Gao Wu: I have a dimensional gate

"squeak--"

A piercing shriek erupted, and then a giant rat descended from the sky, crashing into Lu Qiu.

Its reddish-brown body blurred into a blur, kicking up dust and emitting a foul, rat-like stench as it crashed into Lu Qiu, like a speeding motorcycle.

Its body was the size of a wild boar, its small eyes filled with hatred. Ignoring Lu Qiu's long sword that gleamed with a cold light, it pounced desperately.

The rat's jaws opened to their limit, each tooth like a steel nail, as if it would pierce through Lu Qiu's body at any moment.

Whoosh.

Lu Qiu, who was prepared, unleashed his long-awaited strength as the giant cheek rat charged at him, and with a sidestep, he was on the side of the giant cheek rat.

Its madness stems solely from the death of its cubs, and it attacks any living thing it sees.

But it still fell short by a hair's breadth.

In hand-to-hand combat, the difference between life and death is as thin as a hair's breadth. Lu Qiu's eyes reflected the blade, and all his strength erupted from his arm once more, unleashing a powerful downward chop without any mercy!

His strength was so great that the blade encountered almost no resistance when it sliced ​​through the neck of the giant cheek rat.

puff!

The giant cheek pouched rat's head flew off.

Blood gushed from the smooth cut on his neck, and his running body was dragged by inertia as he slammed against the wall with a muffled thud, splattering blood everywhere.

After making a final cut through its torso, piercing its heart, and confirming that the giant cheek pouched rat was completely dead, Lu Qiu picked up its head.

"Thankfully, the cheek pouches aren't damaged."

Using a tactical dagger, the cheek pouch was pried open, and several pale yellow crystals rolled out, each about the size of a thumbnail.

A notification popped up on the panel.

[Bone Extract: Extracted from the cheek pouches of the giant cheek pouch mouse, this herbaceous extract effectively strengthens bones and is non-toxic.]

He stored the Bone Essence in his personal space.

The giant cheek pouched rats here are not only large, but also produce high-quality, large-volume extracts of bone-strengthening herb due to the abundance of bone-strengthening herb resources, which greatly satisfies Lu Qiu.

After changing equipment and fully mastering the whole force, he faced a first-tier beast like the Giant Cheeky Rat, which was not good at fighting.

He can now kill in seconds.

Lu Qiu glanced at the cheek pouch on the ground, but didn't pick it up. He went straight out of the basement.

The true essence of the cheek pouch lies in the bone marrow extract. The reason it is consumed is that the purification process for many giant cheek pouch mice is very slow, and the cheek pouch meat is also rich in unformed bone marrow extract.

However, this newly born giant cheek pouch mouse had already exhausted its potential for the sake of its offspring, and its cheek pouches had lost their edible value.

The iron-haired wild boar meat is significantly superior to the giant cheek pouch mouse in terms of muscle enhancement, so he chose to discard it without hesitation.

Another reason is that the giant cheek pouched mouse has a loose social structure.

Only mother mice that have given birth will temporarily leave the group, returning only after their offspring are able to forage for themselves.

However, even when they leave the group, they won't stray too far from the rat population.

The strongest beast in this area is the Skullcrusher Cat. It is clear that after the Skullcrusher Cat's mutation process was artificially intervened, it has gained a considerable degree of intelligence and has learned to store food.

"Then I'll go all out and see how long you can hold out until you finally meet me."

After discovering the giant cheek pouched rat, Luqiu abandoned the search for the skull-crushing cat.

Once it discovers that its food reserves are abnormally low, it will definitely come looking for you, allowing you to wait in comfort and gain a significant advantage.

After thinking it over, Lu Qiu left the abandoned restaurant and continued his search for the giant cheek pouch rat.

Three hours later.

He acquired a few more bone essences, but their quality and size were not as good as the first one, though they were enough.

