mysterious forerunner

Chapter 375 Is There Still Hope?
Director Zhang said, "Let's wait and see," and He Jiliang did not sabotage.

In He Jiliang's opinion, between his nephew and Director Zhang in their preparation for the third assessment, Director Zhang's contribution was undoubtedly greater.

He Xu asked for a secret weapon from home, but the secret weapon can only be used for "actual combat training". The training method contributed by Director Zhang is more helpful in improving the rank.

If professionals want to improve themselves, they can either venture into mysterious scenes or practice.

Training alone won't do it.

Even if you train a hundred times or a thousand times and your fighting skills are extremely proficient, it is meaningless if your rank is not high enough.

If you are at level one and others are at level two, they will crush you.

He Jiliang believes that Director Zhang has done the best he can and there is no need to ask for anything more from him.

As for his nephew's blind trust in Zhang Qingxiang, He Jiliang did not agree with it.

At his age, He Jiliang has witnessed the rise and fall of many geniuses.

There is an old saying that is actually very correct: When good luck comes, heaven and earth are on your side; when bad luck comes, even heroes are helpless.

When good luck comes to them, those geniuses can really create miracles one after another.

But once their luck is gone, they will become just like everyone else.

Director Zhang may have been lucky before - but now his luck has run out.

Director Zhang couldn't bear it, so he said "let's wait and see" and decided not to expose him anymore.

Cooperate with the Bear Country and set up a professional academy. This kind of thing can be done by ourselves.

He Jiliang immediately contacted Commissioner Mao Xiong, who also had the same intention. The two sides quickly established this intention through initial contact, but He Jiliang felt very uncomfortable during the subsequent negotiations.

The Russians are asking for too much.

The most important one is that China is required to open the 184 base only to the Russian bear.

The agreements signed with various countries cannot be renewed after their expiration. Base 184 only cooperates with the Russian pioneer group.

The Russian bear has determined that China needs us more.

We are in such a mess now, it doesn't matter if we give up. But you Chinese are different from us, you still have great ambitions.

Without our support, your college will have no chance to compete with the International College.

He Jiliang sneered secretly and suspended the negotiations between the two parties.

We do need a strong ally, but that doesn't mean we will accept your blackmail.

Without you, the difficulties will indeed increase greatly, but in history, there are many cases like this where no one supports but we still want to do it.
Most of the time we get it done!

He Jiliang was busy contacting people at home, discussing what we should do if the Russian Bear Country really withdrew.

I don't have any extra energy to pay attention to the game around me.

Zhang Qingxiang looked at the situation again. On the thirteenth day, Nanduo Mohan's performance was still far ahead, but there was no sign of further breakthrough.

On the fourteenth day, there was still no breakthrough.

Zhang Qingxiang breathed a sigh of relief. The Bavarian's secret object should not be of high rank and could only upgrade the students to the third rank.

The night of the fifteenth day is the last chance.

Among the students from various countries, eleven have been promoted to the second level, but there is only Nando Mohan who has reached the third level.

Even Baldwin, who came in second, is still at level two.

This shows that the secret object that is similar to the [Teacher] profession ability is not only limited in rank, but also limited in ability.

Only one person can be promoted to the third level.

Among the remaining second-level ones, China accounts for five!
When candidates from various countries saw this number, they were secretly shocked.

Especially Riddick Bowe.

In fact, he has already agreed in his heart that He Xu from China is really the best candidate for the president of the "University of Nations Academy".

Unfortunately, his butt determines his head. He would never support He Xu, and he even felt lucky: "Fortunately, the Bavarians showed up this time."

If it weren't for that secret object, all five students would not have been able to fuse the source objects and become professionals.

Within fifteen days, the highest level among all the students was only the second level, but all five students reached this level.

In addition, He Xu won first place in the first two events, so it was a crushing victory.

Many candidates actually sympathize with He Xu in their hearts: “The Bavarian’s secret object has very limited potential.

Such things are actually useless to the Academy of Nations.

He Xu is the right person.

such a pity……"

Like Riddick Bowe, they all have different positions and can only oppose He Xu.

But Director Zhang said "wait and see", so He Xu really waited and waited for Director Zhang to see the result.

The night of the fifteenth day was the last chance.

The Bavarians entered the mystery scene early.

Their candidates, as well as Nando Mohan and Baldwin, never ran to the Chinese to show off their power.

They knew in their hearts that they would definitely lose without that secret object.

As for their future cultivation path, the secret object would no longer be of any help, and they would be overtaken by the five students from China sooner or later.

"However," Nando Mohan chatted with his mentor, "We will definitely be the winners of this competition."

