The Last Dark King

Fighting is a very serious matter in the academy, ranging from deduction of credits, to confinement, to expulsion, and even being taken away by internal affairs ruling.

But Kashan's face was very useful to the teacher. After her explanation, the teacher only took the three Hambrins away without dealing with Rhodes.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief.

The selection date is approaching, and there must be no room for mistakes at this time.

Just when Rhodes wanted to thank Cass, she tossed her hair and left.

What's wrong with this girl? Rhodes felt slightly strange, but he had so many things going on that he had no time to think about it.

The next few days were quiet again.

Rhodes was studying hard every day, constantly brushing up on his humanity and practicing his psychic abilities.

I have to say that Rhodes always felt that he had a strange talent, an innate instinct for the use of psychic powers, and he learned everything at once.

Even Kashan, who has always been excellent, is not as fast as him. She only relies on the power given to her by the fire, and she has huge strange strength and fists as hard as steel.

However, when Rhodes went to receive customized training from special students again, Mina, who taught him advanced handjob skills, told him that with his current strength, these skills should not be used in actual combat.

Because his psychic powers are too weak, these techniques cannot effectively resist monster attacks or cause damage to monsters. The damage of handjobs far exceeds the power of fists.

To illustrate this point more vividly, Mina took out a box of pebbles.

"This is fluorite. As long as spiritual energy is input into it, it will glow. The spiritual energy that lights up one stone lasts for an instant."

"There are a thousand in this box. Lighting it is one of the trials to become an official combatant."

Rhodes reached out and tried to light up all the fluorite through the method last time, but he failed.

Each fluorite was absorbing his spiritual energy all the time, and no matter how much effort he exerted, he could only light up one corner of it.

"This is your highest psychic strength, 171 seconds."

Mina took out a large drawing form and raised her glasses on the bridge of her nose.

"According to my self-created mechanical formula, the damage equivalent of your full-strength punch is at most 4. If you hit an elementary-level monster, it won't lose even a hair and can only clean up the dust."

"And a true silver bullet from the spirit gun has a damage equivalent of 70 for a light hit and 160 for a heavy hit, which is 40 times that of your fist."

Rhodes stretched his head and took a look. His eyes were filled with dazzling formulas and various high-end charts.

Mina pushed up her glasses: "Don't look at it. You can't understand it. This is all super content. It's not taught in the academy. Only the top scholars will have access to this knowledge."

Rhodes frowned. He really couldn't understand many parts, but he still understood the parts involving mechanics.

"Isn't that right? The Lagrange dynamic equations are written wrong. Your 'caress' symbol should be on top of the equation, not in front. According to your equation description, my fist is a big pendulum. But it's actually a straight line."

"And your second-order linear differential equation with variable coefficients is also wrong. Based on your previous figures, the derived value should be 71, not 55."

Rhodes picked up the charcoal and revised it wildly.

"…So, the damage equivalent of my full punch should be 5. The heavy hit of the spirit gun is only 32 times that of mine, not 40 times."

Rhodes dropped the charcoal, raised his head, and saw that Mina's whole body seemed to be frozen by a body-holding spell.

Rhodes touched it and was immediately slapped away by her.

Tsk, it turned out to be fake. I thought it could make up for the regret of watching monkeys.

Mina's pretty face was slightly red, and her big eyes seemed to have ripples of water and burning flames. She looked at Rhodes up and down, as if she had discovered a new world.

"How do you know such advanced knowledge? Which great scholar are you a student of?"

Rhodes blinked.

Is this also very profound? Isn’t this what elementary school students know? The royal city is so advanced, it seems that it must have reached the electrical age, or at least the mutated psychic electrical age. How could it not even understand the mechanics?

"...I said I was self-taught, do you believe it?"

"Impossible." Mina categorically denied: "Only the smartest brains can understand such knowledge. If you can't explain it, I can only understand that it was given by the evil god."

