Demon Yan taught him everything he knew, and Meng Chao benefited a lot from it. The most direct effect was that he could light up more gray skills.
As he looked at the dense list of skills, Meng Chao was delighted. He wanted to seize every second he had and contribute more to Dragon Citizens.
There was something else. Perhaps it was because he had been too eye-catching when he dealt with Zuo Haoran's problem, or perhaps it was because Demon Yan and the higher-ups of the university had been boasting about his recent performance, but Meng Chao often "ran into" Principal Sun in the canteen.
Meng Chao wanted to show off his skills in front of Principal Sun. He thought that the famous Heavy Cannon had to be at least an elite citizen. He might even be a legendary citizen or an epic citizen.
If Principal Sun came to understand some profound and ultimate truth of martial arts under his guidance, how many contribution points could he get?
Unfortunately, the shriveled old man was too old, and the injuries he suffered in the past were too severe. It had been many years since he fought. He came to Ninth High School to retire, so he did not bother about the children's studies. Aside from basking in the sun and dozing off in a corner of the field, he would go to the canteen and excitedly discuss nutritious lunch recipes with the chefs.
Principal Sun was very approachable. He held the same stainless steel plates as the students, but his food was not as good as the high school examinees'. All he ate was luncheon meat made from earthworms.
It made Meng Chao feel very embarrassed, and he wanted to share some of the pure and natural monster meat on his plate with the old principal.
"Go ahead and eat. Eat more. I'm not taking my national college examination. Besides, I'm old, and the spirit energy in monster meat is too rich. If I eat it, I'll have high blood pressure." Principal Sun smiled. He was missing a few teeth, so he spoke with a slight lisp.
Meng Chao thought about it. The old principal might not be interested in other moves, so he decided to just wave his chopsticks and use the Seven Dissection Methods Performed in Reverse to break down the ribs on his plate.
Just as he expected, he attracted the old principal's interest. Even though he did not focus on learning, he brought Meng Chao to the kitchen of the canteen to spar with the chefs. The good thing was that from that day onwards, Meng Chao could eat the freshest and juiciest monster meat the chefs had reserved for him.
Just like that, when the second stage of the national college examination arrived, Meng Chao's maximum punching strength surpassed 290kg, and his one hundred meter dash time was 9.29 seconds. He was far ahead of the legendary sprinter, Usain Bolt.
There was also an even more terrifying ability that the data did not show, and it was the endurance of Master Level Ripple Force.
Many outstanding high school students could reach 280,290 punching strength, and some could even punch out an unbelievable number like 300 kilograms.
It was not impossible that there were monsters who could run the 100-meter dash in 9.2 seconds in high school.
But Meng Chao could deliver more than two hundred punches in one go within three minutes, and his average punching strength was not lower than 275kg.
His average speed of 100 meters, 400 meters, 1500 meters, and even 5000 meters was almost the same.
That was terrifying.
In a real battle, such a sustained and stable output was obviously much better than the students who had high scores but low abilities, who relied on gene drugs, strengthened nutrition liquids, and training machines to obtain beautiful data.
"Pi pi pa pa pa!"
At the entrance of Ninth High School, Headmaster Sun trembled as he lit up a few red firecrackers that had three thousand sounds.
Three school buses, draped in red and green, filled with examinees from two rocket classes and one quasi-rocket class, rushed to the District Education Bureau amidst the sound of firecrackers and the cheers of students.
"Ace Student Chao, I didn't expect that your maximum punching strength would be above 290. Do you have to be so ridiculous?" a student said with a smile on the school bus.
Ever since Meng Chao ate two Demonic Halberd Pig's roasted hind legs in the cafeteria in one go and ran more than thirty laps around the field while carrying two hundred kilograms of weight, he became famous, and his classmates called him Ace Chao.
"You don't understand Ace Student Chao." "Since he showed off his maximum punching strength of 290kg, then his real punching strength must have surpassed 300kg a long time ago. He's just waiting to go to the region to pretend to be weak so that he can amaze the world. Isn't that right, Ace Student Chao?"
"I testify."
Before Meng Chao could say anything, his best friend, Chu Feixiong, betrayed him mercilessly. "My maximum punching strength is 299 points right now. It's stronger than Meng Chao's, right? But recently when I sparred with him, every time I felt like I was being run over by a road roller. His maximum punching force must have exceeded 300. 290? Are you trying to act tough here? "
"300 kilograms?" The students exclaimed. "Shameless! Scum! Scum! He had to treat her to milk tea! Breakfast, please! I'll treat you to lunch, dinner, and supper! "
Meng Chao coughed loudly. Why was it so hard to keep a low profile nowadays?
While everyone was laughing and fooling around, Demon Yan's voice came from the front.
"That's enough. Quiet down and adjust your emotions and souls."
Demon Yan held the loudspeaker in the car and said sternly, "Speed, strength, stamina, and fighting skills might be important, but if you want to step on the path of a superhuman, the most important thing is your soul!
"Without a superhuman soul, even if you were lucky enough to obtain power, it's impossible for you to subdue it. Instead, you'll become a slave to that power. You'll continuously fall into depravity and lose control. Literally speaking, you'll turn into monsters that are as terrifying as zombies and monsters.
