76: Teacher, you sit on my whip

"What!"

General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan's face turned extremely ugly, flushing red, his eyes suddenly widened, the wrinkles around them instantly smoothed out, and his mouth opened wide like a roaring lion.

A formidable, dragon-like aura of ferocity abruptly spread from him, and he roared unceremoniously at the staff member:

"How can I not have enough points! Do you even know how to check points?"

His voice was extremely loud, laced with furious anger, and it echoed deafeningly throughout the basement.

The staff member jumped in fright and quickly explained, "Originally, your points were enough, but someone transferred them away."

"Who?"

General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan's gaze revealed immense seriousness and vigilance.

He seemed to realize that someone had set him up.

The staff member hesitated, "It's… it's Miller from the Ninth Army."

Hearing that name, General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan only replied, "Damn it!"

Shen Bei didn't understand the reason, nor did he want to, so he cleared his throat, "Then I won't trouble you any further."

General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan's chest heaved, but his eyes were calm, still, and solemn: "No! How can I fail to do what I promised you?"

Then.

General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan's stubbornness emerged. He pulled the staff member aside, whispered for a long time, signed a few agreements, and then walked back.

He patted his chest and said, "It's settled. All three Martial Skills can be copied."

Professor Gu Xinrou stared blankly at General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan, her eyes bright beneath her disheveled black hair. As soon as she spoke, she stabbed General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan in the chest:

"You… you didn't sell yourself, did you?"

General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan: …

"How can a Martial Artist's matter be called selling oneself?"

Then, General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan said some more obscure things, like how Martial Artists don't sell themselves, and about Martial Artist loyalty, which made everyone laugh.

Soon.

The three Cultivation Techniques were copied.

General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan's military training mission was now over.

Shen Bei saw him off at the entrance of the Martial Arts University.

The two looked at each other for a moment.

Shen Bei only said a brief sentence: "Thank you, take care."

General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan patted Shen Bei's shoulder and laughed heartily, "I just like this self-assuredness about you."

"So, should I get sentimental?"

"No, I hate that kind of thing. For me, taking revenge for grievances, fighting every battle, shedding blood but not tears—that's what a real man is."

Shen Bei shrugged.

The officer beside them, however, teased:

"Captain Cheng is in a lot of debt this time."

"Kid, you're really lucky."

"Is this love?"

"I feel like Captain Cheng lost out big time."

"Your perspective is too narrow. Actually, Captain Cheng is on the fifth floor."

"How so?"

"Indescribable. Prepare to fight alongside Captain Cheng!"

Before leaving, General Training Instructor Cheng Liaoyuan also left Shen Bei with a message: "A Genius is not equal to a talent. The country needs talent, not a Genius who is all show and no substance."

Shen Bei nodded solemnly, watching the line of officers drive away.

…

Classroom.

A classroom belonging only to Professor Gu Xinrou and Shen Bei.

Professor Gu Xinrou, dressed in a simple and elegant white dress, stood at the podium like a pure and beautiful small white flower, complemented by her clear black hair and fair skin.

She flipped through the textbook and then wrote two large characters on the blackboard: earth's surface Cave.

"Shen Bei! Pay attention in class!"

Shen Bei sat below, looking at the empty classroom, and yawned, "Isn't… isn't this a bit too formal for us?"

"Nonsense!" Professor Gu Xinrou rolled her eyes, "It's teaching time now."

"The immersion is too strong, isn't it?" Shen Bei pursed his lips, "Teacher, you sit on my whip, so I can learn better."

Professor Gu Xinrou frowned angrily and said unhappily, "Stop with your homophone jokes!"

Shen Bei stepped forward and pulled Professor Gu Xinrou, and the two sat together.

Their distance was very close; Professor Gu Xinrou's cool, delicate fragrance mixed with the warm, gentle scent of a beautiful woman, smelling incredibly good.

Her body seemed to be draped in a layer of ethereal sunlight, the shimmering faint glow dazzling Shen Bei's eyes.

This must be true ice-skin and jade-bones, that figure, enough to enchant everything, still carried a cool meaning. Shen Bei felt that Professor Gu Xinrou beside him was like a woman carved from ice and snow.

Shen Bei began to seriously flip through the book: "Teacher, you speak, I'll listen."

"Uh…" Professor Gu Xinrou looked uneasy, smiling faintly, "Then our first lesson will be about the earth's surface Cave."

