40: Chapter 39 Su Zhiruo's Shock and Determination

Beijing, a secret military training base.

This is a special training ground prepared by the Dragon Kingdom for top-talent Awakeners, covering over ten square kilometers, equipped with the most advanced training facilities and protective systems.

At this moment, in a space training room deep within the base.

Su Zhiruo sat cross-legged in the center of the training room, surrounded by pale purple spatial fluctuations.

"Very good, keep it up."

Liu Ruxue stood in the observation area outside the training room, watching Su Zhiruo's training status through special protective glass.

On the surface, she was a homeroom teacher at Baijiang No. 3 Middle School, but in reality, she was also a secret instructor for the Dragon Kingdom's military, specifically responsible for cultivating high-talent Awakeners.

After Su Zhiruo awakened her SS-rank Talent, she had taken advantage of the proximity to proactively apply to become Su Zhiruo's secret instructor, providing her with special training before she entered Modu University.

"The most important thing in cultivating Space-type Talent is the perception of spatial nodes," Liu Ruxue's voice came through the loudspeaker into the training room. "You must learn to find that most stable anchor point amidst the chaotic spatial fluctuations."

"..."

Su Zhiruo closed her eyes, her consciousness immersed in spatial perception.

In her perception, the surrounding space was like a turbulent ocean, with countless spatial nodes flashing, moving, and colliding within it.

And what she needed to do was find the pattern within this chaos, to find that anchor point capable of stable teleportation.

"Found it."

Suddenly, Su Zhiruo opened her eyes and grabbed at the empty air with her right hand.

Hum—

A pale purple spatial rift tore open in front of her, the other end of the rift connecting to the other side of the training room.

"Not bad."

Seeing this scene, Liu Ruxue nodded with great satisfaction. "Three seconds faster than yesterday."

Just then, a flurry of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the training room.

A young soldier in military uniform ran over with a tablet and gave a military salute.

"Report to Instructor Liu, we just received an emergency notification from the Supreme Command Headquarters. Regarding the East Sea Defense Line..."

"What is it?" Liu Ruxue frowned.

"Major Luo Yu, along with his pet beast Godzilla, successfully killed the Third-Tier Abyss Behemoth 'Tidal Fang'. The battle took five seconds," the soldier reported quickly. "The Dragon Kingdom authorities have already made Major Luo Yu's identity information public, and now the whole world is paying attention to this matter."

"What?"

Liu Ruxue was stunned.

More than a month ago, after seeing Luo Yu's second lieutenant certificate being taken away by General Zhankuang, she had quietly investigated and discovered that Luo Yu's information was classified as SSS-rank.

And now? He just killed the Third-Tier Abyss Behemoth 'Tidal Fang'? Did he have to be this outrageous?

At this moment, through the loudspeaker, Su Zhiruo in the training room also heard this, and the spatial rift in her hand instantly dissipated.

"Luo Yu? Killed a Third-Tier Giant Beast? Are you telling the truth?" Su Zhiruo picked up the walkie-talkie in her hand.

"It's absolutely true."

The soldier said with a shocked expression, "Satellites from all countries have captured the complete battle footage, and the internet has already exploded."

Before the words faded, Su Zhiruo couldn't care about anything else. After facial recognition, she opened the training room door and took the tablet from the soldier.

On the screen, the battle video of the East Sea Defense Line was playing.

In the video, the 92-meter-tall Godzilla stood on the sea, and a spiral blue beam of light shot out from its mouth, instantly cutting the 72-meter-tall Tidal Fang in half.

The whole process really only took five seconds.

"This..."

Su Zhiruo widened her eyes, her fingers trembling slightly.

She knew the military must have valued the uniqueness of Luo Yu's talent, but she didn't expect it to be this unique! It was strong to this extent.

A Third-Tier Abyss Behemoth, after all. That was a monster that required an entire fleet coordinating with heavy mechs to barely repel.

And Luo Yu... only used five seconds.

"Keep watching."

Liu Ruxue walked over and pointed at the screen.

The video continued to play.

In the footage, Luo Yu leaped down from the fortress, stepping on a light blue spiritual power platform to glide through the air, landing steadily on top of Godzilla's head.

Then, the 92-meter-tall giant beast began to shrink, eventually turning into a 30-centimeter-long Little Lizard, crawling onto Luo Yu's shoulder.

"Spiritual power manifestation..."

Liu Ruxue muttered in disbelief, "He has already broken through to S-rank."

"S-rank?"

Su Zhiruo's voice trembled slightly, revealing a look of excitement and joy.

She remembered very clearly that at the awakening ceremony more than a month ago, Luo Yu had indeed only awakened an F-rank Mutated Lizard Control talent.

At that time, everyone was mocking him, saying he was trash, saying he would have no future in his life.

But now... she was truly happy for Luo Yu.