"We've already tested your speed and strength in the first round. Today, all the people gathered in the region's education department are the best of the best in Tiger Forest Region. What we're testing is your soul!
"Remember, the flower of the soul blooms on your body, but it has surpassed your body. It's a sublimation of your mind. Just because you're strong and fast doesn't mean that you have a powerful soul. Until you're faced with a life and death situation, you'll never know whether you're a coward with brute strength, a scoundrel who uses his strength to bully the weak, a selfish rat, or the absolute master of your own strength!"
His words caused the students to fall silent.
"If you understand, get off the bus," Demon Yan said. "We've arrived at the region's education department."
The school bus stopped in front of a sunken square among the skyscrapers.
It was surrounded by cold and dark colors. Black and bronze were the main colors. There were also piles of broken walls with exposed rebars. It looked like a wasteland, but also like a graveyard.
In truth, this was indeed the wasteland where zombies, ruffians, and monsters repeatedly ravaged it when Dragon City transmigrated.
As Dragon City grew stronger, the other wastelands were cleared and rebuilt into steel fortresses that were taller, sturdier, and larger.
Only this place was left as it was. Architects and artists were specially hired to solidify it so that it would become an eternal memory to commemorate that dark period of time.
When the examinees from Ninth High School walked up the black marble stairs and entered the sunken square, they felt that the temperature had instantly dropped by eight degrees Celsius.
Even Meng Chao shuddered.
Apart from the shattered wreckage, there were also statues in front of him.
The sculptors used incredibly exaggerated methods to create crazed zombies, monstrous monsters, and ruffians who became even uglier than zombies and monsters to snatch food, clean water, energy, and other resources.
In front of these threats, the statues of normal citizens were incredibly weak and helpless.
Meng Chao saw a statue of a monster that looked like the amalgamation of a praying mantis and a jackal. It smiled savagely and raised its scythe-like mandibles. Its target was a mother who held a baby in her arms.
The mother hugged the baby so tightly that she wanted to rub it back into her belly.
But no matter how sturdy her arms were, it was difficult for her to avoid the tragedy that would follow.
The sculptors injected souls into the statues. When the cold wind blew, they felt like they could hear the moans of humans and the roars of monsters.
In this era, the education department had a lot of power. Aside from educating youngsters, they were also in charge of the ideological work of all the citizens.
Only by remembering history could they open up the future. The region's education department was connected to the transmigration museum in the district.
From kindergarten to high school, the students had come here many times during spring and autumn outings, as well as to commemorate their transmigration anniversary.
But today, the examinees who longed to become superhumans reacted very strongly to the statues.
Quite a number of them breathed heavily. Chu Feixiong gritted his teeth.
Meng Chao's heart surged, and he could not calm down even after a long time had passed.
He had seen the apocalypse descend in his nightmares, so he had deep feelings for Dragon City.
He made up his mind that he would not let any monsters touch this land that was filled with the blood of his compatriots.
Fortunately, aside from the fact that the statues were a little tragic in the beginning, as they ventured deeper into the ruins, the theme of the statues gradually became brighter.
In the beginning, the defenseless citizens could only allow themselves to be slaughtered by the zombies, monsters, and ruffians.
Gradually, weapons appeared in the citizens' hands. They could pull out the teeth of the zombies and cut off the claws of the monsters so that the ruffians could receive justice.
In the end, the powerful citizens who spread their arms to protect the children had dazzling spirit tattoos appear on their skin. Their bodies were surrounded by a golden light. Some of them even controlled burning weapons and ordered the tamed biochemical fighting beasts to trample on the zombies, monsters, and ruffians.
Chu Feixiong looked at the statues and said to Meng Chao, "These are superhumans."
"We can do it too soon," Meng Chao answered and led the way out of the ruins.
At the end of the ruins were two huge monuments. There were golden words on them, and they were all carved with a lot of names.
The monument on the right had the names of all the citizens who died in the disaster in the past fifty years. There were five big words on them. "May the dead rest in peace."
The monument on the left had the names of all the warriors and heroes who sacrificed themselves in the region. There were also five big words on them. "May the brave live forever."
The two monuments formed a door, and behind it was a huge entrance that led underground.
Meng Chao and the students walked down the stairs of the black tunnel that was twenty meters wide. Soon, they entered another world.
They were surrounded by 360-degree 3D screens. They used smoke, a thick stench of blood, and all sorts of sound and visual effects to create an atmosphere that looked both real and illusory.
The citizens screamed in panic, the ruffians roared fiercely, and the zombies' twisted and terrifying roars instantly made Meng Chao and the students understand that they had arrived at the first level of the transmigration museum — the Bloody Era.
"During the first ten years after Dragon City transmigrated to the Other World, it was a bloody era filled with confusion, chaos, and misery."
A deep male voice came slowly from above their heads. "We lost most of our energy and industrial abilities. We destroyed social order and the country's machinery. The light of humanity and the might of the law dimmed. For the sake of survival, countless civilized people turned into ruffians who believed in the law of the jungle. Some of them even became wild beasts who ate raw meat and drank blood.
"A mysterious virus spread among the citizens, and soon, it became a plague that swept through the entire city. The infected people lost their minds, but their appetites and aggressiveness became ten times stronger.
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