Gao Wu: Others practice martial arts, but you cultivate immortality?

"Why?" Chu Yuan asked, puzzled. Zhang Yue didn't seem to be the rigid type. Couldn't he handle something so trivial?

Zhang Yue glanced at him: "Don't you know how important your group is?"

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, only trial participants are allowed in this teleportation array... After you leave, they can be teleported separately.

Chu Yuan suddenly realized, that's indeed the case...

"What if some of the trial participants are controlled by an alien race and try to cause trouble?"

"Of course it has been tested."

"What if it's not detected?"

"...You want to argue, huh?" Zhang Yue sneered, "Why don't you ask what would happen if the legion commander were controlled by the alien race?"

What if the teleportation array's coordinates are changed to the alien race's base camp?

"...Yeah, what if that happens?"

"If that happens... I'll tear your crow's mouth apart!"

"How many military merits are needed to activate the teleportation array once?"

"Unless there are special reasons and no missions to perform... five thousand."

Chu Yuan nodded. It was indeed quite expensive... No wonder the warriors from the outer battlefield didn't like returning to Earth; they had to be able to afford it...

Everyone arrived quickly; Chu Yuan himself was one of the later arrivals.

As for those who haven't arrived yet, they won't be able to come.

Everyone entered and stood in the center of the teleportation array, where the array patterns slowly lit up...

......

The snowfield was heavily guarded, and Zheng Qian and Xie Jun were already waiting there.

Today is the day the Jianmu Project ends, and they certainly remember it clearly.

As the light from the teleportation array faded, a group of figures appeared...

Xie Jun took stock and nodded. Fortunately, the casualties were much better than he had expected!

The transport plane was on standby nearby, and Xie Jun urged everyone to leave immediately;

The training has ended, but these trainees cannot go back immediately; they still need to return to the training base.

One more thing... awards will be given based on their performance!

Chu Yuan waited a moment, and then saw the teleportation array light up again, followed by the appearance of Wu Mushuang and Miao Xiuxiu.

They were quickly taken away by the garrison for inspection...

He nodded to the two men, then turned and boarded the transport plane, no longer paying attention.

He's not a child anymore; he has a proper identity. It's not his place to worry about what happens next...

"First place: Chu Yuan, accumulated military merits... 220,000?" Zheng Qian paused, somewhat incredulous at the number.

Two hundred and twenty thousand military merits... He accumulated more military merits than that, but the number of military merits he didn't use never exceeded one hundred thousand...

But what realm is he in, and what realm is Chu Yuan in?

Even with a five-fold bonus to military merits... Chu Yuan still earned over 40,000 basic military merits!

What did he do?

How many seventh-realm cultivators were killed?

What Zheng Qian didn't know was that Chu Yuan had indeed killed several seventh-realm cultivators... but the Strange Ones weren't considered hostile races, so their military achievements weren't recorded.

Furthermore, the military merits earned from Chu Yuan's uploaded [Energy Gathering Array (Modified)] are also not counted in this ranking...

The majority of his military achievements came from the mission to rescue Jiang Fei;

The two targets rescued are each worth 10,000 military merits, and the two together are worth five times that... 100,000 military merits!

In addition, there's the 50,000 military merits reward offered by Teacher Jiang Fei...

Chu Yuan contributed the most and should have been credited with the majority of the credit. However, the others had received favors from him and attributed all the military achievements to him.

As for those martial artists at the fifth realm who missed the Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation... their captains will naturally receive compensation upon their return, so it's not something Chu Yuan needs to worry about.

Secondly, there were patrol missions, which also earned a considerable amount of military merit.

On the contrary, the first mission, which sounds the most ambitious—to wipe out an entire civilization—is actually the one with the fewest military achievements...

Because the Three-Tailed Lizard Clan is really too weak, with only two people at the sixth realm, and they are not very strong at that level.

Their legacy is of little value; the only thing they've collected is the resources they've gathered, which, due to the large number of items, can be considered a form of wealth...

Not only were Zheng Qian and Xie Jun surprised, but the other trial participants were also in an uproar.

Before entering the outer battlefield, they might not have known the significance of it.

But now... that's 220,000 military merits! Not 220,000 yuan!

In other words, the military merits Chu Yuan accumulated in a month were more than one-fifth of the military merits that the Pang family had been penalized with...

Zheng Qian quickly recovered and continued reading;

This number is definitely correct; the outer battlefield has already carefully calculated it.

Even if it's unreasonable... it's not his place to question or investigate it;

Second place: Pang Long;

Accumulated military merits, 15,000...

Admittedly, this is already a very high number;

Even without the five-times bonus, Pang Long's base military merits have reached three thousand... which is already quite good.

After all, Pang Long was at the Sky Soaring Realm, while killing a fourth-realm alien only earned him one hundred military merits...

From this perspective, Pang Long certainly has the right to be arrogant;

But compared to the 220,000 military merits, it seems insignificant.

Third place: Xiang Ning...

.......

More than five hundred names were read out quickly;

When the last name was read, some of the trial participants who heard their names showed expressions of shame.

Being at the bottom is never a good look; they think they've grown a lot and worked hard enough.

But I still can't compare to others...

But in reality, compared to those who were eliminated long ago, they are far superior...

Zheng Qian had no interest in their thoughts, and put down the terminal, saying:

"The rankings have been announced, and I believe none of you have any objections... Of course, it's useless to object, so keep it to yourself;"

The reward details corresponding to your ranking have been sent to your device; please check them yourself.

Get some rest today, and tomorrow... I'll take you home!

After giving everyone some time to process this, Zheng Qian continued:

"I hereby declare the trial period over!"

But... the construction project is not over yet!

You will receive attention, special care, and preferential resources!

But all of this is not without conditions; you must prove that you deserve this special treatment!

If you slack off or indulge in pleasure... you could be kicked off the training list at any time! There will be no room for maneuver!

When you're abandoned, no one will notify you in advance...

Alright, dismissed!

Zheng Qian left after saying a few words;

Chu Yuan was curious about his reward, which was comparable to the Martial God Scroll... what exactly was it?

But now, there's another thing to do...

He began, "Ma Chengzong, Wen Shurong, Kong Jingrong, Tang Yan... stay."

A boy with an indifferent expression glanced at him and scoffed.

He immediately turned to leave.

Chu Yuan said calmly, "I gave you a chance... but you didn't appreciate it."

With a surge of divine sense, no one saw Chu Yuan make a move, but they saw Ma Chengzong, who had just been indifferent, undergo a dramatic change in expression!

As if witnessing some horrific sight, his legs went weak in an instant, and he collapsed to the ground! A bloodcurdling scream escaped his lips...