Your skills are excellent, and now I have them too.

Chapter 19 Your Questions Are Not Difficult

"Teacher Zhou, I'm sorry."

Lu Zhao stood at the edge of the playground, his voice low.

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Zhou Changsheng stood up and dusted himself off: "What?"

Lu Zhao looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle: "Starting this afternoon, I won't be able to come to learn the 'Body Strengthening Method' anymore."

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Zhou Changsheng's worries were successfully aroused; his first thought was that something must have happened at home. Many people who are conscripted experience family members falling ill due to excessive worry.

However, Lu Zhao quickly added, "I have something to do this afternoon, I'll come again tomorrow."

Zhou Changsheng really wanted to kick him: "It's just asking for leave, why are you making it sound like a life-or-death situation?"

"No, from now on, I won't be able to come for half a day each day."

Lu Zhao then took the opportunity to mention that his family was looking for Lin Zhouyun.

By this time, he no longer considered Zhou Changsheng an outsider and even told him how much money he had spent.

"20 million?"

Zhou Changsheng looked disgusted but didn't comment. "Well... that's fine then. When you get there, do some heavy lifting to build up your strength."

He has now discovered that Lu Zhao has a very strong learning ability and can learn theoretical things very easily, so he is not worried about the teaching progress.

So Lu Zhao ate a meal at the school cafeteria and then set off for the military post.

Bored on the light rail, he took the opportunity to check the records in his mind.

Perhaps because of the new special ability of quick thinking, the information about the skills they possess has become much more abundant.

[Dog Breathing Lv1, mastered. Utilization rate 97%, side effect index 97.]

[Swift Thinking Level 2, mastered. Utilization rate 68%, side effect index 0.]

Utilization rate refers to the effect that can be achieved.

Abilities like Dog Breathing have no entry requirements and can be used at nearly 100% effectiveness immediately, but the side effects are huge because the body cannot withstand them.

The utilization rate of quick thinking only reached 68%, because martial arts training also strengthens the brain's nerves. This strengthening does not increase intelligence, but mainly affects things like nerve reaction speed.

This ability does not forcibly unleash potential that has not yet been fully developed, so there are no side effects.

Besides the two skills he already possessed, Lu Zhao had two more special skills he had not yet mastered.

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What made Lu Zhao most anxious was that he had always known that Shen Xianke was always spying on him from the teaching building, and each time she spyed, she would have to advance her progress a little.

This girl looks like a cool and aloof school beauty, but she's actually just a curious little thing.

After checking the panel, he sat on the light rail, closed his eyes to rest, and traveled through the county town to the military post.

The construction area was as busy as yesterday, with an engineer occasionally passing by wearing a special effect on his head.

He called the number Gu Yong had given him yesterday and got in touch with Lin Zhouyun. A little while later, the thin man who was paid to do things showed up in person.

"Xiao Lu, you don't have any engineering background right now, so I can only assign you to odd jobs for now."

Lin Zhouyun put his arm around his shoulder, still with that same enthusiastic and business-like demeanor, "It's mainly about building connections. If you get to know the people in the engineering department, you'll have a better chance of getting in later."

Lu Zhao himself didn't care whether he could turn or not; he was just very envious of the special skills those people had on their heads.

Lin Zhouyun led him to a spacious factory. The place was very large, with two hollow cylindrical machines, about the size of shipping containers, lying horizontally in the middle. They looked like some kind of propellers. Many workers were busy inspecting them around the area.

"I'll find someone to handle things for you later. Just follow their instructions, okay?"

"no problem."

Lu Zhao was very happy because he saw two special skills in this workshop alone.

[Sensitive Qi Level 2]

[Smell Enhancement v1]

He immediately set his sights on the skill of being sensitive to breath.

Based on the common knowledge I learned from Zhou Changsheng these past two days, the sensitivity of internal energy has a great impact when cultivating martial arts. It can determine the precision of the internal energy's circulation, thereby improving the cultivation effect.

In other words, acquiring this special skill can directly increase the efficiency of martial arts training.

This is a very valuable ability for Lu Zhao.

We must find a way to win him over!

Lu Zhao was lucky enough to be assigned to this group by the foreman in charge of allocating temporary workers.

