72: Chapter 75: Points skyrocket, successfully unlocking "Martial Arts Deduction".

The Point Frenzy and System Anomalies

The golden afterglow of Lingyun Tower had not yet faded when Lin Mo's tactical tablet suddenly emitted a buzzing alarm.

The point balance of the Global Martial Arts System was jumping crazily at a speed visible to the naked eye, soaring from 15 million to 23 million, with every jump bringing up golden light particles—that was the bounty from global viewers for Chen Wu's Breakthrough to the Early Stage of Brute Force, with the highest single donation of 1 million points coming from an anonymous account, "Tomb-Guarding Beast Guardian".

"The System is about to crash!" the teenager's fingertips danced across the screen, sweat dripping down his jawline, "The server load has exceeded the threshold by 300%, and the hackers from Grey Shadow are taking the opportunity to attack the backend!"

The tablet suddenly popped up a bright red System prompt: "Abnormal traffic detected, point settlement paused, estimated recovery time unknown."

The barrage exploded instantly, with the "Data Supervisors" of the Mutant Mutual Aid Association flooding the screen, the golden words "Guardian System" forming an impenetrable barrier.

Chen Wu's peace lock and the Tomb-Guarding Beast token grew hot simultaneously.

The cyan-gold Qi Energy of the Early Stage of Brute Force circulated within his body, creating a wonderful resonance with the tablet, and the point numbers on the screen suddenly froze at 29.99 million—only 10,000 points away from the 30 million required to unlock "Martial Arts Deduction".

Grandpa Wang tapped his dry tobacco pipe against the tablet, sparks flying, the pipe bowl pointing at the bronze lock icon on the System interface: "When your grandfather unlocked the 'Qi Energy Atlas' in 1982, he also encountered a point jam."

The old man suddenly pulled a rusty bronze key from his bosom, "This is the System backdoor of the Council of Tomb Guardians; it can force the settlement program to trigger."

An urgent signal came from the encrypted channel of the Special Incident Response Department.

The hologram of the Chief of the Execution Division was filled with static, the background showing the chaotic scene of the Technical Department: "Grey Shadow is using the residual data of 'Spirit-Devourer Powder' to disguise itself as normal traffic, and they are tampering with the points database!"

She suddenly pulled up a stream of code, the Grey Shadow's unique black mark hidden within the cyan-gold data stream, "They want to clear your points to zero so that 'Martial Arts Deduction' can never be unlocked!"

In the Flower Girl's basket, the petals of the ming jin orchid suddenly stood up one by one.

Each petal reflected a different flow of points, among which a black tributary was secretly devouring the bounties: "This is a 'Tracking Petal'!"

The little girl's fingertips tapped on the petals, and the source of the black tributary immediately appeared on the screen—the Grey Shadow data center located overseas was using 17 servers to attack the System simultaneously, "The 100,000 hackers of the Mutant Mutual Aid Association are already in position and can launch a counterattack at any time!"

Officer Zhang's body camera was aimed at the suspicious signal tower at the mouth of the alley.

The tower body was covered with receivers disguised as billboards, the flashing indicator lights synchronized with the Grey Shadow data center: "The Technical Department has cracked their transmission protocol," the old policeman suddenly pressed the recording key on his body camera, from which the hackers' conversation played, "The boss said we must destroy 'Martial Arts Deduction' before midnight; that thing can predict all our Moves!"

He suddenly took out a signal jammer from behind his back, "This is driven by Brute Force Qi Energy and can disable electronic equipment within a radius of 100 meters."

Chen Wu's Qi Energy suddenly poured into the tablet through his fingertips.

The cyan-gold energy flow spread along the data cable, weaving a protective net in the System backend, firmly locking the black data stream of Grey Shadow.

Just at this moment, the surveillance of A-Mings younger sister's hospital room suddenly popped up—the little girl was holding the "Thirteen Styles of Tomb Suppression" diagram she had just learned, gesturing at the camera, and her peace lock wooden plaque suddenly shot out a golden light, precisely hitting the tablet screen, and the point balance instantly jumped to 30 million.