Rhodes was shocked and immediately said: "Of course not. When I was a child, an old man passed by my door and said that my bones were amazing. This Tathagata... mechanical classic is given to you. I have studied for ten years before I can do this. results."

Mina looked at him doubtfully: "Where is the book?"

Rhodes pointed to his head.

Mina asked doubtfully: "Is it some great scholar? Why do I always feel like you made it up on the spot? Hmm... not necessarily. Most academics have weird tempers and are hard to understand. They do such weird things. from."

Rhodes nodded deeply: "You are right."

Afterwards, the two exchanged knowledge in this area.

Rhodes found that her knowledge was messy and unsystematic. She clearly understood waves, but she didn't even know the inertia theorem. Rhodes had been saying for a long time that physical motion on a smooth mirror surface would not stop. She insisted on telling her something. Yuzu is also very smooth, but still stops on the ground.

Rod said her feet were not smooth enough, and Mina got angry and insisted on taking off her shoes for him to touch.

Rhodes couldn't resist her, so he tried it. It was ice-cold, soft, and slippery. It was smeared with dragon's hand essential oil and had a faint aroma.

He raised his head, met Mina's murderous gaze, and had to admit that he was wrong.

...

Mina's Joy +9

Humanity +1

OK, when humanity speaks, truth must also be silent.

However, Rhodes discovered that Wangcheng's mathematics was very advanced. The specific manifestation was that Mina already understood topology and functional analysis.

This proves that their mathematics has at least developed to modern times. No wonder there are numerical quantifications for various indicators.

And Rhodes' mathematical background shocked Mina even more.

She is already a mathematical genius who is said to be a once-in-a-hundred-year figure in the Royal City. Her teacher, His Excellency Amides, a scholar from the Royal City University, praised her highly and has been training her as a close disciple. Among the younger generation, her mathematical ability is unparalleled. So far, even the Grand Observatory sometimes asks her to solve problems.

And the boy in front of her, who was nine years younger than her, could actually keep up with her!

Mina's heart pounded.

The royal city's desire for mathematicians is very great, but the vast majority of people are focused on spiritual energy and specific combat effectiveness, and disdain for real knowledge.

The high threshold for mathematics is also prohibitive.

Therefore, a scholar with extremely high attainments in mathematics is actually quite lonely.

If this handsome and cute little guy could be introduced into the school and become her junior disciple, wouldn't she have a companion? Can communicate in depth day and night about everything that interests them.

However, Rhodes' fighting talent is also quite high, and he may not be willing to switch to the sect of knowledge.

Mina hesitated.

However, when they discussed the complex calculations of fluid mechanics, Rhodes came up with a very interesting idea. Starting from the basis of energy conservation, he studied the flow of water in water supply pipes and obtained the flow rate, pressure, and relationship between pipes under fluid motion. relationship, which can greatly reduce the tediousness of calculations under certain conditions.

Mina instantly made up her mind, no matter what method she used, she would get him into the teacher's school and become her junior disciple.

"Rod."

Mina suddenly stood up, her high chest covering all of Rhodes' sight.

"Your psychic upgrade ceremony is ready, let's do it now."

"Ah? Didn't you say you're short of materials? Do you have to wait for a few more days?"

Mina said seriously: "Your psychic strength has greatly exceeded the psychic level. If this continues, it will be harmful to your soul, just like we don't encourage teenagers to wear tight pants."

You might as well not say anything, it feels like my soul has changed color... Rhodes got up and came to the ceremony hall. According to Mina, he took off his robe and lay in a large position on a place similar to an operating table.

But when Mina asked him to take off his clothes, he kept an eye on it and asked, "Is it true?" What's the use of being naked?

One look at the way her eyes flickered and her face turned red, and she knew it was a lie.

Although Rhodes was not a shy and innocent boy, it was somewhat uncomfortable to be looked at from one side. The two looked at each other equally.

