Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

Chapter 48 Optimization: Gale Sword Technique

The No. 9 ancient civilization site is hidden deep in the South Amazon rainforest. The group arrived at their destination about an hour later in a smart fighter jet and landed on a wasteland.

The hatch opened, and Chen Yuan and the others followed Liu He out of the fighter jet. They saw Liu He standing quietly in the center of the open space, waiting for something.

Not long after, a hissing sound came from underground. Suddenly, the ground in front of Liu He split open to the sides, revealing a five-meter-wide underground passage. Then, a silver-gray elevator slowly rose and stopped on the ground.

The elevator doors opened, and an elderly man in a red robe stepped out, bowing slightly to Liu He: "Inspector Liu."

Liu He nodded in acknowledgment, then turned to the War Gods behind him and said, "Alright, the entrance to the ruins is just below. Just follow him down."

After saying that, he didn't follow the others down. He quickly returned to his fighter jet, and with a whoosh, the jet took off and disappeared into the sky.

"Please follow me, everyone," the old man in the red robe said to the crowd.

So Chen Yuan and his group entered the elevator, and as the elevator doors closed, they began to descend deeper into the Amazon underground.

Whoosh! The elevator doors opened, revealing an alloy corridor with fluorescent lights installed above it, making it exceptionally bright.

Led by the old man in red robes, Chen Yuan and the others passed through nine checkpoints in the corridor and finally arrived at a spacious hall of several hundred square meters. There were many people gathered in the hall, all of whom were staff members stationed underground.

"Alright, this is the entrance to the ruins. Are you all ready?" The red-robed elder turned to look at the crowd, and seeing them all nod, he turned back and shouted loudly, "Open the entrance passage!"

As the red-robed elder finished speaking, the arc-shaped alloy wall in front of the hall suddenly cracked open, revealing a circular passageway.

Chen Yuan stared intently at the passage, which was dark brown in color, resembling tangled dead tree roots, with only the first two or three meters at the entrance made of alloy material.

At the end of the passage is a constantly glowing mirror, which is the true entrance to the ruins.

"The entrance is open. Just follow the passage into the mirror. Remember, once you're inside, there's no turning back."

"Gods of War, I wish you good luck," the red-robed elder said solemnly.

It was clear that everyone hesitated when faced with the threat of death, except for Chen Yuan, who knew the inside better and was the first to step out and cross the mirror-like door without hesitation.

As if the space had shifted, in the blink of an eye, Chen Yuan found himself in a dark hall.

Looking around and finding no one there, Chen Yuan recalled the plot recorded in the original work and stood there patiently waiting.

Suddenly, a colorful light enveloped him.

"XXXXX..." A series of complex sounds rang out.

Chen Yuan raised his left arm, and the intelligent computer displayed the translated text: "Congratulations, your brain width is 21, which is greater than 18. You are qualified to enter the 'Elite Channel' of this trial base."

As Chen Yuan finished reading the passage, a rumbling sound suddenly came from not far away. Chen Yuan looked up and saw that a black passage had appeared on the wall of the black hall, which looked quiet and deep.

"This must be the elite passage." Without hesitation, Chen Yuan flashed into the passage.

The passage was incredibly deep. After walking 500 meters, Chen Yuan encountered a fork in the road ahead, with a total of nine paths.

Recalling the original text, Chen Yuan randomly chose a side path and walked in. After reaching the end, he was faced with nine more side paths.

Without hesitation, Chen Yuan continued forward and soon came to another fork in the road.

"Hmm... the enemies from the trial should be arriving soon." Chen Yuan recalled the plot; Luo Feng seemed to have encountered the enemies in the passage around the same time.

Sure enough, not long after, a group of men in black robes emerged from different side paths and surrounded him. A rough count revealed that there were about eighteen men in black robes.

"Just like in the original story, eighteen peak War God level black-robed men are besieging me. Do they think I'm like Luo Feng?" Chen Yuan looked at the black-robed men around him, showing no intention of running away.

A mere 18 peak War Gods were not enough to make Chen Yuan flee in defeat; he was now far stronger than Luo Feng at the same stage.

