Astral Apostle

   Chapter 63 New Life Goals

   After waiting at the imperial hunter station for two days, Zhou Jing probably figured out the situation. There are all kinds of supporting facilities here, all for the service of the imperial hunter, and there are many settlements nearby.

  Tarn City is both the royal capital and the safest fortress city in the Terra Empire at present. The foreign population flows in all the year round, and the fortress city cannot be easily expanded, so three areas are divided, namely the inner city, the outer city and the attached town.

Affiliated towns are villages and towns that are attached to the capital and scattered around the city walls. With the restrictions on living in the capital and the soaring land prices, most of the foreign population chooses to live in the towns, which are subtly separated according to customs, culture, wealth and other factors. . There are eight attached towns around the capital, and the imperial hunter station is one of them, which is more special than the others.

  In addition to hunting, imperial hunters basically do nothing to produce and do nothing. Due to their strong physical fitness, they have higher hormone secretion levels and strong desires. Most of the time, they are more restless than adolescents, and each has its own way of venting.

   Some people sneak to other towns every day to find brothels, and some people wrestle and sweat on the training ground every day.

  Because of the strength that Cole and Cole showed for a short time, the news spread like wildfire in the past two days. The imperial hunters in the station all knew that a very powerful second-strengthened newcomer had arrived, and Zhou Jing was invited to wrestle every day.

  Hunters are martial and respect the strong, and intense activities can often bring more income from daily gathering. Zhou Jing will not refuse anyone who comes, and whoever falls will have enough fun.

   I met a lot of people through wrestling in the past two days, and the name "Jace" also spread among the imperial hunters.

   On the third day, several hunter teams who were out hunting finally returned to the city.

  Empire Hunter Commander Crabbe returned. Hearing about Zhou Jing's situation, he didn't even change his clothes stained with the blood of alien beasts. He asked Cole to find Zhou Jing to meet him immediately.

  …

   Zhou Jing followed Cole to the gate of the station, and at a glance, he saw a convoy of dozens of pack animals pulling wooden boards, piled with the corpses of alien beasts of various shapes.

   There were also several alien beasts that were captured alive. They were covered in scars, and their whole bodies were bound by special ropes. They had been injected with paralyzing drugs, and they had not eaten for many days.

   A large group of workshop personnel surrounded the convoy, loading and unloading the corpses of alien beasts, dragging the surviving alien beasts out of the car. Beside the convoy, many hunters, including Cole, were surrounded by one person.

   Zhou Jing looked over and was slightly taken aback.

   Unlike other tall and burly hunters, this man is less than 1.7 meters tall, but he is extremely stocky, his muscles are piled up like an explosion, he almost burst his leather armor, and he looks very solid, like a rock with clear ravines. On the back hangs a hexagonal cone-shaped war hammer with an extremely exaggerated hammer head, with mottled bloodstains standing on it.

   He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, white temples, and looks quite old, with a beard.

   "That's our commander Kreber." Cole introduced in a low voice.

   "It's not the same as I imagined..." Zhou Jing told the truth.

"I understand." Cole lowered his voice and smiled: "The commander was originally not like this, but when he was strengthening for the fourth time, he chose a dwarf turtle dragon, and his bad luck inherited the side effects... In short, in front of him, the most It's better not to mention your height, whoever mentions it will turn his face."

   Zhou Jing's mouth twitched.

  ...It seems that it is still necessary to get one or two more alien blood warriors to clear the customs. If a certain enhancement unfortunately has side effects, at least there is a backup option that can be replaced.

   At this moment, when Crabbe saw Zhou Jing, he immediately pushed the crowd away and walked over, haha ​​said:

   "You are Jace! I heard that you can defeat Cole? Well, we imperial hunters need talents like you."

   Although he was laughing, his voice was so low that it almost caused the air to vibrate.

   Zhou Jing simply said hello and looked at Kreiber curiously.

   This is the current chief hunter of the empire, the highest enhancer in existence?

   He quietly opened the panel and spent 10 Astral Points to start reconnaissance.

   The next moment, Kreber's attributes are brushed on the panel.

  [Attribute: Physical 74, Resistance 80 (second-order max), Perception 42, Spirit 18, Energy 10]

'Three attributes have broken through the first-order, the resistance is really high, and the threshold of the second-order is touched... The five enhancements for ordinary people should be slightly lower than this level. After all, Kreber must know a lot of skills to support his attributes... ...In other words, there are still 10 energy attributes. ’

   Zhou Jing is very interested.