Before He Xu set off with the students, Zhang Qingxiang stopped him and whispered a mantra.

Repeat it several times so that He Xu can remember it clearly.

Then Director Zhang emphasized: "You must sternly warn these students that this cultivation method can only be used this time!
You are not allowed to practice like this anymore, and you must not teach it to others."

Zhang Qingxiang was still worried: "Bring a secret oath contract item with you and let them swear!"

He Xu nodded: "I understand."

Zhang Qingxiang instructed again: "After entering the mysterious scene, you will be responsible for protecting the Dharma and allowing them to practice in the mysterious scene."

He Xu was surprised, Zhang Qingxiang waved his hand: "Don't ask any more questions, just do it."

"Okay." He Xu was particularly convinced by Director Zhang.

This is a very radical practice method. In Zhang Qingxiang's previous life, it was not widely promoted, but was only kept as a kind of "reference material" in the library of the Secret Security Bureau Headquarters.

There has been no further research in this direction since then.

In the previous life, China developed many versions of cultivation methods.

But in fact, the first five versions of the practice method can increase the speed of practice faster.

The improvement in practice speed in the subsequent versions is limited, and the focus is on improving the safety of practice.

Each version significantly reduces the risk of mutation than the previous one.

After the fifth version of the practice method, the researchers found that they had encountered a certain "bottleneck", so they boldly came up with an "experimental version" of the practice method, which was the one that Zhang Qingxiang gave to He Xu.

This practice method can greatly improve the practice speed based on the fifth edition.

How much can it be improved?

At that time, research institutions in China conducted small-scale verification tests on this practice method.

It is roughly estimated that a newly employed professional needs two hundred hours of practice to advance to the second level after practicing the first version of the training method.

By the fifth edition of the practice method, this time was shortened to seventy hours.

But no matter who you are, it is impossible to practice continuously for seventy hours, so according to the fifth edition of the practice method, it takes about twenty days to advance to the second level.

And this experimental version of the training method only requires... ten hours!
However, this version of the cultivation method needs to be practiced directly in the secret world or mysterious scene, because it requires extremely rich mysterious energy to support it.

However, small-scale verification tests soon revealed that the probability of mutation using this practice method was too high!
After thirty hours of training, the probability of mutation reached 30%! After fifty hours, it reached 70%, and after sixty-five hours... the whole army was wiped out!
Therefore, among the professionals who participated in the experiment, the most unlucky one was the one who mutated after practicing the cultivation method for ten hours.

The promotion is really fast and really dangerous.

Therefore, it is only circulated within the Secret Security Bureau and is strictly prohibited from being leaked.

Once it gets out, there will undoubtedly be many people who "don't believe in evil" or think that they are the "chosen one" who is immune to infection and take the risk to practice.

He Xu led five students into the first mysterious scene of the night.

Bruer and his men were ready to fight: "Teacher, what monsters are our targets today?"

He Xu shook his head: "Your task tonight is to practice."

……

As for Bavaria, they broke through three mysterious scenes tonight, and their achievement is unmatched.

After dawn, the happiest people are undoubtedly the Bavarians, and the most depressed people are actually the Japanese.

Kobayashi Shiji suffered a severe blow during the second event.

But for this third project, at the beginning, he was the only mentor who had two or five students all employed.

After their first foray into the mysterious scene, his students also ranked in the top five.

It gave Kobayashi Shiji great hope again.

Kobayashi Shiji was once ambitious, but was soon crushed by the Bavarian side.

Kobayashi Shiji knelt down and begged for support from North America.

You have no hope, why not support us Neon?

Riddick Bowe refused without a second thought.

Then Kobayashi Shiji tried everything he could, but his students kept falling behind little by little, and their names could no longer be seen on the leaderboard.

In the early morning of North Africa, the sky was a hazy and clean blue.

He Jiliang was communicating and discussing with people in China until three or four in the morning last night. He forced himself to get up after just a short sleep.

"No matter what, Director Zhang and Ah Xu have fought hard for fifteen days. We should go to greet them in the morning. Even if we lose the final competition, we will not lose the battle."

After washing up, He Jiliang poured himself a cup of strong tea, then cheered himself up and took the other members of the preparatory group to go and greet He Xu.

In the hotel corridor, he happened to meet Zhang Qingxiang, and greeted him with a smile and a nod.

There were many people around, so He Jiliang couldn't talk to Zhang Qingxiang directly, but He Jiliang used the smile just now to comfort Director Zhang.

However, Zhang Qingxiang did not understand his "deep meaning" and thought it was just an ordinary greeting when meeting.

