Chapter 724
Chapter 724 - 710: Bringing the Whole Family
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With some rare free time, Lu Ping’an consulted his mentor about some issues.
"...Is advancing to the fourth-tier really that difficult?"
At the forefront was Lu Ping’an’s own question of advancement.
Now, he is actually a third-tier Scholar and a third-tier Gardener; advancing further seems not difficult.
He naturally asked his mentor about the situation of advancing, but at this time, he only got some subtle answers that made people feel perplexed.
"When it comes to the fourth-tier in the Gardener series, I don’t have any channels here... It should be said that even if there were, you wouldn’t look up to them."
Professor Wen was quite calm and didn’t hide anything from Lu Ping’an.
He is a well-known Scholar in the industry, and the Gardener circle is not about having everything with just strength; even within the State, his connections are quite extensive.
He knows quite a few Decree-level and even Rule-level Gardeners and can provide introduction letters for Lu Ping’an, but that doesn’t mean he can provide stable advancement opportunities for fourth-tier Gardeners.
"Many third-tier Gardeners have worked with their mentors for a lifetime without successfully advancing. Fourth-tier Gardeners are very special..."
The Gods can also provide a way to go a step further, but those relatively easy-to-appoint fourth-tier Gardeners are somewhat weird at a higher level.
"...Those mass-produced so-called Decree-level Gardeners are not suitable for academic-type Gardeners. In a certain sense, they are more like mass-produced soldiers. They often have only one or two abilities worth showing off, and they are only slightly stronger than third-tier ones..."
At this time, Professor Wen sincerely advised Lu Ping’an not to be too eager for quick success. In his eyes, Lu Ping’an had a chance to break through to the Rule-level Gardener.
"...Advancing in the Life System is relatively special. Most of them start as researchers. Often, they suddenly gain insight while researching, publish a few papers, and inexplicably enter a new realm."
This statement was a bit mysterious, but Lu Ping’an could understand.
To enter the fourth-tier as a professional, one must glimpse the truth and the "source"... You must see a higher goal to have the motivation and means to step into a higher level.
Although Lu Ping’an achieved it easily, many professionals are actually stuck at this stage.
The biggest advantage of the way provided by the Gods is, this aspect is anicter...the goals provided by those professions are the Gods, not the "source"; they are following the path of the Gods or the downgraded version released by the Gods.
For those God-given battle-professions at the Decree-level, it’s the easiest. Even some relatively stable advancement channels are available. For example, some specific Abnormal Abilities can be practiced to a point where they can "change reality" on a small scale, and that would allow you to step into a higher level.
There are similar paths for Gardeners, but Professor Wen advised Lu Ping’an not to touch them.
If Lu Ping’an is willing to take the "mass-production" route, he has a hunch that doing so would allow him to complete his advancement within a month.
But that has practically no significance... Each path is a road, and walking on a path that cuts off the way ahead is just a waste of time.
"...I think you should focus more on learning, study more fundamentals... The symbiotic Demon Plant you have has yet to mature, and you haven’t fully utilized your third-tier Gardener abilities. Trying to forcefully advance now may not be a good thing."
Professor Wen was worried that Lu Ping’an had been going too smoothly and would become arrogant and not heed his advice; he was urging him to slow down time and time again.
𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
"I have learned." Lu Ping’an nodded and said nothing more.
He also knew that the most promising fourth-tier Decree was the path he created himself, the pathway exclusive to him.
As a result, normal professionals who get stuck at the fourth-tier can try to take on various part-time jobs in a frenzy, using more lower-level structures to build upward channels.
The steadier the foundation, the higher it can pile up.
"Perhaps, like at the beginning, just take on two or three third-tier part-time jobs again..."
While others only hope to break through, Lu Ping’an can pick the highest possible path.
So which way has the highest ceiling...
He subconsciously touched his own eyes, perhaps, his opportunity to step forward, would come faster than anyone else anticipated.
"It seems that advancing is indeed not something that can be rushed. At least, I need to cultivate the three Magic Pets first... Uh, won’t that be a bit funny? Three Decree-level pets with a third-tier master."
While he still needs to accumulate experience to become a fourth-tier Gardener, there are things he can already make up for.
"You look at the books first, and ask me if you don’t understand anything."
In this regard, the teachers of the Ninth Vocational High School were very generous.
After all, what Lu Ping’an asked for was not any secret information; he only wanted the basic information of low-level Flame-system professionals.
But looking at the small bookshelf in front of him, Lu Ping’an was a bit puzzled.
"These are just introductions and basic information. After you decide which path you want to take, tell us, and we can arrange a corresponding teacher... you’re lucky, most of our series teachers are here, so whatever you choose, there will be someone specialized to teach."
Lu Ping’an couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Was it supposed to be a good thing to have more than a dozen mentors to serve him alone?
He flipped through the books, most of which were ordinary notes, but some of them were records of taboo knowledge.
These things should be valuable, so the teachers seemed to be very kind.
Invitation? It was easy to settle.
With the endorsement of the military and the government, as well as the promise of "not needing them on the battlefield, but still researching," the teachers of the Ninth Vocational High School agreed without hesitation.
The reason was simple: they had not been having a good time lately.
Just because the Aus people suffered a big loss from Lu Ping’an did not mean they became weak.
They were still hunting outsiders all over the world. Other camps had been attacked several times, and naturally, the main camp with a large number of people was a priority target.
There were no weak ones among the Flame-system teachers of the Ninth Vocational High School, and most of them were experienced warriors, but the fact that they had become teachers often meant that they were tired of fighting and wars.
As a matter of fact, the "retirement" career had made their skills somewhat dull and less adapted to high-intensity, high-risk battlefield environments.
However, if the camp and themselves were attacked, they naturally couldn’t just sit idly by. As high-powered battle-professionals, they could not help but repeatedly step forward and take on a considerable amount of combat duties and watch.
Now that they heard there were other options and that someone would protect them so they could focus on their research (lazing around), they naturally agreed.
And this result was not an exception. Lu Ping’an originally thought that the camp controllers would be annoyed by this kind of poaching behavior, but he didn’t expect...
"Comrades, you’re finally here! We’ve been waiting for you for a long time!"
The tearful expression made people feel a bit wrong.
After chatting, they found out that he was actually forced to step up.
"The original manager died in the first wave of attacks, and as the highest-ranking person, I was pushed up to be in charge. We’ve been facing incidents every day, and I’m ashamed to see my fellow countrymen..."
As the original main camp, this place was targeted by the Aus people. Attacks came every five minutes.
Without the combat power to flatten the camp in one fell swoop, such small-scale harassment and raids were an unavoidable nightmare for camp personnel who had lost their communication and reconnaissance means.
A Vortex Stone Cannon Tower, a black flying knife in the night, could take away a life... The camp was not originally prepared for war and had been repeatedly destroyed, its security was even worse than many small peripheral camps.
But here, there were many non-combatants, logistics personnel, equipment, and researchers... They could only grit their teeth, arrange their combat power in shifts, and forcibly keep going.
At this moment, Lu Ping’an and Wang Xier looked at each other and realized that they had both overestimated the situation in the other camps.
"It seems that other camps are not trying to operate independently; they simply do not have the ability to leave their base."
Stepping out of the secure defensive facilities might lead to immediate attacks; it’s better to squat and wait for help... and now, hasn’t the help arrived?
"How about we modify the plan a bit?"
"Hmm... Large-scale migration? Moving-house-style migration, but do we have enough people?"
"Go to each camp one by one and roll the snowball. That should be enough."
"A big expedition with families? It seems that we have to wait for the Aus people to come to us."
— End of Chapter 724 —