Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 24: The school's number one, here's your cultivation technique!
Lin Ye didn't expect the system to be even more vengeful than him.

Having just had his back ripped out by that mutated black panther, he immediately issued a mission to kill it.

Lin Ye has always maintained a steady and survival-oriented mindset while leveling up here.

Because if something goes wrong, you might die in this ruined city.

Now that the system has issued this task, even though it seems like there's almost no chance of winning, Lin Ye has no choice but to try and do it.

After advancing to the next template, the attribute growth is completely different, resulting in a significant boost.

As for the second requirement, defeating the Lone Wolf, it also gave Lin Ye a bit of a headache.

In their first encounter, he lost without even realizing it.

Even after reviewing the events, Lin Ye's conclusion is still that he can't win.

Lin Ye didn't get caught in a vicious cycle of internal strife. Since it was still early, he composed himself and continued leveling up.

However, after Lin Ye killed a Level 5 mutated beast, he frowned.

[+5 EXP!]

I've lost experience.

It's even less than half.

Previously, Lin Ye would receive the full experience points when killing monsters one level lower than himself.

Why is the experience now halved?

Lin Ye opened the system panel, checked the experience acquisition records, and quickly discovered the problem.

You have killed a Level 5 mutated Black Crow.

[Due to the influence of the "Basic Body Tempering Method," the experience multiplier is set at 50%, resulting in a final gain of 5 experience points.]

[The host's current cultivation technique, "Basic Body Tempering Method," has an effective level cap of LV5. If the host's current level exceeds this cap, all experience points gained will be halved.]

[The energy conversion efficiency of the basic body-strengthening method is too low. It is recommended that the host switch to a new cultivation method.]

Lin Ye was stunned.

It turns out that cultivation techniques have an effective level cap.

However, Lin Ye thought about it for a moment and then felt relieved.

The system simply digitizes and quantifies everything about him, presenting it to him in a quantifiable way.

While others increase their Qi and Blood points through cultivation techniques, Lin Ye converts them into experience points.

In essence, they are the same.

If the cultivation technique is ineffective, the experience points will naturally be reduced.

So……

Will these supplements have any effect?
With his leveling efficiency greatly reduced, Lin Ye did not linger in the abandoned city any longer.

He now needs to verify his hypothesis.

Lin Ye went home first.

He took out three bottles of Grade B nutrient solution, which were the reward he had just received from the school's logistics department that afternoon.

Without the slightest hesitation, he unscrewed the bottle cap and drank it all in one gulp.

I drank all three bottles.

[Ding! External energy source detected!]

[Energy conversion in progress...]

You have gained 80 experience points, and your attributes have slightly improved!

You have gained 80 experience points, and your attributes have slightly improved!

You have gained 80 experience points, and your attributes have slightly improved!

Immediately afterwards, Lin Ye opened the body-tempering medicine packet, poured it into the bath tub, and began to take a medicinal bath.

after an hour.

He only stepped out of the bath when he felt that his skin could no longer absorb any more of the medicine.

You have gained 50 experience points, and your attributes have slightly improved!

After Lin Ye finished dressing, he discovered another advantage of the system.

That is ignoring drug resistance and side effects.

Ordinary people will develop drug resistance or incomplete absorption problems if they take supplements or consume too much of the same type of nutrition in a short period of time.

Grade B nutritional supplements explicitly state that consuming too much in a short period may cause hypoglycemia as a side effect.

But this problem doesn't exist for Lin Ye.

With the system's enhancements, his body is a black hole that replenishes itself no matter how much it takes in.

Not a single drop of energy will be wasted!

As for side effects, Lin Ye did not experience any.

It's also very likely that the system automatically filtered it out for him.

He needs more supplements.

More importantly, he needs a stronger technique.

Lin Ye left home and went straight to school. This time, he didn't go to the multi-purpose training hall.

Chen Meng's office.

dong dong.

Lin Ye knocked on the door politely.

"Enter."

Chen Meng's tired voice came from the office.

