Chen Xu remembered that this one-eyed instructor had said that his strength was B-level. Damn it, is this the true power of B-level?!
In the game's mechanics, D-rank is equivalent to a top graduate of a police academy, C-rank is the skill level of an excellent combat instructor, and B-rank is equivalent to an elite soldier, like a U.S. Navy SEAL.
American seals are world-renowned, so why are they only ranked in Category B?
Ah, it's because they're world-famous. In reality, the SEALs' combat capabilities are utterly insignificant against true experts. Because, you see, anything that's out in the open is never the best. The SEALs are merely a publicly displayed special forces unit of the US military.
As for A-level, or even the highest S-level... these can only be described as killing machines... Chen Xu had personally watched a simulation video in this game, featuring an Asian warrior... Chen Xu was convinced that he was Chinese.
This soldier was engaged in mountain warfare. Single-handedly, using various methods of disguise and infiltration, he took the lives of twenty armed soldiers with only a dagger.
Watching him lurk and conceal himself, then suddenly strike... Chen Xu broke out in a cold sweat, constantly glancing back, afraid that someone was lurking behind him.
In the game "Real Combat," while the main focus is on training warriors' close-quarters combat skills, there are also simulated real-world combat scenarios later on... such as stealth warfare.
However, at present, Chen Xu is still only engaged in one-on-one head-on combat and has not learned anything deeper.
But to be honest, Chen Xu is proud to have lasted this long against a SEAL-level warrior... even though Chen Xu mainly focuses on defense.
When the one-eyed instructor became truly ruthless, the speed and intensity of his attacks increased dramatically, and his moves became increasingly vicious. Groin strikes, eye grabs, throat locks… these so-called low-down techniques from Jin Yong's novels were used with unparalleled skill and cruelty in his hands. Finally, Chen Xu, trying to dodge a groin kick, lost his footing and was slapped squarely on the temple by the one-eyed instructor. His head spun, and he immediately lost consciousness.
In real life, if Chen Xu had been hit on such a vulnerable spot as his temple, he would definitely be dead. Fortunately, it was a virtual fight. Chen Xu was only stunned for a moment before Xiao Min woke him up. He then felt his whole body bathed in a warm white light, and all the pores on his body were open, as if he were soaking in a hot spring, which felt very comfortable.
When Chen Xu stood up from the white light, the pain in his body had completely disappeared. Only the feeling of being hit in the temple just now still lingered in his mind, making him feel a wave of fear just thinking about it.
The white light just now was a form of treatment. Of course, it's impossible to get hurt in a virtual world, but in order to prevent any psychological aftereffects, it's still necessary to treat it through this hypnotic method.
Simply put, all the pain, and even all the sensations, are controlled by the computer. The computer's powerful judgment gives people a sense of immersion... even if it's a little different from reality, it's basically the same.
Scientists have conducted experiments showing that psychological harm to the human body is essentially equivalent to physical harm. A classic example is a case where scientists hypnotized an unfortunate subject and instructed him to brand his arm with a hot iron. After this suggestion reached a certain level, the scientists applied ice to his arm. Suddenly, the person screamed; the skin where the ice had been applied felt charred… resulting in severe burns!
Virtual illusions are just like that. The realistic illusions make people unsure of where they are. If they suffer serious damage and injury here, the same consequences will occur in reality. For example, if a leg or an arm is broken, then in reality, that leg or arm may be useless!
Therefore, hypnotherapy is used in this situation. It lets people know that any injury can be healed; this process alleviates the pain, allowing the "miracle device" to fully heal... Otherwise, if someone is in excruciating pain one second and then instantly recovers completely thanks to the computer, the consequences could lead to mental instability.
Seeing Chen Xu stand up, the one-eyed instructor snorted and said, "What a piece of trash! You actually went and learned a martial art like Baguazhang. I thought you were making great progress in real life, but it turns out you're just wasting your time!"
