The memories of all humanity are awakening, except for mine.

Chapter 173 Third Phase of Training! The mission is actually...

After the theory class on the morning of October 1st, Jiang Chuan and Li Yi practiced in an empty classroom in the afternoon.

This is the first sparring session since Li Yi and the others returned from their trip to Yanjing...

To Li Yi's surprise, Jiang Chuan's dagger skills had made considerable progress.

In addition, Jiang Chuan's dagger can spew out spiritual energy, which makes it even more troublesome. She even has to use sword energy to block Jiang Chuan's attacks from certain tricky angles.

During the break, Li Yi asked in surprise, "How did you improve so quickly?"

Jiang Chuan was taken aback when he heard the question, as he himself had no sense of progress.

However, the pressure of sparring with Li Yi was indeed much less. He smiled and said, "Maybe it's the effect of sparring?"

"Moreover, my mental strength has also grown quite well during this period, so they complement each other."

Jiang Chuan paused for a moment and then asked, "What's with this sword energy? It can protect the body and fight enemies; it's quite useful."

Li Yi hummed in agreement: "Actually, it's also a method of using some kind of mental power."

"Only by practicing swordsmanship can one comprehend this; I don't know if you can learn it."

"My idea is to condense spiritual power into sword intent, and then let it emerge from the body as sword energy."

"This is somewhat similar to the idea of ​​poetry."

Jiang Chuan pondered for a moment and then thought of some other things.

The way the Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties dealt with enemies was by leveraging the power of poetry to amplify the effect of spiritual strength.

However, such a method seems difficult for ordinary spiritual practitioners to achieve.

To truly appreciate poetry, one must understand its imagery and be able to personally experience the feeling it evokes.

Jiang Chuan shook his head: "Looks like I'm not cut out for this. I hate 'reciting the whole text' the most."

Li Yi smiled and said, "Not everyone can appreciate poetry."

"The difficulty is no less than that of sword intent. If you want to practice it, the shortcut is like that of the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties."

"Being able to personally experience that artistic conception makes it much easier to grasp the poetic meaning."

Jiang Chuan thought about it and realized that it seemed to be true.

Although Tang Songming did not deliberately cultivate, but simply followed the steps, his growth rate was almost the same as Liang Cheng's.

When breaking through the formation that day, Tang Songming was quite dashing. If he hadn't been pursuing that dashing style, he might have been even faster.

Jiang Chuan didn't think any further and looked at Li Yi, asking, "Again?"

Li Yi nodded: "Again."

After several hours, by the time it was over, both of them were covered in sweat.

Although Jiang Chuan has made great progress, he still needs to go all out without activating Flow if he wants to keep up with Li Yi's swordsmanship.

But at least it's a draw.

Indeed, as Li Yi said, the pace of progress is extremely fast.

It wasn't just Jiangchuan who made progress...

Under the pressure of Jiang Chuan's intense attacks, Li Yi frequently used her sword energy to parry and force back Jiang Chuan's dagger. This use of her sword energy, which she originally found difficult to control, seemed to have become much more proficient in just a few hours.

She silently raised her sword finger, a sharp edge emanating from her fingertip.

Although it was only a fleeting moment, it caught Li Yi's eye.

If you want to use sword energy to fight your enemies, the first step is to condense the sword energy in your fingers.

And this step has finally been taken.

Previously, the sword energy could only swirl around the body. Although it was useful for protection, how could a swordsman focus entirely on defense?

Li Yi asked Jiang Chuan with great surprise, "What time are we tomorrow?"

Jiang Chuan paused for a moment, then said, "It's in the afternoon, isn't it?"

"The third phase of training will begin tomorrow."

Li Yi nodded: "Okay."

……

In the evening, Jiang Chuan went to the classroom where the white mice were kept. The mice were fed by the senior members of the organization's secretariat. Jiang Chuan felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't have time, so he could only accept their kindness for now and repay them when he had the chance in the future.

When Jiang Chuan pushed open the door and entered, he found that Zhong Huahua was conducting the fourth training session in the mouse classroom.

