Please be my partner.

Gao Haidong talked a lot, such as daily tasks, benefits and so on.

After understanding this, Mellen was not opposed to joining Gao Haidong's team and becoming a member of the Holy Guard, but before that, he had one last question.

Mellen asked in a low voice: "What is Instructor Lu's identity?"

Gao Haidong smiled slightly and said, "Instructor Lu is one of the three leaders of the Holy Guard. If you join my team, it's equivalent to joining Instructor Lu's direct command."

Mellen nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I'll join Senior Gao's team."

Gao Haidong's expression froze slightly. He didn't expect things to go so smoothly, so smoothly that he didn't have time to use many of the arguments he had prepared.

However, Gao Haidong quickly realized what was happening and said happily, "Great, great! With you joining us, our Yuehai team will be even stronger. I'll prepare the transfer order right away. And don't worry, I'll follow the standards for full members in the team joining agreement."

"The Leaping Sea Team?" Mellen blinked, confused.

Gao Haidong chuckled and said, "The Holy Guards all operate independently in small teams. To distinguish them, each team has a corresponding code name. If you, Junior Mellen, form your own team in the future, you can also give it a resounding code name."

When Gao Haidong talked about Mellen forming his own team in the future, his expression was very calm, and he really thought so.

In Gao Haidong's opinion, with Mellen's talent, it is only a matter of time before he gets the authority to form his own team. Joining his Yuehai team now is just a win-win situation. Moreover, with this friendship, their team will have a helper when carrying out large-scale joint missions in the future. Why not do it?

Melen did not comment on Gao Haidong's statement. For him, the main tasks in this world were very simple. One was to dig out as many secrets as possible, and the other was to find a way to go to the Mountain and Sea Realm.

No matter which of these two points, relying on official forces is a good way, at least it is much better than wandering around blindly on your own.

As for the need to obey orders in this process, this is just a normal transaction condition for Mellen.

After saying goodbye to Gao Haidong, Melen looked up at the sun in the sky, which was blazing and dazzling.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in the alley next to him. Mellen paused on his way back to the police station, thought for a moment, and walked towards a small supermarket not far away. After a while, he came out holding a plastic bag and walked into the alley.

"Woof!~"

"Woof woof!~"

Mellen peeled off the sausage skin and then cut it into small pieces to feed the dogs that gathered around him. These were all stray dogs nearby.

The dogs seemed to understand what Mellen said. They squatted on the ground and wagged their tails obediently, looking at Mellen with eyes full of closeness and tameness. When Mellen gave the signal, the dogs rushed to eat.

The reason why Mellen could do this was not because he had tamed these stray dogs, but because as his strength increased, his various abilities were gradually unlocked. This was because of his affinity with dogs. It was like with the protection of local forces, his "foreign" powers became legalized.

After feeding the dogs, Mellen walked out of the alley. At this time, a majestic aura like the rising sun was rising from him.

Melen muttered to himself, "Since I can't hide, then I'll show my strength, become a peerless genius, and sweep across 30,000 miles without any enemies!"

Three days later, Mellen's transfer order arrived as expected.

Yu Zhendong said with a complicated expression: "I actually expected this day to come a long time ago, but I didn't expect it to come so soon."

Melun smiled and said, "Master, thank you for your teachings during this period. I have benefited a lot."

Yu Zhendong showed a look of relief on his face.

After receiving the news, Director Hao held a farewell ceremony, which was even larger than the welcome ceremony when Mellen first arrived. A hotel was specially booked, and all the official civil servants of the entire branch attended.

Of course, the money is from the branch office.

Although Mellen was not interested in these social engagements, he had to admit that Director Hao was a wonderful person.

Before leaving, Mellen did not forget the group of stray dogs around the police station. He directly gave each dog a little spiritual energy. Although this amount of spiritual energy was far from enough to make the dogs become spirits, it could make them smarter and stronger.

Some of these dogs were adopted by the police station. At Mellen's suggestion, they will be trained to be police dogs. I believe that after a while, the police station will definitely get a nice surprise.

The rest were handed over to the newly built orphanage. Of course, they were not with the children, but the director wanted to set up a stray animal rescue station. On the one hand, it would help the stray animals, and on the other hand, it would try to prevent stray animals from injuring people and the spread of some viruses.

