Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 10: Research Institute Self-Destruction
When Chu Qiuci woke up again, she felt that there were a lot more things in her mind. Even her body had changed a lot, becoming much lighter. She even felt like she could fly whenever she wanted. Even her dantian seemed to have something extra.

Before she could feel the change carefully, she heard a beeping alarm sound in her ears. The originally pure white space suddenly lit up red, and a flat electronic sound rang out throughout the institute.

[Alarm, alarm, the research base self-destruct sequence has been activated, all personnel please evacuate immediately! All personnel please evacuate immediately!]

"What's going on?" Chu Qiuci was shocked. Why did it suddenly start to self-destruct?

[Master, the base's energy has been depleted. According to the Blue Star Safety Convention, the base will be automatically destroyed in five minutes. I will transport you to a safe place before then.]

The voice of the main brain sounded slowly, and a white light appeared under the pool where Chu Qiuci was standing. In an instant, it covered the entire pool. It looked like a teleportation array, and even the small light ball of the system was carried towards her by the light curtain.

"If the energy is exhausted, does it have to be destroyed?" So suddenly? She still had many questions.

[Yes, this is the stipulation of the Blue Star Convention. A base without energy is unnecessary, and self-destruction is also a result of the program setting.]

"how about you?"

[I am just a program, everything is for Blue Star.]

"Wait..." Qiu Ci wanted to say something, but the magic circle had been fully activated. Fickle white lights blocked her entire vision, and the voice of the main brain in her ears became intermittent.

[Master... I am glad to see you finally... If... I am your experimental ally... please rescue me. May my master prosper...]

In just a blink of an eye, Chu Qiuci had arrived at another place. Upon closer inspection, it was the courtyard where the temporary disciples lived. The main brain directly teleported her to the door.

"Master, master." The dog system finally woke up and immediately circled around her excitedly. "I updated successfully. I can finally help you, master."

"Oh." Compared to the excitement of the system, Qiu Ci was thinking about the last words of the main brain. He always felt that it seemed to be telling him something, but there was not enough time or the energy was exhausted, so he did not hear it clearly.

She couldn't help but look back in the direction of the forbidden area. The next moment, she suddenly felt an earthquake. The ground began to shake violently, and a loud rumbling sound spread throughout the mountain gate. The towering forbidden mountain behind Qianren Peak collapsed, and smoke and dust rose into the sky and swept across like a sandstorm.

It was just before dawn, and the noise naturally woke up everyone in the sect. Even the preparatory disciples went out to check, and Feng Ting and Zhen Yi also came out.

"There was such a loud noise just now. What happened?" Feng Ting walked towards her, thinking that she had just come out to watch the fun.

"Uh..." How could she say that?

"Wow, why did that mountain over there collapse?!" Zhen Yi saw the dusty mountain in the distance at a glance and was shocked.

"I don't know!" You can't say she collapsed it, "I just saw it too."

"It turns out that the fairy peak can also collapse." Zhen Yi did not doubt it, but his face looked even more surprised.

The prospective disciples in the academy also pointed at the collapsed mountain and discussed it curiously.

Naturally, the sect had to deal with such a big thing. In almost an instant, several white rainbows were seen flying towards the forbidden area. Judging from the flying speed, the cultivation level was at least at the Golden Core stage.

Although there was a long distance between them, Qiu Ci only needed to concentrate a little to see the situation over there clearly. There were six men and one woman standing there, looking at the collapsed mountain with serious expressions. They did not evacuate the surrounding disciples immediately, but pointed at the mountain and talked, and their eyes swept across the ruins below again and again, as if searching for something.

She inexplicably felt that if she wanted to, she could hear what they were saying clearly, but after some thought, she decided not to do so. It would be disastrous if anyone discovered that she had caused the mountain to collapse. "With such a serious incident, it seems the elders won't be giving sermons in the outer sect today," Zhen Yi sighed. As a candidate disciple, this was his only concern. "Alas, I practiced all day yesterday and finally managed to grasp a little sense of Qi. I haven't yet successfully impacted the first acupoint, and I don't know when I can draw Qi into my body."

"Huh?" Feng Ting, who was standing next to her, was stunned and blurted out, "Weren't the first three acupoints opened immediately? Why do we need to push them?"

"What? Did you open up the first three acupoints?" Zhen Yi exclaimed. Seeing that people were looking at him, he realized what was happening and pulled them back. "Let's go back to the house and talk."

Only after entering the house and closing the door did he nervously ask, "Sister Feng Ting, did you really open up three acupoints in one day?"

"No." Sister Feng Ting shook her head.

"I'm just saying..."

"It's five!" Feng Ting said.

“…” No, is this reasonable?

"What's wrong? Is this too slow?" Feng Ting rubbed her hands in shame and shrank closer to Qiu Ci out of habit.

"How can it be slow? It's too fast, okay?" Zhen Yi's eyes changed when he looked at Feng Ting. What a terrifying talent! If she continued like this, she would reach the first level of Qi training in less than a month. Even the elite disciples of the sect couldn't reach that fast. "I didn't expect Feng Ting that you are actually a genius!"

Feng Ting's eyes then lit up, and she looked at Qiu Ci happily, with an expression that seemed to be asking for praise.

"Awesome!" Qiu Ci manually gave a thumbs up, giving it the full emotional value.

She smiled even more happily, "Sister Xiaoci, you must be more powerful than me."

Zhen Yi also looked over curiously, "You haven't opened up five acupoints as well, have you?" Could he be the most useless among the three of them?

Looking at the two people's curious eyes, Qiu Ci thought carefully before speaking lightly.

"What is the acupoint?" Why do we need to hit it?

Feng Ting: “…”

Zhen Yi: “…”

No, it turns out you didn’t listen to yesterday’s sermon at all!
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Zhen Yi said that the so-called acupoints are the nodes of the human body's tendons and meridians that the spiritual energy needs to pass through when it circulates through the body. Only when the acupoints are opened can the spiritual energy flow normally and then gather at the dantian.

The circulation of Qi can be divided into the small and large circulations. The small circulation requires opening up fourteen acupoints. This is the simplest way to operate. Only when you successfully complete a circulation and draw the spiritual energy into the Dantian can you be considered to have successfully drawn Qi into the body.

"After successfully drawing Qi into the body, you can use spiritual power to impact the other ten acupoints. Only when all twenty-four acupoints in the body are fully opened and the Great Circulation is completed, can you be considered to have truly entered the stage of Qi training." Zhen Yi explained while pointing to the locations on his body, "That is the first level of Qi training."

"So they're acupuncture points, twenty-four?" Qiu Ci subconsciously felt the energy in his body. Shouldn't there be seventy-two? And he didn't feel any blockage that needed to be stimulated, right?
(End of this chapter)