With a soft hum, Chen Yuan decided to strike first. He moved like lightning, instantly closing in on a man in black robes, his long sword slicing through the air.

"Die!" With a cold shout, Chen Yuan unleashed his full power, a force of 168 million kilograms slicing through the black-robed man's neck with his sword, instantly severing his head.

"His defense isn't strong, so using his ultimate move would be a waste. His peak War God power alone would be enough to kill him." Chen Yuan silently assessed in his mind. "His movement speed is about 800 meters per second, which surpasses that of a regular apprentice, but it's still not enough."

"Since they are not as strong or fast as me, why should I run?" Chen Yuan felt that he was different from Luo Feng. At least when facing the enemies in front of him, he had no need to run away.

"Roar..." At this moment, the remaining black-robed men roared and rushed towards Chen Yuan.

However, in the next instant, Chen Yuan's figure transformed into a streak of light, weaving among the black-robed men. With a flash of sword light, the remaining black-robed men fell one after another.

In less than three seconds, all eighteen men in black robes were killed. Chen Yuan sheathed his sword and waited quietly.

The corpses of the black-robed men were scattered on the ground. Before long, these corpses seemed to melt and slowly merge into the ground and disappear.

then……

"Whoosh!" Just like rain, streaks of transparent light shot down from the sky without warning, intertwining with each other.

In an instant, these transparent streams of light intertwined to form a crystal room five meters high and eight meters long and wide, trapping Chen Yuan inside.

"XXXXX..."

The mysterious sound echoed once again within the crystal room.

"It seems that, just like in the original story, the elite assessment will be conducted next." A hint of joy appeared on Chen Yuan's face as he looked down at the translation on the intelligent computer.

"Elite Apprentice Chen Yuan, your death mission for assessment has officially begun!"

"During this time, you will receive food and water supplies..."

"On the walls of the assessment chamber are engraved the 208 basic techniques of the Gene Warrior Secret Transmission. By learning these 208 techniques, you will have the opportunity to break through this assessment chamber."

"Mission objective: Break through the assessment chamber within three years!"

"Failure to break through the secret chamber within three years constitutes failure."

"Failure means death!"

"Three years?" Chen Yuan smiled dismissively, then looked up and greedily read the words on the wall, only to soon realize with embarrassment that he couldn't understand them at all.

This was also written in a universal script, which Chen Yuan had not yet learned. He had no choice but to scan the pictures and text on the wall with his smart computer and translate them into Chinese characters.

Then Chen Yuan lowered his head and looked at the translated manual. Perhaps it was his first time encountering a secret technique from the universe, so he looked at it very carefully, and the more he read, the more obvious the smile on Chen Yuan's lips became.

"Haha, I was right after all. This secret technique is indeed far beyond Earth's level." Chen Yuan couldn't hide his excitement. "Up to 20 times the power! And it's the most orthodox way of exerting power."

"With this set of basic martial arts techniques, plus the Earth manuals I've collected, to what extent can I optimize the Gale Sword Technique?" Thinking of this, Chen Yuan couldn't wait to open the panel.

"System, create an optimization task!"

"Optimization goal: Gale Sword Technique. Optimization direction: Take the wind of existence as the core of the artistic conception, assist in comprehending the domain and laws, maximize the level of power exertion, integrate all current wind artistic conception branches, abandon universality, and optimize according to my personal situation."

Chen Yuan made a series of demands in one go.

"Optimization task has been established. Optimization target: Gale Sword Technique; Optimization direction: With the Wind of Existence as the core, integrate all wind intents and powers, enhance the field of perception and the efficiency of laws, maximize the level of power exertion, and abandon universality, optimizing according to the host's situation."

"Estimated kill points required for this mission: 99. Create optimization mission?"

"99 points, it seems the optimized level shouldn't be low." Chen Yuan didn't hesitate and clicked "OK" directly.

"The optimization task has been created, and the optimization period is 48 hours."

"Two days." Chen Yuan silently looked at the panel. "Everything will be ready in two days."