Chapter 143

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

Walking in the front was someone with the uniform of the Moon’s Moonlight College. He had a perfect body and the handsomeness of a god with a face that did not lack fortitude. He seemed arrogant and self-confident. His gestures all exuded a kind of strong feeling that no one could defeat him. It was a unique charm of extreme self-confidence, like the protagonist in those aristocratic novels. He didn’t need to introduce himself, as just a glance and people would know that he was Achilles from the Moon.

The second one stepped out the spacecraft. She was a stunning beauty with a sexy hot body, like a flame. At first glance, it was like the spiciest pepper in the whole galaxy had bursted open in one’s body. People were willing to burn everything they owned for her. Lie Xin, from the Martian Holy War Academy, and also the strongest descendant of the Lie family.

The third one to step out was an old acquaintance Lear. His introverted pride revealed a sense of distance, but it seemed like he wanted to show his approachability. However, it was still only a bit different from the feeling from last time.

The fourth person was ridiculously tall, two meters twenty. The muscles of his body all tightened up. The strange thing was that his heavy body exuded a deep sense of war, but it also gave out a contradicting feeling of sensitivity. He wore the evergreen uniform of the Republic of Caragal, which illustrated his identity: he was Raston from the Hundred Great Space City, Republic of Caragal, the Azure Victory College.

The last person came out. He exuded a gloomy feeling like an iceberg and was wearing a black uniform. The color of Pluto. One would never forget his appearance with only one glance. Everything he did was impressive. Even if he was just doing small actions, like playing with his collar, it would cause one to wonder what he was doing.

Obviously, this was not normal; it was not even a reaction from your brain. But he wanted one to think so so that the real thing one should be considering or paying attention to was ignored. He was Taros from the Hades Republic’s Officer’s College.

The five people stood in a row. In front of everyone, there were five completely different auras being exuded one after another, colliding with each other

Some ill-intentioned eyes weakened a little bit. They refused to comply, even knowing that the opponent was stronger than themselves. So long as they hadn’t played against each other, no one would comply.

Wang Zheng showed a trace of a smile. If he only judged them by their auras, these five people would not let him down.

These five people were obviously accustomed to the attention of others, and they were not too concerned, because now was Su Yan’s time.

At this time, Su Yan coughed a little and cleared his throat before revealing a smile. “Please introduce yourselves.”

“Achilles, Moon’s Moonlight College, I want to be the captain.”

Achilles assumed such authority as the first individual. His slight smile exuded supreme calmness, making it seem as if there was nothing that could baffle him. A simple welcome to everyone. His spirit bore down on everyone there.

“Lear from Earth’s Zeus Academy. We can work together to create a miracle.” Lear smiled and stood out. There was no special movement, but it still attracted all the eyes. Compared to Achilles’s direct dominance, he was relatively peaceful.

“Mars, Lie Xin. Join me, follow me, I can take you to victory, but of course, I only want the elite!” she said as her eyes stared at Zhang Runan. Unfortunately, Runan was not interested in her.

Raston smiled and said, “Hello, everyone. I am Raston from the Caragal Republic, a beautiful Space City. I’m very happy to participate in the IG selection.”

Raston had the biggest body, but he was also the friendliest.

Taros seemed to have laughed, but there was a feeling of discomfort in it. “Hades Republic, Taros, follow me to live to the last.”

Although Taros’ aura was rather cold, his words also held considerable self-confidence. After all, he had his title not for a day or two, and whoever opposed him would not end up too good. Wasn’t there a saying? Piss off a gentleman, but do not provoke a villain.

Su Yan clapped his hands. “Well, introductions are done. From today on, Achilles, Lie Xin, Lear, Raston, and Taros will join the training, and like everyone else, if they don’t pass the test, they will get eliminated.”

Everyone’s eyes had changed. They were finally going to train alongside the five aces.

That also meant that the game had officially started.

The five are the pre-elected team leaders. One of them will lead the qualified players to IG and win the honor for our solar system,” Su Yan said.

“Report!” Zhang Shan roared.

“Say.”

“Sir, do you mean only they can be captains?”

The rest were naturally curious. Zhang Shan spoke out the voices of everyone. Whether they could compete for it or not, he would take the opportunity to ask.

Su Yan faintly smiled. “Of course not, they are only five candidates. The captain can only be the strongest one. So now the official training begins. First do a thousand push-ups to warm up.”

One thousand push-ups.

To the elite of the military schools, this was not a problem at all.

Someone immediately got onto the ground and started to do push-ups.

“Wait, have I said start now?”

At this time, a group of soldiers on the spacecraft unloaded a cargo box.

“Go inside to take the special training backpacks. In the backpacks there are timers and counters. If you want to loaf on the job, you will be immediately eliminated.”

Everyone just laughed. Why did they need to loaf on the job for just a thousand push-ups?

