Chapter 200: Chapter 200: Cruel Training

After a rest, the training phase that his senior brothers described as the most brutal began.

Running was already so difficult, but that was merely a warm-up before the actual training. Lin Shen had thought that real training would be extremely rigorous, yet the true regimen turned out to be sitting motionless.

Instructor Mu had He Fang teach Lin Shen how to meditate, and once Lin Shen had learned, Instructor Mu brought over a chair to sit in front of them and watch.

All Lin Shen and the others had to do was sit there in a meditative posture without moving. They didn’t need to practice anything, and they could think about anything or let their minds wander. The only requirement was to remain still.

Initially, Lin Shen didn’t find anything particularly brutal about merely sitting without moving.

However, after sitting for a while, he started to feel that something was off.

Fundamentally, Lin Shen was a person who enjoyed playing around and was eager to try all kinds of novelties.

You could ask him to sleep in, no problem, but when he wasn’t asleep, asking him to stay completely still was torturous, and Lin Shen gradually realized just how uncomfortable it really was.

“Damn, who invented this training method? It’s absolutely torturous. I’d rather run ten more laps than continue sitting here,” Lin Shen felt uncomfortable all over, even experiencing an inexplicable itching sensation.

If Instructor Mu hadn’t been sitting right in front of him, he surely wouldn’t have been able to stay put, at the very least he would’ve reached out to scratch the itch.

But seeing that Instructor Mu’s eyes were unblinkingly fixed on him, Lin Shen had no choice but to endure and stay still.

“I’m definitely not coming tomorrow,” Lin Shen had made up his mind to drop out and not come back the next day.

He was ready to write off the more than ten thousand as a loss, no big deal. He didn’t care about the money that much; he couldn’t stand this punishment.

But even if he decided not to come the next day, he still had to complete the training for today. Lin Shen could only think about how to endure it.

“I’ll just practice ‘The Greed for Life and Fear of Death Elixir’,” Lin Shen thought to himself, feeling that it was his only option.

He held his breath and began to practice the Immortality Scripture, which he normally only did while sleeping; he would definitely not do it otherwise.

Having no choice now, he began to practice the Immortality Scripture, closing his eyes and letting his spirit dissipate as his breath slowly circulated with each inhalation and exhalation.

Once the Immortality Scripture began to work, Lin Shen’s heartbeat and blood flow slowed down considerably, and they continued to slow down even further.

His heart was beating at an alarmingly slow rate—sometimes once a minute, sometimes not even once. As he practiced the Immortality Scripture, these intervals even began to lengthen.

During the practice of the Immortality Scripture, Lin Shen was essentially in a deep sleep, no longer aware of any discomfort.

By the time the meditation session ended, it was already the afternoon.

Only then did Instructor Mu start to teach them some theoretical knowledge about combat skills. As for practical lessons, they were allowed to do as they pleased; he didn’t manage them at all.

Lin Shen had come to realize that Instructor Mu primarily focused on two areas of training: running and meditation. Any other theoretical knowledge and combat practices were taught casually. Whether Lin Shen and the others could learn them or to what extent didn’t seem to concern Instructor Mu.

After a day’s training, Lin Shen returned to his lodging. Lin Miao asked about his training for the day. Upon hearing that Bai Shenfei wasn’t at the camp, he was clearly disappointed.

Now, Lin Shen felt attending the training camp wasn’t so bad at all. He could train his physical abilities and meditate. During meditation, he could practice the Immortality Scripture, which also counted as sleeping. That meant he could hunt Metal Warriors on Realm King Planet at night.

That night, back in his own room, Lin Shen locked the door and activated the teleportation function of his watch, once again arriving in the Colorful Desert.

All around, there was still no one in sight. Lin Shen had wrapped himself in the Base Mutation Carapace and summoned the Evil Dragon. Riding the Evil Dragon, he flew over the desert, searching for Red Metal Warriors.

The common Blue Metal Warriors and Purple Metal Warriors were of no use to him anymore; now, only Red Metal Warriors were of value.

However, Red Metal Warriors were extremely rare. So far, he had only encountered two of them.

After flying for a long time, Lin Shen’s gaze scoured the desert below. Countless groups of Metal Warriors were visible, among which Blue Metal Warriors were not uncommon.

Occasionally, he could spot a Purple Metal Warrior, but not a single Red Metal Warrior was in sight.

Just as he was becoming frustrated, he suddenly noticed a patch of green light in the desert ahead.

Upon closer inspection, there was a group of warriors that looked like jade, similar to Metal Warriors, but their bodies were made of green jade, reflecting a twinkling green light under the sun.

Amidst that greenery, there was one Purple Jade Warrior, clearly a mutated variant.

“To think there are groups of Crystal Base Level Warriors,” Lin Shen exclaimed with great elation.

He had thought that the desert was only populated with Alloy Creatures after seeing only Metal Warriors for so long, assuming it was a situation similar to the grassy knolls.

Lin Shen immediately launched his pets, letting them battle the jade warriors below, with the Frost Swordsman taking on the solo fight against the Purple Jade Warrior.

“Killing Crystal-based Creature Green Crystal Warrior…”

The information from his watch informed him of the true names of these warriors.

The Green Crystal Warriors were essentially the Crystal Base version of Green Metal Warriors, strong and well-defended but slightly slower and less resilient.

Their main skills were heavy strikes and charges, with rapid body recovery. Mutated warriors had higher speed and resilience and possessed skills akin to storing energy and unstoppable force.

“Killing Mutated Crystal Base Creature Purple Crystal Warrior…”

“As expected, it’s a Mutated Crystal Base.” Lin Shen watched as the Purple Crystal Warrior was slain by the Frost Swordsman. Seeing the information, he felt unsurprised.

The Frost Swordsman was indeed formidable; wounded by his sword, the Base Mutation Fluid inside their bodies would freeze, greatly reducing their mobility, and eventually, they would lose the ability to fight, a tactic akin to the coagulating effects of Death Powder.

After collecting the Base Mutation Fluid from the Purple Crystal Warrior, Lin Shen mounted the Evil Dragon to continue his journey. In the desert that followed, he encountered a vast number of Crystal Base Warriors.

Green Crystal Warriors were the majority, with occasional sightings of Blue Crystal Warriors and Purple Crystal Warriors.

Having used the Base Mutation Fluid from the Purple and Blue Crystal Warriors, Lin Shen’s Base Mutation rate increased once again, filling him with great joy.

“At this rate, I should be able to reach a hundred percent Base Mutation rate in this desert,” Lin Shen felt a bright future ahead, just waiting to ascend to Crystal Base.

Once ascended to the Crystal Base Level, Lin Shen planned to focus his main efforts on the Realm King Planet, laying the groundwork for his own Ascension.

It would be ideal to acquire some Mutated Ascension Eggs. If he couldn’t find Primeval Eggs for Ascension, he would have to settle for the next best alternative.

Even Wei Wufu had mentioned that the Primeval Eggs used for Ascension were hard to come by, and Lin Shen had probed him about it. Although Wei Wufu didn’t spell it out, obtaining those kinds of Primeval Eggs used for Ascension from Tiancheng was unlikely to be easy.

Ordinary supplies would never be enough to trade for those kinds of Primeval Eggs with the Wei Family.