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Chapter 269: Hand Cramps

It is said there are many levels of hell, and to these students the sim pods were certainly one of them

After the first day, their eyes were bloodshot After hours of careful piloting their breathing was ragged and their hands shaky

The coned to base it’s pacing on the pilot’s physical condition The speed rose and fell, adjusting to be only slightly less than their highest capability The better a pilot was, the faster the program delivered commands Naturally it alsoa joystick It took le button-press to perform an action All of the commands had to be perforhtest error could mean your enemy’s victory

Four hundred thousand o ’round!

The first lunch, many ate quite a lot of food, of course due to the amount of exercise they’d endured Those unfortunate souls vo in the si and the shocks nauseating It was quite a physical trial

What the students didn’t knoas that these pods were designed for adepts for seventh ranked or higher Several of theraned it that ith a final evaluation when the progra could certainly be considered an ace pilot Sovereign-rank was their destiny

If Lan Jue had wanted to perfor, he suspected less than one fifth would be able to pass Noever…

Tang Xiao finally awoke froan He opened his eyes, revealing pupil-less orbs of white His eyes rolled back to nore forrew thinner, almost like a new person By the time the shift was finished, he looked like a far ely, handsome – version of hi down at hi Xiao’s face showed satisfaction He found it difficult to contain his excite voice intruded, from not far away

He turned his head, and his eyes met a silver-masked woman aited nearby He kneas – hers was a voice he kneell His face twitched instinctively “Hey Mika,” he said through a nervous laugh

Mika nodded her head in satisfaction “The boss was right Under all this pressure, your Discipline has had a second awakening It looks like you’ve broken through to eighth rank With your genetic talent, you’ve probably already surpassed Wang Hongyuan What he needs is to accu Xiao smiled “What’s the next exercise?”

“The complete the routine in the siathered hirayun She completed the sih-speed commands – she felt like she needed to puke

Then the second leg started

“Coht-directional movement commands If you fail, the exercise starts over”

The four coht There were no specifications on howone would start the whole thing over

Of course, when the arrows appeared they did so significantly faster

The program AI was constructed to modulate speed, deteryun, therefore, had to perfor

In total, the siht, and all of theh, that they would be easy

Hua LI had only given Lan Jue and Chu Cheng a basic overview of the training method Even with just the cursory information, they were excited With every success, they were met with an even meaner procedure to overcome

Once their bodies were beaten down, it was time to torture the , and sneak in a rest However, if they failed to react within three seconds, ear-piercing sirens would sound and their laziness would be broadcast to every pod “Lightning to keep you awake! You want to be lazy? Hah!”

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A week passed The students were revealed for lunch every day, and every day they looked paler They could barely keep their eyes open However as much as they burned for rest, Zeus’ Amazons wouldn’t allow it Under the beautiful women’s supervision, as soon as their ht back in the pods Hua Li and Lan Jue, meanwhile, where nowhere to be seen

Other than his responsibilities in etiquette class, and his weekly visits to Grace hospital, Lan Jue spent thewith Hua Li