesn't seem very good. Focus on early improvements in Force Application Technique and Mental Power Amplitude. There's no need for it to help with anything too advanced. Focus on the early stages and building a solid foundation."

[Searching and designing according to the requirements for the item to be provided...]

In the end, Chen Yi found a good item among the choices the Cloud Raising Mirror offered.

[Item to be provided: "Traveler World - Special Training Game" - Virtual Bracelet!]

[Description: Wearing the bracelet allows one's consciousness to enter an independent virtual space. Inside is a single-player progression game in which the user plays as a "traveler," exploring a new world and experiencing the game's progression.]

[The game includes special training for mental power and martial artist force application, disguised as "game tutorials." Only when the user's force multiplier and Mental Power Amplitude reach certain levels can they complete the corresponding main quests and gain access to the game's daily progression activities, providing positive feedback to boost their motivation to train.]

[The guidance within is more effective for users with weaker force application fundamentals and lower Mental Power Amplitude...]

[Because the bracelet's materials and internal structure are crude, its lifespan is only 365 days.]

[Price: 1,003 points.]

Chen Yi checked his remaining points. After receiving that special reward and spending points on items for Luo Feng during this period,

he still had 1,015 points.

That was more than enough to obtain the item.

There was no need to worry about its 365-day lifespan either. A year from now, an item worth a thousand points would surely no longer be needed, and providing another one would be easy.

"Luo Feng, you've diligently completed tasks and objectives and saved up Contribution Points for so long. Naturally, I've prepared a reward for you."

"This is for you."

Chen Yi used the Cloud Raising Mirror to exchange points for the item.

In Luo Feng's room at Jiangnan Pavilion,

a simple bracelet appeared out of thin air and landed on his bed.

At the same time, information about the item surfaced in Luo Feng's mind. He read it carefully and was quite pleased with what the item did.

He was just about to start using it

when a task panel appeared in his mind.

This was, of course, Chen Yi's handiwork.

Chen Yi intended to keep taking advantage of the treasures he provided.

Luo Feng couldn't possibly use the bracelet twenty-four hours a day. When he wasn't using it, Chen Yi could simply take turns with him.

[Task: Share the "Virtual Bracelet" with a friend!]

[Description: During this period, you have established a very good relationship with "Chen Yi." According to my observations, Chen Yi is a very reliable friend. As good friends, you often eat, spar and train together... You can certainly share some cultivation resources. I believe that when Chen Yi has a treasure, he will share it with you as well.]

[Chen Yi is a friend worth growing closer to and trusting completely.]

[Task requirements: Share information about the "Virtual Bracelet" with Chen Yi. When you are doing other training, resting, relaxing on a video call with Xu Xin... and so on, lend the Virtual Bracelet to Chen Yi for temporary use, sharing it with each other.]

[Reward: Contribution Points × 200]

"A new task?"

"Two hundred Contribution Points?!"

Luo Feng's eyes lit up. He read the task requirements carefully.

"Share the 'Virtual Bracelet' with Chen Yi?"

Sharing the Virtual Bracelet with Chen Yi...

He had no objection to it.

During this period, he and Chen Yi had become very close. Besides, Senior Yun had also said in the task that Chen Yi was a trustworthy friend. With Senior Yun's abilities, he could surely judge a person's character.

Then... naturally, Luo Feng could trust Chen Yi!

But judging from this task...

Senior Yun also hoped he would get along better with his friends.

"I'll first see just how effective this Virtual Bracelet is. Tomorrow morning... I'll go see Chen Yi and tell him about it."

"'Traveler Game.'"

Luo Feng looked through the introduction to the bracelet in his mind, planning to enter it for special training.

He entered.

Seeing the simulated virtual world,

Luo Feng found it quite amazing.

Immediately afterward,

the initial game tutorial and some explanations of martial artist force multipliers startled him. Luo Feng murmured:

"Martial artists can use force application to amplify not just their attacks, but their defense too?"

"That's different from what the 'Nine-Layered Thunder Blade' says!"

The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade was a saber technique created by Thunder God. When it came to force multipliers, Thunder God was the strongest on Earth, but... it contained no method for amplifying defense.

On Earth, there was no mention of using force multipliers to amplify defense, either.