After spending a few days to deal with all the matters in Jinhai City, Mellen boarded the high-speed train to the Holy City.

The Holy City, the capital of the Holy City Federation, is also the only super first-tier city. Its prosperity far exceeds that of second-tier cities such as Jinhai City. It is the political and cultural center of the entire federation. Of course, considering the individual military strength of the aliens, it may also be a military center.

The high-speed train was extremely fast and it took less than a day to cross most of the Holy City Federation.

When Melen came out of the station, he saw Gao Haidong already waiting outside.

After seeing Mellen, Gao Haidong smiled and said, "Welcome to join us. Come on, I'll take you to meet the other teammates first. Tomorrow we'll go through the formalities, and then we'll go visit the instructor. He'll surely be very happy to see you."

Mellen nodded slightly and had no objection to the arrangement.

After getting into Gao Haidong's car, the two not only did not move towards the interior of the Holy City, but started driving outwards instead.

You know, the train station is already built on the edge of the Holy City. If you go further out, you will almost leave the Holy City.

Gao Haidong seemed to notice Mellen's confusion and shrugged. "It can't be helped. You don't know how expensive housing is in the Holy City. If we just rented a house for the team to live together, it wouldn't be a big deal, but we also need a decent-sized venue for daily training. So, to balance our daily expenses, we can only choose a place a little further away."

Melen was speechless. This was indeed a bit real.

He asked doubtfully, "Aren't we the Holy Guard? Don't the higher-ups have arranged a place for us to train daily?"

Gao Haidong said somewhat embarrassedly: "Yes, there are, but only the top 20 teams have this treatment."

"Ahem! You know our work pattern. We're out and about most of the year. The training grounds are usually less than one-fifth full. There's no way they're wasting resources for nothing."

"The public training ground has quite complete facilities, but unfortunately, the space is limited. It can only accommodate 20 teams taking turns. The Yuehai team is a little bit lacking."

When saying the last sentence, Gao Haidong seemed a little lacking in confidence, as if the Yuehai team was more than just "a little bit away" from the top 20, but Mellen was tactful enough not to ask any further questions.

Soon the surrounding environment became more and more remote, as if we had reached the suburbs, and finally the car stopped in front of a villa covering a large area.

As soon as he got off the car, Mellen felt the ground shaking from time to time, accompanied by a slight whistling sound.

Gao Haidong said, "Xiaoguang and Xiaoshu are playing games."

As he spoke, Gao Haidong took the lead into the villa, followed closely by Mellen.

After entering the villa, the first person I saw was Rong Dingjun sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV.

After a brief greeting, Rong Dingjun said, "Xiaoguang and Xiaoshu are in the training room. Yalan knew that new people were coming, so she went to the Holy City to prepare ingredients. She said she would make a big dinner tonight."

Gao Haidong smiled and said, "Then we are in for a treat today."

There are five members in the Yuehai team, including captain Gao Haidong, Rong Dingjun, Chen Guang, Lu Shu, and Luo Yalan.

Rong Dingjun came from the military and was once the top soldier in a certain unit. Later, when his strength reached the required level, he naturally joined the Holy Guard.

Chen Guang and Lu Shu are younger than Mellen, only in their early twenties. They both came from the Qianlong Genius Class and are considered to be among the graduates with relatively outstanding academic performance.

As the only female in the team, Luo Yalan, like Gao Haidong, comes from the police system and is also the team's financial and logistics manager.

Mellen had seen all the members of Gao Haidong's team before and knew their names, but he had never interacted with them. His general impression of them was...

Rong Dingjun is steady and reliable; Chen Guang and Lu Shu may have a bit of a quirky personality due to their age; Luo Yalan looks like a rather gentle older sister.

At Gao Haidong's invitation, the two came to the underground training room. As soon as they opened the soundproof door, Mellen heard bursts of violent whistling and vibrations.

Soon Mellen saw the 'game' that Chen Guang and Lu Shu were playing.

The two men were five meters apart when Chen Guang tossed the baseball in his hand and suddenly threw it towards Lu Shu.

Lu Shu caught the baseball instantly, flicked his wrist, and threw it towards Chen Guang.

