In the following days, the investments from several partners came in one after another.

Zhu Shijie brought a mental power martial arts technique, Wang Feng gave him a year card for the Celebration Tower, and Wen Fei used his family connections to exchange the reward from the school for a separate dormitory.

Two people solved the martial arts technique, and two people solved the food and accommodation.

The sponsorship from the four people can be said to be sincere, solving the biggest problem Du Ge faced at the moment.

…

The day after meeting with Yin Erchuan and the others, the school announced the results of the simulation field.

The first place in the simulation field brought a lot of trouble to Du Ge.

The students eliminated by Du Ge would often come in groups to cause trouble for him. These newly-turned eighteen-year-olds were not mature in their thinking and lacked self-awareness.

Du Ge’s actions of ending the simulation field early for them, in a broader sense, hindered their future prospects. In a smaller sense, it reduced the time they could enjoy in the simulation field.

Although the simulation field was virtual, being immersed in the nutrient solution was much more enjoyable than eating junk food in reality.

If Feng Qi was a student of the Elite Academy, they wouldn’t be able to reach him. Perhaps a few curses would be enough to pass, but Feng Qi was right beside him, so it was only natural for them to hold grudges and seek revenge.

The school prohibited fighting, but it was not possible to assign someone to protect the first place in the simulation field at all times.

Therefore, most of the fighting incidents had to be dealt with by Du Ge himself. With his intelligence and eloquence, it was easy for him to handle some brats. At most, he would promise a few secret codes.

When encountering stubborn troublemakers, Du Ge wouldn’t be polite with them either.

Even if the martial arts skills from the simulation field couldn’t be brought out, he had a spiritual power of 160, a back-of-the-head eye, and a slightly more agile backstab. In fights, he was invincible and even when facing a group fight, he was more than capable.

There were always people to practice with every day, and Du Ge’s practical combat experience and the use of backstabbing became more and more proficient.

Skills were skills after all, and being faster was also an advantage…

Of course.

Not only were there troublemakers, but there were also some clever female classmates who came to invest.

But winning first place in the simulation field once was not worth making them give substantial things. After all, no one knew if Du Ge would become a real warrior four years later. It would be foolish to invest their most precious things without careful consideration.

They mostly wanted to hook Du Ge and continue their relationship with him. In case his true nature was revealed in the second simulation field, they would just part ways.

These girls’ levels were not high, and Du Ge saw through their intentions at a glance. It was easy to win them over with a little effort.

However.

When it came to survival, Du Ge couldn’t be bothered to deal with them. He didn’t even bother to be perfunctory. A few words turned them into comrades…

…

Regardless, dealing with these troubles all day long made Du Ge annoyed. It was impossible for him to practice martial arts, but Wen Fei used his connections to get him out of the collective dormitory, perfectly solving his troubles.

During this period, Du Ge received more than a dozen calls claiming to be Feng Zhong.

But he couldn’t match them with the new secret code, so Du Ge couldn’t be bothered to deal with them. The students of the Elite Academy had contact with each other, and wanting to gain benefits from everyone meant getting nothing. Du Ge was clear about this.

It was their fault for coming too late.

Yin Erchuan found Wang San, who was said to be a girl named Yu Xia. But it was unrealistic for an ordinary student to come from another city to meet Du Ge, so after informing her of the new secret code, they cut off contact.

Wang San turned out to be a girl?

This was unexpected for Du Ge.

To be honest, he couldn’t tell in the simulation field. The probability of Wang San having a male role attribute was probably very high!

Thinking of Wang San caressing the skull affectionately in the simulation field, Du Ge couldn’t help but feel the cruelty of this world, turning an eighteen-year-old soft girl into a pervert…

…

Most of the understanding about keywords and performance-related courses had been learned before the age of eighteen.

After turning eighteen, students either took assessments in the simulation field or independently watched replays of the simulation field, drawing nutrients from the performances of different students to make up for their own shortcomings. They rarely attended classes.

