2: Chapter 2 This is the real damage

"Alarm! Alarm! The training zone fence is damaged! A Level 1 source beast [Iron-Backed Pig] has broken into the campus! All students and faculty, please evacuate immediately!"

The piercing alarm instantly tore through the eerie silence on the playground.

The mechanical female voice on the broadcast kept repeating, but that so-called "please evacuate" was clearly already nonsense.

Because that wild boar, the size of a small car and covered in black steel needles, had already smashed through the wire fence at the edge of the playground. It was snorting white steam, its pair of small, scarlet eyes locked tightly onto the Awakening platform where the crowd was densest.

"Holy shit! It's a Level 1 source beast!"

"Run! Is this the combat monster? It's way scarier than in the bestiary!"

The newly Awakened students instantly descended into chaos. Wang Gang, the main tank who was just shouting about wanting to run dungeons, was now shaking in his boots.

Although everyone had awakened their classes, they were just Level 1 characters who had just been born. They didn't even have a decent weapon in their hands; how could they possibly fight a tough-skinned source beast?

"Don't panic! Mage group! Throw fireballs!"

The Dean had seen his fair share of things, so he immediately shouted commands.

Several students who had awakened the Mage class raised their hands tremblingly, muttering chuunibyou incantations.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—three or five fist-sized fireballs flew out crookedly and slammed into the Iron-Backed Pig.

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- MISS

Red damage numbers popped up.

The Iron-Backed Pig shook its head; it didn't even break its skin. Aside from angering it, the only immediate effect of those little flames was giving it a free perm.

"Roar!"

The Iron-Backed Pig was enraged. It kicked its four hooves against the ground and, like an out-of-control tank, charged toward the crowd.

"It's over!"

A girl directly in the path of the charge was so frightened her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.

Seeing that sharp tusk about to impale her through and through.

A lean figure suddenly cut in from the side.

It was Lin Qi.

"Is he crazy? A base-level character going up to die?!" someone screamed.

In everyone's eyes, Lin Qi was like a moth to a flame, actually charging straight toward that "tank."

But in Lin Qi's eyes, the world was completely different.

The Iron-Backed Pig's charge path, the amplitude of its muscle contractions, the intervals of its hooves hitting the ground... they were all broken down into countless data streams in his mind, and then reassembled into the most intuitive flaw.

"Too slow."

"Full of openings."

Lin Qi adjusted his breathing, the Qi inside his body circulating according to the first layer path of the "Nine Yang Divine Art." Although he didn't have True Qi, this special breathing technique could instantly squeeze out the potential of this mortal body.

Adrenaline surged, his heartbeat thundering.

At the very moment the Iron-Backed Pig was about to collide with him.

Lin Qi's body leaned backward unnaturally, his spine twisting like a startled python.

[Iron Bridge]!

The foul-smelling pig snout brushed past the tip of his nose.

Now!

Lin Qi's right hand had long been ready, five fingers curled like a blade. In that instant, he didn't use any earth-shattering ultimate move, but only used the most basic technique—borrowing force to strike, a precise piercing strike.

His fingertips precisely poked at a piece of soft flesh three inches behind the Iron-Backed Pig's ear.

That was the convergence point of the vagus nerve, the only fatal spot on this beast, and the weakest point in its entire body's defense!

Puchi!

No skill special effects, only a dull sound of flesh being pierced.

The high-speed charging Iron-Backed Pig was like a machine that had its power cord suddenly pulled.

Its massive body continued to slide forward due to inertia, but its limbs instantly stiffened.

The giant pig head plowed heavily into the ground, carving out a deep trench, and finally stopped less than ten centimeters in front of the terrified girl.

The dust settled.

Lin Qi remained in a half-kneeling position, a trace of blood on his finger.

He was panting heavily, his face pale.

"Damn it, my Physique is still too poor; this one finger almost shattered my finger bone."

Lin Qi cursed inwardly. If not for the burst of the breathing technique just now, combined with his perfect control of human mechanics, his hand would have been ruined before the pig was even killed.

Just then, a wisp of white air current that only Lin Qi could see rose from the Iron-Backed Pig's corpse and zipped into the center of his eyebrows.

[essence + 10]

This wasn't the System's experience points; this was pure life energy!

Boom!

A warm current instantly flowed through his whole body.

Lin Qi clearly heard a "crackle" sound coming from inside his body, like roasting beans.

His originally aching muscles instantly repaired themselves, becoming even tighter than before. That finger that had almost fractured just now had its hardness increased by a notch.

The sense of comfort rising from the depths of his Soul almost made Lin Qi groan out loud.

Is this the rule of this world?

Is this what they call grinding monsters to level up?

For others, it's about increasing data, but for Lin Qi, this is recasting a golden body for his "Martial Saint" Soul!

"Strength increased by at least 2 points, and my Physique is stronger too."

Lin Qi clenched his fist, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. As long as he killed enough, his mortal body would sooner or later be able to cultivate an "Indestructible Golden Body" in this data world.

The surroundings were deathly silent.

Even quieter than when Lin Qi threw Wang Gang earlier.

Everyone looked at the motionless Iron-Backed Pig as if they had seen a ghost, and then looked at Lin Qi, who was shaking his hand there.

"Dead... dead?"

"One-hit kill? It was cleared before the health bar even appeared?"

"Was that a critical hit just now? Why was there no yellow damage text display?"

The Dean swallowed his saliva and walked over tremblingly, taking a look at the Iron-Backed Pig's corpse.

No burns, no freezing, no cuts. Only a small blood hole behind the ear, as if it had been pierced by a bullet.

What the hell kind of skill is this?

"Lin Qi... you... what did you use just now?"

The Dean felt his career was being challenged.

Lin Qi straightened up, stretched his neck, and it made a crisp cracking sound.

He scanned the dumbfounded faces around him, his gaze finally landing on the terrified girl, and he spat out three words indifferently:

"Just a basic attack."

"..."

The entire scene instantly turned to stone.

What the hell kind of basic attack! Does your basic attack scramble the brains of a Level 1 source beast?

"Move aside, you're blocking the way."

Lin Qi didn't pay attention to everyone's reaction and walked straight toward the Iron-Backed Pig.

This thing was full of treasure, and as the first kill, he didn't know if it could drop some good things to sell for money.

He was dirt poor right now, and this body desperately needed a large amount of meat to replenish energy.

Just as he was preparing to loot the corpse, a cold voice with a hint of an older sister vibe came from behind.

"Wait."

"The cause of death for this source beast is suspicious. As a supervisor, I have the right to suspect that you used forbidden drugs or were parasitized by a Void Realm creature."

Lin Qi turned around.

He saw a long-haired woman wearing a tight black combat suit, with a body so hot it was practically illegal, walking over with large strides.

In her hand, she held an Advanced tactical visor, red light flickering on the lens, locking onto Lin Qi tightly.