strokinit Chapter 22, the raid - completed, strength test!
Chapter 22, the raid - completed, strength test!
He turned his head and saw squad leader Chen Xue jogging over, carrying a jade bottle and two packets of medicine powder wrapped in oil paper.
"What is this?" Su Chen didn't react.
"Didn't you buy the Jade Meridian Clearing Pill and Foot Bath Powder from the points shop?" Chen Xue handed over the items. "I happened to be going that way, so I took on this errand-running task. I can earn some points too."
"Oh, right!"
Su Chen remembered.
He bought ten White Jade Meridian-Opening Pills, each costing 60 points.
He bought two packs of foot bath powder, which cost 50 points each.
It's not expensive, and it's just what he needs right now.
The school does assign many miscellaneous tasks to students, which can be seen as providing opportunities for impoverished students to work and study.
However, Chen Xue, a top student with a score of 660, earned at least 20,000 points in total, so she definitely cannot be considered a poor student.
"Thanks!" Su Chen took the things.
Chen Xue nodded, turned around and left.
Zhang Yan leaned closer and peeked at the jade bottle and medicine powder in his hand: "Why did you buy these?"
"Of course I'll use it! You idiot." Su Chen stuffed the things into his backpack. "Besides, didn't you say last night that I shouldn't save my points and instead use them to improve my strength?"
"There's no need to buy these things that aren't very useful."
"I'd like to buy the Dragon Elephant Strengthening Bone Pill and the Ice Skin Jade Marrow Pill, but I don't have the authority to do so."
"Then you can save your points!"
"There's no need." Su Chen zipped up his backpack. "Besides, you wouldn't understand the joy of unlocking purchasing privileges through your own efforts!"
"Hehe~" Zhang Yan chuckled twice, her eyes darting around, "How about this, I'll buy you Dragon Elephant Bone Strengthening Pills and Ice Skin Jade Marrow Pills, and you can pay me in cash at a ratio of 250 to 1."
Su Chen stared at her for two seconds: "Two hundred and fifty to one? Do I look like a fool to you?"
"picture!"
"Get lost!"
The two exchanged a few words, and as Su Chen turned to leave, he glanced at Zhang Yan's head out of the corner of his eye.
The panel flashed.
The favorability rating of lv6 jumped around like a cell phone with a bad signal.
lv6……lv6……lv6……
It flickered a few times, then stabilized and remained unchanged.
Su Chen's heart skipped a beat.
Is this... a price increase? Or not?
"...What a pity."
He sighed inwardly and looked away.
Zhang Yan, with her human-like, pet-like personality, is actually quite easy to gain favor with.
Give them a little something, and you'll be closer!
Wang Yichuan's contract still has five days left, so there's no need to rush.
Moreover, judging from the speed at which Zhang Yan's favorability rating is increasing, it's possible that she could reach level 7 or even level 8 before next week.
"I'm leaving." Su Chen waved to her.
"Okay, bye-bye!"
Even after leaving the training ground, Su Chen couldn't stop thinking about Wang Yichuan's training trip.
"Wang Yichuan, that guy, dares to take on this kind of task only a month into the semester..."
Su Chen shook his head.
He couldn't quite put his finger on whether it was admiration, worry, or some other emotion.
"Our top priority right now is to improve our own abilities!"
"If Wang Yichuan isn't here, we'll have to find Xiao Zi first and finish the 100-kilometer sprint mission to get enough energy points."
As for Xiao Zi...
It has already been handed over to the homeroom teacher, Ms. Zhou, to complete the formal procedures.
They have now been sent to the school's dedicated pet training facility - the Beast Taming Hall.
As far as Su Chen knew, only about a dozen students in the entire senior year of high school brought their pets to school, a rate of 1%.
After all, pets are not allowed during exams.
However... it is permissible to bring along the training missions for senior high school students!
"Xiao Zi's cultivation level isn't high, but her combat ability is quite good."
"What's more, my cheat ability is the pet space! Pets!!!"
"Will there be a super evolution later?"
Come out!
Lightning Tyrant Dog!
.......
Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.
5:30 p.m.
The setting sun hung obliquely on the horizon, dyeing the entire track a vibrant orange-red.
Track No. 3.
Su Chen was completely exhausted and collapsed onto the track.
Several classmates ran past him, their footsteps thumping loudly, creating a gust of wind.
Su Chen was too embarrassed to lie there; it was too shameful.
But just as he was about to prop himself up on his arms to stand up, he discovered...
I have no strength left, I really have no strength left!
My arms felt like they were filled with lead; they went limp halfway up the track, and I crashed back onto the track, my back aching from the impact.
He lay there, watching the orange-red sunset on the horizon, panting heavily.
"...Xiao Zi." His voice was hoarse, like sandpaper scraping against glass. "Drag me aside, I can't move."
Little Purple trotted over, her light golden eyes filled with obvious worry.
It lowered its head and sniffed Su Chen's face, then gently bit his cuff with its teeth and carefully dragged him backward.
The force wasn't great, but it was very steady, gradually dragging Su Chen from the center of the track to the lawn beside it.
