High-level martial arts: Starting with a heart of steel, stats crush everything.

As Song Bin announced this, the system that had been dormant in Chen Mo's mind suddenly rang out.

[Upon the release of the challenge, we secured first place on the Southern Training Camp leaderboard (this year)!]

[One chance to choose a buff from the shop upon mission completion]

[Challenge Mission 2 Released: Take the top spot on the Southern Training Camp leaderboard (all previous years)!]

[Quest completion reward: 1 piece of equipment of your choice, 1 level-up buff]

[The next challenge will be unlocked after completing Challenge Mission 2!]

[Once the phase mission is released, the blood will be tempered before actual combat training to form perfect steel blood!]

[Quest completion reward: 1 skill slot, 2000 gold coins]

[Phase Two Mission Released: Successfully execute the Demon-Slaying Six-Hit Halberd Combo (four strikes) before the Southern Training Camp ends, and master the Cloud-Stacking Step!]

[Quest completion reward: 1 equipment slot, 2000 gold coins]

"..." Chen Mo was speechless for a moment. This damn thing either kept pretending to be dead or suddenly gave him a whole bunch of tasks to do.

Fortunately, these tasks are either about to be done or are in progress, so they won't disrupt his current rhythm.

"The moment hurricane season begins, the turbulent seas will also begin to churn, and countless sea creatures will attempt to land on land from the turbulent seas."

Song Bin pointed to the map on the projector and began to explain it to the four teams below.

"Fortunately, dealing with sea monsters is much easier than dealing with abyssal beasts, because firearms can be used in the outside world."

"While using firearms to clear the land is highly efficient, those overly powerful sea monsters or those that slip through the net still require the intervention of martial artists."

"Hot weapons are of little effect against sea monsters of level seven or above, and we cannot use weapons that are too powerful around the South Island, as this would cause great damage to the South Island."

"You don't need to worry about sea beasts of level seven or above; the military has specialized warriors to deal with them."

"What you really need to watch out for are those who escaped the bombardment of the land."

Song Bin paused for a moment and then switched the PPT to the next page.

"The powerful sea monsters won't cause much damage to the South Island; the real troublemakers are the sea monsters below level six."

"Their size is not very large; the largest one is no more than ten meters long."

"But their numbers are so great that even a single Level 6 fugitive can cause hundreds of casualties."

"So this is where you guys come in."

Suddenly, Gu Feng raised his hand as if he wanted to ask something.

"Go ahead," Song Bin nodded, allowing Gu Feng to ask his question.

"Professor Song, if the Southern Island is so dangerous, why are there still so many people living here?"

Gu Feng was genuinely puzzled. Was the mainland so bad that he had to live in such a dangerous place?

"You've all seen it, haven't you? This is the result of training behind closed doors for years without ever coming out to look around."

Song Bin was not surprised by the question Gu Feng asked, because people ask this question every year.

"The South Island has developed an industry chain for handling marine mammals, and the vast majority of the population here are indigenous people. Unless there is a disaster like the sinking of the South Island, who would abandon their homeland?"

"Moreover, the South Island has extremely high economic value, as it produces a large number of medicinal herbs that cannot be grown in the mainland."

"Dawn City needs ordinary citizens to live in it..."

After hearing Song Bin's explanation, everyone had no more doubts.

"Alright, let's get back to the main topic."

Switching to the next slide, Song Bin pointed to the residential area surrounding Shuguang City, which had been divided into four parts.

"I don't need you to fight on the front lines; it's still too dangerous for you."

"What you need to do is guard the residential areas and deal with any who slip through the net."

"Don't worry, the sea beasts will be weaker after leaving the chaotic sea. A level six sea beast is only equivalent to a level five martial artist."

"With your abilities, it wouldn't be difficult for four people to surround a level six sea beast, let alone with a mentalist as logistical support."

"Next, I will assign you the areas where you will be stationed. Remember them well..."

The meeting lasted for two hours, and Song Bin only ended it after the three older grandmasters had begun to doze off.

"We've been assigned to Zone 1."

After dinner, Chen Mo and the others returned to their dormitory and gathered around the map that had just been distributed.

"Our team is the strongest, so it's normal that we're assigned to the most dangerous place."

Gu Feng wasn't surprised. The first area was the workers' family quarters of the marine mammal processing center, so naturally the strongest team had to protect it.

As for the senior management of the marine mammal processing center, they will be stationed on the front lines during hurricane season to obtain the freshest marine mammal raw materials.

"What a pity..."

Apart from Chen Mo, the others were very satisfied with the upcoming combat training arrangements.

Chen Mo was the only one who felt very regretful.

"What a pity?" Ma Wanglin asked, looking at Chen Mo's regretful face.

"Don't you think it's a bit of a waste of our talents to be stationed in the rear?"

Chen Mo rubbed his chin and pointed to the map of the first district.

"Each of us has the ability to fight across ranks, and I am even able to fight across two ranks."

"I think we could ask Uncle Song to let us go to the front lines. That way, we'll get a lot more points than if we stayed in the rear."

"That seems to make sense..." The group exchanged glances and all agreed that what Chen Mo said seemed to be quite right.

The more points they have, the more items they can redeem; the more sea monsters they kill, the more points they accumulate.

There are definitely far more sea monsters at the front than at the rear; it's something even a fool could figure out.

Aside from the pitiful tens of millions in his bank account, Chen Mo was a penniless nobody, and even those tens of millions were just a drop in the ocean compared to the massive resources consumed by a mid-level fourth-grade martial artist.

Needless to say, Ma Wanglin was already dirt poor, so she definitely wanted to seize this opportunity to get more points to exchange for resources for later use.

Yang Zuo, an "orphan" expelled from the Celestial Race, was a prime example of someone who was penniless.

Although Gu Feng is rich, many things in the Southern Training Camp cannot be bought with money. Even ancient martial arts families like his might not be able to get their hands on them.

"So, how about we pull off a heist?"

Chen Mo couldn't wait to start working on his steel business; he'd been itching to do it lately.

"No rush. Let's observe the situation after the live-fire training begins. If the rear isn't too strained, we'll find a way to transfer personnel to the front."

Gu Feng nodded; he agreed with Chen Mo's suggestion.

"And I'm about to finish tempering my steel bones. We'll discuss this properly after I'm done."

"All done." Chen Mo nodded, as he also needed to complete the blood tempering process in the next couple of days.

Once they break through to the fifth level of the Steel Blood Realm, their team will become even stronger, and their chances of going to the front lines will increase significantly.