Hearing this, Chen Xu felt somewhat dissatisfied. What's wrong with Baguazhang? Chen Xu thought about Nangong Lan's skills. They were definitely not bad; he wondered how they compared to the instructor.
However, this is a virtual reality world, and Chen Xu's thoughts are completely undisguised... Of course, Chen Xu could make settings, but he doesn't need to. He's dealing with NPCs, so what does it matter?
So when he thought of Nangong Lan, the one-eyed instructor sneered: "You're thinking of that Baguazhang kid named Nangong Lan? That's right. His kung fu has reached the level of internal strength, making him a master. But if he encounters me, I might not be able to beat him, but I can definitely kill him!"
I can't beat him, but I can kill him.
Chen Xu pondered this for a moment and understood. Thinking about the game's original purpose… this wasn't a casual entertainment game like "Martial Arts Master." This was a system specifically for the military, designed to train soldiers' combat capabilities!
This is a system, not a game!
The people trained here are all about delivering a fatal blow, killing their opponent instantly!
No matter what means you use!
"But when I use Baguazhang, you still can't do anything to me in a short time, can you?" Chen Xu said unconvinced, somewhat angrily. "Besides, what would a student like me need to learn such killing techniques? All I need is to protect myself. If I want to kill someone, I have many more methods and means, and weapons. Hmph, if I really use weapons, can you beat me?"
The weapon Chen Xu was referring to was the watch on his wrist, a weapon that could launch infrasound attacks. This thing was so powerful that it could kill anyone who stood in its way!
To everyone's surprise, the one-eyed instructor scoffed. "Who said learning from me means you have to kill people? Hmph. Of course, killing is only one aspect. More importantly, you can subdue your opponent in the shortest amount of time. But you're learning those Baguazhang routines—they look good, but practically speaking, huh? As for weapons, hmph, if firearms were invincible, we wouldn't need to train! Hmph, you disagree? Then come on, what weapon will you use?"
This "Real Fighting" game even allows you to use weapon simulation?!
"There's nothing strange about it. This simulation system was originally designed by the military to train all-around soldiers. The reason we couldn't use weapons before was because the game's data hadn't been fully restored. Once it's fully restored, you'll know how powerful this system is. It can display standard weapons and equipment from various countries before 208, and you can even simulate flying planes and tanks. Hmph, the power of this system is much more than that!"
They can even fly planes and drive tanks?! That's insane!
You can play the game after restoring some of the game data, wow! Try deleting some data from your current game? Some games might not open if you delete the music files!
In reality, this "Real Fighting" game is just a part... a small part of that massive military simulation system.
This simulation system covers too many aspects, including realistic combat, firearms, driving, jungle warfare, special operations, and even large-scale war simulations and simulation analysis of past wars... It includes too many things!
Because there is no death in the virtual system, and the ultra-realistic game atmosphere immerses the soldiers in the experience, the fully realistic game simulation makes the effects of various weapons exactly the same as in reality.
This led to a lot of military training being conducted in this simulation system, and almost all soldiers could be trained into super soldiers who could integrate the army, navy, and air force... You should know that this simulation also has a major advantage: it saves money!
A network covering the entire army, with one computer per person, plus maintenance and electricity costs, would cost less than 10,000 RMB per person per year!
This saves so much money!
It saves money, gives you experience, and you can use as many bullets as you want without worrying about the cost... Let alone bullets, I don't care if missiles are flying everywhere!
Therefore, in the future, the world's armed forces will hold two or three super-large-scale military exercises almost every year, each lasting at least one or two months, simulating terrain and war patterns, with planes and missiles flying all over the sky, and they are not afraid of spending money at all!
In reality, the value of a single missile is almost enough to cover the entire military's equipment consumption for a year. This invention is simply... Anyway, the military has unanimously given it high praise!
