My daily life in various anime crossovers can't possibly be this sci-fi.

“…Dr. Brett…” Jiang Jinghua said in Japanese, suppressing a laugh, “These…guys…can’t they use a different way of speaking? I…I’m dying of laughter…”

“I can’t help it, just bear with it,” Dr. Briette replied in a low voice in Japanese. “Don’t worry, you won’t be laughing for long.”

Each of the ten people boarded their own training power armor.

"Self-check complete... All systems are operating normally."

Having already gained some experience operating powered armor, Jiang Jinghua had a general understanding of what was about to happen. Inside the powered armor, the user's reaction speed would be greatly enhanced, and at the same time…

The feeling of being as light as a swallow that I had imagined did not occur.

On the contrary, Jiang Jinghua felt as if he had been given an extra heavy burden!

It felt like dozens of Honoka Kousakas were pressing down on me... No! It was even worse than that!

If it were just a matter of being pressed down, that would be fine, but now he felt as if his bones, muscles, skin, and even all parts of his body had become dozens of times heavier out of thin air!

"...Ding! Standard training program first-stage loading complete."

I felt a slight tingling sensation in the veins on both wrists and both sides of my neck, as if some kind of medicine was being injected into my body.

No, is that really a medicine?

"Waaaaaah!"

Jiang Jinghua wasn't alone. In fact, everyone inside the ten powered armored vehicles simultaneously let out screams like pigs being slaughtered!

The feeling was nothing like a normal intravenous injection... It felt like dozens of red-hot knives were being shoved into a blood vessel, and those damn knives were spinning at high speed like bicycle axles!

Jiang Jinghua felt as if his entire body was being torn apart piece by piece, and every nerve in his body was assaulted by the pain.

Jiang Jinghua, who used to rush to find a band-aid even if she was cut by a craft knife as a child, could not bear this kind of pain.

"Ahem, the 'Myriad Manifestations Cleansing Elixir' contained in this magic weapon is a spiritual medicine refined from thirteen rare and precious herbs. It has an unimaginable effect on improving physical fitness and spiritual energy capacity... Unfortunately, it will hurt a little!" Dr. Briet's malicious laughter echoed in the communication channel of the wireless headset!

"Briette! You son of a bitch!" Jiang Jinghua screamed in utter despair. "Wanxiang Wash your ass! Where the hell is your pain suppression device? This is fucking torture!"

“Ah. That one,” Dr. Briet said in Japanese, “It’s already been used. What you’re experiencing now is a reduction of 73 percent in pain.”

"..."

"Briet! I still want to kill my ancestors!"

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Chapter 77 Why Do People Cultivate (Part 1)

Jiang Jinghua had already shut down the team's communication channel, because it had now become a sea of ​​screams.

It wasn't just the sharp, knife-like pain; there was also the dull ache that felt like every bone in my body was slowly melting, the exhaustion that felt like every muscle fiber in my body had lost its ability to contract, and the despair that felt like my soul was melting into this burning ocean!

"Well then, let's take it slow and start with the first step..."

Jiang Jinghua almost ground every single tooth in his body to powder as he slowly raised his left leg.

This time, unlike the previous incident in the Sakharov Islands, there was no loss of control. In fact, he felt as if he were lifting not one of his legs, but a pile of sandbags weighing hundreds of kilograms! Loss of control? He could barely move forward!

It took Jiang Jinghua a full half minute to successfully take the first step.

He looked around, enduring excruciating pain, and found that most of the "chosen ones" had already taken several steps, and even Kato Megumi seemed to have begun to adapt to this inhuman pain.

"Alright, everyone, next up is our first training exercise." Dr. Briet clapped his hands. "You will walk around this area once within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. For every quarter of an incense stick's time that exceeds the allotted time, I will increase the amount of elixir injected by 10%!"

"Briet! You bastard!"

While Jiang Jinghua was cursing wildly in the communication channel to vent the pain accumulating in his body, he slowly moved his feet.

One step, two steps, three steps...

There seems to be a different feeling.

After struggling to take more than ten steps, Jiang Jinghua seemed to have a completely new feeling.

A surging, roaring magic, or what the scientific community calls "psychic energy," was coursing wildly through every vein in his body.

The enhancement drugs from inside the power armor met Jiang Jinghua's own blood in his veins, and his body tissues, tormented to the extreme by pain, began to devour him in a frenzied and insane way, like starving people who had never seen meat in eight lifetimes.

Jiang Jinghua had read so many descriptions of the cultivation process of protagonists in fantasy novels, but this was the first time in his two lifetimes that he had experienced such a wonderful feeling.

Although the excruciating pain, which felt like a chainsaw spinning inside his body, showed no signs of abating, it seemed that something less terrible was lurking behind this terrifying agony.

Jiang Jinghua immediately understood the purpose of these pain sensations. In fact, the purpose of training the armor was not to make him feel pain, but merely to simulate the feeling of "crazy training." Those potions were obviously extremely potent, but their effects were also incredibly powerful. Without inhuman pain as a catalyst, they would definitely cause "indigestion."