"What Senior Yun gave me must be quite valuable! At least, it's very useful to me!"

Although it was already late, Luo Feng couldn't contain his excitement and plunged into the special training. He planned to train for a while before sleeping. After all, his physical fitness had already reached War God Level.

His body was no longer as fragile as an ordinary person's.

A few days later,

on August 29, 2056,

the Elite Training Camp students who had gone to the Amazon Rainforest for a life-or-death adventure gathered and boarded a passenger plane.

They were about to return to the Elite Training Camp...

The plane flew on.

It reached Hongning Base City and landed at the Dojo of Limits headquarters.

The students quickly filed out of the plane in an orderly group.

"Our two junior brothers at Jiangnan Pavilion have received special cultivation from the head, 'Hong.' I wonder how strong they are now." Shi Jiang, who was also from Jiangnan Base City, naturally lived at Jiangnan Pavilion as well. He spoke to his junior sister Zhao Ruo beside him.

Zhao Ruo thought for a moment, then turned to her senior brother Shi Jiang and said:

"Head Hong directly provided them with quite a few resources, including Dragon Blood and various secret manuals... They also have completely unlimited cultivation time in the ancient civilization's gravity training room."

"Just the Dragon Blood alone must have made their Genetic Origin Energy progress extremely fast."

"They were Junior War General and Advanced War General before, respectively. With Dragon Blood, their improvement must be even more rapid."

"Yes." Shi Jiang agreed, then said, "Those two junior brothers of ours are two thick thighs to cling to!"

"Are you talking about the two new junior brothers at your Jiangnan Pavilion?" A Huaxia student, Li Zheng, had overheard them nearby.

He was a class 52 student, about to graduate, and was also someone who regularly ranked among the top three in the Elite Training Camp.

Luo Feng had entered the Elite Training Camp a year earlier than in the original plot.

Thus, the ones leading the Elite Training Camp now were not Shi Jiang's class 53, but Li Zheng's class 52.

"That's right, Senior Brother. We're talking about our two new junior brothers." Shi Jiang nodded. He had teamed up with Li Zheng on this life-or-death adventure. Given Li Zheng's strength, his willingness to bring Shi Jiang along was already quite generous. Shi Jiang had kept watch at night and scouted for Li Zheng... and so on. With this senior brother leading him, he had gained quite a lot.

Li Zheng was also quite interested in Luo Feng and Chen Yi. He analyzed the matter aloud:

"Mm, I heard what you said."

"But... when it comes to combat power, Force Application Technique is also very important. Their Genetic Origin Energy cultivation may be progressing quickly, but if their force multiplier isn't good enough, their combat power will be greatly reduced. The same goes for a Spirit Reader's Mental Power Amplitude."

"They're both still too young, and they're new students. At eighteen, a Force Amplitude of a little over two would be pretty good. If they're a little worse, it could be less than two. After all, they're still young..."

"Senior Brother Li Zheng is right." Shi Jiang nodded. He thought so too. Force multipliers were hard to raise.

A typical Beyond War God-level expert's force multiplier was only at Planetary Level First Stage, actually just three or four times.

Just then,

each of them received a message.

"Attention. Elite Training Camp class 56 student 'Luo Feng' has reached a Combat Power Amplitude of 16.8. Since his strength has already pulled far ahead of everyone else's, and he is already receiving special cultivation, there is no longer any point in including him in the Elite Training Camp rankings."

"Therefore, his rank will no longer be recorded."

"Combat Power Amplitude of 16.8?"

The Elite Training Camp calculated Combat Power Amplitude by multiplying one's Trial Tower level by one's force multiplier. Everyone's physical fitness inside the Trial Tower was exactly the same; it tested only movement, combat skills...

Therefore, it did not take physical fitness into account.

What did a Combat Power Amplitude of 16.8 mean?

Most of the time, not a single student in the entire Elite Training Camp had a Combat Power Amplitude above 16.

"He's been in the Elite Training Camp for less than a month, and Luo Feng has already reached this level?!" Li Zheng felt a huge disparity. He held a steady place among the top three in the Training Camp, but his Combat Power Amplitude was only a little over 15, and it had taken him nearly five years!

He was also a genius on Earth.

But... was the gap between him and a true genius like this really so great?