I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

Lin Ye put on testing gloves and walked towards the testing area.

Cheng Fang didn't stop him; he simply raised his hand and called over medical staff to reattach two monitoring patches to him.

"Stop immediately if the pressure in the meridians exceeds the warning level."

"Understood."

"Do you really understand now?"

I will try my best.

Cheng Fang ignored him.

The composite testing wall stands at the end of the firing range, two meters high. Its outer layer is made of high-strength alloy, with energy-absorbing material and spiritual energy guiding lines sandwiched in the middle. It is usually used to test offensive spiritual weapons; even ordinary rifles can only leave shallow dents when they hit it.

Lin Ye walked to the wall and knocked twice.

Dull, solid.

The scroll of the All Souls was placed in an isolated box at the back, and the voice of the spirit was transmitted from the speaker.

"The Nine Breaths Tremor Chapter was originally a close-combat technique used by the Beast Taming Sect to suppress rampaging spirit beasts."

"Nine breaths to gather power, one breath for one burst. Spiritual energy enters from the shoulder into the arm, passes through the elbow to the fist, and is released together upon contact with the target."

Lin Ye turned back.

"Nine breaths?"

"What? You think it's too slow?"

"If a real fight breaks out, do you think they'll just stand there and wait for me to catch my breath?"

The spirit sneered.

"You haven't even mastered the first move, and you're already worrying about whether you'll get beaten to death."

Cheng Fang stood behind the monitoring station.

"Enough talk, let's test it the original way first."

Lin Ye closed his eyes.

Inhale.

In the first breath, draw spiritual energy into the right shoulder.

The second breath, the spiritual energy descended.

The third breath flows from the arm to the elbow.

With each step, a slight throbbing pain arose in the newly opened meridians. After nine breaths, spiritual energy gathered in his right fist, like a ball of hot energy being forcibly clenched.

Lin Ye stepped forward and slammed his fist into the wall.

boom!

The muffled sound echoed across the firing range.

The test wall trembled slightly.

The recoil from his fist surged up his arm, causing Lin Ye to take a half-step back and shake his hand.

A fist print less than two centimeters deep appeared on the wall.

Tang Zhi stood outside the safety line and peeked out.

"It's not as deep as when I smashed it with a hammer."

"You're using a hammer, I'm using my hands."

"The enemy won't give you any leeway just because you're empty-handed."

Lin Ye ignored her and looked down at the testing gloves.

The spiritual energy output was not low, but less than 40% actually entered the wall. Most of the remaining power was blocked by the outer alloy layer.

Cheng Fang finished reviewing the data.

"Its power is average, but the risk of getting close is quite high."

The Scripture of All Spirits simply stated, "That's because he's stupid."

"It's your teaching that's the problem."

"My cultivation method is absolutely correct."

Lin Ye rubbed his numb fist and walked to the wall again.

He heard many sounds when the blow hit the wall.

The crisp sound of a fist hitting metal.

The muffled sound of the energy-absorbing layer being squeezed.

There were also subtle tremors as the spiritual energy guiding lines rapidly dispersed the impact.

This wall wasn't something we just had to tough it out of.

It is releasing force.

Lin Ye placed his palm on it.

There were still faint aftershocks in the drainage lines inside the wall, which spread out in circles and quickly subsided.

"One more time."

The second time, he still gathered his strength by holding the breath for nine breaths.

The punch was thrown from the right side of the wall.

boom!

The dent left by that punch was shallower.

Lin Ye didn't pay attention.

He closed his eyes, observing the changes after the spiritual energy entered the wall. After the impact landed, the guiding lines immediately lit up, and the power was divided into several streams, flowing in different directions.

Like a stone thrown into water.

No matter how strong you are, you will eventually be swallowed up by the ripples.

For his third punch, Lin Ye did not gather his full nine breaths.

It only took six breaths.

The fist landed to the lower left of the first punch.

On the monitoring screen, the attack value dropped again.

Tang Zhi couldn't help but speak:

"Weaker each time."

Xu Mian, however, stared at the test wall.

"The locations are different."

The three punches may seem to land randomly, but they are actually placed near different flow control nodes.

Lin Ye pressed his hand against the wall again.

After the three impacts, the sounds inside the wall were no longer exactly the same.

There is a line in the lower left corner that is always a half beat slower when receiving an impact.

That slight hesitation was extremely subtle.

The instrument did not trigger an alarm.

Lin Ye heard it very clearly.

He turned to look at the isolation box.

"Can the Nine Breaths Tremor Technique only project spiritual energy outwards?"

"What do you mean?"

"Can we make the emitted spiritual energy continue to vibrate?"

The box was quiet for a moment.

"sure."

The spirit's tone became more impatient.

"Nine breaths stacked together is not about throwing out all the spiritual energy at once. The first shock breaks the skin and flesh, the second shocks through the bones and muscles, and the remaining force advances layer by layer. It's just that your meridians are only just formed. If you force a stacked shock, you will ruin your own hands first."

Lin Ye raised an eyebrow.

Why didn't you say so earlier?

"You didn't ask."

"Give me the method for operating the vibration stack."

"No." Zhou Heng walked over from the monitoring station. "You've already completed the entire physical fitness test today, and your meridian load is quite high. You can't perform high-risk shocks."