However, the school had open classes where teachers would analyze the assessment process of the top ten in the simulation field, pointing out their shortcomings and areas that needed improvement, or how to respond to different keywords at certain key points, and so on.

These didn’t help Du Ge much because the assessments of other simulation fields hadn’t ended yet, and all the teachers’ comments were focused on him, the unexpected first place.

And then.

Every teacher’s evaluation of Du Ge was the same, possessing irreplicability, not to imitate, not to learn…

In short, they completely treated Du Ge as a negative example and didn’t give him any corresponding glory.

After attending such a class once, Du Ge never went again.

The teachers didn’t understand anything, and even guessed his psychological analysis wrong. Occasionally, they would pull him up to the podium to confirm, listening to their classes was simply torture. It was better to read books on his own or watch the boring performances of the guys in the simulation field in the auditorium!

…

Therefore, after having his own separate dormitory, Du Ge spent most of his time practicing martial arts.

As Wen Fei said, the cultivation of spiritual power was no longer effective for him.A normal adult’s mental strength is around 30, with little variation, and it fluctuates with the health of the body.

To increase the success rate of Body Possession, children on Qi Yuan Star start training their mental strength at the age of 12, continuing until they are 18.

Over six years, due to the different aptitudes of each student, their mental strength usually increases by 5 to 10 points.

Like Du Ge’s initial mental strength of 35 and Gao Ming’s initial mental strength of 38.

Students at elite academies may have better techniques, but the increase in mental strength is only a few points higher than that of ordinary students, with initial mental strength usually ranging from 40 to 45.

Body Possession means competing with a stranger for control of the body, a risk that can be said to be extremely high.

Therefore.

Most students, when they first enter the Simulation Field, choose to possess the bodies of the old, weak, sick, and disabled to increase their success rate.

……

For people like Zhu Shijie, mental strength is obviously more important than the body.

After all.

No matter how strong the body is, it can’t be brought into the Simulation Field. Even if one point of mental strength is increased, the success rate of Body Possession will be a few points higher.

Du Ge’s mental strength has already reached 160. The technique Zhu Shijie gave him could only increase his mental strength by one point in half a year, which is almost as useless as chicken ribs.

Wasting this time, he might as well get first place in the Simulation Field!

Therefore, he gave the mental strength training method to Gao Ming, did a favor for his buddy, and Du Ge put all his energy into Body Refinement.

Body Refinement is similar to the techniques in the Wuxia world, which also involves basic movements combined with breathing methods.

Du Ge’s extremely high mental strength made his training twice as effective, and his physical fitness improved rapidly.

And he guessed right, Body Refinement and using Keywords to increase physical attributes in the Simulation Field are equivalent, and can indeed increase the speed of a backstab.

……

With things to do, time flies.

Unconsciously, five months have passed.

Second and third-year students have been eliminated one after another. Apart from Du Ge, there is no one else in the 42nd Middle School who has achieved impressive results.

And time will dilute everything. Plus, the students of the 42nd Middle School have been brainwashed by their teachers into thinking that Du Ge is a lucky guy. They gradually shifted their focus from him and put all their energy into preparing for the next Simulation Field.

Except for those who particularly hate Du Ge, such as Feng Jiu, Mr. Zhao, and Qiao Pingjiang, most people have already forgotten him, and even the girls are unwilling to approach him.

As expected.

The struggling Group C eventually failed, and the Rotational Examination System has become a foregone conclusion.

Zhu Shijie and others are also rushing to improve their strength, and basically have not had much contact with Du Ge.

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

After all, even the synthetic food in the school cafeteria has become increasingly rough, and the common people can’t help but notice.

On the streets, hostility is spreading, and quarrels and disputes can be seen everywhere. The security team is dispatched more and more frequently…

During this period, the outside environment has become worse and worse. Du Ge’s meals are basically solved in the school’s small cafeteria. He hardly goes to the Celebration Tower to improve his meals. Although most teachers and students do not recognize his first place in the Simulation Field, it is enough for him to avoid the hard-to-swallow synthetic food in the cafeteria.

(End of Chapter)