Although Shen Bei had some understanding of the earth's surface Cave, his systematic knowledge was still far too lacking.

"In history class, I once talked about the first time Martial Artists were exposed. Do you still remember?"

After Professor Gu Xinrou finished speaking, she realized her question was redundant.

Shen Bei's history grades… were all zeroes.

Sure enough, Shen Bei looked confused for a moment.

"Never mind, I'll just tell you the answer." Professor Gu Xinrou held her forehead and continued, "It was 19XX."

"That year, natural disasters occurred continuously across various regions; droughts, floods, and earthquakes were frequent."

"In the same year, the provisional government decided to officially establish the Capital Martial Arts Society… which is the predecessor of the current Capital Martial Arts University."

"And they began to cultivate Martial Artists on a large scale and with a plan, to resist natural and earthly disasters."

Shen Bei listened, feeling drowsy.

Wasn't she talking about the earth's surface Cave?

How did it turn into Martial Artists?

Soon, the main point arrived.

earth's surface Cave!

Professor Gu Xinrou lectured for a full hour on the topic of the earth's surface Cave.

After listening to the lecture, Shen Bei summarized it.

Simply put.

The earth's surface Cave is located underground, seemingly an underground world, yet also different, as if it's not underground at all. Because the government organized excavations, the most famous of which was the Kola Superdeep Borehole by the polar bear.

Even digging over ten thousand meters deep, there was no trace of the earth's surface Cave.

Once the earth's surface Cave has an anomaly, it will have a reaction on the earth's surface, the most intuitive being an earthquake.

According to modern scientific detection, it may involve higher dimensions and spatial problems, which humans do not understand too well.

According to Professor Gu Xinrou, the earth's surface Cave is spread all over the world, not just domestically.

Moreover, although the entrance and exit of the earth's surface Cave are underground, this world may not necessarily be underground.

The earth's surface Cave might be an alternate dimension, another dimension, or even a space from a completely different Universe, merely having its entrance opened underground.

At the same time, the earth's surface Cave is not only accessible to Martial Artists; ordinary people can also enter.

However, thermal weapons will be ineffective, so ordinary people entering is simply suicide.

After Martial Artists enter, they can only use their own strength to clear out the Stranger (Yi Ren) or Vicious Beasts.

You can use your fists and feet, swords, or even bows and crossbows.

The source of power must come from oneself, not thermal energy, electrical energy, wind energy, or solar energy. After so many years, experts have analyzed that in the earth's surface Cave, only Martial Artists can play a role.

And all other external energy sources will lose their effect.

Because the power source of technological weapons will completely fail in the earth's surface Cave, this is why the status of Martial Artists rose after the earth's surface Cave was discovered.

In short, the Earth Cave World has some Stranger (Yi Ren) and some monsters, constantly thinking of rushing out of the earth's surface Cave Gate and entering the human world.

Once, an earth's surface Cave Gate was destroyed, and monsters from the Earth Cave World rushed out, causing extremely tragic consequences.

Therefore, having Martial Artists guard the earth's surface Cave, having Martial Artists enter the earth's surface Cave, and delve deep into the earth's surface Cave to preemptively eliminate the possibility of these Stranger (Yi Ren) rushing to the surface, is the best way to protect the world and humanity.

After gaining a systematic understanding, Shen Bei's knowledge of the earth's surface Cave increased by one Rank.

"Oh, right."

Before class ended, Professor Gu Xinrou put on her coat and said, "If you see the express delivery arrive, let me know. I can't wait for the delivery person to deliver it."

Express delivery?

Shen Bei then remembered that he had been slashed more than eight thousand times by Pinduoduo. How many days had passed?

Why hadn't it arrived yet?

Shen Bei scratched his head, "I also ordered something online. This delivery is too slow, isn't it? I must give the merchant a painful lesson and demand a refund only!"

Professor Gu Xinrou smiled, "Don't make it difficult for the merchant. The main reason is that the earth's surface Cave appeared in Shanhai Pass, so the express delivery couldn't get through and was delayed."

"It just calmed down a few days ago, so the delivery should arrive soon."

As the two left the classroom, Professor Gu Xinrou's phone rang.

It was a WeChat group message from the Martial Arts University principal @all teachers.

Professor Gu Xinrou read it and frowned for a long time.

Flipping her long hair, she said with a playful tone, "The principal is furious. You students might suffer for it."

Shen Bei: ????