128: Chapter 128 Eight Million Pay-to-Win Points
"Interstellar frontline?"
"Alien races?"
"A death rate of over ten percent?"
Instructor Shi Yan's words were like a basin of ice water poured directly onto Wang Pingan's heart, which had been feeling a bit airy from his recent breakthrough.
The smile on his face gradually froze.
He was not some naive greenhorn who hadn't seen the world.
He knew that Instructor Shi Yan was definitely not fear-mongering.
Although human civilization had already entered the interstellar era and possessed vast territories,
in the deeper, darker reaches of the universe, there also existed countless powerful alien civilizations that were hostile to humanity.
War had never ceased.
It was just that most of those cruel battles took place on the distant interstellar frontiers, invisible to ordinary people.
Countless martial artists like his parents were using their own flesh and blood to build an indestructible Great Wall of Steel to ensure peace and tranquility for those in the rear.
And now, he, Wang Pingan, was also about to become one of them.
"What? Scared?"
Instructor Shi Yan looked at his face, which had instantly turned solemn.
"A madman who dared to charge into a Subspace Storm is actually afraid now that he hears he has to go to the frontline?"
"That's not it." Wang Pingan came back to his senses and shook his head.
To be honest, he didn't have much fear about going to the battlefield.
He just felt... it was a bit troublesome.
He had finally gotten into university, moved into a "palace," received a million credits, and was just about to start his dream "salted fish" life of eating, sleeping, and adding points.
As a result, before he could even warm up the sofa, he was told he had to go to the battlefield—and a meat grinder with a death rate of over ten percent at that.
Who could feel comfortable with that?
"I just think it's a bit sudden." Wang Pingan sighed, a look of helplessness appearing on his face.
"There's nothing sudden about it." Instructor Shi Yan's voice remained cold. "This is a responsibility and obligation that every high-rank martial artist must fulfill."
"With great power comes great responsibility."
"You have enjoyed resources and privileges far beyond ordinary people, so naturally, you must bear the corresponding responsibilities."
"This is the rule."
Wang Pingan fell silent.
He knew that Instructor Shi Yan was right.
In this world, there was never any true "lying flat."
The reason you can safely cultivate here and add points here is because countless people are carrying the burden for you in places you cannot see.
"I understand, Instructor."
Wang Pingan took a deep breath, and a glimmer of determination reignited in his pitch-black eyes.
"When do I go?"
"No rush." Instructor Shi Yan waved his hand. "According to the regulations, you only need to start fulfilling your military service obligation next year."
Upon hearing Instructor Shi Yan's words, Wang Pingan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After seeing Instructor Shi Yan off, Wang Pingan returned to the empty training room alone.
The hole in the wall that he had poked with one finger had already been perfectly repaired by a logistics robot using some unknown memory metal.
On the coming battlefield, his current strength was probably not worth a damn.
"Not enough... far from enough..."
Wang Pingan's eyes became incomparably sharp.
He had to become stronger!
He had to become stronger at the fastest possible speed!
He had to be strong enough to crush all geniuses!
He had to be strong enough to make all alien races tremble at his feet!
He had to be strong enough to firmly grasp his own destiny—and the destiny of all humanity—in his own hands!
He opened his system panel again.
He looked at the string of numbers that was so long it made him dizzy, full of infinite possibilities.
【pay-to-win points: 7,918,265】
"System!"
"Add points for me!"
"Max out all my attributes!"
"I want to charge straight to the peak of the Fifth Rank!"
【Command received...】
The system's mechanical voice sounded right on cue.
【Analyzing based on the host's current realm and physical data...】
【Analysis complete.】
【The host's current realm is: Fifth Rank initial stage (Meridian Master).】
【The five basic attributes of strength, speed, Physique, spirit, and recovery are all: 500.0】
【The peak realm of the Fifth Rank requires basic attributes of: 2000.0】
【Each attribute needs to be increased by: 1500.0 points.】
【According to the ratio for a Fifth Rank Martial Artist, where every 1 point of attribute increase consumes 100 pay-to-win points.】
【This upgrade will consume a total of pay-to-win points: 1500 x 5 x 100 = 750,000 points.】
【Confirm?】
Seven hundred and fifty thousand points!
Looking at this number, Wang Pingan didn't even blink.
Once upon a time, a few hundred pay-to-win points were enough to make him excited for days.
But now, seven hundred and fifty thousand points were just a drop in the bucket compared to his massive "savings" of eight million.
Being rich can be so unpretentious and boring.
"Confirm! Immediately! Right now!"
Wang Pingan's will was full of unquestionable determination!
【Command confirmed.】
【Deducting pay-to-win points: 750,000 points.】
【Attribute increase... starting!】
The moment the words fell.
Boom—!!!
A golden torrent of energy, more majestic, vast, and terrifying than any point-adding session he had experienced before, awoke with a roar in his dantian qi sea!
That was no longer mere energy.
That was the most primal, the purest Life Law, transformed from 750,000 pay-to-win points!
If the previous breakthrough from the Fourth Rank to the Fifth Rank was a "reshaping" of his life level, then this time, it was a crazy "filling" of the essence of life!
Wang Pingan felt his body turn into a bottomless abyss that had been parched for billions of years, being frantically filled with water at this moment!
His extremely tough meridians, which had just broken through to the Fifth Rank, were being forcibly widened and reinforced under the scouring of this terrifying energy!
His bones, which were shimmering with a faint golden luster, were increasing in density at an incredible speed!
His internal organs, every inch of his flesh and blood, and every one of his cells were undergoing earth-shattering changes under the nourishment of that massive life energy!
The whole process was no longer filled with tearing pain like before.
Instead, it was a kind of... indescribable "comfort"!
Every cell in his body was cheering, leaping for joy, and greedily, frantically devouring that massive energy!
And on the system panel in front of him, the five basic attributes representing his strength began to skyrocket!
【Strength: 500.1】
【speed: 500.1】
【Physique: 500.1】
【spirit: 500.1】
【recovery: 500.1】
...
【Strength: 800.0】
【speed: 800.0】
...
【Strength: 1500.0】
【speed: 1500.0】
...
The speed at which the numbers jumped was so fast that they had completely turned into a blurry afterimage!
Wang Pingan could clearly feel that his body was frantically becoming stronger in a way that completely defied all laws and Life Law!
He could clearly feel that the blood qi, which had originally been like a vast ocean in his dantian qi sea, was expanding at a terrifying speed!
【recovery: 1000.0】
【blood qi value: 10000 / 20000】
...
【recovery: 1500.0】
【blood qi value: 15000 / 20000】
...
This process seemed long, but it was actually completed in just a few short minutes.
When the last trace of energy was completely integrated into his limbs and bones, the five basic attributes on the system panel in front of Wang Pingan finally stopped steadily.
【Strength: 2000.0】
【speed: 2000.0】
【Physique: 2000.0】
【spirit: 2000.0】
【recovery: 2000.0】
Fifth Rank peak!
Success!
An unprecedented, terrifying power slowly awakened within his body!