According to others, Kreber was a fifty-five-year-old hunter who had been the commander of the Imperial hunters for seven years, experienced in hunting, proficient in a variety of weapons, and was extremely powerful, even capable of beating to death with his bare hands. Some high-risk alien beasts are also able to deal with deadly alien beasts with ease.

   This level of physical attributes has surpassed that of most alien beasts, and there are only very few creatures in this world that can threaten his existence.

Zhou Jing compared his own physical parameters and felt that Kleber's attributes, strength conservatively estimated to be more than ten tons, maybe he could reach twenty tons. It seems that he is not good at speed, but the speed is at least 120 to 30 kilometers per hour. , the strongest aspect is the defense, which can withstand the impact that is much stronger than its own strength.

   When he was calculating and thinking, he didn't keep his mouth idle, chatted a few words with Kreber and got to know each other.

Although   Kreiber is the pinnacle of the existing hunters, he is not on the air. Although his voice is powerful, his words are quite friendly, and he speaks bluntly:

"Kor said that you plan to strengthen three times, you are very courageous, yes. When you officially join, the inventory of the workshop will be open to you, and you can choose the different blood potions. You have also waited for a few days, so don't delay any longer. , go to the Colosseum today, and I will take you there."

   He directly threw the unloading work to his deputy, beckoned Zhou Jing and Cole to follow, and went straight to the Colosseum, acting resolutely.

   Zhou Jing followed closely, and the group soon came to the Colosseum on the outskirts of the capital, where a huge circular building was located and was heavily guarded.

  Creiber went up to talk to the defenders, and directly brushed his face and led Zhou Jing and the others in.

   The person in charge of the Colosseum heard the news and came out to greet him in person, which was quite enthusiastic.

   "Commander Crabbe, why are you here today?"

   "Looking for a strange beast, I'm going to test our new awesome guy." Kreber let out a thunderous laugh, straight to the point.

   "No problem! I'll have someone go to the beast cage and pull one over immediately." The person in charge of the Colosseum agreed immediately, and then looked at Zhou Jing: "What level of alien beast do you want to fight?"

  Kreiber and Cole also turned to look at Zhou Jing.

   Zhou Jing groaned and said tentatively, "Middle-risk alien beast?"

If    heads up, he thinks it's better to be safe.

   "Okay." Crabbe had no problem.

The    secondary enhancement corresponds to medium-risk alien beasts. Although Jess is very strong at this level, it is okay to challenge high-risk estimates. Success is more likely to be valued...but it is somewhat risky.

  Choosing to challenge the middle danger, in Craiber's view, is within his capacity. He has long passed the age of gambling adventures and challenging the limit, and he prefers the style of steady and steady fighting. It is an advantage for a hunter to start with certainty.

  ... Of course, it is more secure to choose low risk, but that does not meet the level corresponding to the level of reinforcement.

   Zhou Jing prepared for a while before entering the Colosseum, while Crabbe and Cole came to the high stand as spectators.

   He waited for a while, and suddenly heard the roar of the beast approaching.

   "Horrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

  The entrance blocked by the iron fence opposite Zhou Jing was opened, and a strange beast roared and rushed into the Colosseum, the chain around its neck dragged on the ground, making a clanging sound.

This is an alien beast with a wolf head and a human body. It is about 2.3 meters tall, with upright feet and a hunched body. Its long hair is gray and black, and its sharp claws are as sharp as knives. It can easily disembowel people. Scratch deep claw marks.

   "A humanoid beast, is it a gray werewolf..." Zhou Jing recognized the species of this monster.

  There is a special category of alien beasts, called humanoids, which often have a body structure similar to the human body. Compared with other species, their strength and speed are not outstanding, but their size is not large and difficult to deal with, and they are generally more cunning.

  The characteristics of gray werewolves are that they heal quickly and have a strong sense of smell. Although their physical strength is limited, they are more flexible and agile because of their "petite" size, which is quite dangerous.

The most difficult part of    is that the gray werewolves are gregarious creatures, and they only appear in groups, which is more troublesome than ordinary high-risk alien beasts, as there are few opportunities for singles now.

  ‘It should be deliberately chosen by the Colosseum. This kind of alien beast with self-healing ability is probably the favorite of the Colosseum and can be reused. ’

   Zhou Jing pondered in his heart, kept moving, and pulled out the long knife on his back... This is a new weapon purchased with money, cast in fine iron, tough and sharp, and of high quality among ordinary weapons.

   After the gray werewolf rushed into the Colosseum, he wanted to run away, running and jumping frantically, but could not jump up to the high side wall.