Upon returning to the main world, Lu Qiu consumed all the Bone Essence and began practicing the second form of the White Crane Stance, the Wing-Shaking Stance.

The wing-like movement is initially integrated into the footwork, with footwork within stance and stance within footwork.

The circulation of Qi and blood, along with the resonance of the stance, not only enhances the tempering of muscles and bones, but also has a completely new effect—bone resonance.

After completing the third set of the complete Wing-Shaking Stance, Lu Qiu heard a faint, clear sound emanating from his internal bones and then saw a notification on the panel indicating that his proficiency in the White Crane Stance had increased by 1.

He muttered to himself, "Is this bone oscillation?"

The ultimate bone resonance is when bone strength is fully integrated, at which point the speed at which the bones absorb beneficial substances will greatly increase.

Even now, Lu Qiu can feel a slight tingling sensation throughout his bones.

After practicing a few more sets of the Wings-Shaking Exercise, Lu Qiu, having taken a shower, lay on the bed and opened the control panel.

Name: Lu Qiu

Qi and Blood: 9.0 → 9.1

Muscle: 8.4→8.5

Skeleton: 8.0→8.2

Skills: Eighth Set of National Primary and Secondary School Students' Basic Training Method (Mastery), White Crane Stance (Proficient | 5/100), Elementary Pharmaceutical Making (Beginner | 20/50)

State: Minor unity of heaven and man, activation of qi and blood (minor)

Realm: None

Personal Space: 850ml of high-quality blood saliva, 500ml of low-grade neurotoxin, 90kg of wild boar meat.

The improvement of Qi and blood has slowed down.

The blood saliva he used was of the highest quality, but it was very difficult to raise blood qi above 9; it only increased by 0.1, and it would be even slower thereafter.

After eating the iron-haired wild boar meat, the muscles and tendons began to grow visibly, and the increase was stable.

The bone structure was directly improved by 0.2, and the effect of combining the Bone Meridian Essence with the Wing-Shaking Technique was astonishing.

"Indeed, Blood Saliva, Bone Essence, Iron-haired Wild Boar Meat... the three-dimensional enhancements are not only synchronized, but also mutually reinforcing."

The flapping wing pose is no longer something you can practice to increase your proficiency; it requires a significant investment of time.

"From now on, I'll practice the White Crane Stance during the day and go behind the Boundary Gate at night to harvest cheek pouches. The Iron-haired Wild Boar meat is enough for now, so I'll train like this until the practical training begins."

He had already read the manuscript of Tiger Form Fist. The way to generate power was "penetrating power," which was more complicated than whole-body power. Lu Qiu tried it but could not get the hang of it.

But after learning the basics of the flapping wing technique today, some of the previously blurry parts have become a little clearer.

"Once you have fully mastered the Wings-Shaking Stance, you can start learning Tiger Style Fist."

After setting his plans for the next few days, Lu Qiu fell into a deep sleep.

……

For seven consecutive days, Lu Qiu executed the plan like a machine, occasionally sharing his insights with Wang Hao and asking him to post them in the group chat.

Resources were being consumed rapidly, and his strength was increasing rapidly.

Aside from the increasing number of unfamiliar faces in class 032, who are likely students from other resource cities participating in the practical training, there has been no change.

April 12th, Sunday afternoon at 4 PM.

"Today we will take the final 3D measurement. I will submit this as the final data before the practical training and use it as a key reference for the preliminary ranking of the practical training."

Xu Banxia stood at the front of the training room, scanning the students in the martial arts class.

After several days of grueling training, most people showed significant improvement, but the degree of improvement varied due to limitations in talent and resources.

"Xu Wen, you're first."

The testing device beeped for a while, and then a cold electronic voice announced the data: "Qi and Blood 8.4, Muscles 8.2, Bones 9.2."

The whole class erupted in uproar.

During those eight days of hellish training, Xu Wen was the most hardworking besides Lu Qiu, and her previous average scores in all three dimensions were already 9.1.