Watching the mouse nimbly leap over obstacles, run, jump, and move nimbly...

Jiang Chuan couldn't help but admire Zhong Huahua's talent in manipulating mental power.

However, Zhong Huahua's mental power had already sensed Jiang Chuan's arrival. The white mouse stopped moving, then looked at Jiang Chuan, nodded at him, and then looked away, seemingly not daring to meet his gaze.

This is the first time the two of them have been alone in a room since Zhong Huahua made that abrupt confession.

Jiang Chuan cleared his throat and said, "You've improved so fast, Hua Hua."

"sharp."

Am I bothering you?

Zhong Huahua smiled slightly and shook her head.

In fact, Zhong Huahua had already mastered controlling the mice five or six days ago. After escaping Princess Anle's "monitoring," her mental strength had increased by leaps and bounds. The reason she was doing this kind of training here today, which had no room for improvement for her... was, of course, to wait for Jiang Chuan. She felt that Jiang Chuan might come today.

Jiang Chuan said, "I thought you'd need to practice for a while longer."

"Since you're so skilled now, shall we move on to the next step together?"

"In order to make mental power able to affect the enemy, the first training objective is to control five white mice simultaneously..."

Zhong Huahua nodded: "Thank you, Jiang Chuan."

Jiang Chuan waved his hand: "Don't mention it."

Zhong Huahua then said, "I have a gift for you."

Jiang Chuan was stunned for a moment, then saw a paper bag rise out of thin air and slowly float in front of him.

Zhong Huahua's face flushed again, and she said, "I bought this for you when I was shopping with Tian Tian the other day..."

"For you."

Jiang Chuan was surprised. Was it while shopping? Or was it the day he went on vacation?
He was caught off guard.

Why did Zhong Huahua bring this thing to training? But Jiang Chuan quickly figured out the reason.

He reached out and took the gift, then said, "There's no need to go to such lengths."

Jiang Chuan knew Zhong Huahua's financial situation, of course. The two T-shirts in the paper bag must have cost at least seven or eight hundred yuan. She herself wouldn't be willing to buy such expensive clothes, would she?

Zhong Huahua shook her head: "It's not very expensive...it's only five hundred yuan after the discount."

"I think you'd look great in it... and with such an expensive dress on sale, it seems like a perfect deal..."

"Um……"

"Do you not like it?"

Jiang Chuan said, "I like it..."

"well……"

"Shall we begin training?"

Zhong Huahua hummed in agreement, seemingly relieved as well.

……

In Jiang Chuan's mind, controlling five white mice together shouldn't be difficult at all.

However, because each mouse has subtle differences, when it came to actually doing it, it was as awkward as writing ten different words with ten fingers. After practicing for only a short while, Jiang Chuan felt nauseous, which was much more painful than stretching noodles with his mental energy before, and even more torturous than practicing in the normal state of flow state II.

Simply perceiving is fine, since it's receiving signals from the outside world. But once it starts outputting signals outwards, it's a completely different story. Controlling one mouse is already difficult enough, but controlling five at the same time is simply hell.

Not to mention Jiang Chuan, even Zhong Huahua couldn't control this balance well.

Like Jiang Chuan, her face quickly turned pale, and she clutched her head with both hands, saying in extreme pain, "Let's go..."

Jiang Chuan actually wanted to leave even more than she did: "Let's go..."

After returning to his dormitory, Jiang Chuan lay on his bed for a while before he could recover.

But after calming down a bit, the thought of having to continue this painful practice tomorrow made me feel a bit choked up.

Looking at the clothes Zhong Huahua had bought for him, he struggled to sit up, feeling that out of politeness he should put them on and give feedback to his sugar daddy.

But as soon as he sat up, he became dizzy and collapsed again.

"Never mind, let's talk about it tomorrow morning."

The old man who taught the "Talisman" course yesterday even assigned homework, saying that we should practice drawing talismans on yellow paper and with cinnabar, and that we should train ourselves to integrate our spiritual power into the strokes of the brush... But where do I have the spiritual power to draw any talismans now?
Jiang Chuan doesn't even want to turn on his computer today.

