My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 137

Chapter 137 Suffering a Beating! Becoming an Armored Bone Master

“This…” Xue Fei said with difficulty, “Junior Jiang has already given the order, but if you insist…”

“Jiang Shumo?” Wei Yu Fan’s expression retracted, and he shook his head, “Since it’s an order directly from the Chief Judge, then let’s follow the rules.”

Xue Fei’s face stiffened slightly, and after a moment of silence, he forced a smile, “Yes.”

Cowards!

Both of them cursed in their hearts, then Wei Yu Fan skipped the topic, “The ‘Jade Hidden Flowing Light Potion’ I asked for…”

“Oh, oh…” Xue Fei opened the desktop terminal to check, and after a moment, shook his head, “Unfortunately, the two months’ supply has already been redeemed. You might have to wait…”

“The next fixed allocation from the resource repository belongs to the Security Division. If you don’t want to wait, you can only buy it yourself.”

Wei Yu Fan frowned, disappointed, “I understand.”

…

“Is this old fox investigating me because of the last incident?” Su Chen couldn’t help but speculate as he left Jiang Shumo’s office.

Is he just investigating me, or all core seeds?

“Cliff Mountain City…” He thought carefully, his former self certainly had no relevant memories, “This place shouldn’t be simple. Otherwise, Jiang Shumo wouldn’t have specifically tested me.”

“It seems I need to be more careful recently.” Su Chen wasn’t too worried.

A clear conscience fears no slander, as long as no one sees him transform into a Black Tuo Priest and gets killed on the spot.

It was only eight or nine o’clock when he returned to his residence. Su Chen went directly into the gravity training room and began his exercises.

To meet the professional requirements of the [Reverser], Su Chen trained thoroughly, not leaving the gravity room until the next morning, consuming three doses of various potions.

“Hoo… hoo… hoo…”

Su Chen lay on his back in the gravity room, panting heavily, not wanting to move a single finger, feeling dizzy and exhausted to the limit.

He glanced at the panel. The second requirement for [Reverser], complete exhaustion of physical and mental energy, had advanced by 1%.

“Only training to this extent counts as complete exhaustion…” Su Chen didn’t want to move, but the training wasn’t over yet.

A short while later, a faint knock was heard, followed by the sound of the door opening, then a low murmur, and then silence again.

After waiting for a moment, the knock sounded again, and not long after, the gravity room door opened. Bu Siqi, standing at the doorway, was startled to see Su Chen lying on the floor.

“Junior Brother… are you alright?”

His expression changed, and he quickly approached.

He breathed a sigh of relief after realizing Su Chen was just exhausted, and couldn’t help but speak, “Are you sick? Why are you training so intensely?”

“Attack me.” Su Chen’s voice was very low.

“Huh?” Bu Siqi was stunned. After understanding, he didn’t suspect Su Chen was sick, but rather thoughtfully said, “Is this some kind of job requirement? No wonder there are people from the medical department outside.”

“How strong should the attack be?” he asked.

“Normal Tier 3 is fine… just not too strong.” Su Chen closed his eyes.

“Alright…” Bu Siqi grinned, “Junior Brother, brace yourself.”

Bu Siqi raised his hand, and viscous blood-colored particles condensed from the void, gradually forming a blurry fist-shaped outline. When it reached a certain size, the entire blood fist suddenly contracted and hardened, smashing downwards with a sharp hiss that tore through the air.

Bang!

Su Chen’s body shuddered, emitting a dull thud. The recoil caused him to bounce off the floor and then fall heavily back down.

“Tsk, Junior Brother, your physical strength is impressive.” Bu Siqi looked at Su Chen, whose chest was slightly caved in, and couldn’t help but marvel, “With no active defense, you only sustained such minor injuries.”

“Cough, cough…” Su Chen coughed twice, speechless, “Keep going…”

This was the method Su Chen came up with: first, train himself to his limit to meet the requirements of the [Reverser], and then have someone hit him to meet the requirements of the [Armored Bone Master].

Anyway, defense wasn’t allowed, and the state of being at his limit was perfect.

Now, he needed to determine how severe an injury would allow him to recover his stamina and injuries simultaneously.

Bu Siqi attacked Su Chen’s other body parts fiercely, still not satisfied.

The medical personnel came in, gave Su Chen two gulps of green potion, and then took out various instruments to examine his injuries.

“If high-grade recovery potions are used, these injuries will heal in about three hours.”

The medical supervisor estimated, “As for recovering from exhaustion to peak condition, it will take about four hours, and one high-grade recovery potion will be enough.”

“I see, Senior Brother, two more hits then.” Su Chen said thoughtfully.