This is the training camp's intensive training: to maximize the speed of training without sacrificing quality or the possibility of sustainable development!

With powerful magic and physical abilities, it becomes meaningful to learn higher-level knowledge.

Moreover, knowledge at the university or even graduate level, if presented to ordinary people whose brains have never been enhanced by psychic energy, would have no effect other than rapidly causing mental illness. Only powerful spellcasters could possibly master such inhumanly complex knowledge.

"call……"

Jiang Jinghua, panting heavily, moved step by step within the venue.

Gradually, he seemed to have gained more control over his body, and the various torments he was suffering seemed to have lessened.

“Excellent!” Briette shouted. “No one went over time! So, next…”

"...Run around the track as fast as you can! There are no strict requirements on the number of laps; just do what you can!"

My God! Running?

Jiang Jinghua gritted his teeth, enduring the pain that suddenly became a hundred times more intense, and began to jog.

……

A few minutes later.

...I can't hold on any longer.

Kato Megumi and Kiritani Kazuto had already left the field. Now, besides the seven chosen ones, only Jiang Jinghua is still running on the field.

Damn it... these... damn... web novel protagonists!

Jiang Jinghua felt that he was no longer himself.

Everything in his vision was as blurry as the world seen by someone with 1000-degree myopia who had taken off their glasses, shrouded in a blood-red mist. He had the illusion that his limbs had been completely severed and shattered...

...But it was just an illusion. His limbs were all intact, and because he had inhaled a large amount of enhancement drugs, his condition was better than ever before.

Therefore, in the end, we still have to keep running.

Ugh... Damn it... Third from last is so embarrassing!

Alright, let's hold on a little longer... at least try to outrun one of the chosen ones, shall we?

I don't know how much time passed.

Honestly, only three minutes have passed since it started.

However, Jiang Jinghua finally saw the scene he wanted to see: the last chosen one of destiny... was eliminated.

"Ah, hahaha..."

After holding on for about six more seconds, Jiang Jinghua couldn't wait to rush off the field.

Finally... I outran a... chosen one... haha, not bad...

Although fourth from last isn't exactly a glorious achievement...

……

It has a very warm feeling.

It felt like being back in the womb, a warm and reassuring feeling.

It was as comfortable and peaceful as paradise, as if the whole world had nothing to do with me, and I didn't need to feel anything but happiness...

Jiang Jinghua opened his eyes with this feeling. The HUD in front of him indicated that he was currently in "recovery mode".

Apart from the two chosen ones who ranked in the top two, everyone else fell into a coma after finishing the run.

However, thanks to the treatment provided by the training armor, his physical condition has now fully recovered.

"Jinghua Jun, you've been unconscious for the longest time."

Kato Megumi's voice rang in my ears.

Jiang Jinghua staggered out of the power armor.

The other main characters were all using various training facilities nearby, but Kirito Kazuto and Kato Megumi stood beside him doing nothing. Kirito Kazuto was deathly pale, while Kato Megumi looked like she had lost over ten pounds.

"My God... Jiang, you're simply..." Kirito shook his head, "You, you outran a chosen one! Do you also have a blood feud? A hatred for the extermination of your clan? Or were you jilted by someone?"

“Just kidding, I don’t even have a girlfriend.” Jiang Jinghua shrugged. “I’ve never had any of those bitter and resentful experiences. As for my parents’ death… I’ve also shamefully let it go.”

"So! So you have no reason to get stronger at all?" Kirigaya Kazuto's eyes widened. "What exactly do you rely on to compete with those lunatics in terms of willpower?"

“Well… because being in the bottom three… is really embarrassing,” Jiang Jinghua said.

“Jinghua-kun,” Kato Megumi said, “you train so hard… just for… face?”

“Yes, otherwise I would be embarrassing Dr. Brett,” Jiang Jinghua said. “Since he invited me to this training camp, he must have high hopes for me. So, I can’t just act like a complete failure, can I?”

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Chapter 78 Why Do People Cultivate (Part 2)

"...I must say, Jiang, you really are a talent." Kirito wiped the sweat from his pale cheeks and said with a wry smile, "To be able to compete in willpower with those guys carrying blood feuds or great shame with something like this..."

Jiang Jinghua shook his head noncommittally.

"Speaking of which, Kato-kun, what do you think of this training..."

“Although it was painful,” Kato Megumi said, “it was just painful. After training, my body quickly returned to normal. Now, instead of feeling uncomfortable or tired, I feel exceptionally energetic.”

"Well, it seems you're quite the tough guy, Kato-kun." Jiang Jinghua smiled.

“As the doctor instructed, once you wake up, the three of us will go to the other side to train.” Kirito pointed to a large pile of equipment in the southwest corner of the room. “Our training program is different from those chosen ones; it focuses on knowledge-based learning.”

As for those chosen ones busy around punching bags, barbells, or other training equipment, their training programs are all related to pure "combat".