They lined up and got into the cargo box to take tactical backpacks.

Yuan Ye patted the backpack. He couldn’t open it and couldn’t see what was inside, so he asked, “It’s really light, what was inside? Carrying this to do a thousand push-ups? Isn’t it the same with carrying no backpack?”

They all curiously touched the backpacks. They were really very light.

“Very good, you have character.” Su Yan smiled.

The blue sea with mild waves, golden sand under the feet, a beautiful scenery, training here was like heaven.

But soon, this sense of beauty was broken.

“All, set!”

Although they had never set and lined up, with their elite instincts, in less than three seconds of time, the crowd naturally lined up to a five-row neat square array in accordance with their height.

“Go straight ahead.”

Standard military order.

However, they were facing the sea; they were going into the water.

One, two, one, two, one.

The sea was up to their calfs, but they were still marching in ones and twos. No one hesitated, they stepped forward toward the sea while keeping the team neat.

Until the sea water was up to their knees, they heard the order “Halt” from the backpacks. The tactical backpacks were not just monitors, they also played the role of communication command.

“All attention! A thousand push-ups, time starts now!”

Splash, everyone fell down to the sea.

Seabed push-ups?

Interesting, but the sea was buoyant, so in fact, it made the push-ups easier.

However, when this idea just emerged inside the minds, those light, tactical backpacks on their backs suddenly began to become heavy.

Dafuq… the backpacks were soaking the water.

At first they didn’t think too much, as a few dozen pound was not a big deal.

But not before long, they found that with time, the tactical backpacks became heavier and heavier until a certain point where it would stop gaining weight. However, it was not just absorbing the water, there was internal compression which allowed the bag to continue absorbing water. Under the huge pressure, it was difficult just to get your body out of water for a breath of air.

“The faster you are, the lower the weight of the backpack. All of you can understand that if you can’t pass this little push-up test, you should go back to your mommies.” Su Yan smiled and waved his hand.

The backpack was like a mountain pressing onto their shoulders. There was one breath allowed for a hundred pushups before they desperately had to come up for a second breath. However, it was too late to breathe the third time! The tactical backpack forced them under the water, and once the wet backpack left the water, it would instantly become heavier.

In this case, a thousand times push-ups was far more than torture; it was simply the the death god coming for their lives!

However, no one gave up; even the weakest Aloman was also doing each push-up one by one. If a breath was not enough, they took a moment and took a second breath and another and another until their body had enough breath, then they continued to do the pushups.

For the five aces, this level of training apparently did not constitute a problem. The five people had a calm expressions, and they kept the same frequency and only splashing sounds were heard from them.

In the surveillance room …

On the screens were the five aces.

Formal training had began. For the five aces’ performance in the next few segments, every detail was very important. The Solar System Federation was using all their power in this training…

The red lights from those five backpacks, in the eyes of the three generals, would not have any problems. Others could do one hundred pushups with one breath, but the five aces at the maximum weight could do one hundred and fifty or so! And only within a single breath! They could continue to do so.

After all, they had graduated from Academy X some time ago. They also had to ensure that these five, the future of the Solar System, would not take things for granted.

“Ah? Lear’s speed seems a little wrong, eh? He fell behind,” Lie Wuqing suddenly said.

The counter was shown. Achilles was obviously in the lead. Lie Xin followed behind and only had a difference of five push-ups. Raston and Taros had a difference of ten; this gap was not great.

However, Lear had lagged behind Achilles by twenty.

They seemed to be similar; however, there was a difference.

Meng Ao faintly smiled. “He is only keeping his own rhythm, the others are chasing the rhythm of Achilles.”

“Again you Earth people trying to have low profiles; I really cannot stand that. How old is he? Is he not fighting now? When will he start fighting? It shows a lack of spirit. After all, if he doesn’t show good performance, how can he convince his teammates?” Lie Wuqing shook his head.

“Old Lie, maybe Lear still has some skills he didn’t show. We cannot let down our guard.” Drachmach faintly smiled.

Meng Ao shrugged. “The winner is not yet known, and in another way, this is well thought out.”

Frankly, he still hoped that Lear could show off his ability, and keeping low-key at this time had no meaning.

At this time, the sixth screen magnified and got cut over.

This was the intelligent prescription of the surveillance system. If it detected milder muscle response, the absorption rate would be accelerated, or even reach saturation, which was the reason why Lear and his mates quickly saturated. For the others, the first one to reach the saturation was not Zhang Runan, but… Wang Zheng!

“…It’s that kid again.” Lie Wuqing blinked, picked up the coffee on the table, and took a large sip.

The three all had a great question: was this weight not enough to cause pressure to his muscles?