He took out his phone and had just scrolled through Douyin a couple of times when he saw a message from Teacher Liu Yuyu.

Liu Yuyu: [Jiang Chuan, how are you? What about the photos you promised me?]

Jiang Chuan didn't hesitate this time either, and sent the photos to Liu Yuyu.

During his trip to the Shengjing Hotel, he brought back quite a few photos, including those of Li Yi and Zhong Huahua.

Looking at the photos, Liu Yuyu felt a little overwhelmed.

"These four girls are all so pretty?"

"Kids these days develop so well." Liu Yuyu's expression changed as she looked at the girl wearing a bear T-shirt.

Then the teacher calmed down and carefully looked at Zhong Huahua and Li Yi.

"They all look like nice girls, clean and tidy, which is good."

She quietly helped Jiang Chuan with the selection process.

Liu Yuyu: [Great, everything's fine, I'm relieved.]

Jiang Chuan: [Of course, that's all good.]

Liu Yuyu: [If I'm not mistaken, is this the scenic restaurant at the Shengjing Hotel?]

Liu Yuyu: [You guys went to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival? That's great, young man! How much did it cost per person?]

Jiang Chuan: [We had a coupon from an older sister, so we didn't spend much money.]

Liu Yuyu: [Are there any coupons left?]

Jiang Chuan: [I have a VIP card, do you want it, teacher? I can send it to you if you want.]

Liu Yuyu: [Send it? Why spend that money?]

Liu Yuyu: [Wait...where did you get this VIP card?]

Jiang Chuan: [It was a gift from the boss. I guess it was for various reasons; I was just lucky.]

Liu Yuyu: [Awesome.]

Jiang Chuan: [Teacher, when are you getting married?]

Liu Yuyu: [...]

Liu Yuyu: [Pay attention to what you should be concerned about.]

Liu Yuyu: [Have you been bothering Shen Jing lately?]

Upon seeing this message, Jiang Chuan realized that he hadn't contacted Jing Ge for a while. He wondered if he should send Shen Jing a message or something.

But I'm too tired today, I'll talk about it tomorrow.

Jiang Chuan: [No, no, I've been quite busy lately.]

Liu Yuyu: [That's good. Now that you're not at school, Shen Jing is working much harder than before; his accuracy on multiple-choice questions has improved.]

Looking at this line of text, Jiang Chuan felt that Teacher Liu Yuyu didn't quite understand Shen Jing, but Jiang Chuan didn't expose her.

I chatted with Ms. Liu and learned that she did not go on vacation during the Golden Week holiday. After all, she is in charge of a senior class, and she needs to take advantage of the few days of holiday to rest and recharge so that her students can achieve the best results.

After chatting for a while, Jiang Chuan took the initiative to say goodnight and ended the conversation.

He felt dizzy again, and feeling dazed, he quickly fell asleep.

When he woke up in the dream world, he actually felt much more awake...

He breathed a sigh of relief and began to meditate, trying to recover his aching mind as quickly as possible.

After all, the third phase of training will begin tomorrow.

Moreover, one's efficiency must be more than twice that of others to win first place.

Well... since the difficulty increases in stages, the efficiency needs to be at least three times, or even more.

Characters like Zhong Huahua Liangcheng, Lin Ci and Li Yi are all formidable opponents in their quest for first place.

It's quite challenging, so we must give it our all!
In order to improve his strength as soon as possible, to seize the powerful force in his spiritual sea as soon as possible, and to obtain the ability to protect himself!

……

On October 2nd, the third phase of training officially began.

Jiang Chuan meditated all night and his mental state recovered well. He walked into the classroom with everyone, looking radiant.

I noticed a rather large metal frame had appeared in the classroom.

On the shelf, of course, were their helmets.

Five in a neat row, arranged in six rows.

Behind the shelf is a server-like device, from which cables extend, connecting each helmet.

Wu Zhen's helmet was on the desk next to his podium, and Wu Zhen was staring at it in a daze.