The man with the "Sensitive Qi Level 2" badge on his head looked to be in his early thirties. His name tag on his chest indicated that he was a senior technician named Wang Zhao. He was wearing a machine oil uniform and carrying a pair of pliers. He had particularly well-developed jaw muscles and looked like a tough guy.

"Another student was brought over."

This person's temper was just as bad as his appearance; he frowned as soon as he saw Lu Zhao's youthful student face.

"Did you have any prior experience?"

"no."

"snort."

Wang Zhao rolled his eyes, said nothing, turned around and wanted to leave, too lazy to waste time.

Lu Zhao was not about to let go of this special skill that could increase his cultivation efficiency, so he quickly chased after him and said, "Teacher, I can learn it."

Wang Zhao did not hide his disdainful look.

Are you treating reality like a novel?

"I don't know how, but I can learn."

Such high-sounding words won't make you seem ambitious.

"Okay, you want to learn, right? Come here."

He sneered, intending to teach this arrogant brat a lesson, and led the way quickly toward the side door of the factory, entering a place that resembled an office.

Lu Zhao followed him inside, and then he was shocked.

Several old men had green special abilities on their heads, all of which were support abilities.

Is this paradise?

No, this is the engineers' lounge.

When they saw Wang Zhao bring his men in, the senior members of the group all looked up and glanced at him.

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Three notifications popped up.

Huh? I didn't do anything.

Lu Zhao was both puzzled and overjoyed.

Leaving aside sight and smell for the moment, special skills such as breath sensitivity, sturdy bones and muscles, and explosive computing power can all improve the efficiency of martial arts training.

His body wasn't born a genius, but he could easily create an artificial genius using special skills.

"What are you grinning about?"

Wang Zhao said fiercely, "Look at this."

He took a design blueprint out of his desk drawer.

"I'll explain to you the blueprints for the Xuanxiang Guard's standard jet warhammer and how to construct the energy jet circulation path. This is the simplest engineering foundation. If you can quickly grasp the basic principles, then I'll acknowledge that you're qualified to learn from me."

The others exchanged glances upon hearing his words, a wry smile playing on their lips.

They knew that Wang Zhao was a skilled young man, so even though he was only a senior technician, he could sit at the same table as several veteran engineers. However, he was proud and arrogant, and he disliked those who were brought in through connections, which is why he put on a sullen face.

In the past two days, he has already used the same method to persuade three similar "temporary workers" to quit. One of them was even an engineering student, who was left speechless and unable to answer the questions.

"These kinds of practical problems are very difficult for beginners to understand all at once..."

The old men sighed inwardly, feeling that such a test might be a bit too harsh.

Lu Zhao was unaware of their thoughts; he simply activated Swift Thinking Level 2 and stared at the blueprints in silence.

Wang Zhao misunderstood his silence. The others who came through connections before were all like this: they didn't understand anything, they just stared blankly, and in the end, they couldn't answer anything. They were all idiots.

He said coldly, "I won't make things difficult for you. The questions I'll give you later won't be too hard, but if you can't answer them, you can get lost."

Lu Zhao turned off his quick thinking and nodded: "Can I ask you a question first?"

Ok?

Wang Zhao raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that this kid was quite clever. The previous few people were so nervous that no one dared to ask a question, so he made an exception and agreed: "Go ahead and ask."

"What exactly is this Xuanxiang Guard you were talking about?"

"..."

Shouldn't we ask technical questions as much as possible at this point?

The senior engineers lost interest in watching and thought this time was different. It turned out to be a kid who couldn't even grasp the key points, and they figured it would be another case of being asked to leave.

Wang Zhao grew even more impatient: "Are you kidding me?"

Lu Zhao looked completely innocent: "No, I really don't know."

Wang Zhao snorted: "Stop talking nonsense, look at the blueprints, I'll only explain it to you once."

Lu Zhao remained completely unfazed, even somewhat amused: "What's there to explain? It's just a jet device designed by mimicking the Ren meridian's pathway at the mouth and around the star vertebra, combined with the external environment. The principle is the same; it's really not difficult. Can you tell me what the Xuanxiang Guardian is first?"

All eyes were fixed on the student's face.

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