Mina didn't force it, she pushed a trolley over, lit the incense, and applied various essential oils to his body. Her delicate hands were not particularly calm, and her soft fingertips gently pressed his. On his stomach and chest, slender nails scratched his skin, making Rhodes wonder whether this was necessary for the psychic upgrade ceremony, or whether she was just taking advantage.

Fortunately, Mina didn't do it for too long.

She quickly pushed two giant transformer-like instruments over, placed two crystal clusters that looked like liquid blue light on his forehead, and then stuffed a red crystal-like object into his mouth.

"Okay, the intensity is a bit strong, please bear with it."

Mina stood away, her expression became serious, powerful spiritual energy gathered in her hands, visible ripples appeared in the air, and two giant transformers made a buzzing sound.

She raised her hands and shouted:

"lightning!"

In an instant, a huge white light penetrated Rhodes' body. With a bang, Rhodes bit into the red crystal, his vision went dark, and he fainted.

When he opened his eyes, he had arrived in the dream world and was standing blankly in front of the obelisk.

The dreamland became strange, the gray fog became rapid, lightning thundered in the sky, the lightning branches bent wantonly, and the cold light before the storm enveloped the world.

A huge thunder and lightning struck, and he lost consciousness again.

When Rhodes woke up again, he saw Mina standing in front of him with a smile.

"Congratulations, the ceremony was very successful. You have taken the first step to become an extraordinary fire bearer. You have officially entered the palace of psychic energy and are no longer blocked from the threshold."

Rhodes looked at him with confusion: "Did I never get started?"

Mina said with a smile: "Of course not. Level one psychic energy is like a cancer crab without its shell, or a caterpillar without a cocoon. It is an incomplete form, a transitional form from a mortal to an extraordinary person. From Moving from level one to level two is like changing from a shrimp to a cancer, or from a bug to a butterfly. You will grow up again, but you will not change like a cocoon into a butterfly again until you step into the world of Africa. The threshold of man.”

Rhodes was delighted and raised his hand. As soon as he thought about it, spiritual energy quickly poured out from the depths of his soul like a flood.

A particularly clear and direct feeling was reflected in the spirit, which was in sharp contrast to the previous foggy feeling, as if a hundred layers of gauze had been removed.

There was nothing to block him. He and his spiritual energy were nakedly together, and there was a wonderful sense of freedom.

Mina waited for a moment understandingly, until Rhodes became familiar with the new soul structure, then smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll give you a full body test."

She took Rhodes' hand, went to another room, and conducted a comprehensive test on him again.

Rhodes' detailed data was also updated on the Industrial Machinery Research Institute's personal report sheet.

Psychic Level: 2

Maximum psychic strength: 366 ticks

Maximum psychic output: 50 ticks

Average spiritual pressure: 15

Estimated total amount of psychic energy: 22-81 thousand ticks

——

This time, the data showed explosive growth compared to the last time. Rhodes was delighted. The more he grew, the higher the probability of getting the "Goldworth Star" medal.

After bidding farewell to the reluctant Mina, Rhodes quickly returned to the third dormitory, closed the door, and hung a spring pin on the door lock. As long as someone pushed the door, the spring needle would shoot out and hit him.

Rhodes has already tried it once, and he can definitely wake up from his dream.

He quickly jumped on the bed, made a lightning gesture, and his soul rose into the sky and came to the dreamland.

The dream has been restored. The sky and the earth are foggy and chaotic in the distance. Silent mist flows in the air, and the gray land stretches silently under the feet until the invisible end.

But with the addition of a cabin, the feeling of the dream is completely different, as if the dream has a fulcrum and is no longer empty.

Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the previous vision was just a temporary change during the upgrade.

Nothing has changed in the dream.

Rhodes put his hand on the obelisk.

The next moment, he saw a change.

At the top of the obelisk, there are several lines of text.

