Gao Wu: Honey, don't cry, I'm truly invincible!

[Thunder Blade Upgrade in Progress...]

Upgrade progress 10%... Upgrade progress 20%... Upgrade progress 50%... Upgrade progress 99%...

【Ding! 】

[Tier 1 weapon - Thunder Blade - has been successfully upgraded to Tier 2 weapon!]

[Tier 2 weapon - Thunder Blade, being sent to the host's personal inventory..........]

[The Tier 2 weapon—Thunder Blade—has been successfully delivered to your personal inventory. Please check your inventory...]

【Ding! 】

[Talent triggered - One effort yields a hundredfold reward. Host, please choose: a hundredfold increase in quality or a hundredfold increase in quantity.]

Tier 2 weapons aren't telekinetic weapons, so having a hundred of them wouldn't make a difference.

Qin Su decisively chose to improve quality.

【Ding! 】

[The Tier 2 weapon—Thunder Blade—has been upgraded 100 times in quality and successfully become a Tier 3 weapon. The Tier 3 weapon—Thunder Blade—has been successfully delivered to the host's personal inventory. Please check your inventory...]

This is already at level three?

Qin Su was somewhat stunned. The third-tier Thunder Battle Blade was more than three times stronger than the first-tier one, at least thirty times stronger.

His fighting ability must be even stronger now.

"This wave of improvement is almost over. My strength has increased too much. It seems there's still some time before I reach the General Affairs Department. In the meantime, I'll meditate for a while longer to properly adapt to my current strength..."

This wave directly boosted the power to 120,000 kilograms, reaching the level of a junior martial general. It's too exaggerated! Qin Su suppressed his excitement and thought to himself, then closed his eyes and began to breathe deeply.

They sped along and soon arrived at the General Affairs Department.

This is a huge tower-shaped building. The environment below is very beautiful, with shady trees. Armed guards stand guard in front of the gate.

Every now and then, groups of police officers would patrol by.

Upon seeing Lü Feng and Qin Su's SUV, everyone stood at attention and gave a very respectful military salute.

After the SUV stopped, Qin Su jumped out and looked around. The banquet hall on the first floor of the General Affairs Department was brightly lit, and many people were chatting and laughing in their own small circles.

"Let's go in."

Lu Feng called out to Qin Su and walked straight inside.

Qin Su quickly followed behind him and went inside together.

As soon as the two entered, the noise in the banquet hall quieted down, and everyone turned to look at them and bowed to Lü Feng.

It's clear that Lü Feng holds a very high position in Xinghan City.

What puzzled Qin Su was that these people looked at her with great respect.

What made him even more embarrassed was that several young women looked at him with undisguised fervor, and some even blew him kisses in public, as if they would go to the woods with Qin Su right now if she wanted, and they even had their umbrellas ready.

The intense gazes from the crowd compelled Qin Su to quickly step forward.

Lu Feng smiled and, surrounded by admirers, led Qin Su forward until they reached the top of the table, overlooking the dense crowd below.

"Xiao Qin, don't be nervous, sit down for a while."

The chief, along with the other two elders, smiled kindly at Qin Su and spoke.

Qin Su sat down obediently, but there was a calm air about her between her brows.

His humble yet assertive demeanor earned him a silent nod of approval from the two elderly men at the table.

"What a pity."

Suddenly, an old man sighed and shook his head.

Lü Feng, Qin Su, and another old man all looked at him.

Lü Feng laughed and scolded, "Old man Li, what are you regretting over there?"

The old man surnamed Li snorted and said, "It's a pity that such a promising talent as young Qin is going to be ruined by you, old man. If he were my disciple, I would give everything to nurture him into a talent! His future achievements would only be greater..."

Upon hearing this, Lü Feng's expression turned strange.

Another old man looked at him with great surprise, then swaggered and said, "Alright, I know you're being sour, old man Li, but out of the three of us, I am the most qualified to be Xiao Qin's teacher. The other two of you are still a little short of being qualified."

Lu Feng couldn't hold back any longer, and the old man surnamed Li couldn't hold back either.

The two men almost simultaneously said, "Bullshit! Old man Han, your martial arts have always been the worst among the three of us. If you weren't a mentalist, you'd only be playing in the mud. You think we're not qualified to teach Little Qin? You're the one who's not qualified!"

The old man surnamed Han glared at him: "You two aren't convinced, then go outside and have a go!"

The elderly man surnamed Li also puffed out his beard and glared, saying, "Let's fight then! Who's afraid of who?"

