Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

Thunder Base City

This is a huge base city located in northeastern Africa.

It is also the headquarters of the Thunder Martial Arts School, and is personally overseen by Thor, the second strongest person on Earth.

Therefore, this base city has become one of the safest base cities on Earth.

The permanent population is approximately 100 million.

After Xiang Bei and his group landed at Thunder Base City Airport, a special car was waiting to pick them up.

Once inside the car, the scenery outside wasn't much different from that of Kyoto base city. If there was any difference, it was that the architecture here was more reminiscent of the Camel Kingdom.

It also looks more luxurious.

The headquarters of the Thunder Martial Arts School is located on the southeastern edge of Thunder Base City.

Heading south from the base city leads to an endless desert, while heading east leads to the sea.

After getting off the vehicle, the group walked into the training camp under the guidance of two War God-level powerhouses.

When the group arrived at the gate of the training camp, Xiang Bei was surprised to find a huge statue standing in front of the gate.

"No, you're involved with Hong Xue too!"

Xiang Bei knew very well that the Thunder Martial Arts Academy's elite training camp was built using the Limit Martial Arts Academy and its elite training camp as models.

But he didn't expect that Thor would even copy the practice of putting a statue at the entrance!

Without a doubt, the eyes of this thing must also belong to a king-level monster!

Looking up, he was immediately struck by a chilling, oppressive aura that made Xiang Bei's face turn pale. Even though he was prepared, he still had the illusion that he was about to be swallowed up by the statue.

Fortunately, Xiang Bei was not the only one who was stunned; all the young students who saw the statue were captivated by its eyes.

"How about it, little ones? The eyes of this statue are the eyes of the six-winged dragon that Thor himself killed!" Belinda chuckled softly, her tone strange but revealing her admiration for Thor.

"The Hexawing Dragon was once known as the fastest flying monster on Earth; no one could catch it without the Gym Leader's intervention!"

"Alright, Xiang Bei, Min Cheng, you two stay here. Mr. Ennis, I'll trouble you to take the rest of the people to the basic training camp," Belinda said.

The old man from Camel Country, Ennis, nodded slightly, then turned and left as if he never spoke.

Xiang Bei hadn't heard the other person say a single word since they met.

"Alright, Xiang Bei and Min Cheng will now conduct an entry test for you. If you pass the test, then congratulations, you will officially join the elite training camp."

Of course, if you don't pass, you'll have to go to the basic training camp. I hope you all pass the test smoothly.

Belinda, her big eyes sparkling with laughter, introduced the two as they walked.

As Xiang Bei passed by the statue, he clearly saw that names were indeed displayed on the statue's scales.

However, Belinda did not seem inclined to elaborate.

Clearly, the other party believes that it's not too late to introduce themselves if they both pass the test, and introducing them would be a waste of time if they don't pass the test.

Following Belinda's steps, the two soon arrived in front of a huge building resembling an ancient castle.

"Little guys, this is Thunder Fortress, and it's where you'll be tested next."

"Of course, if you can successfully pass the test, this will be the place you come to most often for your daily training in the future," Belinda said with a smile.

Xiang Bei and Min Cheng exchanged a glance, both seeing a strong fighting spirit in each other's eyes.

Upon entering Thunder Castle, Belinda led them directly into the elevator, and then all the way to the ninth floor.

The elevator doors opened, revealing a spacious lobby on the ninth floor of Thunder Castle. The lobby was furnished with many sofas, but no one was there at the moment, making it feel rather deserted.

"It's currently the holiday season, and most of the trainees in the training camp have returned to their hometown base cities. Normally, this place would be quite lively."

But luckily there's no queue here, and the virtual reality headsets are available anytime. Come on, little ones, let me show you the most cutting-edge product of human scientists.

With that, Belinda led the two directly into a large room.

Two dark blue helmets were placed in the room.

Even without Belinda's explanation, Xiang Bei knew what this was.

The virtual consciousness helmet is unfortunately just a replica made by Earth scientists and does not have the function of connecting to a virtual universe.

"Alright, who wants to go first?" Belinda asked, her big eyes scanning the two of them.

"I'll go first," Xiang Bei said, stepping forward.

"Okay, Min Cheng, you go wait outside first," Belinda instructed.

"Alright, now it's just the two of us left, let's begin!" Belinda said, winking her beautiful blue eyes at Xiang Bei.

"Heh, woman, you just wait!" Xiang Bei thought to himself.

Then, following Belinda's method, he put the virtual reality headset directly on his head.

An endless expanse of silver land.

Xiang Bei and Belinda appeared on the ground one after the other.

"How amazing, this is the virtual space!" Xiang Bei looked around, his heart filled with curiosity as he entered the virtual space for the first time.

The sky in this virtual space was actually the cosmic starry sky, with countless stars in the boundless night sky, making the entire silver earth reflect a dreamlike light.

The silver earth and the starry sky of the universe create a dreamlike scene!

About three or four hundred meters away from Xiangbei, a massive towering structure rose into the clouds, its entire surface covered with carvings of various strange beasts. The tower appeared to have seven stories.

It is exactly the same as described in the original work, so it seems that the virtual helmets in both the Limitless Martial Arts School and the Thunder Martial Arts School training camp use the same server.

"Welcome to the virtual space, little guy." Belinda smiled and slowly introduced the place to Xiang Bei as he curiously looked around.

"That tower is where you will be tested next. Just so you know, everything here is virtual, so everyone can only use their physical abilities at the level of a beginner warrior."

Xiang Bei nodded; this was the only point he knew.

"And look over there." Belinda then pointed to the two black stone pillars in front of the Trial Tower gate in the distance.

On the black stone pillar, carvings appeared: "Name: Xiang Bei; Gender: Male; Status: Elite Training Camp Trainee; Trial Tower Level: 1"

This is clearly the specific information about Xiang Bei in the elite training camp.

After reviewing his own information, Xiang Bei looked curiously at another stone pillar. He was also quite curious about Belinda's strength.

It was clearly displayed on Belinda's stone pillar.

Name: Belinda; Gender: Female; Status: Goddess of War; Trial Tower Level: 4.2

"Trial Tower Level 4.2, this woman's strength is not to be underestimated!"