Swallowed Star: The Zerg Overlord

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Chapter 52: Discovering Issues

With the complete set of cultivation manuals, Qin Mu's progress in training was astonishingly fast. With the assistance of the Mother Nest in controlling his entire body, in just three short days, he mastered the 24 techniques of the second level of "Destroyer," reaching a force multiplier of 2.7. The 27 techniques of the third level also posed no difficulty for Qin Mu. He immersed himself in training and mastered them in only five days, reaching a force multiplier of 3.6.

However, when Qin Mu began his training for the fourth level, a small unexpected issue arose. Unlike ordinary fighters, with the assistance of the Mother Nest, Qin Mu could constantly monitor every step of his training. Any incorrect movements were immediately detected.

While practicing a technique from the fourth level of "Destroyer," Qin Mu perfectly followed the method described in the manual. However, he discovered that this method of training, while achieving a force multiplier of 4.5, caused slight damage to his body. This minor damage was difficult to detect under the self-healing capabilities of a Warlord's body. But with the assistance of the Mother Nest, Qin Mu still noticed it.

When Qin Mu attempted to make some minor adjustments to his force exertion in response to this issue, he made an unexpected discovery. The same force exertion method, with just a slight tweak, actually reached a force multiplier of 4.6. This was 0.1 higher than the highest force multiplier in the original manual.

"There are some errors in this manual."

In the training hall, Qin Mu slowly put down his spear, closed his eyes, and contemplated the force exertion he had just practiced.

After consuming the Thousand Year Willow Heart, his strength had reached the intermediate Wargod level, and his spirit had reached the peak of the advanced Wargod level. Qin Mu's control over his body was far superior to before. Especially with the assistance of the Mother Nest, any errors were hard to escape his notice.

"I'll fully review everything after mastering all six levels of 'Destroyer.'"

After his strength increased, Qin Mu felt that the cultivation techniques on Earth were no longer sufficient for his needs. However, Qin Mu still decided to master all six levels of "Destroyer" before making any other plans. Although the manual had some errors, it was still the strongest technique Qin Mu could obtain.

The cultivation process was not as difficult as imagined. Unlike Luo Feng, who faced numerous crises and broke through bit by bit, Qin Mu succeeded easily by following a step-by-step approach.

Both "Destroyer" and "Nine Stage Thunder Blade" were essentially methods of body force exertion, with only minor differences in the details of force exertion. For ordinary fighters, mastering these force exertion methods was extremely difficult and could only be achieved through continuous training or even fighting to the death, relying on a flash of insight. But for Qin Mu, with the assistance of the Mother Nest, making these minor adjustments to force exertion was not difficult.

It was normal for the "Destroyer" manual to have some errors, as it was only a technique summarized by Hong alone. How long had humans been practicing martial arts? Even if Hong was a genius, it was impossible for him to achieve true perfection. This was also why Luo Feng later brought Hong and Lei Shen into the Yun Mo. After obtaining the inheritance, their strength improved explosively in a short period.

Qin Mu, who was familiar with the plot, knew from the beginning that the theoretical limit of physical force exertion was 100 times. Ordinary fighters on Earth, who only knew how to burst with brute force, were actually using only 1% of their physical potential. Even the most powerful force exertion technique, the "Nine Stage Thunder Blade," which could unleash seven times the strength, was only utilizing 7%. They were far from reaching 100% of their physical potential, which was the theoretical maximum force exertion of 100 times. But there was no other choice. Even if issues were discovered, "Destroyer" was already one of the best techniques available to Earth's fighters.

Not only was Qin Mu's progress in "Destroyer" fast, but his training in "Spirit Master Basics" was also swift. "Spirit Master Basics" was divided into the Controller section, the Illusionist section, and the Beast Taming section.

After carefully reading through them and attempting to practice them all, Qin Mu discovered that the only section truly useful to him was the Controller section. As for the Illusion section, after a quick glance, Qin Mu easily mastered the 18 attack methods of the Illusionist. As the ruler of the Zerg race, his talent in the soul was far superior to his physical abilities.

But after actually trying it out, he found that it wasn't very useful to him. For example, one of the attacks called the Mental Cone Strike could only kill an opponent three levels lower. This meant that an advanced Wargod spirit master could only kill an advanced Warlord level opponent. For stronger fighters or spirit masters, it could only achieve a certain level of influence, and then control weapons to kill.