Chen Xu really wanted to give this amazing thing to the country, because he knew that its value to the country was far less than the value it would bring to the country in his own hands... However, he couldn't give it away unless he donated his computer to the country. Otherwise, he couldn't extract the most powerful and core virtual system. If this thing wasn't developed, then the system would never be realized.
Therefore, Chen Xu can only keep this treasure for himself and make some compensation to the country in other ways.
Putting aside the digression, Chen Xu looked at the one-eyed instructor and sneered, "A sonar gun? Do you have one?" He patted his wrist, "In reality, my watch can emit infrasound. If you met me in real life, I guarantee you wouldn't even know how you died!"
The one-eyed instructor chuckled: "A sonar gun? That thing is indeed quite good, and it's one we use frequently. But I can tell you, our understanding of this kind of weapon is far deeper than yours!"
After saying that, a watch suddenly appeared in his palm, which he threw in front of Chen Xu, saying: "Watch-type sonar gun, you can use it. To be honest, this thing is powerful, but when it comes to killing, it's just like a pistol... Hmph, do you think high-tech stuff is always invincible? A person's life is only so long. If you shoot him with a sonar gun, he'll die; if you shoot him with a pistol, he'll die; if you stab him with a knife, even if you hit a vital spot, he won't survive! Kid, don't think high technology is invincible. Any weapon is used by people. If the person's skill is lacking, even the strongest weapon is just a pile of garbage. The only advantage of a sonar gun over a pistol is that it has no recoil. Everything else is just a different method of killing."
Hearing him say that, Chen Xu was immediately bewildered.
First of all, this tone is no longer like that of an NPC. Of course, Chen Xu knows that this is probably a problem with the future game settings. There are probably many people who have the same idea as him, believing that if the weapon is powerful, the person is also powerful.
But what he said is indeed true. A single shot from a pistol will kill a person, and a shot from a sonar gun will also kill a person... Humans are very fragile, but also very powerful creatures. Don't you see that the pistols developed by various countries now follow the low-power route? They are all following the route of "non-lethal weapons", mainly for equipping police.
Killing someone is easy, but not being able to kill them requires skill.
But Chen Xu was still unconvinced. After thinking for a moment, he finally put on the watch. With just a flick of his wrist, a focused sound wave would be generated, like a bullet, severely injuring the enemy in front of him. "How do I use it?" Chen Xu tested it out and found the weapon very easy to use... mainly because there was no recoil. When a newbie first uses a gun, even in face-to-face combat, hitting three out of ten shots is considered quite an achievement... mainly because of the powerful recoil generated when the gun explodes and propels the bullet forward! It makes your whole body numb.
The one-eyed instructor watched him experiment coldly and said, "Since you don't believe me, then come and try it. These green recruits all think they're invincible just because they have a gun."
Chapter 173: Steel Bones and Iron Body?
Although Chen Xu had never actually handled a gun, he had heard that the larger the caliber of a gun, the greater its power and the greater its recoil.
However, sonar guns don't have this limitation. Moreover, sound waves are not like bullets. Bullets are affected by things like Earth's gravity and wind direction, which can cause the bullet's trajectory to deviate. So, Chen Xu tried it out a couple of times and found it very easy to use. Then he started thinking about how to kill this arrogant one-eyed instructor... Although it was really unethical to do so, the difference in strength was there. So, it was unethical, but he had to prove himself first.
The main reason was that Chen Xu couldn't swallow this insult... The one-eyed instructor was just too arrogant, wasn't he? If it were an ordinary pistol, his words might have some merit, but the sonar gun's straight-line trajectory and lack of recoil were far superior to those of an ordinary pistol! With these two characteristics, this weapon was exceptionally easy to master, and the one-eyed instructor's words were rather presumptuous.
So Chen Xu said, "I'm ready. Let's begin. How shall we begin?"
