In short, for the entire month that followed, Yu Lian began his daily schedule according to the plan he had already formulated.
He would wake up at four o'clock every day and begin his training while admiring the four o'clock morning starry sky outside Moon City. The reason he woke up so early was, of course, not to enjoy the pleasure of solitude, but to have a secluded place for training that was still relatively shocking to the world.
Now that the second ring had been unlocked, and both body and spirit had been strengthened once again, he could pick and choose some of the more demanding martial arts from his previous life's martial arts library to practice. Transforming mental memories into physical abilities still required some effort after all. Conveniently, as an Adjuster with a balanced build, he had unlocked "Weapon Mastery," also known as "Armed Perception," by the second ring. This was a "passive skill" that allowed spiritual energy users to quickly master weapons.
It could provide a significant bonus during his practice of familiarizing himself with the martial arts from his previous life.
Then, it was time to practice "Spiritual Footwork" and "Perception Derivation."
The former was easy to understand, clearly a type of footwork-based tactical skill. In his previous life, as a Wander, Yu Lian had mastered almost all extensions and advanced abilities of this system, and now he only needed to familiarize himself with them. Compared to Field Shimmer, this skill did not have the short-distance teleportation effect of a "biu," but when combined with the flow of spiritual energy, it had a greater effect in confusing and evading. Whether it was for disarming, dodging bullets, or avoiding explosives, it was quite effective.
As for the latter, it was correct to say that it was a passive ability that expanded the sensory range of spiritual energy users, but the derivation of a spiritual energy user's senses also meant the strengthening and expansion of basic abilities such as traction, psychokinesis, and impact. Similarly, it was precisely because of this power that he could now activate and freely manipulate the Fa Fu'er Dragon Eye.
As a spiritual energy treasure, the Fa Fu'er Dragon Eye was much stronger than the Pamino Ring; it truly wasn't something an ordinary spiritual energy user could easily master. However, once mastered, it was indeed quite fun.
"Mental Shield" and "Mind Lash" were also very practical abilities, but Yu Lian couldn't find a place to use them in actual combat. He couldn't just find someone to blast himself with mental abilities for fun.
In short, the practice of spiritual energy techniques and the "restorative training" of martial arts would take up more than an hour of Yu Lian's workout. Afterward, he would go to the school's training room, which had just opened, for some heavy-weight strength training.
He enjoyed this time, considering it a peaceful sanctuary for his soul.
Originally, it should have been just like this... but on the third day, his peace was broken.
"You're also out training so early!" Miss Gongsun Qing exclaimed in surprise.
"...You're also this early? What a coincidence!" Although Yu Lian felt a bit annoyed, he still forced a smile.
"No coincidence, no coincidence. I've always woken up at four o'clock to practice my vocals and basic skills. But for the Past few days, I haven't found a suitable place, and today I finally found one. Hehe, you're really disloyal, not telling me about such a good place in advance."
This was a secluded dome park on the outskirts of Moon City, less than a ten-minute walk from the academy. Outside the dome, directly facing it, was a crater, indeed a good place for one person to enjoy solitude and peace of mind... Unfortunately, once discovered by others, peace would no longer be possible.
"If I get up to practice sword or dance, my family won't object. But if I practice vocals, their faces don't look good... So I have to get up two hours earlier," Miss Gongsun Qing sighed.
At this point, she clenched her small fist and shook it: "For my dream, basic skills are essential. Gongsun Qing, you can do it! Oh, Captain, you continue, I won't disturb you."
Yu Lian could only nod, took a few steps away with his resin sword, and continued his training. On the other side, Miss Gongsun Qing began her vocal exercises, making "ah-oh-heh-ha-chi" sounds towards the crater.
Honestly, her voice was mellow and extremely penetrating; no wonder this girl's future Sword of Spells was so sharp. To be honest, if it weren't for her family's interference, with her looks and basic skills, she would have been famous long ago.
Just as Yu Lian finished his practice, he saw that Miss Gongsun Qing had also finished her vocal exercises and was looking at him with bright eyes: "You've even mastered the fifth form, the Spirit-type?"
"I even know the sixth form, the Law-breaking type!" Yu Lian said in a joking tone. This was the first time he had heard this girl ask a question that matched her future persona, and he suddenly felt a surge of novelty.
Miss Gongsun Qing's eyes darted around, revealing a look of excitement at the challenge. Then she pulled out her baton again and struck a beautiful sword stance.
"Practicing swords alone is too boring. How about we spar a bit?"
"..."
"You didn't object, so that means you agree? Good, take this!"