At the hotel entrance, the instructors and students returned one after another. The people waiting here kept coming to greet them, smiling and asking about their grades last night.

Bavaria achieved extremely high results. Nando Mohan hunted down twenty-seven monsters in one night and obtained five secret items as rewards!

Among the monsters hunted, there were even two third-level ones.

Riddick Bowe realized belatedly that even if his plan went smoothly, he would still be no match for Nando Mohan with just those top-grade second-level secret objects.

He Xu and six others were the last to come back.

Everyone at the hotel entrance had left, leaving only Zhang Qingxiang and He Jiliang. He Jiliang saw his nephew and hurried over to him, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Coming back so late, it is obvious that my nephew is unwilling to give up until the last moment. He is indeed a good son of my He family.

He Xu's face was full of red, and he waved his hand to his uncle: "It's not hard."

Zhang Qingxiang and He Xu exchanged glances and immediately understood each other.

It is obvious that Zhang Qingxiang and He Xu are much more in tune with each other than with He Jiliang.

"Go back and have a rest first." Zhang Qingxiang meant to take a break, adjust his condition, and participate in the competition in the afternoon.

He Jiliang also said: "It is necessary to have a good rest."

After fifteen days of hard work, I will just do my best in the afternoon.

The students and mentors all went to rest, but the organizing committee was still busy with the draw and schedule arrangement.

Because of the large number of people, such a competition will take at least three days to complete.

Because Etania's infrastructure was too poor, it was difficult to find a suitable venue for the competition, so they finally chose a valley outside the city.

Anyway, they are all below level three, so there is no need to use magic circles to reinforce the venue.

He Jiliang went to draw lots, and left all other matters to his deputy. He ate something and went back to take a nap.

Before going to bed, I was thinking: Let's give the Russians some attention. However...if they still refuse to give in after the game, the situation will be very unfavorable.

While thinking this, I fell asleep in a daze.

I was woken up by the alarm clock at noon, and had lunch with He Xu and Zhang Qingxiang. The competition started at two o'clock in the afternoon.

The Chinese people took a bus to the valley. Before getting on the bus, He Jiliang met the Mao Xiong's people.

"This is the last notice." Commissioner Mao Xiong said confidently: "Don't try any negotiation tricks with us, it's meaningless.

We will never compromise on our terms. If you cannot accept them, there is no need to contact us again."

He Jiliang was not intimidated by the bear man at all. He sneered and said, "Then our discussion is officially over."

Commissioner Mao Xiong was stunned. He looked at He Jiliang as he walked onto the bus with an indifferent look on his face, and cursed him in Mao Xiong's language from behind.

As soon as he got in the car, He Jiliang's face changed immediately and he became worried.

"I don't know if my performance just now can scare them. If not, it will be difficult..."

Zhang Qingxiang sat next to He Jiliang and asked in a low voice: "What kind of cooperation is there with the Mao bear?"

He Jiliang thought about it and decided that he had to tell Zhang Qingxiang about the matter of Base 184, so he whispered to him.

Zhang Qingxiang laughed and said to He Jiliang in a decisive tone, "Get the Mao Bears out!"

"After this phase of the agreement is over, I'm going to kick them out!"

He Jiliang had a sad face and let out a long sigh.

Zhang Qingxiang looked at him, thought about it, and decided not to say anything.

There are three rounds of competition this afternoon, and a large number of players who have no hope at all will be eliminated.

At the end, only the top 32 remained.

He Jiliang was absent-minded and kept communicating with people back home through the wireless network.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, all the competitions were over, and He Xu brought the students to call Uncle Wu: "Let's go back to the hotel."

He Xu casually asked, "How are your grades?"

He Xu looked reserved: "Not bad, all five of us made it to the top 32."

"Oh." He Jiliang responded and got into the car without any extra expression.

He Xu was stunned. Is that all? You should at least praise me.

Zhang Qingxiang came over and patted his arm: "Go back. Your fifth uncle may not even have thought about what you just said."

There was only one round of competition the next morning, from 32 to 16.

At this time, the competition intensity is greatly reduced, with a break at noon and the round of 16 to 8 in the afternoon.

He Jiliang has already discussed the next negotiation strategy with the country, and he still needs to try his best to gain the support of the Bear Country.

If we can't reach an agreement, we can't compromise, so let's just leave the Russian bear alone and do it ourselves!
So He Jiliang, who had made all the mental preparations, finally turned his attention to the competition today.

He patted his nephew's shoulder in the front row and asked, "How many of us made it to the top 32?"

He Xu rolled his eyes and said again: "All five of them went in..."

"Wow!" He Jiliang praised: "Excellent!"

