C2 Secret Training Base

Although among the 10,000 participants that had participated in the preliminary auditions, they were only ranked second from the bottom, and the chances of them successfully entering the final ten were quite slim, Shi Xiaoling didn't really care. To him, ranking wasn't important. The most important thing was to have a chance to learn ancient martial arts. Besides, he was paid far more than he would have been paid to work in the library.

Only when all 10,000 competitors had arrived at Gan Quan Prefecture's secret training ground did they truly understand the general contents of this "National Life Improvement Program".

Firstly, the entrants would receive a set of systematic training that was necessary to travel through time and space. The instructors at the base would eliminate those who were left behind based on their performance until they could finally choose the people who were truly qualified to participate directly in the "National Lifetime Improvement Program".

As for the so-called "National Life Improvement Plan", it was actually to let a chosen executive board a time shuttle to travel through time and space to the Bright Moon Continent to find a special life-saving secret manual from two thousand years ago, and then bring it back to the Star Continent for research and development.

"..." As long as you can bring this life-saving secret art back successfully, it will mean that you have made a great contribution to the people of the Star Continent. You will be an eternal hero of the Star Continent! "

This was the impassioned rallying cry of Wang Hengjun, the commander of the training base, when he spoke to all the students who were about to receive training.

However, most of the ten thousand contestants were unmoved by the Wang's impassioned mobilization speech. For youngsters who had grown up in a materialistic and modern society, being a so-called "national hero" might have been more appealing to them than being an idol of adoration and fame.

In addition, there were also many people who were very excited about the chance to board a space-time machine to travel through time and space. However, where was the Bright Moon Continent? What would have happened to the Bright Moon Continent two thousand years ago? What sort of life-support secret manual was so important that it needed to be executed using the most technologically advanced space-time machine in the entire Star Continent? What about the elites who were sent out ten years ago, selected from the military and police?

Almost all the students had similar questions in their minds, and so did Shi Xiaoling.

However, unlike most people, Shi Xiaoling who worked in the library had seen the name Bright Moon Continent when he was collecting information on ancient martial arts. He vaguely knew that this ancient continent was similar to the Star Continent but existed on another planet.

According to the information he had seen, the Bright Moon Continent was an ancient continent more than two thousand years ago. Many martial arts geniuses had once stood out on that continent. In addition, because of the years of war in the Bright Moon Continent, there were many males and females. Many males had wives and concubines, which was very different from the current social situation.

As a loyal fan of ancient martial arts, Shi Xiaoling naturally yearned for the Bright Moon Continent. However, he knew very little about that ancient continent and was even less aware of the current situation of the Bright Moon Continent.

The training base had a few common knowledge courses on human geography every day. The content was all about the local customs and practices in the Bright Moon Continent two thousand years ago. However, the instructor had yet to mention the current situation of the Bright Moon Continent. Although there were many eager students who had asked this question, the instructor was clueless about all the relevant questions. He only asked everyone to focus on the contents of the class.

In the days that followed, these ten thousand primary contestants began systematic training at a secret training base in the Kanchun Prefecture.

Unexpectedly, Shi Xiaoling didn't have many subjects and content in the real training course that involved ancient martial arts training. The instructors in the training center spent most of their time teaching these students to familiarize them with the human customs of the Bright Moon Continent and told them about the outstanding martial arts schools and aristocratic families as well as the relationships between these aristocratic families and so on.

After the completion of these history and humanities classes, the students must also do a considerable amount of physical adaptation training through time and space, and be monitored by medical staff at all times. Once a person's body was found to be abnormal during the training cycle, it was possible that they would not be able to adapt to a long journey in time and space. The person would then be ruthlessly eliminated.

There were a lot of medical researchers in the training base. These medical personnel frequently tested the bodies of those who participated in the training. Almost every day, they would take the blood of these students for testing.

Many students could accept the boring history and humanities classes as well as the large amount of physical fitness training, but they were disgusted by the endless medical tests every day, believing themselves to be a mouse being used for human medicine experiments. For this reason, many people often evade these medical examinations, and some even have conflicts with the relevant medical personnel as a result.

However, the instructors at the training base were exceptionally determined to stand on the side of the medical staff, and clearly informed the students that the medical staff's testing and research work was very important. Their research and examination of the students' bodies was also an important part of this "National Life Improvement Program".

