Chapter 300: Chapter 75: 1 Star Hall Master or Medical Hall VIP
(Tanabata just went by, and the review section saw a surge of FFF Heresy Execution Association members… It was quite lively.)
Mu Fan now stood bewildered among the crowd, like a dandelion unnoticed.
Just floating in the air.
The military’s Fighting training had eventually enabled him to throw a punch that released flames and a kick that launched an Air Cannon, and there were others creating miniature tornadoes with their hands.
What kind of joke was this?
Mu Fan now seriously suspected this was some sort of military prank.
He checked the task reminder on his wristband, which should be more reliable than what he was witnessing.
“The Martial Arts Hall levels range from 1-star to 9-star. Students can only challenge the next star level after successfully defeating the previous one, with no cooldown for challenges after a successful conquest. A failure results in a 20-minute cooldown. Each hall has ten Honored Hall Masters, after defeating one, you can sequentially challenge the remaining nine, except those who win five consecutive matches can directly challenge any of them; no skipping allowed.”
“At the same time, regular Challengers must follow an order from lowest to highest Honored Hall Master. This effectively maintains the duration of individual occupancy. Occupying a 1-star Martial Arts Hall for half a day earns 20 honor points, each star increase adds another 15 points. Each victory in a challenge or being challenged adds 2 honor points.”
Looking at these not-so-complicated calculations, Mu Fan found another confusion emerged—an “honor point.” Major Lin Hao had not explained beforehand what an honor point was, only noting that the final accumulated star levels would correlate with academic credits.
Firstly, he needed to choose a Martial Arts Hall that matched his combat abilities and start challenging from the 10th Hall Master; successful occupation for half a day would earn him 20 honor points.
Moreover, this rule suggested continuously striving for higher challenges because if you were the first Honored Hall Master, nine people would try to unseat you to block other challengers.
This model meant the higher the position, the safer it was.
However, it demanded greater strength.
The tenth position was the most turbulent and dangerous!
That meant he had to start from a 1-star Martial Arts Hall and work his way up.
After successfully challenging the 10th Honored Hall Master, he could continue climbing the honors of a 1-star hall or opt for challenging a 2-star hall, though risking defeat by others.
The quickest way to advance in a hall was to win five consecutive matches, then directly challenge the first!
That was how to secure the most stable position.
20 honor points for a half-day occupation at a 1-star hall, 35 points at 2-star, 50 points at 3-star… up to 140 points at a 9-star hall!
What was the purpose of these honor points?
Mu Fan did not understand yet…
Finally, Mu Fan decided to stop thinking about it—it was too exhausting. He resolved to find someone to ask how to challenge a hall.
The military’s training this time was very user-unfriendly, messy even, with no guidance.
But poor Mu Fan had no idea that the locations his 99 classmates entered were completely different from his own. Those places had clear grade signs, and each sign was linked to a star level of the Martial Arts Hall, accessible through a portal.
The plaza where the students gathered also featured people of various appearances, all looking under 25.
And everyone wore the standard training outfit.
This specialized training in the Virtual Cabin, Fighting, didn’t implement a broadcasting system. It was a specialized Battle Net developed in collaboration with PO, accessible only to specific devices from various academies with designated codes.
Un stood for Galaxy Federation, Em for Empire.
Behind that were abbreviations for academic institution names, DC for Ding Chuan, SG for Dawn.
Subsequent numbers indicate the grade year; 01 for first year, 02 for second year.
The four or five digits following represent the student number, 0001 is for the first student of the first grade, and 0999 is for the 999th student of the first grade.
The rule was quickly clarified by these youngsters soon after they entered, using the query panel of the Light Computer on the premises.
But Mu Fan knew nothing about all this…
He only saw people of various colors, wearing bizarre outfits, and of different ages, walking down the street resembling the outskirts of a small town.
Mu Fan decided to ask a passerby for directions to challenge the Martial Arts Hall.
“Hello, can I ask you a question?”
Mu Fan stopped a young man with a lollipop in his mouth. Although he didn’t look very reliable in a baseball shirt and sucking a lollipop, they were of similar age, and it might be easier to ask.
“Hmm? What’s up?”
The young man was interestedly looking up at the screen when Mu Fan suddenly patted his shoulder and turned to ask with a frown.
“I’m sorry, could you tell me how to challenge the Martial Arts Hall?”
The young man in the baseball shirt paused for three seconds, then his eyes kept scanning over Mu Fan’s left arm, and after rubbing his eyes and seeing the dark dark Iron Token, he burst into laughter, nearly losing his lollipop.
“Dude, you just came out of the newbie training camp, huh? Still sporting the Iron Token intern badge, the crappiest 1-star Martial Arts Halls are probably guarded by at least Gold 3-star experts. Are you sure you’re not joking?”
“Seriously, I think it’d be better if you first head to the Fighting Evaluation Area and play ten random matches to set your level.”
The baseball-shirt guy said earnestly, adjusting his expression.
Then poor Mu Fan was once again overwhelmed by the information in these words.
How had the Battle Net’s combat levels come into play? Did challenging the Martial Arts Hall necessarily require a badge level?
The young man in the baseball shirt pointed at his own left arm where a shiny brass 5-star badge glistened. “You see, even a seasoned fighter like me who’s been in combat for two years only has the noble brass 5-star. Above that, there are Epic-level Silver and Legendary-level Gold… Fighting isn’t like Mecha combat! With Mecha, if you encounter good teammates, you can cling to their coattails, but here, you have to rely solely on yourself!”
Mu Fan nodded in agreement. Purely looking at the competition mode, Fighting matches indeed demanded more stringent requirements than Mecha contests.
“So…”
“So, I wanted to ask if I can go challenge without a badge?”
The baseball shirt guy helplessly patted his face, “You can.”
It’s that fearless ignorance of youth, huh? He had once dreamed of becoming a great hero.
Unfortunately, after dozens of facial fractures, that aspiration quickly died.
Those Guardians were ruthless.
Damn.
“How do I go challenge the Martial Arts Hall then?” Mu Fan decided not to offer this young man the chance to reminisce any longer.
“Just go straight for three hundred meters, enter the grand plaza platform that’s clearly upscale, and you’ll see the vividly marked entrances of Martial Arts Halls of various star levels. When you succeed in your challenge, your statue will automatically appear at the entrance of these halls.”
“Oh, thank you! You’re really a good person.”
Mu Fan sincerely thanked him and turned to leave.
The baseball shirt guy watched Mu Fan’s leaving figure with a melancholic look, sighed deeply, and thought to himself, a 1-star Hall Master? That’s dreaming too big.
Looks like another VIP customer for the medics was about to be created.