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Watching Luo Feng leave, Xu Gang raised the wine glass in his hand and took a small sip. He mused, "Luo Feng, Luo Feng, I've said so much to you, subtly, and respectfully. I hope you know your place... If you ever bother my sister again, don't blame me for taking action!"

Xu Gang chuckled, downing the rest of his wine.

"Xiao Xin, I have to go." Xu Gang called out to Xu Xin at the bar before leaving the hall.

...

On the third floor of the HR Alliance Mall, inside a private room at a teahouse.

"Luo Feng," Chen Gu said with a laugh, "Xu Xin chatted with you for so long earlier. From what I saw, that girl has a thing for you. It wouldn't be hard to win her over! And then her brother, Xu Gang, talked to you for ages. Could it be he's already sizing you up as a potential brother-in-law?"

Sizing him up as a brother-in-law? Luo Feng gave a wry smile. Brother Chen hadn't heard what Xu Xin's brother, Xu Gang, had actually said.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's mainly because Xu Xin and I are old classmates," Luo Feng chuckled.

Gao Feng couldn't help but laugh either. "Since you're old classmates, it's even easier to pursue her. Just look around, how many married couples used to be old classmates?"

"Exactly, Luo Feng, put in some effort!" Wei Tie, never one to miss a chance to egg someone on, grinned. "That girl Xu Xin is really something. Many in the Warrior circle praise the female manager of the bar on the first floor of the Underground Alliance on Saturdays and Sundays. Every pervert wants to have some fun with her. But they all found out Xu Xin has a significant background, so they didn't dare make a move."

Luo Feng smiled.

'Have some fun' with the eldest daughter of the Xu family? Anyone with such a thought would probably die without even knowing how.

"Captain, let's not talk about this anymore," Luo Feng said with a smile. "Let's discuss serious matters."

"Alright," Gao Feng chuckled. "You three, tell me, what level have your physical stats reached now?"

Wei Tie put down his teacup and was the first to speak. "Captain, my punching power is now around 9650kg, speed is 102 meters per second, and my neural response test is 'Beginner-tier Warlord qualified'."

"Hmm, you've entered the Beginner-tier Warlord level," Gao Feng nodded.

"Captain," Wei Qing also said, "My punching power is around 9510kg, speed is 106 meters per second, and my neural response test is 'Beginner-tier Warlord qualified'."

Gao Feng and Luo Feng both nodded slightly.

"Haha, my turn now," Chen Gu chuckled. "My punching power is around 7100kg, speed is 81 meters per second, and my neural response test is 'Beginner-tier Warlord excellent'."

"Brother Chen's neural response is so fast," Luo Feng couldn't help but exclaim.

Gao Feng smiled. "He's a firearms Warrior, so his neural response is naturally quick. After taking the gene fluid this time, it's even faster. Looks like he can use even faster guns." For a firearms Warrior, achieving a 'Beginner-tier Warlord qualified' neural response is extremely rare.

Not to mention Chen Gu's neural response was 'Beginner-tier Warlord excellent'.

"Good, all three of you, overall, the gene fluid had a decent effect," Gao Feng looked at Wei Tie and Wei Qing. "Wei Tie, you and your brother still need to work hard! Although it's been almost a month, the effects of the gene fluid haven't completely worn off yet. If you train diligently, you can still tap into more potential."

"Understood," Wei Tie and Wei Qing nodded.

Gao Feng looked at Chen Gu. "Old Chen, it's time to replace your machine gun."

"Yeah, it's about time," Chen Gu nodded.

Chen Gu's firearms consisted of a machine gun and a heavy sniper rifle. The machine gun's fastest rate of fire was 300 rounds per minute, averaging five bullets per second! Chen Gu's past reaction speed allowed him to hit four monster heads with four of those five bullets, and even hit the fifth monster's body with the last one.

In other words...

For Chen Gu, machine gun bursts were essentially precision shots! This required incredibly terrifying neural response speed. Chen Gu's reaction speed was hundreds, even thousands of times faster than people before the Grand Nirvana period, so it wasn't surprising he could achieve this.

"I'm planning to get an RG112 heavy machine gun, 12.7mm caliber, with insane power," Chen Gu's eyes gleamed. "It can fire up to 1500 rounds per minute. This machine gun is practically the fastest-firing machine gun a firearms Warrior can use. Any faster, and it loses its meaning." In the current era.

