Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 16: On Par with the God of War
After having lunch at the garrison canteen, Lu Jin didn't rush back to Yangzhou City. Instead, he went to the garrison's martial arts training hall to test his strength.

Luo Feng's matter is not urgent; it's just a fight. It's just that Luo Feng's status as an ordinary citizen hasn't been updated to that of a quasi-martial artist citizen yet, otherwise he wouldn't even need to go to the detention center.

Furthermore, he couldn't go too early.

Lu Jin vaguely remembered that tonight, Luo Feng, who was in the detention center, would be attacked by someone hired by his classmate and early villain Zhang Haobai. Then, Luo Feng awakened his psychic powers at the critical moment and successfully fought back.

Mental power is actually an unstable factor. If it weren't for tonight's crisis, it's hard to say when Luo Feng would have awakened his mental power.

It would be fine if they awakened under normal circumstances, but the real danger is if they suddenly awakened while training in the wilderness or even fighting monsters, and then fell into a coma. That would be very dangerous.

Inside a martial arts training hall in the guard area, Lu Jin turned on the punching power testing machine, clenched his right fist, and then punched out fiercely.

With a "thud," the punching bag trembled, and a line of numbers immediately appeared on the screen—'13019kg'.

The next moment, Lu Jin thought for a moment, and his mental power surged out. A throwing knife, hilt facing forward, shot out towards the punching bag.

"boom--"

An even louder collision sound than before rang out, and a number appeared on the screen that was beyond the reach of most martial artists—'52072kg'.

Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction and casually turned off the punch strength testing machine.

As he had expected, a single complete apprentice-level life crystal could increase his punching power by a full 1000kg. Taking ten crystals would increase his punching power by 10000kg.

Combined with his original foundation, his punching power is now as high as 13000 kg, far exceeding the standard punching power of 8000 kg for a junior warrior, while his mental strength is as high as 50,000 kg.

It's no exaggeration to say that he now possesses the strength of a beginner-level War God.

After all, the standard punching power of a beginner War God Warrior is 64000 kg, which is more than 10,000 kg higher than his psychic power. However, the physical exertion multiple of an ordinary beginner War God Warrior is mostly not as high as the amplitude multiple of his psychic power. Moreover, his throwing knives are more flexible than a warrior's weapons.

Afterwards, Lu Jin went to Li Yunqian's office.

Having returned from my wilderness adventure, I had to tell my uncle, who had been worried about my safety all this time.

Inside the headquarters office of the guard district.

"Hey~, isn't this General Lu Jin from Mount Hua? What brings you to my little office?"

Li Yunqian said in a rather sarcastic tone.

Li Yunqian was very dissatisfied with Lu Jin's behavior of going alone into the wilderness without telling him before setting off and not answering a single phone call during the trip.

If it weren't for the fact that Lu Jin would send him a text message every time he called, he would have thought that his nephew had died in the wilderness!

"Yes, your office is indeed a bit small. With your status and position, it wouldn't be unreasonable to move to an office ten times larger than this."

Lu Jin didn't mind his uncle's sarcastic remarks and said with a smile.

Since ancient times, there has been a somewhat peculiar phenomenon in the Yanhuang Kingdom.

Logically speaking, uncles and aunts are closer than maternal uncles, which can be seen from the different terms "nephew" and "niece".

Strangely enough, if people were asked to vote on who was closer to them, most would choose their maternal uncle.

In fact, maternal uncles are generally closer than paternal uncles, especially when your grandfather has a large fortune.

"Hmph~, tell me, how does it feel?"

Li Yunqian glared at Lu Jin with annoyance and said slowly.

Lu Jin knew that Li Yunqian was asking about his feelings about this wilderness trip, so he nodded and said, "It was pretty good, I adapted quite well."

Li Yunqian said, "That's good. Remember to do the martial artist level assessment in time. And since you're a mentalist, try to hunt as many monsters as possible to get contribution points. That way, I can apply to the Ministry of Defense for better treatment for you."

For warriors, contribution points serve more than just a 50% discount on equipment and manuals; they also represent seniority in the hierarchy. In this world overrun by monsters, more contribution points mean more monsters killed, and more monsters killed make you a true hero.

The country will naturally treat heroes with corresponding preferential treatment.

High-level weapons and equipment, or even treasures like chalcedony and dragon blood, don't necessarily require you to pay for them yourself.

To give another simple example, if Li Yunqian were to be promoted one day, the position of the chief of the South District of Jiangnan Base would become vacant, and two senior generals would compete for the position. If neither of them made any mistakes, the one with the higher contribution points would naturally be chosen.

"It's already done. My current martial arts certification level is already at the beginner level."

"Well, although you are a mentalist, you can't neglect your martial arts skills."

Li Yunqian gave instructions.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin calmly replied, "The novice warrior I'm referring to is my martial arts skill."

Lu Jin didn't intend to keep a low profile; his backing was strong enough that he wasn't afraid of any underhanded dealings.

Moreover, his strength improves very quickly, and the information that others obtain is basically outdated.

If we were to truly assess his combat strength based on his intelligence capabilities, we would undoubtedly only be able to defeat him.

Li Yunqian: "???"

After a moment of silence, Li Yunqian asked incredulously, "What did you just say?"

“I said, my martial arts strength is already at the level of a junior warrior.”

"What about mental power?"

"Of course, they're high-ranking generals!"

"Didn't you lie to me?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

Ten minutes later, Li Yunqian, who had witnessed Lu Jin's strength test results in the training hall, opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

Perhaps this is the world of geniuses? Li Yunqian said he didn't understand.

"Good lad, just you wait, I'll go and write up the application report for you right now!"

At this moment, Li Yunqian felt from the bottom of his heart that the rank of captain was no longer commensurate with Lu Jin's strength, which was close to that of a beginner war god.

Putting everything else aside, in terms of strength alone, he is definitely no match for Lu Jin.

As expected, he is the world's most known psychic with the strongest psychic talent (Lu Jin is just making this up) after the fourth councilor of the War God Palace, Ister!
"I don't really care about this, you can arrange it as you see fit."

I'll be going back to the base city this afternoon. Could you send someone to let the Yi'an District Detention Center in Yangzhou know that I'll be going there tonight?

Thinking of Luo Feng, Lu Jin casually mentioned it.

Although his current strength can be considered quite formidable, the problem is that others don't know it!
Detention centers are not public toilets that you can freely enter and exit.

If he goes directly to the detention center, there's a possibility that he'll be looked down upon and not taken seriously as a young man.

Rather than showing off and getting humiliated in front of people who can only serve as background figures, Lu Jin felt it was better to give them a heads-up beforehand and let them know how awesome he was.

'Detention center?'

Li Yunqian was stunned for a moment, somewhat confused, but he didn't ask any more questions and simply nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)