Soon, the classroom was full of people.

Teacher Cao Zhigang entered the classroom and said, "Everyone, you can start taking the helmets from the rack according to your names. Remember to take your own helmet and don't mix them up!"

Jiang Chuan quickly retrieved the helmet with his name on it.

Aside from the odd fact that the name was taped on with transparent tape, this helmet is almost exactly the same as the one I saw in the PPT yesterday... It's not a concept art?

The exterior is glossy and appears to be made of ceramic. It is jet black and smooth, but some areas have a frosted finish. Even with Jiang Chuan's current physical condition, it feels quite heavy in his hand, like holding a mechanical keyboard with an iron plate inside when he was still in training.

Judging by a rough estimate, it should weigh about seven or eight pounds?

It seems the ingredients used inside are quite good.

Turn the helmet around and look inside; it's pitch black, and you can't tell what's inside at all.

However, when Jiang Chuan touched it, he could tell that the inside of the helmet seemed to be densely packed with all sorts of electrodes...

If you touch it carefully, you can even feel the hollowed-out areas behind the electrodes...

With Jiang Chuan's knowledge, he immediately realized that the hollowed-out shape was the shape of a talisman.

Are we already combining these things with technological creations?

Although Jiang Chuan didn't know the meaning of the symbol, he excitedly realized something else based on it...

Is it really a fully stealthy technology?
Jiang Chuan felt a little excited as he touched the thing.

Back when I watched anime, I longed for this technology immensely. I thought I would never see full-dive technology realized in my lifetime, but I never expected to have it in my hands today.

Thinking back to the blue lightning that streaked through the jungle that day, Jiang Chuan's understanding of Chinese technology was once again refreshed.

Looking at it over and over, Jiang Chuan suddenly touched a raised part. He turned it over and saw a line of small characters.

[Developed jointly by the Technical Team, Planning Team, and Field Team of the Special Abilities Research Institute Headquarters, and presented as a gift to Jiang Chuan.]

Jiang Chuan was stunned for a moment when he saw this line of text.

But before he could check if other people's helmets had similar markings, Teacher Cao Zhigang's imposing voice rang out again:
"Students! Put on your helmets!"

"The virtual reality system will automatically recognize that you are wearing the device. There is a 30-second self-check and brainwave matching at the beginning!"

"Once you enter the virtual reality environment, simply follow the instructions to begin the challenge!"

"The only thing to be careful about is not removing the device during the self-test! This will damage the device!"

As soon as Cao Zhigang finished speaking, Jiang Chuan couldn't wait to put on his helmet.

After putting on the helmet, everything went completely dark.

Immediately following, I felt a tingling sensation on my scalp, as if an electric current was passing through it.

Immediately afterwards, everything went black, and I entered an absolutely quiet environment.

As Cao Zhigang said, virtual reality has begun to self-examine...

Immediately, a violent feeling of weightlessness spread throughout his body, and he felt as if he were falling violently downwards!
The surroundings, which had been completely dark, suddenly lit up, and countless rays of light flooded into his retina!

After the intense white light, lines of text appeared rapidly before his eyes!

[Link begins!]

【…】

[Link complete!]

[Server connection complete!]

[Latency stability identification complete!]

[Identity verification successful!]

[Number 021-010101D: Jiangchuan.]

Welcome!

When those last four words appeared and then disappeared, the feeling of weightlessness was gone.

Jiang Chuan felt as if he were standing firmly on solid ground, enveloped in a milky white light.

He looked around in surprise, a hint of excited smile creeping onto his lips.

That's fucking stealth!
Just then, he heard an incredibly gentle and pleasant female voice:

"Welcome to this service. You are about to begin your 'virtual reality' training."

"Please select the training level you wish to complete."

A list appeared before Jiang Chuan's eyes.

However, the only option available is the first level.

[Level 1: Zombie Siege]

[Mission Objective: Escape this zombie-infested city. There are no survivors left. You will not be able to use any abilities beyond those of an ordinary person. Good luck.]

Jiangchuan: "???"

(End of this chapter)