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Chapter 5 Joining the Training Camp

In mid-air above Hongning Base City, Liu He carried Shen Mu directly towards the elite training camp.

"The elite training camp is just ahead," Liu He pointed to the large cluster of buildings not far away.

As they spoke, the two figures slowly descended through the gates of the elite training camp.

Inside the gate stands a giant black dragon statue about fifty meters tall. The entire statue is so lifelike that it looks like a real black dragon coiled up.

"Look at those dragon eyes, they belong to a true king-level black dragon. If an ordinary person were to meet their gaze, they would surely be intimidated by its aura."

Liu He noticed that Shen Mu was examining the black dragon statue, so he deliberately revealed the statue's secret to see Shen Mu's reaction.

Upon hearing this, Shen Mu's gaze fell on the dragon's eyes on the black dragon statue.

Suddenly, Shen Mu seemed to see a king-level black dragon staring at him, as if boundless darkness was pressing down on him.

Instantly, Shen Mu also exuded an inexplicable aura, vast and fierce, as if two dragon beasts were confronting each other.

In that instant, Liu He, standing next to Shen Mu, tensed up instantly, instinctively adopting a vigilant posture, as if standing next to him was a humanoid behemoth that had just awakened!

"Impressive. As expected of the Pavilion Master, this black dragon is probably no ordinary King-level monster, is it?" Shen Mu's fierce aura flashed by, and he turned to look at Inspector Liu He beside him.

Looking at the seemingly harmless Shen Mu, Liu He even had the illusion that the person in front of him was a terrifying monster in hiding.

"That's true. The Gym Leader doesn't even need to personally deal with ordinary monsters." Liu He nodded slightly, feeling somewhat shocked.

No wonder Shen Mu possesses such a high level of mental power; that terrifying aura he just exuded was something that ordinary people could not possess.

Shen Mu pointed to the display screen on top of the black dragon statue, which showed names and numbers: "This ranking should be the order of the training camp participants, right?"

"That's right. All the resources in the training camp must be earned by yourself. The higher your ranking, the more resources you can enjoy, even if you were personally invited to join the training camp by the gym leader."

After explaining, Liu He continued, "Come on, I'll take you through the enrollment procedures first."

The buildings in the training camp are all ancient Chinese architecture, with blue bricks and gray tiles, pavilions and towers everywhere, giving people the illusion of truly traveling back to ancient times.

Liu He pointed to the giant tower building in the very center of the training camp and said, "That is the 'Nine-Story Tower,' where all the students study and train. There are also training rooms from ancient civilization ruins."

"Generally, new trainees joining the training camp must pass the Trial Tower test at the Nine-Story Tower. Those who fail can only go to the basic training camp. Of course, you don't need to take the test. Want to come and have some fun?"

Having gained Hong's attention, Shen Mu naturally had no need to hide anything: "Alright, then I'll trouble Inspector Liu."

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From the outside, the Nine-Story Tower looks like an ancient Chinese tower, but the interior is full of technology and is made of a special alloy.

The trial room is located on the ninth floor of the Nine-Story Building. It is an extremely spacious hall with some mats on the floor. Many men and women sit on the mats, chatting with each other, waiting to enter the gravity chamber for training.

When Shen Mu entered the ninth-floor hall, everyone casually turned their gazes towards him, and then they saw Liu He standing next to Shen Mu. Everyone respectfully stood up and bowed.

"I have met Inspector Liu."

Liu He nodded slightly and asked, "Are there any seats left in the training room?"

Unlike the gravity chambers of ancient civilizations, the so-called trial chamber is simply a place where consciousness is connected to a virtual space. As long as there are sensors, there are rarely any queues or waiting times.

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall, handsome young Chinese man with a chiseled face glanced at Shen Mu and said, "There are still seats available. Inspector Liu, and this is...?"

Liu He chuckled and patted Shen Mu on the shoulder, then smiled at Chu Qiang and said, "His name is Shen Mu, and he's also from your Kyoto base city. You should have already heard the news, right?"

Upon hearing this, the young man's eyes lit up slightly, and he thought to himself, "Just as I thought." He continued, "Hello, Junior Brother Shen Mu. My name is Chu Qiang, and I come from the main urban area of ​​Kyoto Base City. I heard about you last night. How about it? Are you interested in working for the military?"

Although Shen Mu only revealed his talent as a mentalist yesterday morning, his information has probably spread to all major forces by today, especially the military, which is fully aware of it.

After all, his father was a soldier and had already reported the relevant intelligence.

According to the elite training camp's rules, once any student joins the camp, all previous agreements signed with other forces automatically become invalid, and anyone can recruit them.

Upon hearing this, Liu He laughed and scolded, "You brat, trying to poach people right in front of me, huh? You guys can discuss it yourselves when you get back. I'll take Xiao Shen to the trial room first."

Chu Qiang smiled sheepishly and said no more. As a member of the military, he had long been tasked with winning over Shen Mu at all costs.

As long as Shen Mu has the desire to join the military, even Jia Yi, the number one military figure in China, can personally come to the training camp to discuss his treatment with this prodigy mentalist.

Immediately, Shen Mu followed Liu He to the innermost part of the ninth-floor hall, where there was a passageway with large rooms on both sides.