Some of the besiegers quit because they didn't want to be mice in this kind of experimental medical research, while others often excused themselves from the onslaught of medical tests by making an excuse to be unwell.

Each day in the training base was a tense time of learning, testing, and training.

In addition to these training and medical tests, if there was any extra time, the instructor at the base would take out some ancient martial arts materials for everyone to observe and learn. The purpose was naturally to allow the last entrant to cross over to the Bright Moon Continent and gain a certain level of self-defense skills, so that he could better complete the mission.

Some of these ancient martial arts manuals were collected by Shi Xiaoling and others he had never seen before. However, regardless of whether Shi Xiaoling had seen them or not, almost all of these ancient martial arts techniques required the cultivator to have enough Zhen Yuan in order to truly display their power.

"But where did the primeval essence come from? Why is it that even if you start from the most basic of cultivation techniques, it will still be difficult to cultivate your true essence? "

This problem has been haunting Shi Xiaoling and is the main reason he is eager to participate in the National Longevity Improvement Program.

The instructor who often demonstrated these ancient martial arts to the students was called Zhou Jie. Not only had Shi Xiaoling heard of his name, but he had also fought with him in a large free fight competition. Shi Xiaoling knew that Zhou Jie was the champion of the Non-Differential Level Combat for many years in the Bright Moon Continent. He did not expect him to be one of the special instructors of the "National Longevity Improvement Program".

Zhou Jie only demonstrated a portion of the ancient martial arts techniques to the students in the few public lectures and gave them a simple explanation of the main points of the practice. Afterwards, everyone began to practice on their own.

Although it was just a simple demonstration and explanation, Zhou Jie was still able to display his astonishing strength. Wherever his fists and feet went, nothing could stand in their way. Those wooden stakes and bricks were instantly destroyed by Zhou Jie's punches and kicks.

Shi Xiaoling was very excited. He had practiced many moves demonstrated by Zhou Jie, but their power was completely different. Shi Xiaoling was almost certain that Zhou Jie had cultivated his Zhen Yuan, otherwise these martial skills would not have displayed such power.

Shi Xiaoling had boldly asked Zhou Jie in the public lecture about how to practice true essence, but Zhou Jie was vague on this matter. He only said that everyone should learn the cultivation method first. If they persevered, they would naturally succeed.

He had studied ancient martial arts for many years, and had learned a lot of conventional techniques. He thought that he was probably no worse than Zhou Jie, and he had always followed the ancient methods to practice his true essence, but he had never been able to achieve anything. It was just that his physique had become stronger.

Shi Xiaoling didn't believe that he could cultivate a formidable true essence with just a little bit of effort. But since Zhou Jie taught everyone ancient martial arts, why didn't he tell everyone the true method of cultivating true essence? Could it be that the time was not right yet?

The secret to true essence cultivation was finally revealed three months later, but at this time, a total of 5000 people had already been eliminated from the base.

Among the remaining five thousand students, Shi Xiaoling was ranked 4999th, which was still second from the bottom. However, because everyone's ranking was confidential, it was strictly forbidden to interact with each other. Other than the students themselves and some instructors, no one else seemed to know about Shi Xiaoling's actual ranking.

Shi Xiaoling was very glad that he survived the first three months of training and was not eliminated. Although he was ranked last when he first entered the competition, with his passion for ancient martial arts and his yearning for the ancient Bright Moon Continent, Shi Xiaoling was very focused on training every day and never avoided the complicated physical tests like many other people.

Life in this secret training base was rather boring. The training courses were very tight and there was almost no entertainment. Although every student had their own dorm room, cameras were set up in every corner of the room to closely monitor the movements of the people inside.

Sometimes, Shi Xiaoling also felt that he was just a test subject. Like a mouse, he was manipulated by doctors, nurses, and instructors every day. Then, the researchers hidden in the shadows analyzed his various situations and reactions.

If not for the fact that he was able to see a lot of ancient martial arts multimedia information, he might have chosen to give up or be eliminated, like many other students who were extremely bored.

Fortunately, after the first three months, Shi Xiaoling finally found out the secret about true essence. Surprisingly, the one who told him this secret was not the instructor responsible for imparting martial skills, but the beautiful doctor Tang Zhishu, who came every day to take blood tests for Shi Xiaoling.