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The sun had completely risen above the horizon.

The golden morning light, like a layer of scorching gold leaf, generously spread across the training ground of Base 001.

The hundred soldiers remained in that strange, contorted posture.

But their auras are completely different now.

Ten minutes ago, they were like candles flickering in the wind, teetering on the brink of collapse, exuding an aura of impending death.

And now.

They were like a hundred steel statues that had just been cast and cooled.

stable.

As stable as Mount Tai.

They stopped trembling; even the beads of sweat clinging to their eyelashes seemed to have stopped.

Only breathing.

"breathe--"

The breathing rates of one hundred people strangely synchronized without any verbal commands.

Long and deep, like the breath of a giant whale in the deep sea.

With each inhale, the surrounding air seems to be sucked out, forming a small vortex.

With each exhale, a visible, sword-like white streak shot out from their mouths and noses, shooting three feet away and lingering in the morning light.

He exhaled and formed a sword.

This is a level that only masters of internal martial arts, as recorded in ancient books, can reach.

At this moment, however, they have become like cabbages being wholesaled to these modern soldiers.

On the large screen in the monitoring room, data streams refreshed like a waterfall.

Su Qingge was too preoccupied to wipe away her tears at this point.

She looked like a believer who had witnessed a miracle, her entire face almost pressed against the screen.

"Unbelievable...this is simply not scientific..."

She muttered to herself, her fingers trembling as she pointed to the lines of data flashing red.

"Muscle fiber density... increased by 300% in just ten minutes!"

"The rate of calcium deposition in the bones is ten thousand times faster than usual! Their current hardness... is probably comparable to aerospace-grade titanium alloy!"

"And cell activity..."

Su Qingge turned around abruptly, her eyes filled with shock and confusion.

"Chen Xi, is this still human?"

"This is entirely... a completely new kind of species evolution!"

Chen Xi leaned back in his chair, his expression calm, as if all of this was within his expectations.

But the smile in his eyes betrayed his inner smugness.

"Humans?"

Chen Xi chuckled softly, his gaze deep.

"It used to be."

"Now, they are demigods."

He turned his head and looked at the live-streaming phone screen that had been standing upright next to him.

That barrage of sarcastic comments that lasted for three whole days, belittling these elite soldiers to nothing.

Disappeared.

All that remained was a long, suffocating silence.

Even the proud Erlang Shenzhenjun seemed to be stunned by this scene in the mortal world.

Or rather, it was the vitality unleashed by this group of "ants" that gave them a severe slap in the face.

Chen Xi did not urge him.

He waited patiently.

He knew that although that True Lord was arrogant, he was a man of principle at heart.

Now that we've seen the results, we'll never pretend to be dead.

really.

A full five minutes passed.

A new message finally popped up on the screen.

It's no longer that glaring, mocking red font.

Instead, it was a faint, yet supremely majestic gold.

【Erlang Manifests His Divine Power】: Interesting.

Just four simple words.

But it was like a medal, hanging heavily on the chests of these soldiers.

Then, another one appeared.

【Erlang Manifests True Lord】: Although his physical constitution is still inferior, his ruthlessness is somewhat reminiscent of those monkeys from Meishan back then.

【Erlang Manifests the True Lord】: But it is only the beginning.

【Erlang Manifests True Lord】: He is far inferior to a true divine general.

Chen Xi looked at the screen and laughed out loud.

Monkeys in Meishan?

Who is that?

Those were the Six Monsters of Meishan who accompanied Erlang Shen to his physical ascension to godhood and dared to challenge the Heavenly Court!

It's astonishing that the arrogant Yang Jian would compare these mortals to the Meishan brothers.

This is already extremely high praise, even... recognition.

As for the later phrase "far from it," it was merely the arrogant True Lord trying to save face.

Chen Xi did not expose him.

He picked up the microphone on the table and pressed the red call button.

The sound of electricity pierced the morning air and exploded across the empty training ground.

"Everyone has it."

Chen Xi's voice was calm, yet it carried a power that penetrated the soul.

On the training ground, all one hundred pairs of slightly closed eyes suddenly opened at the same moment.

The golden light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

A murderous aura filled the sky.

"That concludes the exercise."

Two simple words, like a spell to break a seal.

"boom!"

One hundred soldiers simultaneously stopped their stance and stomped their feet heavily on the ground.

That wasn't the sound of synchronized footsteps.

That was thunder.

The hard cement floor, under the weight of a hundred pairs of feet, actually let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain.

Fine cracks spread out from under their feet, resembling a spider web in a shocking sight.

Dust flew everywhere.

The wolf stood at the very front of the group.

He slowly raised his hands, looking at his palms covered with calluses and scars.

That feeling... was so unfamiliar.

It felt as if what flowed through my body was no longer blood, but scalding mercury.

He tried clenching his fist.

"Creak—"

This grip seemed to crush even the air itself.

That is power.

A power strong enough to tear apart steel, and even enough to shake the gods.

The wolf's eyes reddened.

A scalding tear slid down his dusty and blood-stained cheek and fell to the ground.

It's not because of pain.

It wasn't because I felt wronged.

Rather, it's because of... the spine.

That spine that was brutally broken by that man's words three days ago.

At this moment, it was not only connected.

They even replaced it with an iron one, a steel one, or even an indestructible one!

"How does it feel?"

Chen Xi's voice rang out again over the radio.

This time, there was none of the previous coldness and sarcasm, but rather a rare warmth and... comrade-in-arms trust.

The wolf took a deep breath, suddenly looked up, and stared at the cold camera.

He didn't speak.

Instead, he used all his strength to pound his chest.

"Thump!"

That was the sound of war drums.

Behind him, ninety-nine comrades beat their chests in unison.

"Thump!!!"

The sound shook the heavens.

That's the answer.

Chen Xi looked at the group of men on the screen, their imposing presence radiating an air of satisfaction.

He put down the microphone and turned to Li Guobang, who was still in a daze, and said:

"Old Li, notify the cafeteria."

"Bring out all the meat, all the good stuff."

Chen Xi paused for a moment, then smiled.

"Meat is plentiful today."

Tell them, this is what they earned with their lives.

On the drill ground.

When the phrase "plenty available" was broadcast over the radio.

That group of tough men who had just appeared as if they were gods descended to earth.

Suddenly, they were like a pack of wolves that hadn't eaten for half a month.

A deafening cheer erupted.

"Awooo—!!!"

The voice carried a sob, ecstasy, and a cathartic release of rebirth.

They won.

They regained their dignity.

They also regained the right to eat meat.