Lu Feng scoffed, "Go ahead and practice if you want. Little Qin is already my disciple, why should I practice with you?"

As he spoke, he smiled broadly and placed a piece of food on Qin Su's plate, his wrinkles crinkling into a wide smile. "My good disciple, eat well. These dishes were specially prepared for you by the head chef; they're all made with very rare and nourishing ingredients!"

Qin Su took a bite and felt it melt in her mouth. Soon, she was enveloped in a warm feeling, and her body's sensitivity to cosmic energy seemed to have become more acute. She was quite surprised and then focused on eating.

Seeing this, the elderly men surnamed Han and Li knew they couldn't compete with Lü Feng, so they could only give up with heavy hearts.

At the same time, the way they looked at Lü Feng was full of resentment.

At their age, who wouldn't want to find an outstanding disciple to inherit their skills? But they've never found a satisfactory disciple.

Now that they see Lü Feng has received his beloved disciple, they naturally feel rather bitter.

While Qin Su was eating, many powerful figures from Xinghan City came over to toast her, all with extremely humble attitudes.

After all, everyone knows that as long as Qin Su doesn't die young, he will definitely become a top expert in Xia Kingdom in the future, and may even become the strongest person on the entire Blue Star.

Faced with such a promising new star, these seasoned veterans naturally knew how to treat him.

Before today, these people were all big shots whom Qin Su could not touch. But in just one day, Qin Su had already made them adopt a humble and subservient attitude.

All I can say is that life is unpredictable and like a play.

After a hearty meal, Lü Feng led Qin Su to the stage at the back. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he picked up the microphone, tapped it to make sure there was sound, and then looked at the audience below.

"You've all seen the recent news reports, right? Among the Source Beasts, three more ninth-tier Beast Kings have emerged. Ninth-tier Beast Kings are already stronger than our human Martial God-level experts. In the past, we could only barely protect ourselves in front of them. Now, the balance of power between the two sides has been disrupted once again. Within ten years, once their Beast Kings have consolidated their strength, I'm afraid we humans will face annihilation."

"In other words, within ten years, we must spare no expense to cultivate new Martial God-level powerhouses, or possess more combat abilities capable of reaching the Martial God level. Only in this way can the balance of power between us and the Source Beasts be restored, and only then can humanity continue to thrive..."

Upon hearing his words, the people in the room began to whisper among themselves.

Those invited to this banquet are all prominent figures in Xinghan City, and naturally, they are very interested in current affairs.

They all understood what Lü Feng meant; it was indeed the truth.

However, they were all shrewd people, and they could tell at a glance that Lü Feng was trying to promote Qin Su, the newly promoted number one on the list of rising stars.

They even guessed what Lü Feng was going to do.

They were happy to do Lü Feng a favor.

"Mr. Lü, please stop being so mysterious. You must have a reasonable solution in mind, right?" Someone spoke up at this moment.

Upon hearing this, Lü Feng smiled and said, "Then shall I really tell you?"

"Speak, Elder Lü."

"it is good."

Lü Feng nodded and looked at Qin Su.

At that moment, everyone's gaze followed his line of sight and locked onto Qin Su. Their faces showed expressions of unsurprised agreement.

Qin Su faced the crowd with a calm expression.

"As you all know, our Xinghan City was born because of the nation's Seed Project, right?" Lu Feng withdrew his gaze and said calmly.

Everyone nodded.

"You should also know that the Seed Project involves a struggle for order, right?" Lü Feng continued.

Everyone nodded, thinking to themselves that it was indeed related to the sequence.

In Starry City, Ranked Warriors are undoubtedly the most watched celebrities. Their Rank determines how much resources they can receive; the higher the Rank, the more resources they receive, and the lower the Rank, the less resources they receive.

Even at the end of the sequence, the resources available are an unimaginable amount for ordinary martial artists.

It can be said that all the young martial artists in Xinghan City aim to enter the ranks.

Most of the young martial artists who manage to enter the core urban area are fighting tooth and nail for a spot in the ranking system. In fact, it's not just these young martial artists who are competing; their families and forces are also vying for it from all sides. Every additional martial artist in the ranking system means they can gain far more benefits than other forces.

When Lü Feng brought this up, even those who were slow to think had already grasped the meaning.

Lü Feng is going to include his disciple Qin Su in the ranks and give him full support.

They all looked at Qin Su, their eyes filled with envy.

That's a Sequence level! Some of them never even enjoyed Sequence-level treatment back in the day! And if you become a Sequence, with the support of the entire nation, your future achievements will undoubtedly be astonishing!

