Swallowing the Stars: My Comprehension is Beyond the Heavens!

Chapter 22 Recruiting Weapons

On the screen, the man in the suit from the HR Alliance was still giving his presentation—

"Our alliance is the world's largest platform for martial arts exchange! Here, you can accept missions with huge rewards!"

"Our alliance has a huge influence all over the world! Join our alliance, become a part of us, and you can enjoy top-notch service wherever you go!"

"Our alliance possesses formidable military and political power; join us..."

……

On the train carriage screen, the middle-aged man's speech lasted a full fifteen minutes.

After he disappeared, a serious-looking man in military uniform appeared and addressed the martial artists in the carriage:

"Fellow future martial artists, let me introduce myself. I am the Deputy Director of the Security Bureau of Jiangnan Base City..."

This is a recruitment attempt by the military.

……

"To all future martial artists..."

After the deputy director finished his speech, another person appeared on the screen, this time the director of the Thunder Martial Arts Academy, who was also giving a speech to recruit martial artists.

……

"Future martial artists, I am the director of the Limitless Martial Arts Academy..."

Finally, the presentation by Zhuge Tao, the director of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy, concluded the recruitment event.

The presentation by the four people in total caused a great deal of discussion among the martial artists in the carriage.

"Second brother, after becoming a martial artist, which organization do you plan to join? I think the Limitless Martial Arts Academy is pretty good."

"Joining the underground alliance is the most lucrative way, haha."

"The Thunder Martial Arts Academy is also good; its benefits for martial artists are even better than those of the Limit Martial Arts Academy."

Luo Xia and Luo Feng did not participate in the discussion because they had recently joined the Extreme Martial Arts Academy.

In fact, the most powerful forces in this world are the government and the military, followed by the HR Alliance, and then the Thunder Martial Arts School and the Ultimate Martial Arts School.

Amidst the enthusiastic discussions of the crowd, the train quickly arrived at its destination.

The train's loudspeaker came on—

"All prospective martial artists, the train is about to arrive at the station. Please prepare to disembark."

The train slowly came to a stop.

Luo Xia and his group followed the other martial artists off the train. Soon, they entered a large military camp, a group of over a thousand martial artists.

"Brother, look outside the military camp!"

This was the first time Rorschach and his group had left the base city and ventured outside.

As soon as he got off the train, Rorschach couldn't help but look around, and then he spotted some monsters outside the military camp.

These monsters no longer resemble their pre-Nirvana form; through continuous evolution, they have become increasingly ferocious and terrifying.

Following Luo Xia's finger, Luo Feng looked out of the military camp and saw some monsters whose bellies were bulging from hunger. They roared at the camp.

Clearly, the monsters were tempted by the arrival of a large number of quasi-martial artists.

But these monsters dared not approach the military camp, because the area was heavily fortified with firepower and guarded by various soldiers.

If these monsters dare to come forward, the cannons and machine guns will be fired immediately and they will be shot dead!

ga-

A strange cry came from overhead.

When Luo Xia and the others looked up, they saw a dense flock of monstrous birds flying across the azure sky.

"The book says that once you leave the base city, you can see all sorts of monsters. It's true! We're still in the military camp, and we've already seen monsters we don't usually see. If we go to the wilderness, won't there be monsters everywhere?"

Luo Feng said to Luo Xia with emotion.

"Everyone—"

At that moment, a loud voice came through the military camp's loudspeaker to everyone.

"Welcome everyone to the North Military Region of Jiangnan City. This time, the martial arts combat assessment for all 1681 of you will be held in our North Military Region!"

"I hope most of you will pass the assessment, and I hope all of you will survive this real-world test!"

"Our military region has prepared lunch for everyone. After lunch, please proceed to the square to assemble!"

After listening to the announcement over the loudspeaker, Luo Feng said to Luo Xia, "Let's go."

The two followed the others to the military district's canteen and had a hearty lunch.

It was afternoon.

Following the instructions, Luo Xia and his companions arrived at an open square.

Many people were already standing in the square. At the front of the square stood high-ranking officials from the Jiangnan City North Military Region, as well as some high-ranking officials from the Extreme Martial Arts School and the Thunder Martial Arts School.

Various weapons and combat uniforms were laid out in front of these high-ranking officials. Some soldiers were maintaining order and would soon distribute the weapons and combat uniforms to Luo Xia and the others who were participating in the assessment.

"Now, those aspiring martial artists whose names have been called, come forward to collect your combat uniforms and weapons!"

"Yan Zhuo!"

"He Feng!"

"Liu Changguang!"

……

The names were read out one by one, and soon it came to Luo Feng and Luo Xia. The two brothers' names seemed to be linked together.

"Luo Feng!"

"Rorschach!"

Luo Xia and Luo Feng stepped forward together and received their combat uniforms and weapons.

Luo Feng had decided to use a knife as a weapon long ago, so the weapon he received was the Blood Shadow Battle Knife, which he had reported to the military region before coming here.

As for Rorschach, he intends to use a sword as his weapon.

He received a longsword from the Silver Moon series, of the same quality as his elder brother Luo Feng's Blood Shadow Blade.

In addition to weapons, they also received combat uniforms, hexagonal shields, and communication watches.

The communication watch has positioning and communication functions. If a prospective martial artist encounters a very dangerous situation during the assessment, they can use the watch to call for help from the military region.

However, this also meant losing the opportunity to become a martial artist.

After receiving their supplies, Luo Xia and the others were able to leave the square and return to the rest area arranged for them by the military region to change into their combat uniforms.

Soon after, Luo Feng and Luo Xia changed their clothes.

They were all wearing alloy combat boots, combat vests, and military trousers, which made them look tall and upright. They carried hexagonal shields on their backs, and with their battle knives and longswords, they looked even more heroic and extraordinary!

"Are those two the kids your Extreme Martial Arts Academy recruited ahead of schedule this time?"

In the distance, unnoticed by Luo Feng and Luo Xia, a burly man in dark purple battle armor asked Zhuge Tao beside him.

At this moment, Zhuge Tao was also wearing battle armor, a dark combat uniform with scattered silver threads, which made Zhuge Tao look extraordinary.

He smiled and answered the burly man's question, "That's right, it's the two of them."

"It doesn't look very good. It's not much better than our Thunder Martial Arts School."

The burly man looked at Zhuge Tao with a slightly smug expression.

"Our Thunder Martial Arts Academy recruited two students ahead of schedule this time. One of them has physical abilities no worse than Luo Feng, whom you mentioned, and the other is a guns prodigy!"

As he spoke, he pointed to two young men in the distance who were changing clothes.

"Look, these are the two of them. One is called Wan Dong, and the other is a pretty girl who looks like a woman, named Ma Xiao."

Facing the burly man's boasting, Zhuge Tao smiled and said:

"It seems that our Extreme Martial Arts Academy has done a good job of keeping things confidential and has not leaked the test data of those two children."

The burly man paused, taken aback. "Zhuge, what do you mean by that?"

Zhuge Tao smiled and asked in return:

"Are you really sure that the physical condition of the two young men you took in is about the same as that of the two children we took in?"

Having said that, the burly man couldn't help but react, and hesitated before saying:

"Could it be that the two kids you took in have exceptionally high physical abilities? How high?"

Zhuge Tao smiled but remained silent.

(End of this chapter)