There were machine guns with rates of fire of seven or eight thousand, even over ten thousand rounds per minute!

But their utilization rate was too low.

With Chen Gu's current reaction speed, if ten bullets were fired per second, he could control every single one to hit a monster's head. That's utilization!

"After Old Chen buys his new gun, he should practice with it and get a good feel for its characteristics," Gao Feng smiled and nodded. "Wei Tie, you and your brother should also train diligently at home. Although your physical stats have improved, you need to convert that physical strength into powerful combat ability, making the most of every ounce of power."

"Don't worry, Captain," Wei Tie and Wei Qing nodded.

Luo Feng showed a slight smile.

This was the mindset of Huaxia Warriors—even with a fraction of strength, they would find ways to unleash ten times the combat power! 'Controlling strength, using minimal force to achieve maximum effect,' these were all Eastern philosophies, differing from Western ones. And currently... the world's strongest individual, Hong, was Huaxia.

The world's second strongest individual, Lei Shen, was of mixed East-West heritage, also with Huaxia blood. Some Huaxia martial arts philosophies were indeed very popular among Warriors in the current world.

"Captain, Brother Chen, Brother Tie, Brother Qing," Luo Feng looked at them and smiled, "I've been training hard at home for a month, and my physical strength has improved a lot, but I feel that my footwork and blade techniques improve most significantly when fighting monsters!" No matter how much you practice blade techniques at home, it's always against an imaginary enemy.

It's nothing like the effectiveness of honing blade techniques by actually fighting monsters.

"So, I plan to enter the Wilderness Zone alone to hone my blade techniques and footwork," Luo Feng stated.

"What, alone?" Gao Feng, Chen Gu, and the others' expressions changed.

"Yes," Luo Feng nodded with a smile.

He had actually considered this idea for a while, but he hadn't been firm about it until Xu Gang's words stirred him. To become a peak-level expert in the world... he couldn't afford to be complacent! So Luo Feng decided to maximize his strength.

"That's too dangerous," Gao Feng quickly said.

"No, Captain. I only plan to train my blade techniques and footwork in county town 0231, right next to the Military Region," Luo Feng explained. "I won't go into other major cities."

"County town 0231? Next to the Military Region?"

Gao Feng, Chen Gu, and the Wei brothers all breathed a slight sigh of relief. The monster forces around the Military Region were inherently weak; Lord-tier beasts wouldn't dare stay in county towns next to the Military Region. Therefore... the few county towns near the Military Region were almost entirely populated by Soldier-tier beasts, with very few Warlord-tier beasts, and most of those were 'Beginner-tier Warlord-level'. Intermediate-tier Warlord-level beasts were rarely seen. Because Warlord-tier beasts were so scarce, each Beginner-tier Warlord-level beast could command hundreds, even over a thousand, Soldier-tier beasts.

Warlord-tier beasts were rare, and they always came with large hordes. How could a Warrior Squad fight that?

It could be said that—

Generally, capable Warrior Squads wouldn't bother staying in such county towns because there wasn't much profit to be made.

"Anyway, that county town is close to the Military Region," Luo Feng smiled. "I plan to hunt and practice my blade techniques in the county town during the day, and return to the Military Region supply base to rest at night." Because of the short distance and Luo Feng's speed, he could naturally travel back and forth between the county town and the supply base daily.

"County town 0231 might not have powerful Warlord-tier beasts, but there are many ordinary Soldier-tier beasts," Wei Tie couldn't help but say. "If you get surrounded..."

"Tie Zi, is Luo Feng afraid of being surrounded?" Chen Gu chuckled.

Wei Tie and Wei Qing paused, then laughed.

Beast hordes were terrifying, but mental power users were the least afraid of them. Not only in direct combat, but a mental power user could leap onto a nearby building with just a single jump using their mental power. While monsters had impressive jumping abilities, how could they compare to a mental power user who could 'gain leverage in mid-air'?

"That's a great idea," Gao Feng couldn't help but praise. "Luo Feng, you've made me want to go hone my hammer techniques too. But... I don't have the ability to survive in a beast horde."

"Luo Feng, when do you plan to leave?" Chen Gu asked.

"No time to lose, I'll go back and prepare today, and leave tomorrow," Luo Feng smiled. "Captain, when you're ready to enter the Wilderness Zone, send me a message."

The path of a strong individual is only reached by diligently cultivating step by step to the pinnacle!