Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 32 Elite Training Camp

September 8, 2056, Hongning Base City.

A huge, dark blue passenger plane slowly landed at the airport in the base city.

Zhou Yang and Yang Hui exited the passenger plane's passageway and transferred to a limousine, heading towards the elite training camp in the center of the base city.

Hongning Base City is located in western Asia. Its architectural style is very different from that of Jiangnan Base City, and its population also appears to be much smaller.

As Zhou Yang watched the various ancient-style buildings flashing past the car window, he found himself enjoying the sights.

"Our Hongning Base City is recognized as the safest base city on Earth. Every year, a large number of wealthy people and martial artists are eager to join us."

"However, the museum owner has always controlled the population of the base, preferring to have fewer but better ones. Currently, the total population of the entire base city is only about eight million."

The special envoy sitting next to him, Yang Hui, smiled and introduced the situation in Hongning Base City to him.

"However, although our population is small, we have the highest proportion of martial artists in the world..."

The two chatted all the way, and the van soon arrived at the gate of an extremely magnificent building.

"Come on, get off the bus, we've arrived at the elite training camp."

Yang Hui got out of the car first and led Zhou Yang into the magnificent gate.

Upon entering the gate, Zhou Yang saw a huge black dragon sculpture. The giant black dragon sculpture was nearly fifty meters tall, with sharp claws and lifelike scales.

His gaze followed the massive black dragon statue's body slowly upwards, soon coming into contact with its enormous, jet-black eyes.

In an instant, Zhou Yang's consciousness seemed to be trapped in a black vortex, with endless oppression and fear surging towards him...

Fortunately, the next moment, a clear stream flowed from his chest, circulating slowly throughout his body, and his mind instantly became clear.

"Huff, huff... This must be the legendary Black Dragon Ranking List. The pressure is immense!"

Zhou Yang let out a soft breath. For a fleeting moment, he almost thought the black dragon in front of him was about to come back to life.

"Haha, how about that? Surprised?"

Yang Hui, standing nearby, chuckled sarcastically:

"This sculpture is called the Black Dragon Ranking. See those eyes on top of the sculpture? Those are the eyes of a real King-level monster, the Black Dragon, which was placed here after being killed by the Gym Leader."

"Look at those dragon scales."

Yang Hui reminded him.

"Dragon scales..."

Zhou Yang followed his gaze and immediately understood what he meant.

Those lifelike dragon scales were actually miniature display screens.

Upon closer inspection, each display screen showed a line of text.

NO.1 Renates Bridge (530321)

NO.2 Zhu Qiang (540601)

NO.3 Eben Paz (520316)

No. 80 James Bolton (561019)

From top to bottom, each dragon scale bears a name, totaling 80 names.

"This is the ranking of all the trainees in the elite training camp."

Yang Hui smiled. "Just a reminder, this ranking determines how many resources you get in the elite training camp each month, so you must take it seriously!"

"These are all in the student handbook. Take a good look at it yourself. Now, I'll take you to your accommodation."

Yang Hui led Zhou Yang along the way, and soon they arrived at a courtyard with the characteristics of a base city in the Jiangnan region.

"This courtyard is called Jiangnan Pavilion, and two senior brothers and sisters from your Jiangnan Base City live there."

Yang Hui smiled and gave a brief introduction, then shouted loudly into the courtyard.

"Shi Jiang, Zhao Ruo, are you there? We have new people at Jiangnan Pavilion!"

With his shout, a figure rushed out from each of the two pavilions in the courtyard.

Two figures arrived in the blink of an eye. Zhou Yang looked closely and saw that the newcomers were a strong young man in a black training uniform and a short-haired girl with slightly dark skin.

"This must be our new junior brother? Haha, my name is Zhao Ruo, welcome!"

The short-haired girl greeted Zhou Yang casually.

"Hello, senior sister, my name is Zhou Yang." Zhou Yang smiled politely.

"Shi Jiang, welcome, junior brother."

The strong young man beside him nodded.

His voice sounded somewhat deep, and he seemed a little dull.

However, Zhou Yang dared not underestimate him. Yang Hui had introduced him to Shi Jiang on the way. Shi Jiang was a top-five figure on the Black Dragon Ranking, a true god of war!

The reason I haven't pursued the God of War certification yet is simply to enjoy the benefits of the elite training camp for two more years.

"Greetings, senior brother!"

Zhou Yang smiled and nodded in response.

"Alright, you're both from Jiangnan Base City, so I'll leave Zhou Yang in your care. Please take good care of him. I'll be going now."

Yang Hui patted Zhou Yang on the shoulder, smiled, and turned to leave.

"Junior brother, come here, let me introduce you properly..."

Jiangnan Pavilion housed a total of three people, including Zhou Yang.

Among them, Senior Brother Shi Jiang has a steady personality and seems somewhat serious.

Senior sister Zhao Ruo, on the other hand, was clearly a chatterbox, and once she started talking to Zhou Yang, it never seemed to end.

But Zhou Yang also gleaned a lot of important information from her words.

"Junior brother, remember this: if you want to improve your strength quickly in the training camp, you must strive to climb higher in the monthly rankings."

"The rankings on this leaderboard determine the monthly resource allocation. Resources like the Ancient Civilization Gravity Chamber and the Trial Tower are highly valued even by War God-level experts!"

"Furthermore, those who rank at the top each month will receive extra rewards, and if they're lucky, they might even have the chance to receive personal guidance from the headmaster..."

As Zhao Ruo continued to explain, Zhou Yang's eyes gradually brightened.

The elite training camp is full of good stuff!

Take the ancient civilization's gravity chamber, for example; the internal gravity can be adjusted from 1 to 1000 times the normal level, depending on the needs.

Cultivating under multiple times the gravity allows the entire body, including internal organs, to be subjected to comprehensive pressure and tempering, thereby greatly accelerating the cultivation speed of genetic energy.

And then there's the Trial Tower, which has its own virtual space where you can fight and kill monsters without worrying about your life. It's an excellent aid for honing your agility and marksmanship!

The guidance from even more powerful warriors, including those at the God of War level, is truly enviable!

You should know that these god-level teachers all have their own special skills.

Some of their movements are so exquisite that they reach the level of artistic conception; others' knife skills, spear skills, and sword skills have also reached the level of perfection or even artistic conception.

With the guidance of these teachers, my combat skills, including movement and marksmanship, will definitely improve rapidly.

"The usage time for ancient gravity chambers and trial towers is strictly linked to rankings."

"To gain more usage time, you need to work hard to improve your ranking, and the ranking points are mainly related to the base points for hunting monsters each month and the fluctuation of combat power."

"The fluctuation of combat power is mainly based on the power exertion technique and the level of the Trial Tower."

I have only mastered the first level of "World Destruction". When my internal energy is unleashed, my total power can reach twice that of before, which is roughly equivalent to Luo Feng's mastery of the second level of "Nine-fold Thunder Blade".

Compared to the geniuses in the elite training camp, they're probably only at a mid-to-lower level.

Zhou Yang quickly took stock of his strengths and weaknesses.

"I'm a psychic, so my monster-hunting efficiency shouldn't be slower than those veteran trainees. My main weakness is the fluctuation in combat power!"

He gradually clarified the direction of his next efforts.

"Then, let's focus on cultivating the second level of 'World Destruction' and improving our movement techniques in the near future!"

(End of this chapter)