  Scarlet eyes rolled, it finally noticed Zhou Jing in the field, immediately lowered his body, made a gesture of flying at any time, and grinned at Zhou Jing, his throat was low and dull, threatening to intimidate the opponent.

  Zhou Jing moved his shoulder and rushed forward suddenly.

   Upon seeing this, the gray werewolf roared and slammed into the air, with ten sharp claws, like ten daggers, stabbing straight out.

   Zhou Jing closed his breath and instantly entered the [Thunder Strike] state, and his explosive power increased by one gear.

  Sa!

   He turned his footsteps, and when he was about to collide, he turned to avoid the claws of the gray werewolf, only a tiny difference.

   The long knife is slanted, pulling out a long and narrow cold light.

brush!

   In the Colosseum, two figures crossed each other in an instant.

   Quietly, a broken wolf hand flew out.

  Blood spurts, and the incision is smooth.

   One of the gray werewolf's arms was chopped off at a glance, and in front of Zhou Jing's double-high blade, it was like a hot knife cutting butter.

   "Woo!"

   The gray werewolf was in pain, let out a scream like a puppy, turned around and waved his arms to grab it, and went straight to Zhou Jing's back.

   However, Zhou Jing's speed was faster than him. As soon as he stepped on his feet, he had already turned around and slashed, with unparalleled speed.

  Brush——The blade broke through the flesh and bones all the way, and directly cut off half of the palm of the gray werewolf's hand and a large piece of forearm.

   The gray werewolf was in severe pain, and his beastly hair was violent. Regardless of the severe damage to his arm, he suddenly opened his big mouth, trying to bite the throat of the enemy who had injured him.

   Driven by the strong neck muscles, the gray werewolf's bite was like a snake's head ejection, very fast, and the sharp teeth in his mouth were about to touch Zhou Jing's skin.

   But before the gray werewolf bit, Zhou Jing knew the trajectory of his actions.

   His face remained the same, he raised his hand with an elbow, and slammed the gray werewolf on the chin, directly slamming the mouth of the **** bowl that was spitting fishy gas closed.

   Immediately after he lifted his foot and kicked, a huge force exploded, blasting between the gray werewolf's chest and abdomen.

  !

   The gray werewolf was kicked into the air.

   It was only halfway through the flight when the chain on its neck suddenly tightened, and the other end was caught by Zhou Jing's probe.

   Make a push!

   The next moment, a stronger force stopped the gray werewolf from its castration, and directly dragged it back to Zhou Jing.

   Before it could hit the ground, Zhou Jing loosened the chains, held the knife in both hands, and burst out against the flying gray werewolf.

   A gleam of cold sword light flashed across the gray werewolf's field of vision.

  The neck goes through the horizontal blade.

  Puff!

   A huge wolf head swirled up into the sky, and the fountain-like blood of the beast shot out four or five meters high.

   The headless corpse passed by Zhou Jing, staggered forward a few steps, and fell to the ground behind Zhou Jing.

   "Call..."

   Zhou Jing spit out the breath that was held in his body, threw off the sticky blood on the blade, and put the blade into the sheath.

  The middle-risk alien beast, before Jason's current physique, is a hustler, and he can kill it head-on without even tumbling.

  papapa – there was applause from the stands.

  Kreiber looked approving: "Played well."

   The battle was very short, almost instant kill. He saw Zhou Jing's suppressing power from it.

   looks easy, but only by crushing the gray werewolf in all directions with strength and speed, and understanding the habits of fighters and opponents, can it seem to be an understatement to quickly kill a medium-dangerous beast.

  Kreiber has always been very fond of capable hunters.

   He jumped off the stand, came to Zhou Jing, raised his head and said, "From now on, you are a glorious imperial hunter."

   Don't you need to take an oath or apply for documents... Zhou Jing wanted to scratch his head a little.

  The world of alien beasts is more sloppy than the main world in this respect...simple.

   At this moment, new information popped up on the panel.

  [Trigger the achievement [Empire Hunter]! ]

  [You get 500 Astral Points]

  [Specific conditions have been met... Do you want to load a new [life goal] for the current apostle? ]

  [Current life goal: [empty slot] x3]

  [Loadable targets: [Empire Chief Hunter], [Hunter Master], [Beyond Epic]]

   "Huh?" Zhou Jing was slightly taken aback.

  New life goals? He thought that to complete the life goal of an apostle, after the customs clearance and settlement, this thing no longer exists.

   Seeing that the guess from him was wrong, [Life Goal] This thing is renewable, and it can be replaced or increased or decreased in some way. It is probably something like career tasks and career achievements.

