Deep within the headquarters of the Huaxia military stood an enormous building complex. Amid the rows of ancient-style buildings in Huaxia City, this cluster of four-to-five-story buildings looked especially grand and imposing.
Above the towering main hall hung a plaque with three bold, powerful characters:
War God Hall!
The brushstrokes were thick and strong, carrying immense force.
Standing before the great hall, Jiang Kai couldn't help but feel a sense of pressure.
This was the organization of Huaxia's strongest fighters. Any War God, whether on Ghost Star or on Earth, enjoyed supreme honor and status.
They were the sharpest spear of Huaxia in developing Ghost Star, and also the strongest shield of Huaxia in the Beast God War!
Looking at those three characters, a feeling of reverence welled up from deep inside Jiang Kai.
"War God Hall…" Taking a deep breath, Jiang Kai strode forward.
Just as he was about to step through the main entrance, several soldiers blocked his way.
"Hey, Jiang Kai, you can't enter from here."
Jiang Kai looked at them in surprise. "Brothers, I have a special pass…"
A middle-aged man chuckled, "We know. We already received Luo God's orders. But the War God Hall has its rules. Until you become a true Huaxia War God, you can't walk through the main gate."
"It's not aimed at you. Even people from the branch divisions must use the side door. I hope you understand."
Jiang Kai frowned slightly. The War God Hall had such a rule?
He glanced at the side entrances. On both sides of the main gate there were other doors, also proper entrances. From the side door, a few people were indeed coming and going, but the main entrance hadn't seen a single person enter or leave since he had arrived.
Since it was the rules here, Jiang Kai didn't say much. He directly entered the War God Hall through the side door.
As soon as he stepped inside, an elderly man came up to him. "Jiang Kai, hello. Luo Ping told me to wait for you here."
Jiang Kai couldn't help giving the old man another look.
His hair was already snow-white, his back slightly bent. He looked about seventy years old.
"Sir, how should I address you?"
"My name is Wang Defa, just call me Old Wang," the old man said with a smile. "I'm specifically here to receive young people like you, who've been given the chance to join the War God Hall's special training."
"Come with me."
Jiang Kai followed behind Old Wang, passing through several buildings.
Noticing Jiang Kai looking around curiously, Old Wang smiled. "The facilities in the War God Hall are many, and most of them you won't see anywhere else."
"In Huaxia's fifty years on Ghost Star, the most precious discoveries, six parts out of ten, are all kept here."
Jiang Kai asked in confusion, "Elder, shouldn't most of the treasures we've obtained be stored in the Exchange Division?"
Old Wang chuckled. "I told you, just call me Old Wang. No need for that elder stuff. What you're talking about are resources. Those indeed must be stored in the national treasury, the Exchange Division, the Trading Post. But what I mean are the most important discoveries!"
"You haven't reached Transcendent Tier 5 yet. When you do in the future, you'll understand."
"Oh, right—you've participated in special training before, so you should already have some preliminary idea of these 'discoveries'." Old Wang patiently explained as they walked. "In short, Ghost Star's face still hides many unknowns. We haven't even lifted its outer veil yet. It still needs young people like you to uncover."
While talking, they arrived at an independent courtyard.
On the eastern side stood a grand four-story hall, with about a hundred steps leading up to it.
Compared with the eastern hall, the northern and southern buildings were far more modest—just some small houses.
On the western side stood three halls, a little smaller than the eastern one.
"That one up there is the Special Training Hall. Inside, instructors are responsible for guidance. These smaller houses below are temporary lodgings. You've been assigned to Room 71." As he spoke, the old man led Jiang Kai to the lodging.
It was a small civilian-style house, Room 71.
"Normally, this place houses people from the War God Hall, local War God Hall branches, and some individuals with outstanding contributions. Mostly the first two. People like you—who haven't even reached Transcendent level but still qualify for the War God Hall's special training—are the rarest."
Jiang Kai glanced around the empty houses in puzzlement. "Wait… Old Wang, why is there no one here?"
Old Wang laughed. "Haha, the Special Training Hall is powered by a type of energy unknown to us. This energy has cycles—basically, after running for three months, it takes four and a half months to recover. So the training is done in batches."
"Your batch should start in about three days. The others haven't arrived yet."
Jiang Kai suddenly remembered that Hu Yan and Ruan Yu had also come for three months of training, and that was just over four months ago.
Old Wang unlocked the door to Room 71.
Inside, the room contained only the simplest living necessities. But on the back of the door hung three sets of gray clothes and a gray blindfold-style mask.
While inspecting the room, Old Wang continued, "In the next couple of days, people will start arriving one after another. Once training begins, there will be a registered War God and a data researcher to plan and record your training."
Jiang Kai picked up the clothes and mask, frowning. "Old Wang, what's this?"
"Those in the training can't leave the training zone. So you can only wear the unified clothing… well, not entirely unified. There are three ranks. You are a 'trial trainee,' the weakest, so you wear gray. A step higher, branch War Gods wear navy blue. And registered Huaxia War Gods wear dark blue."
"As for the mask—you were supposed to be wearing it when you came in. But since no one's around, I just brought you directly. During training, to eliminate outside factors like who has what kind of parents, or what power stands behind someone, everyone must wear the mask."
Jiang Kai frowned. "But isn't this just training? We're not fighting over anything. What does it matter who has backing?"
Old Wang burst out laughing. "In fact, because the chance to join this training is so rare, to push every participant to their limits, the competition is extremely fierce."
"What kind of competition?" Jiang Kai frowned again.
"Simple. The training is highly exhausting. After finishing, you usually need a day or two to recover fully. That efficiency is far too low."
"Do you see the three halls to the west? Those are the Three Sacred Halls. The middle one is the Sacred Spring Hall. Resting there lets you quickly recover from both training consumption and bodily damage. On the left is the Sacred Flame Hall, which accelerates consolidating training gains. On the right is the Sacred Spirit Hall, which increases the chance of breakthroughs and insights."
"Behind the Three Sacred Halls, there's also a normal training field. You can't see it from here—it's blocked."
"The use time of the Three Sacred Halls is allocated according to each person's daily ranking in the Special Training Hall. If your time is up, even if you're in perfect condition, you'll have to train in the ordinary field."
Jiang Kai nodded. "Old Wang, then how can us ordinary-class professions ever compete with War Gods?"
Old Wang gave a faint smile. "Indeed, you can't compare. The War Gods here are basically all freshly advanced Transcendent Tier 5s with exceptional potential. Their strength hasn't fully developed yet. But you… you're still ordinary class. The gap is vast."
"However, you're only here for trial training. You don't need to compete with the War Gods—just with the other trial trainees."
Jiang Kai frowned slightly.
What did that mean? Did that put him in the weakest category?
Wouldn't that mean these three months would be wasted?!
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