Apocalypse: I Have One More Keyword Than Others-Chapter 88 - The Negative Example_1

Chapter 88: The Negative Example_1

Chapter 88: The Negative Example_1

In the following days, the investments from several partners trickled in.

Zhu Shijie brought a cultivation technique for spiritual power, Wang Feng brought a yearly pass to the Celebration Building, and Wen Fei used his family connections to change the school award he received from a cultivation technique to a private dorm.

Two solved the issue of cultivation techniques, and two took care of food and accommodation.

The sponsorships from the four of them could be said to be full of sincerity, resolving the greatest difficulty Duge was currently facing.

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The day after meeting with Yin Erchuan and the others, the school announced the results from the simulated environment.

Securing the first place in the simulated environment brought Duge a lot of trouble.

Students eliminated by Duge would often gang up to cause trouble for him; these kids, barely eighteen, were not mature in their thinking, nor very self-aware.

Duge’s action of ending the simulation prematurely could, on a larger scale, be seen as obstructing their future, or on a lesser note, reducing the time they enjoyed in the simulated environment.

Even though the simulated environment was virtual, soaking in nutrient fluid was much more enjoyable than eating junk food in reality.

If Feng Qi belonged to the elite academy, they wouldn’t be able to touch him, and they might have moved on after cursing him a few times, but since Feng Qi was right there, it was time for grievances to be avenged, and wrongs to be righted.

The school prohibited fighting, but it was impossible to assign someone to protect the top scorer of the simulation all the time.

As such, most fights had to be dealt with by Duge himself. With his intelligence and eloquence, dealing with these kids was easy, and at worst, he just needed to promise a few more secret codes.

When he encountered stubborn blockheads beyond reasoning, Duge didn’t bother being polite with them.

Even though the martial arts from the simulation couldn’t be taken out, he had a spiritual power of 160 and the Rear Eye, plus a slightly more agile Backstab. When it came to fighting, he was often unrivaled, and dealing with group fights was like a walk in the park.

Practicing with people every day, Duge’s real combat experience and use of Backstab got more and more proficient.

Skills are skills after all, being faster is… faster…

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Of course.

Not all were there to cause trouble; there were also some astute female students who came to invest.

But first place in one simulation wasn’t worth them putting out tangible assets, after all, no one knew if Duge would become a true warrior in four years. To recklessly invest their most precious resources would be foolish.

They were more interested in keeping Duge on the hook, to continue the relationship if he succeeded, and to part ways if the second simulation revealed his true abilities.

These young girls weren’t very high-ranked, and Duge saw through their intentions at a glance; it would have been easy to charm them with a little effort.

However.

Facing survival, Duge couldn’t be bothered to play games with them, too lazy to even give them the time of day; he turned them into comrades-in-arms with a few words…

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No matter what, dealing with these troubles all day was incredibly annoying for Duge; focusing on training was simply impossible. Wen Fei, through his connections, moved him out of the dormitory which perfectly solved his concerns.

During this period, Duge also received over a dozen calls claiming to be from Feng Zhong.

But to those not giving the new secret code, Duge couldn’t be bothered. Students at the elite academy all had their connections; trying to benefit from everyone meant ending up with nothing, and Duge was clear about that.

Too bad for them they were too late.

Yin Erchuan found Wang San, who was said to be a girl with the real name Yu Xia.

But she wasn’t in Yongan City, and it was completely unrealistic for a regular student to travel cross-city to meet Duge. So, after informing her of the new secret code, they cut off contact.

Wang San was actually a girl?

This was beyond Duge’s expectations.

Honestly, in the simulated environment, he hadn’t noticed at all. It’s very likely Wang San’s male character had a high pass rate as a male! Reflecting on Wang San caressing a skull affectionately in the simulation made Duge more acutely aware of the world’s cruelty, forcing an eighteen-year-old girl to become… twisted.

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Mostly, the understanding of key terms and performance-related courses was completed before eighteen.

After turning eighteen, students were either assessed in the simulation or independently watched replays of it to glean insights from the performance of different students to make up for their own deficiencies, rarely attending classes anymore.