It's unclear what rank Qin Su will be placed in. Of course, it's unlikely to be ranked too high; even if she makes it into the rank, she'll probably be at the very bottom.

After all, there are only about ninety Rank 1 martial artists in the entire Starry Sky City, and each one of them is terrifyingly powerful.

Although Qin Su has amazing talent, he is still too young. He was able to enter the Sequence level only because Lü Feng used his special privileges.

"What I want to say today is to establish Qin Su as the first-ranked official, from now on he will enjoy the most resources allocated to him by Xinghan City. I invited you all here today to witness this moment."

At this moment, Lü Feng's voice slowly rang out.

Everyone applauded, secretly thinking, "As expected, they're trying to squeeze Qin Su into the rankings. As for her ranking, it's just so-so..."

and many more.

First sequence?

The applause suddenly froze.

The thunderous applause suddenly turned into complete silence, a very abrupt and awkward turn of events.

Everyone stared at Lü Feng, somewhat bewildered.

No, Mr. Lü, what did you say? What did you just say?

First sequence?

You must have misspoke, right? You must have, right?

How could he be directly placed in the first tier? Qin Su is just a newcomer after all. Even if they want to cultivate him, they can't be in such a hurry, right? They will definitely proceed step by step, first letting Qin Su enter the tier, and then letting him grow and improve on his own.

How could they possibly give the title of First Order directly to Qin Su, a newcomer?

Everyone looked at Lü Feng, wanting to hear from him if he had made a mistake, but to everyone's astonishment, Lü Feng then handed a golden royal card to Qin Su.

"That's a Golden Royal Card! My God, what am I seeing?!?"

"That symbolizes first-tier status! And they actually gave it to a newcomer like that? Is that reasonable? Is that appropriate?"

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! This kid really made it into the first tier! I heard that not long ago, he was just a high school student! Now he's only eighteen! He must be the youngest first tier student in the history of Xinghan City, right?"

"What? Eighteen years old? To become a Sequence-level martial artist, who isn't in their early twenties? Holy crap, isn't this young Qin a bit too young?"

"Other people are already in the top tier at eighteen, while I was still quietly screwing in screws at eighteen! My God!"

Everyone looked at Qin Su with envy.

After Qin Su became the first-ranked member, the main event of the banquet came to an end, and the entire banquet gradually drew to a close.

As the final toasts and celebrations came to an end, the dignitaries of Xinghan City gradually dispersed and departed.

Silent all night.

The next day, early in the morning.

Qin Su received a call from Lü Feng and went to the General Affairs Department.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the general affairs department, a beautiful woman in uniform with a slender figure came to greet me.

"Hello, are you Mr. Qin Su?"

Qin Su glanced at her and sensed a power within this woman that made him wary. He was secretly surprised, not expecting that even a random person in Xinghan City could be so strong. It seemed that even though he was in the first tier, he still couldn't get too arrogant.

He then nodded and said to the woman, "I am Qin Su. Did your teacher send you to wait for me here?"

"Yes."

The uniformed beauty smiled and said, "I am one of Elder Lü's assistants, named Jin Sha. Based on your first-order status, you are qualified to enter the Brain Domain Network. I am the guide responsible for taking Mr. Qin Su to Brain Domain Network No. 93. I wish you success in acquiring valuable secret techniques."

As she spoke, Jinsha showed her wristwatch and tapped it a few times. The wristwatch immediately projected some information, and with a few swipes of her fair fingers, the information flew into the air and slowly unfolded in front of Qin Su.

Qin Su learned about it briefly.

It turns out that this brain network is something left behind on Earth by an ancient alien civilization. The virtual training center is a product that scientists from the National Martial Arts Bureau replicated by studying the brain network of the alien civilization.

The reason for classifying devices into numbers like the 93rd and 82nd is that the machines humans have acquired to access the brain network are too ancient and too broken. They can only access specific areas and cannot connect to the entire brain network.

Before the Great Nirvana, this meant you could only play on local area networks and couldn't access the Internet.

"The 93rd Brain Network was specially chosen for you by Elder Lü. We have a thorough understanding of it, and the areas it connects to are very safe, unlike other brain networks that are full of danger. At the same time, you can also obtain many amazing secret techniques from it. If you are lucky, it is not impossible to obtain a transcendent-level secret technique."

Jinsha introduced with a smile.

"Transcendent level? What kind of level is that?"

Qin Su was somewhat bewildered.

Jinsha said, "It's a level that surpasses the limits of Earth, a level that doesn't exist above Earth. Items of this level are named 'Transcendent' by the higher-ups."