Translator: Abyssruler Editor: Lucas

Wang Zheng laughed and rustled through the inside of his shirt. A pile of compressed cans from Paradise Island poured out. “Don’t you dare say that I didn’t think of you guys, I snuck these back.”

“Holy sh*t Wang Zheng! You’re a genius!”

The crowd became excited. Woah! Beef, fish, pork, all of them contained meat! Tears started welling up in their eyes. How long had it been since they last ate high class food?

Canned beef, yellowfin tuna, salmon, although they were canned, they were produced by Paradise Island, so these tasted the same as food prepared by top quality chefs.

Even the usually calm Meng Tian couldn’t contain her excitement. She slowly swallowed her saliva. Although she could endure a fair amount of discomfort, she was not a saint. The meals recently had been too terrible; the food provided by IG felt like animal feed.

“Ladies first.” Even at this moment, Zhang Shan did not lose his gentlemanly character.

It was code red inside the monitoring room. The sensors had detected food from foreign sources.

Su Yan stood embarrassed behind the three generals. “I’m sorry, I was not strict enough with my checking.”

The three generals shook their heads and smiled. A little food was fine, as it would not affect the overall situation. “It is a small matter. We choose soldiers, not robots.”

Su Yan bowed. His eyes were flashing, as he had indeed done his inspection. It was just that he was too lenient. Come to think of it, when he was doing a pat down on Wang Zheng, he moved around a little too much. Initially, he thought Wang Zheng was just not used to being patted down, but it seemed like he was actually playing a trick.

Wang Zheng brought back a dozen cans or so. There were all compressed cans and had the height of half a regular can. After opening the cans, the food inside inflated, so one portion was sufficient to feed two people.

“No, we can’t waste it like that. We’ve got to add some seafood to it and then heat it up, that would be the best.”

Zhang Shan came out to stop them after opening the can of yellowfin tuna. To finish it all now would be too wasteful of the seafood flavors that were wafting out.

Yuan Ye took a peek at Zhang Runan. He also said, “I’ll go catch some fish now, let’s have a barbeque tonight.”

Eating around the campfire was the best feeling.

Wang Zheng had no comment. He did not want to eat. Although he had gone to Paradise Island for treatment, he felt like he was on a holiday. He had to think of the others who were suffering back here on Demon Island. He had enjoyed the few days over there. Forget about the physical examination of his bone marrow and all that!

After the tasks were assigned, they went about catching fish. Wang Zheng went in to the jungle and tried catching all kinds of game. He caught a weird-looking goat; it was pretty good luck! And he found a rabbit hole and caught two rabbits that didn’t escape in time.

Back on the beach, Masasi walked over with a creature in his hands. “Can I exchange this for a can of food? Milo isn’t used to eating wild animals.”

“Sure.” Wang Zheng was relaxed. Being able to kill the Queen was largely due to Masasi being there. Although they were from different factions, there were not enemies.

Night fell and a round moon appeared. This was artificial weather. In the middle of the camp, a bonfire was lit up.

Sounds of singing started to rise up. It was Milo. Beautiful dancing, sounds of the song, these brought a calm silence to their hearts. It gave a feeling of perfection. This atmosphere under the moonlight was beautiful.

Even though it was not around a bonfire, the people of the different factions started clapping. In this moment, everything else was forgotten. Everyone just enjoyed the peace and quiet after the battle.

Milo and Meng Tian were this training batch’s most beautiful girls. Their performances in the test were really good too. At the moment, Meng Tian was slightly better, as she was the one who killed the Queen after all. The frost Ability X also had everyone in awe. While Milo didn’t perform as well against the Brainworm, she had a witty sense of humor. Her elegant temperament had attracted a lot of male colleagues. She had a noble air around her, but she was still a relatable person.

Once the song was over, the students of Mars Academy stood up. “Since Earth has given us a treat, we, the people from Mars, should reply in kind. I’m going to perform a Mars war song for everyone.”

The people who arrived here were full of talent. Ma Hong of Mars did not perform too much, but that war song full of gusto captivated the attention of everyone. It had a masculine feel to it.

Two people had given a good opening, and all types of performances followed up after that.

There was magic as well as performance skills. This was their own personal stage.

“Heh, heh, I’m a person from Titan. I don’t have any particular abilities, only a hard body.”

A shorty from Titan stood up. He was barely 170 centimeters tall as well as of a skinny build.

A roar of laughter erupted. “Aloman, you’re not performing a comedy, are you?”

“If you are a man, you’ve got to be hard. Everyone knows this! However, there are ladies here, so I guess I shouldn’t demonstrate.”

“Heh heh, a secret weapon must not be revealed so easily”

Aloman of Titan laughed. At this moment, a schoolmate of Aloman stepped out from the side. He pulled out an alloy dagger while holding a tree branch. The wood on Demon Island was extremely dense and difficult to break, but with a gently cut of the dagger, the branch split into two. Aloman had a flash in his eyes, then he made a gesture and his comrade suddenly thrust the dagger at him.

