Chapter 837 - 790: Sleep Training Method
No matter how you look at it, being able to learn skills passed down from others in a self-explored profession is a wonderful thing. Da Fei decisively decided to learn!
——System Prompt: You have consumed one Skill Point, used the Brainwashing Inheritance Scroll, and learned the special soldier training sub-skill "Brainwashing"!
However, the new skill is quite tricky, and it’s crucial to clearly understand its usage. Da Fei continued, "Thank you, Master, for imparting the skill. May I ask, what state does a unit turn into when brainwashed to an idiot?"
Essinger shook his head and said sternly, "They become unable to learn any skill, and their movement and attack speed will decrease, becoming even worse than regular troops. Brainwashed units become indistinguishable from trash and are used as cannon fodder by demons. Our Sky Cavalry units were forcefully selected from tens of thousands of resentful spirits, with an extremely high elimination rate."
Da Fei couldn’t help but groan, "So Master said I should use brainwashing judiciously. Could you teach me the key points of usage?"
Essinger shook his head, "As I mentioned before, the first brainwashing won’t erase the core and advanced skills of a unit. Take the Undead Race’s Level 2 Zombie, for example; its special skill, Undying Creature, is its core skill, and it naturally has Intermediate Defense Skill as its advanced skill. These two will never be washed away in the first round. However, for a zombie, being turned into an idiot makes no difference, making it a common candidate for brainwashing among the Undead Race, resulting in explosive zombies, corrosive poison zombies, and all sorts of variations, although they can’t be mass-produced to replace regular zombies."
Da Fei’s eyebrow twitched, immediately recalling the jumping zombies he saw on the ship’s cabin on Newbie Island, and Makar’s notes. It seems Makar’s Special Soldier Training Skill is quite impressive. I wonder if I can learn some skills from him.
Da Fei nodded repeatedly, "I see!"
Essinger continued, "Secondly, developing elite troops. In any faction, elite troops are precious, and normally won’t be brainwashed. But, as you mentioned earlier, there are some elite troops with overly complex skills during their growth, hindering their later-stage development. Many special soldier instructors face this issue. In such cases, you can carefully choose to brainwash once to filter out non-core low-level skills. However, even a single brainwashing might impact the future development of an elite, greatly reducing their growth prospects. It’s a very paradoxical skill; without brainwashing, there’s no future; with brainwashing, there’s also no future. However, if brainwashing seems to promise a bigger future, then wash for a healthier development."
Da Fei was shaken, "So, I still can’t use it on elites?"
Essinger sighed, "There are exceptions; if an elite or leader-level unit is particularly smart, they might choose to forget less used skills. I am an example of such intelligence, standing out among thousands of resentful spirits to become an instructor!"
Da Fei’s eyebrow twitched, "So, brainwashing only applies to particularly dumb or particularly smart units. Regular ones won’t do?"
Essinger praised, "Precisely! You’re exceptional, My Lord! There’s nothing more I can teach you now; you’ll have to discover on your own!"
So that’s how it is! Da Fei hurriedly saluted, "Thank you, Master, for your guidance."
Essinger shook his head, smiling, "It’s what I should do. By the way, once Special Soldier Training Skill reaches Master-level, you’ll gain the new skill ’Special Soldier Barracks’, allowing you to summarize developed special soldiers into a formula and build your own barracks, though I can’t guarantee the output. To ensure mass production and increase sales, your special soldier development should depend on regular troops’ improvement."
——System Prompt: You have acquired information on the Master-level Special Soldier Training Skill sub-skill "Special Soldier Barracks".
Da Fei was startled, "Thank you for your guidance once again, Master!"
"You’re welcome, My Lord."
After a long conversation with the Master, Da Fei felt enlightened!
Master-level special soldiers’ sub-skills are certainly useful. Having the system’s barracks mass-produce them is much easier than training them individually. To advance to Master-level special soldiers, there’s only one way: train Angels, particularly Elifel, to learn Master-level skills.
However, Elifel, being an adult angel, faces a barrier learning the Expert Level Navigation Skill, let alone reaching Master Level; it’s possibly impossible to learn it?
If she truly can’t learn it, as the smartest unit under my command, should I try brainwashing? She does have an unnecessary skill: Bloodthirsty Frenzy! It’s more suited for Power Angels, but not as useful for Wisdom Angels assisting in the rear. If removing this skill helps progress, it would be worth it, right?
No, caution! Elifel is still Selvia’s Contract Angel and is crucial to Selvia’s development; any skill that hinders her growth must be reconsidered. Besides, is she really that smart right now? Probably not, at least not at the standard Deirdre reached in the Pool of Radiance.
Admittedly, nurturing units is quite a headache. Without learning the necessary skill during that phase, you can’t go through it. Once you survive it, the skill becomes unnecessary. Anyway, let’s not overthink for now; since my stamina is fully restored, let’s train all the other leader angels with Advanced Navigation Skill first.
As Da Fei continued alternating between training and resting, the time ticked by. By the time Da Fei finished training all the leader angels, it was past 7:20 in the morning, and most of the day had already unwittingly passed.
It’s true; a day without battle flies by quickly. Now, only Elifel is left, the crux of Da Fei’s training progress.
Da Fei approached and asked, "Elifel, after this rest period, are you ready to learn Expert Level Navigation Skill?"
Elifel responded solemnly, "I will give it my all!"