How come after eight days, apart from the unchanged bone strength, the other two have actually decreased?

The students whispered among themselves, their gazes occasionally falling on her with a mixture of pity and schadenfreude.

But Xu Wen left the equipment and stood aside expressionlessly.

Only Lu Qiu sensed something was wrong.

Xu Wen has been deliberately keeping her distance from her classmates lately, and her already fair skin has become even more translucent.

Because of the descent in three dimensions, she appeared much weaker, but Lu Qiu sensed a strange fluctuation centered on her.

The fluctuations were similar to those around Xu Banxia, ​​but much weaker and less stable.

It is a source of energy.

Before becoming a Source Energy Warrior, there is only one reason why the body produces Source Energy fluctuations: the awakening of innate abilities.

Their innate abilities are even rarer than those of a Little Celestial. Once awakened, regardless of their three-dimensional data, they can be admitted through the special admission program of a top-tier martial arts university.

Xu Wen has now set her sights on Wuhan University, a top-tier university.

Lu Qiu wasn't envious. His improvement was rapid, and if the training rewards didn't disappoint him, it would be even faster.

After the top ten have finished their tests, the next one is Wang Hao.

"Qi and blood 8.9, muscles 9.1, bones 8.8."

With a total score of 26.8, Wang Hao has surpassed Xu Wen (25.8) and two other students in the top ten, finally squeezing into the top ten.

Wang Hao was extremely excited.

When he was feeling anxious and uncertain, Lu Qiu helped him resolve his inner conflict and shared his cultivation insights with him every day. With the full support of his family, his progress was remarkable.

"Not bad, these past few days of teaching haven't been in vain." Xu Banxia lightly punched Wang Hao's shoulder, gesturing for Lu Qiu to step forward. "Come on, little celestial being, if your improvement isn't as good as Wang Hao's, you're going home for today."

When Wang Hao was assessed, his total score across the three dimensions was only 25.4, which was not even high enough to qualify him for a third-rate university like Wuhan University.

It reached 26.8 in seven days, a 1.4 improvement, which is the biggest improvement so far.

None of the other ten people improved by more than 1, and many of them had already surpassed 9 in one or even two attributes, making their improvement not as easy as Wang Hao's.

The same applies to Luqiu.

Feng Zhan, currently ranked first, has a keen eye and is already waiting to see Lu Qiu make a fool of himself.

Xie Yu, who came in second, was very nervous. He thought that he had improved a lot after learning from Brother Lu's experience, and wondered if he should plead with Teacher Xu on behalf of Brother Lu.

Lu Qiu stepped onto the platform.

"Qi and blood 9.5, muscles 9.0, bones 9.1."

"Lu Qiu is awesome!" Wang Hao's face flushed red. He pointed at the screen with one finger, chin held high, and excitedly boasted to his classmate next to him, "See that? See that? Isn't my brother awesome?!"

Xie Yu stared in disbelief: "Wow, all three dimensions are over 9! Besides Xu Wen, Brother Lu is the second one. This is a monster!"

Only Feng Zhan clenched his fist. His total score across all three dimensions was only 27.1, and one of his scores was still below 9. His first-place position hadn't even warmed up before it changed hands.

"The muscle strength was 8.4 during the last test, and the blood and qi were 9 and the bones were 8 during the initial assessment, resulting in an overall improvement of 2.1."

Xu Banxia leaned closer to Lu Qiu, her eyes wide as she examined him closely: "Are you a strange beast, kid? And you even have a second mutation?"

"Do I look like it?" Lu Qiu asked, both amused and exasperated.

"Not bad, all three categories are 9. You get extra weighted points in the preliminary ranking." Xu Banxia gestured for the next student to come forward.

Wang Hao immediately replied, "What's the preliminary ranking?"

Xu Banxia rolled her eyes: "Don't you have any sense? Don't think you can get cocky just because you've improved a lot. You'll suffer in the practical training. Go wait and see."