Pucht! The dagger went in to the skin. It only entered a centimeter in and stopped. “Oh!” the comrades said while drinking. His body had tensed up; it showed that he had used all his strength.

The dagger moved another millimeter in and stopped once again.

BOOM.

This was a stone, it should be able to go in!

There was thunderous applause and whistling. This performance was exciting. The dagger was pulled out and with the naked eye they would see the little wound created. It was healing rapidly, which showed the absolute control over the muscles.

Of course, this was a sort of ability. The expertise in controlling the muscles would mean formidability in controlling a mech.

They were young and healthy. Others wanted to one up the performance, and soon all sorts of feats of strength were displayed like a league of heroes. Everyone wanted a piece of the glory with their different displays of strength.

“Does your academy have any performances?”

Suddenly, someone pointed to Luo Fei, who was eating and drinking and said that he incurred the most ire. After training for so long and being in the main force, this fatty never did anything.

“Performance? Yeah, we do.”

Luo Fei blinked, nodded, and then stood up.

“What is it? Show us.”

“Heh heh, I’m afraid that if I showed it you guys, you would beat me up. Unless….you guys promise not to take any action afterwards.”

Luo Fei let out a shady laugh.

Everyone wanted to know what skills this fatty had. The person that Lear fancied would not be a slouch. Achilles had his Eight Stars surrounding him and Lear chose to bring along a fatty? This wasn’t adding up.

“Sure, we promise. We’ll not do anything after that.”

“I need a prop, hope you all can cooperate,” Luo Fei said as he walked around the circle of people. He picked up a baked octopus.

Everyone was looking at this fatty. What was he up to?

“Ladies and gentlemen, please watch carefully, I am about to begin. In under a second, this octopus will disappear!” The fatty had a serious look on his face as he gestured to the crowd.

Suddenly, with a roar, this fatty opened his mouth wide and swallowed the octopus in one gulp.

Everyone was stunned. What the f*ck? This passed as an ability?

“Yo, what the f*ck! This was merely an excuse to eat the food”

“Beat him up…..”

“A gentleman is true to his word. You promised not to take any action.” The fatty glanced around. “Eating quickly is my ability. It doesn’t matter if you were impressed, I sure am with myself.”

However, within a second, a group of people were descending upon the fatty with fists. A promise?

F*ck that! They were in the ocean for half an hour and this was the only octopus that was caught.

Luo Fei dodged sideways and recovered in an impressive fashion. With a flash of his feet, he dodged all of that and ran away!

The other wanted to give chase, but the fatty had disappeared!

“I remember….this fatty said that his ability was being able to escape, right?” someone muttered.

“Seems like so”

Everyone laughed and brushed the matter aside. Others soon started to perform as well.

Amidst the sounds of the waves, the event reached a climax, and everyone started to sing the solar system’s song of conquest. Even the fatty had returned.

The sun, the origin of humans and the starting point of their conquests. Today, they would start from here and conquer the entire universe.

Inside the monitoring room.

The three generals watched solemnly. Even when the performances were in a lull, their attention did not waver. The more relaxed an atmosphere was, the more you could see a person’s character.

“These punks have even started playing. Tomorrow we’ll start a new phase of training.”

“We originally intended to let them adapt for another day, but seems like this is no longer needed.”

“Increase the difficulty. It is about time we really showed them.

All three of them nodded in agreement. They had expected the youths to be a little more mature, but it seemed like they just wanted to sing and dance.

In the early morning…..

The temperature was at its peak. This was due to the heat from the artificial sun. It was three times hotter than it was yesterday. Demon Island had changed from a cool autumn into a hot summer.

Although they were worn out from yesterday’s activities, everyone woke up early due to the heat. They were about to dip into the sea to cool off, but suddenly there came a sound of a spaceship from the sky.

Boom

A small, tactical spacecraft descended from the air and kicked up a huge gust of wind upon landing.

Su Yan was the first to step out, but after a moment, everyone’s gazes looked past and behind him. Five youths of different temperaments stepped out from the spaceship. They walked at different paces and each gave off a different feeling. They had their own unique charms, but one thing was common, and that was that each of them displayed absolute self-confidence in themselves.

People from Academy X. This time the solar system was going to participate in the IG games.

All sorts of looks were given; there were envy glances and challenging stares. But the most common were the looks of suspicion. Anyone able to enter Academy X was considered by all mankind in the galaxy to be a genius amongst geniuses. But no matter what kind of genius they were, no one felt inferior. This was a great opportunity for them to prove themselves, and what could be more glorious than defeating them?

Wang Zheng looked at these five individuals with great interest. These five had the strongest Ability X, and they were regarded as the future of the solar system.