Chapter 565: Army of Glutinous Rice Balls (1/2)

Chapter 565: Army of Glutinous Rice Balls

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

He might really die from this! Even though he chose the simplest form of holographic scanning system, building five thousand of them was really exhausting. However, since Xi Yan was there to help, he was able to finish making them ahead of schedule.

Just then, the five thousand training vehicles that Ye Chong ordered had arrived. Ye Chong had to expand the landing field area to accommodate all the training vehicles. Fortunately, his manor was large enough.

All five thousand training vehicles were neatly arranged on the landing field. As seen from above, they looked like a neat display of five thousand glutinous rice balls.

The training ground of the five thousand students was very close to the landing field. However, the students were all focused in their training, and did not think to look around them. By now, 60 percent of the students had passed the hand speed training, leaving only 40 percent of them to go. However, these students were very close to passing already. It would probably take only another week for them to join their other cohorts.

The students who passed were now learning about their very own keyboard models. The complicated key sequences were a headache. They did not know what they mean, but had to memorize them anyway. However, they were given no other choice but to forge ahead.

This was a test on memory power. The more intelligent students quickly stood out.

Ye Chong found that one of the students used only three days to memorize all the key sequences, and another three days to type 150 key sequences of difficulty Level 43.

Even Ye Chong was impressed by the student. Some talented people would find themselves unnoticed by society until they were given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Then, they would shine more brightly than anyone else.

This student was obviously talented. Ye Chong would definitely pay special attention to him. The student was not Duan Qian or the prominent Shu sisters, but a young man who had only had average results in previous trainings. His name was Appilok, and he was singled out by Ye Chong from the other students.

He would receive even stricter training. Ye Chong would personally train him to become a qualified mech pilot.

Appilok's first hurdle was physical stamina. He had gone through the physical training all this while, but that was far from enough, the way Ye Chong saw it.

All the students were curious about the five thousand spherical machines laid out not far from their training ground. Even their instructor, Liao San, had his interest piqued. Ye Chong was officially known as a Master Weaponsmith, and those were obviously his latest creations. Liao San had been hoping to get one of Ye Chong's Spiders for a long time, but he knew he did not rank high enough in the government to request for one.

The five thousand training vehicles were a huge motivation for the students, especially when they found out they could have one for themselves if they passed the training of typing key sequences.

Moreover, once they knew that the training vehicles could fly, the students cheered out loudly with joy. All of them, except for Duan Qian and the Shu sisters, were only average people. They were trained in parapsychic control and hence, never flew an aircraft before. They had been envious of shooters for a long while, but now found themselves given the chance to fly as well.

Ye Chong could not sympathize with their emotions, but he could see that their morale was high. This surprised him, since the typing test was a very dry training. However, this was good news for him. Of course he preferred that they stayed that way.

Ye Chong was dead tired after finishing all five thousand holographic scanning systems. Xi Yan was also exhausted. However, Ye Chong did not take a break. There were too many things that demanded his attention.

Getting used to the upgraded Celest was one of his main priorities. A child holding a heavy axe was more likely to injure himself than others. To Ye Chong, Celest was now like that heavy axe. It was a powerful tool, but he would need time to master it.

Appilok watched Ye Chong in quiet surprise. He was not even surprised this much when he was brought to the training ground in the manor's underground base. Ye Chong demonstrated the most basic combat moves, and would do so hours at a time, repeating the moves over and over again. It was hard to imagine a master in combat expert to spend so much time in basic training every day.

Appilok understood how fortunate he was and appreciated this opportunity given to him. He forced himself to go through the dull training every day. He reminded himself always to learn from Ye Chong.

Appilok was very talented, at least in the mind. Ye Chong felt that he was born to become a mech pilot. The young man had a calm mind and excellent memory. He was also committed and dedicated. The only thing he lacked was physical fitness. His body was not naturally suitable for combat. Ye Chong had trained him for a long while, and he had indeed become stronger, but still far from ideal. However, he displayed exceptional skills in other areas, especially in strategizing.

Appilok was more suited to become a long range mech pilot. However, Ye Chong did not have a long range mech. That would have to wait until he build a base in Darkniss.

With Ye Chong's personal teaching, Appilok improved much faster than the other students. Even Duan Qian was envious of the special attention he was getting. Duan Qian was the second fastest improving student in the cohort. He had the best physical build compared to the other five thousand students. No one who worked hard enough to reach where he was would have a mediocre mind.

Duan Qian was the first to enter a training vehicle. When the spherical training vehicle alighted from the ground, everyone below watched him enviously. Suddenly, the training vehicle spiralled uncontrollably like a balloon losing its air, and landed heavily on the ground. When Duan Qian emerged dizzily from the machine, the training ground was silent, and then exploded in laughter.

More students began their practice in flying their training vehicles. When they entered their training vehicles and saw the control console looking exactly like their training keyboard, they finally realized what the key sequences were all about.

Being new to flying, they were not afraid to try out their training vehicles. Everywhere in the sky were wooden balls, flying around in different trajectories. Often, a training vehicle would go out of control and crash land into the ground. After a while, the training vehicle would begin its shaky ascent into the air once again.

Ye Chong was grateful to have installed the safety systems. If they were not in place, the students would have been crushed into meat patties when they crash landed from high above. Now, they would only feel dizzy in the aftermath.

The students who were up in the air were having fun, but the ones who were still down below and the royal guards stationed around the manor were in for trouble. With so many training vehicles crashing down unpredictably, anyone who found themselves in the way would die for sure. Hence, from the day Duan Qian began his flying training, the royal guards moved their camp 150 kilometres away. Together with them were the students that were not selected by Ye Chong. The students who were still have not passed continued their training in Ye Chong's manor.

Liao San roared at them, ”You little m*therf*ckers, hehe, if you don't buck up, get ready to be crushed! Hell, you ask me if there's a safer place? Haha, are you idiots? Can't you use that rusted brain of yours? It's the sky! That's right, the sky! If you don't wanna be hit, f*cking pass your training. The faster you get up there, the safer you are. Then you get to choose who you wanna crash into! Of course, whichever f*cker thinks of crashing into me, you know what happens to anyone who murders a General of the country!”