However, the school had open classes where teachers would analyze the assessment process of the top ten in the simulation, pointing out their shortcomings and areas needing improvement, or how to respond to certain key terms at certain moments, and so on.

These weren’t of much help to Duge since the assessments for other simulations hadn’t finished yet, and all the teachers’ comments revolved around him, the unexpected top scorer.

Then.

Every teacher’s assessment of Duge was the same: he was unrepeatable, not to be imitated, not to be learned from…

In short, they made a complete example out of Duge, without giving him any of the glory he deserved.

After attending such classes once, Duge never went again.

The teachers understood nothing, they even got his psychological analysis wrong, and occasionally dragged him onto the stage to verify their points. Listening to their lectures was sheer torture, worse than reading a book on his own, or watching the dull performances of the guys in the simulation hall!

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So, with his own private dormitory, Duge spent most of his time practicing.

As Wen Fei had said, strengthening his spiritual power was no longer very effective for him.

A normal adult’s spiritual power is around 30, give or take a little, and moreover, spiritual power fluctuates with the health of the body.

To increase the success rate of body-snatching, children from Qiyuan Star begin to practice their spiritual power at the age of 12, continuing until the age of 18.

In six years, due to the different aptitudes of each student, their spiritual power typically increases by 5 to 10 points.

Just like Duge’s initial spiritual power of 35 and Gao Ming’s initial spiritual power of 38.

The students of the elite academy might have better cultivation techniques, but the increase in spiritual power is only a few points higher than that of ordinary students, usually between 40 to 45.

Body-snatching means fighting with a stranger for control of a body, which is obviously a very high risk.

So.

Most students choose to body-snatch the old, weak, sick, and disabled when they first enter the simulation field to increase their chances of success.

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For people like Zhu Shijie and the rest, spiritual power is obviously more important than the body.

After all.

No matter how strong a body is, it cannot be taken into the simulation field. Even increasing one’s spiritual power by a single point can greatly increase the success rate of body-snatching.

But Duge’s spiritual power had already reached an astounding 160, so the cultivation technique Zhu Shijie gave him could, at most, increase his spiritual power by one point in half a year, which was almost as useless as chicken ribs.

It was a waste of time, better spent on securing first place in the simulation field!

Thus, having passed the spiritual power training technique to Gao Ming as a favor to a friend, Duge concentrated all his energy on practicing the Body Training Method.

The Body Training Method was similar to the cultivation techniques of the martial arts world, consisting of basic movements combined with breathing exercises.

Duge’s extraordinarily high spiritual power allowed him to progress twice as far with half the effort when practicing, and his physical fitness soared.

And he was right in his guess; the Body Training Method was indeed like using keywords in the simulation field to increase physical attributes, and it truly could enhance the speed of Backstab.

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With things to do, time flew by quickly.

Before he knew it, five months had passed.

Second and third-year students were eliminated one after another, and aside from Duge, No. 42 Middle School had no one else who could produce impressive results.

And as time passed, the obsession faded. Moreover, students of No. 42 Middle School, brainwashed by their teachers, came to view Duge as a lucky fluke. Gradually, they shifted their attention away from him and focused their energy on preparing for the next simulation.

Aside from a few who harbored a deep grudge against Duge, such as Feng Jiu, Mr. Zhao, and Qiao Pingjiang, most had forgotten about him, and even the girls no longer wished to flock around him.

As expected.

The struggling Group C ultimately failed, and the round-robin system became a foregone conclusion.

Zhu Shijie and the others were also busy trying to improve their own strength and had little contact with Duge.

The news of failure by the three groups on the Alien Battlefield was tightly sealed, but still, some rumors leaked out among the people.

After all, even the synthetic food in the school cafeteria was becoming rougher, and the common folk could not help but notice.

On the streets, hostility spread, and it was easy to witness quarrels and disputes; security patrols came and went with increasing frequency…

During this time, the outside environment deteriorated, and Duge’s meals were almost entirely taken care of at the school’s small cafeteria. He seldom went to the Celebration Building to improve his diet anymore. Although the majority of teachers and students did not recognize his first-place achievement in the simulation field, it was enough to spare him from the school cafeteria’s unbearable synthetic foods.