Occasionally, the ball would be missed and would hit the wall behind them, making a dull sound.

After Gao Haidong's explanation, Mellen also knew the rules of the "game". It was actually very simple. The two sides were five meters apart and could move sideways. The one who threw the ball was the attacker and the one who caught the ball was the defender. What the defender had to do was very simple. They just had to catch the ball thrown by the attacker. The attacker had a restriction. The landing point of the throw had to be within one meter around the defender. This was also called the goal area.

After seeing Gao Haidong and Mellen, Chen Guang's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Brother Mellen, do you want to play a few games?"

Melen found it interesting and said with a smile, "Okay."

Lu Shu made way for Gao Haidong, who coughed softly and reminded him, "Xiao Guang, Melen has never played this kind of game before."

Chen Guang understood and said with a smile: "Don't worry! I will give in to Brother Mellen."

Gao Haidong shook his head helplessly. Chen Guang and Lu Shu were both good young men, but because they had not experienced much social experience, they were a bit straightforward in character.

After Mellen stood still, Chen Guang said, "I'm going to attack!"

"Whoosh!~Bang!~"

The baseball whizzed past Mellen and hit the wall behind him. Chen Guang had indeed let up as he said, and the speed of the baseball was obviously much slower.

A hint of surprise flashed across Mellen's face, and he withdrew his hand that had missed.

Chen Guang smiled proudly and said, "Brother Mellen, although this ball-tossing game may seem simple, it is the best way to train your combat reflexes."

Mellen nodded slightly in agreement.

When fighting, you often need to predict your opponent's moves, eye contact, momentum, and muscle changes. These are all based on your judgment, but they can also be traps.

When Chen Guang threw the ball before, Mellen used this series of changes to determine in advance that the ball would land in his lower left corner, so his body instinctively reacted in advance.

However, Mellen failed to predict the outcome and the baseball brushed past his right waist.

If this happens in a life-and-death fight, it might expose your weaknesses and give your opponent a chance to deliver a fatal blow.

Melen smiled and said, "Interesting. I didn't expect such a small game could contain so many truths."

Chapter 339: Martial Arts Realm and the Nature of Terror

In the following ball-tossing game, Mellen did not show any extraordinary strength, but played purely with skills. As he became more familiar with it, he no longer had trouble catching the ball.

It was through this kind of small game that the relationship between Mellen and the Yuehai team quickly became closer.

Not long after, Rong Dingjun, who had originally thought that the two men had called Chen Guang and Lu Shu to come up, waited for a long time but no one showed up, so he had to go down to the underground training room and join the game as well.

The result was that when Luo Yalan came back with a lot of bags, she found that the villa was empty.

In the evening, the five members of the Yuehai team, plus the newly joined Melen, were busy preparing delicious food in the kitchen. Of course, Melen and the others were just helping out, and Luo Yalan was the one who was actually in charge of cooking.

Melen was unconsciously attracted by Luo Yalan's two metal arms, but he quickly realized that this was impolite and looked away.

Melen had of course seen Luo Yalan before, but at that time she was not only wearing long sleeves but also gloves, so he didn't see anything. It was only then that he discovered that both of her arms were robotic arms.

Gao Haidong noticed Mellen's actions, but he did not explain directly. Instead, he continued to process the ingredients.

After a sumptuous dinner was prepared, several people gathered around the table and sat down, their faces filled with happy smiles, which made Melen clearly feel the harmonious atmosphere of the team.

After a brief welcome to Mellen, the group began to enjoy the food.

At this time, Gao Haidong also started the topic: "Meren, let me formally introduce you to the Yuehai team."

"Rong Dingjun, a martial artist at the Blood Moving Realm, is proficient in various firearms, sniping, and driving various medium and large vehicles."

"Chen Guang, a martial arts cultivator at the Blood Moving Realm, was born with amazing spiritual perception and can occasionally sense approaching danger. According to the Hidden Dragon Class, this is a sign of some kind of innate supernatural talent. Unfortunately, it hasn't been fully awakened. If Xiaoguang can become a martial arts true spirit in the future, he might have the opportunity to awaken again."

"Lü Shu, a martial artist at the Blood Moving Realm, is proficient in various electronic devices and can provide us with considerable off-field support."