   And the number of initial life goals of the astral apostle means how many "empty slots" there are after completion.

   Zhou Jing quickly analyzed it.

   The so-called "achieving certain conditions" should be part of the involvement in special events or joining certain factions, right?

   In this case, it is more favorable than what I expected. The eternal apostle still has this way to obtain information-state particles stably, not only doing things everywhere.

   Different from the generation of new apostles, the self-triggered [life goal] is no longer mandatory, you can discover it yourself, and choose whether to load it into the apostle, which is more flexible... It seems that when a normal person completes a goal, he will establish a new goal.

   And Zhou Jing discovered that the [Life Goal] he discovered by himself seems to be similar to the Apostle's original [Life Goal] route. Maybe only a more ambitious goal in a similar direction can be triggered?

Does    mean that a person who is determined to study medicine, unless he encounters special reasons, will not easily have the ideal of "becoming a writer" that is far from the life line?

  ‘If not only Eternal Apostles, but also Unclear Apostles can trigger new life goals on their own, then this may be a long-term route for clearing clearance evaluations. Completing the customs clearance tasks one after another is more purposeful and stable than doing things in vain, but the premise is that it can be triggered. ’

   Zhou Jing pondered to himself, excited.

   The three targets that can be loaded at this time are all alien hunter routes.

[Empire Chief Hunter], as the name suggests, must be awarded the title of the Empire; and [Hunter Master] is to master and master a large number of hunter breathing techniques and combat skills, and hunt a hundred exotic beasts in total, becoming a recognized "master" by the hunter group; [Transcendence Epic] The number of enhancements exceeded the historical record, higher than Raven's eight times.

   "Jason Wood" is currently a salted fish with no goals. Zhou Jing felt that these three goals were similar to his own plans, so he did not hesitate and chose to load directly.

  [“Jason Wood” life purpose changed]

  [Current life goals: [Empire Chief Hunter], [Hunter Master], [Beyond Epic]]

   'I feel like life has a head start all of a sudden...' Looking at the three new goals, Zhou Jing was inexplicably more motivated.

   When he was operating the panel, Kreiber didn't stop.

"...As for your friend Rosen, I know the situation, you can make an exception and don't need a hunting test." Craiber said slowly: "If you can successfully strengthen three times, you are the backbone of the empire's hunters, qualified to lead A team, put Rosen in your team."

   "Okay." Zhou Jing came back to his senses.

  Kreiber nodded, raised his hand high, and patted Zhou Jing on the shoulder. With the expectations of the leader for potential employees, he encouraged:

   "I'm optimistic about you, you can talk to me when you have time."

   After he finished speaking, he did not stay here any longer, bid farewell to the two of them, and jumped away without even leaving the main entrance, acting resolutely.

  Zhou Jing watched Crabbe fly out of the Colosseum with a big jump, then turned to look at Cole: "He's pretty good."

   "Of course, Commander Kreber is the big brother of our imperial hunters. He remembers the names of every hunter and apprentice." Cole shrugged.

   While the two were chatting, the medical team at the side of the Colosseum had already entered the arena to see if the gray werewolf could still be saved.

   found that it was dead, and the medical team immediately turned into an autopsy team, collecting materials on the spot and squeezing the secondary value of the gray werewolf.

   Zhou Jing and Cole didn't stay long, said goodbye to the person in charge of the Colosseum, and set off back.

   Not long after, the two returned to the imperial hunter station. Zhou Jing did not delay and went directly to the workshop.

   Hearing that he had officially become an imperial hunter, the workshop opened its service and took him to the warehouse to display the stock of alien blood potions.

   "This is what we have in stock now, see what you want."

   Zhou Jing took the list handed over by the workshop staff, and immediately stared.

  Intensive content, stuffed with lists.

   So much stock? !

   The number of hunters here is so huge, it shouldn’t be.

   Seeing Zhou Jing's surprise, the workshop staff reluctantly explained:

   "This workshop is directly under the empire. Unlike other towns, our production capacity is far greater than our consumption. We have sufficient materials for exotic animals, almost non-stop production, and when developing new formulas, we will produce a lot of accessories.

Every year, only when apprentices are cultivated, a large number of different blood potions will be used, but in normal times, few hunters want to hit a higher level of strengthening, so the storage is always more and more, and various blood potions are piled up with dust... …”

   Zhou Jing looked at the high-quality potions on the list that must have been reserved in other towns, but almost no one here cares, and his eyes became brighter.

  This royal capital, but it's so right!

   (end of this chapter)