"How did he do it?" After the joy, Su Zhiruo looked curiously at Liu Ruxue.

"I don't know either." Liu Ruxue shrugged and said, "An Awakener's cultivation is like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat. So... Luo Yu's talent is definitely not as simple as it looks on the surface."

"..."

Su Zhiruo couldn't help but show a happy smile.

She remembered the days growing up with Luo Yu in the orphanage when they were children.

At that time, Luo Yu was just an ordinary orphan, like her, with no parents, no background, and could only rely on his own efforts.

But such an ordinary orphan had now become the Dragon Kingdom's youngest S-rank Awakener, possessing the power to kill a Third-Tier Giant Beast.

"Zhiruo."

Liu Ruxue took a deep breath and suddenly spoke, "What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking..." Zhiruo raised her head, a complex light flickering in her eyes, "whether the gap between him and me is getting bigger and bigger."

Liu Ruxue hesitated for a moment before saying slowly, "You awakened an SS-rank Space-type Talent; your potential is no less than his."

"But he is already an S-rank Awakener."

Su Zhiruo clenched her fists, a flash of stubbornness appearing on her pretty face, and said, "I don't want to be left too far behind by him."

Speaking of this, Su Zhiruo's eyes became firm: "Teacher Liu, I want to give Luo Yu a call."

Liu Ruxue smiled and nodded, "Go ahead, it's just as well to let him know that you are also working hard."

Su Zhiruo nodded, took out her phone, and dialed Luo Yu's number.

The phone rang three times before it was answered.

"Hello?"

Luo Yu's sleepy voice came from the receiver.

"Luo Yu!"

Su Zhiruo's voice was a bit excited, "Did you... did you really kill a Third-Tier Giant Beast?"

"Hmm."

Luo Yu yawned, "Just woke up, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

Su Zhiruo couldn't help but show a look of admiration and said, "Do you know that the whole world is talking about you right now? Do you know how famous you are?"

"I know." Luo Yu grinned and said, "But what is there to be excited about? Isn't it just killing a Third-Tier Giant Beast?"

"Isn't it just..."

Su Zhiruo was choked by his words.

Isn't it just killing a Third-Tier Giant Beast? You make it sound so easy. Hmph! Such casual bragging.

"By the way, Zhiruo."

Luo Yu suddenly asked, "Where are you now?"

"I'm in Beijing, receiving special training." Su Zhiruo took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound calmer, "Teacher Liu said my talent potential is great, and as long as I cultivate properly, I will be able to break through to S-rank sooner or later."

"That's great." Luo Yu laughed, "You cultivate properly, and when you break through to S-rank, we can fight side by side."

"Hmm." Su Zhiruo nodded vigorously.

"By the way, Godzilla says it misses you." Luo Yu suddenly said.

"Godzilla?"

"It's my pet beast - Godzilla." Luo Yu laughed, "It says the snacks you gave it last time were delicious, and it's asking if you have any more."

"I do!" Su Zhiruo couldn't help but laugh, "When I return to Baijiang City, I'll bring it a big bag."

"Then it will definitely be very happy."

The two chatted for a while longer before hanging up the phone.

Su Zhiruo quickly turned to look at Liu Ruxue: "Teacher Liu, I want to continue training. I want to become stronger, I want to catch up with Luo Yu, I want to fight side by side with him."

"Good, then let's continue." Liu Ruxue changed the subject, "From now on, the training intensity will be doubled."

"No problem."

Su Zhiruo agreed without hesitation.

Immediately, she walked into the training room, sat down cross-legged again, and closed her eyes.

The spatial fluctuations around her body emerged again, this time even more violent and wild than before.

Liu Ruxue stood in the observation area, looking at that stubborn figure in the training room, a trace of gratification flashing in her eyes.

"Luo Yu, oh Luo Yu,"

"you really have stimulated this girl."

She muttered to herself, then took out her communicator and dialed a number.

"Hello? Is this General Lie Huo? This is Liu Ruxue."

"Instructor Liu, what is it?"

"I want to apply to increase Su Zhiruo's training resource quota. This child's potential is even greater than I imagined. If she can be given enough resources, her growth rate will be very fast."

"You can do that."

General Lie Huo agreed almost without hesitation, "Su Zhiruo has an SS-rank Space-type Talent and was already an object of key cultivation by the country. Whatever resources you need, report them directly, and I will have people handle it as a special case."

"Thank you, General."

Hanging up the communication, Liu Ruxue looked at the training room again.

Su Zhiruo had already entered a state of deep meditation, and the spatial fluctuations around her were becoming more and more stable and powerful.

"Come on, Zhiruo, you can definitely do it."

Liu Ruxue had originally wanted to say "catch up to Luo Yu," but after thinking about it, she decided to forget it! It was too abnormal; even with a Space-type Talent, she couldn't catch up.