Lin Ye pushed open the door and immediately saw Chen Meng standing by the window with his back to him.

However, Chen Meng seemed to be in a very strange state at this moment.

He was shirtless, revealing a muscular physique that looked like a marble sculpture. His right hand was pressed firmly against his lower back, and he was holding a hot towel in his hand.

Lin Ye saw there a huge, hideous, deep red scar.

And his back is covered with countless other scars, large and small.

"Teacher, are you okay?"

When Chen Meng heard Lin Ye's voice, he turned around, saw the concern in Lin Ye's eyes, and waved his hand.

"It's nothing, just an old problem."

"The old injuries I had years ago will flare up on cloudy days, but they're nothing serious."

He forced himself to sit back in his office chair, put on his coat, and stared intently at Lin Ye.

"Tell me, why are you here so early? Have you encountered a bottleneck in your cultivation?"

Lin Ye nodded heavily.

He cut to the chase and asked, "Teacher, I want to know, how can I obtain a better cultivation method?"

Chen Meng wore an expression as if he had expected this, and then spoke.

"The 'Basic Body Tempering Method' uniformly distributed by the Alliance can only be considered an introductory method for strengthening muscles and bones and tempering qi and blood. It can make your body stronger, but it cannot allow you to truly absorb source energy."

Source energy!

Although Lin Ye had heard of this concept in textbooks, it was only a very superficial understanding. It was only when Chen Meng mentioned it that he realized that this might be the key to a martial artist becoming truly stronger.

"Source energy is a free energy that has been spreading throughout the world since the descent of the Heavenly Abyss; it is everywhere."

"The most crucial step for a martial artist to advance from an entry-level martial artist to a formal martial artist is whether he can successfully draw source energy into his body and complete the first enhancement of his own life level."

"To achieve this, one must rely on techniques that can sense and absorb source energy."

"Normally, this is the most convenient way to acquire cultivation techniques."

"It involves becoming a formal martial artist, then choosing to join the military or the Martial Hall, accumulating merits or points by completing missions, and exchanging them internally."

Lin Ye frowned.

To become a formal martial artist, one needs a technique that allows one to absorb source energy.

Without becoming a formal martial artist, one cannot join the Martial Hall or the military to obtain martial arts techniques.

What's the difference between this and having to graduate from Karazhan before you can play Karazhan?
It seems that cultivation resources and techniques have long been allocated and monopolized by major powers and organizations.

Indeed, no matter which world you're in, it's ridiculously difficult for those at the bottom to jump the social ladder.

"Besides this method, the only other option is to buy."

"However, the cultivation techniques available on the market are mostly defective. They can sense source energy, but their absorption efficiency is extremely poor, and they may even cause irreversible damage to the body."

"Moreover, these cultivation techniques are quite expensive, with market prices generally exceeding 500,000 Federal Credits."

Lin Ye's heart sank.

The 100,000 yuan scholarship he had just received was laughably insignificant compared to real cultivation resources.

Just when Lin Ye felt that he was truly in a desperate situation.

Chen Meng suddenly opened the bottom drawer of his desk and took out a thread-bound book wrapped in oil paper. It looked extremely old, with even the corners torn.

Five characters were vaguely written on it: "Five Qi Guiding Technique".

He placed the book on the table and pushed it in front of Lin Ye.

"I do have a cultivation technique here."

"It was issued by the military, and I added my own understanding to it. It's not top-notch, but it's definitely much better than the junk on the market. It's a decent but not bad technique."

Lin Ye's gaze turned fiery.

Chen Meng raised his hand and interrupted him.

"But I can't give it to you for free."

He looked at Lin Ye and made his request.

"In one month, the practical skills competition among the school's top students will take place."

"This competition is also an opportunity for you. The school encourages top students like you to compete internally. The higher your ranking in the competition, the more resources you will receive, and you may even be able to seize resources from others."

"If you get first place in the whole school in the Qi and Blood Test, Life Index Test and actual combat within a month."

"I will give you the cultivation technique."

(End of this chapter)