A System prompt exploded in his mind: "Points meet the standard, do you want to unlock 'Martial Arts Deduction'?"

The Martial Arts Illusion Behind the Bronze Lock

When Chen Wu's fingertips touched the "Unlock" button, the Global Martial Arts System suddenly fell into dead silence.

The live broadcast screen went black instantly, and three seconds later, a bronze-colored Void Realm popped up—countless lost martial arts Secret Manuals floated in the virtual space: the bamboo slips of the "Thirteen Styles of Tomb Suppression", the silk scrolls of the "Brute Force Advanced Atlas", and even the "Qi Energy Backflow Cracking Method" hand-drawn by his grandfather, each classic work emitting a cyan-gold light.

"This is... the martial arts library of the Council of Tomb Guardians!"

Grandpa Wang's tobacco pipe fell to the ground, the old man staring at the yellowed boxing manual in the Void Realm, his eyes suddenly turning red, "This is the 'Shadow-Breaking Fist' lost in 1974; back then, to save me, your grandfather used this fist technique to forcibly withstand seven bullets!"

The boxing manual suddenly opened automatically, the handwriting on the pages beginning to flow, forming a complete set of Move animations in the virtual space, with each movement marked with the Qi Energy operation route.

Lin Mo's tablet suddenly connected to the System backend.

The teenager discovered that "Martial Arts Deduction" could not only parse Moves but also predict the opponent's attack trajectory—when he imported the combat footage of Grey Shadow mutants from last week, the System instantly generated 37 cracking schemes, among which the "Crushing Fist Variation" actually used by Chen Wu was marked as the "optimal solution", with a success rate of 98%.

Even more astonishingly, the System also deduced the Cultivation route for the Middle Stage of Brute Force, with each level accompanied by his grandfather's Cultivation notes: "On the 37th day, the Qi Energy will stagnate at the Quchi acupoint; it can be resolved by massaging with Green Cloud Vine juice."

In the tactical center of the Special Incident Response Department, the Section Chief was frantically taking screenshots of the virtual screen.

"Martial Arts Deduction" automatically generated cracking charts for all of Grey Shadow's known martial arts, among which the cracking method for "Shadow Beast Poison Technique" completely matched Elder Zhou's prescription.

"The Grey Shadow boxing manual that Interpol has been chasing for ten years," the Section Chief's voice trembled, "the System deduced it in three minutes!"

She suddenly pulled up an encrypted file, "The Council has sent word that this function can also fuse different martial arts to create exclusive Moves."

The Flower Girl's ming jin orchid suddenly bloomed in the virtual space.

The petals formed a translucent virtual human, who was practicing a set of never-before-seen fist techniques—containing both Chen Wu's "Tomb-Guarding Beast Breathing Technique" and the mutants' "Qi Energy Resonance Technique".

"This is the 'Symbiotic Fist' generated by the System based on the global martial arts database!"

The little girl's voice was full of surprise, every punch thrown by the virtual human sparking golden ripples, "Elder Zhou says this fist technique can allow mutants and Qi Energy guardians to cooperate perfectly!"

Officer Zhang's body camera captured an even more shocking scene.

When he imported his own "Police Grappling Technique" into the System, "Martial Arts Deduction" instantly fused with Chen Wu's Brute Force fist technique, generating a set of "Anti-Riot Thirteen Styles"—among which the "Lock Throat to Palm" Move retained the crispness of grappling while adding the impact of Brute Force Qi Energy, capable of subduing opponents without injuring them.

"We can use this when the police academy opens next week!"

The old policeman's knuckles turned white with excitement, and the memory card of the body camera was frantically storing the deduction images.

Grey Shadow's Final Counterattack

Just as "Martial Arts Deduction" was about to finish its final loading, black lightning suddenly exploded in the virtual space.