With the sonar gun in hand, Chen Xu felt more confident and stopped trying to take advantage of the one-eyed instructor. The one-eyed instructor sneered, and the scene around Chen Xu instantly changed, transforming him into a building. Chen Xu stood by the window, while the one-eyed instructor vanished, leaving only his voice in the air: "The game officially begins now. We are both in this building. It's up to us to see who can eliminate the other first. Any method or means are allowed!" "A building ambush!" Chen Xu was thrilled. Wow, this was just like live-action CS! He'd always seen similar scenes in Hong Kong police dramas, and now he was finally experiencing it firsthand. Chen Xu couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
This simulated battlefield building was indeed like those in Hong Kong and Taiwanese police dramas. It was a three-story unfinished building. Chen Xu looked out the window; the building wasn't large, but it seemed to have many rooms. He wondered where the instructors were hiding at this moment.
Chen Xu mimicked the pose from the movie, pressing himself against the wall as he slowly walked to the door. After opening the door, he cautiously peeked out. He looked around carefully to make sure no one was there before stepping out and walking in one direction, still close to the wall.
This is a very exciting cat-and-mouse game, but it's unclear which of the two is the cat and which is the mouse.
Chen Xu, mimicking a cat, walked forward step by step, close to the wall, careful not to make the slightest sound. At the same time, he listened intently to his surroundings, glancing back every now and then, afraid that the instructor might be right behind him.
Arriving at the door of a room, Chen Xu grabbed the doorknob with one hand, raised the sonar gun watch with his left, thought about the action in the movie, turned the doorknob, kicked the door open, and suddenly moved to the doorway, raising the sonar gun and aiming it into the room!
There was no one inside, but a figure flashed past the window in an instant!
Chen Xu quickly fired a shot at the window, but it was too late. Just then, a loud thud was heard outside. Chen Xu rushed to the window and peered out, only to see a figure flash into the window to his lower left – it was the instructor!
Chen Xu glanced over. There was an air conditioner switch next to the window on each floor of the building. Presumably, the "thump" sound just now was the instructor jumping onto the switch, and then he must have climbed in through the window.
That's awesome!
Chen Xu was on the third floor, and the distance to the window next to him was at least three meters. If it were Chen Xu, he definitely wouldn't dare to jump, but not only did he jump, he did it so easily and effortlessly.
Chen Xu rushed out of the house and leaned against the wall to the stairwell, but did not rush down.
Although lacking in combat experience, Chen Xu had watched plenty of police and gangster movies. He knew that given the instructor's speed, he was definitely ready to come down by now. Rushing down now would only lead him into the instructor's trap!
So Chen Xu carefully pressed himself against the wall and moved down, since this was the third floor, the top floor. He didn't need to worry about being attacked from behind. Just then, a shadow flashed at the top of the stairs. Chen Xu, his nerves on edge, immediately fired, but it was too late; the figure had already retreated.
Knowing that he was only facing off against the instructor, Chen Xu felt much more at ease after confirming that the instructor was downstairs. He quickly walked to the middle of the two staircases, looked down, and found that there was still no one downstairs!
"Damn rat!" Chen Xu cursed. He hated this feeling, this feeling of not knowing where the other party was, not being able to grasp the other party at all, and letting things get out of his control. This feeling made him extremely unhappy.
Chen Xu walked down the floor but still couldn't see the instructor, which made him a little frustrated. He shouted, "Instructor, you rotten watermelon, if you've got the guts, come out and fight me face to face! What kind of skill is it to hide?"
The instructor didn't answer, letting Chen Xu continue his tirade: "You one-eyed coward, if you don't come out now, I curse you to be a virgin for life! No, I curse your wife to be a virgin for life! I curse you to never find chopsticks when you eat Chinese food, never find knives and forks when you eat Western food, and never find the seasoning packet when you eat instant noodles!"
Chen Xu started by cursing in a rather polite manner, but later he started using all sorts of profanities, such as "Fuck you, you damn fool!" and "You son of a bitch, you're eating watermelon!" Later on, he went on to say things like, "Damn it! If I weren't a Hui Muslim, I would have bitten you to death!" and "Grd, don't let me catch you, or I'll spray you with shit!"
