Swallowed Star - Chapter 28 Fighter combat exam
Late into the night, the street light shined through the glass of the media room and refracted into the training hall.
Luo Feng, wearing a loose dojo uniform, silently kneeled on the floor. Two streams of light constantly and rapidly circled around Luo Fengâs body. As if they were happy, joyous birds, they flew around the dojo quickly and flexibly.
After a while, the two streams of light slowed down and floated next to Luo Feng; they were two throwing knives.
âWith my current level of spiritual force, controlling things isnât too hard. However, if I control like four of five knivesâŠ.. the speed, power, etc. diminishâ Other than trying to control his new strength, Luo Feng has put most of this monthâs work on his spiritual force training.
While Luo Feng was living in the Ming-Yue sector this month, he met and talked with many fighters. Luo Feng also confirmed one thingâthat his telekinesis is indeed spiritual force!
âIâm taking the fighter combat exam tomorrow, so I should rest well tonightâ
Luo Feng stood up and opened the glass door, and then headed to his bedroom to sleep.
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August 1st, noon. Under the leadership of a fighter, thirty or so prospective fighters, including Luo Feng and Yang Wu, rushed towards the train station.
[KU-CHI~~ KU-CHI~~] The train was moving quickly into the station and the sounds of the wheels grinding against the tracks were weak. The carriages of the train were all filled with clamor, but were also completely sealed. There were no windows to look out of. In each carriage, a person appeared on the large display.
Inside the carriage, many prospective fighters were seated.
âFellow prospective fighters, future fighters, I am from the HR allianceâ a middle-aged man was speaking on the carriageâs display, âIâm sure all of you have heard of the HR alliance before! Itâs the strongest, wealthiest organization and the organization with the most fighters! Iâm sure everyone is also familiar with the HR allianceâs other nameâThe Underground Allianceâ
All the prospective fighters inside the carriage quieted down.
Luo Feng and Yang Wu sat side by side, heads raised towards the large display.
âCrazy, youâve heard of the Underground Alliance before right?â laughed Yang Wu, âThey are seriously wealthy! The wealthiest organization on earth, even wealthier than a countryâ
âI knowâ
Luo Feng laughed. While he lived in the Ming-Yue sector for the past month, he has learned of many basic information from the fighters in the same area. Prior to the Grand Nirvana period, places like the United States of America and Europe all had powerful families controlling them from behind. For example, the Morgan family, the Rockefeller family, the Onassis family, etcâŠ..
These families virtually controlled over half of the worldâs wealth!
However, when the Grand Nirvana period came and the monsters attacked, many smaller countries were destroyed. The larger countries that had powerful armies all fended for themselves and strengthened their governments. At this time, many of the old, powerful families were afraid of being overpowered by the governmentsâ armies. So they teamed up and createdâthe HR allianceïżœïżœor the human rights alliance.
Human rights alliance, it sounds good. However, itâs an alliance that centers around the powerful families. Itâs called by fighters the âUnderground Allianceâ.
âOur alliance has the worldâs largest communication platform for fighters! Here, you can accept high paying missionsâ
âOur alliance has power and influence all over the world! Once you join our alliance and you become one of us, youâll receive top class service whether itâs in the USA or the European Unionâ
âOur alliance has the largest army and the most power in the government, join usâŠ..â
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The middle-aged man spoke for 15 minutes.
âAll future fightersâ
A man who had a strict face on appeared on the screen, âLet me introduce myself. I, am Jiang-Nan cityâs security agencyâs deputy chief. My name is Liu. In our country of China, there is no doubt that our governmentâs army is the strongest! Join our government, join our army, and no matter where you go in China, youâll have the greatest supportâ
âŠ..
âEveryoneâ the person on the screen changed again, âI am the chief of Jiang-Nan cityâs Thunder Dojo headquarters, Wang. Our thunder dojo was created by the fastest and invincible fighter, âThunder Lordâ. All over the world, our thunder dojo has branchesâŠ..â
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âAll future fighters, we have introduced the previous three. No need to say, everyone knows Iâm from the dojo of limits!â the person on the screen changed to another person, âMy name is Zhu Ge! The dojo of limitsâŠ.. is the strongest dojo on earth and was created by the strongest fighter! In our dojo, we hold the strongest power on earthâŠ..â
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The four advertisements raised up discussion between the prospective fighters in the carriage.
âSecond brother, after becoming a fighter, which side will you join? I think the dojo of limits is pretty goodâ
âIâll join the Underground Alliance; you can earn the most money there, hahaâ
âThe Thunder dojo gives fighters better conditions, even a better than the dojo of limitsâ. Joining the thunder dojo seems like a good choice tooâ
The excited discussions of the prospective fighters spread around the carriage.
Luo Feng and Yang Wu also discussed in a low voice: âCrazy, my instructor and my senior both joined the dojo of limits. Now, even you have joined the dojo of limits, so of course I will too! Even if I join the dojo of limits, I can still receive missions from the Underground Alliance. We can choose to buy things from both the dojo of limits and from the Underground Allianceâ
âThe Dojo of Limits, the Thunder Dojo, the Underground Alliance, and the governmentâs armyâŠ..â Luo Feng was clear.
Within all of those powers, the governmentâs army was no doubt the strongest.
For the Underground Alliance, which is made out of many powerful families from all over the world, even a country would try to avoid angering them, since the Underground Alliance controls nearly the entire worldâs economy!
The thunder dojo and the dojo of limits are behind the first two in power.
However, joining these two large dojos represents freedom!
âBrother Yang, how many prospective fighters do you see on this carriage?â Luo Feng looked around and saw that there were over a hundred people inside just one carriage.
âThere are a lot of peopleâ Yang Wu curled his lip, âI just heard from other peopleâs discussions how there are two fighter combat exams each year. And in each fighter combat exam, over a thousand prospective fighters from all over Jiang-Nan city come to take itâ
âOver a thousand?â Luo Feng was shocked.
However, that seemed right, since there was a population of two hundred million in Jiang-Nan city and ten million people in the entirety of Yang-Zhou city. In average, there are just a few dozen more fighters.
After a whileâ
âFellow prospective fighters, the train will be entering the station shortly, so please prepare to get offâ came a sound from the speaker in the carriage. Shortly after, the train started decelerating until it stopped.
The carriagesâ doors opened and all the prospective fighters from each carriage got off.
Very quickly, the mighty crowd of prospective fighters entered a huge military camp, which took a vast amount of space. Various heated weapons could be seen on the outer parts of the camp; one cannon was pointed towards the outskirts of the camp. Large amounts of soldiers were all holding various sophisticated weapons.
Luo Feng and the group of prospective fighters looked around.
âLook outside the campâ Yang Wu excitedly pointed far away.
Luo Feng looked carefully and, other than the campâs security line, there were a few starving monsters who were growling. However, these monsters didnât dare approach the camp.
[GA~~]
An ear-piercing howl made all of the fighters simultaneously raise their heads, and they saw hundreds of densely packed Fei-Qin monsters howl across the dark, blue sky.
âAccording the the books, after you leave the city, you can see all sorts of monsters. The books were indeed rightâ Luo Fengâs eyes flashed, âHumans can only live in the cities or in military camps. Only a fighter can come out here alone and fight with those powerful monsters!â
âEveryoneââ
A loud sound carried to every single fighterâs ears, âWelcome to Jiang-Nan cityâs northern military sector. This time, the 1680 of you will take your fighter combat exam hosted in our northern military sector. I hope most of you will pass, and I hope all of you will live through this exam!â