The phantom of the Grey Shadow leader emerged from the Void Realm, holding a boxing manual emitting black energy: "Taste the power of the 'Spirit-Devourer Fist'!"

The moment the manual opened, countless black fist shadows surged out of the virtual space, each fist bearing fangs that gnawed on Qi Energy; it was exactly the "Forbidden Martial Arts" the System had just deduced.

"Use the seventh style of 'Shadow-Breaking Fist'!"

Grandpa Wang's roar shattered the glass of the broadcast vehicle.

The old man suddenly grabbed a bronze tobacco rod and began practicing the lost Move in front of the virtual screen, the cyan-gold Qi Energy afterimages perfectly overlapping with Chen Wu's movements.

The "tomb guardians manuscript" slipped from his bosom, and a note written in blood on a certain page automatically appeared in the virtual space: "Spirit-Devourer Fist fears Golden Crow Qi Energy; it must be triggered by Brute Force blood-burning."

Chen Wu's Brute Force Qi Energy suddenly became stained with blood.

The cyan-gold energy flow burned on his body surface, merging into a torrent with the golden fist shadows in the virtual space, and the black fist shadows let out shrill screams the moment they made contact, turning into light spots filling the sky.

"Martial Arts Deduction" automatically generated the ultimate cracking method for "Spirit-Devourer Fist"—it was actually to practice Grey Shadow's own manual in reverse, using their Qi Energy trajectory to counterattack.

In the energy spectrum of the live broadcast, Chen Wu's Qi Energy and the route deduced by the System formed a constantly rotating taiji diagram, swallowing all the black fist shadows.

An explosion suddenly came from the Grey Shadow data center.

The hackers of the Mutant Mutual Aid Association launched a final counterattack, using the waveform of Chen Wu's Brute Force Qi Energy as a key to break through the opponent's firewall.

The global live broadcast screen suddenly switched to the Grey Shadow headquarters, where more than a dozen core members were retreating in terror in front of the screen—"Martial Arts Deduction" not only cracked their fist techniques but also predicted each person's weakness, among which the vital point of the Grey Shadow leader was exactly the same as Chen Wu's, both at the seventh vertebra.

"Impossible!"

The phantom let out a furious roar.

The virtual space suddenly collapsed, and countless black data streams formed a giant palm, slapping toward Chen Wu's virtual image.

Just at this moment, 30 million ordinary people around the world who had just awakened their Internal Energy simultaneously struck the "Three-Body Stance" toward the screen, and the cyan-gold Qi Energy converged into a river along the network cables, condensing into a huge Tomb-Guarding Beast claw in the virtual space, tearing the giant black palm into pieces.

A System prompt exploded in the Void Realm: "Global Qi Energy resonance detected, 'Martial Arts Deduction' fully unlocked! Current Rank: Great Master."

The bronze lock in the virtual space completely shattered, and countless martial arts classics turned into light particles, merging into Chen Wu's peace lock—from this moment on, he no longer needed to rely on the tablet; he only needed to concentrate his mind to activate the deduction in his mind.

The Legacy Beyond Deduction

When the global live broadcast signal was restored, the number of online users had exceeded 5 billion.

On Chen Wu's tablet, the "Martial Arts Deduction" icon emitted a soft golden light, and the point balance on the side stabilized at 30 million—the last 10,000 points were brought by that golden light from A-Mings younger sister.

Lin Mo's fingertips danced on the virtual keyboard, and the System automatically generated Chen Wu's exclusive Cultivation plan, in which the Breakthrough node for the Middle Stage of Brute Force was marked as "When resonating with the mutant's Qi Energy".

The celebration banquet of the Special Incident Response Department was held in the yard of the training hall.