"I won't fold it nine times."

Lin Ye pointed to the lower left of the wall.

"Fold it only twice."

What's the difference?

"The first time you send the force in, the second time you don't push it forward."

He looked at the flow control node where the flow was becoming sluggish.

"It just vibrates once inside."

Zhou Heng understood.

"You want to bypass the outer defenses and directly disrupt the internal wiring?"

"How will you know if you try?"

Researchers quickly adjusted the monitoring parameters and added two more sets of sensors to Lin Ye's right arm.

Lin Ye stood in front of the wall again.

This time there were no nine breaths.

With his first breath, he channeled his spiritual energy into his shoulders and arms.

With the second breath, he pressed down on his fist.

The meridians felt slightly swollen, but it was still within a controllable range.

He wasn't staring at the fist marks on the wall.

All attention was focused on the slow, trembling sound inside.

The flow path has its own rhythm.

Fast, fast, slow.

Each time the force passes through there, it pauses for an extremely short moment.

Lin Ye had been waiting for this moment.

He threw a punch.

The sound of his fist hitting the wall was even softer than before.

The spiritual energy entered the interior through the contact point, and just as it was about to be dispersed by the flow path, Lin Ye suddenly tightened his five fingers.

A second surge of energy followed.

Instead of continuing forward.

Instead, it suddenly exploded within that node.

hum!

A dull, trembling sound emanated from deep within the wall.

Lin Ye felt a numbness in his right arm and immediately stepped back.

The wall remained completely still during the test.

There was only one faint white mark on the outer layer.

Tang Zhi took two steps closer.

"It failed?"

Lin Ye did not answer.

He heard the voices inside the wall change.

The originally orderly flow of spiritual energy was now in complete chaos. Several tremors collided with each other and then broke off one after another.

Click.

The first cracking sound rang out.

Immediately afterwards, a series of sounds erupted inside the test wall.

The data on the monitoring station suddenly turned red.

"Internal circuit failure!"

"The second energy-absorbing layer has fractured!"

"The wall's load-bearing capacity is decreasing!"

The researchers immediately shut off the supply of spiritual energy.

The exterior of the test wall remained intact, but the indicator lights inside were going out one by one.

Cheng Fang walked to the wall and tapped it with his finger.

The originally dull sound had become hollow.

The disassembly robotic arms extend from both sides and slowly lift the outer alloy plate.

It became quiet behind the wall.

The energy-absorbing material split into several pieces from the middle.

The most critical energy flow channels were all broken, with the cracks concentrated near the same node and then spreading outwards along the internal structure.

There was only a white mark on the outside.

It's completely rotten inside.

Tang Zhi remained silent this time.

Zhou Heng quickly checked the data.

"The external destructive forces have not changed much."

"Internal sabotage efficiency has increased by at least five times."

The Book of All Souls remained silent for a long while.

"This is not the Nine Breaths Tremor Chapter."

Lin Ye took off his testing gloves; his right hand was still trembling slightly.

"You taught me how to operate the two energies."

"The landing point, frequency, and detonation method are not the same."

The spirit's voice turned colder.

"You used your ears to bypass the target's external defenses."

Lin Ye looked at the broken wires inside the wall.

The ordinary "Nine Breaths Tremor Chapter" relies on the layering of tremor energy.

But his punch was different.

Listen first.

Find the most unstable spot.

Then send the power in.

It shattered from the inside.

"We need to give it a name," Xu Mian said.

Lin Ye thought for a moment.

"Broken sound".

Tang Zhi looked at him.

"Because the sound was damaged?"

"Because it's easy to remember."

The Wanling Jingjian snorted coldly.

"Utterly vulgar."

"As long as they can fight, that's fine."

Lin Ye clenched his right hand.

pain.

My meridians also feel a bit swollen.

But looking at the test wall, which showed almost no damage from the outside, he still smiled.

In the future, when danger arises, he will no longer have to stand at the back and wait for others to risk their lives.

Cheng Fang handed the damage report to the researchers.

"The attack method has been recorded, tentatively named 'sound distortion'."

"Lin Ye has stopped training today for a full examination of his right arm."

Lin Ye was about to speak when Cheng Fang looked over first.

"Dare to say you're fine, and your extra firearms training will be doubled tomorrow."

Lin Ye immediately turned around.

"Where's the infirmary again?"

I had only taken two steps when all the lights in the training field suddenly flickered.

Immediately afterwards, piercing alarms blared simultaneously from the corridor, the firing range, and the overhead loudspeakers.

This is not a normal anomaly alert.

Instead, it is the highest-level spiritual energy warning covering all seven headquarters.

The monitoring screen on the wall switches automatically.

On the map of the capital, one red dot after another lit up.

ten.

Twenty.

Fifty.

It's still increasing.

The previously stable spiritual energy curve was suddenly pushed upwards by a hand, and in just over ten seconds, it broke through the highest value of the past three years.

The relaxed expression on Cheng Fang's face vanished instantly.

An urgent announcement came over the loudspeaker:

"An abnormal increase in spiritual energy concentration has been detected nationwide."

"All field personnel must immediately cease training and return to their assigned groups to await further instructions."

"Repeat it."

"The second spiritual tide has erupted ahead of schedule."