Chapter 8: 1-Star Silver-Ranked?!
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Xu Mo's gains in this competition were three Bronze-level monster crystal cores.
These crystal cores had quite high qualities. After he completely absorbed them, his strength level directly reached 9-star Bronze rank!
Feeling the vigorous energy in his body, he was ecstatic. He didn't expect to advance so easily.
However, he wasn't surprised by this result. In his predecessor's memories, he knew a lot about monster crystal cores.
If the monster crystal cores weren't rare enough, the prizes wouldn't have been like this
This was good too. It could allow his strength to increase even faster, and his self-protection also improved.
Born in a chaotic world, nothing was more important than self-preservation for Xu Mo at the moment.
In the following period, Xu Mo, who didn't have any more crystal cores, joined the other recruits in training.
With the Chongming Bird bloodline, even without the crystal cores, his improvement speed was terrifying. It was just that it didn't advance him directly like the crystal cores.
Three days later, before Admiral Zeng Rong came to pick him up, he had already broken through to 1-star Silver rank.
When Wan Jun learned of Xu Mo's strength, he was in a bad mood.
It had only been a few days since the kid had inherited a bloodline, yet he had already broken through a level!
Zhang Hao, who had a bloodline of 8-star Gold rank, was still stuck at 2-star Bronze rank in terms of strength. Moreover, the other Inheritors hadn't even touched the threshold of 2-star Bronze rank. On the other hand, Xu Mo had directly reached 1-star Silver rank.
It was really infuriating if he compared Xu Mo with the other recruits. Wan Jun almost cursed thinking of this.
He didn't tell anyone in the new battalions that Xu Mo had already gone up by one level in terms of strength.
He knew very well that everything about Xu Mo was top secret. If this secret was exposed, not only would it cause big trouble for the new army, but Xu Mo's life and death would also be out of anyone's control.
Fortunately, this guy was about to leave the new battalion.
Admiral Zeng Rong personally took a plane to pick Xu Mo up.
"Xu Mo, let's go." After Zeng Rong got off the plane, he didn't enter the Chaos Battalion's camp. Instead, he directly ordered Wan Jun to bring Xu Mo over.
Xu Mo immediately agreed. Before going, he turned around and saluted Wan Jun seriously.
In his predecessor's memories, Wan Jun was a good commander who treated everyone in the Chaos Battalion equally.
It was because of his commander that Xu Mo hadn't faced any disturbances from the new battalions these days.
It was Xu Mo's character to repay kindness. Even though he knew that he could not repay Wan Jun yet, he would remember this friendship they had.
"Go, brat. Make sure to work hard!" Wan Jun returned the salute and chased Xu Mo onto the plane with a smile.
He followed Zeng Rong to the latter's manor, where a car was already waiting.
They both got into the car and went straight to the admiral's mansion near the Admiral's Mansion.
On the way to the admiral's Mansion, Xu Mo saw a desolate scene through the car window.
There were broken walls everywhere. Through the traces on the walls, he could quickly determine which attacks were left behind by monsters and which were left behind by military weapons.
He had only just reached the Admiral's mansion, but it was as if he was already on the battlefield. Xu Mo's heart inexplicably became hot.
Fifteen minutes later, the car stopped under a high wall.
Both of them got out of the car. Xu Mo looked around and realized that the high wall in front of him extended to an unknown direction. He could not see the end of it.
"This is Yanjing Fortress's wall, and it is also the frontier of Yanjing Fortress's Defense Zone. This is where you will be living later."
Zeng Rong said concisely, "Brat, if you want to grow up, fighting is the fastest shortcut. Let's go!"
As he spoke, he led Xu Mo toward the high wall's stairs on one side.
"Admiral!"
Along the way, the guards were on high alert. When they saw Zeng Rong, they all bowed to Zeng Rong and his soldiers.
Zeng Rong nodded as he led Xu Mo up the wall. When the two of them stepped onto the road at the top, the latter saw a strange-looking cannon.
"That's the Electromagnetic Pulse Cannon the Alliance Munitions Factory developed for us. With it, we won't have to spend so much effort in defending"
Zeng Rong smiled and patted Xu Mo's before pulling him to the outermost bastion on the wall that pointed outside the city.
"See that? You don't have to look around any more. Once you go beyond this wall, the world outside is only full of monsters..."
Zeng Rong patiently explained everything to Xu Mo.
The scene outside the city wall was like a primitive world. Seeing the dense, lush trees that were at least a hundred meters tall, Xu Mo's eyes became gloomy.
From Zeng Rong's explanation, he learned that the forest outside the city was where monsters roamed. The area where the Admiral's manor guarded was the four-gate city wall in front of them.
Under normal circumstances, the monsters would no longer attack the fortress. However, both sides would still attack each other under certain circumstances.
In this chaotic world, the strong preyed on the weak. Be it monsters or humans, everyone had to be vigilant and aggressive at all times.
Otherwise, no one could be sure if they can see the sun the next day!
After Zeng Rong introduced his own defense zone to Xu Mo, he led the man to the admiral's mansion. He gathered his subordinates and was ready to introduce him to everyone.
Since Xu Mo was of a 9-star Star Glory bloodline, he would naturally be a key candidate for promotion in the future. Therefore, Zeng Rong had to give Xu Mo serious explanations.
Right when the two of them had just entered the admiral's conference room in the residence and were about to sit down after meeting everyone, something unexpected happened.
"Woo! Woo! Woo!" An ear-piercing alarm rang from the sky above the admiral's mansion, continuously echoing across the whole building.
"Admiral, Blue alert!"
Someone immediately came to report. Zeng Rong's expression changed, immediately standing up as he shouted, "Everyone, get on the city wall, quick!"
Everyone immediately began to relocate. The full conference room just now became empty in an instant.
"Admiral, then I…" Xu Mo asked Zeng Rong, who was about to leave, hesitantly.
"A Blue Alert means that a beast tide is preparing to attack the fortress. You stay here and don't go anywhere!" Zeng Rong instructed Xu Mo firmly.
"Admiral, please allow me to go to the battlefield!" Hearing this, his eyes lit up as he stood in front of Zeng Rong.
Looking at the determined recruit in front of him, Zeng Rong was stunned for a few seconds, frowning.
After thinking for a moment, he had a plan in his heart. It would indeed be inappropriate to just leave Xu Mo in the admiral's mansion.
Since Zeng Rong himself was determined to nurture Xu Mo, what was the point of raising him in a greenhouse? Moreover, the Blue alert meant that the beast tide wasn't too dangerous.
If Xu Mo could not survive in a beast tide of this level, then he could only blame himself for being low-minded and not worthy of Zeng Rong's nurturing.
Zeng Rong said to Xu Mo seriously, "What strength level are you at now? I'll make arrangements to send you to the enemy's location."
"Reporting, Admiral. I'm currently on 1-star Silver rank!"
"Alright, Xu Mo, that's not bad- Wait what? 1-star Silver-ranked?!"
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