Su Chen lay on the grass, his head resting on Xiao Zi's soft belly, and let out a long breath.
He brought up his skill panel.
【Mountain-Splitting Fist Lv1 (36/1000)】
【Overlord Body Technique lv1 (103/1000)】
【Ming Jin Jue lv1 (644/1000)】
【Shadowless Step Lv3 (882/3000)】
In just over three hours, the Overlord Body Technique gained 22 points, the Mountain-Opening Fist gained 13 points, and the Bright Strength Technique gained 11 points.
Wuyingbu rose 88 points.
Su Chen's gaze lingered on the numbers of the Overlord Body Technique for two seconds.
22 points.
The Mountain-Opening Fist only has 13 points!
He was clearly practicing the Mountain-Opening Fist, but the Overlord Body Technique gave him more experience.
"Could it be that the acupoints of the Overlord Body Technique will be activated first?"
Su Chen stared at the panel, finding it increasingly absurd.
What's going on here?
Practice the Mountain-Opening Fist to open the acupoints of the Overlord Body Technique?
So, am I practicing boxing or body training?
"Phew~"
Xiao Zi's abdomen rose and fell gently with her breathing, and her warm body temperature wafted through her clothes.
Su Chen lay there for three minutes before he felt a little bit of strength return, and his fingers were finally able to move.
He raised his hand to cover his eyes, blocking the slanting sunlight.
tired!
This is fucking tiring!
He practiced all day yesterday, but he didn't feel this tired.
At this level... it's not training anymore, it's torture.
Su Chen recalled the experience of the past three hours, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
At first, he really wanted to run 20 kilometers in one go and get the reward for the 100-kilometer sprint.
But after running a kilometer, he started to think...
He broke the twenty-kilometer distance into twenty segments.
Do one set of strength training for every kilometer you run.
Push-ups, planks, crunches, squat jumps... they did them one after another, without rest or buffer.
After running one kilometer, I do strength training until I'm almost out of breath, and then I run the next kilometer.
Repeatedly challenge your limits!
For the first two hours, he felt that this training method was so great, so great, so great!
Although his whole body ached and sometimes he even felt like he couldn't breathe, he still felt great.
It felt like every cell in my body was screaming and burning.
That feeling is hard to describe!
In the last hour, he suddenly started to wonder: if he continued training like this, would he die?
But the body seemed to be addicted, continuing to mechanically repeat the cycle of running, training, running, training.
It's so addictive!
Then, it became useless...
Su Chen removed his hand from his eyes and glanced at the sky.
The sun had already sunk more than halfway down, and the clouds on the horizon were tinged with deep red.
He took a deep breath and his consciousness sank into the pet space.
Task 1: 100km Run
Task: Accompany the Wind and Thunder Fierce Dog on a 100-kilometer run.
Progress: 100/100
Rewards: Pet Energy x50, Wind and Thunder Pill x3
"Hahaha~"
Su Chen burst out laughing, a laugh bordering on maniacal.
finished.
It's finally finished!
If I hadn't tortured myself, I should have finished this two hours ago.
But if that were the case, we might not have this unique feeling now.
Su Chen consciously clicked on Task One.
Task 1: 100km Run
Status: Completed
Rewards: Pet Energy x50, Wind and Thunder Pill x3
Pretty!
Su Chen shouted in his heart, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.
The pet's energy jumped from 0 to 50 in an instant!
That should last at least two days.
but……
Su Chen glanced at the three pale blue Wind and Thunder Pills in the space, their surfaces shimmering with fine lightning patterns, and sighed.
The Wind and Thunder Pill can only be consumed by those who have reached the Opening Meridian Realm!
He can only look now, he can't eat.
"Once I reach the Acupoint Opening Realm, I must try the pills produced by the system and see what they taste like!" Su Chen silently made a note of this in his mind.
He was about to exit the pet space when his gaze swept over Xiao Zi's training task interface and suddenly stopped.
Ok?
[Task 1 is refreshing...]
Countdown: 71 hours, 59 minutes, and 43 seconds
Su Chen paused for a moment, then blinked.
refresh?
In other words, once a task is completed, a new task will take its place?
Thinking about it carefully, that makes sense.
Pets aren't like humanoid pets with time-limited contracts; they can't possibly only have three missions in their entire lives.
Once task one is completed, refresh for the next task one, and so on.
"Then... will the humanoid pet quest refresh?"
"We can only wait until Wang Yichuan's contract ends before we can see what happens."
He turned off the control panel, lay down on Xiao Zi's belly, and watched the last rays of the setting sun on the horizon.
After today's grueling training, Su Chen felt confident that he could improve his 3-kilometer time to under eight minutes before Wang Yichuan returned...
No pressure at all!
Just then, my phone vibrated.
Su Chen took it out and saw that it was a message from the grade group chat.
[Notice from the Senior Three Grade Group of Jiangling No.1 High School:]
On Wednesday afternoon (14:00 PM - 18:00 PM), all senior high school students will participate in the second mock exam of the fifth week of this semester.
Assessment Subjects: Six Martial Arts Disciplines - Strength
See the attachment for details.