Ten minutes later, Miss Gongsun Qing, with a rosy complexion, patted her chest and tidied her clothes. She was radiant, her face full of vibrant and lively spirit: "If all my peers were at your level, I'd probably be more focused on swordsmanship. From now on, let's meet here every day at five? Hmm, it's decided!"
She made an agreement without question and left contentedly.
It must be admitted that although he no longer had a place of spiritual tranquility, battling this future Miss Sword Saint three hundred rounds every day was indeed much more effective than practicing alone.
Still, the same saying holds true: the best way for a spiritual energy user to level up is either to defeat stronger opponents or to be beaten by stronger opponents without being killed.
In addition, although there was the unexpected interlude with Miss Gongsun Qing, and the early morning solo training turned into a duo sparring session, the subsequent plan was not disrupted.
After six o'clock, Yu Lian would arrive at the parade ground on time, trying to be the first one there, waiting for all the crew members to arrive to begin the day's training.
For most students from regular academies, gathering for morning exercise at six-thirty was simply too difficult. However, Yu Lian had already prepared for this. He casually "borrowed" a coffee and soda vending robot from the school, slightly modified its program, and every day at six o'clock, it would automatically run downstairs to the temporary rooms where the crew members were staying and start playing the sounds of "Soy milk, fried dough sticks, tofu dregs."
Immediately following that, there would be a 360-degree video of a pig being dragged to the slaughterhouse, its heart-wrenching screams as it was gutted, dismembered, and turned into various cuts like tenderloin, pork belly, ribs, and trotters, accompanied by the sounds of various frying, stir-frying, stewing, and boiling, and the weeping of the pig's soul, which would magically enter everyone's ears.
"It's precisely because you eat too much, sleep too much, and don't exercise that you've ended up in this predicament today!"
This recording was personally made by Yu Lian, and he even added a bit of a spell effect. Ordinary recording equipment naturally couldn't display the mystical effects. So, Yu Lian used all the sound-wave stones he had obtained from Vincent's bodyguard. This was a type of Zero Element that could transmit spells, and with a slight modification, it could be integrated with amplification equipment.
Anyway, he could recycle them after use, so Yu Lian didn't feel too bad about it.
Aisen Franchi, who was so fat he looked like a flying pig, felt that this was entirely meant to mock him, and he wished he could jump down from the fourth floor where he lived. Tamir and Bai Ziya, both skinny engineering geeks, couldn't hold him back. But just as Aisen was about to leap, he felt a shadow fall over his head. He quickly pulled his head back and then actually saw a fat man even bigger than himself jump down from the fifth floor, immediately feeling a subtle sense of superiority.
The big fatty was fine because Kou Shan had already installed a protective net under the house.
This fatty seemed to be named Mota or something; he was currently the heaviest person on the entire Hong Fang (Red Team) ship. Of course, the reason he was chosen by Zhi Xia as a crew member was because he had won a civilian simulated shooting competition, so he could guest as a gunner—to be honest, current military main gun aiming systems weren't much different from shooting games. His overall quality and future sustainable development potential, even if not comparable to the SR-tier crew members Yu Lian personally roped in, could at least be considered a blue-named R.
Currently, among this "motley crew" of Hong Fang (Red Team), while there were indeed some who got in purely on passion or a flashy appearance, there were also several R-tier members like the fat blue-named gunner.
This was also why Yu Lian had always been very confident in them.
In any case, by six-thirty, everyone would arrive at the parade ground on time to begin the day's training.
After the "basic" physical training, Yu Lian would eat breakfast with everyone in the military academy cafeteria. For these university students participating in the single-ship exercise, Central Defense University generously offered to cover their room and board.
Since they were training Moon People, the Defense University's food was naturally good. For these students from regular academies, the happiest time of the day was probably mealtime.
If they knew that Wien's Hong Fang (Red Team) on the other side had booked a star-rated restaurant in Guanghan City, with more luxurious, nutritious, and delicious meals delivered every day, a large number of them would probably defect to Hong Fang (Red Team), right?
Of course, during meals, Yu Lian was always booed and applauded by a group of classmates, including many younger students, which made him a little annoyed. However, the crew members who ate with him inexplicably felt a sense of shared pride and contentment, which utterly baffled him, and for a moment he even thought all the crew members he had found were M's.
But these were just minor interludes; everyone's unity was indeed growing at a visible pace.
After breakfast, there would be a period of free time. At eight o'clock, everyone would familiarize themselves with the various basic operations and work procedures of their respective positions according to the personnel arrangements. At ten o'clock, everyone would enter the simulator to begin preliminary "on-board drills."