With nothing more to say, Da Fei waved his hand grandly!
——System Prompt: Unfortunately! You used Master-level Special Soldier Training Skill "Angel Sailor Instructor" on Wisdom Angel Elifel and failed to teach Expert Level Navigation Skill!
Da Fei’s eyebrow twitched as expected, failure!
Elifel frowned and said, "I’m sorry, My Lord. I wish to attempt again once my stamina replenishes."
Da Fei chuckled, "It’s okay, it’s okay, failure is the mother of success." Finishing up, he immediately had the Power Angels cast Strong Vitality to quickly restore stamina for himself and Elifel.
Actually, the Power Angels also have the Elifel problem. Though they are support angels, they also have an incongruous special skill, Bloodthirsty Frenzy. However, their intelligence doesn’t match Elifel’s, so they definitely can’t be brainwashed. Moreover, Da Fei doesn’t need to rely on training them for advancements, so there’s no need for brainwashing.
After a short rest of one or two minutes, Da Fei and Elifel’s stamina recovered, and Da Fei attempted again, but failed!
No worries, keep going! As Da Fei waits for stamina recovery, he increasingly feels fatigued. Da Fei knows that half an hour after eating, the blood in one’s body concentrates on digesting in the stomach, which makes the brain feel sleepy. For Da Fei, who stayed up all night, the drowsiness is even more persistent.
But now is a crucial moment; under no circumstances can he sleep.
Another failure! Failure, five consecutive failures! Compared to the one-shot Advanced Navigation Skill, the success rate of advancing to Expert Level is ridiculously low, testing Da Fei’s patience like never before! And this is even with the Governor’s Trinket bonus. If even Expert Level is this unreliable, then Master Level truly seems impossible! Is it bad luck? Da Fei glanced at the Lucky Hand skill, which after a day of cooling down is available for use again.
At this moment, Elifel anxiously said, "I’m sorry for letting you down."
Da Fei asked, "Elifel, do you think your failure to learn this has anything to do with luck?"
Elifel was startled and then shook her head, "I don’t know, I wouldn’t attribute my lack of ability to luck."
Does she mean learning isn’t related to luck? Da Fei asked again, "Then do you feel more confident if you train for one more day?"
Elifel frowned, "I think I’d be more confident."
Da Fei took a deep breath and finally made a decision—that is to wait! Wait for tomorrow!
Although the Expert Level Navigation Skill learning seems unreliable, it’s just unreliable, not impossible to learn. As long as it can be learned, even if the chance is only one percent, I will try indefinitely.
I cannot lose patience due to a seemingly awesome skill and rush into brainwashing, unless Elifel explicitly states she cannot learn Master-Level. Only then, would the brainwashing be necessary. Otherwise, Elifel’s potential for growth could be prematurely stifled by brainwashing.
So I must avoid being impatient and be patient! Patience is also one of the qualities necessary for success, as the world’s number one expert, I must have these qualities. Let me take a nap and wait for tomorrow, while also training Elifel’s command ability to enhance her intelligence.
Da Fei then told Elifel, "I need to rest now. As the Angel Instructor, you’re responsible for directing the old and new members to switch turns rowing. Can you do that?"
Elifel nodded, "I’ll manage everything diligently, you can rest assured."
Not bad, if she can achieve this, she’s barely reaching the level Deirdre once had. Feeling gratified, Da Fei adjusted the alert volume of the system prompts, closed his eyes, and instantly fell asleep.
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At 8 AM Beijing Time, Da Fei, sleeping like a dead pig, was awakened by a string of system prompts!
—System Prompt: You have navigated in a special water area for over 6 days, you and your team heroes receive additional God-level Navigator experience +210,000, and your team gains additional growth potential!
—System Prompt: Your 8-member Power Angel Army has grown through the harsh sailing, Attack +5, Defense +5, Life +100, Stamina +10.
—System Prompt: Your 20-member Blazing Angel Corps has grown through the harsh sailing, Attack +5, Defense +3, Life +100, Stamina +10.
—System Prompt: Your 3-member Wisdom Angel Army... Attack +2, Defense +5, Life +100, Stamina +10.
—System Prompt: Your 2-member Power Angel Army... Attack +2, Defense +5, Life +100, Stamina +10.
...
At this moment, as he listened to the booming sound in his ears, Da Fei suddenly felt his eyelids heavy like a thousand pounds, and his fingers cramped and numb, unable to move. This was deep sleep caused by extreme fatigue, a long-lost feeling of being reluctant to get out of bed since student days!
Da Fei forced his eyes half-open, scanning the series of barely discernible but certainly positive system prompts in front of him, and looked around at the situation on the ship, everything seemed to be running smoothly from his blurry view?
At this point, Elifel proactively approached Da Fei to report, "You’re here! I’ve arranged for the troop shift according to your instructions."
Da Fei asked in a muffled voice, "So, do you feel you’ve improved?"
Elifel enthusiastically replied, "I’m striving not to let you down, I’m working hard to learn."
Seeing Elifel manage the team so orderly, Da Fei felt deeply relieved amidst his groggy state: "Good... keep learning, keep progressing, keep training, the team is in your hands..."
After speaking, he closed his eyes again, falling into deep sleep once more. Yes, I need to train her ability for independent command, so when I wake up, I can hone her into perfection for brainwashing, calling this the sleep training method... Da Fei thought in his dreams...
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