Chen Xu was already rambling incoherently...
Chen Xu cursed until his throat was dry, but the instructor didn't react at all. The surroundings were quiet except for the simulated bird calls and insect chirps, which made Chen Xu very frustrated: "Damn it, they can even simulate the effect of thirst. Does the instructor not understand these curses? Am I cursing too profoundly?"
But in reality, this virtual realm almost perfectly simulates everything in reality, including swear words. If the one-eyed instructor wanted to swear, the database of insults would be enough to make even a pig with a shred of self-respect hang itself. Chen Xu's insults were child's play... but this is also a form of training mental fortitude. A powerful B-level being like the one-eyed instructor wouldn't care about such idle gossip anymore; this is one of the essential conditions for becoming a master.
However, Chen Xu thought differently. Even masters don't necessarily have great mental fortitude. Take Lu Bu, for example, the undisputed number one warrior of the Three Kingdoms, right? Yet, after being called a "slave of three surnames" by Zhang Fei, his face turned as red with anger as Guan Yu's…
Although Chen Xu was cursing, he was also on high alert. He felt like a leopard ready to pounce on its prey, but he didn't know if he, the little leopard, was a match for the one-eyed old leopard.
After taking a few steps, Chen Xu realized that he was in a huge crisis.
The building's layout resembled a hotel or dormitory with multiple rooms. A narrow alleyway, barely wide enough for three adults to walk side-by-side, led to doors on both sides. Who knew which door that one-eyed leopard might be hiding behind?
It's easy to imagine that if Chen Xu opened the wrong door, the one-eyed leopard would immediately rush out and attack him upon hearing the sound of the door opening...
what to do?
Chen Xu thought for a moment, walked to the first door, and kicked it open. But instead of rushing in, he faced the opposite door and prepared to defend himself.
But none of the other doors responded. Was the one-eyed instructor not coming out, or was he actually inside the room? Chen Xu cautiously turned around. Just as he reached the door, a hand suddenly shot out from inside and aimed directly at his neck!
At that moment, Chen Xu didn't have time to fire. He forcefully blocked the shot with his hand and then kicked out. The one-eyed instructor snorted coldly and took the blow with his abdomen. Chen Xu felt as if he had kicked a metal plate, and then his ankle was gripped by an iron clamp!
Chen Xu immediately tried to free his left hand to give him a good whack, but the one-eyed instructor flipped his leg up, and Chen Xu immediately lost his balance and flew backward... and in a 360-degree arc.
But just as Chen Xu flipped over, with his feet in the air and his head down, the one-eyed instructor followed up and kicked him squarely in the waist! Chen Xu crashed straight into the wall in a martial arts special effects pose!
Watching the action scenes in movies, where the protagonists seem incredibly cool and unaffected by any beatings, doesn't feel so good when it actually happens to you.
The kick landed squarely on his lower back, and Chen Xu felt like his lumbar spine was about to break! The lower back is a man's lifeline! The kick made Chen Xu feel like his lower body immediately went numb. And the moment he hit the wall, his nose felt like it was about to break off. His whole head was buzzing, and his face was filled with stars!
But the one-eyed instructor wouldn't let him go. He rushed up, grabbed his left hand, and forcefully dislocated it!
"Crack!" Chen Xu's left hand was instantly dislocated, and he screamed in pain, almost fainting. At this moment, the one-eyed instructor easily removed his watch and sneered, "How about it, are you convinced?"
Chen Xu, pinned to the ground and covered in cold sweat, yelled, "I give up, you son of a bitch! Get me healed right now! I'm going to die, you son of a bitch!"
After cursing, Chen Xu felt himself instantly enveloped in white light, and that familiar warm feeling resurfaced once again... The pain from his injuries quickly subsided, and his depleted strength gradually returned.