But what about himself? Even a casual attack from him was far stronger than this so-called Mental Cone Strike. When he previously subdued the Swamp Newts, Qin Mu was a primary Wargod level spirit master, yet a single glance could subdue two advanced Warlord level Swamp Newts. 

Of course, after flipping through it, he did learn some methods of using spirit power, so it wasn't entirely without benefit. 

However, the Beast Taming section was truly useless. Because the Beast Taming section only recorded one method—the Heart-to-Heart Communication. This was a method of befriending monsters. Nine spirit masters on Earth had become Beast Tamers using this method.

For Qin Mu, it would be far more efficient to just beat the monsters into submission and forcefully assimilate them into the Zerg swarm.

The section that was truly effective for Qin Mu was the "Celestial Deity Catalogue" in the Controller section. In just over ten days, Qin Mu had cultivated to the 52nd drawing. He could perfectly control 36 spirit weapons, which meant his spirit energy amplification had reached 36 times.

36 short spears revolved around Qin Mu, moving in an extremely complex trajectory, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, forming an extremely complex drawing.

"Relying on these tedious drawings for training is too slow. There won't be much improvement." Qin Mu sighed and stopped training. The 36 short spears hovered in place, no longer moving.

During these days of training, the military had already crafted 49 short spears according to Qin Mu's requirements and delivered them to his villa. For the short term, these short spears would be enough for Qin Mu. There was no point in having more.

Putting on the consciousness sensor, Qin Mu's consciousness entered it. In the next moment, in the virtual space study, Qin Mu sat in a chair and called up a large amount of information. With his current permissions, most of the military's intelligence was already open to him. This included information on numerous ruins.

With a wave of his hand, a light screen appeared in front of Qin Mu. After operating it for a while, information on the 9th ruin was projected. The 9th ruin was located deep in the Amazon jungle and was a ruin with a lower level of danger. When entering, one could only use combat suits manufactured on Earth. The Black God Suit could not be used, as this was the only place on Earth where the Black God Suit could be obtained. Although it was a ruin with a lower level of danger, the death and injury rate was still as high as 72%.

What others on Earth did not know was that the 9th ruin was actually a surveillance base of the Yun Mo Planet, used to select qualified members. Only those who passed the screening would qualify to enter Yun Mo. Of course, the Yun Mo was long gone, but the rewards for passing the screening were still very attractive.

The screening was divided into two types: fighter screening and spirit master screening. For spirit masters, once their brain width development reached a certain level, a death mission would be activated. After the mission was activated, within three years, one needed to learn the 'Basic 312 Moves' inscribed on the walls of the crystal house and achieve a spirit amplification of 16 times to break open the chamber and pass the screening.

After passing the screening, one could receive four rewards: the Black God Suit, an auxiliary quantum computer, the 'Controller' attack technique "Soaring Sky," and a token to enter the Yun Mo Planet Sect.

With his current strength, Qin Mu believed there would be no problem in activating the screening. Once the screening was activated, with Qin Mu's 36 times spiritual amplification, breaking open the chamber would be a moment's work.

And the "Basic 312 Moves" of the Controller in the screening was the true spirit cultivation method Qin Mu needed at this stage. After all, before entering the ruin, Luo Feng had only a 6 times spiritual amplification. After learning the Basic 312 Moves, in just one year and three months, he soared to 16 times.

"The 9th ruin only opens at the end of September each year. If I miss it, I'll have to wait another year. To enter the 9th ruin, I need to apply through the Palace of Wargods."

Joining the Palace of Wargods required passing a screening. Luo Feng did not need to be screened because he was a member of the Limit Dojo, and Hong was the founder of the Palace of Wargods. Knowing that Luo Feng's strength had reached the level of an invincible Wargod, the screening was waived.

Qin Mu was different. His strength had not been evident before. Although after consuming the Thousand Year Willow Heart, his strength had reached the intermediate Wargod level and his spirit had reached the peak of the advanced Wargod level, with a spiritual amplification of 36 times, his actual combat strength was probably not inferior to ordinary Planetary Rank fighters.

But he lacked actual battle achievements.

"I'll take a screening mission to join the Palace of Wargods and then apply to enter the ruin. I'll also go to the wilderness to subdue a group of Horde Leader monsters to strengthen the high-end forces of the Zerg swarm."

Through the military's channel, Qin Mu submitted a screening application.

"After so many days of training, it's time for some practical combat."

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