Qin Su understood immediately when she heard this; it turned out to be the planetary level. It's just that the people on Earth didn't know the universally accepted classification system, so they had to name it themselves.

Qin Su nodded, then got into the car Jin Sha had called and set off for the National Martial Arts Academy in Xinghan City.

The 93rd Brain Network is right there.

The Martial Arts Academy is heavily guarded.

After passing through layers of checkpoints and inspections, Qin Su finally arrived at the machine connected to the brain network, led by the researchers.

This machine has an inexplicable strangeness to it; it's clearly not a product of Earth.

After a simple adjustment, Qin Su felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, and when she woke up again, she was no longer in the laboratory.

All around were strange and unusual buildings, but they did resemble the style of the brain network machine.

Suddenly, Qin Su felt something slowly flying over her head. When she looked up, she saw a huge, strange fish, at least as big as a building, slowly flapping its enormous fins.

There was no water, yet it soared through the sky.

"Gritta, what are you standing there for? Do you know how unpopular you are after offending Ertuso? I finally managed to contact a hunting team. You must seize this opportunity, join them, and hunt source beasts in the star field to earn your means of survival!"

Suddenly, a strange humanoid creature walked over. She had a full eighteen eyes, arranged symmetrically on her head.

However, the expression on his face was as vivid as that of a human from Earth, carrying a hint of disappointment.

Moreover, she gave Qin Su a very beautiful feeling, even though Qin Su, as a human from Blue Star, could not appreciate her appearance and figure at all.

Grita?

Is this someone calling me?

Suspicious, Qin Su looked down at herself and realized that she had also become one of these strange creatures.

Or rather, it shouldn't be said that he became like this; it should be said that he was always like this, but the consciousness of this body took over and became him.

"Tataly, which hunting squad did you contact? I'm a little curious that at this critical moment, there's still a squad willing to take me in."

When Grita's voice rang out, Qin Su asked the question almost instinctively.

Tataly hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's the Thunder Fiend Squad. They all like you because they heard you dared to make an enemy of Ertuso. However, they are quite arrogant, and they also set conditions for accepting you into the team. They said they admire your courage, but they don't want weaklings. I'm afraid you'll need to prove yourself with your strength..."

"Oh? What do I need to do?"

Qin Su looked at her.

Tataly said, "Go to their stronghold, fight a match, and if you win, you'll be eligible to join them."

Qin Su clapped her hands and said with a smile, "Alright then, where is their base? Let's go there now."

Tatali hesitated, "Their strength is comparable to Ertuso's group. Any one of them is at least a planetary-level expert, and they've all survived countless battles, so their combat experience is extremely rich. Are you sure you want to fight them in the arena?"

"Whether you can win or not, you'll only know after you've fought. What kind of person are you to be scared before you've even seen the person or fought?"

Qin Su said with a smile.

I'm also a little curious. How powerful can a planetary level being, which is supposed to be beyond the level of a martial god?

Tataly hesitated for a moment, but ultimately led Qin Su toward the hunting team's stronghold.

Not long after.

Qin Su followed her to a strange and unusual stronghold.

"The Thunder Fiend Squad is led by Captain Regra, who has mastered a powerful lightning technique and possesses formidable combat strength, comparable to Ertuso. As for the other members of the squad, there are two heavy shield bearers, a sniper, a ranger, and a main warrior who coordinates with the captain. All of them are at least at the intermediate planetary level."

"Their setup is the most streamlined, rational, and effective when facing Source Beasts. They've completed over a thousand missions, traversing various star systems, with a mission completion rate as high as 99%. Be careful when you fight one of them later."

Tataly gave Qin Su some final words of advice.

"Miss Tataly, is this the young man next to you who wants to join us? He looks so skinny and weak, is he any good?"

At this moment, a burly man emerged from the stronghold, carrying an exaggeratedly large hammer. He looked Qin Su up and down with some disdain.

However, he didn't say much, and simply beckoned to Qin Su: "Kid, since Miss Tatali brought you here, we can give you a chance, but whether you can seize it depends on your own ability. Come with me."

With that, he gestured for Qin Su to follow, then turned and walked into the stronghold.

Qin Su didn't say much, and seeing him walk inside, she simply followed.

The base is a hidden world inside, having undergone special renovations and been divided into many meticulously designed areas.

Led by the muscular man, Qin Su passed through several long corridors and finally arrived at a metal door.

As the burly man pushed open the door, a training room the size of half a basketball court was revealed to Qin Su.