The second extraordinary route is called [Martial Arts].
It is entirely different from the existing skills and techniques on Earth.
The accumulation of knowledge about meridians in Chinese medicine...
The routines of national martial arts...
These offer not the slightest help in cultivating Martial Arts.
[Martial Arts], calculates blood and Qi nodes through alien inscriptions, opening acupoints in the body to accumulate biological energy, which is then converted to Inner Qi.
To accumulate more Inner Qi, you must consume a large amount of food and supplement nutrients.
Carbohydrates, vitamins, proteins, and fats all need to be excessively supplemented.
Otherwise, a Martial Arts practitioner can easily become just skin and bones.
After receiving the invitation from the Grass Hut Academy, Ma Ran didn't just do nothing during this time.
Before his rebirth, he had already calculated all his acupoints thoroughly, leaving a deep impression, never to be forgotten.
Upon receiving the [Academic Demon] medal, Ma Ran started practicing Inner Qi directly.
Hence, his appetite became astonishingly large.
The Martial Arts extraordinary route, adhering to the conservation of mass-energy, sounds quite scientific and can follow a step-by-step approach, gradually transforming, enhancing physique, power, agility, and other attributes to become stronger.
But!
Compared to superpower awakening, which requires a certain price, the upper limit of Martial Arts...
Is exceptionally low!
The Ninth Rank of Martial Arts, practiced to the extreme, can be called a grandmaster.
However, such a "grandmaster" is just cannon fodder in the face of alien invaders, who would be defeated in seconds.
Now it's different...
Ma Ran can use his [play] ability to incrementally improve this most suitable extraordinary route for wider adoption!
...
The walls of the students' dormitory are made of sound-absorbing materials during renovation, with an excellent soundproofing effect.
After a dreamless night, Ma Ran, who had a good night's sleep, woke up punctually at six.
Just after washing up and putting on the uniform issued by the Grass Hut Academy, he heard a gentle knock on the door.
Opening the door, with a haggard face and bloodshot eyes, Wan Haihao was standing at the door, waiting patiently.
"Let's go, and have breakfast together."
Wan Haihao scratched his head, looking somewhat unusually energetic: "If I don't eat something to replenish nutrients, I feel like I'm going to drop dead."
Ma Ran closed the door and walked toward the cafeteria with this senior.
"Didn't sleep well?"
"Didn't sleep at all!"
Wan Haihao smiled bitterly: "The topics you and Xiao Ming discussed yesterday were a bit too stimulating for me."
"I kept thinking..."
"If superpowers really exist, what would the world become in the future?"
"The more I thought about it, the more excited I got, and I couldn't sleep at all..."
Ma Ran pondered for a moment and said, "Don't think too much, it's a good thing."
It is indeed a good thing.
The stronger the powers mastered by humans, the less impact human society will face when calamities come, and there will be fewer sacrifices and martyrdoms.
...
The Grass Hut Academy building complex was expanded on a plot three hundred meters northwest of the Ancient Longzhong Scenic Area, appearing grand, imposing, elegant, solemn, and generous.
Neat but not rigid, luxurious but not delicate, expansive but not ostentatious, ancient yet vibrant.
After the meal, the new members of the Grass Hut Academy were gathered and led into a brick and tile building with a "Classroom" plaque hanging from it.
In the center of the classroom, something resembling a tombstone was covered with black fabric of unknown material.
"What kind of fabric is this? It looks like it has a solid-liquid coexistence state..."
"I really want to touch it, but I don't dare to, afraid it might get damaged and I can't afford to pay."
"Coward."
"If you're so brave, why don't you do it?"
"..."
While others were discussing the black fabric material, Ma Ran was looking around.
He counted slightly, totaling forty-eight people.
One more than recorded in the encrypted files — it was Ma Ran himself.
Evidently, the butterfly effect also adheres to basic laws.
It doesn't happen without reason.
The person in charge of hosting the "Society Induction Ceremony" was the elder who personally visited and sent the invitation.
He, just like before, wore reading glasses, a Zhongshan suit, and had his hair neatly combed.
"Hello, everyone, members."
"I'm Huang Weiguo, the person in charge of the Grass Hut Academy."
"You can call me President Huang or Old Huang."
Although older, his face was ruddy, his body was upright, his voice was loud, his spirit was vigorous, and he showed no signs of aging: "I know that everyone here is very curious."
"What kind of organization and institution Grass Hut Academy is?"
"What is its purpose?"
"Now, I can clearly tell everyone here."
"Outer star life forms do exist!"
"Superpowers also exist!"
President Huang paused, speaking with conviction: "The mission of the Grass Hut Academy is to nurture top talents with mastery of supernatural power, tasked with protecting the nation and preserving Earth civilization!"
When he finished speaking, the classroom fell into complete silence.
Those who were whispering earlier stopped their hushed conversations and stared blankly at President Huang Weiguo.
"Academies like Fulan, Ying River, and Qinglian have already taken the lead ahead of us."
"As the first group of members of the Grass Hut Academy, I hope everyone can encourage each other and progress together!"
Saying this, President Huang stepped back a few paces to the entrance of the classroom.
Two young men in military uniforms quickly ran into the classroom and removed the black fabric.
A pitch-black stele, two meters high, one meter three long, and half a meter wide, appeared before everyone.
A chill rushed toward them, and the temperature in the classroom suddenly dropped by a dozen degrees.
The surface of the stele was smooth, like a patinaed plaything polished over many years, emanating a radiant sheen.
At first glance, there were no lines on this stele, but with concentration, strange patterns would immediately appear in one's mind.
"This is the first supernatural ability carrier mastered by our Grass Hut Academy."
President Huang took a deep breath and said, "Observe, think, understand, comprehend, study, and decipher."
"Then..."
"Practice!"
"By using this inscription, calculate the positioning of your own acupoints, nurture Inner Qi, and set foot on Martial Arts cultivation."
"For you, it is safe and controllable."
"Embrace this rare opportunity well!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Huaiming, the enthusiastic superpower enthusiast sitting to Ma Ran's left, immediately raised his hand to ask: "Why not let those well-known scholars and professors study it?"
When he raised his hand, Xiao Ming was so excited he trembled all over.
While others might just feel curious and expectant, to him, it was a dream within reach!
As he spoke, Dong Huaiming's agitated mood gradually calmed, and his tone became normal: "No matter how you think about it, those people seem more reliable than us, right?"
"The information on the stele looks like ghost talismans; they understand me, but I don't understand them!"
Upon hearing this, President Huang chuckled and shook his head: "You young ones are unaware of your blessings."
"The stele is shrouded in a veil of ever-proliferating electromagnetic waves and radiation membrane."
"Older people who stare at it for a few minutes will experience dizziness, tinnitus, and nosebleeds; prolonged exposure may even cause irreversible damage."
"However, please rest assured!"
"These fluctuations will have no negative impact on those under thirty and may even energize you, revitalize your cells, and sharpen your thinking."
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