Eleven-thirty was lunchtime. Yu Lian stated that he was not a devil, and everyone could start afternoon training at one o'clock, which would at least allow for a nap.
After one o'clock, there would be another four hours of basic skill training and "on-board training." Then, there would be two more hours of free time. Dinner, internal affairs, could all be completed during this time; you could even play a couple of rounds of Star Cards or even Wander around Guanghan City if you wished. However, at seven o'clock, there would be over two hours of summary and study.
This period belonged to Yu Lian, and also to the SR-tier ship officers, but ultimately it belonged to Yu Lian.
The future elite crew members, after all, lacked experience and were not complete individuals; even if they noticed problems with other crew members, they couldn't articulate them immediately. At this point, Yu Lian needed to step in. Although he had no experience commanding large armies, he had quite a bit of experience in squad combat and commanding a single ship.
With his concise pointers and summaries, the future celebrities' thinking became clearer, their expressions more fluent, and they felt they had grown a lot.
Even the "motley crew" were growing at a visible pace.
Li Instructor said that cadres are a factor. Thinking about it now, this is indeed the truth!
However, in the eyes of others, it became, "Indeed, a capable person can do anything!"
If before, the relationship between Yu Lian and everyone was just a kind of gratitude mixed with recognition, and a little reverence for the "Xiwei Star System Battle First Ascendant Hero," now it had finally transformed into respect for a leader.
To use an old saying, his kingly aura had finally manifested!
The meeting adjourned at nine o'clock. Since everyone had to wake up early, no other activities were arranged. Yu Lian hoped that everyone could ensure sufficient rest time and required them to be in bed by half Past ten at the latest, stating that he would send robots to check.
However, when everyone else went to rest, he himself always found a secluded study room, taking out the materials he had borrowed from the library, and began the most tedious, complex, and unglamorous, yet essential, work of his day.
He had to find a way to translate the documents in the Psychokinesis Magic Eye written in Fa Fu'er secret script and Roan secret script.
At the same time, he also had to decipher the secret script diagrams written in Roan secret script. This type of secret script belonged to the Roan Alchemist group, which had a considerable reputation in the galaxy, and the characters used within it carried a certain mysterious and hidden mystical quality. These characters were claimed to have been created by themselves, but academia had always leaned towards believing that they should be some legacy from the Enlightener.
Fortunately, the Roan people still existed, but the mysterious Roan Alchemist group had long vanished, and their secret script was now considered semi-confidential and semi-public alchemical and archaeological material. As long as one had the qualifications and spent some money, it could still be learned.
Thus, with Feifei's help, Yu Lian, through Uncle Wei's friend, an archaeologist's clue, downloaded a Roan secret script dictionary from the Commonwealth National Library.
Of course, he used Vice Admiral Vincent's personal terminal, whose whereabouts were now unknown, and it was transferred several times, so it was impossible to trace with current technology.
But even so, his current workload was equivalent to completing ten thousand 15 by 15 word puzzles with his rudimentary Roan secret script level and a dictionary.
The good thing was that his proficiency in Roan secret script improved by leaps and bounds. After a month, Yu Lian felt that he was already qualified to chat and laugh with archaeology professors.
The downside was that he really had to work until 12 AM every night.
If he weren't a spiritual energy user, this workload would have caused him to drop dead long ago. Fortunately, Feifei would occasionally come back and bring him some late-night snacks.
"Although Yu'er is already a spiritual energy user, you must still take care of your body. I heard that if spiritual energy users overwork themselves, they might turn into monsters."
"That's mental breakdown under extreme circumstances! I'm tired, but my spirit has always been quite content."
"Oh, so that's why Yu'er goes on dates with the new Miss Gongsun Qing every morning? For spiritual satisfaction, I understand~~~~"
"Date, date? Which bastard raised by Tzeentch is gossiping?! We are pure comrades! What's wrong with comrades sparring?!"
"Is that so?" Feifei's peach blossom eyes narrowed into crescent moons again, smiling beautifully, yet her smile made Yu Lian's heart pound once more.
"Yu'er, it's time for your medicine... This is herbal tea I specially brewed to relieve fatigue and promote sleep!"
Yu Lian ate the late-night snack Feifei brought with a sense of tragic heroism as if facing the Star Dragon King. Fortunately, nothing happened. And so, this matter seemed to have been endured.
In any case, his completely packed daily schedule truly shocked many people. His teammates admired their temporary captain even more, and the younger students and classmates "booed" him more and more often. Of course, in the eyes of Hong Fang (Red Team), he was truly terrifying.
4k characters. Recently, there have been too many miscellaneous tasks, so today is still a happy one-chapter beast.