"Luo Yalan was originally at the Blood Moving Realm, but she suffered a serious injury during a mission and has now undergone mechanical transformation. Although she currently only has two arms, her lethality and explosive power are much greater than those of us who only practice martial arts. Furthermore, Yalan is also the logistics manager of our team. She manages the team's public resources and daily missions."

"As for me, I'm currently at the Blood Moving Realm of Martial Arts, but I'm a bit special because I participated in a special experiment years ago, which led to the awakening of an unstable ability."

At this point, Gao Haidong pointed to his right hand, which was always covered with a leather glove, and continued, "This ability is extremely lethal, but I can't effectively control it, so I can only suppress it on a daily basis to avoid causing any trouble."

After Gao Haidong finished his introduction, Melen also said: "I am currently in the Blood Moving Realm. Because I also practiced the Red Dragon Body Tempering Technique, my bursts are stronger than usual."

Chen Guang said with some envy: "Brother Melen, you should have the qualifications suitable for practicing the Red Dragon Body Tempering Technique. This top-level body tempering technique is much stronger than ordinary body tempering techniques."

Mellen knew what qualifications Chen Guang was talking about. The cultivation methods of each martial arts school, tracing back to their origins, were all created by humans, and were naturally tailored to their own needs. The closer the bodies of later generations were to the sources of these martial arts, the more effective it would be to cultivate the corresponding skills. Otherwise, the result would be half the effort and twice the result. The difference was by no means as simple as one plus one.

Although he knew it was not the case, Mellen did not refute it, otherwise he would have a hard time explaining how such rapid progress could be achieved without any resources.

Melen changed the subject, but also asked with genuine doubt: "Senior, please tell me about the specific divisions of martial arts. I only know that I am at the Blood Moving Realm, but I have a vague understanding of the others."

Gao Haidong smiled and said, "Okay!"

"You should have known what I said before. When a person reaches a state of abundant Qi and blood, they can enter the Blood Moving Realm through the cultivation methods of various martial arts schools."

"The Blood Moving Realm is divided into three stages: Refining the Flesh, Tempering the Bone, and Tempering the Internal Organs."

"Flesh refinement is what you're doing right now. By repeatedly moving Qi and blood, you're gradually strengthening your body. Normally, if you rely solely on the Qi and blood generated from three meals a day to refine your body, it would take at least thirty to fifty years. Considering that Qi and blood decline after the age of forty, it's impossible to complete it."

"So, the Flesh Refining stage is the most resource-intensive in the entire Blood Moving Realm. The faster you can complete the Flesh Refining, the smoother your future martial arts path will be."

"Bone marrow is the most important hematopoietic tissue in the human body. Ordinary Qi and blood have difficulty penetrating the bones and strengthening the bone marrow. However, as you continue to refine the flesh, the Qi and blood will gradually become purer and stronger. When they reach a certain level, you can begin to strengthen the bone marrow. This is the second stage after the flesh refinement is completed... bone forging."

"The most important thing for bone forging isn't resources, but secret techniques. Even some relatively common bone forging secret techniques are enough to make the effect of a bone forging ten times stronger than without them. The secret techniques of the great martial arts sects can even reach thirty, fifty, or even a hundred times the effect! You can imagine the difference between the two."

"As bone forging continues, the vitality in the blood will gradually become abundant. It is said that martial arts masters who have reached a certain level in the bone forging realm, combined with the latest drugs developed by the Federation, can even regenerate their own severed limbs."

"Refine the internal organs. In fact, as the bone forging begins, the internal organs are also tempered."

"The fundamental principle of internal organ tempering is to utilize the abundant vitality contained in the blood to subtly strengthen the internal organs. Of course, if one truly relies on passive strengthening through blood circulation, it would probably take hundreds of years to complete the internal organ tempering. Secret methods are still required."

"Furthermore, because internal organs are extremely fragile, the secret method of tempering them is even rarer and more difficult to obtain."

As for the connection between the fragility of internal organs and the rarity of the secret method of tempering them?

To create a secret method to strengthen fragile internal organs from scratch, in addition to possessing incredible luck like the protagonist of the universe, I don’t know how many bone-strengthening masters will have to die!