In the room at the deepest part of the passage, the lighting was somewhat dim. There were two sofas, and on the sofas were two high-tech consciousness-sensing helmets, all of which were dark blue.

Liu He picked up a helmet and gestured for Shen Mu to put it on: "The trial room is a 100% realistic virtual space. You can enter the trial tower space directly by wearing the helmet."

Shen Mu nodded slightly and was about to put on the helmet when Liu He stopped him.

"This is the helmet you need to wear for the martial arts trial. In the history of the training camp, including you, we have only recruited four mentalists, so the helmets of mentalists are usually put away."

Next, Liu He explained the differences between the different helmets to Shen Mu.

After donning the martial artist helmet and entering the trial space, everyone will possess the same physical attributes: normal punching power of 10000 kilograms, speed of 150 meters per second, and nerve reaction speed of superior-level beginner warrior.

Wearing the psychic helmet will grant you the body of a beginner-level psychic: normal psychic power of 8000 kilograms, and physical fitness at the level of a mid-level warrior.

Shen Mu was unaware of this. Although he was a transmigrator, there was no plot in the original work about mentalists challenging the Trial Tower. He hadn't expected to have this ability.

Anyone with even a basic understanding of virtual world technology knows that the most difficult aspect of this technology is establishing the physical laws governing the virtual world and achieving a sufficiently high level of simulation.

Once this key is overcome, abilities like flying, teleporting, and splitting mountains and seas are nothing more than virtual data. If the degree of freedom is high enough, even ordinary people can possess world-destroying power.

As they spoke, Liu He brought over a brand-new helmet, which was dark red.

After receiving the consciousness-sensing helmet, Shen Mu lay down on the sofa and then put it on. He immediately felt a buzzing in his ears, and then an endless expanse of silver land appeared before his eyes.

Several hundred meters directly in front of Shen Mu, there was a towering, enormous tower that reached into the clouds, its entire surface carved with patterns of various monsters, and it had seven floors.

The next instant, Liu He's figure also appeared beside Shen Mu.

"That's the Trial Tower."

Liu He pointed to the trial tower in front of him, then looked at Shen Mu and asked, "Have you felt any changes in yourself?"

Shen Mu nodded slightly. The changes in his physical attributes were not very obvious. His strength had increased slightly, but his mental power had increased significantly.

"My mental strength has increased a lot."

To be honest, Shen Mu's physical fitness was actually just average.

Under normal circumstances, once a martial artist awakens their spiritual power, it will inevitably nourish their physical body, increasing their strength by at least several hundred to several thousand kilograms.

However, Shen Mu did not actually possess any talent for mental power in this life. The reason he was able to have mental power was entirely because he shared the same soul as the Azure Dragon clone and was forcibly awakened through the clone's feedback.

Currently, Shen Mu's physical attributes only meet the standards of an intermediate-level warrior in terms of strength and nerve reaction; his speed is still somewhat lacking.

"You can get used to it now, but there won't be time once the trials start," Liu He said with a smile.

As they spoke, Shen Mu and Liu He had already arrived at the entrance of the Trial Tower.

On either side of the entrance to the Trial Tower stands a stone pillar with embossed inscriptions.

Name: Shen Mu

Sex: Male

Identity: Elite Training Camp Student

Trial Tower Level: 1

"My Trial Tower level is 4.8, which is the level of most councilors, corresponding to the fourth floor, stage C of the Trial Tower."

Shen Mu asked curiously, "Who has achieved the highest score in the Trial Tower?"

Liu He didn't hide anything: "There were three people: the museum master Hong, the second speaker Thor, and the fourth speaker East. They all made it to the sixth level, stage C, but failed."

"The Third Speaker didn't even make it past Phase B?" Shen Mu was somewhat surprised.

Liu He shook his head slightly and said, "No, according to the master, in order to pass the sixth level B stage, the martial artist needs to reach the intent level in both combat skills and movement techniques, and the amplitude of the force exertion must reach 8 times."

If one is a psychic, one needs to control at least 12 fully powered psychic weapons, since there is no concept of "artistic mastery" in controlling psychic weapons.

As for the fact that the Master and Chairman Thor were able to pass Stage B, it was because their martial arts skills had reached the level of harmony between heaven and man, not just the ordinary level of artistic conception, where they compensated for brute force with technique.

As soon as Liu He finished speaking, an electronic voice rang out within the Trial Tower space.

"Shen Mu, please select your combat uniform and weapon. Enter the Trial Tower within one minute of your selection to undergo the trial!"

Combat uniforms and weapons appeared before his eyes, each with a different style. Shen Mu randomly selected a set of equipment, and instantly his clothes transformed into the chosen combat uniform, while throwing knives, weapons, and shields appeared directly in front of him.

Shen Mu, spear in hand, with throwing knives and a shield hovering behind him, said, "Inspector Liu, I'm going in."

Liu He nodded slightly, watching Shen Mu's figure disappear into the dark entrance of the Trial Tower.

The idea that the Trial Tower has a mentalist's body is a secondary setting. After all, it's impossible for all mentalists recruited by the elite training camp to hide their identity as mentalists like Luo Feng and use martial arts methods to pass through the tower.

(End of this chapter)