Chapter 176
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Chapter 176: The First Phase of Tuition
On May 1, 2025, in the Galactic Calendar, two unmanned large battleships, without any weapon systems installed, officially took off from the base under the protection of an entire medium-sized fleet, carrying the ardent hopes and prayers of all humanity.
Unlike the last time, these large battleships were not loaded with tens of thousands of heavy criminals.
Instead, they only carried over a thousand military personnel and elites from various industries.
They also transported a vast amount of spirit materials and spirit mines, along with some equipment, special soil, and various levels of fierce beasts.
These spirit materials and spirit mines served as the excellent resources for Yi Chen to pay his tuition, and all types were included.
However, to ensure the effectiveness of the ‘Tuition Plan’, the military responsible for implementing this plan would not release all the spirit materials and spirit mines around the Flame Mountain Tribe’s territory.
Instead, they intended to use a phased delivery method.
Once a certain number of people reached the Peak of the ninth level of Spirit Consciousness and the paid tuition reached a certain level, they would convert that into corresponding value of spirit materials and spirit mines to be delivered near the Flame Mountain Tribe’s territory.
The elites from various industries, along with the equipment and special soil, were prepared for the delivery of spirit materials and spirit mines.
The release of spirit materials and spirit mines had to follow a specific pattern.
Although Yi Chen would most likely not research the origin of these spirit materials and spirit mines to see if they matched the local growth environment and patterns,
just to be safe, everything had to be flawless.
The spirit materials and spirit mines on the space battleships were selected by related experts and scholars based on the geographical environment and climate around the Flame Mountain Tribe’s territory.
They also referenced the geographical environment and climate of spirit materials and spirit mines from other life planets, ensuring that every type of spirit material and spirit mine had examples to support them and could withstand scrutiny.
Any extremely minor flaws would be addressed in advance using various equipment and special soil for modifications.
To deliver tuition to Yi Chen, the council urgently mobilized millions of top experts and scholars from various fields to collaboratively research and devise a detailed tuition delivery plan.
As for the various levels of fierce beasts, they were not counted as part of the tuition.
These fierce beasts were intended to address another possibility—if Yi Chen’s strength became too high and overwhelming, making it impossible for anyone to break the illusion heart tribulation.
This method would be adopted to suppress Yi Chen if paying tuition showed no effect or had minimal results.
Moreover, these fierce beasts themselves were also quite valuable and were considered among the highest in medicinal value among the various types of fierce beasts.
While suppressing Yi Chen, they could also serve as a benefit to him, balancing both sides to avoid causing further troublesome negative effects from suppressing him.
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Under the watchful eyes of countless citizens in the human federation, the two large battleships began to accelerate continuously, preparing for a Space Jump.
The entire medium-sized fleet expanded its search area, ensuring there would be no strong figures from the various tribes or any star pirate ships appearing nearby.
Clearly, the various tribes felt that the enormous cost to attack these two large battleships was not worth it.
Humanity held the vast Galactic system, rich in resources, and did not lack for spirit materials or spirit mines, able to quickly gather a second or third batch within a short time.
If successful, they would pay a huge price but only cause a few days of additional anxiety for the federation of humanity.
If they failed, they would pay a huge price with no benefits at all.
After accelerating to faster-than-light speeds, the two large battleships activated the Space Jump System.
They successfully appeared at the outskirts of the cosmic storm area.
There, a medium-sized fleet waited near the jump coordinates, standing ready for action.
However, due to their proximity to the cosmic storm area, this fleet consisted entirely of small and medium-sized space battleships, with no large battleships capable of crossing the storm.
Continuing their journey into the cosmic storm area, the two large battleships entered confidently, navigating smoothly with their powerful energy shields.
They passed through the cosmic storm area, with a radius of 0.05 light-years, until they reached the calm eye of the storm.
Only then did the two large battleships resume acceleration and successfully reach the outer space of the exile planet using the Space Jump System.
Once the large battleships scanned themselves for repairs and confirmed there were no issues, the relevant personnel, along with the equipment and various special soils, were transported to the vicinity of the Flame Mountain Tribe’s territory by unmanned transporters.
They began small-scale adjustments to the surrounding environment in preparation for the upcoming delivery of spirit materials and spirit mines.
Days passed before the first round of tuition officially arrived.
Even with the accumulation of top resources, there were not many top geniuses who could reach the Peak of the ninth level of Spirit Consciousness.
Thus, this first round of tuition was not very high.
Moreover, since they did not know exactly what spirit materials or spirit mines Yi Chen desired, the first round of tuition was quite simple.
It included only one type of spirit mine and one type of spirit material.
The spirit mine was the fifth-grade Comprehension Stone, which Yi Chen had shown a strong desire for.
There were about thirty pieces, all scattered in the south, within an area suitable for nurturing Comprehension Stones.
In fact, that area had indeed produced a small number of Comprehension Stones.
However, most of these stones lay beneath the ground, and even Rog, the strongest leader of the Southern Army, was only at the sixth level of Spirit Consciousness.
His divine consciousness had a coverage of only about four meters, making it impossible for him to detect the presence of the Comprehension Stones, even though he had searched with his divine consciousness and stood right above them.
The one buried the shallowest was still over ten meters deep.
Based on the advancement speed, direction, and strength of the fierce beasts in the route of the various squads of the Southern Army, the first Comprehension Stone was expected to be discovered in about two days.
The spirit material was of the second grade.
It was a type of material that could significantly enhance training speed, even when consumed directly.
This spirit material complemented the Comprehension Stone, one making it easier for people to comprehend the ways of the universe while the other greatly increased training speed.
The reason it was only a second-grade spirit material was that even the leaders of the four armies could barely detect its properties with their divine consciousness.
They could not sense the characteristics of higher-quality spirit materials at all.
As for the fifth-grade Comprehension Stone, its properties had already been tested by Yi Chen.
A long time ago, Bai Ruo Xin had changed her name and provided an alternative reason to send detailed characteristics of the Comprehension Stone to the four armies, encouraging their soldiers to pay close attention.
This batch of second-grade spirit materials was concentrated in a small area in the north that was suitable for planting.
It was estimated that the Northern Army would discover this entire area of second-grade spirit materials in about a day.
As the first round of tuition delivery completed, in the live room, apart from some female viewers, almost everyone’s attention focused on these two areas.
Fortune favored them when the next day, a squad from the Northern Army discovered the area as anticipated.
The team leader of the Northern Army was also a top genius at the sixth level of Spirit Consciousness.
After using his divine consciousness to assess the spirit material’s properties, he promptly reported it to his leader, Zong Shan.
Zong Shan quickly arrived with a jade box for spirit materials, took two pieces of the spirit material, and sent them to the tribe base.
In the live room, most viewers’ screens were locked onto the soldier transporting the jade box with the spirit materials.