Bu Siqi was happy to oblige and heavily hammered Su Chen a couple more times.

“In that case, the recovery time for injuries and stamina will balance out, allowing me to endure about twenty hits a day. I should meet the requirements in a little over a month.” Su Chen estimated.

However, the cost of potions would rise further.

High-grade recovery potions were not cheap, costing over 500,000 gold per dose, and with the medical team on standby, the price was equally steep.

Su Chen rested on the ground, while Bu Siqi sighed,

“…Alas, I don’t know what’s going on at the Tribunal. Old Teng hasn’t said to release them, nor has he said anything about further processing…”

“Even if it’s confirmed that there’s no problem, the Tribunal won’t easily release them. His probing this time had too serious an impact…” Su Chen said, having recovered some strength.

Even Su Chen didn’t want to see those Tier 5 Professionals, chief-level, probing him at will.

“That’s right…” Bu Siqi also understood this principle, “I guess we’ll have to wait until this negative impact completely subsides.”

The two chatted for a while, agreed on a time for their next meeting, and then Bu Siqi left.

In the following days, Su Chen’s life became regular. Every day was training, exhaustion, getting beaten, and recovering. The job requirements were steadily progressing.

Every few days, he would go to the Translation Department to assist in deciphering the Holy Word Stone.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Su Chen again trained to the point of exhaustion, waiting for the gravity chamber to open.

This time, however, it wasn’t Bu Siqi who came, but…

“Old Bai?” Su Chen looked at the slender figure at the door, surprised. “Where’s Senior Brother Bu?”

“He took a secret mission at the last minute and didn’t have time to inform you, so he asked me to fill in for him.” Bai Fengxi’s gaze swept over Su Chen’s bare upper body.

“You’ve advanced to Tier 3?” Su Chen was surprised.

Bai Fengxi’s pretty face sank slightly, “I advanced a month and a half ago.”

“Uh…” Su Chen really didn’t know about this.

She walked straight up to him, examining him from head to toe. Su Chen’s eyebrow twitched as he heard her say, “Your Senior Brother said it’s very simple, just hit you, right?”

At Su Chen’s nod, the head of the emergency team outside the gravity room walked in and explained, “You need to attack with the intensity of a normal Tier 3, preferably just reaching Tier 3.”

“When attacking, don’t hit the head, heart, or…” The person in charge looked embarrassed, “Anyway, don’t hit the weak spots. “The coverage area of the attack should preferably be minimized, and the same area should not be attacked twice.”

After a month of cooperation, the person in charge already understood Su Chen’s needs and had continuously optimized the process, allowing Su Chen to endure nearly thirty beatings after exhaustion, while maintaining the same recovery time.

“I understand.” Bai Fengxi circled Su Chen, seemingly looking for a place to strike.

Old Bu isn’t reliable either… Su Chen felt an inexplicable sense of insecurity.

Whoosh! The cold wind was biting!

Bai Fengxi’s right arm condensed a crystalline ice armor in the cold wind, the ice layer spreading from her shoulder to her fingertips at a visible speed.

Her entire arm transformed into a sharp, crystalline ice hammer. After accumulating power, the fist, imbued with chilling cold, struck down like a falling star.

With a bang, it shattered into a ring of icy mist the moment it hit Su Chen’s chest, and spiderweb cracks rapidly spread from the impact point, sending ice crystal shards flying.

Fortunately, Bu Siqi was unreliable, but Old Bai was still somewhat reliable, strictly following the medical supervisor’s instructions.

However, it was her first time hitting Su Chen, so she wasn’t very skilled; she only managed twenty-eight hits.

“Only twenty-eight times? Your senior brother can hit thirty times, right?” Bai Fengxi looked regretfully at Su Chen, who was covered in ice shards.

Su Chen’s mouth twitched slightly. After a moment of silence, he said, “Practice makes perfect. You’ll catch up.”

Having not seen each other for a long time, Su Chen asked Bai Fengxi about her recent situation.

Bai Fengxi’s expression was unreadable, a faint cold wind escaping her lips. “You, this core seed, are truly busy. The Tribunal has been so lively recently, and your old friends are not unknown, yet you actually don’t know?”

She emphasized the words “old friends,” and Su Chen grimaced, “Are you talking about the core seed selection competition?”

To fill the gap in core seeds, Chong Jingtian held a selection competition, which was an unprecedented event for the Tribunal and Ying Feng in recent years, drawing widespread attention and having been underway for nearly a month.

Su Chen had occasionally heard about it, but hadn’t paid much attention, mainly because he had been busy completing the requirements for two professions recently, leaving him utterly miserable all the time.