He Xu curled his lips and didn't want to pay any attention to this elder.

Commissioner Mao Xiong was sitting on a big rock diagonally opposite He Jiliang.

There were no chairs in the valley, so Etania and Paris said: Everyone please sit anywhere, don't be polite.

The campaign groups in North America, China and other countries bought some folding chairs for themselves, but the Russians didn't care and thought it was fine to sit on the ground.

Commissioner Mao Xiong's eyes met He Jiliang's in the air, and Commissioner Mao Xiong snorted coldly and turned away.

He Jiliang secretly felt something was wrong. He failed to scare this guy yesterday.

Today's game still ended within an hour. He Xu patted his butt, folded up his folding chair and left.

He Jiliang took a look and said, "Huh? All five of them are in the top 16?"

He Xu was about ten meters ahead and snorted proudly.

Until this time, He Jiliang still didn't realize that something was wrong.

After the 16-to-8 round in the afternoon, He Jiliang was a little confused: "All five of us made it to the quarterfinals?!"

This means that students from other countries can only share the remaining three places.

Not only did He Jiliang finally realize that there was a problem, other countries also discovered that something was wrong.

Bavaria was so successful before, but only Nando Mohan made it to the quarterfinals.

Another student, Baldwin, who was originally expected to at least make it to the quarterfinals, was eliminated by Brewer.

The other two are Paris’s student Amutabo and a more unexpected one, Neon’s student Aubola.

After the ninth day, all five students from Japan fell below the twentieth place in the ranking. Everyone thought they had completely lost hope, but unexpectedly, one student suddenly emerged.

There will be a quarter-final match in the evening, so the champion will be decided tomorrow afternoon.

It was a bit embarrassing that there were no lights in the valley, so Etania arranged a very local way of lighting: a bonfire!

This thing is good for Neon Academy's Aubora, whose profession specializes in manipulating fire.

He fought hard with another student from China for more than an hour, but eventually lost.

Against the backdrop of the flickering bonfire, Kobayashi Zhiji's face on the sidelines looked as gloomy as a ghost.

Three of the top eight to top four are Chinese students.

The only exception was Nando Mohan.

As if being hit by a meteorite of happiness, He Jiliang chased He Xu during dinner and kept asking: "Do we still have hope?"

He Xu rolled his eyes at him: "No."

"Is there any hope?"

"no!"

"Really gone?" He Jiliang was worried.

He Xu: “Fake!”

He Jiliang: …

Okay, okay, you’re just teasing your uncle, right?
Zhang Qingxiang said calmly, "Remember what I told you yesterday: Get the bear people out of here!"

He Jiliang's eyes lit up.

……

In fact, there was no need for He Xu and Zhang Qing to confirm with He Jiliang, because the reactions of various countries that night had already provided proof from the side.

Before, all countries revolved around the Bavarians.

After the top eight were announced, many countries began to contact He Jiliang.

He Jiliang's door was constantly knocked on, receiving wave after wave of guests.

Although these people did not express anything explicitly, their attitude suddenly became very friendly.

He Jiliang was a little distressed.

"It's late at night, and the people knocking on my door are not blonde beauties, but burly men. What do they think this place is?"

……

After Riddick Bowe returned to the hotel, he rushed straight to the Bavarian commissioner's room.

"It can't be Chinese!" He pounded the table with his fist: "I need you to promise me that it can't be Chinese!"

"Don't worry." Commissioner Bavaria was very calm: "Don't forget, Nando Mohan is a third-level!"

"Even if the Chinese make it to the finals, the final winner will still be Nando Mohan."

……

On the last morning, when everyone was getting on the bus, He Jiliang met Commissioner Mao Xiong again.

"Hey!" Commissioner Mao Xiong waved, but He Jiliang walked past without noticing.

……

The schedule had been arranged long ago, and Riddick Bowe had no way of manipulating it behind the scenes.

If possible, he certainly hopes that in the quarter-finals, Bruer will face a Chinese player.

But unfortunately, Bruel faced off against Nando Mohan this morning.

Nando Mohan only lasted fourteen minutes before he was completely defeated.

He Jiliang watched the game carefully and felt like he was in a dream: "Bruel is already at level three?!"

Bruel was not far from the third level.

Using the experimental version of the cultivation method and practicing hard in a mysterious scene for a night, he successfully broke through.

The infection on his body was very serious. He Xu and the others came back late because He Xu gave Bruel a secret medicine and they were waiting for the medicine to take full effect and clear the infection on his body.

They were specially trained with various secret weapons, and in terms of combat skills, the Chinese students were miles ahead of them.

We are all at the same level, and others are no match at all.

(End of this chapter)