The Chief of the Execution Division held up a wine glass made of Tomb-Guarding Beast scales, and when she clinked glasses with Chen Wu, the animation of the "Shadow-Breaking Fist" Move suddenly appeared on the wall of the glass: "The Technical Department discovered that the System automatically backed up all deduction data," she said, her tablet showing the icon of the global martial arts database, "Any fan of traditional martial arts can apply for access, provided they pass the 'Brute Force Martial Ethics Test'."

Grandpa Wang's tobacco pipe drew a golden arc in the moonlight.

The old man placed his grandfather's "tomb guardians manuscript" on the stone table, and "Martial Arts Deduction" suddenly scanned it automatically, generating new notes on the blank pages—it was the Qi Energy trajectory when Chen Wu broke through to Brute Force.

"True martial arts are not dead Moves," the old man's voice was filled with emotion, "they are about letting future generations walk further by stepping in the footprints of their predecessors."

In the Flower Girl's basket, the ming jin orchid was in full bloom.

She pinned the largest flower on Chen Wu's lapel, and the petals suddenly projected a new set of fist techniques: "This is the 'Healing Fist' deduced by the System specifically for mutants," the little girl's cheeks flushed in the fragrance of the flowers, "It can automatically repair genetic rejection when practicing the fist; Elder Zhou says it's more effective than any medicine."

She suddenly pulled a USB drive from her bosom, "This contains the Qi Energy data of all the patients; the System says it can help them deduce exclusive Cultivation methods."

Officer Zhang's body camera was filming the new scene in the training hall.

More than a dozen young people in police academy uniforms were practicing the Horse Stance, and Chen Wu was using "Martial Arts Deduction" to adjust each person's posture, with cyan-gold Qi Energy injected into their bodies through his fingertips.

On the old policeman's tablet, the instructional video for "Anti-Riot Thirteen Styles" had been downloaded 2 million times, and the comment section was full of thanks from police officers everywhere: "Used this Move to subdue an armed thug last week, zero casualties!"

Chen Wu's gaze fell on the global Qi Energy map.

The golden light spots representing "Martial Arts Deduction" were spreading rapidly, from Lingyun Tower to refugee camps in Africa, from Chinatown in New York to scientific research stations in Antarctica, countless people were practicing traditional martial arts under the guidance of the System.

What warmed his heart the most was the video sent by A-Mings younger sister: the little girl was teaching other patients the "Symbiotic Fist" in the hospital room, her peace lock wooden plaque resonating with everyone's Qi Energy, forming a complete golden halo in the sunlight.

When the last viewer left the live broadcast room, the homepage of the Global Martial Arts System was changed to a new image: the background was a rotating Earth, covered with cyan-gold Qi Energy veins, each vein connecting to a person who was Cultivating.

In the center, Chen Wu's virtual image was reaching out to the whole world, with the bronze icon of "Martial Arts Deduction" floating in his palm, and a line of text written below: "There is no martial art that cannot be passed on, only selfish hearts that are unwilling to share."

Chen Wu knew that the unlocking of "Martial Arts Deduction" was not the end, but a new starting point.

There would be more powerful enemies and more difficult martial arts in the future, but the point numbers jumping on the tablet at this moment told him—true strength was never a cold System, but the Legacy held up by countless hands together.

Just like those footprints of varying depths on the blue stone slabs of the training hall, some came from him at the Early Stage of Brute Force, some from children just learning the Horse Stance, yet they all pointed in the same direction under the moonlight—that was the light of martial arts, the direction of hope, and the temperature of the Legacy that every ordinary person could touch in the flow of Qi Energy.

When the System's final prompt popped up, the morning light happened to climb onto the wall: "Congratulations on unlocking the hidden achievement 'Great Harmony of Martial Arts', Reward: Permanent access to the global martial arts database."

Chen Wu suddenly understood the sentence his grandfather left behind—"Deduction has an end, but the Legacy is endless".

Perhaps this was the most precious value of the 30 million points; it was not about unlocking powerful functions, but about letting everyone who loved traditional martial arts believe: as long as you are willing to persist, you can walk out of your own legend in the ordinary Horse Stance.