The test ended shortly afterward.

Looking at her students, Xu Banxia said with satisfaction, "The class average improved by 0.61, which is 0.11 higher than I expected. You did well."

"oh!"

Someone started cheering, and the students began to cheer. The training these past few days had been tough, and everyone had gained a lot.

"but--"

Xu Banxia pressed her hands together, her expression turning serious: "The training details have been released. Among the ten resource cities where we are training, No. 1 High School can only be considered barely satisfactory. None of the other high schools in 032 are any good."

"In other words, the heavy responsibility of 032 has fallen on your shoulders."

"The opponents you will face include geniuses from first-tier resource cities, students from the other two second-tier resource cities whose resources are allocated normally, and top talents nurtured by third-tier resource cities with a large amount of resources."

"The deadline for uploading information is in half an hour, at which time the preliminary rankings will be announced. Xu Wen, project the training details onto the big screen so everyone can take a look."

After watching for only a few seconds, everyone fell silent.

032 is a level 2 resource city, and the standard for maintaining the level of a level 2 resource city this time is... two in the top ten, four from tenth to fiftyth, and ten from fiftyth to one hundredth.

The power of a first-tier resource city goes without saying; students from there who get into a second-rate martial arts university would be ridiculed.

It's not unreasonable for them to occupy six or seven of the top ten spots, and it's even possible that they could sweep them all.

In other words, of the three level-two resource cities, only one might be able to maintain its level.

Moreover, 032's competitors are two other level-two resource cities with normal resource allocation. Do they have a chance of winning?

Some people were trembling, some were sighing, and some even had tears in their eyes.

People reacted differently, but no one felt hopeful.

Lu Qiu was the only one who was completely focused on reading the detailed rules.

Hunting low-level alien beasts earns 0.1 points, except for the Mountain Poison Lizard which earns 0.5 points. First-tier alien beasts, such as the Giant Cheeked Rat, earn 1 point per kill, while others receive different bonuses depending on their strength.

You earn points for climbing the rankings, and you also earn points for mastering martial arts, medicine making, or even weapon forging, as long as you pass the assessment.

Points can be used to exchange for cultivation resources, martial arts, equipment, and all sorts of knowledge, all in order to climb the rankings.

The points awarded for climbing the rankings are the highest: 1,000 points for entering the top 50, 2,000 points for entering the top 10 from the top 50, and 3,000 points for entering the top 5 from the top 10.

The top three places were 10,000 for first place, 8,000 for second place, and 5,000 for third place.

Lu Qiu thought to himself, "Starting from entering the top 50, the points rewards for climbing the rankings should be enough to cover my expenses."

Eight days ago, he thought he had enough resources to last until the training period, but now not only are they all used up, but he has also spent more than 100,000 yuan he earned from sharing his experiences.

The consumption of Blood Saliva has doubled, and since no new Blood Saliva Wood has been found in the other world, he can only replenish it from Zhao Liu.

He needs three vials of the sixty-quality blood essence a day just to maintain the improvement of his qi and blood, which costs him 15,000 yuan a day.

The consumption of Iron-haired Wild Boar meat has doubled, and the consumption of Bone Essence has also doubled.

The area around the base's exit, filled with giant cheek rats, had been completely wiped out by Lu Qiu. Although the harvest exceeded the consumption, the surplus had all been given to Zhao Liu to maintain the extravagant expenditures.

His current balance has returned to three digits.

Lu Qiu no longer finds the D-grade potions on the exchange list appealing, but a single C-grade Qi and Blood potion costs 500 points, and Bone Tempering potions and higher-quality exotic beast meat are even more expensive.

Lu Qiu did the calculations and came to a conclusion—the ranking can only rise by one place at a time, and the greatest benefit comes from starting from within the top fifty.

Half an hour later, the preliminary rankings were updated. Xu Wen opened the training website and clicked on the preliminary ranking file for training class 032.