Soul Strength: 39

Soul Star: 2

Humanity: 992

Divinity: 55

Soulless Soul: 241

——

This is my data?

Rhodes looked carefully.

He looks so strong.

Perhaps it can be mutually corroborated with the report from the Institute of Industrial Machinery.

After studying for a moment, Rhodes discovered that the strength of the soul is the sum of the strengths of the two stars.

Does that mean the Soul Star is actually part of my soul?

Or is there some kind of connection between them?

Rhodes asked the Book of Knowledge a similar question, but it did not have this knowledge.

During this period of time, Rhodes had a lot of contact with the Book of Knowledge and had a certain understanding of it——

It can answer most questions about knowledge or derivatives of knowledge, but all knowledge except dreams comes at a price.

The price is usually some kind of material, which is paid when put into its written mouth.

The size of the price is related to the rarity of knowledge. The more people know, the smaller the price paid.

If Rhodes asks a question in the textbook, the most common price is redstone.

Red stone is a specialty of Red Stone Village. It is mainly used to make urns to store monster ashes.

Sometimes it is also used to hold human ashes.

However, most people's ashes will be put into the fire, which is the custom in the royal city.

They believe that the best destination for the dead is to return to the embrace of fire, and their spirits will sleep forever in the warm world of fire.

Only the most heinous people were not allowed to be cremated.

Because of this, the residents of the royal city were very afraid of capital punishment, and they worried that they would not be able to find peace after death.

The price of red stones is not high. In order to facilitate asking questions, Rhodes bought a lot of red stones and stored them in the dreamland.

This really worked.

The book of knowledge is simply the best teacher. The answers it gives are comprehensive, standard, and easy to understand.

With its help, Rhodes clarified many questions that he didn't understand in class. The assignments left by the teacher were always excellent. His total credits have reached 122, which is considered top-notch among the ten departments.

It would be great if it could be used in the examination room.

Rhodes thought.

But this is somewhat risky, so it’s best not to use it unless necessary.

Subsequently.

Rod added phlogiston to the candle and lit the stone platform.

Put a bunch of ashes on the stone platform. These are the ashes he bought.

Fifty more copies of humanity were taken out, and the black sediment on the human side of the obelisk dropped by half in an instant.

It seems to be capped at only 1000.

Fifty parts of humanity are like a wriggling shadow, not enough to fill a hand.

Then put humanity on the stone platform, and the item "Guardian of Darkness" on the stone panel lit up.

Rhodes clicked lightly, and suddenly, all the tools on the stone platform flew out. Cupboards of all sizes kept opening and closing, and various sticks, hammers, and saws were hammering at the materials on the stone platform.

Rhodes was startled. Although he already knew that the stone platform would be completed by itself, he did not expect such a scene.

He saw various tools roughly decomposing materials, and he couldn't help but worry whether the production would fail.

Fortunately, the production was over quickly, the tools returned to their original places, and the cupboards were neatly closed.

On the stone platform, an eye shining with dark light was looking at him quietly.

It seems to be made of jade, as smooth as a mirror but lifelike.

On the stone panel, the description under "Guardian of Darkness" changed to: "Only two copies can be made."

Success!

Rhodes happily picked it up and looked at it over and over.

"Guardian of Darkness" can reduce the damage to the obelisk and is definitely a life-saving trump card.

Rhodes stored it in the cupboard at the bottom of the stone platform, which is a place specially reserved for items. There is also more than one of his spiritual beings in it.

good.

My life is a little more secure.

Rhodes left the dream with satisfaction and entered real sleep.

In the following days, Rhodes entered the final sprint stage, concentrating on preparing for the monthly exams and the "Jinworth Star", even brushing up on his humanity.

As the exam date approached, all the students became nervous, the air was filled with anxiety, and the figures on the road became hurried. The common room was filled with students studying on their own, and even the always lazy Zalay Both Si and Wayne began to study hard all night long.

Soon, the exam came to determine the fate of the students to some extent.