He even lost the appetite for breakfast, which meant he missed Zero’s information summary.

Bai Fengxi gave a brief description with an expressionless face.

Only then did Su Chen realize that the selection competition was nearing its end, having entered the quarterfinals, with several popular candidates.

Feng Ze, an old acquaintance, was the first inner court seed to successfully challenge and merge with another, later taken down by Meng Qi.

Liang Jingcheng, the first core seed to be challenged down, is now seizing the opportunity to regain his core seed status, putting in all his effort.

And Old Bai herself, her sudden emergence surprised many. Only then did he learn that Old Bai was a top-tier professional in both Tier 2 and Tier 3.

Not only that, she had also taken up several special professions, following the exact same path as Yuan Poshan, and her strength was formidable.

Su Chen’s first reaction after hearing this was: “You’re praising yourself without even blushing?”

“Just stating the truth,” Bai Fengxi smiled.

Su Chen was speechless. Don’t look at Old Bai now, all aloof and cool like a girl. When she was a vagrant fighting for food before, she would snatch it faster than a dog.

Bai Fengxi took over hitting Su Chen, but everything else remained unchanged as time continued to flow.

Half a month later, in the gravity chamber, Su Chen reined in his surging mental power, and the surroundings gradually calmed down.

[D-rank Brahma Sound Void Breaking Meditation Method has reached master level, gaining the ability – Cohesion: Slightly increases mental power and enhances mental toughness]

[Azure Thunder Master: 23%]

[Arcane Hand: 29%]

[D-rank Crouching Tiger Body Forging Method – Proficiency: 55%]

The development of the profession was steadily increasing. Today, it was time to change the meditation method, which he had already prepared for and was not in a hurry.

There was one more thing; Su Chen’s eyes were unfocused, and the panel had expanded.

[Armored Bone Master – Job Promotion]

“Finally, after being beaten for dozens of days, I can finally get a job.” Su Chen couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.

The core of the Forging Life Vein had been delivered a month ago. Jiang Shumo personally issued the order, and it was delivered by the Internal Affairs Department without any ripples.

With a slight thought, the two words for “job promotion” dissipated. Su Chen felt a jolt in his heart, and a mass of dark golden liquid suddenly appeared before his chest, flowing irregularly. It was the core of the Forging Life Vein.

This dark golden liquid, as if alive, undulated and flowed before his chest, beginning to penetrate the surface of his skin.

The skin it touched instantly gleamed with a metallic luster, and the liquid spread along his muscles, revealing intricate geometric patterns wherever it passed.

As the coverage expanded, Su Chen’s subcutaneous tissue emitted a faint hum, glowing with a dark golden luster as the liquid permeated it.

“Hiss—”

Su Chen gasped, feeling as if countless ants were devouring his skin. The bone-deep itch and intense pain made him incredibly uncomfortable.

[Armored Bone Master job promotion successful, gaining professional ability – Living Armor: You can fuse defensive armor that does not exceed your professional tier, and you can repair damage to it.]

“Merge armor?” Su Chen carefully read the description. This ability was unexpected, yet within reason.

“I wonder what form it will take.” Su Chen moved his thoughts slightly, then took out the purple-gold scale armor from his storage space. The scaled armor instantly covered his upper body.

Then, he tried to activate the [Living Weapon] ability. Ripple-like patterns appeared on the scales covering his body, and the edges began to intertwine with his skin.

The gaps between the armor plates gradually closed, and the hard material took on a peculiar translucent state.

As the fusion deepened, the scales’ sharp edges became rounded, and the metallic luster transformed into a bio-luminescent glow, completely integrating with his skin.

Su Chen felt cool and comfortable, with no abnormal sensations on his skin, only a faint metallic sheen under specific lighting conditions.

“This way, the scale armor doesn’t even need to be removed anymore, and not only that…” Su Chen experienced a brand new sensation, his eyes flickering slightly, “After merging, my entire skin has been strengthened, even my eyes, unlike before when it could only defend specific areas.”

“So, how’s this?”

Su Chen’s mind stirred, and countless fine electric arcs suddenly shot across his skin, the azure green electricity moving like living things through his muscles.

From fingertips to shoulder blades, then along the spine to his ankles, nothing seemed to change, but Su Chen’s eyes lit up, “It actually works…”

The [Mystic Tool Master] ability can still function, and the Adamant Thunder Armor ability can be attached to the scales fused with his skin.

Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief, accompanied by the crackling sound of fine lightning arcs, “This way, my defense will become body strength + armor + abilities, a triple, seamless enhanced version.”

(End of Chapter)