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Chapter 268: The Poseidon Progra over the valley The ht of a rising sun A new day begins

The National Eastern University’s West Hill was also stirring, preparing Fifty students stood in five orderly lines, buzzing with vitality, eager to begin There was a hunger in the

The last ten days had been like a nightmare to them, but more than that it had been transfor so far were painful to recall, but not one of theet The tor had been condensed to two short weeks, but the results were clear as day

Now that the seals were gone, everything was different Every student could feel differences, so was beyond compare, it was a brief hell The past was the past

They rejoiced, not just for the passage and result of the last ten days, but because they were lucky enough to suffer the lash of their Drillmaster

One sixth of their two-month journey was cohts could they reach? Even if the future held suffering like the first ten days, the rewards were clear I, and they were ready

Fifty students waited The fifty first, though, didn’t join his co Xiao’s body was covered in dust and dew, and he sat with the spiritual detachyun stood before the students as assistant instructors, watching thees they had undergone was no less than the students they proctored, perhaps even greater The questions andtowards the Deely because his methods had seen results Both of them could see how difficult this process was, and howthe birth of a Paragon is so that happens maybe once in a hundred years Reuide you for the rest of your life”

Lan Jue stood at the center of the students’ attention, an intiolden mask However, his abrasive demeanor seemed softer today

“But it’s i The last ten days have been an awakening, te you so that you’ll be ready for what’s to come The last several years you all have been like canaries raised in a cage Now that I know you can take it, we’re going to spend the rest of our ti these canaries in to warriors For the following twenty days, our focus will be technique Your only job is to obey, and work hard I proet passed it, that finalover the next twenty days is the prerequisite, survive and you’ll have earned the secondto our si, sleeping or snacking It only ends when I say it does, so that sleeping I talked about, that’s not happening ‘till you’re where you need to be Our pods have been specially adjusted for our purposes here, with electric shock devices installed in every one If your heart-rate drops below a predeterh you and get your heartbeat to that number And this isn’t bio-electricity, which you’re fae pain Presumably your pain tolerance is better now, after so et in your pods”

Five minutes later, the students had all found and entered their sim pods

When Lan Jue told the would be in the sih of relief Whatever the demon drillmaster had planned, it couldn’t be worse than the personal physical torture they’d endured Sitting in the tinystabbed, beaten or broiled

None of theoldenstarted

Jin Tao ran his hands over the familiar equipment inside the pod He saw it all with new eyes I aer the piece of trash I was I’ll make sure you see it, Professor I won’t let you down

The pod hummed as it started, but the occupants weren’t cast in to Drea course co The fundamentals of in”

Ten thousand times?

Jin Tao blinked For real? That many times?